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User Guide

Stuff is a Graphical User Interface (GUI) desktop app for managing tasks, optimized for fast typists to use. If you can type fast, Stuff can manage your tasks faster than traditional GUI apps.

Features

Notes about the command format:

• Words in UPPER_CASE are the parameters to be supplied by the user.
  e.g. in todo NAME_OF_TASK, NAME_OF_TASK is a parameter which can be used as todo homework.

• Items in square brackets are optional.
  e.g NAME [#TAG] can be used as John Doe #friend or as John Doe.

• Items with … after them can be used multiple times including zero times.
  e.g. [#TAG]… can be used as ` ` (i.e. 0 times), #friend, #friend #family etc.

Adding a todo: todo

Adds a todo to your list of tasks.

Format: todo NAME_OF_TASK [#TAG]...

Tip: A todo can have 0 or more tags for easier searching.

Examples:

• todo CS2103T ip
• todo team project #CS #2103T

Adding an event: event

Adds an event to your list of tasks.

Format: event NAME_OF_EVENT /at TIME_OF_EVENT [#TAG]...

• Adds an event which will occur at the specified TIME_OF_EVENT.
• The time of event must be in the format YYYY-MM-DD HHMM.

Tip: A event can have 0 or more tags for easier searching.

Examples:

• event CS2103T tutorial /at 2020-9-16 1700
• event CS2101 /at 2020-9-17 1600 #CS #CS2101

Adding an deadline: deadline

Adds a deadline to your list of tasks.

Format: deadline NAME_OF_DEADLINE /by TIME_OF_DEADLINE [#TAG]...

• Adds a deadline which should be done before the specified TIME_OF_DEADLINE.
• The time of deadline must be in the format YYYY-MM-DD HHMM.

Tip: A deadline can have 0 or more tags for easier searching.

Examples:

• deadline CS2100 homework /by 2020-9-20 2359
• deadline ES2660 presentation /by 2020-9-17 2359 #help #nomore

Listing all tasks: list

Shows a list of all tasks in the task list.

Format: list

Marking a task as done: done

Marks a task in your list of tasks as done.

Format: done INDEX

• Marks the task at the specified INDEX as done. The index refers to the index number shown in the task list.
• The index must be a positive integer 1, 2, 3, …

Examples:

• done 4 Marks the 4th task in the task list as done.
• done 81 Marks the 81st task in the task list as done.

Deleting a task: delete

Deletes a task from your list of tasks.

Format: delete INDEX

• Deletes the person at the specified INDEX. The index refers to the index number shown in the task list.
• The index must be a positive integer 1, 2, 3, …

Examples:

• delete 4 Deletes the 4th task in the task list.
• delete 81 Deletes the 81st task in the task list.

Finding a task: find

Find tasks whose names or tags containing the given keywords.

Format find [KEYWORDS]...

• The search is case-sensitive. e.g. hans will not match Hans
• The order of the keywords does not matter. e.g. Hans Bo will match Bo Hans
• Only names and tags are searched.
• Parts of the words will be matched. e.g. Han will match Hans
• Only tasks matching all keywords will be returned e.g. Hans Bo will not return Hans Gruber or Bo Yang

Examples:

• find John returns John and John Doe.
• find robert returns John if John has robert as a tag.

Exiting the program: bye

Exits the program and saves your tasks.

Format: bye

Command summary

Action	Format
Adding a todo	todo NAME_OF_TASK [#TAG]...
Adding an event	event NAME_OF_EVENT /at TIME_OF_EVENT [#TAG]...
Adding a deadline	deadline NAME_OF_DEADLINE /by TIME_OF_DEADLINE [#TAG]...
Listing all tasks	list
Marking a task as done	done INDEX
Deleting a task	delete INDEX
Finding a task	find [KEYWORDS]...
Exiting the program	bye