Re: definition lists in org-mode

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

On Jul 6, 2007, at 11:56, Rick Moynihan wrote:

> 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]")
>         ))

Todo keywords need to be words currently, so you could do
something like

(setq org-todo-keywords
       '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
         (type "I_I" "|" "IXI")
         ))

> 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.

Well, a two-state todo setup really *is* a checkbox, even if it does
not look like one.  About the only difference is the command you
use to toggle the state.

>
> 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???)

Not currently.  I have just implemented this for boolean properties
in column view (will be in 5.02), but not yet for TODO states.

- Carsten