GTimeTracker Documentation - chapter 1
Introduction


1.1 Feedback

Well, I'm german and I find it hard to express myself in english. So if you find some phrases and/or words that I used in a wrong way (and you will find them :-) ), please send me a mail, to let me correct this. Please send me notes about typos, too.

And I would like to hear about your opionion on GTimeTracker. Maybe you want some features to be integrated in GTimeTracker. Or you have discovered a bug. Or you think, that the user interface needs a change in some way. Just send me a mail, and I will see, what I can do for you. I want to make this tool usable and usefull for everyone.


1.2 What is GTimeTracker

Basically GTimeTracker is just a tool to measure the time, you let a given project (see What is a Project, subsection 2.3.1) in a selected state (see The State of a Project, subsection 2.3.2). GTimeTracker isn't espacially smart at this. You, the user, will have to give GTimeTracker hints about what you're currently wanting to measure or it will not display reasonable values.

But when one has learned to use GTimeTracker effectively, it can be of great help. For example you can use it to optimize your work. It can show you, that you are spending to much time on unimportent tasks. Or it can exactly count the hours you spend on a project, that is payed for by time. You may discover many other ways, GTimeTracker can work for you.


1.3 First starting GTimeTracker

After first starting GTimeTracker you will be notified, that there is no readable configuration file in your home directory ($HOME/.gtimetrackerrc). You will be asked, whether or not you want GTimeTracker to install a new one. This is a safety question, because something could have happend that made your configuration file unreadable and maybe you will want to look for it yourself. Writing a new config file will cause the loss of all your projects and time measurements. If you started GTimeTracker for the first time, you can just press the OK button.
GTimeTracker Documentation - Copyright © 1997,98 Eckehard Berns
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last modified: 14 January 1998
Eckehard Berns eb@berns.prima.de