If it helps, I have the following in my init file to make sure the hidden stars stay hidden:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp (defun ded-set-org-hide () "Make sure the background and foreground colors of the org-hide face matches the background of the default face." (interactive) (when (featurep 'org) (set-face-attribute 'org-hide nil :foreground (face-attribute 'default :background)) (set-face-attribute 'org-hide nil :background (face-attribute 'default :background)))) (add-hook 'after-init-hook 'ded-set-org-hide) (add-hook 'org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook 'ded-set-org-hide) #+end_src This works fine, but has to be manually re-run if you load a different custom theme. -- ==================================================== Daniel E. Doherty Law Offices of Daniel E. Doherty ded-...@ddoherty.net