Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-24 Thread Bastien
Ihor Radchenko writes: > For reference, I am seeing this feature as a step towards better > modularity of org-list.el. Modularity is good if we have use-cases for it, at least one feature relying on it. I wouldn't implement a feature just to add modularity. > The current list code is rather

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-24 Thread Milan Zamazal
> "TC" == Tim Cross writes: TC> At any rate, at this point, I suspect this is something best TC> handled in individual configurations rather than attempting to TC> impose a specific interpretation on everyone. If someone needs TC> help to write a simple command to 'toggle'

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-22 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Tim Cross writes: > +1. As usual, I'm concerned about over engineering and over > complicating matters for corner cases. As you correctly point out, > implementing something here is likely to force a specific interpretation > of cancelled with may not fit with other interpretations. For

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-22 Thread Tim Cross
Bastien writes: > Daniel Fleischer writes: > >> At first it makes sense, but we do have headlines and TODO keywords to >> express different states, colors and even sets of states. This is just a >> checklist construct. I think if I wanted to mark something as canceled >> or not relevant I

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-22 Thread Milan Zamazal
> "B" == Bastien writes: B> FWIW, I use this: B> - [X] +This task will probably be canceled+ B> I don't think we should implement a new status for canceled B> tasks. Such a workaround doesn’t work well for lists that are to be re-used next time or cleared when the whole

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-22 Thread Bastien
Daniel Fleischer writes: > At first it makes sense, but we do have headlines and TODO keywords to > express different states, colors and even sets of states. This is just a > checklist construct. I think if I wanted to mark something as canceled > or not relevant I would do something like this:

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-19 Thread Karl Voit
Hi, * Christophe Schockaert wrote: > As for me, I am interested in having a way to manage cancels. > > I have always managed it with workarounds up to now, so it would be nice > to have a clean way for it. "Clean" depends on the definition. To me, a general convention with the statement that

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-15 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Christophe Schockaert writes: > (my wish would be to have a robust way to handle multilines formating, > but that’s on another topic going on ^^) > > I don’t know what’s the usual process : can’t we file an issue to track > it, and write down the options we have, then decide the outcome of it

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-15 Thread Christophe Schockaert
On 2022-09-14 14:43, Ihor Radchenko wrote: Karl Voit writes: So, to me the main use case to have an explicit cancel, is when I have a long list, and to remember that I stated it as "cancelled". If we go that way, having no other nice idea at the moment, I quite like the [C] which is

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-14 Thread Daniel Fleischer
Karl Voit [2022-09-13 Tue 10:07] wrote: > Is it only me who is thinking that a non-blocking cancelled checkbox > state would be a good idea? At first it makes sense, but we do have headlines and TODO keywords to express different states, colors and even sets of states. This is just a checklist

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-14 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Karl Voit writes: >> So, to me the main use case to have an explicit cancel, is when I have a >> long list, and to remember that I stated it as "cancelled". >> If we go that way, having no other nice idea at the moment, I quite like >> the [C] which is explicit although language specific. > >

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-13 Thread Karl Voit
Hi Christophe, * Christophe Schockaert wrote: > > In a sense I can feel it’s useful to have an explicit cancel while > working. > But I don’t know how to handle it (see below). > I don’t think [/] would be a good candidate anyway, it’s used as a > statistic cookie, so it already has a meaning

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-13 Thread Christophe Schockaert
On 2022-09-13 10:07, Karl Voit wrote: Hi Ihor, * Ihor Radchenko wrote: Karl Voit writes: I was using list checkboxes like that: - [ ] open task - [X] closed task - [-] cancelled task From the manual (5.6 Checkboxes): ‘C-c C-x C-b’ (‘org-toggle-checkbox’) Toggle checkbox status

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-13 Thread Marcin Borkowski
On 2022-09-13, at 10:07, Karl Voit wrote: > Is it only me who is thinking that a non-blocking cancelled checkbox > state would be a good idea? No. -- Marcin Borkowski http://mbork.pl

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-13 Thread Karl Voit
Hi Ihor, * Ihor Radchenko wrote: > Karl Voit writes: > >> I was using list checkboxes like that: >> - [ ] open task >> - [X] closed task >> - [-] cancelled task > > From the manual (5.6 Checkboxes): > > ‘C-c C-x C-b’ (‘org-toggle-checkbox’) > Toggle checkbox status or—with prefix

Re: Suggested Syntax for cancelled checkboxes: [-] as non-blocking dependency

2022-09-12 Thread Ihor Radchenko
Karl Voit writes: > I was using list checkboxes like that: > > - [ ] open task > - [X] closed task > - [-] cancelled task > > The latter one is supported via C-u C-u C-c C-c. >From the manual (5.6 Checkboxes): ‘C-c C-x C-b’ (‘org-toggle-checkbox’) Toggle checkbox status or—with prefix