From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Creating a "multi-state checkbox" Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:29:21 -0400 Message-ID: <87k4skbyzy.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nz6yV-0001dq-Nw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:29:43 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=36648 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Nz6yU-0001cj-55 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:29:43 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nz6yQ-00078U-AF for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:29:42 -0400 Received: from mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.71]:61302) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Nz6yQ-00076s-6o for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 06 Apr 2010 07:29:38 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Chad Birch's message of "Mon\, 5 Apr 2010 17\:40\:09 -0600") 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: Chad Birch Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Chad Birch writes: > Hello, > > I'm fairly new to org-mode (but loving it so far), so my apologies if > this is something that's been discussed before, I had no luck finding > a similar topic in the mailing list or docs. > > I've been using nested checkboxes to set up lists of tasks I need to > perform, because I really like being able to use [/] and [%] to > display my overall progress at the higher levels. In some cases > though, it would be convenient if there was a way to create a > "checkbox" with more states than just binary on/off. For example, I > have a task that I need to repeat 10 times. I would like some way to > mark my progress, and then have the "checkbox" be completed once I've > reached 10. Of course, this can already be achieved in (at least) two > ways: > > - manually tracking the progress and manually checking off once I've > completed it 10 times > - creating 10 sub-checkboxes > > However, I'm wondering if there is some way to do it automatically, it > would be nice to just have a keypress for "increment counter" and have > it automatically complete when the target value is reached. Hi Chad, I don't believe that type of functionality exists in org-mode today. I would probably go with the create 10 sub-checkboxes solution since that's easy and works now. HTH, Bernt