David User Guide

David is a task list tracker, enhanced and optimised for users who prefer typing.

The features David provides include:

• Add tasks (Todo tasks, Deadline tasks and event tasks)
• Delete tasks
• Local caching of tasks
• Sort of tasks
• Find tasks
• Mark and unmark of tasks

Installation

To download the latest version of David,

1. Go to the project's releases.
2. Download the .jar file.
3. Run the jar file by double clicking on it.

Command summary

Note

The easiest way to see all available commands is simply calling the help command

Command	Arguments	Action
todo	TASK_NAME	Adds todo task
deadline	/by YYYY-MM-DD HHHH	Adds deadline task
event	/from YYYY-MM-DD HHHH and /to YYYY-MM-DD HHHH	Adds event task
mark and unmark	INDEX	Marks and unmarks a task
delete	INDEX	Deletes a task
list	-	Lists all task
find	TASK_NAME	Finds all task corresponding to the specified string
sort	ORDER_BY	Sorts tasks in the order specified
help	-	Displays a list of available commands

Features

Note

• Words in UPPER_CASE are required parameters supplied by the user.
• Words in lower_case are action specifiers for commands

Add todos

Adds a todo task to the list of tasks.

Format: todo TASK_NAME

Example: todo eat

Add deadlines

Adds a deadline task to the list of tasks.

Format: deadline TASK_NAME /by YYYY-MM-DD HHHH

Deadlines should be appended with an input in the format of "YYYY-MM-DD HHHH" where

• "Y" reprsents the year
• "M" represents the month
• "D" represents the day of the month
• "H" represents the 24-hour time

Example: deadline cs2100 assignment /by 2024-12-12 1230

Add events

Adds an event task to the list of tasks.

Format: event TASK_NAME /from YYYY-MM-DD HHHH /to YYYY-MM-DD HHHH

/from and /to should be appended with an input in the format of "YYYY-MM-DD HHHH" where

• "Y" reprsents the year
• "M" represents the month
• "D" represents the day of the month
• "H" represents the 24-hour time

Example: event dance /from 2024-12-12 1230 /to 2024-12-12 1330

List tasks

Lists all tasks that have been added

Format: list

Example: list

Mark and unmark tasks

Marks or unmarks tasks selected

Format: mark INDEX or unmark INDEX

Example:

mark 1
unmark 1

Find tasks

Returns all tasks that matches the given event name.

Format: find TASK_NAME

Example: find eat

Delete tasks

Deletes the specified task corresponding to the number in the list

Format: delete INDEX

Required arguments: i task number to delete

Example: delete 1

Sort tasks

Sorts all tasks in the given order.

Format: sort ORDER

Parameters accepted:

• asc - ascending order
• desc - descending order

Example: sort asc

Display all available commands

Displays a list of available commands

Format: help

Example: help