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Extending a task
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The extend command adds new elements to a task but leaves existing elements unchanged. The format of the command is EXTEND N text or E N text where N is the number of the task to change and text is the new task entry. To see how this works consider the following task.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [06] Buy the antivirus software. Priority: 05 Context: @Date 2006-08-28 @Computer Projects: Maintenance Created: [2006-08-13] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>> |
The task number is shown in square brackets before the task description; in this case the number is 6. Let's see what happens when we use the extend command.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [06] Buy the antivirus software. Priority: 05 Context: @Date 2006-08-28 @Computer Projects: Maintenance Created: [2006-08-13] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >>>EXTEND 6 Buy a firewall :pServer |
The result is that the task is extended by our new entries.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [05] Buy the antivirus software. ...Buy a firewall Priority: 05 Context: @Date 2006-08-28 @Computer Projects: Maintenance, Server Created: [2006-08-13] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
If you don't enter the text, the program will prompt you to enter the new details.
A common occurrence is that you want to add an additional context to a task. To change the context of task 5 to @Work and @Computer, and noting that it already has the context of @Computer, you could just enter:
>>>E 5 @W |
When you change a task it may alter the order of other tasks in the list, and therefore the task numbers. If you are unsure about whether or not the task number of an item you want to edit has changed, use the LIST or GO command first to check the entry before you edit it.