A User Guide for Duke

A User Guide for Duke

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Features

Manage todos, events and deadlines

  • With Duke, you can add different types of tasks your list using todo, deadline or event commands.
  • You can also view your list of tasks by using the list command.
  • You can mark a task as done using done, or delete to remove tasks, or clear to remove all tasks.
  • You can also look for relevant tasks using the find command.

Auto-saves after every change

  • All your changes are automatically saved. These changes persist even after you shut down the application.

Do it fast with autocorrect

  • The autocorrect feature allows you to input commands quickly.
  • It also allows you to quickly glance through all the features in the app.
  • Autocorrect works with cursor keys and enter buttons.
  • Your most recently used commands will be pushed to the top.

Get help from the app

  • The app contains the help command to help you get acquainted with the commands.

User Manual

Feature 1: Display Help

Shows list of functions and purpose. Usage: help

Expected outcome:

A list of functions and their purposes is displayed.

Feature 2: Display List

List tasks that are on the todo list.

Usage:

list

Expected outcome:

The application displays a list of the tasks you have recorded.

Feature 3: Adding tasks

Add different types of tasks to be cleared (e.g. todo, event, deadline).

Usage:

todo {description} event {description} /at {date} deadline {description} /by {date}

Expected outcome:

The task (todo, event or deadline) is added to the list.

Feature 4: Task deletion

Delete tasks by index

Usage:

delete {index}

Expected outcome:

The task is removed from the list.

Alternatively, you can also use clear to delete all tasks from the list.

Feature 5: Find tasks

Find tasks by search phrase. Any task that contains said search phrase will appear.

Usage:

find {keyword}

Expected outcome:

All tasks that contain the search phrase will be listed.

Feature 6: Mark Task as done

Mark tasks by index

Usage:

done {index}

Expected outcome:

The task correlating to the index is marked as done.

Feature 7: Saving

All tasks are automatically saved whenever a task is added or modified.

Feature 8: Autocorrected commands

A list of possible commands will appear. Use the up and down arrow keys to navigate and press enter or right arrow key to autofill the command into the textbox.

Feature 9: Exit

Usage: bye

Expected outcome: Window closes and Duke terminates.