Drop support for * and + leading symbols in tasks?

[saf-dmitry]

@complexpoint

If star and plus are loaded at item markers but converted to (and saved as) - , then might users who make use of the difference (visual bullets inside notes for example ?) not reasonably feel a bit surprised by some loss of information ?

Sorry, my point was probably not clear. I mean, task markers should not been converted but just displayed in TaskPaper window as appropriate bullet characters or maybe checkboxes.

@complexpoint

If what is saved diverges from what is seen, where are we then, and how do we know exactly what our file contains?

Honestly, I don’t see this as problematic. Considering quite a lot of existing applications hiding/interpreting explicit user markup (e.g. Org mode with org-bullets, Dynalist, Typora, MarkText, etc.) and discussions here, here, and here, I think this would not lead to much confusion for users. (Of course, this behavior should be documented in the User’s Guide.)