TODO(1)

NAME
todo - a simple, standards-based, cli todo manager

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

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

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 to never to disable colored output entirely, or always 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 and time_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.

    See also relevant documentation for the vdir format.

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.

AUTHOR
Hugo Osvaldo Barrera <hugo@whynothugo.nl>, et al

COPYRIGHT
2015-2024, Hugo Osvaldo Barrera