Todo.txt Vim Plugin

Take a look at the screencast to see how it works.

I've been using todo.txt for a couple of weeks now with the todo.sh script, I really like the concept, but it didn't feel like a perfect flow:

• Using the shell script felt weird:

    t do 29
    t add @context1 do something

• There wasn't an easy way to edit specific tasks.

• I have about 30-40 tasks in the file, but I usually work in a specific context or project, so I wanted to see just those tasks and edit them.

To solve these problems I added filtered view support:

:Todo @context1 +project1 keyword1

• When you filter, it creates two files:

  • .todo.filtered.txt
  • .todo.unfiltered.txt

• When you save the filtered file it automatically merges both files into todo.txt

• Allows editing a filtered view of the tasks.
• Auto-complete for the :Todo command (projects and contexts).
• When adding a new line to the filtered view it automatically adds the filter string.
• Open urls/file-links in tasks.
• Syntax highlighting.
• Toggle task completion.
• It's standalone, doesn't require todo.sh.
• Before merging a filtered view it checks if todo.txt has changed.

If you're using vundle just add this line and run :BundleInstall:

Bundle 'elentok/todo.vim'

• :Todo - open todo.txt
• :Todo {filter} - open the filtered view (filter can contain contexts, projects and keywords)

When editing:

• = - toggles a task complete state (adds x yyyy-mm-dd to the beginning of the line)
• \\ - opens the link in the current task (either http://... or [/path/to/local/file]), uses g:todo_open_command (defaults to open).

• g:todo_root - the location of the todo.txt file (defaults to "~/Dropbox/todo")
• g:todo_open_command - the location of the 'open' command (defaults to "open")

• archive complete tasks
• Support future tasks (t:...) in filter