Hi martingchapman,
It's not possible to choose the default priority on a new task in any view, however if you created a Smart List that included priority:1 any new tasks added in that view would be added with priority 1.

Hope that helps a bit!

Andrewski,

I'm missing something. I don't understand "if you created a SmartList that included priority:1 any new tasks added in that view would be added with priority 1."

SmartLists are based on existing conditions. So, I would expect priority:1 to return tasks that are already at priority 1.

How would you add a task to that SmartList if it isn't already at Priority 1 and then cause the task to be assigned priority:1 when it was added?

Can you give some examples?

Hi azclaire,
Smart Lists do show existing tasks, but they also apply to new tasks. For example, if you created the following Smart List:

list:Work AND location:office AND priority:1

it would show you all tasks that matched, but any tasks added in that Smart List would get each of those three properties as well.

Hope this helps!

andrewski,
Unfortunately the smart list option does not solve the problem.
It arises when I add a task from via an Evernote reminder. There is no control in Evernote as to the task parameters so the task is added using the RTM defaults, which for priority is "no priority" and for list is a normal (not smart) list.
There is no way in RTM to set a smart list as the default list so this is not a valid solution.

Could you please add a default parameter for priority to the settings, just like all the other default options.

Thanks - Martin.

Hi Martin,
Thanks for the feedback; I see what you mean! You can vote for this this topic in our Ideas Forum, and I've passed the specifics on to our development team for review.

In the meantime, it may be useful to consider adding a Smart List that would show any manner of tasks that you don't want to stay that way. For example, you could find any tasks without a priority, or specifically any tasks from Evernote:

priority:4
source:evernote AND priority:4

That way, you can run through that Smart List and update the tasks accordingly—once it's empty, you know your tasks are organized correctly. :)

Hope this helps a bit for now!

andrewski;
Vote cast as suggested.
Thanks for the tip regards the smart list, did not know about the "source:evernote" parameter, this will help.
Hopefully the developers will implement the requested priority default sometime.

@martingchapman I'm working on writing a simple Python script that would do this for you. But right now I'm running into a problem where the "source:evernote" search is not working when using the API. Once it gets fixed, I'll post a link to the script for you.

Robert;
Thanks for the "heads up" look forward to trying it out when it is ready.

Hi Maringchapman, took me longer than I expected, but here it is. Let me know if you have questions. I check the forums pretty regularly.

https://github.com/JBalloonist/rtm-python-scripts/blob/master/RTM/evernote.py

Rob

@Rob,
Thanks for the update.
Although I am pretty PC savvy I do not know how to implement and use the script.
Can you post some instructions please.

Thanks - Martin.

Hi Martin,

I'm working on writing up some instructions that I will post to my website and link to here. They aren't difficult, but it is a few steps.

@Rob
Thanks very much.

Hi Martin,

This is still a draft and not complete, but can you take a look and let me know if the steps make sense?

Please let me know of any areas that you feel need clarification. Since I've been doing this a while it is hard to know if there is something the a beginner wouldn't know.

http://jballoonist.pythonanywhere.com/customize-remember-the-milk-even-if-you-arent-a-programmer/

Hi Martin, have you had a chance to review?

Robert,
Sorry but I have had a bereavement in the family and am the executor so do not have any free time at the moment.
Things should be sorted by the middle of February so will get back to it then.

Regards - Martin.

Hi Martin, I see you're back on the forums. Let me know if you've had a chance to review. Interested to hear your feedback.

Rob

Hi Rob,
The bereavement has been a long drawn out saga but coming to the end now.
Should be able to try this out shortly and post back soon.

Martin.

Robert
Have tried this out, got as far as
"python3 [your API key] [your shared Secret]"
But it comes back with
"bash: python3 [my API key] [my shared Secret] command not found"
In the python3 line I am including the square brackets but no spaces.

Any ideas?

Hi Martin,

I'm in the midst of my own issues at the moment (looking for a new job) but I'll try and take a look this weekend.

Hi Martin,

Revisiting this again. Re-reading your reply above I realized the problem:

Leave out the square brackets.

From there it should work then post on here and let me know.

Rob
Tried again without the square brackets, this is the result;

15:59 ~ $ pip3 install --user pyrtm
Requirement already satisfied: pyrtm in ./.local/lib/python3.5/site-packages
15:59 ~ $ git clone https://github.com/JBalloonist/rtm-python-scripts
fatal: destination path 'rtm-python-scripts' already exists and is not an empty directory.
16:00 ~ $ cd rtm-python-scripts/RTM
16:00 ~/rtm-python-scripts/RTM (master)$ python3 API Key Shared Secret
python3: can't open file 'API Key': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
16:01 ~/rtm-python-scripts/RTM (master)$

Of course I substituted the real API Key and Shared Secret.

Martin.

Martin, if you are willing, share your Python anywhere console with me. I'll be able to better diagnose from there to

On the top right click on "Share with others" then enter in my Python anywhere username - JBalloonist

Also feel free to email me. Probably easier to take things there going forward. It is the same as my RTM username except with names reversed - last name followed by first name @gmail.com

Rob

Thanks Rob,
Console shared and email sent.

Regards - Martin.

Hey Martin,

Just sent you an email. I'll be in touch further.
- Rob