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13 pointsimportMe13y ago15 comments

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This is great, I love tools like this.

I made something very similar: https://github.com/hatboysam/shpm

It's a command line task manager I wrote in Haskell. I use it every day and it has replaced all other task apps I have tried because it's fast and simple. I also like it because it stores all of my tasks in plain text so I can always edit the file over Dropbox when I'm not at my computer but want to add something to the list.

importMeOP13y ago

Wow, SHPM looks like a neat project. I like the fact that you store it in a text file.

At the moment, TaskCmd stores the tasks in a JSON file that can be edited easily, but it can be a pain sometimes.

habosa13y ago

Thanks! It's perfect for me, but I get the sense that the only good todo app is the one you make yourself. That's why people without the ability to make one spend so much time switching back and forth.

thepumpkin197913y ago

Nice work. Btw, I don't think you need to add node_modules to your repo, at least colors is already on npmjs.org and you can use package.json and NPM to distribute node.js 'env' enabled binaries, it should ease the configuration instructions. Hope this helps :)

importMeOP13y ago

Thank you. I have just started with node, so your advice is valuable. Do you know if files with '#!/bin/node' (or was it '#!/bin/env/node') work in windows when published through npm?

niggler13y ago

I haven't tried in windows, but the recommended way to handle binaries is through the `bin` field in package.json (and this technique doesn't care about the shebang because it doesn't run the script directly using the OS). For example, in the `xlsx` module:

"bin": { "xlsx2csv": "./bin/xlsx2csv.njs" },

https://github.com/Niggler/js-xlsx/blob/master/package.json#...

Relevant doc: https://npmjs.org/doc/json.html#bin

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kodablah13y ago

If you specify a js file as an executable file in your package.json, npm wraps it in a .cmd file on Windows just like it wraps it in a shell file on nix.

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RossM13y ago

I quite like todo.txt[0] which has a similar interface but uses a specific format, sorted in a text file.

[0]: http://todotxt.com

dil13y ago

Another alternative: http://taskwarrior.org/

SEJeff13y ago

And taskwarrior has been around for awhile unlike a (clever) weekend hack.

niggler13y ago

Is github down for maintenance?

nsmartt13y ago

It was for a couple of minutes, but it came back quickly.

importMeOP13y ago

Seems to be working fine for me.

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habosa13y ago

This is great, I love tools like this.

I made something very similar: https://github.com/hatboysam/shpm

importMeOP13y ago

Wow, SHPM looks like a neat project. I like the fact that you store it in a text file.

At the moment, TaskCmd stores the tasks in a JSON file that can be edited easily, but it can be a pain sometimes.

habosa13y ago

thepumpkin197913y ago

importMeOP13y ago

Thank you. I have just started with node, so your advice is valuable. Do you know if files with '#!/bin/node' (or was it '#!/bin/env/node') work in windows when published through npm?

niggler13y ago

"bin": { "xlsx2csv": "./bin/xlsx2csv.njs" },

https://github.com/Niggler/js-xlsx/blob/master/package.json#...

Relevant doc: https://npmjs.org/doc/json.html#bin

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kodablah13y ago

If you specify a js file as an executable file in your package.json, npm wraps it in a .cmd file on Windows just like it wraps it in a shell file on nix.

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RossM13y ago

I quite like todo.txt[0] which has a similar interface but uses a specific format, sorted in a text file.

[0]: http://todotxt.com

dil13y ago

Another alternative: http://taskwarrior.org/

SEJeff13y ago

And taskwarrior has been around for awhile unlike a (clever) weekend hack.

niggler13y ago

Is github down for maintenance?

nsmartt13y ago

It was for a couple of minutes, but it came back quickly.

importMeOP13y ago

Seems to be working fine for me.

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