taskd - display upcoming tasks

[dkeg]

Okay, I got it. Not elegant, that's for sure, but it works right.
I already have a 'notifications' script that I use for keeping scripts to run on start as functions, i.e. battery and now taskd.

In .xinitrc

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sleep 2s && while :; do notifications; sleep 450; done &

Notification script is like this

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#! /bin/bash
...
function taskd {
## taskd; a simple script to iterate
## over the next few tasks
## dkeg 2014

## Task file location
file="$HOME/.when/calendar"
tmp="$HOME/.when/taskdump"

## grab upcoming tasks
today=$(when | awk 'NR==3 {$2=$3=$4="";print}')
tomorrow=$(when | awk 'NR==4 {$2=$3=$4="";print}')
upcoming=$(when | awk 'NR==5 {$2="";print}')

## How long of a delay
#delay=$(sleep 6)

## Loop the file, display the tasks I want in intervals
    while :; do
        sleep 5; echo $today > $tmp
        sleep 30; echo $tomorrow > $tmp
        sleep 60; echo $upcoming > $tmp
    done
}
sleep 3s && battery
sleep 1s && taskd
#sleep 200s && stats
#sleep 20s && song

and in my stats bar the relevant call is

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taskd() {
    awk  'NR==1 {print}' $HOME/.when/taskdump                       
}

So for now it works, iteratively displaying my next 3 tasks in my statusbar. I'm sure I'll tweak a bit to better suit my needs; like timing, etc. With the original script, one could use a notification system like dunst or 'pop', call on keybind, or send to the cat, but I wanted to make use of what was already displaying.

Thanks for your help MB. It was like a virtual whiteboard session.

[stark]

Very nice dkeg! And a great notification setup. Thanks for sharing :)