Some considerable time ago - longer than I had hoped - I demonstrated an alternate implementation of the todo script, called task, in the form of a YouTube...
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ace_noone
Jun 4, 2008 8:47 am
... That video makes it look very interesting - I especially like the structured output. Could you quickly summarize the differences between todo.sh and task? ...
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Damian Glenny
damian_glenny
Jun 4, 2008 9:37 am
Interesting, thanks. I notice you haven't got Cygwin on the list of tested platforms - I'll see if I can add to that for you :) D...
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paul@...
p.beckingham
Jun 4, 2008 1:56 pm
... Here goes: - formatted output (tables, wrapping) - many more reports - more ways to list tasks - arbitrary number of tags - "active" tasks - calendar to...
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paul@...
p.beckingham
Jun 4, 2008 2:02 pm
... That's right. I intend to address this, but just haven't had the time yet. ... Feedback is good. Thank you. Paul. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T...
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Damian Glenny
damian_glenny
Jun 4, 2008 8:29 pm
... you, then maybe I should include one. You have .csv output, I notice - I didn't look if there was a similar import function, but I imagine that if there...
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paul@...
p.beckingham
Jun 4, 2008 8:49 pm
... I added a csv export, but because of the many possible formats out there, I never wrote an import. I'll put together something for todo.sh, but it will...
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Robin Green
robingreen303
Jun 4, 2008 9:28 pm
... I ... will ... CSV is simple to export but a b*tch to import correctly, especially when you have arbitrary data in non-English languages. Sometimes numbers...
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Paul Beckingham
p.beckingham
Jun 5, 2008 1:09 am
Thanks to feedback from kind folks on this list, a data corruption bug that affects some platforms has been addressed. Please use: ...
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Richard Querin
rfquerin
Jun 5, 2008 6:01 pm
I've just spent half a day getting this to build in cygwin (was a problem with my system - nothing to do with task). And I'm using it now. The youtube demo...
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paul@...
p.beckingham
Jun 5, 2008 7:18 pm
Richard, Thank you for the kind words! I'm interested in any cygwin difficulties you had. Do you think there is anything I need to change, so that task...
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Bruce Fielding
befielding94536
Jun 5, 2008 8:36 pm
I was able to compile and install on Cygwin with no errors. Task works quite well on this platform. -- Bruce Fielding...
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Fintan Gaughan
tpotty
Jun 5, 2008 10:01 pm
When I first installed this I was able to add task but was not displaying in task ls. I spotted this email and re installed now working beautifully. Feel like...
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Damian Glenny
damian_glenny
Jun 6, 2008 2:58 am
Ditto, except for the somewhat surprising issue here: http://forums.logitech.com/logitech/board/message?board.id=quickcam_software&message.id=897 D...
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Damian Glenny
damian_glenny
Jun 6, 2008 7:40 am
... Cygwin out of the box doesn't have a C++ compiler nor make, and they have to be manually selected during setup or update - most Cygwin dabblers probably...
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Sirish Kumar B (RBEI/...
Sirish.Kumar@...
Jun 6, 2008 8:01 am
Hi, I am not able to build task for Cygwin, can anybody build it and share. Thank You & Regards Sirish ... From: todotxt@yahoogroups.com...
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ace_noone
Jun 6, 2008 8:05 am
... Thanks for that! I'll definitely give it a try soon. There's one thing that concerns me though: hackability. With scripts (whether shell, Python or...
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Richard Querin
rfquerin
Jun 6, 2008 10:35 am
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 4:00 AM, Sirish Kumar B (RBEI/EDI2) ... I know enough to have built it, but I'm still dumb enough not to know enough how to share it. ;)...
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paul@...
p.beckingham
Jun 6, 2008 6:09 pm
... I see your point - scripts are often easier to tinker with. But I chose C++ for other reasons - portability, speed and lots of experience with C++. It's...
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Dan DeLaiarro
dan_delaiarro
Jun 6, 2008 6:25 pm
Would someone who has run/installed this software in Cygwin possibly write a how-to article on the subject for those of us who are not Cygwin experts? I'm...
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Richard Querin
rfquerin
Jun 6, 2008 6:59 pm
... I've attempted in the last 15 minutes to do just that. You can check it out at: ...
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Dan DeLaiarro
dan_delaiarro
Jun 6, 2008 7:24 pm
Great write up. Thanks very, very much. I responded to the website, but just thought I'd drop a note here as well. The line that read: Type '.configure...
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Richard Querin
rfquerin
Jun 6, 2008 7:28 pm
... I left a response on the blog, but maybe better we have the discussion here. Is the configure process finishing? If it is, does the last portion of the...
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Dan DeLaiarro
dan_delaiarro
Jun 6, 2008 8:06 pm
Thanks for the help. The last few lines of the ./configure command read as follows: Configure: creating ./configure.status Config.status: creating Makefile ...
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Richard Querin
rfquerin
Jun 6, 2008 8:17 pm
... My bad Dan. I should have included the 'make' package as part of that list of required packages. For some reason I thought the automake package did this....
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Dan DeLaiarro
dan_delaiarro
Jun 6, 2008 8:30 pm
It's working like a charm! Thanks again for all the help. From: todotxt@yahoogroups.com [mailto:todotxt@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Richard Querin Sent:...
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Richard Querin
rfquerin
Jun 6, 2008 8:58 pm
... Glad to hear it Dan. Happy to help. RQ...
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ace_noone
Jun 7, 2008 12:45 pm
... I understand that. Just out of curiosity, could Task be ported to Windows without the need for Cygwin? By the way: A different, more identifiable name...
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ace_noone
Jun 7, 2008 1:05 pm
... Here's an approach: Using "egrep -o", the date could be extracted from a task. For example, the following returns "d:2008-06-09": echo "foo d:2008-06-09...
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Paul Beckingham
p.beckingham
Jun 7, 2008 5:51 pm
... Yes, absolutely. If you don't mind losing color support, it could be done very easily, otherwise it's harder. Windows (certain newer variants at least)...
