tmux/Idea/Pomodoro with status line and silent flash
Pomodoro in tmux: status-line countdown and silent visual cue
Motivation
- Currently using Howler, a macOS native timer app; want to move toward terminal-native workflows and strengthen CLI/Craftsmanship.
- Co-working and other shared spaces: audio alarms are often a bad fit — need silent end-of-interval signaling.
Concept
- Run the Pomodoro technique with tmux so a countdown is visible in status bars (session and/or global), not only in a dedicated pane.
- On wrap-up, use a terminal-visible pulse (e.g. brief invert / flash / highlight via tmux message styles,
display-message, or controlled pane attributes) instead of sound.
Implementation angle (hypothesis)
- Status updates:
#() in status-left / status-right reading from a small state file or FIFO updated by a loop (sleep 1), similar in spirit to other status-line “notification center” sketches already noted for tmux. - Flash: tmux client options or a short script that toggles styles and restores them; stay within terminal capabilities so it works over SSH.
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