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From: Suvayu Ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [ ] Checkboxes or count of completed TODOs in subtree?
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On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 10:41:19AM +0200, Rainer M Krug wrote:
> 
> I would like to be able to use something like checkboxes in a tree of
> headers.
> 
> I understand that checkboxes only work in simple lists, i.e. not on
> headers and trees of headers.
> 
> But I would like to see in my document (an ongoing analysis, of which
> certain parts in each subtree are completed and others still need to
> be done) which subtree contains how many TODO subheaders, effectively as
> I can do with simple lists and checkboxes.
> 
> But as this is the basis for a paper, I want to keep the headers and not
> use simple lists.
> 
> Is this possible? Is there a way to see how many active TODOs are still
> under each header?

You can use statistics cookies for TODO states on the parent headline.

  * Parent [1/3]
  
  ** TODO Section 1
  
  ** WInP Section 2
  
  ** DONE Section 3

Hope this helps,

-- 
Suvayu

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