Hi Steph! Thank you very much for your suggestions!
My take on task management is that entering tasks should be SUPER fast, no matter where they are entered. That means as few clicks and key presses as possible. The developers did an (almost) perfect job in Rapid entry window, and it boggles me why they would not do the same in the main program window. On Monday, June 13, 2022 at 12:51:06 AM UTC+1 Stéph wrote: > Quick reply: > 1) Maybe we'd need an option to choose whether to make parsing the norm, > though - Personally, I struggle with parsing and often find myself having > to correct errors in how it's interpreted my entries). > 2) One other option, for when you're in quick task entry mode - Have you > experimented with writing a list and then copying and "paste text as > subtasks" (Either right click and it's in the "advanced" sub-menu, or try > Ctrl+Shift+V)? That might be no good for you - I don't think you can parse > much - or I guess you may find it helpful. > 3) I don't know. I just got used to Ins, but I can see the problem with > your keyboard layout. Perhaps something like Ctrl+Enter? > > Stéphane > On Sunday, 12 June 2022 at 19:30:20 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: > >> Hello Steph! >> >> Yes, I'm using MLO for Windows. >> >> 1. I know about Alt-Enter after typing, if I want to parse dates, but why >> not parse them by default by just pressing Enter (how it is done in >> Todoist, for example)? Of course, sometimes we may want the text no to be >> parsed, but I think it happens not as often, and Alt + Enter would be more >> appropriate in this case. Or make an option to choose a custom hotkey. >> (Just my 2 cents). >> >> 2. To me "Enter" seems like the most obvious choice for Next task (New >> line). It's like this in MS Word or any other word processor, Taskade, >> Dynalist, etc. Same is with "Tab" to make an indent. It actually goes way >> back to typewriters. I don't know what percentage of the world's population >> used and uses those keys when making bulleted on numbered lists in word >> processors. Even MLO uses Enter for next task in Rapid Task Entry window >> (that's what makes the entry rapid!). And Space to make a subtask, which is >> not as customary as Tab, but still makes it much faster. >> >> 3. Which key combos would you suggest for "New task", Indent > "New >> subtask", Outdent > "Make it a parent task again"? Unfortunately, on my >> keyboard "Ins" is sharing the same key as "Del" and should work when >> "Function" key is pressed, but for some reason it does not. >> >> Thank you! >> >> [image: 20220612_143445.jpg] >> On Saturday, June 11, 2022 at 10:31:46 PM UTC+1 Stéph wrote: >> >>> Hello Artem. >>> I assume you're talking about the Windows version of MLO? If you're >>> inserting a task and you want what to write to be parsed, you just have to >>> remember to press Alt+Enter after typing, instead of just Enter. >>> >>> Insert new task and insert new subtask are both hotkeys, so you can >>> customise them. However, you can't choose Enter or Tab, as those are >>> reserved for entering new lines in the note pane or confirming data entry >>> in any other parameter pane, and for jumping between parameter fields. If >>> you can teach yourself the hotkey, you could set them to something like >>> Ctrl+Enter and Ctrl+Tab, I suppose. (It didn't take me long to learn to use >>> the Insert key, though). >>> >>> On Friday, 10 June 2022 at 19:47:51 UTC+1 [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Hello! >>>> >>>> Is it possible to enter tasks in Outline just like in Rapid task entry >>>> with automatic parsing? >>>> >>>> Also, is it possible to change settings in Outline so that: >>>> - after pressing Enter, it will create new task. >>>> - pressing Tab to create subtask >>>> >>>> Kind of like in Microsoft Word. >>>> >>>> Thank you! >>>> >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MyLifeOrganized" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mylifeorganized/889b58e3-f42e-49e3-ba11-7f47ffea2968n%40googlegroups.com.
