Re: VISIBILITY property and C-u C-u <TAB>

[Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>]

On Oct 17, 2010, at 5:41 PM, Gez wrote:

> I've just discovered the VISIBILITY property, although I had some  
> trouble working out how to apply it .I discovered C-u C-u TAB from  
> reading http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/6623.  C-u C-u  
> TAB is documented in the reference card but not in the manual or on  
> worg as far as I can see - Shouldn't it be added?  Also shouldn't  
> VISIBILITY be listed with the other "special properties" in the  
> manual etc?

Would you like to make a patch?

>
> I'm using it to mark sub-projects (level 2,3 etc) with :VISIBILITY:  
> folded (or :VISIBILITY: content when they also contain a sub-sub- 
> project). When sub-projects are folded into their projects (level 1)  
> I miss out on an overview of all projects.  Using C-u C-u TAB I can  
> see all non-level-1 headlines that I've marked because they are  
> parents of tasks, and then I can visit them locally with TAB.  It's  
> very useful in conjunction with the counter cookie, and in column  
> view.
>
> I have a query about the C-u C-u TAB command.  When I've just edited  
> or used S-TAB (no matter which part of the global cycle it's on) C-u  
> C-u TAB works as I would expect.  But if I've just used TAB, C-u C-u  
> TAB cycles hrough  -> CONTENTS -> SHOW ALL etc, even while the mini  
> buffer displays "startup visibility plus VISIBILITY properties" at  
> each stage of the cycle. C-u C-u TAB also cycles when it's  
> repeated.  I find it hard to keep track of whether it will cycle or  
> not while I'm using it to view areas of the outline, so in effect,  
> the only way I feel sure I can quickly return to my desired startup  
> visibility is with S-TAB C-u C-u TAB, which is a lot of keystrokes!  
> So my questions are - is this expected behaviour?  Can it be changed?

I believe I have fixed this, please verify.

- Carsten