Questions tagged [outline-mode]
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How to count direct or indirect children in org or outline mode
I want to count the number of children in a subtree in org-mode. I am able to count the number of recursive children with (outline-next-heading):
(defun outline-count-subheadings (&optional ...
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how to tell org mode to make subsequent lines children of the hierarchy
I have a list like this:
remember to undo:
product 0 discrimination
limit(100)
ENV['MANUAL_...']
When point is at the beginning of line 1, how can I tell org mode
to make subsequent lines children ...
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Add code block line in emacs
In visual studio, there is a very convenient line with + and - to show the code which blocks it belongs to.
I was wondering if there was the same function in emacs.
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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”)
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Outline minor mode + mouse
XEmacs had outl-mouse that used outline-minor-mode plus a few pixmaps and mouse keybindings to let old lazy guys to hide and show (in my use case) sections and subsections etc of my AUCTeX buffers, ...
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bookmark-jump to a hidden part of a buffer
In elisp buffers, I use outline-mode in order to manage headings similarly as in org-mode. But when I jump to a bookmark which points to a hidden part of a buffer (because it is below a folded heading)...
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Custom Outline mode key binding
I want to set a key binding for outline-next-visible-heading but I fail to do so.
I believe using hooks is a solution for this so I added this to my .emacs
(defun outline-mode-test-hook()
(define-...
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outline levels without different length of the match
I'm new to Emacs. I'm trying to use the outline-mode with a specific requirement.
I would like to have the number 1 corresponding to the level 1, the number 2 corresponding to level 2 and so on:
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outline minor mode folding enhancements wanted
This query is two questions both related to latex major mode (not Auctex), outline minor mode, code folding. I eventually solved these questions myself. My "answers are given below the ========== ...
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How to hide frame environment in outline minor mode?
I am using AUCTex and outline-minor-mode to produce Latex presentations with beamer. I wonder how I could tell the outline-minor-mode to hide the content of a frame. I am not into LISP by now, so ...
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outline mode: Fold everything when loading file (specifically LaTeX mode)
I am using outline minor mode for LaTeX mode and would like emacs to automatically hide all section environments when opening a .tex file. How could I do that?
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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 ...
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org mode not showing all the text in my file?
I am new to Emacs and struggling to learn it.
I have a test.org file:
* Heading
** Sub-Heading
*** Third-level
When I open the file, the buffer just displays:
* Heading...
Where did all the ...
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How to determine if a buffer will respond to outline-mode commands
I'm hacking together an extension which will display a sidebar with an outline of whatever document you're working on. It was initially written to support writing in markdown-mode, but the technique I'...
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How to fold the highest headline which I am currently in?
I often do the following sequence in my org-mode file:
Go to the root headline from current position
Fold the whole subtree
Is there a way to this sequence with a shortcut?
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How to show all contents of current subtree and fold all the other subtrees?
When using org build subtree navigation functions to move around, I want to show all the content of current one recursively, and hide any other subtrees that having a higher or same level of the ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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Shift-c acts as Control in Outline mode
I recently started having an issue. I am unsure as to how long it has existed, but it must have occurred during the past week. Whenever I type Shift-c, Emacs does not interpret it as the character C, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Change overlaid text of an outline header?
Q: how do I add a new outline header regexp but change the overlaid text?
I often write presentations with Beamer in LaTeX. As such, there are a lot of frame (ie, "slide") environments:
\begin{...
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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 ...
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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)?
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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.
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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
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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 ...
asked Jun 3 '15 at 17:43
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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How create a function to navigate between text and header?
I tried org-mode, and I'm impressed. My org-file for notes is organized like this:
Header 1
Sub header 1
Foo [ cursor here]
Bar
Sub header 2
Currently I use the function org-...
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Trying to enable keybindings for 'outshine': “set before outline-mode is loaded”
I'm just getting started with outshine, and I'm trying to enable outshine's keybindings, but I am stumped by the directive in the readme to
...set the outshine prefix (M-#) in your init file before ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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How to use AUCTeX and outline-minor-mode together for folding? [duplicate]
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 ...
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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
*** ...
asked Oct 16 '14 at 10:43
Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
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