task

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task (Taskwarrior) is a TODO list manager for the command line written in C++. It uses a simple human readable text file format to store TODO list items and associated metadata.

Installation

Emerge

root #emerge --ask app-misc/task

Environment variables

By default Taskwarrior does not respect XDG paths and will place dot files in locations other than ~/.local and ~/.config.

TASKRC allows the user to relocate the .taskrc configuration file to a desired directory.
TASKDATA allows the user to relocate the .task data file to a desired directory.

Files

~/.taskrc — Local (per user) configuration file.
~/.task — Local (per user) task list.

Service

By itself, Taskwarrior is a single device application allowing all users on the device to have their own personal tasks lists. However, taskserver provides for a server-based back end to task warrior via app-misc/taskd to add multi-device support. Some smartphone applications, notably Foreground for Android, have begun to support this.

Removal

Unmerge

root #emerge --ask --depclean --verbose app-misc/task