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org: Global and local cycling

 
 2.3.1 Global and local cycling
 ------------------------------
 
 Outlines make it possible to hide parts of the text in the buffer.  Org
 uses just two commands, bound to <TAB> and ‘S-<TAB>’ to change the
 visibility in the buffer.
 
 ‘<TAB>’     (‘org-cycle’)
      _Subtree cycling_: Rotate current subtree among the states
 
           ,-> FOLDED -> CHILDREN -> SUBTREE --.
           '-----------------------------------'
 
      The cursor must be on a headline for this to work(1).  When the
      cursor is at the beginning of the buffer and the first line is not
      a headline, then <TAB> actually runs global cycling (see below)(2).
      Also when called with a prefix argument (‘C-u <TAB>’), global
      cycling is invoked.
 
 ‘S-<TAB>’     (‘org-global-cycle’)
 C-u <TAB>
      _Global cycling_: Rotate the entire buffer among the states
 
           ,-> OVERVIEW -> CONTENTS -> SHOW ALL --.
           '--------------------------------------'
 
      When ‘S-<TAB>’ is called with a numeric prefix argument N, the
      CONTENTS view up to headlines of level N will be shown.  Note that
      inside tables, ‘S-<TAB>’ jumps to the previous field.
 
 ‘C-u C-u <TAB>’     (‘org-set-startup-visibility’)
      Switch back to the startup visibility of the buffer (Initial
      visibility).
 ‘C-u C-u C-u <TAB>’     (‘show-all’)
      Show all, including drawers.
 ‘C-c C-r’     (‘org-reveal’)
      Reveal context around point, showing the current entry, the
      following heading and the hierarchy above.  Useful for working near
      a location that has been exposed by a sparse tree command (
      Sparse trees) or an agenda command (Agenda commands).
      With a prefix argument show, on each level, all sibling headings.
      With a double prefix argument, also show the entire subtree of the
      parent.
 ‘C-c C-k’     (‘show-branches’)
      Expose all the headings of the subtree, CONTENT view for just one
      subtree.
 ‘C-c <TAB>’     (‘show-children’)
      Expose all direct children of the subtree.  With a numeric prefix
      argument N, expose all children down to level N.
 ‘C-c C-x b’     (‘org-tree-to-indirect-buffer’)
      Show the current subtree in an indirect buffer(3).  With a numeric
      prefix argument N, go up to level N and then take that tree.  If N
      is negative then go up that many levels.  With a ‘C-u’ prefix, do
      not remove the previously used indirect buffer.
 ‘C-c C-x v’     (‘org-copy-visible’)
      Copy the visible text in the region into the kill ring.
 

Menu

 
· Initial visibility          Setting the initial visibility state
· Catching invisible edits    Preventing mistakes when editing invisible parts
 
    ---------- Footnotes ----------
 
    (1) see, however, the option ‘org-cycle-emulate-tab’.
 
    (2) see the option ‘org-cycle-global-at-bob’.
 
    (3) The indirect buffer ((emacs)Indirect Buffers) will
 contain the entire buffer, but will be narrowed to the current tree.
 Editing the indirect buffer will also change the original buffer, but
 without affecting visibility in that buffer.
 

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