Dave Abrahams <d...@boostpro.com> writes: > I was using checkboxes for a group of subtasks, and was surprised when > the following (which I lifted from the manual) wasn't causing the parent > item to be marked DONE upon checking the last box. > > (defun dwa/org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done) > "Switch entry to DONE when all subentries are done, to TODO otherwise." > (let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging > (org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO")))) > (add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'dwa/org-summary-todo) > > So I set some debugger breakpoints and realized that code wasn't even > getting called. There's a completely separate wad of code in org-list > that handles checkbox statistics. So naturally, there's a hook, which I > added my TODO->DONE function to: > > (add-hook 'org-checkbox-statistics-hook 'dwa/org-summary-todo) > > But `org-checkbox-statistics-hook' is a list of nullary functions, so of > course this broke since my function expects N-DONE and N-NOT-DONE. I > looked around for an easy way to determine N-DONE and N-NOT-DONE but it > doesn't seem to exist; it's buried in the logic of > org-update-checkbox-count... I think. What I need is a hook that acts > like org-after-todo-statistics-hook, but for checkboxes.
You just have to search for "[ ]" or "[-]" in the current section. If there is none, and there is at least one "[X]", you can mark your task as done. Isn't is sufficient for your task? Regards, -- Nicolas Goaziou
