org-margin mode allows to “outdent” org headlines by moving leading stars into the margin and transform them into markers depending on the chosen style among ‘stars (regular org style), ‘H-txt (current style) and ‘H-svg (using svg-lib tags). To increase/decrease level, easiest method is to use M-left and M-right because stars are not really accessible anymore.
User can also define custom margin markers for each header level. Size of the left margin is then computed to be wide enough to accomodate all markers.
It is possible to provide custom regex to add specific marker in the margin. Org-margin comes with two markers (from NERD Font) for marking source and quote blocks, but any svg-lib tags or regular text can be used as well.
(require 'org-margin)
(org-margin-mode 1)
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.
A specific bookmark function is provided such as to take advantage of the margin (instead of the fringe).
