Track every red dot in the house

Quick start

Put Red Dot Tracker on the windowsill, nap as usual, and wake up to every red dot's path in a single dots.json.

$ install red-dot
$ red-dot watch ./living-room
$ red-dot track ./living-room → dots.json

How it works

The tracker looks at the walls thirty times a second. Each time it sees the dot, it notes where; whenever the dot bounces off a mirror or turns at a door frame, a new segment of its path begins.

red-dot track joins those segments into one file, grouped by room.

Commands

• red-dot watch: start watching the walls
• red-dot track: write every path to one file
• red-dot stats: count dots, pounces and catches (usually zero)

Configuration

On first run, rooms are detected and written to ~/.red-dot/config.toml.

[rooms]
living-room = { windows = 2, mirrors = 1 }
hallway = { windows = 0, mirrors = 3 }

FAQ

Will it help me catch the dot?

No. But it will tell you where the dot goes next.