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This package automatically expands certain headings in an Org file depending on properties set, making it easy to always get the same initial view when finding a file.

• Installation :PROPERTIES: :TOC: 0 :END:

** MELPA

If you installed from [[https://melpa.org/#/org-auto-expand][MELPA]], you're already done!

** Quelpa

Installing with [[https://framagit.org/steckerhalter/quelpa][Quelpa]] is easy:

1. Install [[https://framagit.org/steckerhalter/quelpa-use-package#installation][quelpa-use-package]] (which can be installed directly from MELPA).
2. Add this form to your init file:

#+BEGIN_SRC elisp (use-package org-auto-expand :quelpa (org-auto-expand :fetcher github :repo "alphapapa/org-auto-expand")) #+END_SRC

** Manual

Put =org-auto-expand.el= in your ~load-path~, and put this in your init file:

#+BEGIN_SRC elisp (require 'org-auto-expand) #+END_SRC

• Usage :PROPERTIES: :TOC: 0 :END:

1. Define auto-expansion settings in an Org file (see below).
2. Run ~org-auto-expand~ to set visibility accordingly. You may do this automatically in a file with a file- or dir-local variable. See examples.

• The global minor mode ~org-auto-expand-mode~ automatically applies expansion settings when visiting Org files.
• To start with all entries folded, set the variable ~org-startup-folded~ as desired, or use the ~#+STARTUP~ keyword (see Org manual).

** Auto-expansion Settings

Auto-expansion settings may be set in two ways: with Org properties on headings, and with the file- or dir-local variable ~org-auto-expand-nodes~.

*** Properties

Set the =auto-expand= property on a node to a list of one or more of these values:

• =heading=: Show just the heading.
• =body=: Show the heading and its body, but not its children.
• =children=: Show the heading's children, but not its body.
• A number =N=: Show child headings =N= levels deep.
• A symbol that =org-show-context= accepts as an argument.

For example, in this Org file:

#+BEGIN_SRC org ,* Daily tasks :PROPERTIES: :auto-expand: body 1 :END:

Things to do every day.

,** Check email ,** Walk dog

,* Weekly tasks

Things to do every week.

,** Check tire pressure ,** Attempt to walk cat #+END_SRC

After running ~org-auto-expand~, you would see:

#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE ,* Daily tasks :PROPERTIES:...

Things to do every day.

,** Check email ,** Walk dog

,* Weekly tasks... #+END_EXAMPLE

*** Variable =org-auto-expand-nodes=

The variable =org-auto-expand-nodes= may be set as file-local or dir-local (e.g. using command ~add-file-local-variable~). It should be an alist, the key of which should be an Org outline path (a list of heading strings corresponding to a node's hierarchy), and the value of which should be one of the values accepted by the =auto-expand= property. The corresponding example, which also calls ~org-auto-expand~ automatically:

#+BEGIN_SRC org

Local Variables:

org-auto-expand-nodes: ((("Daily tasks") body 1))

eval: (org-auto-expand)

End:

#+END_SRC

• Changelog :PROPERTIES: :TOC: 0 :END:

** 0.2-pre

Org version 9.6 or later is now required.

Fixes

• Mode ~org-auto-expand-mode~ adds ~org-auto-expand~ to ~org-mode-hook~.
• Call ~org-back-to-heading~ with ~INVISIBLE-OK~ argument. (Necessary with some newer Org versions.)

** 0.1

Initial release.

• Development :PROPERTIES: :TOC: ignore :END:

Bug reports, feature requests, suggestions — /oh my/!

• License :PROPERTIES: :TOC: ignore :END:

GPLv3

Local Variables:

eval: (require 'org-make-toc)

before-save-hook: org-make-toc

org-export-with-properties: ()

org-export-with-title: t

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