doing is an open source command line tool for keeping track of what you’re doing and tracking what you’ve done.
Specifically, doing is a utility for adding and listing “what was I doing” reminders in a TaskPaper-formatted text file.
It allows for multiple sections/categories and flexible output formatting.
Key Features
- Format of the “doing” file is TaskPaper-compatible.
- Flexible output formatting.
- Per-folder configuration.
- Templates.
- Custom views.
- Search by text or regular expressions.
- Commands:
- now – add an entry.
- meanwhile – finish any running @meanwhile tasks and optionally create a new one.
- later – add an item to the Later section.
- done – add a completed item with @done(date).
- finish – mark last X entries as @done.
- tag – tag last entry.
- mark – mark last entry as highlighted.
- show – list all entries.
- recent – list recent entries.
- today – list entries from today.
- yesterday – list entries from yesterday.
- last – show the last entry.
- sections – list sections.
- choose – select a section to display from a menu.
- add_section – add a new section to the “doing” file.
- view – display a user-created view.
- views – list available custom views.
- archive – move entries in between sections.
- open – open the “doing” file in an editor.
- config – edit the configuration file.
- Fuzzy searching for all commands.
Website: brettterpstra.com/projects/doing
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Brett Terpstra
License: MIT License
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