Re: task db example

[Rowan Thorpe]

On 3 October 2016 at 18:49, Alexander Burger  wrote:
> ..[snip]..
>
> For
>
>(if (= (type Item) '(+Task))
>
> I have a minor suggestion:
>
>(if (isa '+Task Item)
>
> This is more general, and would survive inheritance.
>
> ..[snip]..
>
> BTW, Joe's exact name is Bogner ;

Thanks for both important corrections (applied)  :-)

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Re: task db example

[Rowan Thorpe]

I finally tidied-up and uploaded the task-manager tool I created last
month, based initially on Joe Bognor's wiki-page demo-app (for which I
asked on this list about copyright for the wiki-pages - there were
speculative answers/suggestions, but not a conclusive one yet...):

  https://github.com/rowanthorpe/taskwrangle

I don't get to work often with picolisp, so probably did some things
sub-optimally - feedback welcome!

The quickest way to see what it does is to scan the func-defs in the
lib-file, but here's an overview:

fields:
 * number
 * name
 * priority
 * tags
 * due
 * parent
 * children
 * blocks
 * blockedby
 * comment

functionality:
 * add/destroy/modify tasks
 * return/display tasks:
   - select by field-matches/ranges
   - sort/reverse-sort by field
   - display specific or all fields
   - show raw task-objects or task-numbers in linked fields
 * help output (per-function or all, based on home-cooked docstring system)
 * frontend wrapper funcs like (isdone), (rename), (unparent), etc...

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Re: task db example

[Alexander Burger]

Hi Rowan,

> How is stuff posted on the wiki copyrighted/licensed?
> Public Domain? GPL?

Uh, good question! I never really thought about that. I would assume
that as PicoLisp is under a MIT licence, so should also be the stuff in
the wiki. But can that even apply to docs, or is it simply Public
Domain?

Is there anybody in this list who can say more about it?

♪♫ Alex
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Re: task db example

[Rowan Thorpe]

On 24 August 2016 at 16:08, Joe Bogner  wrote:
> Some discussion on irc this morning prompted me to create a simple example
> showing how to interact with the db directly.
>
> I posted it to the wiki and am sharing it here in case anyone would benefit
>
> http://picolisp.com/wiki/?taskdb

This is a great example of an intuitive "on-ramp" for a concept which
can feel a bit opaque when reading reference-text, but becomes much
simpler with the "learn by doing" approach. Thanks so much for this.

I got enthusiastic while experimenting with it yesterday, and ended up
adding various features and functionalities to the point that I have a
real-world mini-app (usable for my purposes at least, without the
over-engineered "platform" effect which usually makes me stop using
other solutions due to lack of time/cognitive-bandwidth). I will
upload it but first want to credit the demo-app appropriately as
original source. How is stuff posted on the wiki copyrighted/licensed?
Public Domain? GPL?

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Re: task db example

[Mike Pechkin]

Thanks, perfect start point.


On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 4:08 PM, Joe Bogner  wrote:

> Some discussion on irc this morning prompted me to create a simple example
> showing how to interact with the db directly.
>
> I posted it to the wiki and am sharing it here in case anyone would benefit
>
> http://picolisp.com/wiki/?taskdb
>
>
>