Taskpaper syntax for project not possible?

[zeltak]

Hi all

im very new to omnifocus and learning a lot day by day (and loving it while doing so 🙂))

today i set out to explore the task paper syntax and realized so far that there isn’t no syntax for projects. Im i correct in that? How does one deal with importing tasks with the syntax and assigning projects?

best regards

Z

[Janov]

The format is really simple, a project is the first entry, no indentation
To add Tasks in the project just indent the next line

Something like:

• Groceries @parallel(false) @autodone(false)
  • Eggs
  • Lettuce
  • Milk

For more info you can check these out

https://guide.taskpaper.com/getting-started/

https://support.omnigroup.com/omnifocus-taskpaper-reference/

The easiest way to learn I think is create a project the way you want it to be in OmniFocus and export is as taskpaper (or drag & drop) to a text editor.
That should show you every detail needed.

[zeltak]

thx! Really appreciated @Janov

i was actually wondering how to send a new task to a current project within a folder

so let say add to folder shop and project Groceries task ice cream via the task paper synatx. Does that make sense?

thx so much

Z

[Janov]

On MacOS or iOS?

MacOS: you can use a script to do that
iOS: You can use Shortcuts to insert actions at the right place.

And right now I think you can do it using Javascript for both platforms