[Orgmode] Re: two questions (insert checkbox/ dired to org)

[Bernt Hansen]

henry atting <address@hidden> writes:

> What is the underlying command for this shortcut:
>
> M-S-<RET>
>     Insert a new item with a checkbox 

,----[ C-h k M-S-return ]
| <M-S-return> runs the command org-insert-todo-heading
|   which is an interactive compiled Lisp function in `org.el'.
| It is bound to <M-S-return>.
| (org-insert-todo-heading arg &optional force-heading)
`----

>
> It does not work for me (if cursor is in a plain list already), 
> so I have to fill in checkboxes with C-c C-x C-b. 

It works great for me creating checkboxes automagically.

-Bernt