From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: definition lists in org-mode Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 12:34:10 +0200 Message-ID: <6da9122d5b79844f2856186565289598@science.uva.nl> References: <468E11C4.50604@calicojack.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v624) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I6l9Z-0002KJ-6e for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:35:09 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1I6l9Y-0002Jv-68 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:35:08 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1I6l9X-0002Js-Uy for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:35:07 -0400 Received: from korteweg.uva.nl ([146.50.98.70]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1I6l9X-00060L-GC for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:35:07 -0400 In-Reply-To: <468E11C4.50604@calicojack.co.uk> 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: Rick Moynihan Cc: Eddward DeVilla , org-mode 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