Enhancement - #320

- Added feature #320, so the command "task 123" is interpreted as an
  implicit "task info 123" command (thanks to John Florian).
- Modified task man page.
- Added unit tests.
- Updated supported platform lists with F13 and Ubuntu 10.04.

src/Context.cpp

@@ -701,31 +701,43 @@ void Context::parse (
 
   // If no command was specified, and there were no command line arguments
   // then invoke the default command.
-  if (parseCmd.command == "" && parseArgs.size () == 0)
+  if (parseCmd.command == "")
   {
-    // Apply overrides, if any.
-    std::string defaultCommand = config.get ("default.command");
-    if (defaultCommand != "")
+    if (parseArgs.size () == 0)
     {
-      // Add on the overrides.
-      defaultCommand += " " + file_override + " " + var_overrides;
+      // Apply overrides, if any.
+      std::string defaultCommand = config.get ("default.command");
+      if (defaultCommand != "")
+      {
+        // Add on the overrides.
+        defaultCommand += " " + file_override + " " + var_overrides;
 
-      // Stuff the command line.
-      args.clear ();
-      split (args, defaultCommand, ' ');
-      header ("[task " + trim (defaultCommand) + "]");
+        // Stuff the command line.
+        args.clear ();
+        split (args, defaultCommand, ' ');
+        header ("[task " + trim (defaultCommand) + "]");
 
-      // Reinitialize the context and recurse.
-      file_override = "";
-      var_overrides = "";
-      footnotes.clear ();
-      initialize ();
-      parse (args, cmd, task, sequence, subst, filter);
+        // Reinitialize the context and recurse.
+        file_override = "";
+        var_overrides = "";
+        footnotes.clear ();
+        initialize ();
+        parse (args, cmd, task, sequence, subst, filter);
+      }
+      else
+        throw stringtable.get (
+          CMD_MISSING,
+          "You must specify a command, or a task ID to modify");
+    }
+
+    // If the command "task 123" is entered, then the actual command is assumed
+    // to be "info".
+    else if (parseTask.id != 0 ||
+             parseSequence.size () != 0)
+    {
+      std::cout << "No command - assuming 'info'." << std::endl;
+      parseCmd.command = "info";
     }
-    else
-      throw stringtable.get (
-        CMD_MISSING,
-        "You must specify a command, or a task ID to modify");
   }
 }
 

src/tests/info.t

@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl
+################################################################################
+## task - a command line task list manager.
+##
+## Copyright 2006 - 2010, Paul Beckingham.
+## All rights reserved.
+##
+## This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+## the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+## Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+## version.
+##
+## This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+## ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
+## FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more
+## details.
+##
+## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
+## this program; if not, write to the
+##
+##     Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+##     51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+##     Boston, MA
+##     02110-1301
+##     USA
+##
+################################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+use Test::More tests => 10;
+
+# Create the rc file.
+if (open my $fh, '>', 'info.rc')
+{
+  print $fh "data.location=.\n",
+            "confirmation=off\n";
+  close $fh;
+  ok (-r 'info.rc', 'Created info.rc');
+}
+
+# Test the add command.
+qx{../task rc:info.rc add test one};
+qx{../task rc:info.rc add test two};
+qx{../task rc:info.rc add test three};
+
+my $output = qx{../task rc:info.rc 1};
+like ($output, qr/Description\s+test one\n/, 'single auto-info one');
+unlike ($output, qr/Description\s+test two\n/, 'single auto-info !two');
+unlike ($output, qr/Description\s+test three\n/, 'single auto-info !three');
+
+$output = qx{../task rc:info.rc 1-2};
+like ($output, qr/Description\s+test one\n/, 'single auto-info one');
+like ($output, qr/Description\s+test two\n/, 'single auto-info two');
+unlike ($output, qr/Description\s+test three\n/, 'single auto-info !three');
+
+# Cleanup.
+unlink 'pending.data';
+ok (!-r 'pending.data', 'Removed pending.data');
+
+unlink 'undo.data';
+ok (!-r 'undo.data', 'Removed undo.data');
+
+unlink 'info.rc';
+ok (!-r 'info.rc', 'Removed info.rc');
+
+exit 0;
+