From 57cac493620417a3958190894fbf6839dc6084be Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Beckingham Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 12:26:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation Update - Added more Qs the FAQ. --- doc/man/task-faq.5 | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 37 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/man/task-faq.5 b/doc/man/task-faq.5 index 50ed9cdca..bf09aa7a3 100644 --- a/doc/man/task-faq.5 +++ b/doc/man/task-faq.5 @@ -36,14 +36,51 @@ Task will create 'new-file' if it doesn't already exist. Note that this is a good way to learn about new configuration settings, if your .taskrc file was created by an older version of task. +.TP +.B Q: Do I need to back up my task data? +Yes. You should back up your ~/.task directory, and probably your ~/.taskrc +file too. + .TP .B Q: Can I share my tasks between different machines? .TP .B Q: The undo.data file gets very large - do I need it? +You need it if you want the undo capability. But if it gets large, you can +certainly truncate it to save space, just be careful to delete lines from the +top of the file, up to and including a separator '---'. Note that it does not +slow down task, because task never reads it until you want to undo. Otherwise +task only appends to the file. .TP .B Q: How do I know whether my terminal support 256 colors? +The easiest way is to just try it! With task 1.9 or later, you simply run + + $ task color + +and a full color palette is displayed, if you look at it and see lots of +different colors, then your terminal supports 256 colors. If you see only +8 or 16 colors, many of them repeated, with blank areas then your terminal +does not support 256 colors. xterm does. iTerm does. + +.TP +.B Q: How can I make task put the command in the terminal window title? +You cannot. But you can make the shell do it, and you can make the shell +call the task program. Here is a Bash script that does this: + + #! /bin/bash + + printf "\033]0;task $*\a" + /usr/local/bin/task $* + +You just need to run the script, and let the script run task. Here is a Bash +function that does the same thing: + + t () + { + printf "\033]0;task $*\a" + /usr/local/bin/task $* + } .SH "CREDITS & COPYRIGHTS" task was written by P. Beckingham .