Thanks for the info, I will look into reporting the issue with the emacs bug-tracker and for now use the per file "STARTUP:" option. thanks again
On Wednesday, May 4, 2022, 11:04:42 a.m. EDT, Robert Pluim <rpl...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> On Wed, 04 May 2022 22:46:56 +0800, Ihor Radchenko <yanta...@gmail.com> >>>>> said: Ihor> Robert Pluim <rpl...@gmail.com> writes: Ihor> This is no different. org-startup-folded controls loading of Org mode. Ihor> However, Emacs applies directory-local variables and file-local Ihor> variables _after_ loading Org mode. Org cannot do much about it without Ihor> hacking Emacs defaults. >> >> Weʼre in agreement there. My point is that itʼs not a bug (although I >> guess you could ask for a feature to apply local/directory variables >> before applying the mode Ihor> It's not exactly a bug, but feature request to Emacs is exactly what I Ihor> was implying. Right. My predictatron says itʼs unlikely to be greeted enthusiastically. >> , but in this case thereʼs an easy >> workaround). Ihor> I am not sure which workaround you are referring to. Ihor> Setting org-startup-folded globally? On per-file basis? the former is Ihor> global and will apply to broader scope than a directory-local variable. Ihor> The latter only works in a single file (and works instead of file-local Ihor> variable). I was talking about #+STARTUP: (Iʼm assuming #+SETUPFILE: also works, but I haven't tried it). Robert --