Package: getan
UsageCallgetanorgetan.pyin a terminal to start
with an empty list of tasks that you want to track time for.Use the Insert-Key to add a new task to track.
(Ataskis calledprojectwithin getan.)
You will have to enter a project “key” and a project “description”.Now select one of the projects with the arrow keys from your keyboard
and press enter to start the clock. SeeINTRODUCTIONfor more keyboard
commands.The time log entries will be saved in an sqlite database,
by default getan will create~/.getan/time.db.
Thescripts/will help to generate reports from them.Tree modeGetan supports a hierarchy of projects. A top level project key
has only one character, once you starting using a second character
as project key, it will be the next level down in the hierarchy.
Example:a    Top level project
aa   1st second level project
ab   2nd second level project
aba  Third level ProjectUse the switch_project_order key which isf2by default
to cycle to the hierarchical view.CustomizationUse~/.getan/getanrcor the system-wide/etc/getanrcto customize keys and colors. Seegetan/config.pyfor
the recognized options. Example:[keybindings]
# changes the insert function to be activated by the `)` key
insert: )

[theme]
header: light green, dark green
body: light green, blackInstallationGetan requiresurwidin a version >= 1.0. Urwid is
a console user interface library written in Python. For console output e.g.
zeiterfassung.py Getan also requiresJinja2 <http://jinja.pocoo.org/>_.Install urwidOn Debian GNU/Linux >= Wheezy just run as root::$ apt-get install python3-urwidOn other systems urwid may be installed via pip or directly put into the sources
of getan.Using pipTo install urwid via pip run as root:$ pip install urwidOr if you prefer using a virtualenv:$ virtualenv getan-env
$ source getan-env/bin/activate
(getan-env)$ pip install -U pip  # to get the latest pip
(getan-env)$ pip install urwidUsing urwid sourcesUrwid can be put as source to the getan directory when getan is run directly
from the sources. Urwid source can be downloaded frompypi.For urwid 1.1.2 the direct download link from pypi ishttps://pypi.python.org/packages/source/u/urwid/urwid-1.1.2.tar.gz(sha256sum is
f56568b4f8459b3265c65d9e275ef72df6cb16ad0c291f0feb027cc911ea0f26).:$ cd getan-source
$ v=urwid-1.1.2
$ curl -O https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/u/urwid/$v.tar.gz
$ sha256sum $v.tar.gz
$ tar -xzvf $v.tar.gz
$ ln -s $v/urwid urwidInstall Jinja2On Debian GNU/Linux just run as root::$ apt-get install python3-jinja2On other systems jinja2 may be installed via pip or directly put into the
sources of getan.Using pipTo install jinja2 via pip run as root:$ pip install jinja2Or if you prefer using a virtualenv:$ source getan-env/bin/activate
(getan-env)$ pip install jinja2Install getanA installation of getan is not required. It can also be run directly from the
sources. To install getan system wide the following command must be run as root
user:$ python3 setup.py installYou may need to install setuptools first, on Debian GNU/Linux just run as root::$ apt-get install python3-setuptoolsStarting getanGetan can be directly run from sources or after a system wide installation from
the bin dir (e.g. /usr/bin).Running from SourcesTo run getan from the sources run:$ ./getan.pyor:$ ./getan.py /path/to/mytime.dbto choose a different sqlite3 database then the default time.dbRunning from installationAfter installing getan it can be run with:$ getanor:$ getan /path/to/mytime.dbWriting TemplatesExternal templates must be stored in ~/.getan/templates/ to be able to call
them.Getan uses the Jinja2 templating language. You can find more information
atJinja2.If a year or a week is specified, only the entries in this period will be
loaded.Variablescurrent_week: The current week.
current_year: The current year.user: What You indicated with -u.
week: What You indicated with -w.
unix_week: What You indicated with -w, in unix notation.
year: What you indicated with -y.get_total_duration(): Total duration of all entries.database: Path of the database.entries: List of all entries.get_comment(): Description of the entry.
get_workpackage(): Work package of the entry.
desc: Work package and Description of the entry.startisoday: Year, month and day in ISO format.
start: Start time as datetime.
end: End time as datetime.
get_duration(): Duration of the entry.projects: List of all projects.get_total_duration(): Total duration of all
entries in the project.
desc: Description of the project.
key: Key of the project.entries: All entries in this project (See entries).If -w is specified, only this week will be loaded from the database.year(): All entries in this year.
month(): All entries in this month.
week(): All entries in this week.
day(): All entries in this day.Example{{ user }}, (KW {{ week }}, {{ year }})
{% for i in user -%}
=
{%- endfor -%}{% for proj in projects %}
# {{ proj.desc }}
{% for entry in proj.entries|sort(attribute=’start’) -%}
{{ entry.get_comment() }}
{% endfor -%}
# total time: {{ proj.get_total_duration()|human_time }}h
{% endfor %}
# total: {{ total_time|human_time }}hCREDITSGetan is Free Software licensed under the terms of GNU GPL v>=3.
For details see LICENSE coming with the source of ‘getan’.Main development2018-     Magnus Schieder <magnus.schieder@intevation.de> (current maintainer)
2014-     Bernhard E. Reiter <bernhard@intevation.de>
2011-2014 Björn Ricks <bjoern.ricks@intevation.de>
2010      Ingo Weinzierl <ingo.weinzierl@intevation.de>
2009-2014 Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas@intevation.de>
2008-2010 Sascha L. Teichmann <sascha.teichmann@intevation.de>ContributionsFrank Koormann
Stephan Holl
Tom GottfriedThanksTo all users that gave feedback, especially at Intevation.