Re: checkbox problem

From: Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
To: Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: checkbox problem
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:33:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <937E6366-FAD2-4349-8972-84F8469AE1C0@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20524da70906191058j1e54c44x33f5ebe1938b9a0@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Samuel,

I am quite convinced that only indentation should be used to determine
list structure.  I believe the solution to the problem would be a yank  
function
that would adapt the indentation...

- Carsten

On Jun 19, 2009, at 7:58 PM, Samuel Wales wrote:

> Interesting.
>
> Just as a brainstorm, I wonder if there is a block that could achieve
> the same effect?  Or, perhaps, if indentation that looks like the
> following could be handled automatically?
>
>  - item
>    - subitem
> this is stuff pasted flush left.  we know that it is a body because
> there is no blank line between subitem and "this is stuff".
>
> this is another paragraph of the body  we know that it is still part
> of the body because it is followed by a subitem and there is no blank
> line after it.  this is a little kludgey and maybe there is a better
> solution.
>    - this is another subitem that terminates the plain list item  
> above.
>
> Perhaps this was already considered?
>
> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 01:36, Sebastian Rose<sebastian_rose@gmx.de>  
> wrote:
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
>>
>>
>> Lists depend entirely on indentation.
>>
>> Sidenote:
>>
>> For long mails and similar texts I use a drawer:
>>
>>
>>  (setq org-drawers (quote ("PROPERTIES" "CLOCK" "PHONE" "EMAIL"
>>    "REMAIL" "HIDDEN" "LOGBOOK")))
>>
>> :EMAIL: and :REMAIL: are the ones I use for mails from and to
>> customers.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>  Sebastian
>>
>>
>>
>> "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com> writes:
>>> Aloha all,
>>>
>>> First, org-mode is really useful.  The more I use it, the more  
>>> useful it gets
>>> and the more I appreciate its flexibility.  I've been using it   
>>> for several
>>> months but still feel like a newbie.  Perhaps the problem  I'm  
>>> having stems from
>>> this.
>>>
>>> I use the checkbox feature a lot, with good effect, like this:
>>>
>>> *** Task 1 [/]
>>>       - [ ] Step 1
>>>       - [ ] Step 2
>>>       - [ ] Step 3
>>>
>>> Recently, I received via email comments from 4 reviewers on a  
>>> paper I'd
>>> submitted for publication.  The editor asked me to keep track of   
>>> how I'd
>>> responded to all of the comments, so I tried this:
>>>
>>> *** Reviewer 1 [/]
>>>       - [ ] Comment 1
>>>       - [ ] Comment 2
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> I cut the comments out of the email message and pasted them  
>>> directly into the
>>> org file in Aquamacs Emacs.  Some of the comments are quite   
>>> lengthy, others are
>>> short.
>>>
>>> My problem is that midway down a list of comments org-mode ceases  
>>> to recognize
>>> that the comment checkboxes are associated with the  heading.  In  
>>> each case, the
>>> last comment checkbox that is correctly  associated with the  
>>> heading formats
>>> differently (with Esc-Q) than the  comments above it.  The comment  
>>> checkboxes
>>> that are associated  correctly format as indented blocks with the  
>>> second and
>>> subsequent  lines of text left justified on the "[" of the first  
>>> line.  The last
>>> associated checkbox justifies the second and subsequent lines two   
>>> characters
>>> left of the "-" of the first line.  Subsequent,  unassociated  
>>> checkboxes align
>>> the "-" of the first line with last line  of the item above it.   
>>> Here is an
>>> example:
>>>
>>>
>>> *** Reviewer 3 [2/6]
>>>
>>> ... (Several items omitted)
>>>
>>>     - [X] p. 7 In 1779, Kamehameha was a young man on his way up  
>>> as a
>>>       favored nephew of Kalaniopu`u, but isn't it a little early to
>>>       refer to his dynasty?
>>>     - [X] p. 7 It is true Kamehameha benefited greatly from Western
>>>   advice and weapons, but the tradition of conquest was well
>>>   established by the time he embarked on his career as a conqueror  
>>> by
>>>   chiefs including Kalaniopu`u, and especially Kahekili.
>>>   - [X] p. 7 According to traditions 'Umi's father had been  
>>> recognized
>>>     as paramount of the island.  `Umi regained his father's status  
>>> by
>>>     putting down a rebellion of the five districts other than  
>>> Hamakua
>>>     and reunited the polity.  I think of this as a civil war rather
>>>     than the capture of territory to which he had no previous claim.
>>>
>>> In this case the first two items are counted in the headline, but  
>>> the last one
>>> isn't.
>>>
>>> If someone could point out what might be going wrong, I'll  
>>> appreciate it.
>>>
>>> All the best,
>>> Tom
>>
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