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Paul Beckingham c35a764019 Custom Reports - oldest, newest
- Added support for the "report.X.limit" configuration variable, to
  restrict the number of rows a report generates.
- Added support for Table::render (limit) to limit the number of rows
  that are rendered.
- Removed "oldest" and "newest" report code.
- Added "oldest" and "newest" custom report details to Config.cpp
- Updated various documentation.
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<h2 class="title"><a name="config">Configuring Task</a></h2>
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<p>
Task recognizes several entries in the .taskrc file for
configuration purposes. Valid entries are of the form:
</p>
<pre><code>name=value</code></pre>
<p>
Valid examples are:
</p>
<dt>data.location</dt>
<dd>
This is a path to the directory containing all the task files.
By default, it is set up to be ~/.task, for example:
/Users/paul/.task
</dd>
<dt>confirmation</dt>
<dd>
May be "yes" or "no", and determines whether task will ask for
confirmation before deleting a task.
</dd>
<dt>nag</dt>
<dd>
This may be a string of text, or blank. It is used as a prompt
when a task is completed that is not considered high priority.
The "task next" command lists important tasks, and completing
one of those does not generate this nagging. Default value is:
<strong>Note: try to stick to high priority tasks. See "task next".</strong>
</dd>
<dt>next</dt>
<dd>
Is a number, defaulting to 2, which is the number of tasks for
each project that are shown in the "task next" command.
</dd>
<dt>curses</dt>
<dd>
Determines whether task uses ncurses to establish the size of
the window you are using, for text wrapping.
</dd>
<dt>blanklines</dt>
<dd>
May be "on" or "off". Prevents the display of unnecessary blank
lines so that task makes better use screen real estate on small-
screened devices.
</dd>
<dt>dateformat</dt>
<dd>
<p>
This is a string of characters that define how task formats dates.
The default value is:
</p>
<pre><code>m/d/Y</code></pre>
<p>
which means dates look like:
</p>
<pre><code>6/7/2008</code></pre>
<p>
The string should contain the characters:
<table>
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<th class="table_h">Character</th>
<th class="table_h">Meaning</th>
<th class="table_h">Example</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="table_d">m</td>
<td class="table_d">minimal-digit month</td>
<td class="table_d">1, 12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="table_d">d</td>
<td class="table_d">minimal-digit day</td>
<td class="table_d">1, 30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="table_d">y</td>
<td class="table_d">two-digit year</td>
<td class="table_d">08</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="table_d">M</td>
<td class="table_d">two-digit month</td>
<td class="table_d">01, 12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="table_d">D</td>
<td class="table_d">two-digit day</td>
<td class="table_d">01, 30</td>
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<td class="table_d">Y</td>
<td class="table_d">four-digit year</td>
<td class="table_d">2008</td>
</tr>
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</p>
<p>
The string may also contain other characters to act as spacers,
or formatting. Other values could include (but are not limited to):
</p>
<p>
<table>
<tr>
<th class="table_h">dateformat</td>
<th class="table_h">How it looks</th>
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<tr>
<td class="table_d">d/m/Y</td>
<td class="table_d">7/6/2008</td>
</tr>
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<td class="table_d">YMD</td>
<td class="table_d">20080607</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td class="table_d">m-d-y</td>
<td class="table_d">6-7-08</td>
</tr>
</table>
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</dd>
<dt>monthsperline</dt>
<dd>
Determines how many months the "task calendar" command
renders across the screen. Defaults to however many will
fit. If more months that will fit are specified, task will
only show as many that will fit.
</dd>
<dt>defaultwidth</dt>
<dd>
The width of tables used when ncurses support is not available.
Defaults to 80.
</dd>
<dt>due</dt>
<dd>
This is the number of days into the future that define when a
task is considered due, and is colored accordingly.
Defaults to 7.
</dd>
<dt>color</dt>
<dd>
May be "on" or "off". Determines whether task uses color.
When "off", task will use dashes (-----) to underline column
headings.
</dd>
<dt>
color.overdue<br />
color.due<br />
color.pri.H<br />
color.pri.M<br />
color.pri.L<br />
color.pri.none<br />
color.active<br />
color.tagged<br />
color.recurring
</dt>
<dd>
These are the coloration rules. They correspond to a particular
attribute of a task, such as it being due, or being active, and
specifies the automatic coloring of that task. The value may
be one optional foreground color (see below) and one optional
background color. For example, the value may be:
<br />
<strong>bold_red on_bright_yellow</strong>
</dd>
<dt>color.tag.X</dt>
<dd>
Colors any task that has the tag X.
</dd>
<dt>color.project.X</dt>
<dd>
Colors any task assigned to project X.
</dd>
<dt>color.keyword.X</dt>
<dd>
Colors any task where the description contains X.
</dd>
<dt>default.project</dt>
<dd>
Provides a default project name for the "task add ..." command.
</dd>
<dt>default.priority</dt>
<dd>
Provides a default priority for the "task add ..." command.
</dd>
<dt>default.command</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Provides a default command that is run every time task is
invoked with no arguments. For example, if set to:
</p>
<pre><code>default.command=list project:foo</code></pre>
<p>
Then task will run the "list project:foo" command if no
command is specified. This means that by merely typing:
</p>
<pre><code>% task
[task list project:foo]
ID Project Pri Description
1 foo H Design the thing
2 foo Build the thing</code></pre>
<p>
Note that the value of this variable is simply the command
line that you would ordinarily type, but without the
preceding "task" program name.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>shadow.file</dt>
<dd>
<p>
If specified, designates a file path that will be autoamtically
written to by task, whenever the task database changes. In other
words, it is automatically kept up to date.
</p>
<p>
The shadow.command configuration variable is used to determine
which report is written to the shadow file. There is no color
used in the shadow file.
</p>
<p>
This feature can be useful in maintaining a current file for
use by the "Samurize" program.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>shadow.command</dt>
<dd>
<p>
This is the command that is run to maintain the shadow file,
determined by the shadow.file configuration variable. The
format is identical to that of default.command - please see
the documentation for default.command.
</p>
<p>
If this command is not specified, task will use the default.command
value instead. If that is not specified, the command "list" is used.
</p>
</dd>
<dt>shadow.notify</dt>
<dd>
When this value is set to "on", task will display a message
whenever the shadow file is updated by some task command.
</dd>
<dt>locking</dt>
<dd>
<p>
Determines whether task uses file locking when accessing the pending.data
and completed.data files. Default to "on". Solaris users who store
the task data files on an NFS mount may need to set locking to "off".
</p>
<p>
Note that setting this value to "off" is dangerous. It means that
another program may write to the task.pending file when task is
attempting to do the same.
</p>
</dd>
<p>
Note that the command:
</p>
<pre><code>task version</code></pre>
<p>
will display the configuration variables found in the .taskrc file,
and will warn you of any variables that are not recognized.
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