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Todos.

A todo is a list item with a box: - [ ] buy milk. You write todos in notes like any other text, and the file stays plain markdown.

The seven states

Each state has its own marker, the character inside the box.

MarkerStateShown as
[ ]openan empty box
[x]donestruck through
[-]cancelledgreyed and labelled
[>]movedgreyed and labelled
[<]scheduledits own marker
[/]in progressits own marker
[!]priorityits own marker

Any other character in the box is left as plain text.

Changing a state

Key or actionDoes
click the markertoggle open ↔ done
⌘↩ on the linetoggle open ↔ done
⌘⇧↩ on the lineopen a picker of all seven states
alt-click or right-click the markeropen the same picker

In the picker, one key sets the state. Every change is one undo step.

Writing todos

- [x] pull last week's queue logs
- [/] try a second lane for batch jobs
- [-] ask for a bigger quota
- [ ] re-run the bench

In lists

A note's preview in the list draws its todos as [ ] and [x], so you can see what's open without opening the note.