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.

For the latest news, discussion of proposed task features, and somewhere to voice your opinions, join us at http://groups.google.com/group/taskprogram.

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Get the Latest Stable Release

Ready compiled install-packages for several Linux distributions can be found on the Download-page.

Source task-1.8.0.tar.gz
Git repository http://github.com/pbeckingham/task

New in version 1.8.0 (?)

  • Added zsh tab completion script (thanks to P.C. Shyamshankar).
  • Fixed bug that cause the _forcecolor configuration variable to be considered obsolete (thank to Bruce Dillahunty).
  • Fixed documentation errors (thanks to Thomas@BIC).

(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
  • Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope
  • Arch Linux
  • Slackware 12-12.2
  • Solaris 8
  • 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, or post a message to the taskprogram@googlegroups.com.

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



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