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+* quiet
+
+A simple package to disconnect from the online world for a while, possibly reconnecting later. Any interuptions or distractions which occur once the command is run are guaranteed to be local.
+
+* disconnection
+
+``M-x quiet`` will disconnect from the network, optionally reconecting after a certain time.
+
+the function ``quiet`` can be used anywhere in emacs where lack of network access could be seen a as a feature, e.g.  as a mode-hook (or with ``defadvice``) to your preferred distraction free writing environment. 
+
+* reconection
+
+ ``M-x quiet-reconnect`` will manually reconect to the network, however you can enable a timer to automatically reconnect by setting ``quiet-timer`` to a number of minutes. e.g. ``(setq quiet-timer 60)`` will let ``quiet`` to reconnect after one hour. if  ``quiet-timer`` is set to 0 it won't reconnect automatically.
+
+* network interfaces
+
+you may want to ``customize`` or ``setq`` ``quiet-disconnect`` and ``quiet-connect`` to the appropriate shell commands to turn your network (or single interface) on or off.
+
+ - MacOS (current default)
+    % networksetup -setairportpower airport {on,off}
+ - Linux 
+    % ifup wlan0
+    % ifdown wlan0
+ - BSD
+    % service netif {stop, start}
+
+* further 
+
+ - Mihaly Csikszentmihályi (1990). Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience. Harper & Row. ISBN 9780060162535
+ - The Myth of Monotasking. https://hbr.org/2011/11/the-myth-of-monotasking/ 
+ 

quiet.el

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+;;; quiet.el --- disconnect from the online world for a while
+
+;; Copyright 2016 FoAM vzw
+;;
+;; Author: nik gaffney <nik@fo.am>
+;; Created: 2016-05-05
+;; Version: 0.1
+;; Keywords: quiet, distraction, network, detachment, offline
+;; X-URL: https://github.com/zzkt/quiet
+
+;; This file is not part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+;;
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+;; Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; disconnect from the online world for a while, possibly reconnecting later
+;;
+;; you may need to customize or setq quiet-disconnect and quiet-connect to
+;; the appropriate shell commands to turn your network (interface) on or off
+;;
+;; MacOS
+;;  % networksetup -setairportpower airport {on,off}
+;; Linux 
+;;  % ifup wlan0
+;;  % ifdown wlan0
+;; BSD
+;;  % service netif {stop, start}
+
+;;; Code:
+
+(provide 'quiet)
+
+(defcustom  quiet-disconnect "networksetup -setairportpower airport off"
+  "Shell command to turn off network connection(s)"
+  :type 'string
+  :options '("networksetup -setairportpower airport off" "ifdown wlan0")
+  :group 'quiet)
+
+(defcustom  quiet-connect "networksetup -setairportpower airport on"
+  "Shell command to turn on network connection(s)"
+  :type 'string
+  :options '("networksetup -setairportpower airport off" "ifup wlan0")
+  :group 'quiet)
+
+(defcustom  quiet-timer 0
+  "Timer to reconnect network after a given time (in minutes). A value of 0 will leave the connection off"
+  :type 'integer
+  :group 'quiet)
+
+;; M-x quiet
+(defun quiet ()
+  "quieten network distractions for a while..."
+  (interactive)
+  (save-window-excursion
+    (message "disconnecting...")
+    (async-shell-command quiet-disconnect))
+  (if (not (= quiet-timer 0))
+      (progn 
+	(run-at-time (* quiet-timer 60) nil 'quiet-reconnect))))
+
+(defun quiet-reconnect ()
+  (interactive)
+  (save-window-excursion
+    (message "reconnecting after ~%d %s" quiet-timer (if (= quiet-timer 1) "minute" "minutes"))
+    (async-shell-command quiet-connect)))
+
+;;; quiet.el ends here