Configuring

You’ll need to configure Todoman before the first usage, using its simple ini-like configuration file.

Configuration File

The configuration file should be placed in $XDG_CONFIG_DIR/todoman/todoman.conf. $XDG_CONFIG_DIR defaults to ~/.config is most situations, so this will generally be ~/.config/todoman/todoman.conf.

The [main] section

cache_path

The location of the cache file (an sqlite database). This file is used to store todo data and speed up execution/startup, and also contains the IDs for todos. If the value is not specified, the database will be place in the XDG_CACHE_HOME directory, generally, ~/.cache.

type:cache_path
default:
color

By default todoman will disable colored output if stdout is not a TTY (value auto). Set to never to disable colored output entirely, or always to enable it regardless. This can be overridden with the --color option.

type:option, allowed values are always, auto and never
default:auto
date_format

The date format used both for displaying dates, and parsing input dates. If this option is not specified the system locale’s is used.

type:date_format
default:%x
default_command

When running todo with no commands, run this command.

type:string
default:list
default_due

The default difference (in hours) between new todo’s due date and creation date. If not specified, the value is 24. If set to 0, the due date for new todos will not be set.

type:integer
default:24
default_list

The default list for adding a todo. If you do not specify this option, you must use the --list / -l option every time you add a todo.

type:string
default:None
dt_separator

The string used to separate date and time when displaying and parsing.

type:string
default:
humanize

If set to true, datetimes will be printed in human friendly formats like “tomorrow”, “in on hour”, “3 weeks ago”, etc.

If false, datetimes fill be formatted using date_format and time_format.

type:boolean
default:False
path

A glob pattern matching the directories where your todos are located. This pattern will be expanded, and each matching directory (with any icalendar files) will be treated as a list.

type:string
default:None
startable

If set to true, only show todos which are currently startable; these are todos which have a start date today, or some day in the past. Todos with no start date are always considered current. Incomplete todos (eg: partially-complete) # are also included.

type:boolean
default:False
time_format

The date format used both for displaying times, and parsing input times.

type:time_format
default:%X

Sample configuration

The below example should serve as a reference. It will read ics files from any directory inside ~/.local/share/calendars/, use the ISO-8601 date format, and set the due date for new todos in 48hs.

[main]
# A glob expression which matches all directories relevant.
path = ~/.local/share/calendars/*
date_format = %Y-%m-%d
time_format = %H:%M
default_list = Personal
default_due = 48

Color and displayname

  • You can set a color for each task list by creating a color file containing a colorcode in the format #RRGGBB.
  • A file named displayname decides how the task list should be named. The default is the directory name.

See also this discussion about metadata for collections in vdirsyncer.