the usual pomodoro script (python, libnotify)

pomodoro.py

#! /usr/bin/env python3

# notify works on ubuntu (libnotify library)

from sys import argv
import time
import subprocess
import threading


def notify(message):
    subprocess.Popen(['notify-send', message])
    return


def alarm(sleep_for, message):
    time.sleep(sleep_for)
    t = threading.Thread(name='alarm', target=notify, args=(message, ))
    t.start()


def pomodoros(count):
    for p in range(count):
        message = "P:" + str(p) + ", "
        alarm(1500, message + "work")
        alarm(300, message + "interval")
    alarm(0, "pomodoro ended!")
    return

if __name__ == "__main__":
    count = int(argv[1]) if len(argv) > 1 else 1
    pomodoros(count)
    exit(0)