Feature Wanted: colorized style continues to the end of the line about todo.txt-cli HOT 2 CLOSED

tt a "@${tdate --date='string'} | +project | T:TBD | something to do......."

alias tdate='date +%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S'

yes, I use a python script & inotify tools to process todo.txt. Whenever the file is opened or modified, the python script will be executed, and tt lswill supply a pretty format. I think it's better to be done by shell scripts.

OK, I will try to impement this using python scripts, thx anyway.

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I think the only way this can be done is through adding spaces at the end of each task to fill up the terminal width. As long as you can assume that each character is one screen cell wide this is easy, but hard considering double-width characters, tabs, emojis.

You seem to be using an unorthodox format with a custom timestamp, and |-aligned columns for projects and scheduling. If you have that formatting inside the todo file itself, that would go aginst the simplicity spirit of todo.txt; but if you use a custom filter to add the formatting to the tasks, you could easily implement the full line coloring there (and it would have to be less generic as you know what kind of characters you personally use).

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