Re: Creating a "multi-state checkbox"

[Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>]

Chad Birch <chad.birch@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello,
>
> I'm fairly new to org-mode (but loving it so far), so my apologies if
> this is something that's been discussed before, I had no luck finding
> a similar topic in the mailing list or docs.
>
> I've been using nested checkboxes to set up lists of tasks I need to
> perform, because I really like being able to use [/] and [%] to
> display my overall progress at the higher levels. In some cases
> though, it would be convenient if there was a way to create a
> "checkbox" with more states than just binary on/off. For example, I
> have a task that I need to repeat 10 times. I would like some way to
> mark my progress, and then have the "checkbox" be completed once I've
> reached 10. Of course, this can already be achieved in (at least) two
> ways:
>
> - manually tracking the progress and manually checking off once I've
>   completed it 10 times
> - creating 10 sub-checkboxes
>
> However, I'm wondering if there is some way to do it automatically, it
> would be nice to just have a keypress for "increment counter" and have
> it automatically complete when the target value is reached.

Hi Chad,

I don't believe that type of functionality exists in org-mode today.
I would probably go with the create 10 sub-checkboxes solution
since that's easy and works now.

HTH,
Bernt