From 980e83baf09953efb57b613448fa7f8660ef6973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: hmj6502 <hashim@hmj6502.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:08:37 +0000
Subject: add stopwatch functionality

lots of code duplication... next step is to get rid of that
---
 timers.py | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'timers.py')

diff --git a/timers.py b/timers.py
index 0141222..ee04e86 100644
--- a/timers.py
+++ b/timers.py
@@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ import datetime
 import sys, termios, tty
 import inputs
 
+frequency = 120 # 120Hz refresh
+
 def countdown(length):
     """countdown timer; length in seconds. returns start and time left (>0 if quit early)"""
     time_left = length
     start = datetime.datetime.now()
     end = start + datetime.timedelta(seconds=time_left) # change to mins in final
     accum = 0
-    timeout = 1/120 # 120Hz refresh
+    timeout = 1/frequency
 
     old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(sys.stdin)
     tty.setcbreak(sys.stdin.fileno())
@@ -22,11 +24,38 @@ def countdown(length):
         if ch == 'q':
             print("\nexited early!")
             break
+
         # see https://gist.github.com/fnky/458719343aabd01cfb17a3a4f7296797
         print("\x1b[2K\r" + inputs.delta_to_HM(time_left), end="", flush=True)
+
         accum += timeout
         if accum >= 1:
             accum = 0
     termios.tcsetattr(sys.stdin, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings)
 
     return (time_left, start)
+
+def stopwatch():
+    """stopwatch timer; returns time elapsed"""
+    start = datetime.datetime.now()
+    accum = 0
+    timeout = 1/frequency
+
+    old_settings = termios.tcgetattr(sys.stdin)
+    tty.setcbreak(sys.stdin.fileno())
+    while True:
+        elapsed = datetime.datetime.now() - start
+
+        ch = inputs.getch_nb(timeout)
+        if ch == 'q':
+            break
+
+        # see https://gist.github.com/fnky/458719343aabd01cfb17a3a4f7296797
+        print("\x1b[2K\r" + inputs.delta_to_HM(elapsed), end="", flush=True)
+
+        accum += timeout
+        if accum >= 1:
+            accum = 0
+    termios.tcsetattr(sys.stdin, termios.TCSADRAIN, old_settings)
+
+    return (elapsed, start)
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