From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Gary Oberbrunner Subject: Re: TODO items in lists (not headings) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 09:34:01 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87zjdzgvbm.fsf@gmail.com> <33715521b64c4fd58013ab8157ffaf6f@fcmailsvr2.familycareinc.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=047d7b5d677cd5062d0503bb9e64 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35972) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XWQET-0002Fq-To for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 09:34:24 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XWQEL-0001jz-0v for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 09:34:17 -0400 Received: from mail-pa0-f44.google.com ([209.85.220.44]:61335) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1XWQEK-0001jK-QQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 09:34:08 -0400 Received: by mail-pa0-f44.google.com with SMTP id eu11so5568488pac.17 for ; Tue, 23 Sep 2014 06:34:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Cc: Orgmode Mailing List --047d7b5d677cd5062d0503bb9e64 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Gary Oberbrunner wrote: > > > On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Subhan Michael Tindall < > SubhanT@familycareinc.org> wrote: > >> Lists are very explicitly not intended to contain TODO items. >> >> Checkboxes provide a bit of this functionality, sort of a =E2=80=98TODO = lite=E2=80=99 >> >> ... >> >> The problem is that list items/checkbox items are NOT headlines, and all >> the TODO code etc. is tied to headlines. >> >> >> >> I haven=E2=80=99t looked at the code but I suspect an extensive rewrite = to >> integrate it with the rest of the headline code. Not as much if it=E2= =80=99s kept >> as an isolated extension. >> >> >> > > I suspected as much. Although having TODOs in lists would be awesome, > checkboxes will do for me now. > One more followup on this: it turns out I don't need to use plain lists nearly as often as I had thought! I didn't understand that org-mode export automatically makes headers greater than N into lists (at least with the H:N option). So in many cases I can actually use headers (including TODOs) and get all the benefits there (including not just TODOs but attributes and so on) while still having my exported document look like bulleted lists. Org-mode ftw! --=20 Gary --047d7b5d677cd5062d0503bb9e64 Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 2:49 PM, Gary Oberbrunner <= ;garyo@oberbrunn= er.com> wrote:


On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 12:23 PM, Subhan Michael Tindall <SubhanT@familycareinc.org> wrote:

Lists are very explicitly= not intended to contain TODO items.

Checkboxes provide a bit = of this functionality, sort of a =E2=80=98TODO lite=E2=80=99<= /span>

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The problem is that list = items/checkbox items are NOT headlines, and all the TODO code etc. is tied = to headlines.

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I haven=E2=80=99t looked = at the code but I suspect an extensive rewrite to integrate it with the res= t of the headline code.=C2=A0 Not as much if it=E2=80=99s kept as an isolat= ed extension.

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I suspected as much.=C2= =A0 Although having TODOs in lists would be awesome, checkboxes will do for= me now.

One more f= ollowup on this: it turns out I don't need to use plain lists nearly as= often as I had thought!=C2=A0 I didn't understand that org-mode export= automatically makes headers greater than N into lists (at least with the H= :N option). =C2=A0 So in many cases I can actually use headers (including T= ODOs) and get all the benefits there (including not just TODOs but attribut= es and so on) while still having my exported document look like bulleted li= sts.=C2=A0 Org-mode ftw!

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