Different headline view with Mac/PC of emacs/orgmode?

Question

I use the same org mode (7.01h) for PC and Mac. The thing is that for headline, the mac shows only the last * by changing all the pre *'s color to the same as the background, whereas the orgmode in PC shows all the *'s. I prefer Mac's way.

What makes this difference? How can I show only the last * in the headline?

Answer 1

I'm not sure what causes the difference between the two operating systems you use, but you can choose to hide the stars by adding

#+STARTUP: hidestars

to the top of your org file. For more information check the manual page on in-buffer settings

Answer 2

Set the variable org-hide-leading-stars.

You can either M-x customize-variable org-hide-leading-stars or just (setq 'org-hide-leading-stars) in your .emacs file.