New bullets

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2/5
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Issue type
Feature
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Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
r
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start by reviewing the existing cli::symbol entries and how cli::cli_bullets maps bullet names to symbols. Add the requested question and TODO symbols, then verify that the example calls produce the intended Unicode characters and bullet output.

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Description

feature

Is there any interest in adding new unicode bullets? Right now the ones I would like would be for questions and TODOs. Something like this:

cli::cli_bullets(c("?" = "This is a question", "[]" = "This is a TODO"))

With the symbols (in red):

cli::symbol$fancy_question_mark
#> [1] "❓"
cli::symbol$checkbox_off
#> [1] "☐"

Created on 2025-07-21 with reprex v2.1.1

I'm happy to make a PR if the answer is yes.

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