Added ticker command.

project.properties

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-#Wed, 01 May 2013 14:36:31 -0500
+#Mon, 06 May 2013 16:45:33 -0500
 lib.local=true
 name=jdb-gtd
-version=0.6
+version=0.9
 nailgun.classpath.dir=/home/jdbernard/programs/nailgun/classpath
-
+executable.jar=true
-build.number=1
+main.class=com.jdblabs.gtd.cli.GTDCLI
+build.number=3

src/main/com/jdblabs/gtd/cli/GTDCLI.groovy

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import org.joda.time.DateTime
 
 public class GTDCLI {
 
-    public static final String VERSION = "0.6"
+    public static final String VERSION = "0.9"
     private static String EOL = System.getProperty("line.separator")
     private static GTDCLI nailgunInst
 
@@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ public class GTDCLI {
                 case ~/cal|calendar/: calendar(parsedArgs); break
                 case ~/process/: process(parsedArgs); break
                 case ~/list-copies/: listCopies(parsedArgs); break
-                case ~/new/: newAction(parsedArgs);
+                case ~/new/: newAction(parsedArgs); break
+                case ~/tickler/: tickler(parsedArgs); break
                 default: 
                     println "Unrecognized command: ${command}"
                     break } } }
@@ -259,7 +260,7 @@ public class GTDCLI {
         if (inPath(gtdDirs.projects, oldFile)) {
 
             // Delete any copies of this item in the next actions folder.
-            findAllCopies(oldFile, gtdDrs."next-actions").each { file ->
+            findAllCopies(oldFile, gtdDirs."next-actions").each { file ->
                 println "Deleting duplicate entry from the " +
                         "${file.parentFile.name} context."
                 file.delete() }
@@ -338,8 +339,10 @@ public class GTDCLI {
 
     protected void newAction(LinkedList args) {
 
-        def response = prompt("Next action?", "")
+        def response = prompt(["Next action?", ""])
-        def item = new Item(new File(workingDir, stringToFilename(response)))
+        def file = new File(workingDir, stringToFilename(response))
+        file.createNewFile()
+        def item = new Item(file)
         
         item.action = response
 
@@ -348,7 +351,7 @@ public class GTDCLI {
         println "End with an empty line."
         print "> "
 
-        while (response = stdin.readLine().trim()) {
+        while (response = stdin.nextLine().trim()) {
             if (!(response =~ /[:=]/)) continue
             def parts = response.split(/[:=]/)
             item[parts[0].trim().toLowerCase()] =
@@ -357,6 +360,23 @@ public class GTDCLI {
 
         item.save() }
 
+    protected void tickler(LinkedList args) {
+
+        gtdDirs.tickler.eachFileRecurse { file ->
+            def item = new Item(file)
+            def today = new DateMidnight()
+
+            // If the item is scheduled to be tickled today (or in the past)
+            // then move it into the next-actions folder
+            if ((item.tickle as DateMidnight) <= today) {
+                println "Moving '${item.action}' out of the tickler."
+                def oldFile = item.file
+                item.file = new File(gtdDirs."next-actions",
+                                     stringToFilename(item.action))
+                item.gtdProperties.remove("tickle")
+                item.save()
+                oldFile.delete() }}}
+
     protected void printUsage(LinkedList args) {
 
         if (!args) {
@@ -383,7 +403,10 @@ top-level commands:
                                there the same item is filed (cross-reference
                                with a project folder, for example).
    new                         Interactively create a new action item in the
-                               current folder."""
+                               current folder.
+   tickler                     Search the tickler file for items that need to be
+                               delivered and move them to the *next-actions*
+                               folder."""
         } else {
             def command = args.poll()
 
@@ -466,6 +489,14 @@ future?). It prompts the user for the next action and any extended properties
 that should be associated with it, then creates the action file in the current
 directory."""
                     break
+
+                case ~/tickler/: println """\
+usage: gtd tickler
+
+This command should be scheduled for execution once a day. It checks the tickler
+file for any items that should become active (based on their <tickle> property)
+and moves them out of the tickler file and into the next-actions file."""
+                    break
             }
         }
     }
@@ -530,7 +561,7 @@ directory."""
 
         return [:] }
 
-    protected String prompt(String message) {
+    protected String prompt(def msg) {
         if (msg instanceof List) msg = msg.join(EOL)
         msg += "> "
         print msg