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From: Tim Cross <theophilusx@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [RFC] Change default value for `org-startup-folded'?
Date: Fri, 01 May 2020 09:42:12 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <877dxwfsmk.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <874kt1atzh.fsf@nicolasgoaziou.fr>


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


  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-04-30 23:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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 [this message]
2020-05-12 10:34   ` Nicolas Goaziou

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