From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: newbie questions Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 17:44:16 +0200 Message-ID: <077D241E-D071-48AD-A68B-4A1E5D93941D@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lrawz-0000o7-ON for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:48:33 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Lrawv-0000mG-2j for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:48:33 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=52288 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Lrawu-0000m8-Sk for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:48:28 -0400 Received: from mail-ew0-f160.google.com ([209.85.219.160]:41825) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Lrawu-0002Js-CM for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:48:28 -0400 Received: by ewy4 with SMTP id 4so281548ewy.42 for ; Wed, 08 Apr 2009 09:48:27 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Stathis Sideris Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On Apr 6, 2009, at 1:04 PM, Stathis Sideris wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm new to org mode (the bundling of ditaa made me aware of its > existence!), and having recently converted a relatively large volume > of notes from freemind, I'm now giving org mode a serious test drive. Hi Stathis, welcome! > > I have three questions: > > (1) Is there any way to make the column placement of org-ellipsis > consistent? It seems that the presence of tags in headings cause > org-ellipsis to be placed in the right-hand side which makes it easier > to miss when looking at an outline. No, unfortunately not. > > (2) Is there any way to make org-cycle skip the "show all" mode? That > would make it to just collapse/expand the children of the current > heading. No, but pressing TAB one extra time is really very little effort. > > (3) Are there any plans to implement persistent tree expansion? For > example, it could be that org mode would somehow remember which > headings were expanded when you were last using an org file. Or being > able to go back to the previous state after you've created a sparse > tree using C-c /. This has come up before, but is very complex and, in my opinion, not really worth it. You can use the VISIBILITY property to set fixed startup visibilities for individual trees. - Carsten > > > Thanks, > > Stathis > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode