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Keyboard shortcuts

• O or Ctrl+O: open todo.txt file
• C or Ctrl+N: new todo.txt file
• N: new task
• J: next task
• K: prev task
• X: toggle task completion
• A: archive tasks
• D or Del or Backspace: delete task (with confirmation)
• U or F2: update task
• T: append text to selected tasks
• P: Postpone task (enter days to postpone, or day of week to postpone to)
• F: filter tasks (free*text, one filter condition per line)
• I: set priority
• 0: clear filter
• 1-9: apply numbered filter preset
• . or F5: reload tasks from file
• ?: show help
• Alt+Up: increase priority
• Alt+Down: decrease priority
• Alt+Left/Right: clear priority
• Ctrl+Alt+Up: increase due date by 1 day
• Ctrl+Alt+Down: decrease due date by 1 day
• Ctrl+Alt+Left/Right: remove due date
• Ctrl+C: copy task to clipboard
• Ctrl+Shift+C: copy task to edit field
• Ctrl-Alt-M: hide/unhide windows

Sorting shortcuts

• Ctrl+0: None
• Ctrl+1: Alphabetical
• Ctrl+2: Completed
• Ctrl+3: Context
• Ctrl+4: DueDate
• Ctrl+5: Created
• Ctrl+6: Priority
• Ctrl+7: Project

Due date syntax

• due:2012-09-28
• due:today
• due:tomorrow
• due:friday

Filtering

• one free-text filter per line
• filters are AND'd together
• to exclude a term, start the line with a '-', eg *@work (do you not mean -@work)
• due date filtering: due:today, due:past, due:future or due:active (today and past)
• precede due date filter with a '-' to produce the opposite due date filter
• filter by completion: DONE, *DONE (case sensitive)
• press Enter twice, or press Control+Enter, to save and close the filter
• set filter case sensitivity under File -> Options...