From 7a87077dfcdda4eba02c7a6da3c97c31caf1be2b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Mansfield <paulbm@dellboy.mansfield.net>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2009 18:53:31 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Added new action addm

This allows addition of multiple todo items by sending multiple lines.
---
 tests/t2000-multiline.sh | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 todo.sh                  | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tests/t2000-multiline.sh b/tests/t2000-multiline.sh
index 40c7e15..1c257ee 100755
--- a/tests/t2000-multiline.sh
+++ b/tests/t2000-multiline.sh
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ echo "1: smell the cheese
 replaced with
 1: eat apples eat oranges drink milk">$HOME/expect.multi
 
-test_expect_success 'multiline item replace' '
+test_expect_success 'multiline squash item replace' '
 (
 # Prepare single line todo file
 cat /dev/null > $HOME/todo.txt
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ fi
 # Create the expected file
 echo "TODO: 'eat apples eat oranges drink milk' added on line 2.">$HOME/expect.multi
 
-test_expect_success 'multiline item add' '
+test_expect_success 'multiline squash item add' '
 (
 # Prepare single line todo file
 cat /dev/null > $HOME/todo.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ fi
 # Create the expected file
 echo "1: smell the cheese eat apples eat oranges drink milk">$HOME/expect.multi
 
-test_expect_success 'multiline item append' '
+test_expect_success 'multiline squash item append' '
 (
 # Prepare single line todo file
 cat /dev/null > $HOME/todo.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ fi
 # Create the expected file
 echo "1: eat apples eat oranges drink milk smell the cheese">$HOME/expect.multi
 
-test_expect_success 'multiline item prepend' '
+test_expect_success 'multiline squash item prepend' '
 (
 # Prepare single line todo file
 cat /dev/null > $HOME/todo.txt
@@ -106,4 +106,25 @@ fi
 )
 '
 
+## Multiple line addition
+# Create the expected file
+echo  -e "TODO: 'eat apples' added on line 2.\nTODO: 'eat oranges' added on line 3.\nTODO: 'drink milk' added on line 4.">$HOME/expect.multi
+
+test_expect_success 'actual multiline add' '
+(
+# Run addm
+"$HOME/bin/todo.sh" addm "eat apples
+eat oranges
+drink milk" > $HOME/output.multi
+
+# Test output against expected
+diff "$HOME/output.multi" "$HOME/expect.multi"
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  exit 1
+else
+  exit 0
+fi
+)
+'
+
 test_done
diff --git a/todo.sh b/todo.sh
index d25173d..0997148 100755
--- a/todo.sh
+++ b/todo.sh
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ shorthelp()
       Actions:
         add|a "THING I NEED TO DO +project @context"
         addto DEST "TEXT TO ADD"
+        addm "THINGS I NEED TO DO
+              MORE THINGS I NEED TO DO"
         append|app NUMBER "TEXT TO APPEND"
         archive
         command [ACTIONS]
@@ -77,6 +79,13 @@ help()
           Project and context notation optional.
           Quotes optional.
 
+        addm "FIRST THING I NEED TO DO +project1 @context
+        SECOND THING I NEED TO DO +project2 @context"
+          Adds FIRST THING I NEED TO DO to your todo.txt on its own line and
+          Adds SECOND THING I NEED TO DO to you todo.txt on its own line.
+          Project and context notation optional.
+          Quotes optional.
+
         addto DEST "TEXT TO ADD"
           Adds a line of text to any file located in the todo.txt directory.
           For example, addto inbox.txt "decide about vacation"
@@ -604,6 +613,34 @@ case $action in
     [ $TODOTXT_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "TODO: '$input' added on line $TASKNUM."
     cleanup;;
 
+"addm")
+    if [[ -z "$2" && $TODOTXT_FORCE = 0 ]]; then
+        echo -n "Add: "
+        read input
+    else
+        [ -z "$2" ] && die "usage: $TODO_SH addm \"TODO ITEM\""
+        shift
+        input=$*
+    fi
+
+    # Set InternalField Seperator as newline so we can 
+    # loop across multiple lines
+    SAVEIFS=$IFS
+    IFS=$'\n'
+
+    # Treat each line seperately
+    for line in $input ; do
+      if [[ $TODOTXT_DATE_ON_ADD = 1 ]]; then
+          now=`date '+%Y-%m-%d'`
+          line="$now $line"
+      fi
+      echo "$line" >> "$TODO_FILE"
+      TASKNUM=$(sed -n '$ =' "$TODO_FILE")
+      [ $TODOTXT_VERBOSE -gt 0 ] && echo "TODO: '$line' added on line $TASKNUM."
+    done
+    IFS=$SAVEIFS
+    cleanup;;
+
 "addto" )
     [ -z "$2" ] && die "usage: $TODO_SH addto DEST \"TODO ITEM\""
     dest="$TODO_DIR/$2"