todotxtpy

My personal implementation of a todotxt-like CLI, in Python. I use a customized, restricted subset of the todotxt format:

[priority] [creation date%] [tag?] [text]

The items marked with a ? are optional, and the items marked with a % are hidden from display (though stored) by default. Upon completion of a task, the app removes the task from todo.txt and appends it into done.txt, in the following format:

x [priority] [creation date] [completion date] [tag?] [text]

Supported operations:

• t add [pri] [tag?] [text]: add task with [priority], possibly a [tag?], and [text]
• t pri [line] [pri]: re-prioritize task on [line] to [priority]
• t do [line]: complete task on [line]
• t rm [line]: remove task on [line], without completing it
• t list: list all tasks, in order of priority, creation date, tag, text, with creation date hidden
• t list verbose: list all tasks, in order of priority, creation date, tag, text, with creation date included

Installation Instructions:

Requires python3.10; assumes linux. Install by downloading and running install.sh; no need to clone the repo!

Development

I work on the source code in dev/, then when it is time to deploy I tie everything up into a large executable file (and a large test file) and dump it all into todotxtpy/. This allows for deployment as a single script without needing a pip install. The process of consolidating all the dev files into a large executable is, of course, tedious, and if anyone knows of an automated tool that does this, please let me know!