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From: Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: API problem
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:03:36 +0100
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To: Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof@gmail.com>
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Hello,

Cecil Westerhof <cldwesterhof@gmail.com> writes:

> To solve a problem I have the following line in an org file:
>         - [ ] B (org-list-set-checkbox (line-beginning-position)
> (org-list-struct) "[X]") ITEM STRUCT CHECKBOX (org-list-send-item
> (line-beginning-position) 'end (org-list-struct)) ITEM DEST STRUCT
>
> Executing the org-list-send-item brings the entry to the end of the list,
> but executing org-list-set-checkbox does nothing. What am I doing
> wrong?

`org-list-set-checkbox' modifies the structure, i.e., the internal list
representation. It doesn't modify the buffer. You would have to apply
the new structure to the buffer with `org-list-write-struct'.

Anyway, it's much simpler to use `org-toggle-checkbox'.


Regards,

-- 
Nicolas Goaziou