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Managing tasks with todo.txt and Taskwarrior

emorrp1 — Fri, 10 Jul 2020 15:58:45 +0000

Yes, I found "wait" dates way more intuitive than start dates. I also like the tunable auto-prioritisation of taskwarrior e.g. tag X should become more important over time, faster than the default rate. For those of us with motivation issues, the various completion reports are useful for replicating the feeling of a mostly checked-off physical list. On that point, it's a bit wacky, but I found Habitica cool for a family friendly todo list bootstrapping: https://habitica.com/static/home#gamify-life

Managing tasks with todo.txt and Taskwarrior

rookie101 — Wed, 08 Jul 2020 13:30:22 +0000

I prefer using vimwiki, it has a diary and todo list manager. So I note down the tasks in the diary and check them off as my day progresses. This coupled with snippets make it a really powerful tool e.g. I have a snippet that adds `take out trash` as a task I have to do every Wednesday.

For web support, I can't edit my lists but I have a git hook that automatically builds the diary into html and sends it to my server for seeing what I had planned.

Managing tasks with todo.txt and Taskwarrior

Amolith — Sun, 28 Jun 2020 07:17:44 +0000

This is a very timely series because I've been looking for a good task management tool as well. Taskwarrior crossed my radar and it looked really nice but I ended up going with Taskell instead.
https://github.com/smallhadroncollider/taskell

I love the idea of using plaintext files for everything but Taskell goes beyond that and stores items as markdown in such a way that also looks great in markdown editor or renderer. The file is looked for and stored at a relative path so one would be able to have a different task list for every repository/project and share it among collaborators. It took me a minute to realise it but Mark actually uses Taskell for the tool's roadmap:
https://github.com/smallhadroncollider/taskell/blob/devel...
I haven't used it in that situation yet but I definitely see the value and will likely propose it in future projects.

You do make a good point about being able to interact with it on mobile and I use Syncthing in combination with Markor for that. Syncthing has handled my KeePass database flawlessly for the past year, so I don't foresee any issues with a basic text file.

The simple combination of plaintext, easy-to-read markdown, and an attractive UI with vim bindings is what drew me to Taskell and I've really enjoyed working with it so far!

Managing tasks with todo.txt and Taskwarrior

unixbhaskar — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 05:47:17 +0000

Well, Calcurse do it for me ...you can find it here: https://www.calcurse.org/ ...simple and easy to use.

Managing tasks with todo.txt and Taskwarrior

wodny — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 20:05:42 +0000

Nice article - a lot of interesting related projects I didn't know about, thanks. TaskWarrior has some great features that help me organize the endless flow of tasks:
- the "wait:" date which allows to keep the task hidden until I really need to handle it,
- recurring tasks (eg. renewing certificates),
- date expressions like "monday+12h" or "due:friday wait:due-12h",
- nice default task ranking rules.

Managing tasks with todo.txt and Taskwarrior

tomj — Fri, 26 Jun 2020 18:09:32 +0000

In case anyone is looking for a todo.txt based tool written in Rust, have a look at "ttdl": https://crates.io/crates/ttdl

I use it as a daily driver and the filters are pretty helpful. Supports recurring tasks, too. Bonus points: Works on Linux, MacOS and Windows.

While TaskWarrior has more bells and whistles than todo.txt, the simplicity and the cleverness of the todo.txt data format won me over. One file, easy to grasp and modify.

Here's another good writeup about "plaintext productivity":
https://plaintext-productivity.net/1-00-tasks-introductio...