Re: [PATCH] Use prefix arg to control scope of org-narrow-to-subtree.

[Marco Wahl]

Karl Fogel <address@hidden> writes:

> On 02 Dec 2019, Marco Wahl wrote:
>>What about numeric prefix arg 0 to reveal the whole buffer (aka
>>'widen')?  I think this would be a logical completion to the feature.
>
> Since `widen' itself is already available via C-x n w, it might be
> better to save a special flag value like that for some special
> behavior that we (or someone else) might think of in the future.  I'm
> pretty sure that anyone using `org-narrow-to-subtree' must also know
> about the `widen' command, too.

Okay, this sounds sound.

Let me be a bit more explicit about my wish: I vote for the prefix arg 0
to widen because this fits to the logic to view the whole file as level
0 subtree.  With this perspective on the feature the effect of a numeric
prefix argument is clear as day:

...
C-u 2 M-x org-narrow... => Narrow to the level-2 subtree containing point.
C-u 1 M-x org-narrow... => Narrow to the level-1 subtree containing point.
C-u 0 M-x org-narrow... => Narrow to the level-0 subtree containing point.

The last line stands in opposition to the current behavior.

C-u 0 M-x org-narrow... => Narrow to the level-1 subtree containing point.
    ^                                          ^