kabmat

TUI program for managing kanban boards with vim-like keybindings

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Dependencies

• ncurses for the UI
• make and g++/gcc for compiling and installing

Installation

1. get the source code from latest release or clone this repo => git clone https://github.com/PlankCipher/kabmat.git
2. cd into the source code or cloned repo => cd kabmat
3. run make to build the program
4. run sudo make install to install it

Usage

kabmat 2.8.0
TUI program for managing kanban boards with vim-like keybindings

Usage: kabmat [OPTION]...

Options:
  -h, --help              print this help message
  -v, --version           print program version

  -l, --list              list all boards
  -c, --create <name>     create a new board with the name <name>
  -o, --open <name>       open board with name <name>
  -d, --delete <name>     delete board with name <name>

  -t, --text              disable tui
  -b, --card-at-bottom    when moving cards between columns, put them at the bottom

Consult the man page for more information

Keybindings in kabmat

I tried making the keybindings as intuitive and expected as possible, and for the most part they are. For example, generally c creates an entity, d deletes, k moves up, j moves down, etc...

Help Window:

Key	Function
k	scroll up one line
j	scroll down one line
q	close the window

Main Menu:

Key	Function
q	quit
?	show help window
k	highlight the above board name
j	highlight the below board name
g	highlight the first board name
G	highlight the last board name
K	move highlighted board up
J	move highlighted board down
d	delete the currently highlighted board
r, e	rename the currently highlighted board
c	create a new board and highlight it
<Enter>	open the currently highlighted board

Input Field:

Normal mode:

Key	Function
<Esc>, q	cancel and close the input field
<Enter>	submit and close the input field
h	move cursor one character to the left
l	move cursor one character to the right
0	move cursor to the start of the line
$	move cursor to the end of the line
k	move cursor up one line (in multi-row input only)
j	move cursor down one line (in multi-row input only)
g	move cursor to the first line (in multi-row input only)
G	move cursor to the last line (in multi-row input only)
i	change mode to insert
a	move cursor one character to the right and change mode to insert
I	move cursor to the start of the line and change mode to insert
A	move cursor to the end of the line and change mode to insert
S	delete everything on the line and change mode to insert
d	delete line under cursor (in multi-row input only)

Insert mode:

Key	Function
<Esc>	change mode to normal
<Enter>	submit and close the input field (or add a new line in multi-row input)
<Backspace>/<Delete>	delete the character before the cursor
any other key	inserted before the cursor

Confirmation Window:

Key	Function
<Enter>, y	confirm action (yes)
<Esc>, n	cancel action (no)

Board Screen:

Key	Function
q	quit to where the board was opened from (main menu or cli)
?	show help window
h	focus the left column
l	focus the right column
k	focus the above card
j	focus the below card
g	focus the first card
G	focus the last card
H	move focused card to the left column
L	move focused card to the right column
K	move focused card up
J	move focused card down
<C-h>, <C-p>	move focused column to the left
<C-l>, <C-n>	move focused column to the right
C	create a new column
E	edit title of focused column
D	delete focused column
c	create a new card in focused column
e	edit focused card
d	delete focused card

Card Info Window:

Key	Function
<Esc>, q	cancel and close (if in normal mode)
<Enter>	submit and close (if in normal mode)
<Tab>	switch focused input (content or description)
c	open checklist items window
any other key	handled by the focused input

Checklist Window:

Key	Function
q	close the window
k	highlight the item above
j	highlight the item below
g	highlight the first item
G	highlight the last item
K	move highlighted item up
J	move highlighted item down
c	add a new item to the list
e	edit content of highlighted item
<Space>	toggle highlighted item (done/not done)
d	delete highlighted item

Window Manager Integration

If you want to launch it sort of like an application you can make a keybinding to launch your terminal with kabmat running instead of the shell. For example, here is how I do it with st and dwm.

st -e sh -c kabmat

static Key keys[] = {
    /* modifier                                key                        function        argument */
    ....
    { (Mod4Mask|Mod1Mask),                     XK_t,                      spawn,          SHCMD("st -e sh -c kabmat") },
    ....
};