Code folding in Emacs [duplicate]

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How to achieve code folding effects in emacs

An excellent feature of Dreamweaver is code folding of any lines of text -- recursively!

It's fantastic, I can fold any text or code, regardless of language. I work with existing systems; I don't edit well-written code or code in one language etc. mostly HTML mixed with god-knows-what. Folding lines makes understanding a lot easier and quicker. Sadly, this is the only feature I like in Dreamweaver.

Is there any code folding for Emacs in a similar aim?

Answer 1

There's folding mode, a minor mode. Unfortunately it's intrusive: you have to manually annotate the folds with specialized comments, which clutter the code when you aren't using the mode (or when sharing code with others who don't use it). A better mode would not change your code to work.

Let me add: there's a duplicate of this that's worth a look: How to achieve code folding effects in Emacs.

Answer 2

hide-show (hs-minor-mode) is a minor mode that will do something like this...

The default key-binding to trigger the folding is C-c @ C-c which I find pretty cumbersome. But then I don't use it much, either.