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'''
Task Coach - Your friendly task manager
Copyright (C) 2004-2014 Task Coach developers <developers@taskcoach.org>
Task Coach is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.
Task Coach is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
'''
from taskcoachlib import meta
from taskcoachlib.i18n import _
from tips import showTips
from uicommand import *
_MSURL = "http://www.microsoft.com/downloadS/details.aspx?familyid=200B2FD9-AE1A-4A14-984D-389C36F85647&displaylang=en"
def sequence(*text):
return ''.join(text)
def a_href(text, name):
return '<a href="#%s">%s</a>' % (name, text)
def a_name(text, name):
return '<a name="%s">%s</a>' % (name, text)
def h(level, text):
return '<h%d>%s</h%d>' % (level, text, level)
def h3(text):
return h(3, text)
def h4(text):
return h(4, text)
def h5(text):
return h(5, text)
def p(*text):
return '<p>%s</p>' % '\n'.join(text)
def ul(*li): # pylint: disable=W0621
return '<ul>%s</ul>' % '\n'.join(li)
def li(*text):
return '<li>%s</li>' % '\n'.join(text)
def table(*tr): # pylint: disable=W0621
return '<table border=1>%s</table>' % '\n'.join(tr)
def tr(*td):
td = '\n'.join(['<td>%s</td>' % td for td in td])
return '<tr>%s</tr>\n' % td
_TOC = sequence(
h3(_('Table of contents')),
ul(
li(
a_href(_('Tasks'), 'tasks'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('About tasks'), 'abouttasks')),
li(a_href(_('Task properties'), 'taskproperties')),
li(a_href(_('Task states'), 'taskstates')),
li(a_href(_('Task colors'), 'taskcolor')),
li(a_href(_('Reminders'), 'reminders')))),
li(
a_href(_('Effort'), 'effort'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('About effort'), 'abouteffort')),
li(a_href(_('Effort properties'), 'effortproperties')))),
li(
a_href(_('Categories'), 'categories'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('About categories'), 'aboutcategories')),
li(a_href(_('Category properties'), 'categoryproperties')))),
li(
a_href(_('Notes'), 'notes'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('About notes'), 'aboutnotes')),
li(a_href(_('Note properties'), 'noteproperties')))),
li(
a_href(_('Printing and exporting'), 'printingandexporting'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('About printing and exporting'),
'aboutprintingandexporting')),
li(a_href(_('Printing'), 'printing')),
li(a_href(_('Exporting'), 'exporting')))),
li(
a_href(_('Multi-user usage'), 'multiuser'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('About multi-user'), 'aboutmultiuser')),
li(a_href(_('Storage options'), 'storage')))),
li(
a_href(_('E-mailing tasks'), 'emailtasks'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('Custom attributes for e-mailing'), 'emailcustom')))),
li(
a_href(_('E-mail integration'), 'email'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('About e-mail integration'), 'aboutemail')),
li(a_href(_('Attaching an e-mail to a task'), 'emailattach')),
li(a_href(_('Creating a task from an e-mail'), 'emailcreate')))),
li(
a_href(_('SyncML support'), 'syncml'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('What is SyncML'), 'aboutsyncml')),
li(a_href(_('Setup'), 'syncmlsetup')),
li(a_href(_('Limitations'), 'syncmllimits')),
li(a_href(_('Troubleshooting'), 'syncmltrouble')),
li(a_href(_('Purging deleted items'), 'syncmlpurge')))),
li(
a_href(_('iPhone and iPod Touch'), 'iphone'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('%(name)s on the iPhone') % meta.metaDict, 'taskcoachiphone')),
li(a_href(_('Configuration'), 'iphoneconf')),
li(a_href(_('Troubleshooting'), 'iphonetrouble')))),
li(
a_href(_('Android'), 'android'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('%(name)s on Android?') % meta.metaDict, 'taskcoachandroid')),
li(a_href(_('Todo.txt and Todo.txt Touch'), 'todotxt')),
li(a_href(_('Importing todo.txt'), 'todotxtimporting')),
li(a_href(_('Exporting todo.txt'), 'todotxtexporting')))),
li(
a_href(_('Task templates'), 'templates'),
ul(
li(a_href(_('About templates'), 'abouttemplates')),
li(a_href(_('Using templates'), 'usingtemplates')))),
li(
a_href(_('Graphical user interface'), 'gui')),
li(
a_href(_('Keyboard shortcuts'), 'shortcuts'))))
_taskSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('Tasks'), 'tasks')),
h4(
a_name(_('About tasks'), 'abouttasks')),
p(
_('''Tasks are the basic objects that you manipulate. Tasks can
represent anything from a single little thing you have to do to a complete
project consisting of different phases and numerous activities.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Task properties'), 'taskproperties')),
p(
_('Tasks have the following properties you can change:'),
ul(
li(_('Subject: a single line that summarizes the task.')),
li(_('Description: a multi-line description of the task.')),
li(_('''Planned start date: the first date on which the task can be started.
The planned start date defaults to the date the task is created. It can also be 'None'
indicating that you don't really want to start this task. This can be convenient
for e.g. registering sick leave.''')),
li(_('''Due date: the date the task should be finished.
This can be 'None' indicating that this task has no fixed due date.''')),
li(_('''Actual start date: the date the task was actually started.
The actual start date can be edited directly, but it is also set when you
track effort for the task or when you set the percentage completed of a task
to a value between 0% and 100%.''')),
li(_('''Completion date: this date is 'None' as long as the task has
not been completed. It is set to the current date when you mark the task as
completed. The completion date can also be entered manually.''')),
li(_('''Prerequisites: other tasks that need to be completed before
a task can be started. The task remains inactive until the last prerequisite task is
completed. Note that if the task has a specific planned start date set, that
date has to be in the past <em>and</em> all prerequisite tasks need to be
completed before the task becomes late.''')),
li(_('Budget: amount of hours available for the task.')),
li(_('Hourly fee: the amount of money earned with the task per hour.')),
li(_('''Fixed fee: the amount of money earned with the task
regardless of the time spent.''')))),
p(
_('The following properties are calculated from the properties above:'),
ul(
li(_('Days left: the number of days left until the due date.')),
li(_('''Dependents: other tasks that can be started when the
prerequisite task has been completed.''')),
li(_('Time spent: effort spent on the task.')),
li(_('Budget left: task budget minus time spent on the task.')),
li(_('Revenue: hourly fee times hours spent plus fixed fee.')))),
h4(
a_name(_('Task states'), 'taskstates')),
p(
_('Tasks always have exactly one of the following states:'),
ul(
li(_('Active: the actual start date is in the past;')),
li(_('''Inactive: the task has not been started and/or not all
prerequisite tasks have been completed;''')),
li(_('Completed: the task has been completed.')))),
p(
_('In addition, tasks can be referenced as:'),
ul(
li(_('Overdue: the due date is in the past;')),
li(_('''Due soon: the due date is soon (what 'soon' is, can be
changed in the preferences);''')),
li(_('''Late: the planned start is in the past and the task has
not been started;''')),
li(_('Over budget: no budget left;')),
li(_('Under budget: still budget left;')),
li(_('No budget: the task has no budget.')))),
h4(
a_name(_('Task colors'), 'taskcolors')),
p(
_('The text of tasks is colored according to the following rules:'),
ul(
li(_('Overdue tasks are red;')),
li(_('Tasks due soon are orange;')),
li(_('Active tasks are black text with a blue icon;')),
li(_('Late tasks are purple;')),
li(_('Future tasks are gray, and')),
li(_('Completed tasks are green.'))),
_('''This all assumes you have not changed the text colors through the
preferences dialog, of course.''')),
p(
_('''The background color of tasks is determined by the categories the
task belongs to. See the section about
<a href="#categoryproperties">category properties</a> below.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Reminders'), 'reminders')),
p(
_('''You can set a reminder for a specific date and time. %(name)s will
show a reminder message at that date and time. From the reminder dialog
you can open the task, start tracking effort for the task, or mark the task
completed. It is also possible to snooze the reminder.''') % meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''If you have Growl or Snarl installed, you can instruct
%(name)s to use these for reminders in the preferences dialog.''') % meta.metaDict))
_effortSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('Effort'), 'effort')),
h4(
a_name(_('About effort'), 'abouteffort')),
p(
_('''Whenever you spent time on tasks, you can record the amount of time
spent by tracking effort. Select a task and invoke 'Start tracking effort' in
the Effort menu or context menu or via the 'Start tracking effort' toolbar
button.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Effort properties'), 'effortproperties')),
p(
_('Effort records have the following properties you can change:'),
ul(
li(_('Task: the task the effort belongs to.')),
li(_('Start date/time: start date and time of the effort.')),
li(_('''Stop date/time: stop date and time of the effort. This can be
'None' as long as you are still working on the task.''')),
li(_('Description: a multi-line description of the effort.')))),
p(
_('The following properties are calculated from the properties above:'),
ul(
li(_('Time spent: how much time you have spent working on the task.')),
li(_('Revenue: money earned with the time spent.')))))
_categorySection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('Categories'), 'categories')),
h4(
a_name(_('About categories'), 'aboutcategories')),
p(
_('''Tasks and notes may belong to one or more categories. First, you
need to create the category that you want to use via the 'Category' menu. Then,
you can add items to one or more categories by editing the item and checking the
relevant categories for that item in the category pane of the edit dialog.''')),
p(
_('''You can limit the items shown in the task and notes viewers to one
or more categories by checking a category in the category viewer. For example,
if you have a category 'phone calls' and you check that category, the task
viewers will only show tasks belonging to that category; in other words the
phone calls you need to make.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Category properties'), 'categoryproperties')),
p(
_('Categories have the following properties you can change:'),
ul(
li(_('Subject: a single line that summarizes the category.')),
li(_('Description: a multi-line description of the category.')),
li(_('''Mutually exclusive subcategories: a check box indicating
whether the subcategories of the category are mutually exclusive. If they are,
items can only belong to one of the subcategories. When filtering, you can only
filter by one of the subcategories at a time.''')),
li(_('''Appearance properties such as icon, font and colors:
the appearance properties are used to render the category, but also the items
that belong to that category. If a category has no color, font or icon of its
own, but it has a parent category with such a property, the parent's property
will be used. If an item belongs to multiple categories that each have a color
associated with it, a mixture of those colors will be used to render that
item.''')))))
_noteSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('Notes'), 'notes')),
h4(
a_name(_('About notes'), 'aboutnotes')),
p(
_('''Notes can be used to capture random information that you want
to keep in your task file. Notes can be stand-alone or be part of other items,
such as tasks and categories. Stand-alone notes are displayed in the notes
viewer. Notes that are part of other items are not displayed in the notes
viewer.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Note properties'), 'noteproperties')),
p(
_('Notes have the following properties you can change:'),
ul(
li(_('Subject: a single line that summarizes the note.')),
li(_('Description: a multi-line description of the note.')),
li(_('Appearance properties such as icon, font and colors.')))))
_printingAndExportingSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('Printing and exporting'), 'printingandexporting')),
h4(
a_name(_('About printing and exporting'), 'aboutprintingandexporting')),
p(
_('''Both printing and exporting work in the same way: when you print
or export data, the data from the active viewer is printed or exported.
Moreover, the data is printed or exported in the same way as the viewer is
displaying it. The data is printed or exported in the same order as the
viewer is displaying it. The columns that are visible determine what
details get printed or exported. When you filter items, for example hide
completed tasks, those items don't get printed or exported.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Printing'), 'printing')),
p(
_('''Prepare the contents of a viewer, by putting the items in the
right order, show or hide the appropriate columns and apply the relevant
filters.''')),
p(
_('''You can preview how the print will look
using the File -> Print preview menu item. You can edit the page settings
using File -> Page setup. When printing and the platform supports it, you can
choose to print all visible items in the active viewer, or just the
selected items.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Exporting'), 'exporting')),
p(
_('''Prepare the contents of a viewer, by putting the items in the
right order, show or hide the appropriate columns and apply the relevant
filters.''')),
p(
_('''Next, choose the format you want to export to and whether you
want to export all visible items or just the selected ones. Available formats
to export to include CSV (comma separated format), HTML and iCalendar. When
you export to HTML, a CSS file is created that you can edit to change
the appearance of the HTML.''')))
_emailTasksSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('E-mailing tasks'), 'emailtasks')),
h4(
a_name(_('Custom attributes for e-mailing tasks'), 'emailcustom')),
p(
_('''You can alter the behaviour of the e-mail command using custom attributes
in a task description. Those attributes must be on a line by themselves. Supported
attributes are 'cc' and 'to'. Examples:''') % meta.metaDict),
p(_('[email:to=foo@spam.com]')),
p(_('[email:cc=bar@spam.com]')),
)
_multiuserSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('Multi-user usage'), 'multiuser')),
h4(
a_name(_('About multi-user'), 'aboutmultiuser')),
p(
_('''A task file may be opened by several instances of %(name)s, either
running on the same computer or on different ones, on a network share for
instance. When you save, %(name)s will actually merge your work with whatever
has been saved on disk since the last time you did. Conflicts are automatically
resolved, usually by you winning the conflict. This serves two use cases:''') % meta.metaDict),
ul(
li(_('''A single user, opening the task file on several computers (work,
home, laptop).''')),
li(_('''Several users working on the same task file.'''))),
p(
_('''The first case is the most common and the most secure. The second
case may be dangerous. Most network disk sharing protocols do not support the
kind of file locking that would make this 100% secure. A list of common protocols
and their behaviour follows.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Storage options'), 'storage')),
p(
_('''None of the sharing options discussed here work fully. If two users
save their changes within a few hundreds of milliseconds time frame, data will be lost.''')),
h5(
_('SMB/CIFS')),
p(
_('''This is the most common protocol: Windows shares and their lookalikes
(Samba). If the server and client don't support certain extensions, Task Coach will not
be able to detect automatically when the file has been modified by someone else.''')),
h5(
_('NFS')),
p(
_('Not tested yet.')),
h5(
_('DropBox')),
p(
_('''A popular way to access files from several computers (also see SpiderOak
for a more secure alternative). Changes to the task file are correctly detected by %(name)s
when it's updated.''') % meta.metaDict))
_emailSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('E-mail integration'), 'email')),
h4(
a_name(_('About e-mail integration'), 'aboutemail')),
p(
_('''%(name)s integrates with several mail user
agents, through drag and drop. This has some limitations; e-mails are
copied in a directory next to the %(name)s file, as .eml files and are
later opened using whatever program is associated with this file type
on your system. On the other hand, this allows you to open these
e-mail attachments on a system which is different from the one you
created it first.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''Mail user agents supported include:'''),
ul(
li(_('Mozilla Thunderbird')),
li(_('Microsoft Outlook')),
li(_('Claws Mail')),
li(_('Apple Mail')))),
p(
_('''Due to a Thunderbird limitation, you can't drag and drop several
e-mails from Thunderbird. This does not apply to Outlook.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Attaching an e-mail to a task'), 'emailattach')),
p(
_('''There are two ways to attach an e-mail to a task; you can:'''),
ul(
li(_('Drop it on a task either in the task tree or the task list.')),
li(_('Drop it in the attachment pane in the task editor.')))),
h4(
a_name(_('Creating a task from an e-mail'), 'emailcreate')),
p(
_('''Dropping an e-mail on an empty part of the task tree or task list
creates a new task. Its subject is the subject of the mail, its
description is its content. Additionally, the mail is automatically
attached to the newly created task.''')))
_syncmlSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('SyncML support'), 'syncml')),
h4(
a_name(_('What is SyncML'), 'aboutsyncml')),
p(
_('''SyncML is an XML protocol designed to synchronize several
applications with a server. A popular open-source server is <a
href="http://www.funambol.com/" target="_blank">Funambol</a>. Synchronization
clients are available for many devices and applications (Outlook, Pocket PC,
iPod, iPhone, Evolution, etc...), as well as so-called "connectors"
which allow the server to synchronize with Exchange, Google Calendar,
etc.''')),
p(
_('''%(name)s has built-in SyncML client support on Windows and Mac OS X
(provided that you use the supplied binaries). This means you can
setup %(name)s to synchronize with the same SyncML server you
synchronize Outlook with and have all Outlook tasks and notes in
your %(name)s file, as well as %(name)s tasks and notes in Outlook. Or
your Pocket PC.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''On Linux, you must install the SyncML client binding for
Python yourself. A 64 bits Debian package for Python 2.7 is available on
<a target="_blank" href="http://www.taskcoach.org/">taskcoach.org</a>,
at the end of the Linux downloads section.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Setup'), 'syncmlsetup')),
p(
_('''This feature is optional and off by default. In order to turn it on,
go to the preferences dialog and check it on the Features page.''')),
p(
_('''To setup SyncML, edit the SyncML preferences in Edit/SyncML
preferences. Fill in the synchronization URL, your ID on the server and choose
which items to synchronize (tasks and/or notes). The URL depends on the server
you choose; some examples are:'''),
ul(
li('''<a href="http://www.horde.org/" target="_blank">The Horde project</a>'''),
li('''<a href="http://memotoo.com" target="_blank">MemoToo</a>:
http://sync.memotoo.com/syncml''')),
_('''The database names are pretty standard; the default values
should work.''')),
p(
_('''Each task file has its own client ID, so that two different task
files will be considered different "devices" by the server.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Limitations'), 'syncmllimits')),
p(
_('''Some limitations are due to the fact that, the underlying data
type being vcalendar, some %(name)s features cannot be presented to the
server.''')%meta.metaDict,
ul(
li(_('Task and category hierarchy are lost to the server.')),
li(_('Recurrence and reminders are not supported yet.')),
li(_('Note categories are lost to the server.')),
li(_('''The conflict detection/resolution system is a workaround
for a Funambol limitation. It should work in most cases, but if many
applications synchronize with the same server at the same time, problems may
arise.''')),
li(_('Probably some others...')))),
h4(
a_name(_('Troubleshooting'), 'syncmltrouble')),
p(
_('''The SyncML menu items are only present if your platform is
supported. Currently supported platforms are:'''),
ul(
li(_('Windows, 32 bits (see below)')),
li(_('Linux, 32 bits')),
li(_('Mac OS 10.3 and later, both Intel and PPC'))),
_('''You may experience problems under Windows if you don't have the
Microsoft Visual 8 runtime installed. You can download it on the
<a target="_blank" href="%s"> Microsoft download site</a>.''')% _MSURL),
h4(
a_name(_('Purging deleted items'), 'syncmlpurge')),
p(
_('''When SyncML is enabled, deleting a task or a note does not actually
delete it, but rather mark it as deleted. The deleted task or note is actually
removed from the task or note list on the next synchronization. For this reason,
if you happen to use the SyncML feature, then disable it without having done a
sync, there may be some deleted notes or tasks in your task file. This is not a
problem, but takes a little more disk space.''')),
p(
_('''In this case, the "Purge deleted items" menu item in the File menu
can be used to actually delete these tasks. It is only enabled when you
need it, that is when there are items to purge. Be aware that after doing this,
if you re-enable SyncML and make a sync with the same server you used
previously, all those items will reappear, as the server
doesn't know they're deleted.''')))
_iPhoneSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad'), 'iphone')),
h4(
a_name(_('%(name)s on the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad')%meta.metaDict, 'taskcoachiphone')),
p(
_('''There is an iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad companion app for %(name)s,
available on <a
href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewSoftware?id=311403563&mt=8"
target="_blank">Apple's AppStore</a>. (If you don't have iTunes installed on
your computer, you'll be presented a page where you can download iTunes).
It supports the following features:''')%meta.metaDict,
ul(
li(_('''Basic task attributes: subject, description, dates (with
recurrence)...''')),
li(_('Hierarchical tasks and categories')),
li(_('Time tracking')),
li(_('Multiple task files')),
li(_('Two-way synchronization with %(name)s on the desktop')%meta.metaDict)),
p(
_('''The application is universal and has a custom iPad UI.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Configuration'), 'iphoneconf')),
h5(
_('Configuration on the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad')),
p(
_('''There are some settings for the iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad app in the
Settings application:'''),
ul(
li(_('Show completed: whether to show completed tasks.')),
li(_('''Show inactive: whether to show inactive tasks (planned start date
in the future).''')),
li(_('''Icon position: the LED icon may show up either on the
left side or the right side of the screen.''')),
li(_('''Compact mode: if this is enabled, the task list has smaller
LEDs and doesn't show categories or dates.''')),
li(_('''Confirm complete: if enabled, a message box will pop up for
confirmation when you mark a task complete by tapping its LED.''')),
li(_('''# days due soon: How many days in the future is
considered "soon".''')))),
h5(
_('Configuration on the desktop, all platforms')),
p(
_('''Before synchronizing, you must also configure %(name)s on the
desktop; in the preferences, in the "Features" tab, check "Enable iPhone
synchronization". Restart %(name)s. Now, in the preferences, choose the
"iPhone" tab and fill in at least the password.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''When you tap the "Sync" button in the category view, %(name)s
will automatically detect running instances of %(name)s on your
desktop and ask you to select one (you may have several instances
running on different computers on your network, or several instances
on the same computer). The name displayed is, by default, some string
identifying the computer it's running on. To customize this, you may
change the "Bonjour service name" in the configuration.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''%(name)s will remember the chosen instance and try it next time
you synchronize; if it's not running, it will prompt you again.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''Note that this synchronization happens through the network; there
is no need for the device to be connected through USB nor for iTunes to
be running.''')),
h5(
_('Configuration on Windows')),
p(
_('''On Windows, you must install <a
href="http://support.apple.com/kb/dl999">Bonjour for Windows</a> and
unblock it when asked by the firewall.''')),
h5(
_('Configuration on Linux')),
p(
_('''On Linux, you must have the <a href="http://avahi.org/">Avahi</a>
daemon installed and running. Most modern distributions already have it. You
must also install the dnscompat package; its name depends on your distribution
(libavahi-compat-libdnssd1 on Ubuntu for instance).''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Troubleshooting'), 'iphonetrouble')),
h5(
_('''I can't seem to find the iPhone/iPod Touch app on Apple's
website''')),
p(
_('''You need to have iTunes installed on your computer to browse
Apple's App Store. <a href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/" target="_blank">Get
iTunes</a>.''')),
h5(
_('''My computer doesn't appear in the list when trying to sync''')),
p(
_('''Check that your iPhone/iPod Touch is connected to the same network
your computer is through WiFi.''')),
h5(
_("The iPhone can't connect to my computer")),
p(
_('If you have a firewall, check that ports 4096-4100 are open.'))))
_androidSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('Android'), 'android')),
h4(
a_name(_('%(name)s on Android?')%meta.metaDict, 'taskcoachandroid')),
p(
_('''No, %(name)s is not available for the Android platform. But,
<a target="_blank" href="http://todotxt.com">Todo.txt Touch</a> is.
You can export your tasks from %(name)s to the <a target="_blank"
href="https://github.com/ginatrapani/todo.txt-cli/wiki/The-Todo.txt-Format">Todo.txt
format</a> and then edit your tasks on your Android device.''')%meta.metaDict),
h4(
a_name(_('Todo.txt and Todo.txt Touch'), 'todotxt')),
p(
_('''Todo.txt is an open source todo list manager, created by Gina
Trapani, that works with plain text files. Todo.txt has a command-line
interface. However, since the file format is plain text, you can also edit your
tasks with any text editor. Todo.txt Touch is a version of Todo.txt for the
Android platform. Todo.txt Touch uses a todo.txt file that lives in your
Dropbox folder. %(name)s can import from and export to that todo.txt
file.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''When exporting to Todo.txt, %(name)s creates another file alongside
the target one, suffixed with "-meta". Don't delete this file; %(name)s uses it
to keep track of external changed to the tasks. When a conflict arises (a task
is modified both by Task Coach and by an external application when importing),
the Todo.txt file wins the conflict.''') % meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''Tip: if you save your task file in the todo folder that Todo.txt
Touch creates in your Dropbox folder, and you turn on automatic importing and
exporting of Todo.txt, %(name)s will keep the task file and the
todo.txt file in sync. Please note that another file, named after the .txt file
with '-meta' appended, is also generated. This is used internally by %(name)s
in order to keep track of what has been modified in the .txt file; don't modify
or delete it.''')%meta.metaDict),
h4(
a_name(_('Importing todo.txt'), 'todotxtimporting')),
p(
_('''%(name)s imports task subjects, planned start date, due date, completion
date, priority, contexts and projects. Contexts and projects are both
transformed into categories in %(name)s. Projects cannot be transformed into
parent tasks because Todo.txt allows tasks to belong to multiple projects,
while %(name)s only allows one parent task per task.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''When importing, %(name)s tries to find matching tasks and
categories and update those instead of creating new ones. It does the matching
by looking at the subject of the task (or project, or context) and the parent
item if any.''')%meta.metaDict),
h4(
a_name(_('Exporting todo.txt'), 'todotxtexporting')),
p(
_('''%(name)s exports task subjects, planned start date, due date, completion
date, priority and categories to the Todo.txt format. Other attributes are not
exported.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''%(name)s supports dates and times, but Todo.txt only supports
dates, so the time part of start, due, and completion date/times is not
exported.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''The default Todo.txt format only supports planned start dates and
completion dates, but no due dates. Therefore, %(name)s uses an extension to
export the due date of tasks. Due dates are shown as "due:YYYY-MM-DD" in the
todo.txt file.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''Todo.txt has priorities in the form of a letter ('A'-'Z').
%(name)s has numerical priorities. %(name)s priority 1 is transformed into 'A',
2 becomes 'B', etc., and 26 is 'Z'. %(name)s priorities below 1 and above 26
are not exported.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
_('''Categories whose subject starts with a '+' are exported as projects.
Categories whose subject starts with an '@'-sign are exported as context.
Categories whose subject doesn't start with '+' or '@' are not exported.
Subcategories are exported if their parent category is.''')%meta.metaDict))
_templatesSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('Task templates'), 'templates')),
h4(
a_name(_('About templates'), 'abouttemplates')),
p(
_('''Templates are blueprints for new tasks. Right now, the only task
properties that can be "parameterized" are the dates. When instantiating a
template, the created task has its dates replaced with dates relative to the
current date.''')),
h4(
a_name(_('Using templates'), 'usingtemplates')),
p(
_('''One can create a template by selecting a task (only one) and click
on the "Save task as template" item in the File menu. All subtasks, notes and
attachments are part of the template. Only categories are not saved.''')),
p(
_('''You can also create a new template from a pre-made template file
(.tsktmpl); just select "Import template" in the File menu and select the file.
Template files are stored in a subdirectory of the directory where TaskCoach.ini
is.''')),
p(
_('''In order to instantiate a task template, use the "New task from
template" menu in the Task menu, or the equivalent toolbar button. When the
task is created, the due, start and completion dates, if applicable, are
reevaluated relatively to the current date. That means that if you create a
template from a task starting today and due tomorrow, every time the template
is instantiated, the planned start date will be replaced by the current date and the
due date by the current date plus one day.''')),
p(
_('''You can also add templates from the template editor (File/Edit
templates), as well as edit the template's basic properties (dates and
subject). Dates are provided in a human-readable format; the date editor
will become red if %(name)s cannot figure out what it means. Example
dates:''')%meta.metaDict),
ul(
li('3 pm tomorrow'),
li('next saturday'),
li('noon')
),
p(
_('''Please note that this system is not localized; you must enter
the dates in english.''')))
_guiSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('Graphical user interface'), 'gui')),
p(
_('''You can drag and drop viewers to create almost any user interface
layout you want. When you start dragging a viewer, drop hints will appear to
show where you can drop the viewer. Viewers can also be dropped onto each other
to create notebooks.''')),
p(
_('''In the edit dialogs, you can drag and drop tabs to rearrange
the order or to create a whole different user interface layout by placing tabs
next to eachother.''')),
p(
_('''Subjects and descriptions of tasks, notes and categories can be
edited without opening an edit dialog. Select the item whose subject or
description you want to change and click the item again, either in the subject
column or in the description column. A text control will appear that lets you
change the subject or description. Hit return to confirm your changes. Hit
escape to cancel your changes. F2 is a keyboard shortcut for editing the
subject.'''))
)
_shortcutSection = sequence(
h3(
a_name(_('Keyboard shortcuts'), 'shortcuts')),
p(
_('''%(name)s has several keyboard shortcuts, listed below. Keyboard
shortcuts are not configurable at the moment.''')%meta.metaDict),
p(
table(
tr(_('Ctrl-A'), editSelectAll),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-A'), addAttachment),
tr(_('Ctrl-B'), addNote),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-B'), openAllNotes),
tr(_('Ctrl-C'), editCopy),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-C'), viewCollapseAll),
tr(_('Ctrl-D'), taskDecreasePriority),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-D'), taskMinPriority),
tr(_('Ctrl-E'), effortNew),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-E'), viewExpandAll),
tr(_('Ctrl-F'), search),
tr(_('Ctrl-G'), categoryNew),
tr(_('Ctrl-H'), help),
tr(_('Ctrl-I'), taskIncreasePriority),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-I'), taskMaxPriority),
tr(_('Ctrl-J'), noteNew),
tr(_('Ctrl-M (Linux and Windows)'), mailItem),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-M (Mac OS X)'), mailItem),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-M'), fileMergeDiskChanges),
tr(_('Ctrl-N (Linux and Mac OS X)'), taskNew),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-N (Linux and Mac OS X)'), _('Insert a new subitem')),
tr(_('Ctrl-O'), fileOpen),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-O'), openAllAttachments),
tr(_('Alt-P'), editPreferences),
tr(_('Ctrl-P'), print_),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-P'), printPageSetup),
tr(_('Ctrl-Q'), fileQuit),
tr(_('Ctrl-R'), resetCategoryFilter),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-R'), resetFilter),
tr(_('Ctrl-S'), fileSave),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-S'), fileSaveAs),
tr(_('Ctrl-T'), effortStart),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-T'), effortStopOrResume),
tr(_('Ctrl-V'), editPaste),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-V'), editPasteAsSubitem),
tr(_('Ctrl-W'), fileClose),
tr(_('Ctrl-X'), editCut),
tr(_('Ctrl-Y'), editRedo),
tr(_('Ctrl-Z'), editUndo),
tr(_('Enter'), _('Edit the selected item(s) or close a dialog')),
tr(_('Ctrl-Enter'), _('Mark the selected task(s) (un)completed')),
tr(_('Escape'), _('Cancel a dialog or move keyboard focus from search control back to viewer')),
tr(_('Tab'), _('Move keyboard focus to the next field in the dialog')),
tr(_('Shift-Tab'), _('Move keyboard focus to the previous field in the dialog')),
tr(_('Ctrl-Tab'), _('Move keyboard focus to the next tab in a notebook control')),
tr(_('Shift-Ctrl-Tab'), _('Move keyboard focus to the previous tab in a notebook control')),
tr(_('DELETE'), _('Delete the selected item(s)')),
tr(_('INSERT (Windows)'), taskNew),
tr(_('Shift-INSERT (Windows)'), _('Insert a new subitem')),
tr(_('Ctrl-PgDn'), viewNextViewer),
tr(_('Ctrl-PgUp'), viewPreviousViewer),
tr(_('Alt-Down'), _('Pop up menu or drop down box')),
tr(_('F2'), _('Edit the subject of the selected item in a viewer')))))
helpHTML = _TOC + _taskSection + _effortSection + _categorySection + \
_noteSection + _printingAndExportingSection + _multiuserSection + _emailTasksSection + _emailSection + \
_syncmlSection + _iPhoneSection + _androidSection + _templatesSection + \
_guiSection + _shortcutSection
aboutHTML = _('''<h4>%(name)s - %(description)s</h4>
<h5>Version %(version)s, %(date)s</h5>
<p>By %(author)s <%(author_email)s><p>
<p><a href="%(url)s" target="_blank">%(url)s</a></p>
<p>%(copyright)s</p>
<p>%(license_notice_html)s</p>
''')%meta.metaDict
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