I’ve updated na with some new stuff I thought I’d share.
First off, I wanted an easy way to archive all @done actions in one swoop without having to use a lot of flags and switches to locate them and move them. So I added an archive
command, which takes a search string as an argument, but also has a --done
switch that will archive all @done tasks. So you can just run na archive --done
, select the file to affect if there are multiple available, and presto, “archive all finished” is done, just like in TaskPaper.
NAME
archive - Mark an action as @done and archive
SYNOPSIS
na [global options] archive [command options] ACTION
COMMAND OPTIONS
--all - Act on all matches immediately (no menu)
-d, --depth=DEPTH - Search for files X directories deep (default: 1)
--done - Archive all done tasks
-e, --regex - Interpret search pattern as regular expression
--file=PATH - Specify the file to search for the task (default: none)
-n, --note - Prompt for additional notes. Input will be appended to any existing note. If STDIN input (piped) is detected, it
will be used as a note.
-o, --overwrite - Overwrite note instead of appending
--tagged=TAG - Match actions containing tag. Allows value comparisons (may be used more than once, default: none)
-x, --exact - Match pattern exactly
EXAMPLE
# Find "An existing task", mark @done if needed, and move to archive
na archive "An existing task"
I also added a complete
command that will add a @done tag to whatever action matches your search (menu provided for multiple results), or all matches using the --all
switch. It’s basically a shortcut for na update --finish SEARCH_STRING
. It’s aliased as finish
as well. Both the archive
and complete
commands have a --note
switch that allows you to add a note (prompted if there’s nothing piped to it). All of the matching options from the update
command are available, including --tagged
for searching by tag and --regex
for doing a regular expression search. complete
has a --archive
switch that will simultaneously add a @done tag and move the action to the Archive.
NAME
complete - Find and mark an action as @done
SYNOPSIS
na [global options] complete [command options] ACTION
COMMAND OPTIONS
-a, --archive - Add a @done tag to action and move to Archive
--all - Act on all matches immediately (no menu)
-d, --depth=DEPTH - Search for files X directories deep (default: 1)
-e, --regex - Interpret search pattern as regular expression
--file=PATH - Specify the file to search for the task (default: none)
-n, --note - Prompt for additional notes. Input will be appended to any existing note. If STDIN input (piped) is detected, it
will be used as a note.
-o, --overwrite - Overwrite note instead of appending
--tagged=TAG - Match actions containing tag. Allows value comparisons (may be used more than once, default: none)
-x, --exact - Match pattern exactly
EXAMPLES
# Find "An existing task" and mark @done
na complete "An existing task"
# Alias for complete
na finish "An existing task"
I know of a few people making extensive use of na
. If you’re among them and have a feature request, don’t be shy about posting an issue or contacting me directly.
Check out the project page for more info.