From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nick Dokos Subject: Re: Re: Using [/] or [%] Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:36:19 -0400 Message-ID: <8637.1240342579@alphaville.usa.hp.com> References: <6dffa35e0904211200m42b2c86at892bf8a9cba2b6d0@mail.gmail.com> <87mya995o2.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> Reply-To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LwLmp-0007BO-KJ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:37:43 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LwLmj-00078p-WA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:37:42 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57911 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LwLmj-00078j-MD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:37:37 -0400 Received: from g1t0028.austin.hp.com ([15.216.28.35]:7489) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LwLmj-0006h4-52 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:37:37 -0400 In-Reply-To: Message from Bernt Hansen of "Tue\, 21 Apr 2009 15\:18\:37 EDT." <87mya995o2.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Bernt Hansen Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Bernt Hansen wrote: > David Ellis writes: >=20 > > The manual includes the following: > > > > To keep the overview over the fraction of subtasks that are already com= pleted, insert either =E2=80=98[/]=E2=80=99 or =E2=80=98[%]=E2=80=99 anywhe= re in the > > headline. These cookies will be updates each time the todo status of a = child changes. For example: > > > > * Organize Party [33%] > > ** TODO Call people [1/2] > > *** TODO Peter > > *** DONE Sarah > > ** TODO Buy food > > ** DONE Talk to neighbor > > > > This seems to mean that if I enter the following into an org file: > > ** TODO test3 [/] > > *** TODO test 1 > > *** TODO test 2 > > *** TODO test 3 > > the [/] should be updated as I mark the sub tasks done. This doesn't wo= rk for me. > > > > I can get [/] and [%] to work with checkboxes. Is there some variable t= hat I need to set to get this to work? >=20 > This works out of the box for me with no special setup. >=20 For me too: it went into org via this commit commit 2c0812caf14e674d938d80d05678576c0cefcc83 Author: Carsten Dominik Date: Mon May 19 14:11:47 2008 +0200 Implement TODO statistics. =20=20=20=20 This uses the same cookies as Checkbox statistics, [%] and [/] and has been available since org-version 6.04. David, you probably need to update? HTH, Nick