Is there a way to show the content of a node containing a plain list,
so that the plain list items are collapsed? Or, is there a function
that will automatically collapse all the items in the plain list?
For instance, if I have a tree like this:
* Top level I
** Subheading A
*** Further subheading 1
** Subheading B
* Top-level II
When I first visit the file, I see:
* Top level I...
* Top-level II
... and if I expand the first heading, I see:
* Top level I
** Subheading A...
** Subheading B
* Top-level II
But, if the tree has this structure instead:
* TODO Top level I [0/2]
- [ ] List item A
Comments on list item A
- [ ] List item B
Comments on list item B
* Top-level II
... expanding the first node expands the entire contents, including
the comments -- I see *everything*. It's more useful to me to see the
list items collapsed (comments hidden), and then I can use tab
visibility cycling to see the comments that I want to see.
I'm aware that I could use regular subheadings for these list items.
The problem is that they would all have to be TODOs (because I want
the parent node's progress cookie to update), but I don't need to
track them individually in my agenda views. The top-level here is a
homework assignment, and each list item is work received from one
student. In the agenda, I need to know only that I haven't graded
everything for that assignment yet, but I don't need to see a separate
TODO entry for every student. Lists with checkboxes are perfect for
this.
Also, if I used "real" TODOs, org-mobile-push would assign an org-id
to every one of them, grossly bloating my ~/.emacs.d/.org-id-locations
(and bloating the org file with hundreds of :PROPERTIES: drawers that
I don't really need). So it's really much more efficient for me to use
list items, except that I haven't found a way to use visibility
cycling on them that is as intelligent as it is for outline headings.
Thanks,
hjh
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