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Mew User Guide

Introduction

Mew is a task manager chatbot application that helps you manage your To-Dos, Events, and Deadlines.

Mew UI

General Command Format

• Words in UPPER_CASE are the parameters to be supplied by the user, e.g. in todo TODO_DESCRIPTION, TODO_DESCRIPTION is a parameter that can be used as todo Do laundry.
• All commands must be in lower case.
• Parameters in square brackets are optional but at least one must be provided. e.g. /by [YYYYMMDD, HHMM] can be used as /by 20220916 or /by 20220916 2359 or /by 2359.
• YYYYMMDD refers to the date format used in this application, e.g. 20220904. Invalid date formats won’t be accepted.
• HHMM refers to the time format used in this application, e.g. 2359. Invalid time formats won’t be accepted. If the user only specifies the time without any date, the date will be regarded as today’s date.
• If parameters are specified for commands that do not take in parameters, the input will be rejected and error message will be shown.

Commands Summary

• todo TODO_DESCRIPTION
• deadline DEADLINE_DESCRIPTION /by [YYYYMMDD, HHMM]
• event EVENT_DESCRIPTION /at [YYYYMMDD, HHMM]
• list
• mark TASK_INDEX
• unmark TASK_INDEX
• delete TASK_INDEX
• edit TASK_INDEX TASK_DESCRIPTION
• find KEYWORD
• help
• bye

Commands

Add To-Do - todo

Adds a To-Do task to the current task list.

Format: todo TODO_DESCRIPTION

Example of usage:

• todo do laundry
• todo meet Prof

Add Deadline - deadline

Adds a Deadline task to the current task list.

Format: deadline DEADLINE_DESCRIPTION /by [YYYYMMDD, HHMM]

Notes: An error will be shown if the input satisfies one of the conditions below:

• Deadline description and date time not separated by /by
• Date and time format is not valid

Example of usage:

• deadline 2103 submit iP /by 20220916
• deadline 3191 submit report /by 2359
• deadline 3123 submit presentation /by 20221009

Add Event - event

Adds an Event task to the current task list.

Format: event EVENT_DESCRIPTION /at [YYYYMMDD, HHMM]

Note: An error will be shown if the input satisfies one of the conditions below:

• Event description and date time not separated by /at
• Date and time format is not valid

Example of usage:

• event 3122 CA1 /at 20220916 1100
• event 2103 group project meeting /at 20220918
• event dinner with Mike /at 1930

List all tasks - list

Shows the list containing all tasks.

Format: list

Note: An error will be shown if parameter is given

Mark a task as done - mark

Marks a task of given index in the task list as done.

Format: mark TASK_INDEX

Note:

1. TASK_INDEX is the index of the task in the list and starts from 1.
2. An error will be shown if TASK_INDEX satisfies one of the conditions below:
   • Is not a positive integer
   • Exceeds the task list size

Example of usage:

• mark 1
• mark 5

Unmark a task as not done - unmark

Unmarks a task of given index in the task list as not done.

Format: unmark TASK_INDEX

Note:

1. TASK_INDEX is the index of the task in the list and starts from 1.
2. An error will be shown if TASK_INDEX satisfies one of the conditions below:
   • Is not a positive integer
   • Exceeds the task list size

Example of usage:

• unmark 3
• unmark 8

Delete a task - delete

Deletes a task in the task list.

Format: delete TASK_INDEX

Note:

1. TASK_INDEX is the index of the task in the list and starts from 1.
2. An error will be shown if TASK_INDEX satisfies one of the conditions below:
   • Is not a positive integer
   • Exceeds the task list size

Example of usage:

• delete 2
• delete 6

Edit task - edit

Edits description of a task at selected index.

Format: edit TASK_INDEX TASK_DESCRIPTION

Note:

1. TASK_INDEX is the index of the task in the list and starts from 1.
2. An error will be shown if TASK_INDEX satisfies one of the conditions below:
   • Is not a positive integer
   • Exceeds the task list size
3. An error will also be shown if no description is given.

Example of usage:

• edit 1 2117 project
• edit 5 sleep

Find task - find

Finds a task that matches the keyword given.

Format: find KEYWORD

Note: Only one keyword can be given per one search, e.g. find eat dorayaki will search all tasks containing the keyword eat dorayaki.

Example of usage:

• find laundry
• find 2103

Help - help

Lists all available commands.

Format: help

Exit - bye

Sends bye to Mew and exits the application.

Format: bye