Usage

Todoman usage is CLI based (thought there are some TUI bits, and the intentions is to also provide a fully TUI-based interface).

First of all, the classic usage output:

$ todo --help
Usage: todo [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...

Options:
  -v, --verbosity [CRITICAL|ERROR|WARNING|INFO|DEBUG]
                                  Set verbosity to the given level.
  --colour, --color [always|auto|never]
                                  By default todoman will disable colored
                                  output if stdout is not a TTY (value
                                  `auto`). Set to `never` to disable colored
                                  output entirely, or `always` to enable it
                                  regardless.
  --porcelain                     Use a JSON format that will remain stable
                                  regardless of configuration or version.
  -h, --humanize                  Format all dates and times in a human
                                  friendly way
  --version                       Show the version and exit.
  --help                          Show this message and exit.

Commands:
  cancel  Cancel one or more tasks.
  copy    Copy tasks to another list.
  delete  Delete tasks.
  done    Mark one or more tasks as done.
  edit    Edit the task with id ID.
  flush   Delete done tasks.
  list    List tasks.
  move    Move tasks to another list.
  new     Create a new task with SUMMARY.
  show    Show details about a task.

The default action is list, which outputs all tasks for all calendars, each with a semi-permanent unique id:

1 [ ] !!! 2015-04-30 Close bank account (0%)
2 [ ] !                              Send minipimer back for warranty replacement (0%)
3 [X] 2015-03-29 Buy soy milk (100%)
4 [ ] !!             Fix the iPad's screen (0%)
5 [ ] !!             Fix the Touchad battery (0%)

The columns, in order, are:

  • An id.
  • Whether the task has been completed or not.
  • An !!! indicating high priority,``!!`` indicating medium priority, ! indicating low priority tasks.
  • The due date
  • The task summary
  • The completed percentage

The id is retained by todoman until the next time you run the flush command.

To operate on a todo, the id is what’s used to reference it. For example, to edit the Buy soy milk task from the example above, the proper command is todo edit 3, or todo undo 3 to un-mark the task as done.

Editing tasks can only be done via the TUI interface for now, and cannot be done via the command line yet.

Synchronization

If you want to synchronize your tasks, you’ll needs something that syncs via CalDAV. vdirsyncer is the recommended tool for this.

Interactive shell

If you install click-repl, todoman gets a new command called repl, which launches an interactive shell with tab-completion.

Integrations

When attempting to integrate todoman into other systems or parse its output, you’re advised to use the --porcelain flag, which will print all output in a pre-defined format that will remain stable regardless of user configuration or version.

The format is JSON, with a single array containing each todo as a single entry (object). Fields will always be present; if a todo does not have a value for a given field, it will be printed as null.

Fields MAY be added in future, but will never be removed.