Jumping straight in

Jumping in at the deep end? Okay, you don't want to spend any time reading this manual and you want to go straight in and start using iKog. This section shows the typical actions you might need to do. There's not much hand-holding here; if you get stuck then you might have to actually read the rest of the documentation.

Add a task

>>>+ Learn how to use this program.

Add another task

>>>+ Read that book on web design.

Add another task but this time with a priority of 8. i.e quite important.

>>>+ Buy tin of red paint for the bathroom #8

Add another task, priority 7 and put it in a project called Bathroom

>>>+ Buy ceramic tiles #7 :pBathroom

Add a task that I want to put in a context list of jobs I can do at the computer.

>>>+ Search the web for a pasta recipe @Computer

Add another task that I can do at the computer but use the abbreviated form.

>>>+ By a book from Amazon @c

Add a task that must be done on 30th August 2006

>>>+ Take the cat to the vets :d2006-08-30

List all of my tasks.

>>>LIST

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[00] Buy tin of read paint for the bathroom #8 @Anywhere [2006-08-17]

[01] Buy ceramic tiles #7 @Anywhere Projects: Bathroom [2006-08-17]

[02] Learn how to use this program #5 @Anywhere [2006-08-17]

[03] Read that book on web design #5 @Anywhere [2006-08-17]

[04] Search the web for a pasta recipe #5 @Computer [2006-08-17]

[05] Buy a book from Amazon #5 @Computer [2006-08-17]

[06] @Date 2006-08-30 Take the cat to the vets #5 @Anywhere [2006-08-17]

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List only the tasks that I can do at the computer.

>>>LIST @Computer

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Filter = @Computer

[04] Search the web for a pasta recipe #5 @Computer [2006-08-17]

[05] Buy a book from Amazon #5 @Computer [2006-08-17]

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Produce a list, grouped by context that I can view in my browser and print

>>>@>

Okay, I've bought that book from Amazon, lets get rid of it.

>>>KILL 5

I want to put task 4, searching the web, into an @Internet context instead of the @Computer context.

>>>MOD 4 @Internet

Go to the next task in my list.

>>>NEXT

Okay that's it. There's a lot more to learn but for that you'll have to read the manual.