From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Manish Subject: Re: Problem with toggling intermediate state of check boxes Date: Fri, 3 Apr 2009 15:24:40 +0530 Message-ID: References: <20090403041216.GM15359@earth> <8899.1238733436@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lpg75-0005Jd-1r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:55:03 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lpg6z-0005CY-Uw for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:55:02 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=37124 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lpg6z-0005CL-Ou for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:54:57 -0400 Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com ([209.85.142.187]:35491) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lpg6z-0000sj-5I for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 03 Apr 2009 05:54:57 -0400 Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id y8so860092tia.10 for ; Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:54:55 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8899.1238733436@gamaville.dokosmarshall.org> 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: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 10:07 AM, Nick Dokos wrote: > Cameron Horsburgh wrote: > > >> When I use C-u C-c C-c on a check box it deletes the check box rather >> than toggles the [-] state as adevrtised in the manual. I'm using >> version 6.25a as checked out of git several hours ago. >> >> I've never tried to use this behaviour before, so I can't say when it >> first occurred. >> >> Here's a minimal two lines that exhibit the behaviour: >> >> ,---- >> | * Headline [0/1] >> | - [ ] C-u C-c C-c will remove the checkbox >> `---- > > The manual says (I am behind the curve: I still run 6.24, but I doubt > either the behavior or this portion of the manual changed): > > `C-c C-c' > Toggle checkbox status or (with prefix arg) checkbox presence at > point. With double prefix argument, set it to `[-]', which is ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > considered to be an intermediate state. You need to do C-u C-u C-c C-c to get to that intermediate state. -- Manish > That's consistent with the behavior you observe: C-u C-c C-c toggles > "presence", i.e. whether the checkbox is there or not. To toggle the > checkbox, just use C-c C-c.