vim-todo-lists is a Vim plugin for TODO lists management.

$ cd ~/.vim/bundle
$ git clone https://github.com/aserebryakov/vim-todo-lists.git

NeoBundle 'aserebryakov/vim-todo-lists'

Clone or download this repository and copy its contents to your ~/.vim/ directory.

Plugin is automatically applied for files with .todo.md extension.

The following example represents TODO items definition by default.

- [ ] Not done
- [X] Done

You can customize the representation of the item by defining the following variables to your .vimrc

let g:VimTodoListsUndoneItem = '- [X]'
let g:VimTodoListsDoneItem = '- [V]'

Important item is defined as undone item string !.

- [ ] ! Important item

If one item has lesser indentation than the next one then the first one is meant to be parent and the second to be child.

- [ ] Parent
  - [ ] Child1
  - [ ] Child2

• Changing state of the parent item changes the state of all children items accordantly
• If all children items are marked done, parent will also be marked as done
• If parent is marked as done and one of the children changes state to not done parent will also be marked as not done

Items are highlighted in accordance to the following scheme:

- [ ] ! Important item (Underlined)
- [ ] Normal item (Normal)
- [X] Done item (Comment)

By default item when its status is changed is moved in the list in accordance to the following rules

Item marked as done is moved to the end of all done items list. If done list doesn't exist, item is placed just after the last not done item.

Before

- [ ] Not Done 1
- [ ] Will be done now
- [ ] Not Done 2
- [X] Done

After

- [ ] Not Done 1
- [ ] Not Done 2
- [X] Done
- [X] Will be done now

Undone item is moved to the end of all not done items list. If all items are marked done, the items is moved before the first done item.

Before

- [ ] Not Done 1
- [ ] Not Done 2
- [X] Done
- [X] Will be undone now

After

- [ ] Not Done 1
- [ ] Not Done 2
- [ ] Will be done now
- [X] Done

This feature also affect the items in hierarchy in accordance to the rules above.

If you don't want items to be moved after state change, you may add the following line into your .vimrc file:

let g:VimTodoListsMoveItems = 0

• :VimTodoListsCreateNewItemAbove - creates a new item in a line above cursor
• :VimTodoListsCreateNewItemBelow - creates a new item in a line below cursor
• :VimTodoListsCreateNewItem - creates a new item in current line
• :VimTodoListsGoToNextItem - go to the next item
• :VimTodoListsGoToPreviousItem - go to the previous item
• :VimTodoListsToggleItem - toggles the current item (or selected items in visual mode)
• :VimTodoListsIncreaseIndent - increases the indent of current line
• :VimTodoListsDecreaseIndent - decreases the indent of current line

• j - go to next item
• k - go to previous item
• O - create new item above the cursor
• o - create new item below the cursor
• <Space> - toggle current item
• <CR> - create new item in insert mode
• <Tab> - increases the indent of current (or selected) line(s)
• <Shift-Tab> - decreases the indent of current (or selected) line(s)
• <leader>e - switch to normal editing mode

• j, k, o, O, <CR> - no special behavior
• <Space> - toggle current item
• <leader>e - switch to item editing mode

The g:VimTodoListsCustomKeyMapper variable should contain a name of the function implementing custom mappings.

let g:VimTodoListsCustomKeyMapper = 'VimTodoListsCustomMappings'

function! VimTodoListsCustomMappings()
  nnoremap <buffer> s :VimTodoListsToggleItem<CR>
  nnoremap <buffer> <Space> :VimTodoListsToggleItem<CR>
  noremap <buffer> <leader>e :silent call VimTodoListsSetItemMode()<CR>
endfunction

Automatic date insertion may be enabled by setting the following in .vimrc:

let g:VimTodoListsDatesEnabled = 1

Date format may be changed by setting the format variable to a valid strftime() string:

let g:VimTodoListsDatesFormat = "%a %b, %Y"

Source code and issues are hosted on GitHub:

https://github.com/aserebryakov/vim-todo-lists

If you are going to make a pull request, you should use dev branch for functionality implementation to simplify the merge procedure.

MIT License

Breaking Change

• Added option to configure TODO items
• File extension changed to .todo.md from .todo
• Item indentation level is kept when creating a new one
• Removed migration from older formats
• Added plugin initialization for todo filetype
• New item can be created with keypad Enter key
• Makes normal mode keys more consistent

• Syntax highlight is fixed

• Added automatic date insertion feature
• Added mappings for fast increasing/decreasing indent
• Items list are made markdown compatible (old files are updated automatically on load)

• Added items moving on state change

• Fixed the annoying noise when navigating over items in default mode
• Fixed the cursor position after the item is toggled

• Added items highlighting

• Added items hierarchy support

• Added items toggling in visual mode
• Improves work with indentations of list items
• Fixed the error when trying to navigate the buffer that doesn't contain items

• Added an option to configure custom key mappings

• Fixes broken compatibility with the filestyle plugin

• Navigation in TODO list
• Adding new items
• Items toggling

• Alexander Serebryakov, author (GitHub)
• Jake Mason, contributor (GitHub)
• Alexandr Kondratev, contributor (GitHub)
• Jannis Jorre, contributor (GitHub)
• thehunmonkgroup, contributor (GitHub)
• Suchandra Thapa, contributor (GitHub)