Re: shortcuts to hide nearest heading or sparse tree

[Max Mikhanosha <max@openchat.com>]

At Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:55:37 -0500,
Kevin Buchs wrote:

> I have been studying extensively and have not found a quick way to hide the nearest heading (which
> contains point) as well as the entire sparse tree. I often have two or more sparse trees open as I go
> look for information elsewhere and then want to return to the place I was at. So, can I be lazy and
> do these operations with a few keys?

C-c C-u then M-x hide-subtree would close parent heading.. You can do

(defun close-parent-heading ()
  (interactive)
  (outline-up-heading 1)
  (hide-subtree))

then bind it to a key.
  
If you want to hide parent headings until you reach certain condition, then you'll
have to write a more complicated function like so:

(defun fold-until-tagged-blah ()
  "Fold headings containing point upward until heading tagged :blah"
  (interactive)
  (org-back-to-heading)
  (let (done)
    (while (not done)
      (cond ((member "blah" (org-get-tags-at nil t))
             (setq done t))
            ((not (org-up-heading-safe))
             (setq done t))))             
    (org-hide-subtree)))