[Ml-yokadi] Request for change t_list -t behaviour
Aurélien Gâteau
aurelien.gateau at free.fr
Wed Sep 30 09:10:02 CEST 2009
Sébastien Renard a écrit :
> Le mardi 29 septembre 2009 09:24:57, Aurélien Gâteau a écrit :
>> Sébastien Renard a écrit :
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Do you use t_list -t quite often ?
>>>
>>> For the moment it display the top 5 due task of each project. I don't
>>> find that very usefull.
>>> Often, I want to have an overview of overdue tasks (when it popups too
>>> much in notification zone). It means I have to define to due date in
>>> future with more realistic date or that I need to mark those tasks as
>>> done.
>>> For the moment, I use t_list -t and look for red tasks. But it could be
>>> handy to just display those "red taks" (overdue).
>> I would find a list of overdue tasks quite handy, for the same reason as
>> you. Regarding the option name, to be honest I have trouble remembering
>> the difference between -t and -u (don't know why) and often run a
>> "t_list --help" to refresh my memory. I would rather add a more explicit
>> option, like "t_list --overdue".
>
> In fact, -o was already used by --output ;-).
>
> Ok for --overdue but we still a short option name. "t" sounds as "time" for
> me. But I am very open to a better idea ;-)
Do we really need a short option name? When there are so many options, I
find it easier to remember long options. You can reduce the typing
length with aliases.
Aurélien
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