Hi All, there is a scope mismatch in `org-toggle-link-display' between text (visibility) properties and the setting of `org-link-descriptive'. The text properties are set for the buffer with either `remove-from-invisibility-spec' or `add-to-invisibility-spec', but the value of `org-link-descriptive` is set globally with `(setq org-link-descriptive (not org-link-descriptive))'. It is not a big deal, but it does lead to a glitch in `org-toggle-link-display'. It is easy to generate an ECM to trigger the glitch: - Start `emacs -Q' - Load the latest: #+begin_src emacs-lisp (add-to-list 'load-path "~/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20201123") #+end_src - Open two Org buffers "*Buffer 1*" with contents: #+begin_src org [[https://orgmode.org/][Org mode for Emacs]] #+end_src - And "*Buffer 2*" with contents: #+begin_src org [[https://orgmode.org/worg/][Hello Worg, the Org-Mode Community!]] #+end_src - It's probably easier to visualize if you have both windows in view in a split frame, but it should not change the result whatever you do. - The initial state, as per defaults, is that links are invisible in both buffers. - Go to "*Buffer 1*" and `M-x org-toggle-link-display', and links are made visible in that buffer, but not in "*Buffer 2*". - Now, go to "*Buffer 2*" and call `M-x org-toggle-link-display' there. It doesn't work. Call it again. Now it does. What's happening is that, when we call `org-toggle-link-display' in "*Buffer 1*" we set `org-link-descriptive' to nil globally, so that when we move to "*Buffer 2*", Org thinks the links are visible, and when we call `org-toggle-link-display' then, Org will try to "re-hide" the links that are already invisible, with no apparent effect. But, in doing so, it also sets `org-link-descriptive' to t again, also globally. And so a second call will work. I don't know if it's better to make `org-link-descriptive' buffer-local, or to simply use `setq-local' in `org-toggle-link-display'. Either way, it is a low hanging one. Best regards, Gustavo. Emacs : GNU Emacs 27.1 (build 1, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20, cairo version 1.16.0) of 2020-08-11 Package: Org mode version 9.4 (9.4-44-g5272d9-elpaplus @ /home/gustavo/.emacs.d/elpa/org-plus-contrib-20201123/) current state: ============== (setq org-src-mode-hook '(org-src-babel-configure-edit-buffer org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer) org-link-shell-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p org-metadown-hook '(org-babel-pop-to-session-maybe) org-clock-out-hook '(org-clock-remove-empty-clock-drawer) org-link-descriptive nil org-mode-hook '(#[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-show-all append local] 5] #[0 "\300\301\302\303\304$\207" [add-hook change-major-mode-hook org-babel-show-result-all append local] 5] org-babel-result-hide-spec org-babel-hide-all-hashes org-eldoc-load) org-archive-hook '(org-attach-archive-delete-maybe) org-confirm-elisp-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-agenda-before-write-hook '(org-agenda-add-entry-text) org-metaup-hook '(org-babel-load-in-session-maybe) org-bibtex-headline-format-function #[257 "\300\236A\207" [:title] 3 "\n\n(fn ENTRY)"] org-babel-pre-tangle-hook '(save-buffer) org-tab-first-hook '(org-babel-hide-result-toggle-maybe org-babel-header-arg-expand) org-agenda-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region nil org-src-lang-modes '(("redis" . redis) ("php" . php) ("arduino" . arduino) ("C" . c) ("C++" . c++) ("asymptote" . asy) ("bash" . sh) ("beamer" . latex) ("calc" . fundamental) ("cpp" . c++) ("ditaa" . artist) ("dot" . fundamental) ("elisp" . emacs-lisp) ("ocaml" . tuareg) ("screen" . shell-script) ("shell" . sh) ("sqlite" . sql)) org-occur-hook '(org-first-headline-recenter) org-cycle-hook '(org-cycle-hide-archived-subtrees org-cycle-hide-drawers org-cycle-show-empty-lines org-optimize-window-after-visibility-change) org-speed-command-hook '(org-speed-command-activate org-babel-speed-command-activate) org-export-before-parsing-hook '(org-attach-expand-links) org-confirm-shell-link-function 'yes-or-no-p org-link-parameters '(("attachment" :follow org-attach-follow :complete org-attach-complete-link) ("id" :follow org-id-open) ("eww" :follow org-eww-open :store org-eww-store-link) ("rmail" :follow org-rmail-open :store org-rmail-store-link) ("mhe" :follow org-mhe-open :store org-mhe-store-link) ("irc" :follow org-irc-visit :store org-irc-store-link :export org-irc-export) ("info" :follow org-info-open :export org-info-export :store org-info-store-link) ("gnus" :follow org-gnus-open :store org-gnus-store-link) ("docview" :follow org-docview-open :export org-docview-export :store org-docview-store-link) ("bibtex" :follow org-bibtex-open :store org-bibtex-store-link) ("bbdb" :follow org-bbdb-open :export org-bbdb-export :complete org-bbdb-complete-link :store org-bbdb-store-link) ("w3m" :store org-w3m-store-link) ("file+sys") ("file+emacs") ("shell" :follow org-link--open-shell) ("news" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["news" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"]) ("mailto" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["mailto" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"]) ("https" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["https" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"]) ("http" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["http" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"]) ("ftp" :follow #[514 "\301\300\302Q\"\207" ["ftp" browse-url ":"] 6 "\n\n(fn URL ARG)"]) ("help" :follow org-link--open-help) ("file" :complete org-link-complete-file) ("elisp" :follow org-link--open-elisp) ("doi" :follow org-link--open-doi)) org-link-elisp-confirm-function 'yes-or-no-p )