Similarly, I use todo.md, and have VIM highlight "[ ]", "[x]", "[>]", "[v]", and "[-]" for bullet-journal-like TODO, DONE, Deferred, Dropped, and FAILED, respectively.

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Like this: https://github.com/jodavaho/bashlog

wow. Thanks for the tip

That's such a hack, I love it.

So you add tasks starting with `-` and change them to `+` when they're "checked off"?

Nice!! There is a cool Todo plugin for Sublime that I used for like a year.

Love it: simple and easy to maintain. Thank you for this great idea!

I'm stealing this.

Pretty neat trick.

wow. great trick!!