Feature Request: Recurrence

[markhagemann]

I am loving using this so far. While we can set the availability along with the due date but there are definitely some tasks I have that need doing daily and I'd love to be able to track them within this app.

[raine]

Thanks. I have a branch here that adds recurring tasks if you're feeling adventurous.

Not sure yet if I'll pull that in as is. It turned out to be quite a lot, and there's more nuance in recurring tasks than I expected.

The current approach has a stable recurring series that creates individual tasks, with one current occurrence at a time rather than filling the database with months of future tasks. It supports daily and weekly schedules, pausing, skipping, stopping, history, and management through both the CLI and TUI.

The branch has had automated and manual testing, but I would still treat it as experimental and back up your database before trying it. Feedback on the workflow and whether this model feels natural would be very welcome.

[markhagemann]

Much appreciated! Will check it out this week and get back to you soon.

[markhagemann]

Feels intuitive so far.

Is it meant to be hidden off the screen until you navigate to it?

Would it be a lot of effort to support "Fortnightly" / "Every X Weeks"? I would assume "Monthly" is probably a common scenario for people as well.

[raine]

Thanks for testing.

Is it meant to be hidden off the screen until you navigate to it?

Do you mean in the Add task dialog? Yes, I was thinking so because it's relatively niche configuration for tasks, and showing it always would bloat the UI. However I realize now it's a bit hard to discover. Will try to think of something

Would it be a lot of effort to support "Fortnightly" / "Every X Weeks"? I would assume "Monthly" is probably a common scenario for people as well.

Shouldn't be a big deal

[raine]

I ended up reworking the add-task flow quite a bit. The composer now has a compact Schedule field that is always visible. You can type schedules directly, for example:

• daily
• every Friday at 09:00
• every 3 weeks, no due
• tomorrow
• due next Friday

If you prefer more structured form, press Enter on Schedule and choose None, One-off, or Repeating. The repeating editor lets you set the recurrence rule, availability time, due behavior, and start date.

This feels easier to discover without making the composer too busy