TW-161

- TW-161 UDA indicator (thanks to Jim B).

ChangeLog

@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 - TW-139 Possibility to execute shadow file generation (thanks to Arnoud K).
 - TW-145 default.due should accept a Duration (thanks to Ozgur Akgun).
 - TW-159 show sort field(s) as bold in listing headers.
+- TW-161 UDA indicator (thanks to Jim B).
 - TW-168 modification of due date relative to current due date (thanks to Dirk
          Sarpe).
 - TW-186 Increase for numerical UDAs (thanks to Steffen Uhlig).

NEWS

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ New Features in taskwarrior 2.4.0
   - The filter form 'name:value' now maps to the partial match operator '=',
     rather than the exact match operator, '=='.  This means that dates now
     match on the day by default, not the time also.
+  - UDA indicator format.
   - Hooks.
   - New and updated holidays.rc files.
 
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ New configuration options in taskwarrior 2.4.0
     urgency.
   - New 'recurrence.confirmation' which allows bypassing confirmation for
     changes to recurring tasks, by accepting, rejecting or prompting.
+  - New 'uda.<name>.indicator' to override the UDA indicator.
 
 Newly deprecated features in taskwarrior 2.4.0
 

doc/man/taskrc.5.in

@@ -408,6 +408,10 @@ The character or string to show in the tag.indicator column. Defaults to +.
 .B dependency.indicator=D
 The character or string to show in the depends.indicator column. Defaults to +.
 
+.TP
+.B uda.<name>.indicator=U
+The character or string to show in the <uda>.indicator column. Defaults to U.
+
 .TP
 .B recurrence.confirmation=prompt
 Controls whether changes to recurring tasks propagates to other child tasks with

src/columns/ColUDA.cpp

@@ -48,8 +48,7 @@ ColumnUDA::ColumnUDA ()
   _hyphenate = (_type == "string") ? true : false;
 
   _styles.push_back (_style);
-
-  // TODO _examples.push_back ("?");
+  _styles.push_back ("indicator");
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -117,6 +116,11 @@ void ColumnUDA::measure (Task& task, unsigned int& minimum, unsigned int& maximu
       }
     }
   }
+  else if (_style == "indicator")
+  {
+    if (task.has (_name))
+      minimum = maximum = utf8_width (context.config.get ("uda." + _name + ".indicator"));
+  }
   else
     throw format (STRING_COLUMN_BAD_FORMAT, _name, _style);
 }
@@ -174,6 +178,13 @@ void ColumnUDA::render (
       }
     }
   }
+  else if (_style == "indicator")
+  {
+    if (task.has (_name))
+      lines.push_back (
+        color.colorize (
+          rightJustify (context.config.get ("uda." + _name + ".indicator"), width)));
+  }
 }
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////