Re: [PLUG] Programming help

[brent timothy saner <brent.saner@gmail.com>]

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On 01/07/2016 01:36 PM, Joe Rosato wrote:
> I really liked the talk last night that Mark gave, very informative we
ll
> presented. Though not a programmer I do get excited when I can write
> something in as few lines of code as possible, be it scripting, python
,
> perl, or cobol. (OK.. forget cobol).
> 
> So in light of last night I figured I would try this with
> python/hashes.. I tried this a while back and was too busy at work to
> think straight and pissed at myself that it was turning into a torture
d
> bash script where you opt for speed over elegance just to get the job
> done. I plan to take my time to do it RIGHT, not kludgy.
> 
> Small background on the topic. I have been using Hamster
> <https://github.com/projecthamster/hamster> to track my time at work, 
it
> is simple and clean. Has a gui, command line (hamster-cli) and a tiny
> database. Exports to a interactive web page to analyze your time usage
.
> I use google tasks on my phone and wanted to find a way to add those
> tasks to Hamster without typing them in again. GOAL= /*I add some task
s
> on my phone the night before, and in the morning they are already insi
de
> Hamster for me to track my time.*/
> 
> I found tasky.py <https://github.com/jrupac/tasky> which allows me to
> puke out my google task lists to a file. The output format is well
> structured and I just need to write something to parse it and get it
> into Hamster via hamster-cli. (incidentally the documentation is poor 
- -
> I just use 'tasky.py -l --nocolor' to create my output file - nothing
> more.) I attached the file and changed some personal info but not the
> format.
> 
> */caveats/*
> 1. Hamster does not accept 'future' dates since it is not a task manag
er
> but a time tracker. I figured I would have it add my tasks to the day
> before at odd hours like 1am, 2am, 3am, etc.. (as if already
> started/completed) and then and I can redo the times in the morning.
> 2. Indents matter in the attached file, there are sub-tasks
> 
> *What do I want to parse and where do I want it to go?*
> _Google Tasks   -->   Hamster_
>   List                -->    tag
>   Task             -->    activity (with the above tag)
>   Notes           -->   Notes
>   Due Date      ---->   ehh, I'll figure that out later
> 
> Give me your thoughts! For those part of the Triangle discussion last
> night - I figured it out! Only sent it to Walt so as to not spill the
> beans for others.
> 
> Joe Rosato
> 
> NB: Am I shamelessly using the PLUG list to forward my own agenda? Yes
.
> 

You know, you may be reinventing the wheel here for the most part. Have
you heard of TaskWarrior? https://taskwarrior.org/

It even stores the tasks in plaintext files (fairly easily parseable):
http://www.taskextras.org/projects/taskwarrior/wiki/Cookbook#Where-does-
task-stores-the-data-How-do-I-backup-it

which would have probably saved you a lot of headache.

But kudos!

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