Feature

- New '_get' is a DOM accessor helper command.

ChangeLog

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Features
  + The configuration file now supports JSON encoding of Unicode characters, by
    specifying \uNNNN.
  + Now requires libuuid (thanks to Martin Natano).
+ + New '_get' is a DOM accessor helper command.
 
 Bugs
  + #1196 Now builds on Hurd (thanks to Jakub Wilk).

NEWS

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ New Features in taskwarrior 2.3.0
   - Italian translation.
   - UDA fields now allow default values.
   - Now requires libuuid.
+  - New '_get' DOM accessor helper command.
 
 New commands in taskwarrior 2.3.0
 

doc/man/task.1.in

@@ -533,6 +533,24 @@ Shows the IDs and descriptions of matching tasks.
 .B task <filter> _zshuuids
 Shows the UUIDs and descriptions of matching tasks.
 
+.TP
+.B task _get <DOM> [<DOM> ...]
+Accesses and displays the DOM reference(s).  Used to extract individual values
+from tasks, or the system.  Supported DOM references are:
+
+  rc.<name>
+  context.program
+  context.args
+  context.width
+  context.height
+  system.version
+  system.os
+  <id>.<attribute>
+  <uuid>.<attribute>
+
+Note that the 'rc.<name>' reference may need to be escaped using '--' to prevent
+the reference from being interpreted as an override.
+
 .SH ATTRIBUTES AND METADATA
 
 .TP

src/DOM.cpp

@@ -91,8 +91,8 @@ const std::string DOM::get (const std::string& name)
   {
          if (name == "context.program") return context.a3[0]._raw;
     else if (name == "context.args")    return context.a3.combine ();
-    else if (name == "context.width")   return format (context.terminal_width);
-    else if (name == "context.height")  return format (context.terminal_height);
+    else if (name == "context.width")   return format (context.terminal_width  ? context.terminal_width  : context.getWidth ());
+    else if (name == "context.height")  return format (context.terminal_height ? context.terminal_height : context.getHeight ());
     else                                throw format (STRING_DOM_UNREC, name);
   }
 
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ const std::string DOM::get (const std::string& name, const Task& task)
 
   // <attr>
        if (name == "id")                       return format (task.id);
-  else if (name == "urgency")                  return format (task.urgency_c (), 4, 3);
+  else if (name == "urgency")                  return format (task.urgency_c ());
   else if (A3::is_attribute (name, canonical)) return task.get (canonical);
 
   // <id>.<name>
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ const std::string DOM::get (const std::string& name, const Task& task)
       n.getUntilEOS (attr);
 
            if (attr == "id")                       return format (ref.id);
-      else if (attr == "urgency")                  return format (ref.urgency_c (), 4, 3);
+      else if (attr == "urgency")                  return format (ref.urgency_c ());
       else if (A3::is_attribute (attr, canonical)) return ref.get (canonical);
     }
   }

src/commands/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ set (commands_SRCS Command.cpp        Command.h
                    CmdEdit.cpp        CmdEdit.h
                    CmdExec.cpp        CmdExec.h
                    CmdExport.cpp      CmdExport.h
+                   CmdGet.cpp         CmdGet.h
                    CmdHelp.cpp        CmdHelp.h
                    CmdHistory.cpp     CmdHistory.h
                    CmdIDs.cpp         CmdIDs.h

src/commands/CmdGet.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
+//
+// Copyright 2006-2013, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+// THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+//
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#include <cmake.h>
+#include <Context.h>
+#include <main.h>
+#include <text.h>
+#include <i18n.h>
+#include <CmdGet.h>
+
+extern Context context;
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+CmdGet::CmdGet ()
+{
+  _keyword     = "_get";
+  _usage       = "task          _get <DOM> [<DOM> ...]";
+  _description = STRING_CMD_GET_USAGE;
+  _read_only   = true;
+  _displays_id = false;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+int CmdGet::execute (std::string& output)
+{
+  // Obtain the arguments from the description.  That way, things like '--'
+  // have already been handled.
+  std::vector <std::string> words = context.a3.extract_words ();
+  if (words.size () == 0)
+    throw std::string ("Need args!");
+
+  std::vector <std::string> results;
+  std::vector <std::string>::iterator word;
+  for (word = words.begin (); word != words.end (); ++word)
+  {
+    Task t;
+    results.push_back (context.dom.get (*word, t));
+  }
+
+  join (output, " ", results);
+  output += "\n";
+  return 0;
+}
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

src/commands/CmdGet.h

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// taskwarrior - a command line task list manager.
+//
+// Copyright 2006-2013, Paul Beckingham, Federico Hernandez.
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+// in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+// OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL
+// THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+//
+// http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php
+//
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+#ifndef INCLUDED_CMDGET
+#define INCLUDED_CMDGET
+
+#include <string>
+#include <Command.h>
+
+class CmdGet : public Command
+{
+public:
+  CmdGet ();
+  int execute (std::string&);
+};
+
+#endif
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

src/commands/Command.cpp

@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
 #include <CmdExec.h>
 #endif
 #include <CmdExport.h>
+#include <CmdGet.h>
 #include <CmdHelp.h>
 #include <CmdHistory.h>
 #include <CmdIDs.h>
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ void Command::factory (std::map <std::string, Command*>& all)
   c = new CmdExec ();               all[c->keyword ()] = c;
 #endif
   c = new CmdExport ();             all[c->keyword ()] = c;
+  c = new CmdGet ();                all[c->keyword ()] = c;
   c = new CmdGHistoryMonthly ();    all[c->keyword ()] = c;
   c = new CmdGHistoryAnnual ();     all[c->keyword ()] = c;
   c = new CmdHelp ();               all[c->keyword ()] = c;

src/en-US.h

@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@
 #define STRING_CMD_SUMMARY_COMPLETE  "Complete"
 #define STRING_CMD_SUMMARY_NONE      "(none)"
 #define STRING_CMD_COUNT_USAGE       "Counts matching tasks"
+#define STRING_CMD_GET_USAGE         "DOM Accessor"
 
 #define STRING_CMD_UDAS_NO           "No UDAs defined."
 #define STRING_CMD_UDAS_SUMMARY      "{1} UDA defined"

src/es-ES.h

@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@
 #define STRING_CMD_SUMMARY_COMPLETE  "Completas"
 #define STRING_CMD_SUMMARY_NONE      "(ninguna)"
 #define STRING_CMD_COUNT_USAGE       "Cuenta tareas que coinciden"
+#define STRING_CMD_GET_USAGE         "DOM Accessor"
 
 #define STRING_CMD_UDAS_NO           "Ningún UDA definido."
 #define STRING_CMD_UDAS_SUMMARY      "{1} UDA definido"

src/fr-FR.h

@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@
 #define STRING_CMD_SUMMARY_COMPLETE  "Complete"
 #define STRING_CMD_SUMMARY_NONE      "(none)"
 #define STRING_CMD_COUNT_USAGE       "Counts matching tasks"
+#define STRING_CMD_GET_USAGE         "DOM Accessor"
 
 #define STRING_CMD_UDAS_NO           "No UDAs defined."
 #define STRING_CMD_UDAS_SUMMARY      "{1} UDA defined"

src/it-IT.h

@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@
 #define STRING_CMD_SUMMARY_COMPLETE  "Completi"
 #define STRING_CMD_SUMMARY_NONE      "(nessuno)"
 #define STRING_CMD_COUNT_USAGE       "Conteggia task corrispondenti"
+#define STRING_CMD_GET_USAGE         "DOM Accessor"
 
 #define STRING_CMD_UDAS_NO           "Nessun UDA definito."
 #define STRING_CMD_UDAS_SUMMARY      "{1} UDA definito"