Simple ToDo List

A robust, day-to-day ToDo list tracker and summarizer.

This application creates a daily ToDo file in your ~/todo directory, empowering you to keep track of your tasks on a day-to-day basis and seamlessly carry forward unfinished tasks from the previous day.

The todo_script.py script performs a variety of tasks:

• It scans the ~/todo directory for existing ToDo files and identifies the most recent file containing tasks that are marked as unfinished.
• It creates a new ToDo file for the current day, adhering to the 'todo_YYYY_MM_DD.txt' format.
• It fetches any unfinished tasks from the previous day's ToDo file and integrates them into the current day's file.
• It launches the current day's ToDo file in the Sublime Text editor for immediate use and editing.

In addition, the script provides a summarization feature:

• It prints a summary of completed tasks and the dates on which they were accomplished.

How to Run

To utilize the Simple ToDo List, follow the instructions below:

0. Make sure to have sublime text installed and alias s to the subl command. Or, you can modify the subprocess call to some other text editor opening command.

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone github.com/morganrivers/simple_todolist.git
   

2. Navigate into the cloned repository:

   cd simple_todolist
   

3. Run the following command to generate today's ToDo list:

   python3 todo_script.py
   

   The ToDo list will be created in a new file in the ~/todo directory.

   I have set up my machine to have a keyboard command that opens the to-do list in the text editor. This makes it really easy to get to the ToDo list whenever you want

After completing some tasks, you can print a summary of your progress by executing:

python3 summarize_work_done.py

This will provide a report of the tasks you have completed and the dates on which they were completed.