User Guide

Luke is the go-to desktop app for managing tasks, deadlines, and events. Optimized for use via a Command Line Interface (CLI) while still having the benefits of a user-friendly Graphical User Interface (GUI), Luke guarantees easy and convenient user experience.

• Quick start
• Features
  • Adding new tasks :
    1. todo
    2. deadline
    3. event
  • Deleting tasks : delete
  • Marking tasks as done : done
  • Listing out current tasks : list
  • Finding specific tasks : find

Quick start

1. Ensure you have Java 11 or above installed in your Computer.

2. Download the latest luke.jar from here.

3. Copy the file to the folder you want to use as the home folder for your Luke.

4. Double-click the file to start the app. The GUI with a welcome message from Luke should appear in a few seconds.

5. Type the command in the command box and press Enter to execute it. e.g. typing list and pressing Enter will list out the current tasks. Some example commands you can try:

   • list : Lists out all current tasks.

   • todo eat fried chicken : Adds a task named eat fried chicken to Luke.

   • delete 3 : Deletes the 3rd task shown in the current list.

   • bye : Exits the app.

6. Refer to the Features below for details of each command.

Features

Notes about the command format:

• Words in UPPER_CASE are the parameters to be supplied by the user. e.g. in todo DESCRIPTION, DESCRIPTION is a parameter which can be used as todo eat fried chicken.

• DATE parameter must be provided in the following format : YYYY-MM-DD e.g. 2020-02-02
• Items with ... after them can be used multiple times including one time. e.g. delete NUMBER... can be used as (i.e. 3 times), delete 3, 5, 1

Adding new tasks : todo

Adds a new task to the current list.

Format : todo DESCRIPTION

Example of usage :

todo eat fried chicken

Expected outcome :

The following task has been successfully added.
-> [T][X] eat fried chicken
Now you have 1 task in your list.

Adding new tasks : deadline

Adds a new deadline to the current list.

Format : deadline DESCRIPTION /by DATE

Example of usage :

deadline do laundry /by 2020-02-02

Expected outcome :

The following task has been successfully added.
-> [D][X] do laundry (by: Feb 2, 2020)
Now you have 2 tasks in your list.

Adding new tasks : event

Adds a new deadline to the current list.

Format : event DESCRIPTION /at DATE

Examples of usage :

event practice guitar /at 2020-03-03

Expected outcome :

The following task has been successfully added.
-> [E][X] practice guitar (at: March 3, 2020)
Now you have 3 tasks in your list.

Deleting tasks : delete

Deletes a task(or tasks) from the current list.

Format : delete NUMBER...

Example of usage :

delete 2

Expected outcome :

The following task has been successfully deleted.
-> [D][X] do laundry (by: Feb 2, 2020)
Now you have 2 tasks in your list.

Marking tasks as done : done

Marks a task(or tasks) from the current list as done.

Format : done NUMBER...

Example of usage :

done 1

Expected outcome :

The following task has been successfully marked as done.
-> [T][V] eat fried chicken

Listing out current tasks : list

Lists out all the current tasks.

Format : list

Example of usage :

list

Expected outcome :

Here are the tasks in your list.
-> 1.[T][V] eat fried chicken
-> 2. [E][X] practice guitar (at: March 3, 2020)

Finding specific tasks : find

Finds specific tasks that matches the given keyword.

Format : find KEYWORD

Example of usage :

find chicken

Expected outcome :

Here are the tasks that contain the keyword 'chicken'
-> [T][V] eat fried chicken

Exiting the program : bye

Exits the program immediately.

Format : bye

Example of usage :

bye