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From: "Eddward DeVilla" <eddward@gmail.com>
To: timotheus <timotheus@tstotts.net>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: mark check list items as `skipped'
Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:03:29 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <b71b18520701241703t15d525ffr5f1e034af3b2aa3d@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m2bqkof1ob.fsf@barnabas.local>

I manually mark it [*] or [_].  I haven't really settled on a pattern
or semantics.  Before org-mode and hnb before that, I think I used
    _ - not started
    v - in progress
    x - done
    s - skipped or scratched

Edd

On 1/24/07, timotheus <timotheus@tstotts.net> wrote:
>
> I am wondering if there is a built-in way to do the following with
> `org-mode'. If not, then I am interested in usage approaches, and maybe even
> considering this as a feature request.
>
> For my own check lists, I prefer that each check box have the following
> appearance:
>
> ** TODO items to purchase for project
>    - [ ] an item in the list, incomplete
>    - [X] an item in the list, complete
>    - [N] an item in the list that will never be performed
>
> What do other people do when a check list item is no longer valid; or you
> changed your mind? Archive it? Deleting a valid item, after choosing to skip
> it, seems a fallacious approach to organization; so the goal is a simple way to
> mark the item as skipped.
>
> For some reason, I have always thought of a check list item as being congruent
> to a 3-value enumerated type.
>
> -timotheus
>
>
>
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      reply	other threads:[~2007-01-25  1:03 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2007-01-24 23:24 mark check list items as `skipped' timotheus
2007-01-25  1:03 ` Eddward DeVilla [this message]

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