mhoff / itask

interactive shell for taskwarror

itask: interactive taskwarrior shell

itask is an interactive shell for the (free and open-source) task-management software taskwarrior. taskwarrior, or in short task, is already a highly flexible and powerful word processing tool, which not only supports fine-granular task-managment, but also complex queries and batch processing.

itask intends to complement this functionality with a more smart and interactive interface. In essence, itask provides a shell repeatedly prompting the user to only complete pre-written task commands.

Imagine you want to add multiple tasks to the project your are currently working on. Using plain task, you would find yourself doing something like:

$ task add project:my_cool_project +ui use material design
$ task add project:my_cool_project +ui rewrite button labels
$ task add project:my_cool_project +ui fix input dialog

The itask equivalent, on the other hand, looks as follows:

$ itask
task> %add project:my_cool_project +ui
task project:my_cool_project +ui> use material design
task project:my_cool_project +ui> rewrite button labels
task project:my_cool_project +ui> fix input dialog
task project:my_cool_project +ui> ^D
task>

The macro %add is pre-defined in itask and transparently constructs task commands which suit the users' needs. Another macro is %edit wich, in contrast to %add does not prompt for new tasks, but iterates over selection of tasks and provides an in-place editable prompt for every single task. Hence, the user can quickly modify small bits of task descriptions, or change meta information by simply appending to the prompt.

current status

itask is currently undergoing heavy development. The shell does already provide ipython-like auto-completion of commands, tags, projects and macros. We intend to make this completion even smarter by utilizing a simple grammar, allowing for context-dependent user support.

Another feature of itask is strong support for standard processes, e.g. getting-things-done. itask already provides macros for capturing, organizing/clarifying and reviewing tasks.

requirements

• taskwarrior (see https://taskwarrior.org/download/)
• python3.6 or newer
• pypi packages prompt-toolkit and configargparse (pip -r requirements.txt or pip install .)