[Orgmode] Re: Using [/] or [%]

[Bernt Hansen]

David Ellis <address@hidden> writes:

> The manual includes the following:
>
> To keep the overview over the fraction of subtasks that are already 
> completed, insert either ‘[/]’ or ‘[%]’ anywhere in the
> headline. These cookies will be updates each time the todo status of a child 
> changes. For example:
>
>      * Organize Party [33%]
>      ** TODO Call people [1/2]
>      *** TODO Peter
>      *** DONE Sarah
>      ** TODO Buy food
>      ** DONE Talk to neighbor
>
> This seems to mean that if I enter the following into an org file:
> ** TODO test3 [/]
> *** TODO test 1
> *** TODO test 2
> *** TODO test 3
> the [/] should be updated as I mark the sub tasks done. This doesn't work for 
> me.
>
> I can get [/] and [%] to work with checkboxes. Is there some variable that I 
> need to set to get this to work?

This works out of the box for me with no special setup.

,----[ x.org ]
| ** TODO test3 [1/3]
| *** TODO test 1
| *** DONE test 2
| *** TODO test 3
`----

-Bernt