Re: definition lists in org-mode

[Rick Moynihan <rick@calicojack.co.uk>]

Eddward DeVilla wrote:
> ...
> Now first off, I know I could get most of what I want if I were to
> switch to use outline entries instead of a plain list.  Heading don't
> wrap.  That just seems wrong though.  It's a list.  I'd have to
> replace the simple checkboxes with TODO keyword (which isn't so
> unreasonable now that we can have multiple sequences) 

Out of curiousity this led me to try doing something like this:

(setq org-todo-keywords
       '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
         (type "[ ]" "|" "[X]")
         ))

i.e. Hack an implementation of checkboxes onto the todo-keywords 
feature.  Unfortunately it fails to work, the checkboxes aren't 
recognised as TODO keywords, and don't cycle properly.  Obviously also 
C-c can't be used to toggle them (as it adds tags) and these wouldn't be 
real checkboxes.

I'm not sure if there is a need for checkboxes in outlines.  When I 
started with org-mode this is something I felt like I needed; though 
this is likely due to me having previously used vim outliner for about a 
year.

Can anyone else see a use/need for this?

Vim outliner supports checkboxes as part of outlines, which allows 
folding etc...  It will also automatically check parent boxes when all 
child boxes are checked (is there a way for org-mode to do this???)

R.