TaskPaper - Tips, Tricks, Workflows etc.
Just want to have a place in which to collect all the little nuggets regarding TaskPaper.
I will maintain a TOC in the first post.
Table of Contents
Complete Setups
- Sascha Fast (German)
- Use Taskpaper Syntax in BBedit
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I set the font of the “note”-type to a monospace font. Then I can make aligned tables happen:
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TaskPaper 3 is currently available at a heavy discount at https://bundlehunt.com
Possibly also interesting for BBEdit users: I‘ve written a little language module for BBEdit which provides color highlighting for projects, tags and notes, and allows for folding of projects with multiple tasks. An outline of all project headings is also available via BBEdit's function popup menu.
https://code.google.com/archive/p/taskpaper-bbedit/
It‘s not been updated for a long time but I think it still works.
I am switching to Things 3. I succumbed to the temptation of a ready to use solution instead of keeping it real by sticking to the plaintext-compatible nerdtastic even in my task management.
Just so you know that I will use this evil power for good. What could ever happen if you use evil means to produce good results?
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Haha! As we all know, the tool doesn't have any inherent evil or good built in - it is how the user wields the tool and with what purpose, that yields the result. I believe that you will use the tool for good, whatever you do
Tell that poor lad Isildur or Boromir.
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Right - I wasn't counting on the magic!
@Sascha, what are you currently using? Org-mode seems to make sense to me, yet" a solution that used works across the apple ecosystem might be more practical.
I am still using Things 3 for my task management. TaskPaper is for my Rumen (~2nd brain: https://zettelkasten.de/posts/building-a-second-brain-and-zettelkasten/)
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@Sascha,
Thanks, based on your response and my own requirments, I'm now testing GoodTask because of its intimate integration with the Apple productivity apps.
I remember reading your write up on the second brain, but at the time I felt it didn't make sense for me: vanishingly few things would be "projects" or "areas" for me, regardless whether I use Thiago's definitions nor the GTD ones.
Terms that seem to fit my life much better are are, for example, "procedures", "requirements', "schedules", and "studies". I'm not certain yet how to best capture them. Currently they're in my active notes ("zettelkasten"),
What is your native language? Your categories are interesting!
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@Sascha, Dutch. I work and think predominantly in English, but study and live in the German-speaking part of Switzerland.
One of my challenges is having a multi-lingual Zettelkasten
Thanks Sascha, is it too much to ask for an excerpt of your taskpaper file? and... do you read/update it on iOS? how?
thanks
That surprises me! I'd be very interested in hearing about your categories and why you ended up with these.
There is nothing to it.
The basic structure is:
What is specifically interesting to you?
I don't interact with my system via any mobile device. The only gap I am missing is being able to capture tasks when I am walking my dog or accessing my grocery list that I could write at home.
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therefore all the Taskpaper content (for each project or area...) is mainly made of Notes more than Tasks?
Quite the opposite: Most is a task.
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