Hello Sacha, Sacha Chua wrote: > Sebastien Vauban writes: > >>>> I would like to automatically count the number of children under a >>>> given heading. For example, I would like to have >>>> * Cars (2) >>>> ** BMW >>>> ** Escort >>> >>> There is no such feature in Org, but I seem to remember someone >>> hack something similar -- maybe someone else with a better memory >>> can tell. >> >> IIRC, Sacha Chua had made such a hack -- must be found on her impressive >> blog. > > I don't remember doing something like that - I tend to use [X] for > automatically counted cookies... > > Do you need the number of children to be part of the text, or is it > okay for that to be temporarily displayed?
Yes, I almost remembered what you wrote in http://sachachua.com/blog/2008/01/outlining-your-notes-with-org/, section "Getting a Sense of Progress". Still, it is about counting headlines, but with a special cookie you add. Best regards, Seb -- Sebastien Vauban
