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User Guide

Features

Tasks

3 Different Task types exists, ToDo, Event and Deadline

• Deadline

  Use it to add a task involving a deadline(eg submission)

  User uses it to add a particular deadline

  Adds a task involving a deadline to the current list of tasks Gives a response saying that it has been added, and gives the current Number of tasks present

  • Syntax: deadline (task name) /by (date and/or time)

  Examples of usage:

  deadline return book /by 23:59

   Got it. I've added this task: 
   [D][✗] return book (by: 23:59)
   Now you have 6 tasks in the list.
  

• Event

  Use it to add a task involving a period o time,

  User uses it to add a particular deadline(eg competition)

  Adds a task that occurs over a period of time, where date and/or time has to be given in the format as shown below

  Gives a response saying that it has been added and gives the current Number of tasks present.

  • Syntax: event (event name) /at (start date and/or time)-(end date and/or time)

  Examples of usage:

  event competition/at 12:00-14:00

  Got it. I've added this task: 
  [D][✗] return book (at: 23:59)
  Now you have 6 tasks in the list.
  

• ###ToDo This is to add a normal task without a need to be completed by a certain time frame

  User uses it to keep reminder of tasks without a specific time frame

  After this is added, a message saying that the todo task is added and the current number Of tasks is printed

  • Syntax: todo (todo name) Example of Usage: todo read book

    Got it. I've added this task:
    [T][✗] read book
    Now you have 3 tasks in the list.
    

Delete

Use it to delete a specific task

User uses it to to delete a task

‘delete’ - deletes specific task based on the number given

Deletes a task provided based on the number provided after delete, where the Number provided should coincide with the ordering given in the list If delete is absent or number given is more than the number of items available Error is printed

• Syntax: delete (number)

Examples of usage:

delete 3 (if at least 3 tasks in the list)

    Noted. I've removed this task: 
    [E][✗] project meeting (at: Aug 6th 2-4pm)
    Now you have 4 tasks in the list.

Find

Used to find tasks containing the words given by user Allows user to search for tasks with specific words

##User uses it to search for tasks

Finds out tasks using their names and the tasks containing all the words given are given

• Syntax: find (words you wish to search for)

Examples of usage:

find book

Here are the matching tasks in your list:
  1.[T][✓] buy book

### Done Use it to mark a task as done, once a task is completed

##User uses it to mark a task as done, to keep track of tasks done

Marks the task at the number(input by user) as done and returns a string representing it

• Syntax: done (ID as number)

Examples:

done 2

  Nice! I've marked this task as done:
  [E][✓] concert  (at: 12:00-14:00)

List

Lists out all the current tasks that the user has

##User can use it to check and keep track of current tasks she has, and how many she has completed and how many she has uncompleted

The tasks are given in order in which it has been added and tick represents completed tasks Cross represents undone tasks

• Syntax: list

Examples:

 1. [T][✓] buy book
 2. [E][✓] concert (at: 12:00-14:00)
 3. [T][✗] read book
 4. [T][✗] read book

Exit

Used to exit app

##After this one more input would lead to the app to close immediately

After this, a bye message would be printed, then another input causes the app to close immediately.

• Syntax: bye

Examples of usage: Bye

  Bye. Hope to see you again soon!

###ShortCuts This is to make app more user friendly so that users do not have to type much

User can use existing short forms or define own short forms

ShortForms-Original

• b - Bye
• t - todo
• e - event
• s - short
• l -list
• de - deadline
• do - done
• d - delete
• f - find You can also define your own short forms using syntax shown below: short (original) (short form)
• Syntax: (short form) (same format as original excluding key word)

Example: b

Bye. Hope to see you again soon!

You can also define your own short cuts

##You can use a short cuts, that is user defined

Syntax: short (original form) (short form)

Example: by

 short cut successfully added

Example of using user defined short cut: by

 Bye. Hope to see you again soon!

Random Command

If you insert none of the above commands a random command would be given

Example: blah

'☹ OOPS!!! I'm sorry, but I don't know what that means :-(