Proper project management in vim. Standing on the shoulders of vimwiki and Taskwarrior

     a         |_   _|_ _ ___| | _\ \      / (_) | _(_)         a         ~
command-line     | |/ _` / __| |/ /\ \ /\ / /| | |/ / |   personal wiki   ~
 todo list       | | (_| \__ \   <  \ V  V / | |   <| |      for vim      ~
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• Vim 7.4 or newer, compiled with +python

• Vimwiki (the dev branch)

    git clone https://github.com/vimwiki/vimwiki ~/.vim/bundle/ --branch dev
  

• Taskwarrior (version 2.4.0 or newer)

• install either from sources or using your package manager

    sudo dnf install task
  

• tasklib (the develop branch)

• Python library for Taskwarrior.

    sudo pip install --upgrade git+git://github.com/tbabej/tasklib@develop
  

Using pathogen (or similiar vim plugin manager), the taskwiki install is as simple as:

git clone https://github.com/tbabej/taskwiki ~/.vim/bundle/taskwiki

However, make sure your box satisfies the requirements stated above.

To access documentation, run :helptags and then :help taskwiki.

The following optional plugins enhance and integrate with TaskWiki. At very least,I'd recommend the AnsiEsc plugin - Taskwarrior charts are much more fun when they're colorful!

• vim-plugin-AnsiEsc adds color support in charts.

    git clone https://github.com/powerman/vim-plugin-AnsiEsc ~/.vim/bundle/
  

• tagbar provides taskwiki file navigation.

    git clone https://github.com/majutsushi/tagbar ~/.vim/bundle/
  

• vim-taskwarrior enables grid view.

    git clone https://github.com/farseer90718/vim-taskwarrior ~/.vim/bundle/
  

Taskwiki enhances simple vimwiki task lists by storing the task metadata in Taskwarrior. Taskwarrior uses plaintext data files as a backend, and taskwiki uses Taskwarrior as a backend. This allows taskwiki to leverage its powerful features, such as filtering, recurrent tasks, user defined attributes or hooks.

* [ ] Install Taskwiki

Such tasks get synced to TaskWarrior when the file is saved. Additional metadata, as project, tags, priority, can be stored with this task.

Some of that metadata gets visually represented in vim, and is updated if the representation changes in vim.

* [ ] Install Taskwiki !!! (2015-08-23 19:00)

Tasks can be grouped - simply written in one block. This has the advantage of any child tasks being marked as dependencies of the parent tasks.

* [ ] Get married
    * [ ] Find a girlfriend
    * [ ] Buy a ring
    * [ ] Propose

Viewport is a header with a task query (filter) embedded, generating the corresponding task list. These tasks can be modified and changes will be synced back to task data. A simple viewport can look as follows:

== Home tasks | project:Home ==

Filter query is concealed.

Upon saving, this will generate the list of matching tasks, in a tree-like fashion (respecting dependencies).

== Home tasks | project:Home ==
* [ ] Feed the dog (2015-08-08)
* [ ] Tidy up the house !!
  * [ ] Wash the dishes
  * [ ] Declare war on the cobwebs

Tasks added (written) to the task list under the viewport inherit the defaults from its filter.

== Home tasks | project:Home ==
* [ ] Feed the dog
* [ ] Tidy up the house !!
  * [ ] Wash the dishes
  * [ ] Declare war on the cobwebs
* [ ] Call the landlord about rent payment (2015-08-23)
      ^ the task above will have project:Home set automatically

For some more complex filters, defaults cannot be automatically derived. In such case, you can specify the defaults explicitly:

== Urgent tasks | +OVERDUE or +urgent | +urgent ==
                                         ^ defaults definition

Viewports can be inspected by hitting [CR] with cursor above them.

Taskwiki can provide additional information reports on a task list (selected, or part of a viewport) and on individial tasks as well. These reports are shown in dynamic temporary splits.

* [ ] Tidy up the house !! (2015-08-23 00:00)

For example, hitting [CR] on the above task runs :TaskWikiInfo and displays:

Name          Value
------------- ---------------------------------------------------------
ID            6
Description   Tidy up the house
                2015-08-22 21:29:35 Tip: Use roomba for vacuum-cleaning
Status        Pending
Project       Home
Entered       2015-08-22 21:27:26 (2 minutes)
Due           2015-08-23 00:00:00
Last modified 2015-08-22 21:30:21 (1 second)
Virtual tags  ANNOTATED MONTH PENDING READY UNBLOCKED YEAR
UUID          448c2fa9-6a06-454e-a2bc-b0c8ae91994f
Urgency       9.895
Priority      H

Date                Modification
------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------
2015-08-14 21:29:35 Annotation of 'Tip: Use roomba for vacuum-cleaning' added.
2015-08-14 21:30:11 Due set to '2015-08-23 00:00:00'.

Running the :TaskWikiSummary can produce side-split like this:

Project            Remaining Avg age  Complete 0%                        100%
------------------ --------- -------- -------- ------------------------------
Work                      18  4 weeks      74% ======================
  Designs
    Feature X              3  4 weeks      89% ==========================
    Feature Y              7  2 weeks      47% =========
  Tickets                  5  3 weeks      79% ======================
  Blog                     1 4 months      50% ===============

There are many more reports (burndown, calendar, history, projects, stats, summary, tags,..), but for the sake of brevity, they will not be described here. They work in a similiar fashion.

Taskwiki provides commands for the all the traditional operation on tasks, such as starting, stopping, completing, deletion, annotation, generic modification, etc.

* [ ] Tidy up the house !! (2015-08-23 00:00)

Say we want to postpone this task to tomorrow. This can be achieved by hitting [Leader]tm (:TaskWikiMod) a prompt will show up, where we enter our desired modification:

Enter modifications: due:tomorrow

Task is instantly updated:

* [ ] Tidy up the house !! (2015-08-24 00:00)

Task modification commands can be performed on a task currently below the cursor, or on a visually selected group of tasks.

• Viewport flags: Custom data sources / sort orders can be defined for individual viewports.

• Grid view: If vim-taskwarrior is available, it can be used to display a grid view of available tasks.

• Tagbar: Can be shown to display a overview of a Taskwiki file

• Interactive splits: Assign project/tags by picking a option from a split that lists all the already used projects/tags.

Created by: Tomas Babej.

Design suggestions contributed by: David J Patrick.

Inspired by: vimwiki-tasks plugin.

Taskwiki wouldn't be possible without all the work and support from the Taskwarrior community. Come hang out at #taskwarrior on Freenode.

Code and issue tracker is hosted at: https://github.com/tbabej/taskwiki

Feel free to submit pull requests and/or file issues for bugs and suggestions.