How can you have folds for a LaTex file in xEmacs?

Question

I would like to have automatic folds for comments in my AquaEmacs.

Answer 1

have a look at hs-minor-mode. it's not automatic though. for a more automatic approach, i guess you could customize the hideshow mode the following way:

1. hide comments via hs-hide-comments-when-hiding-all
2. assign a function which hides nothing to hs-hide-all-non-comment-function and then
3. use hs-hide-all to hide all comments.

have not tried it. just an idea.

check out the hideshow mode page at emacswiki as well.

Answer 2

You cannot have similar folds as in Vim. I could not put folds to specific lines.

However, there is an addon Auctex which gives you Emacs-folds. They are not as flexible as in Vim.

Please, inform me if you have found a better solution.