Markdown Discuss - Dec 2011 - ToDo List Notation

I just joined this mail-list, so I apologize if this has been discussed
before, but:

Has anyone suggested adding a "todo list notation" to Markdown?
Specifically, I'd like to see an open paren, brace or bracket, at the start
of a line, followed by a space, a "/", or a "X", followed by
a matching
closing paren, brace, or bracket, followed by a space and more text
recognized as a "todo" list item where the space means it's an
open item
(not started), where the "/" means "in progress", where the
"X" means
closed or completed. Here are some examples:

( ) Take dog for a walk
[/] Write business plan
{X} Send email to mail-list

This expansion of Markdown could lead to even more applications
implementing it.

Thoughts?

-- Clint

*Clint Laskowski, CISSP, CISM*
email: clint.laskowski at gmail.com
twitter: @Clint326 <http://twitter.com/clint326>
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http://simp.ly/publish/8g02Sq

The above link isn't really a markdown thing, but is compatible with
existing hyphen-based markdown lists.

On Dec 11, 2011, at 7:14 AM, Clint Laskowski <clint.laskowski at
gmail.com> wrote:
> I just joined this mail-list, so I apologize if this has been discussed
before, but:
> 
> Has anyone suggested adding a "todo list notation" to Markdown?
Specifically, I'd like to see an open paren, brace or bracket, at the start
of a line, followed by a space, a "/", or a "X", followed by
a matching closing paren, brace, or bracket, followed by a space and more text
recognized as a "todo" list item where the space means it's an
open item (not started), where the "/" means "in progress",
where the "X" means closed or completed. Here are some examples:
> 
> ( ) Take dog for a walk
> [/] Write business plan
> {X} Send email to mail-list
> 
> This expansion of Markdown could lead to even more applications
implementing it.
> 
> Thoughts?
> 
> -- Clint
> 
> Clint Laskowski, CISSP, CISM
> email: clint.laskowski at gmail.com
> twitter: @Clint326
> 
> 
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* Clint Laskowski <clint.laskowski at gmail.com> [2011-12-11
16:15]:
> Thoughts?
You are looking for orgmode. Markdown is the wrong tool.