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todo
todo [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
Options
- -v, --verbosity <LVL>
Either CRITICAL, ERROR, WARNING, INFO or DEBUG
- --colour, --color <colour>
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.
- Options:
always | auto | never
- --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
- -c, --config <PATH>
The config file to use.
- --version
Show the version and exit.
Environment variables
- TODOMAN_CONFIG
Provide a default for
--config
cancel
Cancel one or more tasks.
todo cancel [OPTIONS] TODOS...
Arguments
- TODOS
Required argument(s)
copy
Copy tasks to another list.
todo copy [OPTIONS] IDS...
Options
- -l, --list <list>
The list to copy the tasks to.
Arguments
- IDS
Required argument(s)
delete
Delete tasks.
Permanently deletes one or more task. It is recommended that you use the cancel command if you wish to remove this from the pending list, but keep the actual task around.
todo delete [OPTIONS] IDS...
Options
- --yes
Arguments
- IDS
Required argument(s)
done
Mark one or more tasks as done.
todo done [OPTIONS] TODOS...
Arguments
- TODOS
Required argument(s)
edit
Edit the task with id ID.
todo edit [OPTIONS] ID
Options
- --raw
Open the raw file for editing in $EDITOR. Only use this if you REALLY know what you’re doing!
- -s, --start <start>
When the task starts.
- -d, --due <due>
Due date of the task, in the format specified in the configuration.
- --location <location>
The location where this todo takes place.
- --priority <priority>
Priority for this task
- -c, --category <category>
Task categories. Can be used multiple times.
- -i, --interactive
Go into interactive mode before saving the task.
Arguments
- ID
Required argument
flush
Delete done tasks. This will also clear the cache to reset task IDs.
todo flush [OPTIONS]
Options
- --yes
Confirm the action without prompting.
list
List tasks (default). Filters any completed or cancelled tasks by default.
If no arguments are provided, all lists will be displayed, and only incomplete tasks are show. Otherwise, only todos for the specified list will be displayed.
- eg:
- todo list’ shows all unfinished tasks from all lists. - `todo list work’ shows all unfinished tasks from the list `work.
This is the default action when running `todo’.
The following commands can further filter shown todos, or include those omited by default:
todo list [OPTIONS] [LISTS]...
Options
- --location <location>
Only show tasks with location containg TEXT
- --grep <grep>
Only show tasks with message containg TEXT
- --sort <sort>
Sort tasks using fields like : “start”, “due”, “priority”, “created_at”, “percent_complete” etc. For all fields please refer to: <https://todoman.readthedocs.io/en/stable/usage.html>
- --reverse, --no-reverse
Sort tasks in reverse order (see –sort). Defaults to true.
- --due <due>
Only show tasks due in INTEGER hours
- -c, --category <category>
Only show tasks with specified categories.
- --priority <priority>
Only show tasks with priority at least as high as TEXT (low, medium or high).
- --start <start>
Only shows tasks before/after given DATE
- --startable
Show only todos which should can be started today (i.e.: start time is not in the future).
- -s, --status <status>
Show only todos with the provided comma-separated statuses. Valid statuses are “NEEDS-ACTION”, “CANCELLED”, “COMPLETED”, “IN-PROCESS” or “ANY”
Arguments
- LISTS
Optional argument(s)
move
Move tasks to another list.
todo move [OPTIONS] IDS...
Options
- -l, --list <list>
The list to move the tasks to.
Arguments
- IDS
Required argument(s)
new
Create a new task with SUMMARY.
todo new [OPTIONS] [SUMMARY]...
Options
- -l, --list <list>
List in which the task will be saved.
- -r, --read-description
Read task description from stdin.
- -s, --start <start>
When the task starts.
- -d, --due <due>
Due date of the task, in the format specified in the configuration.
- --location <location>
The location where this todo takes place.
- --priority <priority>
Priority for this task
- -c, --category <category>
Task categories. Can be used multiple times.
- -i, --interactive
Go into interactive mode before saving the task.
Arguments
- SUMMARY
Optional argument(s)
show
Show details about a task.
todo show [OPTIONS] ID
Arguments
- ID
Required argument
Description
Todoman is a simple, standards-based, cli todo (aka: task) manager. Todos are stored into icalendar files, which means you can sync them via CalDAV using, for example, vdirsyncer.
Usage
Usage
Todoman usage is CLI based (thought there are some TUI bits, and the intentions is to also provide a fully TUI-based interface).
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 @work (0%)
2 [ ] ! Send minipimer back for warranty replacement @home (0%)
3 [X] 2015-03-29 Buy soy milk @home (100%)
4 [ ] !! Fix the iPad's screen @home (0%)
5 [ ] !! Fix the Touchpad battery @work (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 list the todo is from; it will be hidden when filtering by one list, or if the database only contains a single list.
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 need 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.
Conky
Todoman can be used with Conky by using one of the shell execution
variables.
Given the nature of pimutils utilities, there is no need to query new information
every time conky updates so execi
will be the best option most of the time.
Adding ${execi 30 todo}
inside the text section will display the output of the
command and update it every 30 seconds.
A working configuration can be found here.
Sorting
The tasks can be sorted with the --sort
argument. Sorting may be done according to the following fields:
description
location
status
summary
uid
rrule
percent_complete
priority
sequence
categories
completed_at
created_at
dtstamp
start
due
last_modified
It is possible to prepend a -
to a field to sort by that field in ascending
order (by default they are sorted in descending order).
Example:
todo list --sort due,-priority
Configuring
Configuring
You’ll need to configure Todoman before the first usage, using its simple ini-like configuration file.
Configuration File
The configuration file should be placed in
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/todoman/config.py
. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME
defaults to
~/.config
is most situations, so this will generally be
~/.config/todoman/config.py
.
- cache_path
The location of the cache file (an sqlite database). This file is used to store todo data and speed up execution/startup, and also contains the IDs for todos. If the value is not specified, a path relative to
$XDG_CACHE_HOME
will be used.$XDG_CACHE_HOME
generally resolves to~/.cache/
.- type:
str
- default:
"$XDG_CACHE_HOME/todoman/cache.sqlite3"
- color
By default todoman will disable colored output if stdout is not a TTY (value
auto
). Set tonever
to disable colored output entirely, oralways
to enable it regardless. This can be overridden with the--color
option.- type:
str
- default:
"auto"
- date_format
The date format used both for displaying dates, and parsing input dates. If this option is not specified the system locale’s is used.
- type:
str
- default:
"%x"
- default_command
When running
todo
with no commands, run this command.- type:
str
- default:
"list"
- default_due
The default difference (in hours) between new todo’s due date and creation date. If not specified, the value is 24. If set to 0, the due date for new todos will not be set.
- type:
int
- default:
24
- default_list
The default list for adding a todo. If you do not specify this option, you must use the
--list
/-l
option every time you add a todo.- type:
str
- default:
None
- default_priority
The default priority of a task on creation. Highest priority is 1, lowest priority is 10, and 0 means no priority at all.
- type:
int
- default:
None
- dt_separator
The string used to separate date and time when displaying and parsing.
- type:
str
- default:
" "
- humanize
If set to true, datetimes will be printed in human friendly formats like “tomorrow”, “in one hour”, “3 weeks ago”, etc.
If false, datetimes will be formatted using
date_format
andtime_format
.- type:
bool
- default:
False
- path
A glob pattern matching the directories where your todos are located. This pattern will be expanded, and each matching directory (with any icalendar files) will be treated as a list.
- type:
str
- default:
None, this field is mandatory.
- startable
If set to true, only show todos which are currently startable; these are todos which have a start date today, or some day in the past. Todos with no start date are always considered current. Incomplete todos (eg: partially-complete) are also included.
- type:
bool
- default:
False
- time_format
The date format used both for displaying times, and parsing input times.
- type:
str
- default:
"%X"
Sample configuration
The below example should serve as a reference. It will read ics files from any
directory inside ~/.local/share/calendars/
, uses the ISO-8601 date format,
and set the due date for new todos in 48hs.
# A glob expression which matches all directories relevant.
path = "~/.local/share/calendars/*"
date_format = "%Y-%m-%d"
time_format = "%H:%M"
default_list = "Personal"
default_due = 48
Color and displayname
You can set a color for each task list by creating a
color
file containing a color code in the hex format:#RRGGBB
.A file named
displayname
indicates how the task list should be named and is needed when there are multiple directories sharing a name, e.g.: when using multiple $CloudInstances. The default is the directory name.
Timezone
Todoman will use the system-wide configured timezone. If this doesn’t work for
you, you _may_ override the timezone by specifying the TZ
environment
variable.
For instruction on changing your system’s timezone, consult your distribution’s documentation.
Caveats
Support for the percent-completed
attribute is incomplete. Todoman can only
mark todos as completed (100%), and will not reflect nor allow editing for
values for percent > 0 ^ percent < 100
.
Contributing
For information on contributing, see: https://todoman.readthedocs.io/en/stable/contributing.html
LICENCE
Todoman is licensed under the ISC licence. See LICENCE for details.