Open a org-file with specified depth of headings - emacs

The org file usually opens with level one of heading. Then I have to Strike C-u 2 S-tab to adjust them down to level 2 heading.
How could I specify the heading levels for various org files?

(org-content 2) is your friend. You can add eval: (org-content 2) to a file's local variable settings to have it invoked automatically when you visit the file or you can M-: evaluate this any time.

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Emacs - How do I get projectile to open file in current window?

I've spent a whole day on this now. Say I open emacs and press C-c p p to open projectile-switch-project then RET to select a project, emacs opens a new window horizontally (on top of the previous) with the current buffer.
What I need is for projectile to use the already existing window and not open a new one. I've gone through every single line of my config and can figure out what is causing it.
I'd have posted my config but it's split over multiple files which will make it impractical to link to here.
The related packages I can think of which I use are:
projectile,
ivy swiper counsel - trilogy
What I've tried so far is start emacs without loading (ivy swiper counsel) and also I've tried replacing all my projectile code with bare minimum:
(use-package projectile
:ensure t
:init
(projectile-mode +1)
:bind (:map projectile-mode-map
("s-p" . projectile-command-map)
("C-c p" . projectile-command-map)))
which didn't work either.
I'm not expecting any specifics since it's a hand crafted config however I'm hoping for general pointes as to where to look for the possible cause.
I'm researching more to see if i can find a better way for you, but this is what i have so far...
If you want to look around the customization options just type M-x customize. I found a ton of options you can browse through. Projectile was listed under "Convenience" and frames/windows were listed under "Environment". You can also search packages you might be interested in for more customization if you have MELPA installed.
Considering the way that buffers and windows work I don't think you can just replace the content inside the buffer with the content of another file. I think (or at least how I've been using Emacs) you will always open a new buffer to open a file and close old buffers if needed.
From what I was reading, buffers are like interfaces between Emacs and the file you're peering into. It sets up a connection, points to the file, and creates a name for the buffer (usually from the file name unless you change it). Something I find interesting is you can even have multiple buffers open to the same file and as you type on the screen in one buffer the text should show up in the other buffer in real time.
I was reading some documentation on it and I think the command you're looking for is C-x C-f or C-x d, which opens DiredMode. The first one opens your home directory and the second opens the current directory for the file in your selected buffer. This will open a mini-buffer to search through files and when you choose the file it should open the file in a new buffer on top of the buffer you were looking at initially.
Then you can use C-x b to list and move between other buffers that are already open.
Also, M-x projectile-find-file is a command you can use to search files and get the same outcome. I don't have that set to a key-binding so I don't know if there is a default, plus I'm using Spacemacs with evil-mode, so not everything is the same as original Emacs.
Also, maybe look into extension you can get from MELPA like Treemacs

Emacs, Dired+. What mean one dot in dired mode?

Window 7, Emacs 25.1, Dired+ mode.
Path: d:\temp\test\test2\test3\
In folder test3 has 3 files: file1.txt, file2.txt, file3.txt.
When I am in folder test3 and click on two dots I'm up to one level (go to folder test2). OK.
But when I click on one dot (see picture) the cursor go to on file file1.txt.
1.Is this a correct behavior?
2.What mean one dot in dired mode?
I would say this is correct behavior. In directory listings the single dot usually represents the current directory. You can also see it if you open a command window and run dir.
And that the first real file gets selected when clicking the single dot entry might also be a 'default' behavior of the dired module.

How to view and edit only a small part of a text file in Emacs

I would like to accomplish the following behaviour in Emacs and was wondering if there's an existing package that already does what I want.
I want my buffer to display only lines 30 to 60 in file myfile.txt, and simply hide the rest of the file from me.
When I scroll up to the top, I should be at line 30.
When I scroll down to the bottom, I should be at line 60.
If I edit this region, these edits should be reflected in the original file.
The region should grow/shrink as I insert/delete lines.
I should be able to open multiple regions to the same file in different buffers.
This is very close to my ideal workflow. Thanks very much for your help!
The Narrowing,you can Narrow down to between point and mark with C-x n n,then what you edit will be restricted in this region,after that you just Widen to make the entire buffer accessible again C-x n w.Perhaps this is what you are looking for
Try library Narrow Indirect (narrow-indirect.el)
It provides simple commands to create an indirect buffer that is a clone of the current buffer and that is narrowed to a particular portion of it. By default, it helps you distinguish such indirect buffers from non-indirect buffers, by using a buffer-name prefix (default I-) and by using a different face for the buffer name in the mode line.
To complement the other answers, if you are working on an org file specifically, you also have the following commands :
C-x n s (org-narrow-to-subtree) : Narrow buffer to current subtree.
C-x n w (widen) : Widen buffer to remove narrowing.
And if you are using blocks (‘#+BEGIN’ … ‘#+END) :
C-x n b (org-narrow-to-block) : Narrow buffer to current block.

Buffer menu to select a set of filenames in Emacs

I have a directory "a" with a set of templates, for instance
$ ls a
b bcc cc ccdd
I would like to implement a keyboard shortcut in Emacs that will show a buffer with the template names, similar to dired or buffer-menu and then be able to select a template name by using arrow keys or mouse. Then insert the selected template into the current buffer at point.
How can this be done?
To augment Chris' answer with a little code, here is a small wrapper around ido-insert-file:
(require 'ido)
(defvar so/template-directory "/tmp/templates"
"Directory where template files are stored")
(defun so/insert-template ()
(interactive)
(let ((default-directory so/template-directory))
(ido-insert-file)))
This allows you to run (or bind a key to) so/insert-template no matter what directory you are currently in. Obviously set so/template-directory to your preferred directory.
insert-file, bound to C-x i by default, can insert a file into your buffer at point, but it doesn't give you a nice menu. Both helm and ido enhance this behaviour.
helm does not come with Emacs, but it can be installed via MELPA. When helm-mode is active, insert-file uses Helm's narrowing features. Once you're in the a directory, the up and down keys may be used to select a file, and Enter will insert it.
ido is shipped with Emacs. When ido-mode is active, C-x i is rebound to ido-insert-file. Once you're in the a directory, the left and right keys may be used to select a file, and Enter will insert it.
Both tools are excellent, both can be used in many other situations, and both offer effective filtering and navigation. Try one or both and use whichever you prefer.
Everything #Chris said about Helm and Ido is true also for Icicles, and with better "narrowing" features and on-the-fly sorting in different orders.
There is nothing extra to do --- just load Icicles and turn on Icicle minor mode. Whenever you use standard command insert-file (bound to C-x i) you get the behavior you requested for free. This behavior is in fact available for all completion in Emacs. In Icicle mode, standard commands become menus you can use the arrow keys on, etc.
In addition, your question title asks to be able to "select a set" of files. You can do that easily in Icicles, but not otherwise. IOW, selection is also multi-selection.
(However, I suspect that your question is mistitled, since the text describes something different, and I doubt that you want to insert a set of files. You probably meant that you want to select one file name from a set of file names. Consider retitling the question, if so.)

Emacs - Multiple columns one buffer

I'm trying to edit some assembly code which tends to be formatted in long but thin listings. I'd like to be able to use some of the acres of horizontal space I have and see more code on-screen at one time. Is there a method for getting Emacs (or indeed another editor) to show me multiple columns all pointing to the same buffer?
C-x 3 (emacs) and :vsplit (vim) are great for multiple separate views into the code, but I'd like it to flow from one column to the other (like text in a newspaper).
See follow-mode.
Excerpt:
Follow mode is a minor mode that makes two windows, both showing the same buffer, scroll as a single tall “virtual window.” To use Follow mode, go to a frame with just one window, split it into two side-by-side windows using C-x 3, and then type M-x follow-mode. From then on, you can edit the buffer in either of the two windows, or scroll either one; the other window follows it.
In Follow mode, if you move point outside the portion visible in one window and into the portion visible in the other window, that selects the other window—again, treating the two as if they were parts of one large window.
I use this function to invoke follow-mode, although it would need customization for a different screen size:
;;; I want a key to open the current buffer all over the screen.
(defun all-over-the-screen ()
(interactive)
(delete-other-windows)
(split-window-horizontally)
(split-window-horizontally)
(balance-windows)
(follow-mode t))
The "Multipager" plugin for Vim can do this with VIM splits for people who want to get this behavior in Vim.
Get it from Dr. Chip's page: http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/index.html#MPAGE
Docs: http://mysite.verizon.net/astronaut/vim/doc/mpage.txt.html
Vim can do this using :vsplit - and you can have the same buffer open in multiple "windows" (which are actually sections within a single "window").
Documentation here
A quick look at the emacs wiki doesn't show a mode like you describe. However, it shouldn't be too hard to write one... You just need to split the window with C-x 3 and move the text in the other window down, and whenever you move the text, do the same to the other window...
Problems may occur when you get to the bottom of the buffer, do you want the cursor to immediately go to the other window at the top?
Hmm, maybe its not that easy. But it should still be doable...
this is the default behaviour of emacs when splitting the window (C-x 3 for vertical split)
you get two columns which both have the current buffer open
Use vertical-split with C-x 3. This will split the current buffer into two columns that you can switch between with C-x o.