TaskPaper for iOS

TaskPaper
#1

Jesse,

Will we ever see a TaskPaper for iOS? I would definitely support a yearly sub for such a thing, and I’m sure many others would. I just wanted to get an idea of what your thought were for the future of TaskPaper.

I know there are clients such as Drafts, Editorial, Taskmator…they just don’t match up to the real thing.

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#2

You may find fairly rich coverage of the history of this issue in various threads:

https://support.hogbaysoftware.com/search?q=ios

#3

Generally the answer hasn’t changed from what’s been discussed before. Someday I’d like to do it again, but I don’t expect anytime soon.

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#4

Thanks for the response Jesse, really hope to see it one of these days.

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#5

I was literally just going to post this very question! I realize that it’s not on your radar, but…I’m begging you to reconsider. I love TaskPaper – it’s my latest, favorite app – and I’m now using in in conjunction w/ other apps (e.g., MarginNote). But would be so much better & easier for me to use it if there was a way to have certain files on an accessible iOS platform (e.g., shared on a DropBox folder). Any chance that’s possible…? Here’s hoping!

#6

If you’re syncing with Dropbox, Editorial is probably still your best option.

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#7

I also would love to see a solution for iOS. Is there any way to support this, may be through a crowdfunding campaign?

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#8

I’d pitch in for that!

@jessegrosjean, your software is that good, and I really hope this can happen. It would vastly improve our ability to use if if there’s an iOS version…

#9

Was this something you were suggesting as a workaround solution for using TaskPaper files on an iOS platform?

#10

Any good text editor will work with TaskPaper files.

Editorial is great, as it supports the TaskPaper format, and it is scriptable. For a while, it was not updated, so I moved on from it.

I now use 1Writer and am quite happy with it on my iPhone. I use iCloud for syncing my TaskPaper files.

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#11

I second that. [1Writer](https://1writerapp.com) is a good iOS editor, and, like TaskPaper, has [a JavaScript API](JavaScript Documentation - 1Writer) for customizations.

#12

I am not a JavaScript expert and it only took me an evening to make these scripts in 1Writer:

1Writer_Scripts
1Writer_Scripts592×1280 184 KB

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#13

Here is my @done script, which adds the current date:

let leftPad = (digit) => {
	let str = digit.toString()
	return digit >=10 ? str : 0 + str;
}

let date = new Date()
let year = leftPad(date.getFullYear())
let month = leftPad(date.getMonth() + 1)
let day = leftPad(date.getDate())
editor.replaceSelection(` @done(${year}-${month}-${day})`)
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#14

And if you wanted, you could include a local time-stamp in your 1Writer @done tags:

Variant of @Jim's 1Writer action, adding a local time-stamp 
(() => {
    'use strict';

    // Variant of @Jim's 1Writer action script to
    // include a local time-stamp in the @done tag

    // main :: IO ()
    const main = () =>
        editor.replaceSelection(
            `@done(${taskPaperDateString(new Date())})`
        );

    // --------------------- GENERIC ---------------------

    // iso8601Local :: Date -> String
    const iso8601Local = dte =>
        new Date(dte - (6E4 * dte.getTimezoneOffset()))
        .toISOString();

    // taskPaperDateString :: Date -> String
    const taskPaperDateString = dte => {
        const [d, t] = iso8601Local(dte).split('T');
        return [d, t.slice(0, 5)].join(' ');
    };

    return main();
})();
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