Re: doing `M-x org-mode' loses point

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

On Jun 16, 2006, at 16:41, Eduardo Ochs wrote:

>
> So, is this org-mode-jumps-to-the-first-header-line a bug or a
> feature? Is there a standard workaround?

Org-mode repositions the curser when it changes the visibility in a 
buffer, to make sure that the screen is used when you switch to 
overview mode, for example.

The change you see is because when switching to org-mode, the default 
setting is to hide everything except for top-level headlines.  So 
visibility is changed when you enter org-mode, and consequently the 
cursor moves.

In your case, changeing the visibility is as unwanted as moving the 
cursor.  You can turn this off globally with

(setq org-startup-folded nil)

Or turn it off for just this buffer by adding this line to the file:

#+STARTUP: showall

If you generally dislike the cursor motion after visibility change, you 
can also do

(setq org-cycle-hook nil)

Hope this helps.

- Carsten



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