There is no way to remove a keyword from a task

[Jefficus]

I want to use the keyword system to assign temporary attributes to tasks. For example: @today for a task I plan to work on today, or @Blocked for a task that is blocked and waiting for somebody else. I can create those keywords easily enough, and assign them, but there is no way to remove them once they no long apply. A simple command would solve that problem: t_remove_keyword @Keyword

[agateau]

You can remove a keyword by editing the task with t_edit, or am I missing something?

[Jefficus]

Ah. Yes. I see now that you can remove them that way. Thanks.

For the record, this seems entirely unintuitive to me, as it requires knowing how the underlying record is being stored. I had assumed that it would be a link made between the task and the keyword, which would then need to be unlinked (similar to how projects are made active and inactive explicitly.) I had no idea that the linkage was created by actually embedding the keyword term into the task heading itself. This then invites the question: if you can do it by editing the task, then why is there a t_add_keywords cmd in the first place? Couldn't that too have been done by editing the task?

Anyway, I can live with having to edit the task to remove the keyword, but you might want to consider adding a removal command. That would make the keyword system much more efficient for anyone like me who might be changing keywords frequently.

[agateau]

At the database level, it is indeed implemented as you said: a link between the task and the keyword. Keywords can be added/removed using t_edit to match the fact that you can assign keywords using t_add.

t_add_keywords was added so that you can add keywords in bulk using t_apply, but I agree it would make sense to have a matching t_remove_keywords command.