Re: checkbox problem

[Samuel Wales <samologist@gmail.com>]

Interesting.

Just as a brainstorm, I wonder if there is a block that could achieve
the same effect?  Or, perhaps, if indentation that looks like the
following could be handled automatically?

  - item
    - subitem
this is stuff pasted flush left.  we know that it is a body because
there is no blank line between subitem and "this is stuff".

this is another paragraph of the body  we know that it is still part
of the body because it is followed by a subitem and there is no blank
line after it.  this is a little kludgey and maybe there is a better
solution.
    - this is another subitem that terminates the plain list item above.

Perhaps this was already considered?

On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 01:36, Sebastian Rose<sebastian_rose@gmx.de> wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
>
>
>
> Lists depend entirely on indentation.
>
> Sidenote:
>
> For long mails and similar texts I use a drawer:
>
>
>  (setq org-drawers (quote ("PROPERTIES" "CLOCK" "PHONE" "EMAIL"
>    "REMAIL" "HIDDEN" "LOGBOOK")))
>
> :EMAIL: and :REMAIL: are the ones I use for mails from and to
> customers.
>
>
>
>
>  Sebastian
>
>
>
> "Thomas S. Dye" <tsd@tsdye.com> writes:
>> Aloha all,
>>
>> First, org-mode is really useful.  The more I use it, the more useful it gets
>> and the more I appreciate its flexibility.  I've been using it  for several
>> months but still feel like a newbie.  Perhaps the problem  I'm having stems from
>> this.
>>
>> I use the checkbox feature a lot, with good effect, like this:
>>
>> *** Task 1 [/]
>>       - [ ] Step 1
>>       - [ ] Step 2
>>       - [ ] Step 3
>>
>> Recently, I received via email comments from 4 reviewers on a paper I'd
>> submitted for publication.  The editor asked me to keep track of  how I'd
>> responded to all of the comments, so I tried this:
>>
>> *** Reviewer 1 [/]
>>       - [ ] Comment 1
>>       - [ ] Comment 2
>> etc.
>>
>> I cut the comments out of the email message and pasted them directly into the
>> org file in Aquamacs Emacs.  Some of the comments are quite  lengthy, others are
>> short.
>>
>> My problem is that midway down a list of comments org-mode ceases to recognize
>> that the comment checkboxes are associated with the  heading.  In each case, the
>> last comment checkbox that is correctly  associated with the heading formats
>> differently (with Esc-Q) than the  comments above it.  The comment checkboxes
>> that are associated  correctly format as indented blocks with the second and
>> subsequent  lines of text left justified on the "[" of the first line.  The last
>> associated checkbox justifies the second and subsequent lines two  characters
>> left of the "-" of the first line.  Subsequent,  unassociated checkboxes align
>> the "-" of the first line with last line  of the item above it.  Here is an
>> example:
>>
>>
>> *** Reviewer 3 [2/6]
>>
>> ... (Several items omitted)
>>
>>     - [X] p. 7 In 1779, Kamehameha was a young man on his way up as a
>>       favored nephew of Kalaniopu`u, but isn't it a little early to
>>       refer to his dynasty?
>>     - [X] p. 7 It is true Kamehameha benefited greatly from Western
>>   advice and weapons, but the tradition of conquest was well
>>   established by the time he embarked on his career as a conqueror by
>>   chiefs including Kalaniopu`u, and especially Kahekili.
>>   - [X] p. 7 According to traditions 'Umi's father had been recognized
>>     as paramount of the island.  `Umi regained his father's status by
>>     putting down a rebellion of the five districts other than Hamakua
>>     and reunited the polity.  I think of this as a civil war rather
>>     than the capture of territory to which he had no previous claim.
>>
>> In this case the first two items are counted in the headline, but the last one
>> isn't.
>>
>> If someone could point out what might be going wrong, I'll appreciate it.
>>
>> All the best,
>> Tom
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