Document Management

• TaskPaper (.taskpaper, .todo), text (.txt) and Markdown (.md)
• OPML import converts outlines into TaskPaper files
• Welcome and Guide sample documents bundled for first-time users
• Built-in templates: Content Creation, Daily Routine, Event Planning, Meeting Notes, Packing List, Shopping List, Software Project, Weekly Planner
• Custom templates from a Templates/ folder in Documents
• Easily work with files containing 1000s of lines
• Full Files app integration for opening, saving, organising
• iCloud sync through Files app
• Auto-save
• Automatic iCloud/Files conflict resolution
• Persistent cursor position restored when reopening a file

Text Editing

• Supports: Tasks (bulleted), Projects (headers), Notes (plain)
• Toggle between task, note, and project
• Smart bullet insertion on Return
• Context-aware indentation
• Dedicated note insertion preserves indentation without adding a bullet
• Multi-line editing, indent/outdent, move up/down
• Move lines to previous/next project section via long-press
• Reformat indentation for flat or mixed documents
• Sort top-level projects by name, due date, task count, or priority
• Full undo/redo with named action titles

Task Management

• Mark done/incomplete with @done tag
• Optional completion date: @done(YYYY-MM-DD)
• Strikethrough for completed tasks
• Toggle with spacebar or tap gesture
• Hierarchical nesting under projects

Tag System

• Simple tags: @tagname
• Valued tags: @tagname(value1, value2)
• Date tags: @due(YYYY-MM-DD), @start(YYYY-MM-DD)
• Time tags: @alarm(HH:MM), @alarm(YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM)
• Predefined: @today, @done, @flagged, @fix, @todo, @high, @low, @for(name), @call(name)
• @progress(n)—auto-calculated completion percentage from child task @done states
• @cost(n)—manual cost value on leaf tasks
• @cost(method=n)—auto-calculated aggregate (sum/count/ave/min/max) from child @cost values
• Tag picker showing existing document tags
• Prevents duplicate tags with smart whitespace cleanup

Project Management

• Nested sub-projects with hierarchical sidebar
• Collapsible projects—fold/unfold to focus on what matters
• Fold state persists across sessions
• Project filtering with base indentation stripped for sub-projects
• Duplicate project names distinguished by position
• Non-indented documents handled correctly
• Archive completed items to dedicated section, newest first
• Archived items maintain parent-child relationships

Folding

• Tap fold indicators to collapse/expand sections
• ⌘. to fold/unfold the current line
• ⌘9 / ⌘0 to collapse/expand the current item
• ⌥⌘9 / ⌥⌘0 to recursively collapse/expand the current item and all descendants
• Fold to Level—collapse all items to depth 1–5
• Expand All to clear all folds
• Persistent fold state saved and restored per file
• Bundled Guide sample opens fully collapsed on first open

Node Focus

• Focus into any project, task, or note to edit its subtree in isolation
• Focus In drills deeper; Focus Out steps back to the direct parent, then to View All
• Focus Reveal temporarily shows the focused subtree even if ancestor sections are folded, preserving folds inside
• Left-edge swipe gesture to focus deeper; swipe back to step out

Command Palette

• Go to Anything (⌘P): jump to projects, saved searches, and tags
• Go to Project (⌥⌘P): filtered to projects only
• Go to Search (⌃⌘P): filtered to saved searches only
• Searchable, keyboard-navigable

Search & Filtering

• Full query language: text matching, tag queries, boolean logic, path navigation, set operations
• [w] for word-boundary matching—car [w] matches “car” but not “card”
• [m] for morphological matching—run [m] matches “running”
• ~ / [~] for semantic search—~groceries matches “supermarket”
• Combinable with [s] for case-sensitive variants
• Search scoped to current focused subtree (⌘F) or full document (⇧⌘F)
• Pull down from top of editor to reveal search bar
• Search Tree toggle to include descendants of matching items with parent context
• Built-in syntax reference sheet
• Saved searches stored in-document and shown in sidebar
• Built-in Today and Not Done searches
• Collapsible filter panel with nested project tree
• Edge-swipe to open/close the filter panel
• Filter by project, tag, or tag value
• Tap a tag in the editor to filter by it
• Edit directly within filtered views
• Long-press to cancel active filter
• Dynamic tag index auto-built from document

Natural Date Parsing

• ISO 8601 format
• Keywords: today, tomorrow, next week, next month
• Month/day: January 15, Dec 25
• Time: 6 am, 3:15 pm, 16:15
• Duration: +45 minutes, +1 week
• Combined: tomorrow 9am, next Friday +1 hour
• Date only, date and time, or time only pickers
• Inline calendar picker

Alarms & Reminders

• Set alarms with @alarm(…) tag
• Date & time, date only, or time only
• Creates iOS Reminders automatically
• Edit or clear alarms
• Removes reminders when tags deleted

Colour By

• Colour lines by priority, outline level, or due date proximity
• Priority: custom colours for levels 1–5
• Outline level: custom colours for depths 1–5
• Due date: overdue (red), today (orange), tomorrow (yellow), this week (green), later (blue)
• Toggle each mode on/off with colour pickers in settings
• Style settings apply immediately while the sheet is open, including swipe-to-dismiss
• Runs after default styling; skips @done lines

Text Styling

• Bold font for project headers
• Italic styling for notes
• Strikethrough for completed tasks
• Coloured highlighting for @tags
• @progress tags coloured based on percentage
• Link detection for all types of URLs
• Hanging indent for task bullets
• Default or monospaced font
• Dynamic Type support for larger text size

Tool Belt

• Insert project/task, toggle line type
• Optional add-note button (hidden by default)
• Toggle done, archive done items
• Long-press done for @done(…) with date
• Inline date picker, priority selection, alarm toggle
• Tag picker, indent/outdent, move up/down
• @progress toggle—auto-calculated from children
• @cost menu—sum/count/ave/min/max aggregation
• Fold to Level menu—collapse to depth 1–5, expand all
• Colour By settings—priority, outline level, due date
• Reformat menu: reindent, sort projects
• Long-press move for section jumps
• Customisable button order and visibility via help sheet
• Fade edges indicate more buttons when scrollable
• Long-press any button for alternate function or tooltip
• Many advanced power-user features hidden by default
• Help reference via ? button

HTML Export

• Export documents as interactive HTML slide presentations
• Four themes: Light (White), Dark (Black), Keynote (Gradient), Pastels (Post-it notes)
• Keyboard controls for changing theme, toggling progress bar, page navigation
• Each top-level project becomes a landscape slide
• Share via standard iOS share sheet

Keyboard Shortcuts

• ⌘F: Search (scoped to current project)
• ⇧⌘F: Search all projects
• ⌘D: Toggle done
• ⌘T: Tag picker
• ⌃⌘T: Toggle line type
• ⇧⌘A: Archive done items
• ⌘.: Toggle fold
• ⌘9 / ⌘0: Collapse / Expand current item
• ⌥⌘9 / ⌥⌘0: Collapse / Expand current item completely
• ⇧⌘←→: Outdent / Indent selection
• ⇧⌘↑↓: Move selection up / down
• ⌘Y: Toggle @today
• ⌃⌥⌘K: Remove tags on current line or selection
• ⌘Return: Insert task
• ⇧⌘Return: Insert note
• ⌥⌘Return: Insert project
• Tab / ⇧Tab: Indent / Outdent
• ⌃⌥D/T/A: Due date / @today / @alarm
• ⌃⌥↑/↓: @high / @low
• ⌥⌘X: Clear all tags
• ⌘P: Go to Anything palette
• ⌥⌘P: Go to Project
• ⌃⌘P: Go to Search

Onboarding

• Welcome and Guide samples installed on first launch
• What’s New sheet for new installs and updates

Debug Report

• Long-press the help button (?) to generate a debug report
• Document text anonymised while preserving structure, tags, and formatting
• Includes app version, iOS version, device model, Dynamic Type size, and fold state
• Shareable via the standard iOS share sheet

Benchmarks

Benchmarks from a 5,000+ line file on iPhone 16 Pro:

• Every keystroke restyled in under 8ms—no debouncing, no delayed rendering
• 20 rapid keystrokes processed in 150ms with full restyling after each one
• Tag and boolean searches complete in under 20ms
• Visible-range rendering is 25x faster than full-document styling
• 120Hz screen refresh supported

Optimised

• Less than 1 MB app file size
• Less than 50 MB base memory footprint
• Quick to launch and built to stay in memory

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