Is org-save-outline-visibility what you are looking for? Nikolay Kudryavtsev writes:
> Is there any way to modify node visibility and then revert those > changes? In particular I'm interested in doing and then reverting > (org-content). > > What follows is more details at what I'm trying to accomplish in the end. > > Let's say we have nodes: > * A > ** B > *** TODO ะก > For task node C I want to see which parent node has tag "project" and > then put it into a prefix in agenda. Here's my code: > === > (defun org-get-task-project () > (let ((project "")) > (save-excursion > (org-content) > (while > (progn > (ignore-errors (outline-up-heading 1)) > (when (and (eq project "") > (member "project" (org-get-tags-at (point) t))) > (setq project (nth 4 (org-heading-components)))) > (> (nth 1 (org-heading-components)) 1)))) > project)) > > (with-eval-after-load 'org-agenda > (add-to-list 'org-agenda-prefix-format > '(todo . " %i %?-20(org-get-task-project)"))) > === > In the code above we have to make all headings visible first with > org-content because outline-up-heading works only on visible nodes. -- Professor John Kitchin Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
