Hi!

This solution works fairly well with the headers themselves, but the actual
content beneath the headers stays to the side of the buffer (as pictured:
http://i.imgur.com/nGv8XBI.png).
Would there be any way to fix this?

David

On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 9:47 AM John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu>
wrote:

> I think this does approximately what you want:
>
> #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :results none
> (require 'ov)
>
> (defun org-max-heading-depth ()
>   "Get maximum depth of a heading."
>   (let ((max-depth 0)
>         depth)
>     (org-map-entries (lambda ()
>                        (when (> (setq depth (car
> (org-heading-components))) max-depth)
>                          (setq max-depth depth))))
>     max-depth))
>
>
> (defun org-right-align-overlay ()
>   "Put an overlay on headline * to right align to maximum depth.
> Should be run while on the headline."
>   (interactive)
>   (let* ((diff (- (org-max-heading-depth) (car (org-heading-components))))
>          ov)
>     (while (and (setq ov (ov-at (match-beginning 1)))
>                (overlay-get ov 'right-align))
>       (delete-overlay ov))
>
>     ;; (setq ov (make-overlay (line-beginning-position) (+ 1
> (line-beginning-position))))
>     (setq ov (make-overlay (match-beginning 1) (+ 1 (match-beginning 1))))
>     (overlay-put ov 'before-string (make-string diff ? ))
>     (overlay-put ov 'right-align t)))
>
> (defun org-right-align-clear ()
>   (interactive)
>   (ov-clear 'right-align))
>
> (defun align-matcher (&optional limit)
>   (while (re-search-forward org-heading-regexp limit t)
>     (org-right-align-overlay)))
>
> (add-to-list 'org-font-lock-hook 'align-matcher)
> #+END_SRC
>
> Its only light tested, and may be slow on a long document because it is
> checking the maximum depth each time. You could set this to a constant,
> e.g. 8 if it is too slow.
>
> David Cao writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I was wondering if there is any way to right-align the header indicators
> > while left-aligning the actual content. Unfortunately I haven't been able
> > to find any mention of such a feature online.
> >
> > For example:
> >
> >   * My fancy org file
> >  ** Header 2
> >     Some content here
> > *** Header 3
> >
> > Thanks in advance!
> > David
>
>
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