Terminal Interface

[kilicbaran]

This is not about specification but about tooling. Can we get some terminal love? There are probably a lot of tools for other todo formats. This is just a very simple bash script that can be added to .bash_profile. It can be extended for other options or a more proper version can be implemented in a programming language.

XIT_HOME=~/home.xit

xit() {

  if [ ! -f "$XIT_HOME" ]; then
    touch $XIT_HOME
  fi

  local subcommand=$1;
  shift;

  case $subcommand in
    open)
      if [[ $OSTYPE == 'darwin'* ]]; then
        command open -t $XIT_HOME
      else
        command nano $XIT_HOME
      fi
      
      ;;

    add|a) # Requires use of single quotes for the use of exclamation mark
      command echo "$*" >> $XIT_HOME
      ;;

    search|s) # Doesn't handle multiline
      command grep "$*" $XIT_HOME
      ;;

    * )
      command echo "Usage: ${FUNCNAME[0]} {open|add|search}"
      ;;
  esac
}

Some example usage

• xit open will open the file.
• xit add '[ ] some todo' will add it to file.
• xit search todo will return the line containing the given word.

[jotaen]

👍 I think that kind of tooling would be terrific. I’m happy to link such tools to from website.

[kevin-gwyrdh]

Hi
Thanks for suggesting this @kilicbaran and thanks @jotaen for the whole [x]it project
I have taken your starting code and made a bash script to show tasks as a list and as a simple kanban. Two versions one trying to follow [x]it format and the other having some compatability with the todo.txt format. Code will be a bit clunky but seems to work.
Code is here https://github.com/kevin-gwyrdh/xitbash

[hoechstleistungshaartrockner]

Hi everyone! I created a python based command line interface
https://github.com/hoechstleistungshaartrockner/xitkit

[jotaen]

Wow, this looks pretty full-featured! Also great to see comprehensive test coverage.

Let me know if you’d like me to link this from the “Tooling” section on https://xit.jotaen.net!

[hoechstleistungshaartrockner]

Sure, that'll be great, thanks!