Re: Automatically update plain list checkboxes when removing nested list items?

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

"Rohit Patnaik" <quanticle@quanticle.net> writes:

> I have a question about plain list checkboxes. If I have a plain list, as
> follows:
> ...
> Then, if it turns out that Sub-item 3 is unnecessary, I can delete it with C-k:
>
> - [-] Item 1
>   - [X] Sub-item 1
>   - [X] Sub-item 2
>
> However, Item 1's checkbox is in the intermediate state, even though all of its
> sub-items have been completed.
>
> I'm wondering if there's a way that I can delete Sub-item 3 and update the Item
> 1 checkbox all at once. Right now, I have to move the cursor back up to Item 1
> and hit C-c C-c to force the checkbox to update.

There is no such way readily available, AFAIK.

You might be able to do with appropriate after-change function, but
such things may cause performance degradation.

Another way might be an advice for org-kill-line (if your C-k is bound
to org-kill-line).

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