Some feedback

[bendangelo]

Hi great work so far. I been trying this out and I think it has a lot of potential. Some things I would like to see enhanced:

• I'm using tmux and a lot of Ctrl + hotkeys are binded for tmux, like Ctrl + L. So when adding a new task I can't add labels because tmux will override the input. Consider adding a leader key, something like vim so you can press l to modify the labels. Ideally Ctrl won't be needed for any hotkeys. Something to think about
• From the task view, add a hotkey to copy the task description and / or title. This is so I can paste it into my llm or an other window
• When adding a new label, I didn't realize I had to press tab after typing the label to make it get added. I just typed the label and then pressed enter. Maybe change this behavior
• In the task view I feel like tab should do something, maybe jump into title / description editing
• Personally, I would like to see the standard pivotal tracker statuses: icebox,backlog,started,delivered,accepted,rejected,completed
• A view like pivotal tracker, 3 columns: current, backlog, icebox (not yet planned work). Would be awesome.
• Can you use standard incrementing ids, instead of random alphanumeric characters? It makes it clear to me which items are recent / old
• When creating a task, I want to be able to assign the status as well, so when a bug is found I can add it to "active" right away. I would consider adding a shortcut, like a a, it'll create a new task with "active" status set. Or if you adopt the 3 column layout, pressing a will auto-set the status based on the column or row you are in. So if you press a while inside the focus row, then it'll set the status as active.
• Consider adding types, I like how pivotal tracker does it. There are: feature, bug, chore.

I'll add more feedback as I use it.

[raine]

Hey, thanks a lot for trying it and for the feedback.

I'm using tmux and a lot of Ctrl + hotkeys are binded for tmux, like Ctrl + L. So when adding a new task I can't add labels because tmux will override the input. Consider adding a leader key, something like vim so you can press l to modify the labels. Ideally Ctrl won't be needed for any hotkeys. Something to think about

I also use tmux and all my bindings go through the prefix key which is standard in tmux, so normally Ctrl-l etc would reach the running application so I think this is more specific to your setup. I did some changes to the add task dialog however that allow traversing with tab key to the other fields.

From the task view, add a hotkey to copy the task description and / or title. This is so I can paste it into my llm or an other window

Good idea, added this behind y key

In the task view I feel like tab should do something, maybe jump into title / description editing

I made it jump the headers, like quickly go to the Notes

When adding a new label, I didn't realize I had to press tab after typing the label to make it get added. I just typed the label and then pressed enter. Maybe change this behavior

This should work better now

Can you use standard incrementing ids, instead of random alphanumeric characters? It makes it clear to me which items are recent / old

I realize this would be better and I would also favor it but it's at odds with the offline-first philosophy. Maybe there could be a configuration option for just numeric IDs in a situation where user has no desire to run aven on multiple devices

When creating a task, I want to be able to assign the status as well, so when a bug is found I can add it to "active" right away

I think this should be possible already through the add task dialog

Or if you adopt the 3 column layout

I'm adding a configurable column view like this:

pivotal tracker

Now that's a name I hadn't heard in a long time. I'm not sure about the statuses, to be honest. It's difficult to satisfy different workflow needs without making the experience too complicated. Perhaps types could be just labels that get special treatment somehow, like colors

Thanks for the feedback again

[bendangelo]

Yeah looks good to me. I didn’t realized adding marks changes the other hotkeys. One weird is after setting a mark and pressing s for status this other kind of window appears. I’m not really sure how it works because I can’t type anything. And on the view task page it would be nice if title / description can be highlighted via cursor dragging, so I can copy a section. Everything is pretty good so far.

By the way how to get those columns? Is that not released yet? One improvement could be with the documentation. Like how marks work or how to setup syncing, what is supported etc.

Edit: an other note, when adding a new task, pressing enter from the title create it, which is good. But when in the description textfield, I keep pressing ctrl + enter to create the task, but the hotkey is actually ctrl + s. I feel like this hotkey should be changed.

[raine]

Thanks for the follow-up, glad it’s working well overall.

I didn’t realized adding marks changes the other hotkeys.

I made this a bit clearer. When tasks are marked, the footer now shows the number of marked tasks and explains that task actions target the marked set.

after setting a mark and pressing s for status this other kind of window appears. I’m not really sure how it works because I can’t type anything.

Fixed this. Pressing s now uses the same footer status choices for both a single task and marked tasks. When tasks are marked, the selected status applies to all of them.

on the view task page it would be nice if title / description can be highlighted via cursor dragging, so I can copy a section.

Added in v0.1.8. You can drag across the rendered title or description and press y to copy the selected text. Press Esc or click outside the text to clear the selection. See https://aven.raine.dev/tui/#select-and-copy-text

One improvement could be with the documentation. Like how marks work or how to setup syncing, what is supported etc.

The TUI guide is at https://aven.raine.dev/tui/ and the sync guide is at https://aven.raine.dev/sync/. I've expanded TUI docs for Columns, marked-task actions, and text selection.

when in the description textfield, I keep pressing ctrl + enter to create the task, but the hotkey is actually ctrl + s.

Ctrl-Enter now creates the task from any composer field and submits other multiline editors too. Ctrl-s remains available as a portable fallback because some terminals cannot distinguish Ctrl-Enter from regular Enter. For tmux, extended-key forwarding may need to be enabled as described in the TUI documentation: https://aven.raine.dev/tui/#capture-tasks

These are in v0.1.8. Thanks again for the detailed feedback.

[bendangelo]

No problem. Looks better now. My last gripe now is the naming of the groups, triage, later etc. I wasn’t sure which status made the task go to which group. I personally would just call them the same as the status, so triage would be inbox, later would be backlog etc.

[raine]

Agreed. I've made it like you proposed.