org-config.el

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;; Org-mode configuration
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;; Notes and Tasks

(with-eval-after-load 'org
  (setq
   ;; Define the location of the file to hold tasks
   org-default-notes-file "~/projects/todo-list.org"

   ;; Define a kanban style set of stages for todo tasks
   org-todo-keywords '((sequence "TODO" "DOING" "BLOCKED" "REVIEW" "|" "DONE" "ARCHIVED"))

   ;; Progress Log - add CLOSED: property & current date-time when TODO item enters DONE
   org-log-done 'time

   ;; Setting colours (faces) of task states
   ;; https://github.com/tkf/org-mode/blob/master/lisp/org-faces.el#L376
   ;; Using X11 colour names from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors
   ;; Using `with-eval-after-load' as a hook to call this setting when org-mode is run
   org-todo-keyword-faces
   '(("TODO" . "SlateGray")
     ("DOING" . "DarkOrchid")
     ("BLOCKED" . "Firebrick")
     ("REVIEW" . "Teal")
     ("DONE" . "ForestGreen")
     ("ARCHIVED" .  "SlateBlue"))))

;; Set TODO keyword faces if over-ridden by theme.
(defun practicalli/set-todo-keyword-faces ()
  (interactive)
  (setq hl-todo-keyword-faces
        '(("TODO" . "SlateGray")
          ("DOING" . "DarkOrchid")
          ("BLOCKED" . "Firebrick")
          ("REVIEW" . "Teal")
          ("DONE" . "ForestGreen")
          ("ARCHIVED" .  "SlateBlue"))))
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;; customize org-mode's checkboxes with unicode symbols
(add-hook
 'org-mode-hook
 (lambda ()
   "Beautify Org Checkbox Symbol"
   (push '("[ ]" . "☐") prettify-symbols-alist)
   (push '("[X]" . "☑" ) prettify-symbols-alist)
   (push '("[-]" . "❍" ) prettify-symbols-alist)
   (prettify-symbols-mode)))
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