Thanks David, but what Carsten suggested completely resolved my problem (it applies not just to bookmarks; it fully preserves my buffer's folded state after adding Christoph's code to my .emacs). But I should also thank you for finding the words I struggled to find ("folded state"). I feel honored that royalty stepped into the discussion. Herzlichen Dank, 42 2013/3/21 Carsten Dominik > > On 20.3.2013, at 19:28, 42 147 wrote: > > > (require 'saveplace) > > (setq-default save-place t) > > > works for me. It just opens the place where I had the point, nothing > > more, but that's what I need most. > > This is more convenient than Emacs bookmarks, but still breaks org-mode to > a certain extent: all non top-level headlines below point are hidden. At > least for me. > > > Org-mode has very precise control for situations when a jump into > invisible text happens, for example by isearch or by bookmark-jump or > saveplace. Take a look at the variable org-show-siblings and set a special > context for bookmark-jump, that should do it. This will work for both > saveplace and bookmarks. > > You can do this with customize, or just like this: > > (setq org-show-siblings '((default) (isearch t) (bookmark-jump . t))) > > There are companion variables, they are all in the customization group > org-reveal-context. > > - Carsten >