Minimalist Task List

What would a minimalist command line task list look like?  It would be a simple command.  It would let you type natural language at the command line.  It wouldn’t make you leave the keyboard and use the mouse.

$ task add Water the tomato plants.

Created task 1

It would allow you to specify dates in a reasonable way:

$ task add Pay the rent due:1st

Created task 2

It would handle complexities such as recurring tasks without fuss:

$ task 2 recur:monthly

Modified 1 task

It would present the list in a simple way:

$ task ls

ID  Description

1  Water the tomato plants

2  Pay the rent

It would let you dismiss tasks simply and quickly:

$ task 1 done

Completed 1 ‘Water the tomato plants’

It might have hundreds of features, but it would know how to talk to a minimalist.

taskwarrior.org

(Submitted by Paul Beckingham)

Looks like an excellent task manager for you command line users out there.