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How to use lists
This is a collection of tips, tricks and ideas on how lists can be used in iwantsandy.
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Inappropriate?Basic information on how to use lists can be found here (http://iwantsandy.com/help/lists )
I started this discussion because there's been a lot of discussion about lists on GetSatisfaction, and that information hasn't been added to the manual. Also, the posts with the best information are a little hard to find. Let me know if this discussion is helpful to anyone -
Inappropriate?How to create a list with a weekly reminder?
remind me about groceries Friday at 2pm @weekly
* eggs
* butter
* cheese
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Inappropriate?Can I get the full list sent back via Twitter?
Currently, no. SMS messages have a character limit (something like 120 characters) The people at iwantsandy haven't come up with the best way to handle receiving lists. yet. This seems to apply to both items that are list, and the multiple items that are found with a general lookup.
Trying to lookup ingredients in a named "cookies".
http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...
Trying to lookup items by tag.
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Inappropriate?Is it possible to create a list on one line (via Twitter or Quicksilver, etc)?
Currently, no. Sandy requires each item of a list to be on a different line, and there isn't any way to get some programs (Twitter) to use multiple lines. There has been some discussion about ideas for making Sandy be able to recognize a list contained entirely in one line. But this hasn't been finalized.
One idea is to use multiple asterisks on the same line.
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Inappropriate?Is it possible to update a list through Twitter?
Yes, although it's limited. Because Twitter writes things on one line, and because Sandy requires multiple list items to be on separate lines, it seems that you can only update one item at a time.
Assuming Sandy responded to a previous lookup with a list marked as #1
> d s u #1 * butter
> d s u #1 -* butter
One idea that has been suggested is to use the plus and minus signs to update several items on the same line.
> d s u #1 +eggs -bacon +yogurt1 Comment
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Inappropriate?Is it possible to create a list via Jott?
(See http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...)
Currently, no. Currently creating a list requires multiple lines and use of asterisks. Jott doesn't have that. However, I understand that a lot of options are being considered on how Sandy could best create and update lists from Jott. One idea is that Sandy could be made to recognize a few keywords. Some of the keywords could be "list" and "and" and "add" and "remove".
> remember groceries list eggs and butter and toast.
> update #1 add butter remove cheese add bananas
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Inappropriate?Is it possible to update a list through Jott?
Currently, no. There are two problems with this. First, Jott doesn't make it possible to use the multiple lines and asterisks that are currently required. Second, Jott can't respond to messages from Sandy. So you can't say "update #1" because there is no #1.
Keywords might help with the first problem.
> update #1 add bananas remove milk
Having Sandy recognize names might solve the second problem. Assume that the list could be named "wine" or "trader joe's"
> update #trader joe's, add case of 2 buck chuck for the party
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Inappropriate?Is it possible to create a "checklist", A list that contains multiple todo items?
Currently, no. The closest you can come is to create multiple todo items and give them all the same tag. See http://getsatisfaction.com/iwantsandy...1 Comment Add a comment
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