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Subject: Re: Visual distinctiveness of todo states (was: No Brackets in TODO
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Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:38:48 +0000 (UTC)
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Memnon Anon <gegendosenfleisch <at> googlemail.com> writes:

> 
> Hi Marcus,
> 
> Marcus Klemm <marcus.klemm <at> googlemail.com> writes:
> 
> > For visual reasons I'd like to have TODO keywords in brackets, like
> > [TODO], [DONE] etc. 
> 
> not sure about the brackets, but to add some visual distinctiveness, I
> use this:
> [...]
> Give it a try ;).

I experimented a lot with background colors and boxes (although the
pseudo-3D is so 90s) and came to the conclusion, that a combination
of brackets and a colorful background looks best.

But it's only a cosmetic issue, if allowing square brackets is too
much work, so be it.

Ciao, Marcus