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Summary: Quick-start guide to IDE-style code folding.

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> If you want basic IDE-style code folding without hours of research:
> * Enable outline-minor-mode (bundled with GNU Emacs, and with better language support from most major modes than hide-show minor mode): <code>(add-hook 'prog-mode-hook 'outline-minor-mode)</code>
> * Install OutlineMagic for sane outline keybindings.


An outline view hides parts of a buffer to better display the underlying structure.

Related: CategoryHideStuff

Emacs provides several outline features, some come bundled, some must be downloaded.

There is also ooutline and noutline which all refer to some version of ‘outline’, so they are not worth mentioning.

If you want basic IDE-style code folding without hours of research: