strange. It has always worked fine for me. It turns out in the long run I don't use it much, C-c C-c does the same thing on check boxes, and speed commands on headings end up being easier to use for me. YMMV of course. John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 9:35 AM Jean Louis wrote: > * John Kitchin [2019-08-12 15:05]: > > > > Jean Louis writes: > > > > > * Steve Quezadas [2019-08-12 05:59]: > > >> Guys, > > >> > > >> This is a slightly offtopic, but I've been using org-mode and I love > love > > >> loveit. Was the writing of org-mode related in any way to Douglas > > >> Engelbart's NLS/Augment system? A lot of the features seem to > crossover. Or > > >> is this simply coincidence? > > > > > > I have been watching the demonstration on these pages: > > > http://dougengelbart.org/content/view/216/000/#Augment > > > > > > and videos by Christina Engelbart, > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PLCGFadV4FqU15vunAfsTDzeEPnHDaf7n0&v=STRuciV6L38 > > > > > > Org mode look similar to that Augment browser, definitely. With > > > differences. But it looks as nice information management system. > > > > > > It would be good that Org mode gets some kind of buttons follow the > > > mouse feature upon turning it on, just as shown on this video: > > > https://vimeo.com/81238285 > > > > > > > I think (require 'org-mouse) provides lots of mouse support for > > opening/closing outlines, checking/unchecking checkboxes, etc. > > I have tried it, but it does not turn on at all times. Documentation > is vague. It is unclear how should it turn on. > > Jean >