[FEATURE REQUEST] Accept/Render cron statements in "when" forms of habits

[dierochade]

The possibilies for scheduling habits seem quite limited? Cron statements could be an easy solution for a massive improvement?

[dohsimpson]

It's an interesting idea, however, HT is unlikely to support minutely / hourly frequency like cron. Do you have particular scheduling frequency you have in mind?

[dierochade]

For me personally its not about the high frequency , but the versatility.

I have not really a particular scheme in mind. I was just expermimenting and tried to setup something like a task for every 10 days. Or even recurrent, only valid after 10 days have passed after last completion.

I thought maybe cron would be a widely known format and thus is user friendly and I thought it might be easier to implement than something completely new...

[dohsimpson]

Ah yes, I'm with you on the every X day frequency. It's not well supported in HT right now due to the limitation of how frequency is stored. But I want to support it eventually.

As for cron syntax, I think it is great for more technical folks, not so much for less technical people.

[janssenvdh]

I could use an "any time" frequency option without being limited to once per day. For example, I'd like to reward my kids every time they do as they're told without complaining or procrastinating. An hourly or minutely frequency would work, but an unlimited frequency would be perfect.

[dohsimpson]

@janssenvdh Interesting idea on the any time frequency. Would you open a new discussion for this?

[janssenvdh]

@janssenvdh Interesting idea on the any time frequency. Would you open a new discussion for this?

Done. See discussion #158.