Announcing stodo - a command-line-based to-do application

[jennifer1987]

s*todo​

s\stodo* (or stodo) is a
command-line-based to-do application.
s*todo currently only runs on Linux systems, although it might be
pretty straightforward to port it to other UNIXes, including macOS.
You can download it from github at https://github.com/jjttcc/s-splat-todo
by git-cloning it - i.e.:

cd

git clone https://github.com/jjttcc/s-splat-todo

s\todo*'s features include the following:

• Create entries (called items) for tasks, memos, appointments,
  and projects.
• Configure time-based notifications/reminders for items.
• Change the status of an item: in-progress, suspended, completed, or
  canceled.
• List pending items, sorted by due date.
• Editing of items with an editor or from the command line.
• Grepping - search for all items that match a keyword or regular
  expression.
• Version control of items with git.
• Processing of file attachments.
• item hierarchies for organization/classification.
• references to other items.

Use cases​

• As a to-do list tool: Keep track of your planned items - projects, tasks,
  appointments, memoranda, etc. Send yourself reminders (daily, weekly,
  on a specified date/time, etc.) for items you deem important.
  Prioritize your projects and tasks - e.g., send a monthly or even
  yearly reminder for a somewhat unimportant task that you, nevertheless,
  don't want to completely forget about.
• As a study aid - For example, I use it to organize and keep track of
  different aspects or components of my Mandarin study, such as
  listening, reading, speaking, writing, and grammar. As well, I use its
  "process-attachments" facility to begin a study session - for example, I
  invoke the facility on the attachments (Mandarin text files and audio or
  video files) of a "Mandarin study task" to study a story in my lesson
  plan.
• To play music, by invoking the "process-attachments" on a music item
  whose attachments are audio/music files. Or to watch a movie on an
  item with video attachments.
• To keep track of and/or archive data that one doesn't want to
  lose, such as: past events in one's life; one's family genealogy; tips,
  howtos, and URLs for, for example, software development and technology,
  medicine or any other field; birthdays of family members and
  friends; etc.
• To plan iterations for a software project and keep track of what was
  done on past iterations.
• If you want to change an item but don't want to lose the original
  content, you can run stodo gitadd to put it under
  git-based version control.
• Etc.

More info​

See the README file
(https://github.com/jjttcc/s-splat-todo/blob/master/README.md) for more
information, including more on how to use the application and installation
instructions.

How to use stodo​

Usage​

Run s*todo to obtain a basic usage message - i.e.:

Usage: stodo 

commands:
  help []         show help (on topic , if provided)
  new|init           look for and process new to-do items
  notify             send pending notifications to-do items
  combined           combine notifications with processing of new items
  report             display a report of existing to-do items
  chparent    change parent of the item with handle  to be the
                     item with handle . If  is '{none}',
                     the item is set as parentless.
  chhandle    change handle of the item with handle  to 
  change          change attribute(s) of item with handle 
  add                add a new item
  del                delete the specified items
  clear_d ...     clear descendants of items with handle specs , ...
  remove_d    find descendant (handle ) of ancestor (handle )
                     and delete it
  clone       clone item with handle  as a new item with handle 
  stat  ...    change status of handles , ... to state-change 
  temp [ ...]  output a to-do item Template (for target type )
  backup [opts]      back up data files
  proca ...       process attachments for items with handles ...
  git-          perform the specified 'git' operation: 
  version            print Version number and exit

 

[the_funky_gibbon]

@jennifer1987 Looks very interesting.