I think an older version of org-mode had the behavior where if I am making
a  list like this:

* Some list
+ [ ] and I then make a new item by pressing ESC+RET
+ [ ] the "+" and "[]" are auto-magically created.

The current version only populates the "+", not the "[ ]".

Does anyone else recall this feature? Is there a preference to set it, or
was it removed for some reason?

Thanks,

   -k.