Re: [O] Changing [X] by something else

[Allen S. Rout]

On 02/09/2012 11:26 AM, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> Hello,
>
> address@hidden (François Pinard) writes:
>
> > I notice in org.el that [X] is hard-wired, while I would have liked the
> > possibility of changing it by [✓] in my things, which I find both softer
> > and cleaner.  Could these ([ ], [-] and [X]) be turned into variables?
> > The difficulty might be to recognize them properly, I guess.

> I don't think that we should allow basic structural elements to
> change. As you said, it will make Org documents less interoperable, but
> also less _recognizable_. What would happen to Org if every user could
> come up with its own syntax? Could we even talk about an "Org format"
> anymore?


M. Pinard may want to look into changing the way that glyph displays... 
 If we were to define a font face which was used for checkboxes, he 
could then specify for that font an edited font which displays his 
desired checkmark in the character formerly knows as  'X'.


- Allen S. Rout