Re: [O] latex checkboxes

[Thomas S. Dye]

Nick Dokos <address@hidden> writes:

> Nicolas Goaziou <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Nick Dokos <address@hidden> writes:
>> 
>> >> Btw, is there any consensus on better default values for :cbon, :cboff
>> >> and :cbtrans? Configurability isn't an excuse for ugly standards.
>> >> 
>> >
>> > I don't think so - not yet in any case. I didn't even know about the
>> > box stuff until Skip brought it up. I would have thought that the
>> > default ones should be the simplest thing possible: [ ], [X] and [-]
>> > in a monospaced font, something that does not need any help from
>> > additional LaTeX packages, the kind of thing that org-list-to-latex
>> > does.
>> 
>> Then, what about setting :cbtrans to "\\texttt{[-]}" and
>> `org-export-latex-list-parameters' to nil, instead of "$\\boxminus$" and
>> '(:cbon "$\\boxtimes$" :cboff "$\\Box$"), respectively?
>> 
>
> I'm fine with that - Skip? Tom? Others? If this does end up being the case,
> then Skip's \parbox method can be integrated into Tom's LaTeX tutorial
> or as a separate hack on Worg.
>
> Nick
>
>
>

Yes, that seems like a good solution to me.  When the dust has settled
I'll work this into the LaTeX tutorial, either directly or linked to a
separate hack on Worg (written by someone else).

Tom

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