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User Guide

Hyu’s Drive-In is a desktop app for managing tasks, optimized for use via a Command Line Interface (CLI) while still having the benefits of a Graphical User Interface (GUI). If you can type fast, Hyu’s Drive-In can get your daily tasks done faster than traditional GUI apps.

Features

Words in UPPER_CASE are the parameters to be supplied by the user. e.g. in todo DESCRIPTION, DESCRIPTION is a parameter which can be used as todo read book.

todo - Adding a ToDo Item

Adds a Todo Item into the list of tasks.

Format: todo DESCRIPTION

Example:

• todo read book will add an undone item [T][x] read book to the list.

deadline - Adding a Deadline

Adds a Deadline into the list of tasks.

Format: deadline DESCRIPTION /by DEADLINE

• DEADLINE needs to be in the format YYYY/MM/DD

Example:

• deadline return book /by 2020/09/14 will add an undone deadline [D][x] return book (by: Sep 14 2020) to the list.

event - Adding an Event

Adds an Event into the list of tasks.

Format: event DESCRIPTION /at DATETIME

• DATETIME needs to be in the format YYYY/MM/DD HHMM

Example:

• event tP Meeting /at 2020/09/14 1400 will add an undone event [E][x] tP Meeting (at: Sep 14 2020 2pm)

list - Listing all tasks

Lists all tasks in the list.

Format: list

find - Locating tasks by keyword

Finds tasks which description contains the given word

Format: find KEYWORD

• The search is case-sensitive e.g. Assignment will not match assignment
• Only the description is searched.
• Only full words will be matched. e.g. Assignment will not match Assignments
• Multiple ToDo Items, Deadlines and Events matching the keyword can be returned.

Example:

• find Assignment returns Deadline CS2105 Assignment, Deadline CS2100 Assignment and Event Assignment Meeting

save - Saving current tasks

Saves the current list into a local file, which will be loaded into application every time it runs.

Format: save

sort - Sorting current tasks

Sorts the current list based

Format: sort /type OR sort /date

• Only the above two commands are valid.

Examples:

• sort /type will display a list that is sorted by type, with ToDo items first, followed by Deadlines, then Events.
• sort /date will display a list that is sorted by date, with undated ToDo items first.

done - Marking a task as Done

Marks a specified ToDo Item, Deadline or Event as Done.

Format: done INDEX

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

Example:

• list followed by done 1 marks the first task item in the list as Done.
• sort /type followed by done 1 marks the first item in the result of the sort command as done.
• find Assignment followed by done 1 marks the first item in the overall list as done, but not the first item in the list returned by the find command.

delete - Deleting a task

Deletes a specified ToDo Item, Deadline or Event.

Format: delete INDEX

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

Example:

• list followed by delete 1 deletes the first task item in the list.
• sort /type followed by delete 1 deletes the first item in the result of the find command.
• find Assignment followed by delete 1 deletes the first item in the overall list, but not the first item in the list returned by the find command.

clear - Clears all saved data

Clears all saved data.

Format: clear

bye - Exiting the Program

Exits the program.

Format: exit

Feature Summary

Command	Format/ Examples
todo	todo DESCRIPTION e.g. todo read book
deadline	deadline DESCRIPTION /by DEADLINE e.g. deadline return book /by 2020/09/15
event	event DESCRIPTION /at DATETIME e.g. event tP Meeting /at 2020/09/14 1400
list	list
find	find KEYWORD e.g. find Assignment
save	save
sort	sort /type or sort /date
done	done INDEX
delete	delete INDEX
clear	clear
bye	bye