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neiesc wrote 5 hours 53 min ago:
URI [1]: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?K=zenta
justusthane wrote 7 hours 6 min ago:
Really neat! Some feedback: it seems Zenta looks at $TERM to determine
whether or not to use "simple" mode, and it seems it might be overly
conservative.
I'm a tmux user, and in tmux, $TERM must be "screen-256color" or
"tmux-256color". With $TERM set to either of those, zenta uses simple
mode.
I can get it to use "full" mode by running it as "TERM=xterm-256color
zenta" within tmux and it works fine, but this shouldn't be necessary -
I haven't run into any other TUI apps that don't work properly in tmux.
Edit: I just noticed in the README that it seems to be intentional that
it uses simple mode in tmux, but I'm not sure why that should be the
case, since it clearly works fine. Maybe you could use simple mode for
$TERM=screen and normal mode for $TERM=tmux?
On a different note, it seems like it would be more immersive if it
took over the entire terminal window while running. Maybe you've
already considered that and decided not to.
Anyway, thanks again! I love this.
ihiep wrote 5 hours 39 min ago:
Thank you both for this feedback!
You're right. I made a mistake by not testing thoroughly enough. I
was being overly conservative based on assumptions rather than actual
testing.
Your detailed feedback about $TERM values and real-world tmux usage
is exactly what I needed. I should have tested more environments
before making assumptions about terminal compatibility.
Thanks for keeping me honest and helping improve Zenta!
justusthane wrote 5 hours 32 min ago:
No problem, you can't test everything!
arp242 wrote 5 hours 52 min ago:
I added a --complex flag so it's easier to use the complex animations
on tmux: [1] But yeah, I agree â I think this might be rather too
conservative.
URI [1]: https://github.com/e6a5/zenta/pull/5
justusthane wrote 5 hours 26 min ago:
I just installed the newest version (released 21 minutes ago!) and
it works perfectly now. Thanks to both of you! The magic of open
source :)
set5think wrote 7 hours 43 min ago:
This is elegant and tasteful in all the right ways. Really nice work!
five9s wrote 8 hours 32 min ago:
Pretty cool. Have you thought about auto triggering a need for a breath
at certain intervals?
ihiep wrote 8 hours 28 min ago:
The best breath is the one you notice, not the one you're told to
take.
nathell wrote 9 hours 17 min ago:
Thumbs up for the philosophy. This is the way.
barbazoo wrote 9 hours 22 min ago:
Where do I put my OpenAi key though or are you saying this doesnât
even need a LLM :) /s
ihiep wrote 8 hours 1 min ago:
Runs offline. Powered by consciousness. :)
nakedneuron wrote 10 hours 9 min ago:
Great job!
I was looking for an app/cli that lets me adjust breathing patterns on
the fly (think of extending the hold duration for 0.5s and a while
after for instance extend the outbreathe duration 1s, while having my
eyes closed using my bluetooth controller). Finding something like this
on any app store with its thousands of bloated apps seems quite
hopeless and it's a relatively simple feature. Can I hope for your
kindness to implement something like that?
(I'm using 8bitdo controller and mapping of buttons is possible via
keyd, so no need for adding configurations, any key combo would do).
I'm also happy for anyone else pointing me to a solution.
Keep on doing good!
(Happy to follow your repo if I can hope for this feature. No worries,
I'm a patient man.)
ihiep wrote 8 hours 37 min ago:
Beautiful idea! Iâll explore how to let the breath respond to your
keys.
ashlance wrote 10 hours 32 min ago:
Thanks for this. We need more of this kind of energy in the world.
piepiemumu wrote 11 hours 13 min ago:
Nice! Would be cool if implemented also as a progress bar.. :)
tomhow wrote 11 hours 24 min ago:
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abhisek wrote 12 hours 42 min ago:
I experienced mindfulness when I moved to i3wm.
j4cobgarby wrote 11 hours 53 min ago:
This is quite nice!
I found the name zenta slightly inconvenient to remember and type, so I
renamed the executable to 'relax', but the help messages still say
'zenta'. As a small fix, maybe you can make the help messages print
argv[0] as the executable name?
ihiep wrote 8 hours 5 min ago:
Great idea! Just fixed this. Now when you rename zenta to relax, all
help messages automatically show "relax" instead of "zenta".
Available in v0.3.2. Thanks!
mgb111 wrote 12 hours 33 min ago:
quite original, bringing mindfulness to coding
good luck with it
slowkoder wrote 12 hours 41 min ago:
Any plans for additional commands? I was thinking that a 'focus'
command with a short to-do list (perhaps paired with some Stoic quips)
could be useful in keeping one on track over the course of the day.
d--b wrote 12 hours 44 min ago:
Looks great, though I must say I am not a huge fan of the
yoga-namaste-style theme. Reminds me of spas where the "relaxing" music
is stock ambient crap.
If I had more time, I'd theme it with a more rock n roll approach.
ihiep wrote 12 hours 29 min ago:
Whether spa or rock, both return you to now.
shubhamintech wrote 13 hours 3 min ago:
no analytics, no numbers, love that!
zipping1549 wrote 13 hours 21 min ago:
I always love this kind of silly tui tools. Thanks for sharing!
aftergibson wrote 14 hours 16 min ago:
Well that's just neat, thanks for sharing!
ihiep wrote 14 hours 14 min ago:
It is only what it is. Thank you for seeing
car wrote 15 hours 21 min ago:
Great.
I only get a line animation in the MacOS terminal app, under zsh, it
doesn't look like the description.
ihiep wrote 14 hours 40 min ago:
Update: Just released v0.3.1 with Terminal.app compatibility fixed!
The tool now auto-detects your terminal and adapts gracefully. You'll
see a beautiful progressive breathing animation that flows like:
Inhale: · â â â âââ â ââââ (building up)
Exhale: ââââ â âââ â â â · (releasing down)
Try the latest version - it should breathe beautifully on
Terminal.app now.
Thanks for helping make mindfulness accessible to everyone!
pizzalife wrote 7 hours 40 min ago:
I love this. Quick suggestion: make the width/height of the
animation depend on your terminal size. Then you could make the
animation a bit smoother for larger terminals.
ihiep wrote 15 hours 7 min ago:
Thanks for the feedback! You're right. I havenât tested it on
Terminal.app yet. It works well on iTerm2 and most Linux terminals,
but Iâll review it on Terminal.app soon and update the tool or the
README to reflect compatibility. Really appreciate you pointing that
out.
car wrote 3 hours 30 min ago:
Thank you for being so responsive, and making Zenta in the first
place! It has already allowed me to calm my mind on a few
occasions.
The cli is already so bare bones and focused, so Zenta fits in
well.
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