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Re: [Orgmode] Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states
From: |
Jason F. McBrayer |
Subject: |
Re: [Orgmode] Using a Square box character for "TODO" and "DONE" states in org? |
Date: |
Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:01:31 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.0.60 (gnu/linux) |
Carsten Dominik <address@hidden> writes:
> On Jul 18, 2008, at 10:14 AM, Jose Robins wrote:
>
> I was just thinking today that instead of using "TODO" and "DONE"
> keywords in org-mode to denote tasks,
> why not use a square box character (like in task manager apps) to denote
> a TODO state and a square box
> with a tick to denote a completed state... That would make the tasks look
> more intuitive...
>
> Since I'm only superficially familiar with UTF and issues with character
> sets, could someone suggest a
> method on how to achieve this? I guess, I should be able to copy and
> paste this character in a customize
> buffer, right? Any issues with this?
>
> You can use any characters if you also tell the syntax table that these are
> word characters.
These characters may be helpful:
☐: U+2610 BALLOT BOX
☑: U+2611 BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK
☒: U+2612 BALLOT BOX WITH X
How helpful they are probably depends on your font; they look good but
small in DejaVu Sans Mono.
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