aTODO

A small JSON and Python based TODO application

Description

aTODO is a very small and dirty way to take notes of what you have to do, but giving a bit more space to the description/status of said TODO, instead of focusing to "Buy milk" kind of stuff.

Usage

todo <action> <arguments>

Actions

• list Shows a list of all the TODOs saved
• view Shows the TODO with the ID specified in <arguments>
• add Adds a new TODO (The ID is automatically generated), the details of the TODO are asked when necessary
• delete Removes the TODO with the ID specified in <arguments>
• edit Opens the TODO with the ID specified in <arguments> with a simple internal interface. (EXPERIMENTAL)

Calling todo without arguments is the same of calling todo list.

All the actions can be replaced with their initial (so todo list can be called via todo l)

Arguments

The only arguments accepted are the ID of the TODO (shown in todo list) and eventually the --legacy option to use the legacy editing more (instead of the tempfile-based editing mode using your editor).

Decoding the todo list output.

All lines in aTODO are formatted the same way:

[ID] [M] Title

[ID] Represents the Identifier of the TODO

[M] Can appear or not, depending on the fact that the TODO is an "Extended Memo"

Title is simply the title of the TODO

Extended Memos

An "Extended Memo" is something a bit more complex than a simple TODO, it can keep notes about the matter you're treating.

To Create an "Extended Memo", just create a normal TODO and then edit the "Message" part of the JSON via todo e <id>. todo list will remind you that a TODO is an "Extended Memo" by placing the [M] mark on its line.

Implementation Details

aTODO just creates a JSON file called .todo, placed inside your /home directory.

Usage Examples

• todo a Simply creates a new TODO, you can then insert "Buy Milk" in "Title" and nothing in "message"
• todo e 2 Edits the TODO with ID "2", making the "Message" value different from empty will make the TODO an "Extended Memo"
• todo d 4 Deletes the TODO with ID "4"
• todo Lists the existing TODOs
• todo v 1 Shows all the details of the TODO with ID "1", this will show the "Message" value too, if the TODO is an "Extended Memo"

Conky Example

${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=10}TODOs:${font DejaVu Sans Mono:size=8}
${execpi 600 python3 "/path/to/todo.py"}