Suggestion for timer resetting option

Posted by Weston on Wed 03 Mar 2004 12:54 PM — 8 posts, 29,002 views.

#0
At the bottom-right of the screen there is timer which shows how long I have been connected to the world, is there a way to restart that timer without having to close and reopen the world's window?
Australia Forum Administrator #1

I have written a plugin that will do that.

It can be downloaded from: http://www.gammon.com.au/mushclient/plugins/Timer.xml.

(You need to right-click and select "save file" to get it).

You can read about it here: Timer Plugin.

Amended on Wed 03 Mar 2004 08:54 PM by Nick Gammon
USA #2
He meant the built in timer Nick.
Yours just adds a time connected as the status bar text.
Australia Forum Administrator #3
Ah yes, I understand that. :)

There is some background stuff here that isn't obvious.

Weston, who started this thread, and who isn't necessarily a "he", asked for that in a support request, and I replied that it could not be done, however would a timer on the status bar do? The answer was "yes", hence this plugin.

However to answer the original question: no, the timer on the bottom RH corner cannot be changed, and is really a "total connect time" timer, not a "how long has this session being going" timer.

The activity list window shows the time connected this time around, and my plugin is intended to just be used as a general timer.

eg. If you have 10 minutes to find your corpse, then that would be useful to know how much of that time has elapsed.
#4
The plugin is great! Thanks! :D


What do you think of this idea I had:

When a user double clicks on the time being displayed on the bottom RH corner it would be reset. Perhaps a confirmation, maybe make that confirmation optional.
Australia Forum Administrator #5
Added as suggestion #509.
#6
That sounds rather official. :)

I guess that's nearly the end of this subject until #509 (hopefully) finds its way into a future version of MUSHclient.
Thank-you for all of the speedy assistance!
Australia Forum Administrator #7
There is a new script function in version 3.46 - ResetStatusTime - that lets you reset that timer in a script.

Also, as you suggested, double-clicking it will reset it.