Taskwarrior Configuration

Installation

Install base packages and setup environment redirection.

apt install taskwarrior timewarrior libjson-perl

Add environment variables to bash.

0644 user user ~/.bashrc

export TASKRC=~/task/.taskrc
export TIMEWARRIORDB=~/task/timew
alias taskopen='taskopen -c ~/task/taskopen/.taskopenrc'

Create a default taskwarrior configuration.

task

Install taskopen.

git clone https://github.com/ValiValpas/taskopen
cd taskopen
make PREFIX=/usr install
mkdir -p ~/task/taskopen ~/task/tasknotes
taskopen -c ~/.task/taskopen/.taskopenrc

Copy timewarrior hook to auto track tasks.

cp /usr/share/doc/timewarrior/ext/on-modify.timewarrior ~/task/hooks
chmod +x ~/task/hooks/on-modify.timewarrior

Verify it loads, should see Hooks Enabled.

task diagnostics

Hooks
     System: Enabled
   Location: /home/{USER}/task/hooks
     Active: on-modify.timewarrior (executable)
   Inactive:

Customize Taskwarrior

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0644 user user ~/task/.taskrc

# From taskrc man page https://linux.die.net/man/5/taskrc
displaydweeknumber=no
dateformat=Y-M-D
dateformat.report=Y-M-D
dateformat.holiday=YMD
dateformat.annotation=Y-M-D

# Files
data.location=~/task

# Color theme (uncomment one to use)
include /usr/share/taskwarrior/dark-256.theme

# show tracking time
journal.time=on

# Default burndown to daily
alias.burndown=burndown.daily

# punt push to next day
alias.punt=modify wait:1d

# someday shortcut
alias.someday=mod +someday wait:someday

# Shortcuts
alias.dailystatus=status:completed end.after:today all

# Set active task indicator
active.indicator=>

# Case insensitive search
search.case.sensitive=no

# Remove more urgent tasks nag message on commands.
nag=

# Remove task header section (taskrc redirection notification, command run).
verbose=blank,footnote,label,new-id,new-uuid,affected,edit,special,project,sync,unwait,recur

# Only set urgency based on priority and due date.
urgency.active.coefficient=6.0
urgency.age.coefficient=0.0
urgency.age.max=0.0
urgency.annotations.coefficient=0.0
urgency.blocked.coefficient=0.0
urgency.blocking.coefficient=0.0
urgency.due.coefficient=12.0
urgency.inherit=on
urgency.project.coefficient=0.0
urgency.scheduled.coefficient=0.0
urgency.tags.coefficient=0.0
urgency.user.tag.next.coefficient=0.0
urgency.waiting.coefficient=0.0

# Add UDA task estimation in minutes, default 30.
uda.estimate.type=string
uda.estimate.label=Est
uda.estimate.default=30

# Add UDA priority, A-Z, default Z, urgency modifications, coloring
uda.priority.label=Priority
uda.priority.type=string
uda.priority.values=a,b,c,d,z
uda.priority.default=z
color.uda.priority.a=color255
color.uda.priority.b=color245
color.uda.priority.c=color250
color.uda.priority.d=color009
urgency.uda.priority.a.coefficient=6.0
urgency.uda.priority.b.coefficient=3.9
urgency.uda.priority.c.coefficient=1.8
urgency.uda.priority.d.coefficient=0.7
urgency.uda.prirotiy.z.coefficient=-6.0

# Add contexts.
context.accounts=+accounts
context.apartment=+apartment
context.computer=+computer
context.exercise=+exercise
context.food=+food
context.games=+games
context.hacking=+hacking
context.hardware=+hardware
context.ideas=+ideas
context.inspiration=+inspiration
context.job=+job
context.links=+links
context.media=+media
context.moving=+moving
context.organization=+organization
context.personal=+personal
context.programming=+programming
context.travel=+travel
context.windows=+windows
context.salt=+salt
context.download=+download
context.telemetry=+telemetry
context.linux=+linux
context.achievements=+achievements

# Add Estimate to report list, remove urgency, tags.
report.list.columns=id,start.age,entry.age,depends.indicator,priority,estimate,project,recur.indicator,scheduled.countdown,due,until.remaining,description.count
report.list.labels=ID,Active,Age,D,P,Est,Project,R,Sch,Due,Until,Description
# Remove age, urgency, tags; add estimate to task list report.
report.list.labels=ID,Active,D,P,Est,Project,R,Sch,Due,Until,Description
report.list.columns=id,start.age,depends.indicator,priority,estimate,project,recur.indicator,scheduled.countdown,due,until.remaining,description.count
# Remove age, urgency, tags from task next report.
report.next.labels=ID,Active,Deps,P,Est,Project,Recur,S,Due,Until,Description
report.next.columns=id,start.age,depends,priority,estimate,project,recur,scheduled.countdown,due.relative,until.remaining,description
# Remove age, urgency to task all report.
report.all.labels=ID,St,UUID,A,Done,D,P,Est,Project,Tags,R,Wait,Sch,Due,Until,Description
report.all.columns=id,status.short,uuid.short,start.active,end.age,depends.indicator,priority,estimate,project.parent,tags.count,recur.indicator,wait.remaining,scheduled.remaining,due,until.remaining,description

Customized Timewarrior

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0644 user user ~/task/timew/timewarrior.cfg

import /usr/share/doc/timewarrior/doc/themes/dark.theme

define exclusions:
  monday    = <10:00>17:00
  tuesday   = <10:00>17:00
  wednesday = <10:00>17:00
  thursday  = <10:00>17:00
  friday    = <10:00>17:00
  saturday  = <10:00>17:00
  sunday    = <10:00>17:00

Customize Taskopen

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0644 user user ~/task/taskopen/.taskopenrc

#BROWSER='xdg-open $FILE &>/dev/null'
EDITOR='subl'
#FILE_CMD='xdg-open'
TASKBIN='task'

# If you sync tasks NOTES_FOLDER should be a location that syncs and is available to
# other computers, i.e. /users/dropbox/tasknotes
# NOTES_FOLDER to store notes in, must already exist!
NOTES_FOLDER="$HOME/task/tasknotes/"

# Preferred extension for tasknotes
NOTES_EXT=".md"

# Regular expression that referes to the NOTES_FILE.
# Default is: Notes
NOTES_REGEX="notes"

References