From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: latex checkboxes Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:14:51 -0400 Message-ID: <24284.1308320091@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> References: <16524.1308266941@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <87sjr87g09.fsf@gmail.com> <24011.1308317975@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <87fwn87dzu.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:56991) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QXZpQ-0003zo-Qz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:15:22 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QXZpO-0003J7-3s for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:15:19 -0400 Received: from vms173001pub.verizon.net ([206.46.173.1]:45446) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QXZpN-0003If-OW for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:15:17 -0400 Received: from alphaville.dokosmarshall.org ([unknown] [173.76.32.106]) by vms173001.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 7u2-7.02 32bit (built Apr 16 2009)) with ESMTPA id <0LMX00BY9U8RK210@vms173001.mailsrvcs.net> for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 09:15:04 -0500 (CDT) In-reply-to: Message from Nicolas Goaziou of "Fri, 17 Jun 2011 16:02:13 +0200." <87fwn87dzu.fsf@gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Thomas S. Dye" , Skip Collins , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > Nick Dokos writes: > > >> Btw, is there any consensus on better default values for :cbon, :cboff > >> and :cbtrans? Configurability isn't an excuse for ugly standards. > >> > > > > I don't think so - not yet in any case. I didn't even know about the > > box stuff until Skip brought it up. I would have thought that the > > default ones should be the simplest thing possible: [ ], [X] and [-] > > in a monospaced font, something that does not need any help from > > additional LaTeX packages, the kind of thing that org-list-to-latex > > does. > > Then, what about setting :cbtrans to "\\texttt{[-]}" and > `org-export-latex-list-parameters' to nil, instead of "$\\boxminus$" and > '(:cbon "$\\boxtimes$" :cboff "$\\Box$"), respectively? > I'm fine with that - Skip? Tom? Others? If this does end up being the case, then Skip's \parbox method can be integrated into Tom's LaTeX tutorial or as a separate hack on Worg. Nick