Actually, sub-tasks CAN recur IF the Parent item recurs. BUT there
seems to be an interesting catch to this: It only works (correctly)
with "Checklists" not "Projects".

For example, create a Project called "Project" and assign a daily
recurrence. Next, create two sub-tasks, "Item 1" and "Item 2".

OK, now when you "complete" (ie: check off) the Parent, it pops up a
dialog telling you that it will also complete all of the sub-tasks (if
any are left uncompleted.) That's great, HOWEVER, when the new
iteration of the Parent is created (because it's repeating) NONE of
the sub-tasks get re-created, only the Parent item.

Now, let's look at Checklists. Create a Parent item, set it to repeat,
and then create a couple sub-tasks. If you "complete" the Checklist's
Parent item, when the new repeating iteration is created, ALL of the
sub-tasks are also re-created and are unchecked.

If you think about it, it really does make sense because a Project and
a Checklist serve two very different functions. A Project is a one-
time task with multiple sub-tasks. On the other hand, a Checklist
would be a recurring event where the same sub-tasks are again lated
repeated, unchecked and ready to check off again.

It really boils down to this: Under this model, a "repeating Project"
doesn't really make sense--THAT would be the purpose of a Checklist.

Unfortunately, discovering this was pretty much trial-and-error
because I could not find any documentation detailing all of the
differences between Projects and Checklists (admittedly, I didn't dig
that deeply.)

The best way to really get a good feel for it is to just create some
test Projects and Checklists and then run them through your typical
paces to see which is most applicable.

-Jim Barr
http://JimsTips.com


On Apr 28, 7:57 am, "Bob Hughes" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Todo 2.0 is incredible!  Great job, Appigo!
>
> I would second the Recurring subtasks feature for a future release.
>
> Thanks!
> BH
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
>
> Behalf Of Arch
> Sent: Monday, April 27, 2009 11:46 PM
> To: Appigo Todo
> Subject: [appigo-todo] Recurring subtasks?
>
> Hey, great to see subtasks added to 2.0!
>
> One issue I've found is that "repeat" is not available for subtasks
> (only for regular tasks not put into projects). It would be useful to
> have this option.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
>
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