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[Thomas Long II <tllong2@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not any sort of programmer but I've been using Linux for quite a while
& have enjoyed testing out the Ubuntu Touch builds as they come.  Anyhow,
I'm wondering if utilizing the cron daemon would be a good solution to the
alarm clock timer since it's how Linux/Unix admins often schedule
maintenance tasks & other jobs on servers/desktops?  The app could write a
line to the crontab specifying when to later trigger the alarm actions.
 Just a thought, there may be better ways of doing this in the SDK that I'm
not familiar with but thought I'd chime in with an idea.

Tom

On Saturday, March 16, 2013, Juha Ristolainen wrote:

> I've been thinking about the implementation of the alarms in the clock app
> and wanted to hear your thoughts. The UI clock app is not running all the
> time so we cannot just use QML Timers to trigger the alarms. What would be
> the best option to achieve the alarm-functionality?
>
> I am not that familiar with innerworkings of the Ubuntu system but know Qt
> and QML.
>
> In my mind there are options:
>
> 1. We need some outside daemon/task to keep track of the alarms and
> trigger the clock app upon alarm
> 2. In our app, create a C++ main which can handle the closeEvent off the
> app and not close the whole app but only close the UI -> we can keep on
> running our timers and trigger alarms and the UI when needed
> 3. Your suggestion
>
> Feedback appreciated.
>
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