# Swat - A todo app for Gnome

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swat-a-todo-app-for-gnome/123020>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 13, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swat-a-todo-app-for-gnome/123020 "2007-12-13T13:24:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![gnufied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@gnufied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gnufied)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 1:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swat-a-todo-app-for-gnome/123020/1 "2007-12-13T13:24:59Z")

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Hi Folks,

Swat is a todo list manager for Gnome & Emacs.

Heck : Emacs?

Features:

- Manage your todos, add them according to priority and category.
- Move your todos to wish list, when not feeling like working on them.
- libtomboy bindings for global shortcut(Alt-F11).
- Nice stats for number of tasks finished and added.
- All your todos are in a .org file and hence can be managed from  
Emacs as well using org-mode.
- System tray integration.

KeyBindings:

- Alt-F11 : from anywhere, brings the todo window to front.
- Esc : to dismiss todo window.
- Control-N : to add a todo.

Installation :

- sudo gem install swat

Requirements:

- gtk and gtk-ruby
- May not work on Windows/OSX .

Code:

- [http://packet.googlecode.com/svn/branches/swat/](http://packet.googlecode.com/svn/branches/swat/)

Mailing List and Forums :

- Ahem

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**Author:** ![gnufied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/g/ea666f/32.png) [@gnufied](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/gnufied)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2007, 1:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/swat-a-todo-app-for-gnome/123020/2 "2007-12-13T13:29:04Z")

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On Thu, 2007-12-13 at 17:52 +0530, hemant kumar wrote:

> - Nice stats for number of tasks finished and added.
> - sudo gem install swat

It needs a “snippets” directory in your home directory,where all your  
todo related files would be stored. So, make sure you have them.

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conservatories; give me the privilege of making my own summer with my  
own coals.

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