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January 12, 2015 13:07
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Script to generate a tpToday.taskpaper file containing all priority tasks from other taskpaper files.
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#!/usr/bin/python | |
import os | |
import io | |
import sys | |
import shutil | |
import re | |
import string | |
from datetime import date, datetime, time | |
# add as many taskpaper files as you want here | |
filelist = [ | |
'/Users/person/Dropbox/Elements/tpHomeProjects.taskpaper', | |
'/Users/person/Dropbox/Elements/tpWorkProjects.taskpaper' | |
] | |
# this is where your today perspective will be stored | |
targetfile = '/Users/person/Dropbox/Elements/tpToday.taskpaper' | |
d = date.today() | |
today = d.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') | |
dt = datetime.now() | |
todayText = 'Last Run: ' + dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M') | |
regex = "((@+\\bcritical*)|(@+\\btoday*)|(@+\\bhigh)|(@+\\bdue\(" + today + "\)))(?!.*@done)" | |
for taskfile in filelist: | |
# open the file for reading | |
currFile = open(taskfile) | |
todayText = todayText + '\n' + 'Filename: ' + taskfile + '\n' | |
currentProject = '' | |
project = 'None' | |
# loop through the lines | |
for line in currFile: | |
# if you find a project | |
if line.find(':') != -1: | |
if line != project: | |
project = line | |
else: | |
pass | |
# if it isn't a project, look for the target regex | |
# add more here for extended date math | |
else: | |
match = re.search(regex, line) | |
if match: | |
if project == currentProject: | |
pass | |
else: | |
currentProject = project | |
todayText = todayText + '\n' + project | |
todayText = todayText + line | |
currFile.close() | |
# put the newly created text data into tpToday.taskpaper | |
os.remove(targetfile) | |
todayFile = open(targetfile, "w") | |
todayFile.write(todayText) | |
todayFile.close() | |
# Now set up jobs in Lingon to run when any of your taskpaper files change. |
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