Text box that pops up and logs user input to file

doing.py

import tkinter as tk

from datetime import datetime

timestamp = datetime.now().strftime("%m-%d %H:%M:%S")

f = open("doinglog.txt", "a")


def submit_text(event=None):
    text = text_var.get()
    print(text)
    root.destroy()

root = tk.Tk()
root.eval('tk::PlaceWindow . center')
text_var = tk.StringVar()
entry = tk.Entry(root, textvariable=text_var)
entry.focus()
entry.bind("<Return>", submit_text)
entry.pack()
root.mainloop()

f.write(f"{timestamp} | {text_var.get()}\n")

f.close()

This is intended to be used with a cronjob as a productivity tool to guilt the user into actually accomplishing things by forcing low-friction logs of activities.

cronjob: 0 */2 * * * DISPLAY=$(w $(id -un) | awk 'NF > 7 && $2 ~ /tty[0-9]+/ {print $3; exit}') /bin/python3 /home/uk000/tk.py