From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Jose Robins Subject: Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org? Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:14:23 -0700 Message-ID: <4880CF6F.6020009@yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============1876588439==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KJtXI-0001ah-RH for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:14:28 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KJtXG-0001ZR-9K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:14:27 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41190 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KJtXG-0001ZO-3r for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:14:26 -0400 Received: from n22b.bullet.mail.mud.yahoo.com ([68.142.206.159]:20990) by monty-python.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KJtXF-00075a-Ip for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:14:25 -0400 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: org-mode This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --===============1876588439== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------090801050302060300080802" This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------090801050302060300080802 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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 --------------090801050302060300080802 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 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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