Just what the title says.
My org files often have large prefaces (area containing #+TAGS:, #+STARTUP, etc.) and would like to keep it folded most of the times.
How do I achieve this?
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Consider to keep the items in a drawer.– Marco WahlMay 11, 2018 at 14:33
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2@MarcoWahl -- do you have a link to any documentation to support the proposition that these types of in-buffer settings will work if they are stored in a drawer?: orgmode.org/manual/In_002dbuffer-settings.html– lawlistMay 11, 2018 at 14:56
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@lawlist -- Could not find a reference in the documentation. So this proposition obeys the rules. ;) Looks like regexp patterns are used to find the settings. So you could write them also e.g. at the bottom or see the answer of Konstantin Morenko for another idea.– Marco WahlMay 12, 2018 at 7:18
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I use in my files special heading, for example Settings and hide all the in-buffer settings there. It works very well even in the beginning and in the end of the file.
If you use Global Cycling (S-Tab), a text in this heading will be showed at third stage. I don't know how to prevent this when using Global Cycling, but with Local Cycling (Tab on headings) it works very well.
answered May 11, 2018 at 16:24
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1I figured that
#+BEGIN_PREFACE ... #+END_PREFACEwill also work. :) But yours is an easier approach– deshmukhMay 12, 2018 at 10:16 -
1You could mark that special heading with the ":ARCHIVE:" tag, then it won't expand with Global Cycling. You can always expand it with C-TAB on that heading if you want to get in there. May 18, 2020 at 20:19
As someone commented above, storing them in a drawer works. I usually start any document something like:
:preamble:
#+startup: entitiespretty overview indent
#+options: toc:nil num:nil
#+todo: TODO FANCY OPTIONS | DONE
# ...etc.
:end:
#+title: My title
...Then fold the drawer, and all the ugly but necessary stuff is neatly tucked away. Works like a charm, is accessible and looks nice.
I combined everything I found in the answers and comments here (and added something else), and I'm very glad with the result.
I use both the star and the preamble declaration, as well as the :ARCHIVE: tag.
* Settings :ARCHIVE::noexport:
:preamble:
#+startup: entitiespretty overview indent
#+options: toc:t num:nil
#+todo: TODO FANCY OPTIONS | DONE
# ...etc.
#+EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS: noexport
:end:
#+title: My title
#+date: The date
* First section
* Second section
As you surely noticed, I also added a :noexport: tag and #+EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS: noexport inside the preamble, so that the Settings "section" is not exported into the ToC if I try to turn my text into something else (LaTeX, HTML...).
When you do open the Settings section you only see the part where you add the title, date and maybe other information, but you still don't see the contents of the preamble, unless you really want to see it (in which case you have to hit the tab key over the word :preamble:).
