Search for an entry expands parent

Search for an entry expands parent

[Gt Uit]

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Re: Search for an entry expands parent

[Kyle Meyer]

Gt Uit writes:

> I recently upgraded to org mode version 9.3.6 and the following
> behavior was introduced: When I search for an entry using C-s, all the
> parent entries and sub-entries are expanded and stay expanded.
>
> Find in https://imgur.com/a/vzEU1zp screenshots of the newly
> introduced behavior and expected/old behavior.

An image is helpful, and some may follow that link, but it's also useful
to include example Org content and a set of steps to reproduce the
behavior you're describing.  Based on that link, something like

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
* A
** B
some text
** C
target search
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

And then, with all content folded, 'C-s target'.

With the default settings in Org 9, the result is

    * A
    ** B...
    ** C
    target search

I believe you want the visibility to be like this:

    * A...
    ** C
    target search

You can customize this behavior through org-show-context-detail.  It
sounds like you'd prefer `minimal':

    (setf (alist-get 'isearch org-show-context-detail)
          'minimal)

Re: Search for an entry expands parent

[Gt Uit]

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[Gt Uit]

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Re: Search for an entry expands parent

[Kyle Meyer]

Gt Uit writes:

> Updates since my last email:
> - Sometimes the first C-s yields intended result (minimal), with
> subsequent C-s searches expanding all entries.
> - I tried on Emacs 28.0.50 and am getting the same results.
> - I tried with emacs -Q and isearch minimal behaves properly!
> - I tried a live distribution (Linux Mint 20 Ulyana, same
> distribution I am currently using) and isearch minimal behaves
> properly.
> - I tried the following without any success:
> + Remove all emacs related packages and reinstall emacs (via apt)
> + Install emacs from snap.
>  
> Now that I have narrowed down the bug to be something local to my
> current installation please advise on how to debug/resolve.

Something that might give you a clue about what's going on is stepping
through org-show-set-visibility, comparing what happens when it works as
expected and what happens when it doesn't.  If you haven't used Edebug
before, take a look at its node in the Elisp manual:
(info "(elisp)Edebug")

Re: Search for an entry expands parent

[Gt Uit]

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Re: Search for an entry expands parent

[Nick Dokos]

Gt Uit <gt3uit@yandex.com> writes:

>  
>  
> 18.07.2020, 18:48, "Kyle Meyer" <kyle@kyleam.com>:
>
>     Gt Uit writes:
>      
>    
>          Updates since my last email:
>          - Sometimes the first C-s yields intended result (minimal), with
>          subsequent C-s searches expanding all entries.
>          - I tried on Emacs 28.0.50 and am getting the same results.
>          - I tried with emacs -Q and isearch minimal behaves properly!
>          - I tried a live distribution (Linux Mint 20 Ulyana, same
>          distribution I am currently using) and isearch minimal behaves
>          properly.
>          - I tried the following without any success:
>          + Remove all emacs related packages and reinstall emacs (via apt)
>          + Install emacs from snap.
>           
>          Now that I have narrowed down the bug to be something local to my
>          current installation please advise on how to debug/resolve.
>
>     Something that might give you a clue about what's going on is stepping
>     through org-show-set-visibility, comparing what happens when it works as
>     expected and what happens when it doesn't. If you haven't used Edebug
>     before, take a look at its node in the Elisp manual:
>     (info "(elisp)Edebug")
>    
> Thanks for pointing me to Edebug, a tremendously useful tool.
>  
> I got the following:
>  - Executed:
>    + M-x find-function org-show-set-visibility
>    + C-u C-M-x (edebug-defun)
>  - The first time I launch emacs, the function org-show-set-visibility is
>    called and I can step through the code via Edebug

Typing "d" at this point should give you a stack trace, so you can figure out
who called it.

> - Subsequent calls do not invoke org-show-set-visibility
>  
> I didn't mention earlier that I got this bug after upgrading from Linux
> Mint 19.3 to Linux Mint 20.
>  
> Can you please point me to what to further debug, in particular function
> that is called before org-show-set-visibility.
>  
> Gt Uit
>  
>  
>

-- 
Nick

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