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Markdown Tasks Rainmeter Skin

Markdown Tasks puts open Markdown checkboxes into two desktop panels: Tasks and an amber-titled Chores variant.

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Open creator source and setup instructionsSource page · not a direct installer
Creator source preview of Markdown Tasks
Creator preview: thomas-quant/rainmeter-markdown-tasks creator repository. Documentation preview published in thomas-quant/rainmeter-markdown-tasks; credited to thomas-quant. Third-party wallpaper or imagery is not asserted included. Rights: owner-authorized/unverified: DeskSpruce owner accepts preview-use risk; creator permission for commercial preview reuse has not been established. Source copyright and any noncommercial restrictions remain in force. Still frame from the creator animation; resized and re-encoded as WebP, not an animated preview.

Markdown Tasks puts open Markdown checkboxes into two desktop panels: Tasks and an amber-titled Chores variant. Both read one file while filtering different headings, and clicking a displayed row marks its checkbox complete in that file. Obsidian-style links and task metadata receive simplified display formatting.

What this skin includes

  • Reads the Markdown file every 10 seconds.
  • Includes tasks beneath subheadings and ignores code blocks.
  • Clicking a row changes its unchecked checkbox to checked.
  • Formats supported due dates as readable due-date text.
  • Ships with 15 row meters per widget.
  • Tasks and Chores use separate heading filters.

Setup and limits

Download and double-click the release RMSKIN, or copy the Tasks and Chores folders into Rainmeter's skins directory, refresh, and load their INI files. Set TaskFile in each INI to the full Windows path without quotes. Add the matching Markdown headings, then position the widgets and save their positions.

Requires Rainmeter 4.0+ on Windows and an ASCII TaskFile path. Clicking cannot uncheck tasks, add completion dates, or generate recurring occurrences. Extra tasks beyond MaxTasks remain hidden; displaying more than 15 rows requires additional meter blocks. Preserve UTF-16 LE encoding when editing the skin files. Current Windows-build compatibility has not been independently verified; this research did not install or execute the skin.

Open creator source and setup instructions (source page, not a direct installer).

Creator and preview provenance

Created by thomas-quant. Creator source · Original source preview. Documentation preview published in thomas-quant/rainmeter-markdown-tasks; credited to thomas-quant. Third-party wallpaper or imagery is not asserted included. Preview reproduction is owner-authorized with unverified reuse rights; this is not a creator license grant.

Source license or licensing statement; check the scope and any more specific notices before reuse.

Related skins and installation

Read the Rainmeter installation guide. Compare Mond and Wisp. These are different works, not additional editions of this skin.

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