Thomas Albers writes:
> Footnote 2 in the chapter 5.6 talks about the
> 'org-checkbox-hierarchical-statistics' variable, which I have set to
> nil. But the top level header still does no show the count of checked off
> items.
>
> I have also used the :COOKIE_DATA: property set to recursive with the
> same results.
>
> What I would expect based on the documentation:
> * Some header [1/2]
> :PROPERTIES:
> :COOKIE_DATA: recursive
> :END:
> ** Another header [1/2]
> - [X] some item 1
> - [ ] some item 2
>
> What I get:
> * Some header [0/0]
> :PROPERTIES:
> :COOKIE_DATA: recursive
> :END:
> ** Another header [1/2]
> - [X] some item 1
> - [ ] some item 2
>
> Am I interpreting something wrong?
My understanding is that org-checkbox-hierarchical-statistics isn't
about counting boxes from children headings but instead about counting
children checkboxes. For example, here's a count with the default value
of t for org-checkbox-hierarchical-statistics:
* h [0/2]
- [-] a
- [ ] a.1
- [X] a.2
- [-] b
- [ ] b.1
- [X] b.2
With org-checkbox-hierarchical-statistics to nil, the count is instead
* h [2/6]
- [-] a
- [ ] a.1
- [X] a.2
- [-] b
- [ ] b.1
- [X] b.2
