Tips and tricks

Getting an Inbox

Many other software packages support an inbox. You can achieve the same in TRACKS by defining a project called @Inbox and a context called @nocontext. You can set this context to be the default context in the preferences. Now, if you don't immediately want to define a project, just specify the project to be @Inbox and the context to be nocontext. You can then later review the inbox and go through the created tasks.

Learn the access keys

Many views have access keys. This speeds up navigating and saves time.

Hide completed actions in the overview

To hide completed actions just go to the preferences and set the number of shown completed actions to zero.

Use the template scripts in the /doc directory

You often have recurring projects which follow specific structure (e.g., travel, filing taxes). Note that these are not recurring actions. For recurring projects there is a template script in /doc which permits easily instantiating

Hide projects you can't work on in the near future

You often will have projects that you cannot work on or that depend on some external event to happen. Just hide them, so they don't clutter the home screen.

Use only lower-case for everything

You will often type things quickly and then the autocomplete will be unable to keep up with you. This can cause you to accidentally create new projects like one for misc although you wanted it in the project Misc.

Application-like feeling in Google Chrome

To get an application-like feeling with tracks, start it in Google Chrome with --aps= like

google-chrome --apps=http://localhost:3000