Any suggestions for a simple to-do manager, ideally for Gnome? I just started playing with gToDo, which isn't bad, but it has a few bugs and it looks like it's not being maintained any more. All I want is something I can add some 1-line "jobs" to, with somewhere I can add more detail if I need to (ie a comment field of some kind), some way to categorise and prioritise, and ideally the ability to set a date/time for jobs that triggers a reminder of some kind. Too many jobs are getting forgotten about, and my old "system" of leaving the relevant email unread in my inbox isn't working.... I think I also need the satisfaction of being able to tick things off to get me motivated to do some of the less interesting jobs! -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG
At Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:53:27 +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
Any suggestions for a simple to-do manager, ideally for Gnome?
I just started playing with gToDo, which isn't bad, but it has a few bugs and it looks like it's not being maintained any more. All I want is something I can add some 1-line "jobs" to, with somewhere I can add more detail if I need to (ie a comment field of some kind), some way to categorise and prioritise, and ideally the ability to set a date/time for jobs that triggers a reminder of some kind.
Too many jobs are getting forgotten about, and my old "system" of leaving the relevant email unread in my inbox isn't working.... I think I also need the satisfaction of being able to tick things off to get me motivated to do some of the less interesting jobs!
I know of a good solution, but you probably won't like it. It's written in Lisp and works with a text editor whose name begins with 'E'. It's "simple", *if* you already know how to use said text editor. http://orgmode.org/ -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Richard Lewis ISMS, Computing Goldsmiths, University of London Tel: +44 (0)20 7078 5134 Skype: richardjlewis JID: ironchicken@jabber.earth.li http://www.richardlewis.me.uk/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- +----------------------------------------------+ | Support open access to scholarship | | http://freeculture.org/ http://www.doaj.org/ | +----------------------------------------------+
On 06/08/10 09:48, Richard Lewis wrote:
I know of a good solution, but you probably won't like it. It's written in Lisp and works with a text editor whose name begins with 'E'. It's "simple",*if* you already know how to use said text editor.
I wish I did know how to use Emacs, but I got wordstar keybinds in my head when I was a young lad, and I've never been able to shake them! -- Mark Rogers // More Solutions Ltd (Peterborough Office) // 0844 251 1450 Registered in England (0456 0902) @ 13 Clarke Rd, Milton Keynes, MK1 1LG
+1 here for org mode by the way, it's fantastic.
I wish I did know how to use Emacs, but I got wordstar keybinds in my head when I was a young lad, and I've never been able to shake them!
in emacs, do M-x wordstar-mode.
On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 09:48:13 +0100 Richard Lewis <richardlewis@fastmail.co.uk> allegedly wrote:
At Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:53:27 +0100, Mark Rogers wrote:
Any suggestions for a simple to-do manager, ideally for Gnome?
I know of a good solution, but you probably won't like it. It's written in Lisp and works with a text editor whose name begins with 'E'. It's "simple", *if* you already know how to use said text editor.
<flame> vi - you know it makes sense. </flame> OK, OK, I know, I know. (and like most vi users I'm really just jealous that I never put in the effort to learn Emacs...) --------------------------------------------------------------------- The text file for RFC 854 contains exactly 854 lines. Do you think there is any cosmic significance in this? Douglas E Comer - Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc854.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------
On Fri, 06 Aug 2010 08:53:27 +0100 Mark Rogers <mark@quarella.co.uk> allegedly wrote:
Any suggestions for a simple to-do manager, ideally for Gnome?
I'm not sure this qualifies as a "simple" solution, but the evolution email package has "task lists" whicvh will probably do what you want. Evolution ships in Ubuntu and is certainly available in most distro's repositories. Major downside of course is that it is pretty heavyweight and if you already have another preferred mail client (such as tbird, or my favourite, claws) then you probably don't really want to install evolution. Plus of course it (deliberately) looks like Outlook which may put you off. Mick --------------------------------------------------------------------- The text file for RFC 854 contains exactly 854 lines. Do you think there is any cosmic significance in this? Douglas E Comer - Internetworking with TCP/IP Volume 1 http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc854.txt ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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