Method to disable folding in Org mode?
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semi_competent · 2022-09-19 15:19

I hate folding of sub-trees in org mode (really I hate folding in all
circumstances). Is there a way to globally disable it for org-mode? Is
there a way to disable it for all modes? I've tried googling the topic
a couple times and I didn't find anything obvious.

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akirakom · 2022-09-19 15:28

It's probably impossible to completely disable folding. You can set
`org-startup-folded` to `nofold`, but there can be per-file `STARTUP`
header that overrides the option.

You can disable tab and shifttab:

```
(define-key org-mode-map  [remap org-cycle] #'ignore)
(define-key org-mode-map  [remap org-shifttab] #'ignore)
```

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akirakom · 2022-09-19 15:30

> Is there a way to disable it for all modes?

If this is about `outline-minor-mode`, it doesn't fold text unless you
enable it.

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semi_competent · 2022-09-19 15:43

That seems to work. Thank you!

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Schievel1 · 2022-09-20 04:47

Why do you want to disable it? Just dont fold.

Or does it fold auto automatically?

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7890yuiop · 2022-09-20 05:20

You can display *all* invisible text with `M-x visible-mode`; or by
default with:

    (add-hook 'org-mode-hook #'visible-mode)

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HM0880 · 2022-09-20 14:03

Do you mean something like this?

    ;; Show everything when .org file is opened
    (setq org-startup-folded `showeverything)

`C-h v org-startup-folded RET` will show the other settings.

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semi_competent · 2022-09-20 21:23

Right now if I accidentally hit TAB it's folding. I almost never want
folding. I run everything at high resolution so screen real estate is
almost never an issue. I also journal by day, or have a file per
research project so my files aren't super huge.

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Schievel1 · 2022-09-20 21:41

Then maybe bind org-toggle-fold or whatever it's called to  something
different Than tab?