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From: David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
To: Steinar Bang <sb@dod.no>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is it possible for checkbox items to have :LOGBOOK: drawers?
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 11:21:39 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d3bvjtn0.wl%dmaus@ictsoc.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87ehwce4et.fsf@dod.no>

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At Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:13:14 +0100,
Steinar Bang wrote:
>
> Platform: Ubuntu 10.10
>           GNU Emacs 23.1.1
>           git version of org-mode
>
> When I create a TODO task, I first create the task, then I create
> checkboxes for the things I would like to do, ie.
>
> * My tasks
> ** TODO here's a new task [/]
>  - [ ] First I need to do this
>  - [ ] Then I need to do that
>  - [ ] Finally I need to finish this
>
> The reason for using checkboxes, is that I find them more visually
> pleasing than nested TODOs.  But when logging progress, I can't use the
> logbook functionality (like I could have done with nested TODOs).  I
> have ended up doing this:
>
> * My tasks
> ** TODO here's a new task [/]
>  - [ ] First I need to do this
>   - Logbook:
>     - My first note
>     - My second note
>  - [ ] Then I need to do that
>  - [ ] Finally I need to finish this
>
> That works, after a fashion.  But I get no timestamp on the notes,
> unless I remember to do a `C-.'
>
> I've tried putting :LOGBOOK: drawers in the checkboxes, and that seemed
> to work at first, but then I discovered that all notes ended up in the
> topmost checkbox, which just happened to reside under the first
> checkbox.
>
> Is there some variable that I can set to make :LOGBOOK: drawers work
> under checkboxes?  Is there some other similar solution?  (I'm on git
> org-mode at home, and use native emacs 23 org-mode and 7.7 on the
> windows boxes at work)

No, as far as I know it is not possible to attach a Drawer to a list
item.

Best,
  -- David
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-12-11 10:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-12-10 17:13 Is it possible for checkbox items to have :LOGBOOK: drawers? Steinar Bang
2011-12-11 10:21 ` David Maus [this message]
2011-12-11 10:30 ` Nicolas Goaziou
2011-12-11 11:56   ` Steinar Bang
2011-12-11 12:25     ` Bastien

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