But what's the logic behind this - why do I need to leave a space between -d and Today but not between -fl and Key? What are the rules for the other flags. Why can't they be consistent. I am a moderately experienced IT person with experience using using command line driven software - if I struggled to make them work, I would imagine many others would find them as problematic (if not more so)
I did read the documentation (bad habit of mine!)and found nothing about the rules for leaving spaces. Incidentally, there is a typo - refernce to the -lf parameter rather than -fl flag (just to prove that I did read them!) Re delicious links - they do reflect my professional interest - IT consultant working in the Not For Profit sector. On Apr 15, 4:20 pm, pottster <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Richard, > > > So the rule seems to be "don't leave a space between -fl and the name of the > > flag but do leave a space between -d and the date and then remember to put > > the date parameter at the end." > > Pretty much, except the order doesn't matter if you if just put the > first word of the key flag name (it's the space that causes the > problem) e.g. <Msg text> -d Today -flKey works fine - fewer key > presses as well ;-). Just remember to make the first word of your > flags unique in some way. > > Have you checked out the updated User Guide on the website for 3.5.0? > It includes a run down on the new parsing functionality. > > Regards, > Ken > > PS thanks for the Delicious links. Look forward to having a look at > those. > > On Apr 15, 11:53 am, "Richard Collings" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Occasionally I try to use the parser in the Rapid Task entry screen and each > > time I give up because I can't get it to work. I have just spent a bit more > > time on this today and I think this illustrates my point. > > > I am trying to enter a task and assign it a Due Date of Today and to assign > > the flag flag "Key task" with the following results > > > Assigns wrong flag "Requested" and no date > > <Msg text> -fl Key Task -d Today > > <Msg text> -d Today -fl Key Task > > > Assigns Flag but not Due Date > > <Msg text> -dToday -flKey Task > > <Msg text> -d Today -flKey Task > > <Msg text> -flKey Task -dToday > > <Msg text> -dToday -fl Key Task > > > Assigns both > > <Msg text> -flKey Task -d Today > > > There were others that didn't work as well but this was before I > > systematically started to capture what was working and what was not working > > > So the rule seems to be "don't leave a space between -fl and the name of the > > flag but do leave a space between -d and the date and then remember to put > > the date parameter at the end." > > > Is this working as expected? > > > I have to say that I would have thought most people would have given up long > > before I did. > > > Richard > > > Interesting stuff (possibly): http://delicious.com/richardcollings > > > <mailto:[email protected]> - Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mylifeorganized?hl=en.
