This is useful for backing up Nirvanahq todo lists.

Mac Install:

• sudo gem install nirvanahq
• Edit /Library/Ruby/Gems/2.0.0/gems/nirvanahq-0.1.4/lib/nirv.rb and go to line 74 and change “rescue Exception => e:” to “rescue Exception => e” (remove the colon).
• nirv init
• Edit ~/.nirvanahq/config.rb and
  • Update the value of user name to your Nirvana user name
  • Run this command to calculate the md5 of your password: md5 -s yourPasswordHere
  • Update the value of password to the md5 of your Nirvana password

Cygwin Install:

• Run Cygwin setup and install
  • ruby
  • rubygems
  • gem install nirvanahq
  • Ensure that $HOME/bin is on your PATH
  • Edit ~/.gem/ruby/gems/nirvanahq-0.1.4/lib/nirv.rb and go to line 74 and change “rescue Exception => e:” to “rescue Exception => e” (remove the colon).
• nirv init
• Edit ~/.nirvanahq/config.rb and
  • Update the value of user name to your Nirvana user name
  • Run this command to calculate the md5 of your password: md5 -s yourPasswordHere
  • Update the value of password to the md5 of your Nirvana password

Basic Operation:

• nirv version
• nirv help
• nirv backup
  • Dumps a full copy of your account to ~/.nirvanahq/backup.json
• nirv add “task text here”
• nirv add “task text here” -n “task note here” -t “Tag 1,Tag 2”

Spiffy Tricks:

• Mac: Install DTerm. Set up DTerm to activate on Ctrl-Space. Create a shell script named ‘nirva’ which executes: nirv add “$*”
  • This lets you add an action item by:
    • Press Ctrl-space
    • Enter: nirva Your text goes here
• Windows:
  • Run via SlickRun:
    • Install SlickRun. Set up SlickRun to activate on Cmd-Space. Create a command named ‘nirva’:
      • MagicWord: nirva
      • Filename or URL: e:\cygwin\bin\bash.exe
      • Start mode: Default mode
      • Startup path: E:\cygwin\home\WindowsLoginIdHere
      • Parameters: -tn rxvt-cygwin -g 100x5 -e /bin/bash –login -c ‘/home/WindowsUserId/bin/nirv-wrapper.sh “$I$”’
    • Create /home/WindowsUserId/bin/nirv-wrapper.sh, containing:

#!/bin/bash
PATH="$PATH:/user/bin:/home/WindowsUserId/bin"
nirv add "$*" 2>&1 | grep -v deprecated
sleep 3