Re: [BUG] Child's visibility property is overridden by parent's [9.5.2 (9.5.2-gbc8c3e @ /home/john/.emacs.d/straight/build/org/)

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@gmail.com> writes:

> I would say that the existing behaviour is a confusing and might be
> considered as a bug. However, it may not always be straightforward how
> to deal with different combinations of VISIBILITY setting for
> ancestor/descendent headings. Consider the following example:
>
> * Foo
> :PROPERTIES:
> :VISIBILITY: folded
> :END:
> ** Bar
> :PROPERTIES:
> :VISIBILITY: content
> :END:
> *** Baz
>
> Foo is supposed to be folded, but it is unclear how to process Bar.
> Should Bar's contents be visible? Should it be folded?

My conclusion is that Bar should be visible. This will be consistent
with how VISIBILITY overrides document-wide STARTUP settings.

Also, the comment in one of Org tests I was concerned about was
inaccurate - it tested for a slightly different bug.

Fixed, on main.
https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/emacs/org-mode.git/commit/?id=a5c977b43

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