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 Wahl May 11 '18 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 – lawlist May 11 '18 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 Wahl May 12 '18 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 '18 at 16:24
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1I figured that
#+BEGIN_PREFACE ... #+END_PREFACEwill also work. :) But yours is an easier approach – deshmukh May 12 '18 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. – Stuart Hickinbottom May 18 '20 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.
