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Asked: May 16, 20262026-05-16T03:19:17+00:00 2026-05-16T03:19:17+00:00

Sometimes I’d like to copy only the visible text from an outline-mode buffer in

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Sometimes I’d like to copy only the visible text from an outline-mode buffer in emacs, ignoring hidden leaves, etc.

I don’t see any way to do this. When I use M-w and then paste somewhere else, I get all the text, including the hidden parts.

Does anyone know how to do this? The manual and google aren’t helping.

Thanks,

Tom

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    2026-05-16T03:19:18+00:00Added an answer on May 16, 2026 at 3:19 am

    Edit: Tom Faulhaber’s solution, as per the comment below:
    https://gist.github.com/tomfaulhaber/519635

    Original answer:

    FWIW, org-mode has org-export-visible, and is derived from outline-mode, so maybe that code could be adapted if no other solution exists?

    There’s also M-x outline-headers-as-kill which works on the region in outline-minor-mode. That’s also not what you wanted, but perhaps provides another approach for implementation.

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