Re: [Orgmode] Making an org file more readable

[Nick Dokos]

PT <address@hidden> wrote:

> My main gripe with org is that the appearance is too
> crowded. Even if the header lines have different colors the
> individual projects and sections I keep in the file have no visual
> separation between them. For example, sometimes I'd like to add
> empty lines after a header, so there is some visual space before
> the next header begins. The problem is the empty lines at the end
> of the content are folded too when the content is folded.
> 
> I know it's more of an outline issue than an org issue, but I ask
> here nevertheless: did anyone find a good way to separate the
> headers from each other in a big org file visually, so it is more
> readable?
> 

You *can* get an empty line between two headers by having two empty lines at
the end of the first section: the first empty line is considered part of
the section and is folded with it, but the second one remains. E.g.


,----
| 
| * foo
| This is a test.
| ** baz
| and another
| 
| 
| ** hunoz
| and one more
| 
| 
| * bar
`----

When you fold it, it becomes

,----
| 
| * foo...
| 
| * bar
`----

HTH,
Nick