[Ml-yokadi] Request for change t_list -t behaviour

[Sébastien Renard]

Le mercredi 30 septembre 2009 09:10:02, Aurélien Gâteau a écrit :
> 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?

It is a good thing IMO. If we need more than 26 short option, we may have to 
consider splitting the command into small pieces ;-)

> When there are so many options, I
> find it easier to remember long options. You can reduce the typing
> length with aliases.

I use both.
-- 
Sébastien