`org-toggle-item` transforms a heading into a list item. It transforms a heading with a TODO into a list item with a checkbox. It works on a region, so intuitively it should correctly transform all headings with TODOs in a region into a list with checkboxes. Instead, it does this:
* TODO a * TODO b * TODO c becomes - [ ] a - [ ] TODO b - [ ] TODO c This extraneous TODOs should be removed. Emacs : GNU Emacs 24.5.2 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.24.30) of 2016-06-24 on localhost Package: Org-mode version 8.3.4 (8.3.4-93-g0d72c3-elpaplus @ /home/sindikat/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20160627/) current state: ============== (setq org-id-locations-file "/home/sindikat/.emacs.d/.cache/.org-id-locations" org-tab-first-hook '(org-hide-block-toggle-maybe org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-clock-persist-file "/home/sindikat/.emacs.d/.cache/org-clock-save.el" org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-default-hook org-babel-speed-command-hook) org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-imenu-depth 8 org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-log-done 'time org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-image-actual-width nil org-present-mode-hook '(spacemacs//org-present-start) org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit t org-default-notes-file "~/doc/notes.org" org-after-todo-state-change-hook '(org-clock-out-if-current) org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-mode-hook '(#[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-block-all append local] 5] #[nil "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [org-add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes spacemacs/load-yasnippet toc-org-enable org-download-enable org-bullets-mode spacemacs//org-babel-do-load-languages flyspell-mode spacemacs/add-org-surrounds evil-org-mode org-eldoc-load spacemacs//init-company-org-mode company-mode) org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe) org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook '(org-babel-hash-at-point org-babel-execute-safely-maybe) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-M-RET-may-split-line nil org-present-mode-quit-hook '(spacemacs//org-present-end) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-startup-with-inline-images t org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-babel-after-execute-hook '(spacemacs/ob-fix-inline-images) org-insert-heading-respect-content t org-babel-load-languages '((python . t) (shell . t) (emacs-lisp . t)) org-agenda-files '("~/doc/") org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) )