Robert Pluim <rpl...@gmail.com> writes: > Ihor> This is no different. org-startup-folded controls loading of Org > mode. > Ihor> However, Emacs applies directory-local variables and file-local > Ihor> variables _after_ loading Org mode. Org cannot do much about it > without > Ihor> hacking Emacs defaults. > > Weʼre in agreement there. My point is that itʼs not a bug (although I > guess you could ask for a feature to apply local/directory variables > before applying the mode
It's not exactly a bug, but feature request to Emacs is exactly what I was implying. > , but in this case thereʼs an easy > workaround). I am not sure which workaround you are referring to. Setting org-startup-folded globally? On per-file basis? the former is global and will apply to broader scope than a directory-local variable. The latter only works in a single file (and works instead of file-local variable). Best, Ihor