On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 02:29:46PM -0700, Thomas Frohwein wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:18:40 -0400
> Josh Grosse <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Jul 12, 2026 at 01:10:37PM -0700, Thomas Frohwein wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Please find attached the port of sysutils/termdown. Termdown is a
> > > countdown timer (or alternatively a stopwatch) that shows up
> > > prominently in the terminal. It takes a variety of time durations
> > > and absolute time designations to count down to [1]. The email
> > > includes the dependency graphics/py-art which is a python library
> > > for terminal ASCII art in different styles [2].
> > >
> > > Proposing this now as a countdown timer can be useful for scheduled
> > > live streams, like for example with obs-studio [3]. After announcing
> > > the stream, the countdown timer can help with signaling the audience
> > > that may have tuned in early that the stream will start at a
> > > particular time.
> > >
> > > ok to import?
> > >
> > > [1] https://github.com/trehn/termdown
> > > [2] https://pypi.org/project/art/
> > > [3] https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-ports&m=178377397524447&w=2
> >
> > Tested on amd64, working well! One minor issue: I have espeak
> > installed and can't seem to get audio out when I use -v with any
> > configured espeak voice. Not that I have a use for it. :)
>
> Yes, I couldn't get that to work either, but that's fairly gimmicky so
> I would still advocate that we could import this even without that
> functionality.
Agreed!
