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User Guide

Aelita is a personal assistant for organizing and managing your tasks at hand. Aelita can create todo, deadline and event tasks. Aelita can also find and delete tasks for you.

Notations

Notation	Meaning
[T]	A todo task
[D]	A deadline task
[E]	An event task
[✘]	The task is not done
[✓]	The task is not done
<...>	Parameter to enter

Features

Exit

Exits the application.

Usage

bye

The application will save the existing tasks and close the window.

Example of usage:

bye

Expected outcome:

The window closes.

Create Todo

Creates a new Todo task.

Usage

todo <description>

Aelita creates a new todo task with the given description. If the description is missing, Aelita will prompt you to give one.

Example of usage:

todo Homework

Expected outcome:

I've got your back. Adding the new task:  
    [T][✘] Homework

Create Deadline

Creates a deadline task.

Usage

deadline <description> /by <YYYY-MM-DD>

Aelita creates a deadline task with the given description and date. If the description and date is not given, Aelita will prompt you to give one. If the date is not in the correct format, Aelita will prompt you to follow the required format.

Example of usage:

deadline project /by 2020-02-20

Expected outcome:

I've got your back. Adding the new task:  
    [D][✘] project (by Feb 20 2020)

Create Event

Creates an Event Task.

Usage

event <description> /at <YYYY-MM-DD> <Start time>-<End time>

Aelita creates a new event task with the given description, date, start time and end time. If any of the fields are not given, Aelita will prompt you to give one. If the date is not in the correct format, Aelita will prompt you to follow the required format.

Example of usage:

event project meeting /at 2020-02-20 2pm-4pm

Expected outcome:

I've got your back. Adding the new task:  
    [E][✘] project meeting (at: Feb 20 2020 2pm-4pm)

List all the Tasks

List out all the tasks or tasks associated with a date.

Usage

list

Aelita lists out all the task in the application.

list <YYYY-MM-DD>

Aelita lists out all the task associated with the given date. If the date is not in the correct format, Aelita will prompt you to follow the required format.

Example of usage:

list

Expected outcome:

Here's your list:
  1.[T][✘] Homework
  2.[D][✘] project (by Feb 20 2020)
  3.[E][✘] project meeting (at: Feb 20 2020 2pm-4pm)

Example of usage:

list 2020-02-20

Expected outcome:

Here are the tasks you are looking for:
  1.[E][✘] project meeting (at: Feb 20 2020 2pm-4pm)

Search for Tasks

Finds tasks related to a keyword.

Usage

find <keyword>

Aelita will search through the list and show all the tasks that are related to the given keyword.

Example of usage:

find project

Expected outcome:

These are the task you are looking for:
  1.[D][✘] project (by Feb 20 2020)
  2.[E][✘] project meeting (at: Feb 20 2020 2pm-4pm)

Complete a Task

Marks a task as being completed.

Usage

done <index of task in list>

Aelita marks the task at the given index as completed. If no index is given, Aelita will prompt you for one. If there is no task at the index or the task has already been completed, Aelita will give you an error message.

Example of usage:

done 1

Expected outcome:

Another task off the list. Good job!
  [T][✓] Homework

Delete a Task

Deletes a task off the list.

Usage

delete <index of task in list>

Aelita will remove the task at the given index. If the index is not given, Aelita will prompt you for one. If a task does not exists at the given index, Aelita will show an error message.

Example of usage:

delete 2

Expected outcome:

The task has been removed.
  [D][✘] project (by Feb 20 2020)