* Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org?
@ 2008-07-18 17:14 Jose Robins
2008-07-18 17:16 ` Carsten Dominik
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From: Jose Robins @ 2008-07-18 17:14 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: org-mode
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I was just thinking today that instead of using "TODO" and "DONE"
keywords in org-mode to denote tasks, why not use a square box character
(like in task manager apps) to denote a TODO state and a square box with
a tick to denote a completed state... That would make the tasks look
more intuitive...
Since I'm only superficially familiar with UTF and issues with character
sets, could someone suggest a method on how to achieve this? I guess, I
should be able to copy and paste this character in a customize buffer,
right? Any issues with this?
Thanks,
Jose
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* Re: Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org?
2008-07-18 17:14 Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org? Jose Robins
@ 2008-07-18 17:16 ` Carsten Dominik
2008-07-18 21:01 ` Jason F. McBrayer
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From: Carsten Dominik @ 2008-07-18 17:16 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jose Robins; +Cc: org-mode
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On Jul 18, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Jose Robins wrote:
> I was just thinking today that instead of using "TODO" and "DONE"
> keywords in org-mode to denote tasks, why not use a square box
> character (like in task manager apps) to denote a TODO state and a
> square box with a tick to denote a completed state... That would
> make the tasks look more intuitive...
>
> Since I'm only superficially familiar with UTF and issues with
> character sets, could someone suggest a method on how to achieve
> this? I guess, I should be able to copy and paste this character in
> a customize buffer, right? Any issues with this?
You can use any characters if you also tell the syntax table that
these are word characters.
- Carsten
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* Re: Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org?
2008-07-18 17:16 ` Carsten Dominik
@ 2008-07-18 21:01 ` Jason F. McBrayer
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From: Jason F. McBrayer @ 2008-07-18 21:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: org-mode
Carsten Dominik <dominik@uva.nl> writes:
> On Jul 18, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Jose Robins wrote:
>
> I was just thinking today that instead of using "TODO" and "DONE" keywords in org-mode to denote tasks,
> why not use a square box character (like in task manager apps) to denote a TODO state and a square box
> with a tick to denote a completed state... That would make the tasks look more intuitive...
>
> Since I'm only superficially familiar with UTF and issues with character sets, could someone suggest a
> method on how to achieve this? I guess, I should be able to copy and paste this character in a customize
> buffer, right? Any issues with this?
>
> You can use any characters if you also tell the syntax table that these are word characters.
These characters may be helpful:
☐: U+2610 BALLOT BOX
☑: U+2611 BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK
☒: U+2612 BALLOT BOX WITH X
How helpful they are probably depends on your font; they look good but
small in DejaVu Sans Mono.
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