Questions tagged [outline-mode]
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Can I use org-mode to structure my .emacs or other .el configuration file?
My .emacs configuration file gets bigger and bigger and I'd like to get a better overview and structuring by adding headings, subheadings and being able to hide or show them like I can do with Emacs org-mode.
I noticed that I can activate org-mode…
MostlyHarmless
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Move point to previous/next parent heading
This answer describes how to move point to the next or previous heading.
I would like to move point to the next or previous heading, which is one level higher up the tree (at the parent level).
For example:
* One
** OneA
** OneB []
** OneC
* Two
If…
SabreWolfy
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Create a “rabbit hole” task stack that can be pushed/popped?
I frequently fall into a sort of working anti-pattern involving “rabbit holes.”¹
Here’s the form it takes (with a concrete e.g. in parentheses):
Start working on something (the “real task”)
Discover a misconfiguration related to the task (the…
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make org-blank-before-new-entry distinguish between a TODO list and a text outline?
Like many of us, I use org-mode for two different things:
As a TODO list manager
As a text outliner
I'd like my blank lines to work differently based on context.
TODO list: no blank lines
text outline: automatically insert 1 blank line…
incandescentman
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How to use AUCTeX and outline-minor-mode together for folding?
I'd like to easily hide or show the text below individual headings in a large Latex document.
I thought this should be possible with outline-minor-mode, however I can not get it to work. I can activate the mode, but I don't see how to hide or show…
MostlyHarmless
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Test whether org-mode heading or list is folded
How can I test in elisp whether an org-mode tree node (either a heading or a list item) is folded?
Looking at the code it seems the logic is a little complicated and only in org-cycle-internal-local, with no public API?
I've sometimes wished for…
Croad Langshan
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Move point to current org heading
In Org mode: How can I move point (up) to the current heading (or the first line under the heading)?
SabreWolfy
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Hide all header contents in Org mode
outline-show-all reveals the contents of all headers in org-mode. How can I do the opposite? There's no outline-hide-all command.
Matthew Piziak
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cycle between headline levels in org mode?
I find that I would like to expose different levels of detail in my org mode buffers; especially while reviewing possbile next steps across many projects.
org-shifttab comes close. It will cycle from fully folded to expanding all of the…
jeffmcc
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how to start outline-minor-mode with latex-mode?
I have the following in my .emacs:
(add-hook 'latex-mode-hook #'outine-minor-mode)
(add-hook 'latex-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(outline-minor-mode 1)))
(I am aware this redundant, I am just trying to demonstrate that neither method…
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Set face of outline ellipsis?
Q: how do I change the face of the outline ellipsis?
When working with outlines, the (customizable) ellipsis indicates when a section is folded and there is hidden text, eg:
* A heading...
** A subheading...
*** A subsubheading...
The ellipsis is…
Dan
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Truncate only certain lines and use continuation lines elsewhere?
Q: how can I use truncate-lines in only part of a buffer?
As a general rule, I prefer continuation
lines
to truncating
lines.
However, it would be nice to truncate only certain kinds of lines
in a given buffer.
In an ideal world, I would like to…
Dan
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Configure indentation logic to ignore certain lines?
I am using outshine to organize my code (verilog/systemverilog language).
Here is an example use:
// * Class definition
class my_class extends my_base_class;
// code ..
// ** Task 1 definition
virtual task my_task1;
// code ..
…
Kaushal Modi
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Show siblings of visible headers after hide-other
I'm using Outline mode (usually the minor mode, but it shouldn't matter) or Org mode. I have a file that looks like this:
-*-outline-*-
* Chapter 1
** Section 1.1
*** Subsection 1.1.1
foo
*** Subsection 1.1.2
bar
** Section 1.2
baz
* Chapter…
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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Show all parentless headings in Outline
I'm using the Outline minor mode. (Or the major mode or Org mode, but in these modes the scenario in this question is rare.) I want to show all of the headings that have no parent, plus the text before the very first heading.
In simple cases, this…
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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