![]() This action shows a project, folder, tag, or perspective chosen from a list, or an item passed from the previous action. Here’s another example that uses a date filter to make a note containing the items you completed today: iCloud link.įind Items is also used in several of the example Shortcuts workflows we show for the other new actions below. Here’s an example that uses Find Items to email a meeting agenda based on a tag: iCloud link. UI possibilities in Shortcuts are limited, but we designed this action to be very similar to custom perspectives in terms of the types of filters available. It’s especially great for grabbing lists of items and sending them to other apps to create agendas, reports, and action items in other apps. Find Itemsįind Items lets you search for items in your database based on availability, project, tags, dates, and more and pass them to other actions. If you follow the links below on an iOS 13 device, you can take a look at what each shortcut does, and optionally install it (in order to download any third-party shortcuts, you need to make sure that Allow Untrusted Shortcuts is turned on in Settings > Shortcuts). We’ve assembled some example Shortcut workflows, complete with comments that explain the individual steps. And the Add OmniFocus Item and Add TaskPaper to OmniFocus actions that have been included in the Shortcuts app since it was Workflow are still being maintained by Apple, though we plan to replace them once we can offer the same functionality in an Omni-supplied shortcut. These new shortcut actions are additions: OmniFocus still “donates” your activities to Siri so that they show up as suggestions in Shortcuts, Search, and your Home Screen. You can use these new actions in combination with the others in the Shortcuts app not only to automate tedious or error-prone tasks, but to create workflows that previously weren’t possible at all. But that’s a long way out yet, and I’ve hoped similar things in the past and they didn’t pan out.OmniFocus 3.4 for iOS is out, and includes several new shortcuts that take advantage of iOS 13’s new capabilities. I do hope to eventually implement the next version of TaskPaper using Bike’s editor (keeping TaskPaper file format). I don’t expect Bike to replace TaskPaper. This has made debugging and optimizing code easier and faster. This is good for some things, but adds complexity to app development.īike is simpler, it’s all Swift code. TaskPaper is implemented in a combination of JavaScript for the model layer and Swift for the UI layer. I expect to add other such shortcuts going forward. For example when in outline mode you only need press left arrow to expand an item (in text mode that key moves the cursor left). That means all the normal text editing keybindings can be used for other purposes. Item movement commands work on the entire outline structure and movements are constrained to that structure.Īnother important feature of outline mode is that it’s not for text editing. When in outline mode Bike works like an outliner. (Use escape key to toggle between these modes). But Bike also supports a separate outline editing mode. TaskPaper works like a text editor with some special outliner commands added in. The point being again that Bike is more generic and open ended. For example I want to have separator items. ![]() In the future I expect other types to begin sneaking in. Most of what I want to do in an outliner doesn’t map cleanly in to projects/tasks/comments.īike is a more open ended and generic tool. I also think it’s limiting and undersells TaskPaper’s strengths and possibilities. This is good in some ways… I think it makes it easier to explain TaskPaper to new people. Your document is made up of tasks, projects, and notes. txt documents metadata, item ids, etc will be lost each time a document is closed. It’s also easy for scripts and plugins to store metadata, track items with persistent ids, generally do many things that are difficult when working with plain text files.īike also supports reading and writing. bike files, they don’t need to parse and understand a custom format. bike format will allow for more powerful scripts and plugins. Bike on the other hand uses a HTML based file format. TaskPaper is inseparable from its plain text file format. This is a tradeoff because I no longer get system editing behavior for free, but it gives me the flexibility to build exactly what I want.īike’s unique feel and performance are enabled by this custom editor. This provides great utility, but has often limited what I’m able to build.īike’s editor is built from the ground up with a focus on performance and fluidity. TaskPaper is built on the standard macOS text editing component. Bike takes a different approach in a number of key areas. Bike and TaskPaper share many of the same goals, but Bike isn’t TaskPaper 4.0.
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