spacemacs/layers/+web-services/wakatime/README.org
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[wakatime] readme, note api key in bug reports
In the Wakatime layer add a line to the readme to highlight the fact that having the api key in the main layer config will submit it as part of a bug report. There is probably a better way to achieve this but at least this highlights it for now.
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#+TITLE: Wakatime layer
#+TAGS: layer|web service
[[file:img/wakatime.png]]
* Table of Contents :TOC_5_gh:noexport:
- [[#description][Description]]
- [[#features][Features:]]
- [[#install][Install]]
- [[#wakatime-program][Wakatime Program]]
- [[#layer][Layer]]
- [[#api-keys][API Keys]]
- [[#note-to-venv-workon-users][Note to =venv-workon= users:]]
* Description
This layer adds support for Wakatime.
WakaTime was built to solve time tracking for programmers.
Since we work inside a text editor, why should we have to start and stop a
timer? WakaTime uses open-source text editor plugins to automatically track the
time you spend programming so you never have to manually track it again!
P.S. wakati means time in Swahili
** Features:
- Integration with Wakatime cloud based time tracking service
* Install
** Wakatime Program
You can follow wakatime installation instructions here
[[https://github.com/wakatime/wakatime-mode]].
In short it's just:
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
pip install wakatime
#+END_SRC
And for some linux users
#+BEGIN_SRC sh
sudo pip install wakatime
#+END_SRC
** Layer
To use this configuration layer, add it to your =~/.spacemacs=. You will need to
add =wakatime= to the existing =dotspacemacs-configuration-layers= list in this
file.
Example:
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq-default dotspacemacs-configuration-layers
'(
;; ...
(wakatime :variables
wakatime-api-key "your-api-key"
;; use the actual wakatime path
wakatime-cli-path "/usr/bin/wakatime")
;; ...
))
#+END_SRC
*** Note about api key and bug submission
If you use the built in spacemace bug sumission tool it will include the snippit of code above, including your api key, don't forget to remove it before submitting.
** API Keys
After this go to your wakatime account and have your API key handy
[[https://wakatime.com/settings/account?apikey=true]].
Restart emacs and it will prompt you for the location of the wakatime installer
(just put in whatever =which wakatime= gives you in the terminal e.g.
=/usr/bin/wakatime= for example) and that's it.
*** Note to =venv-workon= users:
Right now wakatime uses =python= as python bin executable, so if you use
=venv-workon= because you have python projects which need to have a virtual
env., then wakatime, which is installed system-wide will have trouble locating
wakatime files, so it's best to define by yourself the python path where
wakatime can always find it's stuff, via this variable:
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(setq wakatime-python-bin "/path/to/python")
#+END_SRC