Or maybe selective display https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Selective-Display.html#Selective-Display
Or outline mode, if you happen to have formatted your text that way. On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 10:47 AM Johnathan Mantey <mante...@gmail.com> wrote: > Perhaps this minor mode? > https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/HideShow > > On Tue, Jun 7, 2022 at 10:33 AM Rich Shepard <rshep...@appl-ecosys.com> > wrote: > > > Perhaps my web search terms ask the wrong questions, but I've not found > how > > to 'collapse' an emacs buffer so only those lines beginning in column 1 > are > > displayed. > > > > My use is python coding. A module (*.py file) will have multiple classes > > defined, each class beginning in column 1 while all following lines are > > indented (4 spaces here). When I want to see what classes are in a buffer > > being able to see only class names, then returning to view all lines, is > > quite useful. > > > > In the 1980s I used a DOS programming editor called 'MultiEdit' that had > > this capability and it was really useful. I'm sure that emacs can do it > yet > > I've not found how. > > > > Please point me to resources where I can learn how to do this. > > > > Rich > > > > >
