todo-dmenu

dmenu interface to add/remove todo entries in simple text files. Inspired by the todo script on the suckless site.

On invocation, todo-dmenu opens dmenu with the list of available todo lists (which are simple text files, stored by default in ~/.todo-dmenu/). You can select an existing list, or create a new one by typing it's name. Upon selecting the list, todo-dmenu opens demnu showing the entries in the selected todo list.

You can enter a new todo, or delete an existing one by selecting it. todo-dmenu will then re-open the same file until you press escape.

If the environment variable TODO_LIST is set, then todo-dmenu will skip the list selection and directly open the given todo list. TODO_LIST should simply be the name of a file in the todo folder.

Usage

• To cancel at any time, type escape;
• If environment variable TODO_LIST is set and not empty, todo-dmenu will directly open the given todo list (the name being that of a file in the todo folder);
• If invoked without argument, todo-dmenu will first offer the choice of the todo list to use. Either select an existing list, or create a new one by typing it's name;
• Once in the todo list, you can:
  • Add a new todo, by entering it at the prompt. The current date/time will be appended to the name of the todo;
  • Remove a todo by selecting it and pressing enter.
• todo-dmenu remains in the todo list until esc is pressed

Note: Just pressing enter without typing anything will not cancel, it will delete the oldest todo. This is how dmenu selects entries. To cancel you must press escape.

Tasks are stored in text files, by default under ~/.todo-dmenu/ - anything that can't be done with this tool can be done by editing the files directly.

Installation

todo-dmenu is a shell script and depends on dmenu, sed, awk and grep.

Just download the todo-dmenu script and invoke it with parameters you want to pass to dmenu (You probably will want -i for case insensitive.). Here is how I invoke it:

   TODO_LIST=work todo-dmenu -l 10 -i -fn "Arial-12" -nb "#666" -nf "#FFF"

(This requires dmenu with xft support - the Ubuntu version has it by default)