etm_qt(1)

NAME
etm_qt - manage events and tasks using simple text files

SYNOPSIS
  etm_qt.py  [path] [acms?l]

DESCRIPTION
With no arguments, etm will use settings from the configuration file ~/.etm/etm.cfg and open the GUI.

If the first argument is the path to a directory which contains a file named etm.cfg, then settings from that file will be used instead.

If the first argument, other than the optional path, is either "a", "c", "m", "s", "?" or "l" (lower case L), then the remaining arguments will be executed by etm without opening the GUI.

OPTIONS

a   display an action report using the remaining arguments as the report specification.

c   display a custom report using the remaining arguments as the report specification.

m   display a report using the remaining argument, which must be a positive integer, to display a report using the corresponding entry from the file given by report_specifications in etm.cfg. Use ? m or m ? to display the numbered list of entries from this file.

s   display the next few days from the day view combined with any items in the now and next views. This command uses no further arguments.

?   display this command line help information or, if followed by a, c, m or s, then display help information about the specified command.

l   begin an interactive shell loop in which the above commands are available and can be adjusted and run again without reloading the data files.

EXAMPLES

  COMMAND LINE
Group items by year, month and day together

    etm_qt.py c ddd, MMM d yyyy
Output:

    Fri, Apr 1 2011
      items for April 1
    Sat, Apr 2 2011
      items for April 2
    ...

  DATA FILES
Data items begin with a data type character and continue on one or more lines either until the end of the file is reached or another line is found that begins with a type character. Data type characters and the associated data types:

~   Action: a record of time spent in an activity.

*   Event: happens on a particular date and time.

^   Occasion: happens on a particular date, e.g., a holiday, anniversary or birthday.

!   Note: a record of some useful information.

-   Task: something that needs to be done.

%   Delegated task: a task assigned to someone else.

+   Task group: a group of related tasks, some of which may be prerequisites for others.

$   Inbasket: quick entry to be edited later when time permits.

?   Someday maybe: remember but don't show in the common views.

#   Hidden: remember but hide from all etm views except folder view.

=   Defaults: set default options for subsequent entries in the same data file.

The beginning data type character for each item is followed by the item summary and then, perhaps, by one or more '@key value' option pairs. Examples:

•   A sales meeting (an event) a week from today from 9:00am until 10:00am with a 5 minute early warning alert:

    * sales meeting @s +7 9a @e 1h @a 5

•   Prepare a report (a task) for the meeting beginning 3 days early:

    - prepare report @s +7 @b 3

•   A 35 minute period (an action) spent working on the report yesterday:

    ~ report preparation @s -1 @e 35

•   Get a haircut (a task) on the 24th of the current month and then [r]epeatedly at (d)aily [i]ntervals of 14 days and, [o]n completion, (r)estart from the completion date:

    - get haircut @s 24 @r d &i 14 @o r

•   Do the jobs in the following task group in 'q' order to finish the dog house project:

    + dog house
          @j pickup lumber and paint &q 1
          @j cut pieces &q 2
          @j assemble &q 3
          @j paint &q 4

•   Payday (an occassion) on the last week day of each month. The '&s' part of the entry extracts the last date which is both a weekday and falls within the last three days of the month.):

    ^ payday @s 1/1 @r m &w (MO, TU, WE, TH, FR) &m (-1, -2, -3) &s -1

•   Take a prescribed medication daily (a reminder) for the next three days at 10am, 2pm, 6pm and 10pm and trigger the default alert zero minutes before each event:

    * take Rx @s +0 @r d &h 10, 14, 18, 22 &u +4 @a 0

•   Presidential election day (an occassion) every four years on the first Tuesday after a Monday in November:

    ^ Presidential Election Day @s 2012-11-06
          @r y &i 4 &M 11 &m range(2,9) &w TU

•   Join the etm discussion group (a task). Because of the @g (goto) link, pressing Ctrl-G when the details of this item are displayed in the gui would open the link using the system default application:

    - join the etm discussion group
             @g http://groups.google.com/group/eventandtaskmanager/topics

SEE ALSO
Extensive documentation can be found in the folder:

    http://people.duke.edu/~dgraham/etmqt/help/

BUGS
Please report bugs to the etm discussion group:

    http://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/eventandtaskmanager

AUTHOR
Daniel A Graham <daniel.graham@duke.edu>

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2009-2013 [Daniel Graham]. All rights reserved.