I have 1000+ tasks (in a tree structure) and each month/week I add start dates only to those that I actually want to work on this period.
Currently this use case is not supported by todoman. It does have --startable, but that is quite a different beast.
I propose to have a --started flag to only show tasks that have their start date on today or an earlier day.
Since my proposal is actually achievable (see next comment), I suggest it is better documented instead, so it is easier to find for the user.