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This may break scp when copying from a remote host which has this in the .bashrc.
No, it will not.
The best todo list app for any developer
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Re: The best todo list app for any developer
#62My problem with every todo solution I've found is that the workflow is so personal, and often fluid - sometimes my workflow can change from one week to the next. I keep going back to plain text as well for those reasons, though not from /etc/motd...
My "solution" at the moment is a series of text files in a Dropbox folder coupled with a small webapp that lets me edit it with Ace (for when I'm out and about) and that applies a bunch of custom filters (to create highlighted priority indicators etc.) + markdown. So all the workflow is in my head / manual, but I get syncing to my main locations plus some visual cues to improve over just plain text.
Re: The best todo list app for any developer
#63And to make it even better (if you use OSX): Install GeekTool and use the shell "Geeklet" to affix the todo list permanently on your desktop background. You can adjust the font/size/transparency to make it as obnoxious as needed.
I never, ever see my desktop background... It's always covered by maximized applications. Seeing the desktop background to me means I'm wasting screen real-estate.
Re: The best todo list app for any developer
#64My problem with every todo solution I've found is that the workflow is so personal, and often fluid - sometimes my workflow can change from one week to the next. I keep going back to plain text as well for those reasons, though not from /etc/motd... My "solution" at the moment is a series of text files in a Dropbox folder coupled with a small webapp that lets me edit it with Ace (for when I'm out and about) and that…
> sometimes my workflow can change from one week to the next.
It's refreshing to hear that someone else also works this way! :P
Re: The best todo list app for any developer
#65What if your todolist is too large? Store it somewhere else (in you homedir, no need for a sudo) and add head -n 10 ~/todo.md to your .bashrc/.zshrc to show 10 most prioritised tasks on each session startup.
+1 Thanks, good idea. I put my todo.txt in my Dropbox folder for manual access on my android phone and iPad, and for automatic viewing on opening a new shell tab.
Re: The best todo list app for any developer
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I don't follow your reasoning. The comments provide great advice on how to achieve the same and still not messy up your /etc. You were introduced to the idea of todo's in your terminal, but then only accept the worst solution. It is as if one guy says "Hey guys, I have found a way to not have to shit in the woods any more, we just have a bucket next to our bed and in the morning we throw it out the windows." The seco…
Bad analogy. Treating your /etc/motd as a scratch space is a perfectly reasonable thing to do. It's not the difference between shitting in a toilet and a hole in the ground.
The analogy is not that of `/etc/motd`, but about you rather accepting a crappy solution for a problem you didn't know about rather than a proposed better solution just because the crappy one came first.
Re: The best todo list app for any developer
#67You mean "any developer that uses Unixoid"
It's funny how developers who work under Windows (not even necessarily developing for Windows) are often not even considered real developers by the "pure" devs :)