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Keyboard input for everything about a task

disappearedng Pro says:

Hey everyone here.
I am a big time vim user. I like RTM a lot.

I find it extremely inconvenient that I have
1) Create a task
2) Then I need to click on the tags, etc to input them

Do we have a fast way to input all the data of the task solely through typing in the "create a new task" input box?

For example
If I have a task with the following:
Name: Grocery
Due: Tomorrow
tags: sobe, carpool

So for that I can just input it all at once:
"Grocery | due: tomorrow | tags: sobe, carpool"
Where | can be any other symbols that you can use to determine the start of input for other fields.

If the info is missing, take the default.

(This also will work particularly on phones where you can type fast but slow to switch between inputs)


Posted at 4:03am on November 9, 2009

leah.shalom ProPower Poster says:

disappearedng,

Yes, there is a way to enter all of the data for a task in the create a new task input box - use the Smart Add feature. I suggest you read through Bob's blog post about Smart Add at http://blog.rememberthemilk.com/2009/09/introducing-smart-add-a-smarter-way-to-add-your-tasks/. You may also want to search the forums by Smart Add for more information.

Posted 2 years ago

funkeye says:

Smart add was introduced a few months back. This takes care of this.

Due dates can be parsed out automatically (Do Something Tomorrow)
Tags / lists can be identified with the "#" (Do something with a #tag)
Priorities use the "!" identifier (Do something important !1)
Repeating uses "*" (A task that repeats *daily)
Locations use "@"

If you click the "?" next to the task input box, you will see this exact same information.

Your task could be input as "Grocery Tomorrow #sobe #carpool"

This will (should) also work in any 3rd party applications you use, since this is included in the API.

Posted 2 years ago

disappearedng Pro says:

Wow thanks man that's so convenient

Keep up the good work

Posted 2 years ago

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