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How can I make checklist counters accumulate results from subheaders in org-mode?

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I want to do something like this in Emacs' Org-mode: The purpose here is to have the percentage cookie at headline present the total percentage of completed tasks computed from the percentage cookies of its subheadlines. If "subheadline1" is at 40%, and "subheadline2" is at 50%, then "headline" sho…

Error Output

* headline [%]
** subheadline1 [%]
   - [ ] list item 1
   - [ ] list item 2
** subheadline2 [%]
   - [ ] list item 1
   - [ ] list item 2

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I don't think that is entirely possible at the moment. Checkboxes deal with their children only by default as a complete/incomplete cookie. (See Checkboxes). However there is the option to use and include all checkboxes in the headline, not just dir…

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