enable alternative icons, as current config is incompatible with dropbox sync

[flatlines]

I love this plugin and use it 10x daily. One of my favourite applications is this:

Meetings

• 10:00 [[quick catch up with Chi 📅 2021-11-05]] ✅ 2021-11-05

Where my meetings are listed as tasks, e.g.:

• 10:00 quick catch up with Chi 📅 2021-11-05

which then become notes about the meeting:

• 10:00 [[quick catch up with Chi 📅 2021-11-05]] ✅ 2021-11-05

stored in my file system as:

quick catch up with Chi 📅 2021-11-05.md

Unfortunately, Dropbox does not like 📅 in filenames when syncing. There is a discussion of that here: https://joschuasgarden.com/Emojis+that+sync+with+Dropbox

I use Dropbox to sync my vault to Android, where I then use FolderSync to make it available to the Obsidian Android app.

Would it be possible to create a settings option for Tasks that enables users to customise their unicode icons? i.e. I would like to have an option to replace 📅 with ⏰ or ⚡ as both will be synced by Dropbox in a filename.

[schemar]

I think you message got lost 😅 Please edit your message.

[flatlines]

@schemar I have updated the discussion, let me know if it is showing up properly now.

[schemar]

Does dropbox like colons and spaces? There will at some point be an option to use due::, done::, etc. instead of the emojis. See also the discussion here: https://forum.obsidian.md/t/task-management-devs-define-a-shared-date-and-action-format

[flatlines]

I love this suggestion and the discussion. Unfortunately Windows OS will not support : in a filename (I can't speak for other OS'). Forbidden characters are:
*"\/<>:|?
Everything else is permitted. I don't know how this affects the discussion being had over at the forums but it might be worth considering when deciding a standard.

[schemar]

OK. It seems I will also need to add +due, etc. in addition to due::, etc. If I do all at once, it's probably not much overhead.