Re: [O] Org-toggle-checkbox broken in 7.5?

[Ido Magal]

Please report back when you identify the issue.

I regularly get latest org and have never gotten org-toggle-checkbox
to do anything.

On Jun 13, 2011, at 6:05, "Wikström, Gustav" <address@hidden> wrote:

> Good comments!
>
> I did some tests beforehand but did not try the minimal .emacs.
>
> The key is still bound to the function according to C-h c and M-x 
> org-toggle-checkbox did not do any difference. There is something blocking 
> the function in my initialization though, because when using a minimal 
> init.el it did work! Since it's probably a local error springing from 
> something altered by me I'll continue with the debugging on my own.
>
> Thanks for the input.
>
> /Gustav
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: address@hidden [mailto:address@hidden On Behalf Of Nick Dokos
> Sent: den 11 juni 2011 19:51
> To: Wikström, Gustav
> Cc: address@hidden; address@hidden
> Subject: Re: [O] Org-toggle-checkbox broken in 7.5?
>
> Wikström, Gustav <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Hello!
>>
>> The command C-c C-x C-b has stopped working for me and I quietly blame 7.5 
>> for it. Anyone who can
>> attest or reject this statement?
>>
>
> Works here: Org-mode version 7.5 (baseline.273.g889a48)
>
> Before blaming org, please do your due diligence:
>
> Execute the function by hand, with M-x org-toggle-checkbox RET, and
> *report the results*: "it does not work" is just not specific enough,
> because it depends on your expectations which may or may not match
> reality. If it does nothing, then say so explicitly.
>
> Is the key still bound to the correct function? C-h c C-c C-x C-b will
> tell you whether the key is still bound to what it is supposed to be
> bound to (org-toggle-checkbox in this case). If not, then you are
> probably using some minor mode that hijacks the key.  Check the mode
> line for what minor modes you are running, eliminate them one by one and
> see if you can get the functionality back.
>
> If this doesn't resolve it, next start up emacs without your
> customizations, just a minimal .emacs file that initializes org-mode,
> visit the file and do the things above again. I keep a very short
> minimal.emacs file for exactly this purpose, start up emacs with
>
>    emacs -q -l ~/minimal.emacs
>
> and try to reproduce the problem.
>
> In 99% of problems, these are enough to identify the culprit.
>
> If you feel a bit adventurous and have the time, you can learn a bit
> about debugging (see section 18.2, "Edebug", of the Elisp manual) and
> trace the execution of the function. If you don't know elisp, you may
> feel somewhat apprehensive about this, but it's a good way to dig deeper
> into emacs.
>
> Nick