From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Bernt Hansen Subject: Re: Using [/] or [%] Date: Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:18:37 -0400 Message-ID: <87mya995o2.fsf@gollum.intra.norang.ca> References: <6dffa35e0904211200m42b2c86at892bf8a9cba2b6d0@mail.gmail.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 1LwLUa-0000xk-Nw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:18:52 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LwLUW-0000wC-TD for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:18:52 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60605 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LwLUW-0000w5-P3 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:18:48 -0400 Received: from mx20.gnu.org ([199.232.41.8]:38229) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LwLUW-0001vO-G1 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:18:48 -0400 Received: from mho-01-ewr.mailhop.org ([204.13.248.71]) by mx20.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LwLUV-0006vo-Qe for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:18:47 -0400 In-Reply-To: <6dffa35e0904211200m42b2c86at892bf8a9cba2b6d0@mail.gmail.com> (David Ellis's message of "Tue\, 21 Apr 2009 14\:00\:43 -0500") 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: David Ellis Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org David Ellis writes: > The manual includes the following: > > To keep the overview over the fraction of subtasks that are already compl= eted, insert either =E2=80=98[/]=E2=80=99 or =E2=80=98[%]=E2=80=99 anywhere= in the > headline. These cookies will be updates each time the todo status of a ch= ild 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 work= for me. > > I can get [/] and [%] to work with checkboxes. Is there some variable tha= t I need to set to get this to work? This works out of the box for me with no special setup. ,----[ x.org ] | ** TODO test3 [1/3] | *** TODO test 1 | *** DONE test 2 | *** TODO test 3 `---- -Bernt