outline-heading-alist for elisp using ";; * "

[Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com>]

> Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2021 at 12:06 AM
> From: "Jean Louis" <bugs@gnu.support>
> To: "Christopher Dimech" <dimech@gmx.com>
> Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: outline-heading-alist for elisp using ";; * "
>
> * Christopher Dimech <dimech@gmx.com> [2021-05-11 08:06]:
> > I am working on some ideas and recommend that emacs beefs up
> > outline-minor-mode for the different programming languages.  Outline
> > structures would then be available for use.  And if users want to
> > change they can do that as well.  We would need some docementation
> > with real examples on how to set things up.  Better still, if the
> > information is provided in the outline.el code.
>
> I have found enough information to make it working, it was in the
> variables. And much is already documented: (info "(emacs) Outline
> Mode")
>
> Now if somebody wish to customize any variable, well... where to find
> the variables?
>
> What I do is:
>
> C-h v outline-TAB TAB or
>
> C-h v outline-minorTAB TAB and I look then in descriptions of those
> variables.
>
> Emacs is in general stable editor and it is already advanced.
>
> Customizing variables and modes is on a level more than advanced. Thus
> documentation on those variables is already there, as when person is
> level more than what Emacs Manual provides, that person has to know to
> find descriptions in docstrings of variables or in the source of the
> mode.

Maybe, but beefing up would also mean more functionality available by default.
For instance the capability to cycle folding/unfolding of headings only
by continuing to simply press a single key sequence, not a compound one.

And another keybinding to fold/unfold code only, also by default.

And by default allow subheading levels.

Can the aforementioned capabilities turned on by default at this moment?


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