Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org?

Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org?

[Jose Robins]

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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?

[Carsten Dominik]

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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?

[Jason F. McBrayer]

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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