[Vimoutliner] Re: VO-based todo manager: tkdo 0.3

[Scott Scriven]

* bold <bousch at gmail.com> wrote:
> Questions:
> - I belief I have to regenerate the ~/.tkdo/rc file when you 
> introduce new settings. Is this correct?

Nope.  You can actually remove most of the config settings, if 
you like.  You only need to specify things which aren't default.  
The bare minimum config is just a list of task files.

If you want to see which settings the new version added, run...

  tkdo cfg > ~/.tkdo/rc.new
  diff -u ~/.tkdo/rc ~/.tkdo/rc.new

And, of course, feel free to copy/paste any parts you want into 
your config.  It's designed to be human-editable.

> - is it correct that the top item in a tree also needs a 
> checkbox to get the lower tasks picked up by tkdo?

Yes.

It's supposed to work with free-form text files.  Only the 
branches with a checkbox are displayed or modified.

In practice, I mostly use 'ignored' branches to archive completed 
items.  For example:

  [_] task 1
  [_] task 2

  Done:
  	[X] completed task 1
  	[X] completed task 2

Everything under "Done:" is ignored.

> Maybe you could include some example otls to clarify how you 
> use it in practice. That might clear things up for first time 
> users.

I'll add that to my list.  :)

> PS. Almost forgot the feature request: I hope the "list 
> contexts" window transforms to a "select context" window  ;)

I haven't really done much with the mouse in tkdo's GUI.  To 
select a context, I just type "@foo" or run "t list @foo" in a 
shell.  But I suppose, on a PDA, mouse actions might be a little 
easier.


-- Scott