Making Org-Mode to remember folding?

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I am a recent convert to Org-Mode. I like it a lot but I am having an issue with reopening files. When I open a org file, Org-Mode does not remember the folding which sux, because I have to resetup everything properly to my liking.

Is there a way to make Org-Mode to remember the folding when the file is opened next time?

I am using GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.14.5) on Debian Jessie.

thanks

yarun can

Posted 2015-06-30T01:16:00.167

Reputation: 800

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AFAIK it is not possible out of the box since you would have to use an additional file to store that information. What I did instead is setting the org-startup-folded variable to nil so to start unfolded, which I think is a better default.

See C-h v org-startup-folded.

cYrus

Posted 2015-06-30T01:16:00.167

Reputation: 18 102

Thanks for the reply. It is sad that Org-Mode does not care about remebering this stuff. ALl the other outliners I ever used remembers this stuff fine. I personally have no problem using a dot file that keeps these settings in the same folder as my original file. – yarun can – 2015-06-30T14:16:53.313

Here is a quote from the manual as to frequently asked questions -- http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html -- Can I save/restore the visibility state of an org-mode buffer? Well, no—at least not automatically. You can, however, control the visibility of an org-file or of individual trees by adding instructions to your org file. See http://orgmode.org/manual/Visibility-cycling.html#Visibility-cycling for more information.

– lawlist – 2015-07-01T06:49:29.817

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