* [RFC] Change default value for `org-startup-folded'?
@ 2020-04-30 15:11 Nicolas Goaziou
2020-04-30 15:59 ` Eric S Fraga
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From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2020-04-30 15:11 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Org Mode List
Hello,
Reading a recent message on Emacs devel list, I stumbled upon this:
I needed to go and look up to figure out how to read the org file
that came with pdf-tools. It isn't that much text, and the annoying
folding that org does for what amounts to a simple README file is
gratuitous at best.
it struck me that our default value for `org-startup-folded', which
t (or `overview') may not be nice for people not used to Org.
It would make sense to make it easier for non-Org users who have to deal
with Org files to set this variable to `showeverything'. This would also
be on par with Outline mode, the major mode used to handle, e.g., NEWS
file.
Even though I think `overview' is a nice value, the logic behind my
suggestion is that it is easier for an Org user to set
`org-startup-folded' once and for all than for a non-Org user to
discover Org folding the hard way.
WDYT?
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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* Re: [RFC] Change default value for `org-startup-folded'?
2020-04-30 15:11 [RFC] Change default value for `org-startup-folded'? Nicolas Goaziou
@ 2020-04-30 15:59 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-04-30 17:40 ` Marco Wahl
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From: Eric S Fraga @ 2020-04-30 15:59 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Org Mode List
On Thursday, 30 Apr 2020 at 17:11, Nicolas Goaziou wrote:
> It would make sense to make it easier for non-Org users who have to deal
> with Org files to set this variable to `showeverything'. This would also
> be on par with Outline mode, the major mode used to handle, e.g., NEWS
> file.
Yes, this is a good suggestion: anything that makes it easier for users
new to org is welcome and anybody else can easily change the default.
--
: Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50, Org release_9.3.6-555-ge68ae4
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* Re: [RFC] Change default value for `org-startup-folded'?
2020-04-30 15:11 [RFC] Change default value for `org-startup-folded'? Nicolas Goaziou
2020-04-30 15:59 ` Eric S Fraga
@ 2020-04-30 17:40 ` Marco Wahl
2020-04-30 17:53 ` Amin Bandali
2020-04-30 23:42 ` Tim Cross
3 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Marco Wahl @ 2020-04-30 17:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
> Reading a recent message on Emacs devel list, I stumbled upon this:
>
> I needed to go and look up to figure out how to read the org file
> that came with pdf-tools. It isn't that much text, and the annoying
> folding that org does for what amounts to a simple README file is
> gratuitous at best.
>
> it struck me that our default value for `org-startup-folded', which
> t (or `overview') may not be nice for people not used to Org.
>
> It would make sense to make it easier for non-Org users who have to deal
> with Org files to set this variable to `showeverything'. This would also
> be on par with Outline mode, the major mode used to handle, e.g., NEWS
> file.
>
> Even though I think `overview' is a nice value, the logic behind my
> suggestion is that it is easier for an Org user to set
> `org-startup-folded' once and for all than for a non-Org user to
> discover Org folding the hard way.
>
> WDYT?
+1 for the change.
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* Re: [RFC] Change default value for `org-startup-folded'?
2020-04-30 15:11 [RFC] Change default value for `org-startup-folded'? Nicolas Goaziou
2020-04-30 15:59 ` Eric S Fraga
2020-04-30 17:40 ` Marco Wahl
@ 2020-04-30 17:53 ` Amin Bandali
2020-04-30 23:42 ` Tim Cross
3 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Amin Bandali @ 2020-04-30 17:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
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Hello,
Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
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>
> It would make sense to make it easier for non-Org users who have to deal
> with Org files to set this variable to `showeverything'. This would also
> be on par with Outline mode, the major mode used to handle, e.g., NEWS
> file.
>
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+1 from me as well.
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* Re: [RFC] Change default value for `org-startup-folded'?
2020-04-30 15:11 [RFC] Change default value for `org-startup-folded'? Nicolas Goaziou
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2020-04-30 17:53 ` Amin Bandali
@ 2020-04-30 23:42 ` Tim Cross
2020-05-12 10:34 ` Nicolas Goaziou
3 siblings, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Tim Cross @ 2020-04-30 23:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: emacs-orgmode
Nicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr> writes:
> Hello,
>
> Reading a recent message on Emacs devel list, I stumbled upon this:
>
> I needed to go and look up to figure out how to read the org file
> that came with pdf-tools. It isn't that much text, and the annoying
> folding that org does for what amounts to a simple README file is
> gratuitous at best.
>
> it struck me that our default value for `org-startup-folded', which
> t (or `overview') may not be nice for people not used to Org.
>
> It would make sense to make it easier for non-Org users who have to deal
> with Org files to set this variable to `showeverything'. This would also
> be on par with Outline mode, the major mode used to handle, e.g., NEWS
> file.
>
> Even though I think `overview' is a nice value, the logic behind my
> suggestion is that it is easier for an Org user to set
> `org-startup-folded' once and for all than for a non-Org user to
> discover Org folding the hard way.
>
> WDYT?
>
> Regards,
+1 from me.
--
Tim Cross
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* Re: [RFC] Change default value for `org-startup-folded'?
2020-04-30 23:42 ` Tim Cross
@ 2020-05-12 10:34 ` Nicolas Goaziou
0 siblings, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Nicolas Goaziou @ 2020-05-12 10:34 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Tim Cross; +Cc: emacs-orgmode
Hello,
Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com> writes:
>
> +1 from me.
Thank to all of you for the feedback. I changed the default value in master.
Regards,
--
Nicolas Goaziou
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