getting initial command 'tasks' working

lib/core_ext/datetime.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+require 'date'
+
+class DateTime
+
+  def blank?
+    false
+  end
+
+end

lib/core_ext/enumerable.rb

@@ -1,16 +1,7 @@
 module Enumerable
 
-  def path_lookup(path)
-    value = self
-    parts = path.to_s.split('/')
-    parts.each do |part|
-      value = hash[part]
-    end
-    value
-  end
-
   def sorted_by(attribute)
-    self.sort_by { |e| e.path_lookup(attribute) }
+    self.sort_by { |e| e[attribute] }
   end
 
 end

lib/core_ext/nil.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+class NilClass
+
+  def blank?
+    true
+  end
+
+end

lib/core_ext/string.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 require 'date'
+require 'rubygems'
+require 'term/ansicolor'
 
 class String
 
+  include Term::ANSIColor
+
   def to_date
     begin
       date = DateTime.parse(self)
@@ -11,4 +15,8 @@ def to_date
     date
   end
 
+  def blank?
+    self == ""
+  end
+
 end

lib/remember-the-ruby/api.rb

@@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ def tasks
 
   # derivative objects ######################################################
 
+  def default_list
+    lists.find(settings["defaultlist"])
+  end
+
   def tags
     found_tags = EntityList.new(@transport, Tag)
     tasks.each do |task|

lib/remember-the-ruby/entity.rb

@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ def [](key)
   def []=(key, value)
     regular_writer(key.to_s, value)
   end
+
+  alias_method :original_lookup, :[]
+
+  def [](key)
+    value = self
+    parts = key.to_s.split('/')
+    parts.each do |part|
+      value = value.original_lookup(part)
+    end
+    value
+  end
 
 end
 end

lib/remember-the-ruby/entity_list.rb

@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ def self.from_rsp(transport, type, rsp, xpath)
     end
     entity_list
   end
-  
+
 end
 end

lib/rtr/api.rb

@@ -1,18 +1,22 @@
-def api_connection
+def api
 
-  api = RememberTheRuby::API.new(:frob  => $storage[:frob], 
-                                 :token => $storage[:token])
+  @api ||= begin
 
-  unless $storage[:frob]
-    system %{open "#{api.authorization_url}"}
-    $storage[:frob] = api.frob
-    exit
-  end
+    api = RememberTheRuby::API.new(:frob  => $storage[:frob], 
+                                   :token => $storage[:token])
 
-  unless $storage[:token]
-    $storage[:token] = api.authenticate
-  end
+    unless $storage[:frob]
+      system %{open "#{api.authorization_url}"}
+      $storage[:frob] = api.frob
+      exit
+    end
+
+    unless $storage[:token]
+      $storage[:token] = api.authenticate
+    end
 
-  api
+    api
+
+  end
 
 end

lib/rtr/commands.rb

@@ -1,9 +1,35 @@
+require 'term/ansicolor'
+
 module RTR
 class Commands
 
   register_method :tasks do |options|
-    pp api_connection.tasks.select do |t|
-      t.next.due.to_date && t.next.due.to_date > DateTime.now
+
+    puts "Oustanding Tasks".white.bold
+    puts
+    api.default_list.tasks.sorted_by('next/due').reverse.each do |task|
+
+      now = DateTime.now
+
+      due = task['next/due']
+      due = due.to_date unless due.blank?
+
+      diff = due.blank? ? nil : due - now
+
+      color = case
+        when diff.nil?                          then :white
+        when diff.abs < 1 && due.day == now.day then :yellow
+        when diff < 0                           then :red
+        else                                         :white
+      end
+
+      title = task.name
+      title = title.send(color).bold if color
+
+      prefix = " * "
+      prefix = prefix.send(color).bold if color
+
+      puts prefix + title
     end
   end