From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Hendy Subject: Todo state for [un]ordered list items? Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2010 13:41:05 -0600 Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0087372424==" Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Nvbsa-0003lS-R7 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:41:08 -0400 Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=45998 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NvbsZ-0003jr-NN for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:41:08 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NvbsY-0005De-8Y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:41:07 -0400 Received: from mail-gw0-f41.google.com ([74.125.83.41]:37873) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NvbsY-0005DT-5H for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:41:06 -0400 Received: by gwj21 with SMTP id 21so8297091gwj.0 for ; Sat, 27 Mar 2010 12:41:05 -0700 (PDT) List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode --===============0087372424== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=000e0cd489b8edfc770482cd7568 --000e0cd489b8edfc770482cd7568 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 When I take notes at work, I tend to like to minimize my headlines and use list items instead. Part of this is simply due to how things look when exported. To use headlines for everything looks peculiar to me, at least under the default settings anyway. So... my typical work org-file is like so: * Projects ** Project 1 *** History/Overview *** Journals **** <2010-03-27 Sat> ***** Main thing I did 1 - did stuff - did some more stuff - some sub stuff ** Project 2 * Talks/Courses * Ideas Most likely I'll have one heading under the timestemp shown for each activity for that project that day and the rest will be hyphen lists. My problem is that I can't make any of the unordered list items todos -- it just makes the headline a todo. I'm already at 5 headlines deep and really don't want to make headlines just for a todo that has it's place in my bulleted notes. My questions are: - Does anyone else find the idea of an unordered todo helpful, but one that's not part of a headline? - If so, how could it be implemented? - If not, I'm absolutely game to hear alternative work flows and how others manage without this feature at present! --- So far, I've just been making the headline a TODO and then putting in a [/] at the top; unordered list items that are todos also have a [ ] which is tracked by the top level todo. - Bonus: if this is the best (headline = todo and unordered lists are check boxes), how can I implement a shortcut to toggle the 'todo checkbox' state for unordered list items? It would be awesome to have a C-c C-t equivalent for sub-items such that they were given a checkbox! Many thanks, John --000e0cd489b8edfc770482cd7568 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When I take notes at work, I tend to like to minimize my headlines and use = list items instead. Part of this is simply due to how things look when expo= rted. To use headlines for everything looks peculiar to me, at least under = the default settings anyway. So... my typical work org-file is like so:

* Projects
** Project 1
*** History/Overview
*** Journals
*= *** <2010-03-27 Sat>
***** Main thing I did 1
- did stuff
- = did some more stuff
=A0 - some sub stuff
** Project 2
* Talks/Cour= ses
* Ideas

Most likely I'll have one heading under the timestemp sh= own for each activity for that project that day and the rest will be hyphen= lists. My problem is that I can't make any of the unordered list items= todos -- it just makes the headline a todo. I'm already at 5 headlines= deep and really don't want to make headlines just for a todo that has = it's place in my bulleted notes.

My questions are:
- Does anyone else find the idea of an unordered t= odo helpful, but one that's not part of a headline?
- If so, how cou= ld it be implemented?
- If not, I'm absolutely game to hear alternat= ive work flows and how others manage without this feature at present!
--- So far, I've just been making the headline a TODO and then putting = in a [/] at the top; unordered list items that are todos also have a [ ] wh= ich is tracked by the top level todo.
- Bonus: if this is the best (head= line =3D todo and unordered lists are check boxes), how can I implement a s= hortcut to toggle the 'todo checkbox' state for unordered list item= s? It would be awesome to have a C-c C-t equivalent for sub-items such that= they were given a checkbox!


Many thanks,
John







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