Task

Task is an open source, command-line, TODO list manager.

Here you will find information on how to acquire, build, configure, use and become proficient with the task program.

More documents are being written, and will be added here.

Alternatively, watch the task movie which illustrates many of task's features.

Get the Latest Stable Release

Source:

task-1.5.0.tar.gz

New in version 1.5.0 (?)

Removed deprecated TUTORIAL file.
Removed support for the "showage" configuration variable.
"task stop" can remove the start time from a started task.
"task ghistory" now displays a differently aligned graph, allowing easier comparison by month of tasks added versus completed and deleted.
"task version" command now reports unrecognized configuration variables, which may be spelling mistakes or deprecated variables.
"configure --enable-debug" now supported to suppress compiler optimization to allow debugging.
Allow lower case priorities, and automatically upper case them.
Added support for "due" configuration variable which defines the number of days in the future when a task is considered due.
Added support for custom reports, comprised of a set of column names and sort order, with optional filtering in the configuration file. This means user-defined reports can be written, and the reports currently in the configuration file can be renamed.
New online documentation for custom reports.
New algorithm for determining when the "nag" message is displayed.
Fixed bug where task hangs with a certain combination of recurring tasks and shadow files.
Fixed bug with the task sort algorithm, which led to an unstable sequence when there were only a handful of tasks.
Performance enhanced by eliminating unnecessary sorting.
Task now has a large (and growing) test suite and bug regression tests to help ensure higher quality releases.
Fixed bug that caused large performance hit during table rendering.
Fixed bug that concatenated a modified description without spaces.
Added new column 'recur' that displays the recurrence period of any recurring tasks. This column can be added to any custom report.
Added support for "color.recurring" configuration variable which specifies the color of recurring tasks.

(Find out what was new in prior versions)

Troubleshooting

Task has been built from source and tested in the following environments:

OS X 10.4 Tiger
OS X 10.5 Leopard
Fedora Core 8
Fedora Core 9
Fedora Core 10
Ubuntu 7 Feisty Fawn
Ubuntu 8 Hardy Heron
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
Solaris 10
Cygwin 1.5.25-14

If you have difficulties building task, have found a bug, have a suggestion for improvement, or a feature request, please send mail to task@beckingham.net.

Take a look at the troubleshooting guide for tips and workarounds to problems.