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Karl Fogel <kfogel@red-bean.com> writes:

> This is the enhancement to `org-narrow-to-subtree' that I suggested back in May [1].
>
> It allows you to choose what level subtree to narrow to.  There are
> two ways to specify the subtree: use repeated C-u's to select "upward"
> from the current subtree, or use a direct numeric prefix arg to
> specify the subtree "downward" from level 1.  (This is a somewhat
> unusual prefix argument usage, but it's useful to be able to choose
> from either direction, and the convenience of using C-u to select
> upward is quite enormous -- I expect it to be the common case, and
> it's pretty much the only way I use the feature.)
>
> The prefix arg is optional, of course: if you don't pass it, then
> `org-narrow-to-subtree' behaves the same way it has always behaved.

+1

I think your enhancement is great and worth a news entry.  What about
pushing your code if nobody objects within one week?


Ciao,  Marco