Escaping special characters in Smart Add
chazlever says:
I recently tried using one of the special characters in Smart Add for a task name and realized I'm not sure how to escape special characters or even if there is a way to do this. For example,
Homework #2, Problem Set #2, etc.
Is there a way to do this? I realize I could simply not use "#" in these cases, but it's sort of a habit. In most C-style languages, you can use "\" as the escape character. It might be nice if there were something similar to this for Smart Add.
Homework #2, Problem Set #2, etc.
Is there a way to do this? I realize I could simply not use "#" in these cases, but it's sort of a habit. In most C-style languages, you can use "\" as the escape character. It might be nice if there were something similar to this for Smart Add.
andrewski (Remember The Milk) says:
Yes, as mentioned in the FAQ, you can surround your task (or a portion thereof) in quotation marks to avoid it from being parsed.
So "Homework #2" would work or "Homework #2" due tomorrow would still parse the due date but not the "#2".
Hope this helps!
So "Homework #2" would work or "Homework #2" due tomorrow would still parse the due date but not the "#2".
Hope this helps!