[SOLVED]todo.txt-cli setup problems

[trinux]

Hello all,

First off, I'd like to say thanks to the developers and the community for the great distro and the awesome community built around it, I've been playing with PCLOS for a couple months and have found the forums very helpful on many occasions. I'm not new to Linux but my experience is almost entirely with Debian based systems, and almost always Gnome as well. Now I'm switching to PCLOS (KDE) full-time because it's been awesome in the time I've spent with it, and maybe I need something to do since Lost ended

Here's my question: I'm having trouble setting up a script I use, todo.txt-cli. Is anyone familiar with this script? Is anyone using it in PCLOS? I've followed the instructions, which consist of putting a .cfg and .sh file into the home folder, setting up the path to the todo list in the .cfg file, and running "$ chmod +x todo.sh" in the terminal. This has always worked for me in other distros, but I am at a loss. One thing that has been happening is that each time I edit the .cfg or .sh, a duplicate appears with a recycling symbol icon beside it in my home folder. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again

Trinux

[Old-Polack]

Hello all,

First off, I'd like to say thanks to the developers and the community for the great distro and the awesome community built around it, I've been playing with PCLOS for a couple months and have found the forums very helpful on many occasions. I'm not new to Linux but my experience is almost entirely with Debian based systems, and almost always Gnome as well. Now I'm switching to PCLOS (KDE) full-time because it's been awesome in the time I've spent with it, and maybe I need something to do since Lost ended

Here's my question: I'm having trouble setting up a script I use, todo.txt-cli. Is anyone familiar with this script? Is anyone using it in PCLOS? I've followed the instructions, which consist of putting a .cfg and .sh file into the home folder, setting up the path to the todo list in the .cfg file, and running "$ chmod +x todo.sh" in the terminal. This has always worked for me in other distros, but I am at a loss. One thing that has been happening is that each time I edit the .cfg or .sh, a duplicate appears with a recycling symbol icon beside it in my home folder. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks again

Trinux

Haven't a clue as to what the script is about, but the best place for it is in a ~/bin directory, which is then in your users $PATH by default. The backup files are the result of a default setting in kwrite. You can change that if you wish, so the backups are not saved. I usually leave them until I'm sure any modifications to my scripts are working as planned, then delete any and all with a rm -f *.~ command.

[trinux]

I probably should have explained the script in my OP, it's just a script to manage a todo list via the command line and a plain text file. I use it and dropbox to manage my work flow across operating systems, my work requires me to use mac and windows. If I can't get it to work I can use a plasma widget to display the text file, but I'd like to be able to use Konsole since it's faster and it's what I'm used to. I am hesitant to link to post links because I don't want to be mistaken for a spammer, but a google search for todo.txt will show the home page for the script and it has been profiled on lifehacker a few times since it was created by one of their writers.

Trinux

[Old-Polack]

I probably should have explained the script in my OP, it's just a script to manage a todo list via the command line and a plain text file. I use it and dropbox to manage my work flow across operating systems, my work requires me to use mac and windows. If I can't get it to work I can use a plasma widget to display the text file, but I'd like to be able to use Konsole since it's faster and it's what I'm used to. I am hesitant to link to post links because I don't want to be mistaken for a spammer, but a google search for todo.txt will show the home page for the script and it has been profiled on lifehacker a few times since it was created by one of their writers.

Trinux

Is this video example what you are referring to? If so, it seems quite handy.

http://ginatrapani.github.com/todo.txt-cli/

[trinux]

Yeah that's the script, Gina Trapani posted several how-to's on lifehacker about it a couple years ago and I've been hooked ever since. Using a drop down terminal like Yakuake or Tilda and running this script makes managing a todo list really fast and easy. Until I get it figured out I've got a widget displaying my todo list on my desktop, which works but I've got to open dolphin etc to edit my  todo, it's much faster to call up the terminal and have everything a few keystrokes away.

Trinux

[Old-Polack]

Yeah that's the script, Gina Trapani posted several how-to's on lifehacker about it a couple years ago and I've been hooked ever since. Using a drop down terminal like Yakuake or Tilda and running this script makes managing a todo list really fast and easy. Until I get it figured out I've got a widget displaying my todo list on my desktop, which works but I've got to open dolphin etc to edit my  todo, it's much faster to call up the terminal and have everything a few keystrokes away.

Trinux

So what part is currently not working? It all looks pretty elementary in the video.

[trinux]

it really is very simple, and i just found the solution:
I had an extra "/" at the end of the file path in the cfg and I had an extra "." in the alias for ./todo.sh

I thought there had to be something bigger going on, but it turns out the devil is in the details. Thanks for not laughing too hard 

Trinux

[Old-Polack]

it really is very simple, and i just found the solution:
I had an extra "/" at the end of the file path in the cfg and I had an extra "." in the alias for ./todo.sh

I thought there had to be something bigger going on, but it turns out the devil is in the details. Thanks for not laughing too hard 

Trinux

Too late!

[trinux]

Yeah, I definitely earned that