Abstracting the configuration so that I don't get emailed everyone's …

…task list who neglects to change the email address in the script and so others can have their own config within the repo without having problems.

.gitignore

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 tmp_file.html
+config

README

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 These are all scripts to provide various notifications from concerning tasks in taskwarrior, a commandline task management system.
 
+*** Configuration ***
+Configuration of the email address and file locations can be changed in the 'config' file in the root of the repo. A sample config is provided in example.config. Simply rename this to config and make the appropriate edits.
+
+*** Available Scripts ***
 task-email.sh: Uses ssmtp to send html formatted email to you on a regular basis giving you updates on your task list. I'm playing with two methods of accomplishing this. This one requires python and numpy (a python module). See the task-ansi2email.sh for an option that does not require python. Currently, the fancy HTML on this is optimized for mobile screens so it's thin and all that. I assume a little CSS would change this quickly. Thanks to 
 
 task-popup.sh: Provides popups with sound to your linux desktop. This uses tools that come as part of the default ubuntu system, but are available on other Linux operating systems.
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 task-print.sh: Yeah, this doesn't actually exist because it is easily done in a crontab line so a script is overkill in a basic situation. See the appropriate line below.
 
-crontab lines:
+*** Sample Crontab lines ***
 # Popup a little notice monday through friday ever 30 minutes with task info
 */30 * * * 1-5 DISPLAY=:0.0 /home/user/bin/taskwarrior-notifications/task-popup.sh
+
 # Send me an email every morning at 5:30 on all days except Sunday.
 30 5 * * 1-6 /home/user/bin/taskwarrior-notifications/task-email.sh
+
 # Print out my task list every weekday morning at 5:30
 30 5 * * 1-5 /usr/bin/task | /usr/bin/lp

example.config

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+# Whom to email this too
+sendto="user@domain.com"
+
+# Directory to find support files
+inc="/home/user/scripts/taskwarrior-notifications"
+tmp_email="/tmp/task_email.txt"
+scripts="$inc/scripts"
+
+# Where to find the templates to use for HTML email
+templates="$inc/templates"

task-ansi2email.sh

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 #   another smtp program, if you do, please let me know and I'll update this
 # cron: 30 5 * * 1-6 /home/user/bin/taskwarrior-notifications/task-email.sh
 
-# Directory to find support files
-inc="/home/jritchie/scripts/taskwarrior-notifications"
-tmp_email="/tmp/task_email.txt"
-scripts="$inc/scripts"
-# Whom to email this too
-sendto="josiah@fim.org"
+# Pull in the config variables
+source ./config
 
 #setup headers so the HTML shows properly
 cat > $tmp_email <<EOF

task-email.sh

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 # Requires ssmtp
 # cron: 30 5 * * 1-6 /home/user/bin/taskwarrior-notifications/task-email.sh
 
-# Directory to find support files
-inc="/home/jritchie/scripts/taskwarrior-notifications"
-tmp_email="/tmp/task_email.txt"
-templates="$inc/templates"
-scripts="$inc/scripts"
-# Whom to email this too
-sendto="josiah@fim.org"
+# Pull in the config variables
+source ./config
 
 # Format time string
 date=`date '+%b %d'` #Sept 07