Re: [dev] flo - a command line program for organizing events, to-dos, and deadlines

flo does not store any ids in the items file. Items get their id once
they are listed in the order that they are sorted. Since they�re
sorted, it�s safe to remove ids between range 5�7 like this:

for i in {0..2}; do flo -r 5; done

Changing items in a range is not safe, since an item might be sorted
different when it get its date changed.

The reason why I�ve chosen to do it this way is because 1. I don�t
need much code that manages ids, 2. the output looks cleaner, 3. I
find it easier to work with because of the remove pattern that I
described in my previous mail.

The downside is that it�s hard to remove lots of items that are
grepped. If you want to do that, and you don�t need to identify the
items by their date, then you can do that manually in vim by deleting
the lines.

I recommend keeping the items file in version control. Since you don�t
have those �Are you really sure about this?� messages, then that could
save you from a disaster or two.
Received on Wed Aug 18 2010 - 01:11:09 CEST