It is helpful if the text editor can “sort by line” (the above examples can’t). However the shared note cannot (at the moment) be read by another Todo.txt compatible application – and ƒ h shared notes Family Historian version 6 and below supports two types of Notes: Local notes (associated with a single person, record, or fact) and Shared Notes or Note Records, that can be linked to multiple records and/or facts. There is actually no reason not to keep your list in a ƒ h Shared Note. Additional data can be handled through Key:Value pairs (such as the due dates above)Īny application capable of handling plain text will work: Windows Notepad, Ubuntu Leafpad, even a ƒ h Note!.

You can have multiple projects and contexts.Anywhere within the task description indicates a “Context” (where it is to be done).Anywhere within the task description +Label indicates a “Project”.A Done Date is entered in which case there are two dates after the priority: Done, then Entered – this means done tasks get sorted by date done.The Date following the Priority is the Date the task was entered and is optional, unless.x at the start of the line indicates the task is done – so will sort to the end.(A), (B), etc at the start of the line – Priority and the primary sort.(B) Review +AustralianMilitaryRecords due: (A) Review +BeaumontParishRecords CarlisleRecordOffice due: The Rules are best illustrated by an example of a file that conforms to those rules. Any application (such as MS Notepad) that can handle a text file will do. It is probably the nearest you will get to an “application independent” to-do list. The advantage this offers to genealogists is that a list that conforms to the “rules” is in a plain text file and can therefore be easily moved between PC and Smartphone/Tablet etc. The format supports priorities, creation and completion dates When an Event happened, or an Attrribute was true., projects and contexts. The todo.txt format is a simple set of rules that make todo.txt both human and machine-readable.

Notepad++ sort out specific lines