 ;; source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5500035/set-custom-keybinding-for-specific-emacs-mode
 (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
           (lambda ()
-            (local-set-key (kbd "C-c C-v C-b") "- [ ] ")))
+            (local-set-key (kbd "C-c C-v C-b") (insert "\n- [ ] "))))
 (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
           (lambda ()
             (local-set-key (kbd "M-)")
-                           "[ ] ")))
+                           (insert "[ ] "))))
 (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
           (lambda ()
             (local-set-key (kbd "M-|")
-                           "\n- [ ] ")))
+                           (insert "\n- [ ] "))))
 
 ;; syntax highlighting in BEGIN_SRC ... END_SRC blocks
 ;; source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10642888/syntax-highlighting-within-begin-src-block-in-emacs-orgmode-not-working

;; source: 
;; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/698562/disabling-underscore-to-subscript-in-emacs-org-mode-export
;; not ideal, but better than nothing

;;;; MobileOrg ;;;;
;; source: http://orgmode.org/manual/MobileOrg.html#MobileOrg

  (local-set-key (kbd "C-c w") 'my:org-html-image-width))
(add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'hookify:my:org-html-image-width)

;; org-extra-yas-mode
(define-minor-mode org-extra-yas-mode
  "org-extra-yas-mode adds snippets in
