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From: Carsten Dominik <C.Dominik@uva.nl>
Subject: Re: Converting lists to todo items and back
Date: Wed, 21 May 2008 15:06:16 +0200
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On May 21, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Bernt Hansen wrote:

> Carsten Dominik <C.Dominik@uva.nl> writes:
>
>> Org has these:
>>
>> C-c *      can turn an item into a headline.
>>
>> However, the heading will always be a subheading of the nearest
>> heading above,
>> so to convert your list, you should start from te end.
>>
>>
>> C-c -      can turn an headline into an item
>>
>> `C-c -' will also take an active region and turn each line into an  
>> item.
>>
>> My personal solution fo things like this usually is  keyboard macro.
>> For example, in this case
>
> Thanks for the feedback :).  I wasn't aware of the C-c - and C-c * key
> bindings.  I think I need to review the org-mode manual every  
> quarter or
> something - there's so much useful stuff in org-mode!
>
> I ended up using a regexp replacement for converting my lists which
> turned out to be pretty easy.

Yes, for people who can use regexps this is clearly a fast option.

- Carsten