User Guide

Duke is a desktop app for tracking down todos, deadlines and events for use via a Command Line Interface (CLI) while still having the benefits of a Graphical User Interface (GUI). If you can type fast, Duke can get your tasks management done faster than traditional GUI apps.

• Quick Start
• Features
  • Adding a task
    • Adding a todo: todo
    • Adding a deadline: deadline
    • Adding an event: event
  • Marking a task as done: done
  • Listing all tasks: list
  • Locating a task by name: find
  • Displaying all tasks on a specific date: tasks on
  • Archiving a task: archive
  • Unarchiving a task: unarchive
  • Deleting a task: delete
  • Exiting the program: bye
• Command Summary

Quick Start

1. Ensure you have Java 11 or above installed in your Computer.

2. Download the latest Duke.jar from here.

3. Copy the file to the folder you want to use as the home folder for Duke.

4. Double-click the file to start the app. The GUI similar to the one below should appear in a few seconds. If not able to, you can open terminal in that directory and run: java -jar <filename>

   

5. Type the command in the command box and press Enter or click Send to execute it. e.g. typing list and pressing Enter or clicking Send will list all your current tasks. Some example commands you can try:

   • todo wash car : Adds a task called wash car into your list.
   • done 1: Marks the 1st task in the current list.
   • delete 1: Deletes the 1st task in the current list.
   • bye: Exits the app.

6. Refer to the Features below for details of each command.

Features

Notes about the command format:

• Words in UPPER_CASE are the parameters to be supplied by the user.
  e.g. in todo TASK, TASK is a parameter which can be used as todo wash car.

• Spacing before and after the command and input will automatically be ignored.
  e.g. the command [some spacing] todo [some spacing] CS2103T project [some spacing] will be interpreted as todo CS2103T project.

Adding a task

Adding a todo: todo

Adds a task to the list.

Format: todo TASK

Examples:

• todo wash car
• todo clean house

Adding a deadline: deadline

Adds a deadline to the list.

Format: deadline TASK /by dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm

Examples:

• deadline return book /by 22/08/2020 18:00
• deadline finish project /by 25/08/2020 20:00

Adding an event: event

Adds an event to the list.

Format: event TASK /at dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm

Examples:

• event attend seminar /at 23/09/2020 13:00
• event project meeting /at 26/09/2020 20:00

Marking a task as done: done

Marks a task in the list as done.

Format done INDEX

Examples:

• done 1
• done 2

Listing all tasks: list

Shows a list of all Tasks in the list.

Format: list

Additional tags:

• -a: Includes archived tasks

Examples:

• list
• list -a

Locating a task by name: find

Finds tasks whose description contains the given keyword.

Format: find KEYWORD

Examples:

• find project
• find wedding

Displaying all tasks on a specific date: tasks on

Displays all tasks that occur on the given date.

Format: tasks on dd/mm/yyyy

Examples:

• tasks on 15/09/2020
• tasks on 27/08/2020

Archiving a task: archive

Archives a task in the list.

Format: archive INDEX

Examples:

• archive 1
• archive 2

Unarchiving a task: unarchive

Unarchives a task in the archived list.

Format: unarchive INDEX

Examples:

• unarchive 1
• unarchive 2

Deleting a task: delete

Deletes a task in the list.

Format: delete INDEX

Examples:

• delete 1
• delete 2

Exiting the program: bye

Exits the program.

Format: bye

Saving the data

Duke data are saved in the hard disk automatically after any command that changes the data. There is no need to save manually.

Command summary

Action	Format
todo	todo TASK
deadline	deadline TASK /by dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm
event	event TASK /at dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm
done	done INDEX
list	list or list -a to include archived tasks
find	find KEYWORD
tasks on	tasks on dd/mm/yyyy
archive	archive INDEX
unarchive	unarchive INDEX
delete	delete INDEX
bye	bye