From a28f5492204a657219e16c6e663cda8047883258 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: James Blanding <james@basicsgroup.com>
Date: Thu, 2 May 2013 13:36:31 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/1] Add option to set initial foldlevel

---
 README.md              | 10 ++++++++++
 after/ftplugin/mkd.vim |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2d7e587..4c9fcdf 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,6 +26,16 @@ Add the following line to your `.vimrc` to disable folding.
 let g:vim_markdown_folding_disabled=1
 ```
 
+**Set Initial Foldlevel**
+
+Add the following line to your `.vimrc` to set the initial foldlevel.  This
+option defaults to 0 (i.e. all folds are closed) and is ignored if folding
+is disabled.
+
+```vim
+let g:vim_markdown_initial_foldlevel=1
+```
+
 ## License
 
 The MIT License (MIT)
diff --git a/after/ftplugin/mkd.vim b/after/ftplugin/mkd.vim
index ed78895..26ccb23 100644
--- a/after/ftplugin/mkd.vim
+++ b/after/ftplugin/mkd.vim
@@ -40,11 +40,16 @@ if !exists("g:vim_markdown_folding_disabled")
   setlocal foldexpr=Foldexpr_markdown(v:lnum)
   setlocal foldmethod=expr
 
+  " allow the initial foldlevel to be configured in .vimrc
+  if !exists("g:vim_markdown_initial_foldlevel")
+    let g:vim_markdown_initial_foldlevel=0
+  endif
+  let &l:foldlevel=g:vim_markdown_initial_foldlevel
+
   "---------- everything after this is optional -----------------------
   " change the following fold options to your liking
   " see ':help fold-options' for more
   setlocal foldenable
-  setlocal foldlevel=0
   setlocal foldcolumn=0
   set foldmethod=expr
   set foldopen-=search
-- 
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