Laurenz Wiskott <laurenz.wiskott@rub.de> writes:

> There is one feature however that I really miss: It used to be that I could add an entry
> with a certain number of stars in the first line, and then 'org-global-cycle' using S-TAB
> would allow to make all the headlines visible only up to that many stars.  For instance,
> a file with
>
>
> *** -
> * 1
> ...
> after one or two S-TAB (depending on the initial folding state) would look like
>
> *** -
> * 1
> ** 2
> *** 3
>
> without the 4-star headline visible.  If I remove one star in the first line and type
> S-TAB once or twice, then it looks like
>
> ** -
> * 1
> ** 2
>
> I found that a convenient way of controlling the depth of the CONTENT view (I believe it
> is called).  That does not work any more.  Typing S-TAB once or twice leads to the
> CONTENTS view that shows all headlines, no matter how many stars and independently of the
> first line.

This was not documented and caused by implementation detail.

> Here is an example for 'org-cycle'
>
> * 1
> *** -
> ** A
> *** Aa
> ...
> Typing TAB once or twice (depending on the initial folding state) on the main headline (*
> 1) yields the view:
>
> * 1
> *** -
> ** A
> *** Aa
> ** B
> *** Ba

It is a bug in `org-fold-show-children'. The reason your example works
has nothing to do with what the function intends to do.

Fix is attached.