Eric Abrahamsen <e...@ericabrahamsen.net> writes: > Sharon Kimble <boudic...@skimble.plus.com> writes: > >> I'm trying to get cookies working with TODO items. The source document >> is a book I'm writing and is an outline of each section and chapters so >> that I can see what is still to be done. I'm writing it in latex but >> doing the outline in orgs-mode. >> >> * TODO CHAPTER 1 - preface [0%] >> ** DONE Disclaimer >> CLOSED: [2014-07-30 Wed 23:49] >> ** DONE Introduction >> CLOSED: [2014-07-30 Wed 23:50] >> >> >> Following "5.5 Breaking tasks down into subtasks" in the "org.pdf" I >> should be able to 'C-c C-c' on the cookie and it updates the cookie, >> except it doesn't work in this case. There are 5 sections which are all >> completed in this chapter, but the cookie doesn't update. >> >> * TODO CHAPTER 2 - preamble [0/11] [0%] >> :PROPERTIES: >> :COOKIE_DATA: todo recursive >> :END: >> ** DONE An overview of the endocrine system >> CLOSED: [2014-07-31 Thu 02:12] >> >> Like it shows on page 55. But the cookie doesn't update either in this case. > > Hmm, I just tried your example above, and it worked just fine. I didn't > even need to hit C-c C-c, just adding TODOs and toggling their state > updated the cookie automatically. I'm using Org-mode version 8.3beta > (release_8.3beta-232-g644e60 @ /home/eric/.emacs.d/org-mode/lisp/) >
That was my experience as well - there is a variable that controls the automatic cookie setting, org-provide-todo-statistics, but it is set to t by default, so it should just work. > Are you using a relatively recent Org? > -- Nick
