I use a mostly identical system, except instead of lines in a textfile, I use files in a folder, where the status is denoted by the extention. If you also assi

I use a mostly identical system, except instead of lines in a textfile, I use files in a folder, where the status is denoted by the extention. If you also assign specific icons per extension, which you can do e.g in Total commander, you have a nice icon-coded todo list. Using files instead of lines has several advantages. E.g. you can add notes in an item. Copy paste/link across projects etc. Search items vs in-text. Use dotfiles or ignore-patterns to hide/unhide items, associate certain tasks with specific apps (e.g. calendar) ... etc etc. Have been using this for more than a decade, works great.