What is the meaning of the possible values for #+STARTUP?
1 Answer
The Org-mode manual indicates these possible values for initial visibility:
#+STARTUP: overview
#+STARTUP: content
#+STARTUP: showall
#+STARTUP: show2levels
#+STARTUP: show3levels
#+STARTUP: show4levels
#+STARTUP: show5levels
#+STARTUP: showeverything
With the following meanings, according to the summary of in-buffer setting:
overview top-level headlines only
content all headlines
showall no folding of any entries
showeverything show even drawer contents
*Bonus*: the Elisp command `describe-variable`, shortcut `C-h v`, shows in the documentation for `org-startup-folded` variable, these two possible values:
#+STARTUP: fold (or `overview', this is equivalent)
#+STARTUP: nofold (or `showall', this is equivalent)
C-h i
) forSTARTUP
.i #+STARTUP
takes you to node In-buffer settings of the manual. And each individual one is indexed also - e.g.,‘showall’, STARTUP keyword
. You can also useC-s STARTUP
, repeatingC-s
, to search forSTARTUP
throughout the manual. If you find that the doc is incomplete, incorrect, or unclear, please consider filing a bug report:M-x report-emacs-bug
.