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Paul Beckingham 9e7844796b Updated Documentation
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<a href="task.html">Home</a>
<a href="setup.html">Setup</a>
<a href="30second.html">30-second Tutorial</a>
<a href="simple.html">Simple</a>
<a href="advanced.html">Advanced</a>
<a href="shell.html">Shell</a>
<a href="config.html">Configuration</a>
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<a href="recur.html">Recurrence</a>
<a href="date.html">Date Handling</a>
<a href="troubleshooting.html">Troubleshooting</a>
<a href="versions.html">Old Versions</a>
<a href="links.html">Task on the Web</a>
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<h1 class="title">Task</h1>
<p>
Task is an open source, command-line, TODO list manager.
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<p>
Here you will find information on how to acquire, build, configure,
use and become proficient with the task program.
</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="setup.html">Quick Setup</a>
<li><a href="30second.html">30-second Tutorial</a>
<li><a href="simple.html">Simple Usage</a>
<li><a href="advanced.html">Advanced Usage</a>
<li><a href="shell.html">Interacting with the Shell</a>
<li><a href="config.html">Configuring Task</a>
<li><a href="color.html">Color</a>
<li><a href="usage.html">Task Command Usage</a>
<li><a href="recur.html">Recurring Tasks</a>
<li><a href="date.html">Date Handling</a>
<li><a href="troubleshooting.html">Troubleshooting</a>
<li><a href="versions.html">Old Versions</a>
<li><a href="filter.html">Filters</a>
<li><a href="shadow.html">Shadow Files</a>
<li><a href="custom.html">Custom Reports</a>
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<p>
More documents are being written, and will be added here.
</p>
<p>
Alternatively, watch the
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2Kn4DMOVSw">task movie</a>
which illustrates many of task's features.
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<h2 class="title">Get the Latest Stable Release</h2>
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<td>Source:</td>
<td><a href="http://www.beckingham.net/task-1.5.0.tar.gz">task-1.5.0.tar.gz</a></td>
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Debian package:
(Thanks to <a href="http://blog.rfquerin.org">Richard Querin</a>):
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<td><a href="http://www.beckingham.net/task_1.5.0-1_i386.deb">task_1.5.0-1_i386.deb</a></td>
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<h4>New in version 1.5.0 (?)</h4>
<ul>
<li>Removed deprecated TUTORIAL file.
<li>Removed support for the "showage" configuration variable.
<li>"task stop" can remove the start time from a started task.
<li>"task ghistory" now displays a differently aligned graph, allowing
easier comparison by month of tasks added versus completed and deleted.
<li>"task version" command now reports unrecognized configuration variables,
which may be spelling mistakes or deprecated variables.
<li>"configure --enable-debug" now supported to suppress compiler optimization
to allow debugging.
<li>Allow lower case priorities, and automatically upper case them.
<li>Added support for "due" configuration variable which defines the number
of days in the future when a task is considered due.
<li>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.
<li>New online documentation for custom reports.
<li>New algorithm for determining when the "nag" message is displayed.
<li>Fixed bug where task hangs with a certain combination of recurring tasks
and shadow files.
<li>Fixed bug with the task sort algorithm, which led to an unstable sequence
when there were only a handful of tasks.
<li>Performance enhanced by eliminating unnecessary sorting.
<li>Task now has a large (and growing) test suite and bug regression tests
to help ensure higher quality releases.
<li>Fixed bug that caused large performance hit during table rendering.
</ul>
<p>
(Find out <a href="versions.html">what was new in prior versions</a>)
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<h2>Task 1.5.0 Beta</h2>
<p>
The next version of task is in beta. This means it is approaching the
end of the current development and testing cycle, and feedback from
a wider audience is needed to find the last bugs. If you would like
to help test the next release of task, download the beta source below
and install in the usual manner.
</p>
<p>
Please note that beta software may contain significant bugs. If you
use this beta release, you should first backup your existing task
data files.
</p>
<p>
Refer to the ChangeLog file for details regarding the various fixes
and enhancements.
</p>
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<td>Source:</td>
<td><a href="http://www.beckingham.net/task-1.5.0beta.tar.gz">task-1.5.0beta.tar.gz</a></td>
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<h2>Troubleshooting</h2>
<p>
Task has been built from source and tested in the following environments:
</p>
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<ul>
<li>OS X 10.4 Tiger
<li>OS X 10.5 Leopard
<li>Fedora Core 8
<li>Fedora Core 9
<li>Fedora Core 10
<li>Ubuntu 7 Feisty Fawn
<li>Ubuntu 8 Hardy Heron
<li>Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
<li>Solaris 10
<li>Cygwin 1.5.25-14
</ul>
</p>
<p>
If you have difficulties building task, have found a bug, have a
suggestion for improvement, or a feature request, please send mail to
<a href="mailto:task@beckingham.net">task@beckingham.net</a>.
</p>
<p>
Take a look at the <a href="troubleshooting.html">troubleshooting guide</a>
for tips and workarounds to problems.
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Copyright 2006-2009, P. Beckingham. All rights reserved.
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