The Todo Manager allows adding, editing and deleting of Todo list entries from the Palm Pilot. By default, the displayed list shows all Todo entries. To filter the list, use the Filter on Category options menu to select a category. The Status, Priority, Due Date, Category and Title of the currently selected note can all be changed using the appropriate menu, button or text field. However, those changes don't take effect until you either select another Todo entry or hit the ENTER key from within the Todo Title field.
The Todo Note can be export to a regular XNote and an XNote can be imported to a Todo Note using the Todo Note dialog window. Just click on the Note button in the Todo Manager window.
The menu bar at the top of the Todo Manager allows you to save all changes to disk, create or delete Todo entries, print entries, change the sort order for columns and close the Todo Manager.
Todo list entries can be printed individually or in a group. The Print Selected button at the bottom of the Todo Manager window will print the currently selected entry using the configured print command (see the --printcmd command line option for details). The Print Displayed button will print all the Todo entries currently displayed. To limit that display list, use the Filter on Category menu.
New, blank entries are added using the New Entry button. These entries are valid Todo items even if they don't have a title. By default, new Todo items are placed in the Unfiled category.
Any selected entry can be deleted using the Delete Entry button. Be sure to note that deleted entries cannot be recovered!
The displayed list can be sorted in numerous ways. The Sort Down/Up button (which changes between up or down) can change the direction of the sort. Clicking on any field header (Status, Priority, Title, Notes, Due Date or Category) will cause the list to be sorted on that field.
Category Editor
New categories can be added and existing categories modified using the Category Editor. Open the editor by choosing Edit->Edit Categories from the menu bar.
To delete a category, click on the category name from the scrolled list on the left. The name of the category will be displayed in the text input field just below the Delete button. Click on the Delete button to delete that category. All Todo entries that are listed in this category are changed to the Unfiled category when you complete your use of the Edit Categories window.
To add a new category type in the name in the text entry field just below the Delete button. Click the Add button to add the new entry.
To modify an existing category, click on the category name in the list of categories on the left. The name will be displayed in the text input field just above the Modify button. Make your changes to the name and click on the Modify button. All Todo entries that were in the old category name will be updated with the new category name when you click on the Done button.
All changes are made immediately and can only be undone by manually changing the category back to what it was set to previously. Click on the Done button when all changes have been made. This will close the Edit Categories window.
The Todo Manager window cannot be used while the Edit Categories window is opened.
Todo Categories vs Pilot Categories
Because the pilot-link library, which XNotesPlus uses to access a PalmOS device, done not support changing categories on the Palm device XNotesPlus uses the Note field to store an XML-ish tag with XNotes category information. This means that any categories you create or edit in XNotesPlus will cause Todo entries in those categories to show up under Unfiled on your PalmOS device with a Note field that contains a tag with the XNotes category.
You can manually create the new category on the PalmOS device and the next time you sync XNotesPlus Todo entries in that category will properly be placed there. As long as you don't edit the XML tag in the Note field XNotesPlus will be able to keep track of Todo Entries in XNotesPlus specific categories even though the PalmOS device doesn't know about those categories.
