Feature: Highlight tasks that are past their due date

[fredcallaway]

The highlighting would be done in the same way that linters do it.

I'm willing to take on this project if there is indication that it would be pulled if implemented correctly.

One could also run a user defined script when a task hits it's due date (or some time before).

[vovkkk]

I'm willing to take on this project if there is indication that it would be pulled if implemented correctly.

Sure.

[martinsam]

+1

[BvanT]

+1

[fredcallaway]

I got it working on my own machine but ran into trouble with dependence on dateutil. Since then, I've moved to Checkvist because I think a mobile interface is critical for a to-do list.

Here's what I had if someone wants to try to get it working:

https://gist.github.com/fredcallaway/ffdf31d6a51c881d9be6f3a1d6784c6a

[vovkkk]

Thanks for effort.

If anyone want to send pr, please consider:

1. This functionality should be placed in separate file, e.g. PlainTasksDates.py (later we’ll move all stuff related to dates into it)
2. dateutil is powerful thing but we must avoid it for now — it is suitable for dependencies but adding a package as dependency in PC may take time for review, e.g. my pr for watchdog is pending 10 days already; besides, using dateutil is a separate feature per se, which would change/improve PT.
   So for now we should simply check if date is suitable as in check_parentheses function
3. We probably should use EventListener to keep highlighting up to date
4. Functionality should be customisable and documented: how to disable, make update only on save/open, or on every activation of view, sth else?

If no one do it, I’ll return to it probably in August (its end maybe).