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Updated README.md after nearest-quarter-hour merge

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## timetracker.py usage
The timetracker.py script is the basis, it tallies the time for each task and then outputs a report on how much each task takes to complete. It takes as its argument one or more text files, the log files in the format above. It should only report one line item per task, regardless of how many times it appears in the log. Each task should have a category/tag in square brackets, the behavior of `do_process.sh` (see below) is now undefined if the tag is left out.
Note that each task now gets rounded **up** to the nearest quarter hour (15minutes), unless the task takes less than 0.08 hours (288 seconds). Every documented task will take at least 0.08hours/288seconds. If the task takes 289seconds, it is automatically rounded up to the nearest 15minute increment. If a task takes 30 minutes plus one second to perform, it's rounded up to 0.75hours. Management is OK with this rounding scheme, we may revisit it later if it becomes problematic.
Note that the time gets rounded to the nearest quarter hour. If it would round to zero hours (0.00hrs), the script replaces it 0.08hrs, which corresponds to 288 seconds. If you don't want a task to be set to 0.08hrs, simply leave it out of the log. Prior to the merge of nearest-quarter-hour, everything was rounded UP to the nearest quarter hour. That meant that if a task took 30 minutes and one second, it would be rounded UP to 0.75hrs (45 minutes). On longer days this had the effect of inflating the daily total, such that 10 hours of actual work was being inflated to 12 or even 13 hours on some occasions. Now that it rounds up or down to the nearest quarter hour, timetracker.py is much more accurate. There still is a bit of inflation for the short tasks (anything taking less than 288 seconds), but it shouldn't be as bad as adding an extra 15 minutes to tasks that are close to quarter hour boundaries.
The output looks like this:
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You may have noticed, the output of timetracker.py is in alphabetical order by category, then by task. This follows for `./do_process.sh` and `./chug.sh` below.
## `do_process.sh`
This script filters the output of timetracker.py, giving each category (in square brackets) its own section, with its own tallies. The header is the list of categories and the log file basename (below this is `example`, but would normally be a date such as `2017-12-08`). After the header, each line of output and sections are designed to be directly transferred to Clarizen manually, and the tally used to verify the daily and weekly totals in Clarizen. It calculates the time total for each organization/category. It also prints the subtotal thus far, to be sure no items are missed when adding them to Clarizen. At the end it prints a grand total for the day, which should be used along with the subtotals to cross-verify in Clarizen.
This script filters the output of timetracker.py, giving each category (in square brackets) its own section, with its own tallies. The header is the list of categories and the log file basename (below this is `example.log`, but would normally be a date such as `2017-12-08.log`). After the header, each line of output and sections are designed to be directly transferred to Clarizen manually, and the tally used to verify the daily and weekly totals in Clarizen. It calculates the time total for each organization/category. It also prints the subtotal thus far, to be sure no items are missed when adding them to Clarizen. At the end it prints a grand total for the day, which should be used along with the subtotals to cross-verify in Clarizen.
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# CAVEATS
## Tallies
Since I (the author, Trey Blancher) have been using this system to keep track of time, I've noticed that sometimes either Clarizen or these scripts get slightly off. Usually it's no more than 0.25 hours off in the tallies, but it gets time consuming trying to track down where the tally went wrong. If I do find the culprit, it's usually because I've entered the wrong time for a specific task in Clarizen (i.e., entering '0.08' instead of '0.25' for some tasks).
Since I (the author, Trey Blancher) have been using this system to keep track of time, I've noticed that sometimes either Clarizen or these scripts get slightly off. Usually it's no more than 0.25 hours off in the tallies, but it gets time consuming trying to track down where the tally went wrong. If I do find the culprit, it's usually because I've entered the wrong time for a specific task in Clarizen (i.e., entering '0.08' instead of '0.25' for some tasks), or I've entered the time in the wrong cell.
### 2020-09-16 UPDATE
As of the institution of the subtotals, the tallies being off in Clarizen is a *MUCH* less frequent problem. Usually if Clarizen is off it's because I missed an entry, or Clarizen didn't absorb an entry properly (that happens from time to time).
As of the institution of the running subtotals, the tallies being off in Clarizen is a *MUCH* less frequent problem. Usually if Clarizen is off it's because I missed an entry, or Clarizen didn't absorb an entry properly (that happens from time to time).
## vim
The vim-specific files in this repository are tailored for my tastes. One big item of note, I've disabled vim cursor navigation with the arrow keys (Up, Down, Left, Right), to force me to get into the habit of using h, j, k, l for cursor navigation, and only navigate in normal mode (not insert mode). You will probably want to delete the following lines from .vimrc if you're not interested in the true Vim way®: