From: "Chris Randle" <chris@amlog.co.uk>
To: 'Carsten Dominik' <dominik@science.uva.nl>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: RE: Checkboxes and intermediate state
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:48:44 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6E2ACEFCD9804F60A9411D1965D22893@CUBE> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FBB8748F-F456-4A1C-9B0E-C2C5A8A8DB54@uva.nl>
Hi Carsten
Carsten Dominik wrote:
> this was an intentional change, I thought that a
> simple command to get rid of a checkbox was more
> important.
>
> I have put setting to [-] back in now, but you will need a double
> prefix
Thanks for doing that. The 6.22b manual needs updating on p46 (half-way
down).
I hate to come across as awkward, but I'd like to find out how others
use checkboxes and their opinion of this change.
I use checkboxes daily. Largely as a sub-set of mini-todos under a main
todo heading. For example, I have a computer in for a fix, and as I work
on it removing bits or changing settings, I'll quickly add a new line
(`M-S-RET') to remind me to revert the changes afterwards. Mini-example
of being part-way working through the finished list with a defrag kicked
off:
*** TODO Finish up
- [X] Uninstall WinPcap driver
- [X] Uninstall UltraVNC
- [-] Defrag
- [ ] Reset screen resolution to 1280x854
I've not used the new ability to convert lines to/from checkboxes,
although I can see how it could be useful, especially on a block of
items. But, there are a couple of things I'd like to get a feel for from
others using checkboxes heavily:
Taking the example above, and doing `C-u C-c C-c' on the defrag line, I
don't see why this result
*** TODO Finish up
- [X] Uninstall WinPcap driver
- [X] Uninstall UltraVNC
- Defrag
- [ ] Reset screen resolution to 1280x854
should be more important/useful/common than the previous pending state.
Converting items to/from checkboxes, I should have thought, would have
been something done once, whereas manipulating the state of a checkbox
was something that is done more often. So I think that `C-u C-c C-c'
should stay as toggle pending state and `C-u C-u C-c C-c' (less
frequently used?) should be remove checkbox. Also, why then doesn't
(currently) `C-u C-c C-c' put a checkbox back in?
I do so much want to stress how I don't want to criticise your fabulous
code. I'm so grateful to you for Org-mode - it's miraculous. I just want
to see if my usage is a minority style.
--
Chris Randle
Windows XP Pro SP3 - GNU Emacs 22.1.1 - Org-mode 6.21b
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-15 12:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-14 15:46 Checkboxes and intermediate state Chris Randle
2009-02-15 9:02 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-02-15 12:48 ` Chris Randle [this message]
2009-02-15 14:56 ` Carsten Dominik
2009-02-15 15:05 ` Sivaram Neelakantan
2009-02-17 3:20 ` Eddward DeVilla
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