From 251ac85a9a83a2be395a7b699360128995521c7c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: clach04 <clach04@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2024 11:16:14 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Issue #20 - description of todo.txt format in plain text
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Co-authored-by: dsv <dinosepulvedav@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Dino Sepúlveda <dinosepulvedav@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Waldir Pimenta <waldyrious@gmail.com>
---
 The-Todo.txt-Format.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/The-Todo.txt-Format.md b/The-Todo.txt-Format.md
index 86f73d5..8b1433a 100644
--- a/The-Todo.txt-Format.md
+++ b/The-Todo.txt-Format.md
@@ -58,6 +58,22 @@ This is all possible inside `todo.txt`.
 
 <img align="right" src="./todo.txt_summary.svg" alt="Format Quick Reference Image">
 
+```
+┌───────────────────────────────── Optional - Marks completion
+│  ┌────────────────────────────── Optional - Marks priority
+│  │      ┌─────────────────────── Optional - Completion date
+│  │      │          ┌──────────── Optional - Creation date
+│  │      │          │             (must be specified if completion date is)
+│  │      │          │        ┌─── Mandatory - Description
+│  │      │          │        │    Tags (optional) can be placed anywhere within it
+│ ┌┴┐ ┌───┴────┐ ┌───┴────┐ ┌─┴────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
+x (A) 2016-05-20 2016-04-30 measure space for +chapelShelving @chapel due:2016-05-30
+                                              └──────┬──────┘ └──┬──┘ └──────┬─────┘
+                                   project tag ──────┘           │           │
+                                   context tag ──────────────────┘           │
+                                   special key-value tag ────────────────────┘
+```
+
 Your `todo.txt` is a plain text file. To take advantage of structured
 task metadata like priority, projects, context, creation, and completion
 date, there are a few simple but flexible file format rules.