Your console and graphical UI to manage your todo.txt file(s).
Also in this package, the QT5 based graphical user interface, qpter.
pter has a bunch of features that help you managing your todo.txt file:
- Fully compatible to the todo.txt standard
- Support for
due:,h:,t: - Save search queries for quick access
- Convenient entering of dates
- Configurable behaviour, shortcuts, and colors
- Time tracking
There is also a graphical user interface called qpter.
To install pter you can either clone the repository (see at the end) or, much simpler, use pip to install it:
pip install pter
If you want to use the Qt GUI qpter, you have to install PyQt5::
pip install PyQt5
To launch pter you have to tell it where your todo.txt file is:
pter ~/todo.txt
For the graphical user interface (requires QT), you have to start it like this:
qpter ~/todo.txt
Both will give you a listing of all your tasks order by how soon they will be due and what priority you have given them.
You can navigate the tasks with your cursor keys and edit selected tasks by
pressing e.
More default shortcuts are:
e, edit the selected taskn, create a new taskd, mark the selected task as done (or toggle back to not done)?, show all keyboard shortcutsq, quit the program
There is a complex search available (have a look at the manual for details), but the short version is:
- press
/to enter your search terms - search for
done:nto only show incomplete tasks - search for a context with
@context - search for a project with
+project - search for tasks that do not belong to a context with
-@contextornot:@context - press
Returnto return the focus to the task list
To launch the Qt GUI, you may (but don’t have to) provide the location of your todo.txt file::
qpter ~/todo.txt
Just like any other open source project, you’re invited to participate in pter’s development. Any contribution is welcome, from bug reports to pull requests/sending of patches!
You can find the project at codeberg or just email any of the authors with your input.