What is This?

I have been searching for a nice way to store todos as plaintext on my machine. But then I realized it might be a nice side project. This is a simple command line todo list manager written in Rust.

Basic Usage

Todos are stored, by default, in the file located at $HOME/.config/todo/todo. They're stored in plain text in the form of [Optional Priority [0-9]] {Optional Date} TEXT.

Adding a todo

To add a todo call the todo new command followed by the todo text. For example, to add a new todo to take out the trash you would execute todo new "Take out the trash". This would create a new todo in the datafile.

Priority

Todo items can also have a numerical priority. This priority is an integer between 0 and 9. 0 represents the most important whereas 9 represents the least important. To add a new todo with a priority you can use either the -p or --priority flags. For example, if it is really important that you take that trash out you would execute todo new "Take out the trash" -p 0.

Due Dates

Due dates are supported. These are parsed using the Chrono English crate. This means that you can include natural english in your todo items. The due date is passed in using either the -d or --due flags. If you needed to take out the trash before tomorrow you could do todo new "Take out trash" -d tomorrow. You can also do more useful things like saying todo new "Take out trash" -d 3hr to specify the task is due 3 hours from now. You can also give the todo items both a priority and a due date by just passing both options

Viewing todos

Todo items can be viewed in the terminal by using the todo view command. This is formatted into a table using the Pretty Tables crate.

Sorting

Todo items can be sorted by either due date (ascending or descending), or priority (ascending or descending) by using the --sort option with d, dd, p, pd respectively.

Ideas for Future

• Different ways to print (Table, plain, etc.)
• Categories
• Filtering
• Limiting printed todos
• Due dates ellapsed are first
• Examples
• Web/Phone app (far future)