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Subject: Re: Getting checkboxes in HTML output?
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 16:24:37 +0100
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Rick Frankel,

Rick Frankel wrote:
>> This is sort of close to using
>> [ ] for unchecked
>> [/] for partially checked
>> [X] for checked
>>
>> To my aging eyes, the check in U#9745 looks almost like a forward
>> slash. Certainly, though, this would be potentially confusing,
>> especially if no [X] boxes were present, so that only [ ] or [/] were
>> visible.
>
> Right. I am going to make this a configurable option in ox-html,
> although consensus is that trying to emulate the partial checkbox
> ([-]) w/ other unicode symbols is too confusing, so we will simply use
> an empty ballot box.

You mean no difference between unchecked and partially checked?  If yes, this
is wrong IMO.

I did not search for long, but there should be usable unicode characters. To
name a few:

- U+25EB White square with vertical bisecting line
- U+25F1 White square with lower left quadrant

Best regards,
  Seb

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Sebastien Vauban