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who is using plain txt to gtd?

hi:

Who is using any of the plain txt solutions to implement gtd?

I have tried the todotxt.com script but found it a bit limited.

I am using kgtd and I miss some of the features in other systems.

Like the actions page, the outline capabilities, being able to enter tasks using quicksilver, easily apply contexts etc...

I hate the sync button in kgtd and that the file is oo3 so i want to move to something txt based but didnt find a proper solution yet.

What do you recommend?

jason.mcbrayer's picture

org-mode user, chiming in.

I, indeed, use org-mode for emacs for my GTD needs (at home on GNU/Linux and at work on MS Windows). It does pretty much what I need it to. There is a document on using org for GTD here, though the author uses org-mode quite differently than I do.

The important thing with org mode is that the intersection of two things, TODO-keywords and tags, allows you to generate all of the different kinds of lists (projects, next actions, someday-maybe and context-filtered next actions) that you will use in GTD. Org-remember provides a facility for collection when you are @computer. The link markup in org also allows you to link to reference material, whether text in your GTD file, text in another file, a non-text file, or a URL.

Hope this helps.

 
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