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ransome1 / sleek

todo.txt manager for Linux, Windows and MacOS, free and open-source (FOSS)
https://github.com/ransome1/sleek/wiki
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option to keep the content of task as it it, without reordering words inside the line #411

Closed aisbergde closed 2 years ago

aisbergde commented 2 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

My todo.txt is under source control because I use it on different devices. When I open the todo.txt in sleek then nearly all tasks are changed: some blanks are removed, context and projects are moved to the end of the task, date fields are switched (t: before due:)

In general, this could be OK, but I want to keep tasks as I created them. I want to control myself, if I want to reorder and "cleanup".

For example, I use task in this form:

@aaa +dothis with +that, but also +check +this blablabla

Describe the solution you'd like

Sleek should not touch my tasks, but keep them unchanged. If I change a task, then it is fine to recreate the line and to put the contexts and project at the end, to reorder date fields and so on, but please keep the tasks which I don't change.

There should be an option to clean up automatically (es it does currently) And there should be a button or action, to clean up the file manuelly or to clean up specific tasks

Describe alternatives you've considered I have no idea

aubreyz commented 2 years ago

There are already other similar issues raised so you could have referred to and commented in those instead of raising a new one. However I agree that this is an extremely serious problem, and I would not be able to use the otherwise wonderful Sleek until it is resolved with the third party developer. Mangling tasks is just not on.

See https://github.com/ransome1/sleek/issues/68

Not only does it make version control impossible as you suggest, but it also mangles the meaning of the tasks themselves and is not consistent with the todo.txt specification. It also makes dealing with the database using different apps impossible. Even if you do edit a task, changing the order is not an acceptable outcome - it you don't touch the task even more so.

aisbergde commented 2 years ago

I did not search for "repositioning". In this case this issue can be closed, because it is a duplicate of #68