Add Options to Schedule by Linking, Copying, or Cutting a Task

And here's a flow chart for **un**scheduling.

And this is how the Scheduler would look like, when all the (re-/un-)scheduling options of the flow charts should be made available. (For better symmetry, one might also want add "move to daily note …", if the selected task is in a regular note.)

After some feedback on Discord, I included even more options, so that everybody's wishes should be included. See also: https://write.as/rhubarb/tasks-in-markdown-v1 Personally, I think that only the most frequently used options should be included in the UI. For everything else there is always the source code or a plugin. The green checkbox ✅ marks options, that I would expect in the UI. And there is still the question of terminology. I don't know, where some of Eduard Metzger's requirements would fit in, eg "create a backlink for >date, except the state of the task is 'scheduled' to avoid duplicates in the schedule by copy option".

Rhubarb: Linking daily notes is not covered by the scheduler right now and not supported in the backlinks. Only if you use `[[date]]` it creates a backlink, but users expect `>date` also to create a backlink entry, because it does so with regular notes. I think it stems from the fact that the scheduler adds a `>date` to the task, so you might think you can do this without opening the scheduler UI - which works in regular notes - but fails to work in daily notes.

Rhubarb: The backlink part is not part of the scheduler UI. It should behave the same as `[[date]]` or `>date` in regular notes. This is one of the current problems. The different linking behaviors. With linking I mean that `>date` should create a backlink *also* in daily notes.

Eduard Metzger: Not sure what you mean by a backlink "in" daily notes. Do you want to insert text into the daily note?

Ok, Rhubarb set me straight. Keep the "Scheduled" state. So, how would you avoid duplicates in the schedule by copy option? Assume it would then not resolve as a backlink, just a task copy in the target note. You'd lose context, but maybe that's the cost of copying rather than linking

Rob Grace: What do you mean by "linking", when you say "copying rather than linking"? You seem to have a mechanism in mind, that I'm not aware of.

Rhubarb: Eduard's second bullet under "Additional changes" indicates copying AND using >date (linking). So I wanted to confirm that the "duplicate" being removed would be the backlinked original task in this case (from the resulting target daily note). I think I understand now that the "scheduled" state in the original case gives it special status, so it doesn't remain as an OPEN duplicate of the new copy that is created.

Rob Grace: Yes! That's exactly what the task state Postponed/Scheduled/Moved is about: - When the source copy is marked with `- [>]`, it *stops* being interpreted as an Open task and is ignored by filtered views like Review or Overdue. - The target copy is marked with `- [ ]` (or `*` depending on your preferences). It is the copy that shows up in filtered views like Review or Overdue. Related: [UI Bug: "Mark as Moved" is missing an ellipsis](https://noteplan.canny.io/task-management/p/ui-bug-mark-as-m…), [UI Bug: "Mark as Scheduled" is missing an ellipsis](https://noteplan.canny.io/task-management/p/ui-bug-mark-as-s…)

[Sorted3](https://www.sortedapp.com/): "Date", "Repeat after completion"

[Apple Reminders](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205890). "Date"

[2Do](https://www.2doapp.com/): "Dates", "Repeat"

[Todoist](https://todoist.com/): "Schedule", "No Date"

Rhubarb: ("no date") interesting. This state is possible in NotePlan (remove >date from a scheduled task). Has a special but obscure role in filtered task searches, but again... confusing for general use