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Question #234686 on Sikuli changed:
https://answers.launchpad.net/sikuli/+question/234686

RaiMan posted a new comment:
Thanks for kind feedback.
I take time for things I am interested in ;-)

I fully understand your approach and agree.

But again: Leo is only one approach, to take the outline of a workflow
to a higher level of abstraction. And it is not the easiest one with
respect to the implementation of the Sikuli features.

One of the former developers of Sikuli (Tom Yeh) has made an interesting approach to outline a visual workflow:
http://slides.sikuli.org
One workflow step = one slide of a presentation

What I am after is some generalized language, that allows to write down
visual workflows in a more natural language, where some keywords define
workflow and the possible actions:

your example for example:

when you see image1, then I am in work mode
when you see image2, then I am in play mode
when I am in work mode, then accumulate the time as work time
when I am in play mode, then do nothing
when I shutdown, show my work time and quit

When you first run this script, you will be asked for the 2 images and a
name for the customized workflow.

The generated Sikuli script might look like this:

workMode = False
PlayMode = False
isShutdown = false
workTime = 0
startTime = 0

def startTimer():
    global startTime
    startTime = time.time()

def stopTimer():
    global startTime, workTime
    worktime = worktime + time.time() - startTime 
    
# to get in one of the 2 modes at startup
while not isShutdown:
    if exists(image1):
        workMode = True
        startTimer()
        break
    elif exists(image2):
        playMode = True
        break

# running
while not isShutdown:
    if workMode and exists(image2):
        workMode = False
        stopTimer()
        playMode = True
        continue
    if playMode and exists(image1):
        playMode = False
        workMode = True
        startTimer()
        continue

# shutdown requested
popup("work time = " + str(workTime))

... and this script could be generated in any Sikuli capable scripting
language or even as Java class.

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