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thank you for your service kind sir. the other one did not work but this is perfect. thank you so much

Hi, thanks for your work on this!
I've been trying to get it running (macos 12.6.3 on a 2017 MB air), following the instructions for Intel macs. It initially didn't work for me (i.e., launchagent just wouldn't load), but today I took a closer look at the .plist file that is being generated by --deploy, and it turns out that's where the issue is:

plutil ~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.main-auto-selfcontrol-rs.plist
returns
/Users/tt/Library/LaunchAgents/com.main-auto-selfcontrol-rs.plist: Found non-key inside <dict> at line 24

the faulty plist looks like this, line 24 is the end of the second <dict> entry after StartCalendarInterval

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>Label</key>
    <string>com.main-auto-selfcontrol-rs.plist</string>
    <key>ProgramArguments</key>
    <array>
        <string>/Users/tt/auto-selfcontrol-rs</string>
        <string>--execute</string>
    </array>
    <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>8</integer>
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>10</integer>
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>12</integer>
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>14</integer>
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>16</integer>
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>18</integer>
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>20</integer>
    </dict>
    <dict>
        <key>Minute</key>
        <integer>0</integer>
        <key>Hour</key>
        <integer>22</integer>
    </dict>
    <key>RunAtLoad</key>
    <true/>
</dict>
</plist>

I'm pretty new to all this, but googling the error message suggests that each <dict> entry should be preceded by some key, presumably <key>StartCalendarInterval</key>, and if I edit the plist accordingly plutil tells me it's OK; and I can launctl load it succesfully, and it does start a block, etc.

so this might be an easy fix?

There is an issue with the behaviour of the software, as it doesn't automatically start at the requested time.
I went to look for the .plist file generated in the LaunchAgents folder, and it seems off.

Here's what my schedule in the config.aoml file looks like:

[Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri] = [ (08:30 -> 12:30), (13:30 -> 19:30) ]

And here's what the scheduling part of the .plist file looks like after --deploy:

<key>StartCalendarInterval</key> <dict> <key>Minute</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>Hour</key> <integer>8</integer> </dict> <dict> <key>Minute</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>Hour</key> <integer>13</integer> </dict> <dict> <key>Minute</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>Hour</key> <integer>8</integer> </dict> <dict> <key>Minute</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>Hour</key> <integer>13</integer> </dict> <dict> <key>Minute</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>Hour</key> <integer>8</integer> </dict> <dict> <key>Minute</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>Hour</key> <integer>13</integer> </dict> <dict> <key>Minute</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>Hour</key> <integer>8</integer> </dict> <dict> <key>Minute</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>Hour</key> <integer>13</integer> </dict> <dict> <key>Minute</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>Hour</key> <integer>8</integer> </dict> <dict> <key>Minute</key> <integer>30</integer> <key>Hour</key> <integer>13</integer> </dict> <key>RunAtLoad</key> <true/>

Thanks!

Thanks for creating this tool!

Tiny correction that's necessary in your README.md file: it says ./auto-self-control-rs --write_example_config when it should say ./auto-selfcontrol-rs --write_example_config (No hyphen between "self" and "control").

Other than that, great tool! IMHO, the next great thing would be the ability to define a daily schedule, the way the "original" scheduler does. Thanks again!