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From: Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
Subject: Re: Fix org-meta-return for checkbox lists
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 09:53:49 -0400
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To: Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>
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Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:

> Kaushal Modi <kaushal.modi@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Currently if you do M-RET in a checkbox list item, the next item does not
>> become a checkbox automatically. This patch fixes that.
>>
>> I have been using this fix locally for few months. But never got to
>> submitting it as I need to yet write a test for it.
>>
>> Does that patch look good (apart from missing tests). Should I format it
>> w.r.t to next? or master?
>
> IMO, there is nothing to fix. Inserting a checkbox in every item is not
> mandatory.
>
> Furthermore, currently, M-RET inserts a regular item and M-S-RET inserts
> it with a checkbox. With your patch, both M-RET and M-S-RET do the same
> thing, which is sub-optimal.
>
> My vote is to keep the current behaviour.

I agree.  I use lists with mixed checkboxes and no checkboxes and do not
want to enforce checkboxes on every list item.

Thanks,
Bernt