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DUDE User Guide

by Lye Jian Wen

Introduction

Welcome to DUDE, a simple and intuitive personal assistant! DUDE helps you maintain a list of various types of tasks (To-dos, Deadlines and Events) to boost your time management and productivity. DUDE engages you in a personalised manner; you give it short requests, and it responds conversationally.

Starting Out

1. Double-click on dude-0.2.jar to start the application.

2. You should see the following screen:

   

3. To enter commands, key them into the bar at the bottom and click Send.
4. If you’re transferring the app from another device and want to keep an existing task list from that device, copy the data folder from the old install directory to the new one.

Features and Command Usage

!!! Note: All (single-word) commands are case-sensitive, but their details are case-insensitive

1. Add a To-do: todo

• Adds a Todo task to the list.
• Format: todo TODO_DESCRIPTION

Example:

todo Go to the gym

Expected outcome:

2. Add a Deadline: deadline

• Adds a Deadline task to the list.
• Format: deadline DEADLINE_DESCRIPTION /by END_TIME where END_TIME can be a date and time or a phrase like next week that specifies the Deadline’s end time

Example:

• deadline Find love /by 12/12/2019 2359
• deadline Finish Lab Assignment /by Impossible deadline

Expected outcome:

3. Add an Event: event

• Adds an Event task to the list.
• Format: event EVENT_DESCRIPTION /at EVENT_PERIOD where EVENT_PERIOD can be a date and time or a phrase like Sunday 2-4pm that specifies the period of the Event

Example:

• event Date with imaginary girlfriend :') /at Saturday 10am-2pm
• event Robot Takeover /at 05.08.2918 2 PM

Expected outcome:

4. Update Task: update

• Updates a task’s details (description or time for Deadline and Event).
• Format: update TASK_NUMBER | UPDATE_FIELD UPDATE_VALUE where UPDATE_FIELD is desc or time

  Example:

• update 4 | desc:Keep sleeping
• update 3 | time:NEVER

Expected outcome:

5. List All Tasks: list

• Lists all current tasks.
• Format: list

Expected outcome:

6. Clone Task: clone

• Clones (creates duplicate of) a task.
• Format: clone TASK_NUMBER

Example:

• clone 9

Expected outcome:

7. Mark Tasks as Done: done

• Sets a task status to done ([ ] to [+])
• Format: done TASK_NUMBER

Example:

• done 5

Expected outcome:

8. Delete Task: delete

• Deletes a task from the list.
• Format: delete TASK_NUMBER

Example:

• delete 10

Expected outcome:

9. Find (Search For) Task: task

• Displays a list of tasks containing a keyword (not case-sensitive).
• Format: find KEYWORD

Example:

• find sleep

Expected outcome:

10. Exit: bye

• Exits the application.
• Format: bye

Expected outcome:

After the above response from DUDE, the window closes.