Hi,
Some time ago, I wanted an item's TODO state to update automatically based on
the [/] statistics cookie:
(defun hjh-org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
"Switch entry to DONE when all subentries are done, to TODO otherwise."
(let (org-log-done ; turn off logging
org-log-states
(neverTodo (cdr (assoc "NeverTODO" (org-entry-properties)))))
(if (not neverTodo)
(org-todo
(if (= n-not-done 0)
"DONE"
(if (= n-done 0) "TODO" "INPROG"))))))
(add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'hjh-org-summary-todo)
E.g., [0/2] --> TODO, [1/2] --> INPROG, [2/2] --> DONE.
It works for subtrees:
* Tree 2 [0/0]
** Subtree 1
** Subtree 2
If I set TODO on Subtree 1, I get:
* TODO Tree 2 [0/1]
** TODO Subtree 1
** Subtree 2
Somehow, on my old system, I had worked it out so that this would also happen
for checkboxes underneath the tree. But that isn't happening anymore.
* Tree [0/2]
- [ ] Checkbox 1
- [ ] Checkbox 2
If I C-c C-c on either check box, I expect the statistics cookie to update to
[1/2] (this works), AND the after-statistics hook to run and update Tree's todo
state to INPROG. The latter is no longer working in my system.
What do I have to do to make this work for checkboxes too?
(I use checkboxes a lot because I also use mobileorg for android, which adds an
ID property to everything that goes into an exported agenda view, including all
TODOs. So, e.g., I have a task "Review e-mailed student work" and under this
task will be a large number of short-duration subtasks. The subtasks do not
need org-ids. So I would really prefer to use checkboxes for these, and I don't
understand why the statistics hook doesn't work here.)
Org 8.3.3 from Ubuntu packages.
Thanks,
James
