Write messages to a log with one keystroke.

• Python 2.7

• gspread 0.2.5 python package for writing to google docs
• oauth2client 1.4.11 and PyOpenSSL for authenticating with google

• launchy (http://www.launchy.net/) launch manager, to run the python script which does the actual logging in a single keystroke. You can use any launch manager or method you want of course. Launchy works for me

Writing to log file works out of the box:

python write_to_log.py "a message"

Or to write a message and set the time to 30 minutes ago:

python write_to_log.py "a message" -t -30

• install required libraries using 'pip install gspread oauth2client PyOpenSSL'

• get Google Oauth2 signed credentials. See http://gspread.readthedocs.org/en/latest/oauth2.html#using-signed-credentials on how to generate these. You will have .json file in the end

• edit write_to_log.cfg to contain your google credentials and spreadsheet

• then call it like this:

  python write_to_log.py "a message" -d googledoc

• download and install launchy (http://www.launchy.net/download.php)
• in launchy settings go to 'plugins' tab and select "Runner" on the right
• In runner click '+' on the bottom and add (omit parenthesis): ** Name : 'log' ** Program: 'C:/path/to/write_to_log_folder/write_tot_google_doc.bat' (put correct path here, .bat is needed because I could net get launchy te launch python directly) ** Arguments: '"$$" $$' (this means 'first argument'. In launchy you can enter the first argument after pressing tab.
• To log something, open up launchy (alt-space by default) and type "log",,"some message"
• To log something to a time 10 minutes ago, open launchy and type "log",,"some message"-10