From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Eddward DeVilla" Subject: Re: mark check list items as `skipped' Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:03:29 -0600 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H9t1Z-0004cG-Bu for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:03:33 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1H9t1X-0004c4-0Z for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:03:32 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1H9t1W-0004c1-R7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:03:30 -0500 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.228]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1H9t1W-0001KI-Cc for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:03:30 -0500 Received: by wr-out-0506.google.com with SMTP id 37so286366wra for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:03:29 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline 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: timotheus Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org 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 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 What do other people do when a check list item is no longer valid; or you 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 > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode >