It /does/ go away if I add the headline. So I think you're saying: 1. Plain list checkbox items cannot have a time-estimate associated them. 2. Plain list checkbox items cannot track time. 3. Only headlines/TODO headlines can have these features.
I suppose that a TODO headline is effectively a checkbox; it would be nice, though, to be able to time separate checkboxes (though I suspect that responsibility would lay upon me to edit the appropriate org-mode file <grin>). Thanks for the clarification Nick. Avery On Thursday, June 7, 2012 at 10:14 AM, Nick Dokos wrote: > Avery Chan <avery+gm...@ootbdev.com (mailto:avery+gm...@ootbdev.com)> wrote: > > > I have a plain list with checkboxes. I am trying to set a clock in time > > using > > `C-c C-x C-i`. This emits this type of an error: > > > > byte-code: Before first headline at position 30 in buffer TODO.org > > (http://TODO.org) > > > > Here is the text of my org file: > > > > ---START FILE--- > > - [ ] Clean upstairs windows > > - [ ] Lunch with Taylor > > ---END FILE--- > > > > How do I get the clock to start timing? > > > > I get a similar error when I use `C-c C-x e` to set a time estimate. > > > > org-mode version: 7.8.09 > > emacs version: 24.0.92.1 > > MacOS X 10.7.4 > > > > > Does it go away if you add a headline? > > ---START FILE--- > * Tasks for clocking > - [ ] Clean upstairs windows > - [ ] Lunch with Taylor > ---END FILE--- > > Nick
