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.
- Quick Setup
- 30-second Tutorial
- Simple Usage
- Advanced Usage
- Interacting with the Shell
- Configuring Task
- Color
- Task Command Usage
- Recurring Tasks
- Date Handling
- Troubleshooting
- Old Versions
- Filters
- Shadow Files
- Custom Reports
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-1.6.0.tar.gz |
| Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) Intel-only: | task-1.6.0.pkg |
| Debian package: (Thanks to Richard Querin): | task_1.6.0-1_i386.deb |
| Git - get the whole source and history: | http://github.com/pbeckingham/task |
New in version 1.6.0 (?)
- Added support for new "append" command that adds more description text to an existing task.
- Added support for the "weekdays" recurrence, which means a task can recur five times a week, and not on weekends (thanks to Chris Pride).
- UTF8 text is now supported in task project names, tags and descriptions.
- Fixed bug that caused the y/n confirmation on task deletion to ignore the Enter key and fail to re-prompt (thanks to Bruce Dillahunty).
- When the "echo.command" configuration variable is set to "yes", it causes commands that modify tasks to display which task was affected (thanks to Bruce Dillahunty).
- A task can now be annotated with the command "task
annotate ...", and a timestamped annotation will appear in reports. - A 'description_only' column is now available for use in custom reports, and it excludes annotations.
- A task can now be upgraded to a recurring task by adding a recurrence frequency, a due date, and an optional until date.
- When a recurring task is modified, all other instances of the recurring task are also modified.
(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.
Copyright 2006-2009, P. Beckingham. All rights reserved.