[Vimoutliner] conky, todos

[Scott Scriven]

* Noel Henson <noel at noels-lab.com> wrote:
> Can you provide a bit more information on the integration of VO and Conky?

Sure.

I have a file called $HOME/todo.otl .  It's my primary todo list.
In this case, it's on my work PC.  The todo.otl file is a pretty
standard VO todo list, except that I append a "<--" to some lines
to remind me that the task is active/important/whatever.

I also have a script, $HOME/.todo.conky.sh, which was shown
earlier.  I run this in the background:

  #!/bin/sh
  while true ; do
    grep '[_]' $HOME/todo.otl \
      | perl -ne 's/\t/  /g; s/\[_\]/-/; s/- (\d\d+)%/+ \1%/; print if (/<--/) or (not /^    /);' \
      > $HOME/.todo.conky
    sleep 30
  done

Then I have a $HOME/.conkyrc.todo .  It contains some misc theme
config, and then a pretty short "TEXT" section:

  TEXT
  ${head /home/scott/.todo.conky 30 15}

The end result is that my unfinished todo items are summarized
onto my wallpaper.

Conky can show a maximum of 30 lines per file, so I make sure to
put the more important items near the top of the list.

As an example, say I have the following todo.otl:

  [_] 11% a
  	: blah blah blah
  	[_] 0% a1
  		[_] a11
  	[_] 33% a2
  		[_] a21
  		[X] a22
  		[_] a23 <--
  	[_] a3
  		foo
  		bar
  [X] b
  [_] 50% c
  	[X] c1
  	[_] c2

After the script runs, what I'd see on my desktop is:

  + 11% a
    - 0% a1
    + 33% a2
      - a23 <--
    - a3
  + 50% c
    - c2

It's really not much of a transformation, but I find it useful.
It helps me remember what I need to do, and what I'm working on
right now.  I usually have several things going on at once, so I
generally mark my "do today" items with a "<--" so I won't spend
as much time trying to remember what to do next.


-- Scott