From: pinard@iro.umontreal.ca (François Pinard)
To: suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Changing [X] by something else
Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:29:28 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8739alfd3b.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMXnza2oyF4x7xzG61vUk2nhbh0AxZsChUG+=BTFre1eM261XA@mail.gmail.com> (suvayu ali's message of "Wed, 8 Feb 2012 18:16:30 +0100")
suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi François,
Hi, Suvayu (or Ali?)
> 2012/2/8 François Pinard <pinard@iro.umontreal.ca>:
>> I notice in org.el that [X] is hard-wired, while I would have liked the
>> possibility of changing it by [✓] in my things
> One has to draw the line at something.
Granted. :-)
> Although I am just a user I feel this falls into the same category as
> the request from last year to make the stars in a headline
> configurable. This is an integral part of org syntax.
Well, Org mode is built over Outline mode, stars are coming from there.
While [?] are pure Org mode additions, so Org "owns" it better...
> making org syntax customisable defeats interoperability and breaks
> external tools written to parse org files.
Exactly my objection to my own suggestion.
> That said, I believe you can customise how these check boxes are
> exported to various backends. AFAIR, there is a nice thread discussing
> the case for latex export from the end of last year.
Oh, I was not at all thinking about export. Just my own pleasure while
editing Org mode files within Emacs. :-) Not a big deal, of course.
François
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-02-08 17:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-02-08 17:04 Changing [X] by something else François Pinard
2012-02-08 17:16 ` suvayu ali
2012-02-08 17:29 ` François Pinard [this message]
2012-02-08 17:40 ` suvayu ali
2012-02-09 16:26 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2012-02-09 16:54 ` François Pinard
2012-02-10 13:24 ` Allen S. Rout
2012-02-12 4:06 ` François Pinard
2012-02-10 13:23 ` Allen S. Rout
2012-02-11 9:40 ` Reiner Steib
2012-02-11 15:39 ` Jambunathan K
2012-02-11 19:10 ` Jambunathan K
2012-02-11 19:18 ` Jon Miller
2012-02-12 2:44 ` François Pinard
2012-02-12 6:19 ` Jambunathan K
2012-02-12 14:12 ` François Pinard
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