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Thank you so much for TodoPaper, I have been wanting this for Windows at work since TaskPaper came out. It''s wonderful!

Right now, I''m wondering if there is, or might be, a way to archive completed projects? Currently, I just delete them when there are no more tasks. Seeing as how the archived tasks still retain their project tags, this is okay, but there must be a better solution, eh?

Thanks! M

on April 03, 2008 02:30PM

Hey M,

It is my pleasure! I personally had the same experience with TaskPaper. I installed TaskPaper on the Mac...loved it...wished for a windows version...couldn't find one...so then I built one! :) I'm so glad you are enjoying TodoPaper!

On to your question:

Currently, there is no support for archiving an entire project. The archive method doesn't understand the context of projects. Is there a specific reason you want to archive an entire project versus just the tasks within? Are you looking to "restore" projects from the archive?

There are a few solutions however:

  • You could select all of the lines in the the project including the project title, and then use the right-click=>move to function to move the project to the archive.
  • You could prepend the project line with a hyphen (-) to turn it into a task, then archive all of the lines.

I'll keep this in mind for the next release. Maybe I can think of a better solution. Do you have any suggestions?

Thanks again for your question. Please let me know if there is anything else I can do for you.

Best. Jordan

Edit: Formatting

on April 03, 2008 04:24PM

Jordan,

It's not that I want to archive everything in the project all at once, I just want to do something with the project title after I've checked off all the items on it. Currently, the only thing I can do is delete the line, or as you say, turn it into a task.

thanks, M

on April 03, 2008 05:27PM

Hey M,

It IS possible to strike out the project with the @done tag. Have you tried this?

I want to thank you for your comments thus far. I'll keep them in mind as I move forward with TodoPaper.

If you have any suggestions for solving this, please let me know.

Thanks!

on April 03, 2008 06:25PM

This is a great program. 30 minutes using it and already overwhelmed by lots of project list.

How about just option to hide @done task/projects? The task is still on the files, nothing changes on the text files, except that the program hides it (if the checkbox is applied).

Also maybe ability to type -@done in the search functions, to exclude task/projects that's already done.

on July 20, 2008 02:02PM

Hi Orca,

Thanks for you suggestions! TodoPaper is incredibly flexible and you can do these two already.

First, to hide your done tasks, there is an option in the View->Tasks menu called "Toggle Done Tasks". This will toggle between hiding and showing your done tasks.

Also, there is the ability for "boolean" searching. You can use AND, OR, or NOT.

So, for a search for tasks that are not done just use this:

NOT @done

You could also perform a search like this:

@today OR @tomorrow NOT @done

I hope this helps! Feel free to email me if you have any more questions (jordan@widefido.com)

Best,
Jordan

on July 21, 2008 03:46AM

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