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* Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org?
@ 2008-07-18 17:14 Jose Robins
  2008-07-18 17:16 ` Carsten Dominik
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
From: Jose Robins @ 2008-07-18 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
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I was just thinking today that instead of using "TODO" and "DONE" 
keywords in org-mode to denote tasks, why not use a square box character 
(like in task manager apps) to denote a TODO state and a square box with 
a tick to denote a completed state... That would make the tasks look 
more intuitive...

Since I'm only superficially familiar with UTF and issues with character 
sets, could someone suggest a method on how to achieve this? I guess, I 
should be able to copy and paste this character in a customize buffer, 
right? Any issues with this?

Thanks,
Jose



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• * Re: Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org?
    2008-07-18 17:14 Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org? Jose Robins
  @ 2008-07-18 17:16 ` Carsten Dominik
    2008-07-18 21:01   ` Jason F. McBrayer
    0 siblings, 1 reply; 3+ messages in thread
  From: Carsten Dominik @ 2008-07-18 17:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
    To: Jose Robins; +Cc: org-mode
  
  
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  On Jul 18, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Jose Robins wrote:
  
  > I was just thinking today that instead of using "TODO" and "DONE"  
  > keywords in org-mode to denote tasks, why not use a square box  
  > character (like in task manager apps) to denote a TODO state and a  
  > square box with a tick to denote a completed state... That would  
  > make the tasks look more intuitive...
  >
  > Since I'm only superficially familiar with UTF and issues with  
  > character sets, could someone suggest a method on how to achieve  
  > this? I guess, I should be able to copy and paste this character in  
  > a customize buffer, right? Any issues with this?
  
  You can use any characters if you also tell the syntax table that  
  these are word characters.
  
  - Carsten
  
  
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• • * Re: Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org?
      2008-07-18 17:16 ` Carsten Dominik
    @ 2008-07-18 21:01   ` Jason F. McBrayer
      0 siblings, 0 replies; 3+ messages in thread
    From: Jason F. McBrayer @ 2008-07-18 21:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
      To: org-mode
    
    Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl> writes:
    
    > On Jul 18, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Jose Robins wrote:
    >
    >     I was just thinking today that instead of using "TODO" and "DONE" keywords in org-mode to denote tasks,
    >     why not use a square box character (like in task manager apps) to denote a TODO state and a square box
    >     with a tick to denote a completed state... That would make the tasks look more intuitive...
    >    
    >     Since I'm only superficially familiar with UTF and issues with character sets, could someone suggest a
    >     method on how to achieve this? I guess, I should be able to copy and paste this character in a customize
    >     buffer, right? Any issues with this?
    >
    > You can use any characters if you also tell the syntax table that these are word characters.
    
    These characters may be helpful:
    
    ☐: U+2610 BALLOT BOX
    ☑: U+2611 BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK
    ☒: U+2612 BALLOT BOX WITH X
    
    How helpful they are probably depends on your font; they look good but
    small in DejaVu Sans Mono.
    
    -- 
    +-----------------------------------------------------------+
    | Jason F. McBrayer                    jmcbray@carcosa.net  |
    | If someone conquers a thousand times a thousand others in |
    | battle, and someone else conquers himself, the latter one |
    | is the greatest of all conquerors.  --- The Dhammapada    |
    
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