Short Rules

Work-in-progress

1. A single line in your todo.txt text file represents a single task. It can be as long as you want
2. All elements are case sensitive
   • Priorities are UPPERCASE, for example, (A)
   • Completed tasks are LOWERCASE, for example, x
3. A completed task starts with a lowercase x character x, followed by a space.
4. If priority exists, it appears after completion marker and before anything else
5. A task's creation date may optionally appear directly after priority and a space.
6. The date of completion may appear directly after the x, separated by a space.
7. Contexts and Projects may appear anywhere in the line after priority/prepended date.
8. define additional metadata with key / value pairs separated by a single colon. Both key and value must consist of non-whitespace characters, which are not colons. Only one colon separates the key and value.
   • TODO; There are some key/value conventions; for example due, pri, etc. See List of "Special tag / Additional Definitions"

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Also see EBNF formal gramar