EmacsWiki: Todo Mode (original) (raw)
TodoMode by OliverSeidel does integration with the Emacs CalendarMode/DiaryMode stuff.
- KaiGrossjohann has a copy in his ftp directory: ftp://ls6-ftp.cs.uni-dortmund.de/pub/src/emacs/todo-mode.el
- If this link does not work (it hasn’t appeared to work in the past few weeks), you can get a circa 1997 version at: http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=xjazpo719ea.fsf_-_%40taurus.cus.cam.ac.uk&oe=UTF-8&output=gplain
- See also your gnu emacs 21 — it has a todo-mode.el with a july 2000 note in it: /usr/share/emacs/21.2/lisp/calendar/todo-mode.el
(The latest version appears to be lost forever?)
- OrganizerMode is extending user experience (but it has been marked as an AbandonnedMode; adopt it)
Tutorial
This has been posted by Logan Lee on the Usenet (http://groups.google.com/group/gnu.emacs.help/browse_thread/thread/6d55768f621067c6/cec507b4c628b776?pli=1):
(1) To enter todo major mode, M-x todo-mode. (2) Let's jump to the default Todo category. Press 'j' then select 'Todo'. (3) Let's insert a dummy task. Press 'i' then enter description then category that it belongs to. In this case, there is only one category (ie. Todo) so enter 'Todo' as its category. (4) Let's insert another dummy task in order to demonstrate raising or lowering priority of a task or filing a task once it's done. Do this by pressing 'i' again and following the rest of step 3. (5) Now, try pressing 'r' to move the task at cursor up by one line or 'l' to lower it by one line. The line position of a task represents its respective priority. (6) Now, try pressing 'f' at a task to file it. Filing a task means you add it to a file called '.todo-done' located at your home directory. You will see on your screen that the filed task has disappeared from view. (7) Lastly, let's try adding a new category. 'M-x todo-add-category'. First, you will be directed to the source of '.todo-do' file. Don't panic because of unknown syntax shown to your screen. Proceed to step 8 to learn more about the syntax of .todo-do file. (8) The format of .todo-do file:
-*- mode: todo / ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
/ --- Todo
/ 2007-01-02 19:12 Dummy Task2
/ 2007-01-02 19 11 Dummy Task1
--- End
/ --- New Category That You Have Added
--- End
(9) There are other commands and associated abbreviations which can be found in Todo item at menu bar.
Hopefully, this has been helpful for some people