Comments on Soul Physics: Elegant Desktop ToDo List

just a heads up - the link to the script seems to ...

2011-12-20T04:16:50.754-05:00

just a heads up - the link to the script seems to be wrong... I ended up getting it at pitt.edu/~bwr6/misc/completion.zip

was so impressed with what you've done I thought I should let you know so you can update it for others.

keep up the great work and thanks.

Hmm, seem to be working for me. It's a very si...

2011-09-01T08:24:06.272-04:00

Hmm, seem to be working for me. It's a very simple applescript though; here's the text:

-- For this script to work, you must change the path /Users/YOURUSERNAME/Dropbox/Lists/@Completed.txt to the location of your completed file.

using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text log_text
set theDate to (do shell script "date '+%m-%d-%Y %H:%M'")
set theText to log_text
set theText to theDate & " " & theText & "
"
set thePosixFilePath to "/Users/YOURUSERNAME/Dropbox/Lists/@Completed.txt" as string
set theFilePath to POSIX file thePosixFilePath
set theFileReference to open for access theFilePath with write permission
write theText to theFileReference starting at eof
close access theFileReference
end process text

end using terms from

the script is gone. can you please check the path ...

2011-08-31T16:22:46.691-04:00

the script is gone. can you please check the path to the script.

"Timeout" is how long it takes to try ag...

2010-10-14T11:36:14.291-04:00

"Timeout" is how long it takes to try again in case it fails to refresh. I'm not sure what's going on, but here are some suggestions:

- Make sure your ToDo list file is a .txt file (that's the only doc-type that will work).

- Make sure your shell script has the right command: cat /Users/.../YourFile.txt

- Set the "refresh" time to 1 sec, and the "timeout" time to 0 sec.

- Make sure the append function is working correctly: after appending, open the file by hand and check to make sure your string was actually added.

I am not sure,but if i create empty file in Termin...

2010-10-14T11:14:58.411-04:00

I am not sure,but if i create empty file in Terminal it looks there is a "space" after extension so e.g todo.txt is in fact "todo.txt ". But even if it's ok,I've managed to list content of the file but after using your way of append to, widget will not properly refresh. I've set refresh 1 sec and timeout 1 sec.
What exactly means "timeout"?

Hmm, that's unusual -- it's working fine f...

2010-10-14T09:57:50.467-04:00

Hmm, that's unusual -- it's working fine for me, but I'll look into it, and let you know if I find anything!

Unfortunately it doesn't work again. This time...

2010-10-14T07:45:21.835-04:00

Unfortunately it doesn't work again. This time it looks a bug in Geek Tool 3 12A. cat command doesnt work and doesn't refresh properly. Anyone other notieced that?

Thanks it worked. It looks I had version for Leopa...

2010-10-08T18:21:03.449-04:00

Thanks it worked. It looks I had version for Leopard installed on Snow thats why it was broken and I couldnt see prefrences

I think my QS binary is broken,tried to download i...

2010-10-08T04:21:50.882-04:00

I think my QS binary is broken,tried to download it several times but I cannot invoke Preferences window, cmd-, only invokes last screen seen.

Hi Beyo -- it's the Flashlight command interfa...

2010-10-05T17:47:30.573-04:00

Hi Beyo -- it's the Flashlight command interface. Go to your Quicksilver preferences (invoke Quicksilver and hit Cmd-,) and select Plugins > All Plugins. Check the box next to "Flashlight Interface." Then go to Preferences > Appearance, and change the command interface to "Flashlight." That's it!

How you get this spotlight-like window for searchn...

2010-10-05T16:09:03.482-04:00

How you get this spotlight-like window for searchning in quicksilver?
I have always some rectangular area in the middle of screeen

Ok I had your answer to my pending list =) I foun...

2010-07-13T11:13:43.827-04:00

Ok I had your answer to my pending list =)

I found something new: The last temporary file (@again.txt) is useless. After "time out", it would be interesting to move back the task to @todo.txt with a new symbol (for instance [F]: pour Fail after 1 week waiting).

It's 1 week waiting for all because time management in unix shell script is a little bit hard. (Except if you have ideas).

Mathieu

Excellent -- many thanks for sharing, Mathieu! The...

2010-07-13T06:29:52.104-04:00

Excellent -- many thanks for sharing, Mathieu! The pending tasks script is very interesting. I'll give it a try and let you know what I think.

Huh? wrong file for the first code. Here the right...

2010-07-13T03:32:39.705-04:00

Huh? wrong file for the first code. Here the right one.

-- For this script to work, you must change the path /Users/YOURUSERNAME/Dropbox/Lists/@Completed.txt to the location of your completed file.
-- For more on how to use this script, visit soulphysics.org

using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text log_text
set theDate to (do shell script "date '+%m-%d-%Y %H:%M'")
set theShortDate to (do shell script "date '+%m-%d-%Y'")
set oldDate to (do shell script "cat /Users/USERNAME/Desktop/TodoList/@Completed.txt | tail -1 | cut -d' ' -f1")
set theText to log_text
-- Si la date est different alors saut de ligne.
set daytext to ""
if oldDate is not equal to theShortDate then
set daytext to "
"
end if
set theText to daytext & theDate & " " & theText & "
"
set thePosixFilePath to "/Users/USERNAME/Desktop/TodoList/@Completed.txt" as string
set theFilePath to POSIX file thePosixFilePath
set theFileReference to open for access theFilePath with write permission
write theText to theFileReference starting at eof
close access theFileReference
end process text

end using terms from

Mathieu

Very powerfull tools ! I updated your script to a...

2010-07-13T03:28:43.577-04:00

Very powerfull tools !

I updated your script to add a blank line between new days.

using terms from application "Quicksilver"
on process text log_text
set theDate to (do shell script "date '+%m-%d-%Y %H:%M'")
set theText to log_text
set theText to theDate & " " & theText & "
"
set thePosixFilePath to "/Users/USERNAME/Desktop/TodoList/@Attente.txt" as string
set theFilePath to POSIX file thePosixFilePath
set theFileReference to open for access theFilePath with write permission
write theText to theFileReference starting at eof
close access theFileReference
end process text

end using terms from

----
Here a second script to watch task that are not finished yet and they doesn't depend on yourself anymore. For: example: you bought a book on internet and your waiting for delivery. OR you sent a mail to your administration and you're waiting for an answer...

# Pending file, temporyfile, and Timeout file
file=/Users/USERNAME/Desktop/TodoList/@Attente.txt
filetp=/Users/USERNAME/Desktop/TodoList/@Attentetp.txt
fileAgain=/Users/USERNAME/Desktop/TodoList/@Again.txt

x=0
# Refresh every 3600 s required
# 1 week max Wait : 7 days x 24h = 168 dots.

MaxWait=168
touch $filetp
echo $(wc -l < $file)

# Read file line per line
while [ $x -lt $(wc -l < $file) ]
do

str=""
x=$(($x+1))
ln=$(head -n $x $file | tail -n 1)
str=$str"."
ln=$str$ln

NowStr=$(echo $ln | wc -m)
ShortStr=$(echo $ln | sed s/\\.*// | wc -m)

# Distance between 2 dates (cmp numbers of dots)
TimeDist=$(expr $NowStr - $ShortStr)

if [ $TimeDist -lt $MaxWait ]; then
echo "[" $TimeDist "]" $str$ln
echo $str$ln >> $filetp
else
# write in the file the unfinished task after 168 dots
tp=$(echo $ln | sed s/\\.*//)
echo $tp "TIME OUT"
echo $tp >> $fileAgain
fi
done
mv $filetp $file
exit 0
----

I can be interesting to use it with mails sent (using a particular character in subject of instance).