Re: Re: Counter cookies and mixed checkbox lists/subtasks

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Apr 16, 2009, at 11:05 AM, Ulf Stegemann wrote:

> Hi Carsten,
>
> Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> there is no way currently to force a cookie either way.
>>
>> I think the the right solution is to modify the structure, so
>> that the check boxes are only in entries without children.
>> Seems to me that this is always possible - in your case
>> you could just create a "first child" that gets the checkboxes.
>
> okay, as said, this is rather a minor annoyance. However, fixing this
> might nevertheless be desirable since the combination of checkboxes  
> and
> todo item is quite powerful.
>
> Imagine you are compiling a document where you need contributions from
> others. You could make a todo item for this with checkboxes for every
> chapter planned (or for every author you expect input from, or ...).  
> As
> soon as contributions from authors arrive, you create todo items
> preferably below the same initial todo item, indicating that you  
> have to
> integrate input. When compiling the document you finish those todo  
> items
> on the one hand and on the other hand checkboxes will eventually get
> checked as chapters are finished. Although putting the chapter
> checkboxes into its own sub-item is possible, much of the simplicity  
> and
> elegance of the original approach gets lost. What do you think?

Well, I don't really agree.


* TODO compile document
   [ ] get input from Chris
   [ ] get input from Alice
** TODO integrate input from Chris
** TODO integrate input from Alice.

You could easily do:

* TODO compile document
** Get input
    [ ] get input from Chris
    [ ] get input from Alice
** TODO integrate input from Chris
** TODO integrate input from Alice.

This is what I mean with "you can always restructure
to avoid the problem".  I think the second option is at
least as clear, maybe clearer.

I do like the simplicity of the cookies right now, adding
specifiers of what they refere to would make them less
usable in my mind.

- Carsten