Hello, and welcome to this quick demo of the task program.
task add do laundry Let's add some tasks
I need to do laundry
task add project:garage order dumpster Oh yeah, the dumpster
task add +phone tell mom i loveher Must call Mom (that "phone" there is a tag - they are
useful for searching, categorizing)
task add +phone pro:garage schedule
goodwill pickup
task ad +email pro:garage ask Tom if Notice I can abbreviating commands
he wants that old bkie
task ls Let's see what we've got
I spelled bike wrong
task 5 /bkie/bike/
task ls That's better
task 1 pro:home Let's assign projects
task 3 pro:home tell mom I love her
task ls pro:garage
task long pro:garage Let's see all the columns
task list pro:garage There are different ways to list
task lis +phone By tag
task li pro:garage +phone By project and tag
task l mom By word
task 1 priority:H Priorities can be High, Medium or Low
task pri:H 3
task 1 pri:M
task li The list is sorted by priority.
task 2 pri:L
task li
task done 3 Suppose task 3 is done
task li ...and it's gone
task 2 +phone +mistake Lets add tags
# Oops!
task 2 -mistake or remove tags
task tags or look at all the tags
task info 2 or all the details
task projects or all the projects
task 3 fg:bold Let's make it colorful
task 4 fg:bold_green
task li
task 3 fg:bold_underline_white
task li
task 4 bg:on_bright_red fg:bold_yellow
task li Oh that's just nasty - let's get rid of that.
task 4 bg:
task li
task 4 fg:
task 3 fg:
task colors There are many combinations to choose from
(Slashes!!!)
task 1 due:6/8/2008 Let's add a due date
date
task li
task calendar Notice the due task is in yellow, today is marked cyan
task 1 due:5/20/2008 This is now an overdue task
task li and it shows up red
task overdue
task cal
task export file.csv You can export the tasks to a spreadsheet
cat file.csv
task start 1 Started tasks can be used as reminders
of what you are supposed to be doing
task active They show up as active
task done 1 Let's clear out a couple
task li
task done 3
task active
task summary Summary shows progress on all projects
task history History shows general activity - how many added,
completed etc, by month
And that's it. There are more commands than this
covered in the TUTORIAL file, but this should give
the basic idea.
Thank you for watching.
