From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: tsd@tsdye.com (Thomas S. Dye) Subject: Re: latex checkboxes Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 06:45:39 -1000 Message-ID: References: <16524.1308266941@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <87sjr87g09.fsf@gmail.com> <24011.1308317975@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> <87fwn87dzu.fsf@gmail.com> <24284.1308320091@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:42878) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QXcB3-0006OM-3P for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:45:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QXcB1-0003tG-3l for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:45:48 -0400 Received: from oproxy7-pub.bluehost.com ([67.222.55.9]:51625) by eggs.gnu.org with smtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QXcB0-0003sn-ND for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jun 2011 12:45:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <24284.1308320091@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> (Nick Dokos's message of "Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:14:51 -0400") List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: nicholas.dokos@hp.com Cc: Skip Collins , emacs-orgmode@gnu.org Nick Dokos writes: > Nicolas Goaziou wrote: > >> Nick Dokos writes: >> >> >> Btw, is there any consensus on better default values for :cbon, :cboff >> >> and :cbtrans? Configurability isn't an excuse for ugly standards. >> >> >> > >> > I don't think so - not yet in any case. I didn't even know about the >> > box stuff until Skip brought it up. I would have thought that the >> > default ones should be the simplest thing possible: [ ], [X] and [-] >> > in a monospaced font, something that does not need any help from >> > additional LaTeX packages, the kind of thing that org-list-to-latex >> > does. >> >> Then, what about setting :cbtrans to "\\texttt{[-]}" and >> `org-export-latex-list-parameters' to nil, instead of "$\\boxminus$" and >> '(:cbon "$\\boxtimes$" :cboff "$\\Box$"), respectively? >> > > I'm fine with that - Skip? Tom? Others? If this does end up being the case, > then Skip's \parbox method can be integrated into Tom's LaTeX tutorial > or as a separate hack on Worg. > > Nick > > > Yes, that seems like a good solution to me. When the dust has settled I'll work this into the LaTeX tutorial, either directly or linked to a separate hack on Worg (written by someone else). Tom -- T.S. Dye & Colleagues, Archaeologists 735 Bishop St, Suite 315, Honolulu, HI 96813 Tel: 808-529-0866, Fax: 808-529-0884 http://www.tsdye.com