# Aliveline

## About

Aliveline is a small app made with Rust + Slint to track daily activity on a timeline.  
All activity is saved into TOML logs, which are human readable/editable.

App can operate in Record and Review modes.

Record mode allows you to update timeline by starting, stopping and chaining events:  
![Record mode example](images/record.png)  

By clicking on the timeline in Record mode you can hide controls to make app smaller and place it somewhere in the background:  
![Minimized Aliveline example](images/record-background.png)  

Review mode may be used to show some activity, tracked on another day:  
![Review mode example](images/review.png)

Aliveline currently supports Linux only, but you can compile it to your platform.

## Features

### Events
Events are main timeline building blocks. They have name, start and end.  
Example of event in TOML format shown below:
```toml
[[events]]
name = "test"
start = 12:05:45
end = 13:00:11
finished = true
```
_Note: if event is not finished yet, it may have_ `end = start`.

## Building
Requirements:  
- Rust toolchain
- Slint dependencies (see [Platforms](https://docs.slint.dev/latest/docs/slint/guide/platforms/desktop/) and [Backends & Renderers](https://docs.slint.dev/latest/docs/slint/guide/backends-and-renderers/backends_and_renderers/))

Instructions:  
Run `cargo build --release`

## Usage

Just run `aliveline` by any preferred way, for example:  
```
$ ./aliveline
```

## Configuration
Aliveline tries to find config at:  
- `$XDG_CONFIG_DIR/aliveline/config.toml`  
- `./config.toml` (relative to working directory)  

If config isn't found, Aliveline uses default values defined in [config.toml](https://2ndbeam.ru/git/2ndbeam/aliveline/src/branch/master/config.toml).  
Keep in mind that default paths are relative, and in this case logs will be written to and read from current working directory.

## Contribution
~~You can contribute to Aliveline by creating issue on this repository, then we'll discuss it.~~
I guess, it is not an option right now, since account creation is disabled on my Forgejo instance, but you may contact me via email: 2ndbeam@disroot.org