Variable: allout-header-prefix

allout-header-prefix is a customizable and buffer-local variable defined in allout.el.gz.

Documentation

Leading string which helps distinguish topic headers.

Outline topic header lines are identified by a leading topic header prefix, which mostly have the value of this var at their front. Level 1 topics are exceptions. They consist of only a single character, which is typically set to the allout-primary-bullet.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/allout.el.gz
;;;_  = allout-header-prefix
(defcustom allout-header-prefix "."
;; this string is treated as literal match.  it will be `regexp-quote'd, so
;; one cannot use regular expressions to match varying header prefixes.
  "Leading string which helps distinguish topic headers.

Outline topic header lines are identified by a leading topic
header prefix, which mostly have the value of this var at their front.
Level 1 topics are exceptions.  They consist of only a single
character, which is typically set to the `allout-primary-bullet'."
  :type 'string
  :local t
  :group 'allout)