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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
14 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after
15 a headline and its planning line, when applicable.
17 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
18 logged before the property drawer. The following function will repair
21 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
22 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
23 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
24 Ignore non Org buffers."
25 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
27 (goto-char (point-min))
28 (let ((case-fold-search t)
29 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
30 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
34 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
36 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
38 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
39 (when (and (< (point) end)
40 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
42 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
44 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
46 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
48 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
49 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
51 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
52 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
53 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
56 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use
57 node properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
62 :CATEGORY: some category
65 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
66 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~,
67 ~org-show-entry-below~ and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist.
68 Instead, visibility is controlled through a single variable:
69 ~org-show-context-detail~, which see.
70 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
71 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
72 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
74 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
75 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
76 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
77 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
78 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
80 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
81 docstring for more information.
82 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
83 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
84 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
85 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
86 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
87 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
88 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
89 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~
90 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
91 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
92 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
93 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
94 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
95 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
97 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
98 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
99 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
100 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
101 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
102 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
103 accessible from the export dispatcher.
104 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
105 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
106 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
107 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
110 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
111 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
114 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
115 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
116 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
117 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use
118 a body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
120 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
121 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
122 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
123 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
124 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
125 this variable locally.
126 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
127 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
128 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
129 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
130 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
131 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
132 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
133 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
134 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
136 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
137 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
138 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
139 This variable had no effect since Org 8.0.
140 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
141 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
142 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
143 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
144 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
145 *** Removed comment-related filters
146 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
147 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
150 *** Hierarchies of tags
151 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
152 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
153 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
155 The following in-buffer definition:
157 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
158 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
159 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
162 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
171 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
172 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
174 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
176 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
177 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
178 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
180 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
181 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
182 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
183 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
184 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
186 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
192 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
195 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
196 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
199 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
202 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
204 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
205 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
206 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
209 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
210 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
211 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
213 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
216 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
217 is also used as a filter.
219 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
220 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
221 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
222 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
225 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
226 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
228 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'.
229 The new behaviour is the following:
231 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
232 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
235 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
238 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
240 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
242 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
243 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
244 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
245 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
246 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
247 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
249 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
250 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
251 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
252 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
254 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
255 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
256 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
257 ~org-drawers~ variable.
258 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
259 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
260 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
261 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
262 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
263 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
264 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
266 *** New option in ASCII export
267 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
268 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
269 *** New blocks in ASCII export
270 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
271 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
272 *** More back-end specific publishing options
273 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
274 increased. See manual for details.
275 *** Export inline source blocks
276 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
277 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
278 in the output, depending on the parameters.
279 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
280 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
281 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
282 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
283 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
284 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
285 more features. See docstring for details.
286 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
287 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
288 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
289 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
290 *** Improve radio tables
291 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
292 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
293 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
294 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
295 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
296 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
297 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
298 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
299 source blocks exported by the minted package.
300 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
301 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
302 would throw an error. A new variable
303 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
304 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
305 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
307 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
309 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
310 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
311 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
312 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
313 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
314 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
315 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
316 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
317 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
318 *** Export unnumbered headlines
319 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
320 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
321 property is inherited by children.
322 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
323 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
324 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
325 keys, to sort a table.
326 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
327 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
329 *** Countdown timers can now be paused.
330 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
332 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
333 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
334 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
335 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
336 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
337 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
338 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
339 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
340 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
341 *** New entities family: "\_ "
342 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
343 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
344 leading spaces within table cells.
345 *** New MathJax configuration options.
346 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
347 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
348 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
349 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
350 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
351 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
353 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
354 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
355 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
356 keywords and properties.
357 *** Viewport support in html export
358 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
359 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
360 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
361 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
364 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
365 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
366 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
367 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
368 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
369 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
370 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
371 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
373 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
374 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
375 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
376 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
377 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
378 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
379 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
380 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
381 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
382 particular test failure was introduced.
383 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
384 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
385 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
386 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
387 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
388 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
389 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
390 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
393 ** Incompatible changes
394 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
395 This may require two changes in user config.
397 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
398 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
399 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
401 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
403 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
404 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
405 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
407 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
408 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
410 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
414 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
416 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
418 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
419 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
420 option keywords like :html-include-style.
422 So you need to replace
424 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
428 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
430 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
431 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
433 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
435 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
436 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
437 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
439 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
440 the other optional arguments accordingly.
442 *** Export back-ends are now structures
444 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
445 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
446 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
449 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
451 ** Important bugfixes
453 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
454 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
456 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
458 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
459 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
460 separator starting a TOTO match string.
463 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
465 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
467 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
470 - Support for .pgf files
471 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
472 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
473 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
474 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
475 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
476 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
477 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
479 *** New functions for paragraph motion
481 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
482 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
483 in a paragraph-like way.
485 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
487 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
488 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
489 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
490 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
491 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
493 *** Anonymous export back-ends
495 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
496 which can then be passed to export functions like
497 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
499 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
500 registering a new back-end.
502 *** New agenda fortnight view
504 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
505 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
508 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
510 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
511 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
513 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
514 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
515 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
517 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
518 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
520 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
521 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
522 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
523 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
524 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
527 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
529 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
531 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
533 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
535 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
537 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
539 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
541 If you set this to the following
543 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
545 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
547 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
549 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
551 ** New contributed packages
553 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
554 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
557 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
558 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
562 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
564 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
565 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
566 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
567 the same with example blocks.
569 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
576 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
578 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
581 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
582 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
583 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
585 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
586 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
587 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
588 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
589 detailed explanations.
591 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
592 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
593 function has been called already.
595 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
598 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
600 ** Incompatible changes
602 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
604 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
606 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
607 you will have to update them.
609 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
611 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
612 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
614 **** New export engine
616 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
617 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
618 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
619 /all/ export back-ends.
621 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
622 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
623 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
624 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
625 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
627 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
628 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
630 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
631 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
632 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
633 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
635 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
637 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
639 should now be written
641 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
643 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
644 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
645 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
647 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
649 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
651 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
654 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
655 remember templates into capture templates.
657 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
659 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
660 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
662 **** Note for third-party developers
664 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
665 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
666 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
668 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
671 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
673 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
674 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
675 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
677 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
678 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
679 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
682 - org-colview-xemacs.el
689 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
690 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
691 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
693 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
694 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
696 ** New packages in core
698 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
700 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
702 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
704 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
706 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
708 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
709 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
711 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
713 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
715 ** New packages in contrib
717 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
719 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
721 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
724 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
726 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
727 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
729 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
732 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
734 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
736 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
738 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
740 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
741 for starting headlines.
743 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
745 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
746 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
747 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
748 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
750 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
752 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
754 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
756 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
757 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
760 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
761 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
764 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
766 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
767 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
770 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
771 conversion from Org files to groff.
773 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
775 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
777 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
779 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
780 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
787 **** New export generic options
789 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
790 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
792 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
794 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
795 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
796 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
797 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
799 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
800 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
801 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
802 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
803 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
804 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
805 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
806 contains time-stamps.
808 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
809 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
810 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
812 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
814 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
816 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
818 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
820 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
821 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
822 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
823 *** Structure editing
825 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
826 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
828 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
829 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
831 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
833 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
834 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
835 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
836 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
839 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
841 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
842 _words__= will preserve markup.
844 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
846 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
847 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
848 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
850 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
852 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
853 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
855 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
857 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
858 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
859 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
860 forward and backward.
862 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
863 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
865 Now Org will sort this list
867 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
868 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
872 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
873 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
875 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
876 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
877 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
879 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
880 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
881 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
883 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
886 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
888 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
889 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
890 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
892 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
894 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
895 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
896 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
897 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
899 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
901 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
902 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
903 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
904 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
905 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
907 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
909 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
910 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
911 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
913 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
914 *** Scheduled/deadline
916 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
918 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
919 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
920 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
921 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
923 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
924 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
925 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
926 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
928 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
929 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
930 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
931 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
932 control this globally or per agenda.
934 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
936 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
938 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
940 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
941 *** Calendar, diary and appts
943 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
945 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
946 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
947 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
949 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
950 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
951 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
953 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
954 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
956 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
959 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
961 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
962 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
963 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
965 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
967 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
968 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
969 only show their description, not the full links.
972 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
974 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
975 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
976 want to build a list of appointments.
978 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
979 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
981 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
983 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
985 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
986 time value (i.e. appointments).
988 **** New agenda sorting strategies
990 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
992 | Strategy | Explanations |
993 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
994 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
995 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
996 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
997 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
998 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
999 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1000 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1001 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1002 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1003 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1005 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1007 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1008 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1009 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1011 These new options are available:
1013 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1014 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1015 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1016 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1018 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1019 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1020 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1022 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1023 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1024 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1025 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1026 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1027 non-tagged headlines.
1029 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1031 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1032 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1033 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1034 that take only =N= minutes.
1036 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1038 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1039 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1040 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1042 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1044 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1045 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1047 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1049 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1050 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1052 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1055 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1057 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1058 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1059 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1061 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1062 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1064 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1066 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1067 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1069 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1071 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1073 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1074 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1077 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1079 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1080 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1081 asks for a confirmation.
1083 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1085 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1086 the mark of the entry at point.
1088 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1089 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1091 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1093 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1094 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1097 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1099 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1100 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1102 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1104 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1105 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1107 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1109 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1110 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1111 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1112 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1114 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1116 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1117 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1118 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1120 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1122 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1123 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1124 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1125 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1127 Read the full docstring for details.
1129 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1131 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1134 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1137 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1139 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1140 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1143 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1145 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1146 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1148 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1150 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1151 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1152 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1153 check against the name of the buffer.
1156 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1157 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1158 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1161 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1162 agenda views, and for filtering.
1164 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1168 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1170 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1171 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1172 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1174 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1175 as if the protocol was not known.
1177 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1179 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1181 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1182 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1183 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1186 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1188 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1189 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1190 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1192 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1194 When storing a link to a headline like
1196 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1198 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1199 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1200 there is no description.
1203 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1205 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1206 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1207 those other formulas.
1209 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1211 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1212 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1213 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1216 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1218 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1219 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1220 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1223 **** New lookup functions
1225 There are now three lookup functions:
1227 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1228 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1229 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1231 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1232 *** Startup keywords
1234 These new startup keywords are now available:
1236 | Startup keyword | Option |
1237 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1238 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1239 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1240 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1241 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1242 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1243 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1244 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1245 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1249 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1251 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1252 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1253 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1254 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1256 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1258 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1259 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1260 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1263 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1264 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1266 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1268 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1269 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1271 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1273 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1274 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1275 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1277 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1278 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1279 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1280 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1281 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1282 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1283 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1286 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1288 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1290 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1292 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1293 same target than the block at point.
1295 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1297 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1298 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1299 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1301 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1302 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1305 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1307 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1308 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1309 manual for a usage example.
1311 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1313 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1314 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1315 collecting blocks for tangling.
1317 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1318 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1320 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1321 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1322 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1323 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1325 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1326 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1329 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1330 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1331 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1332 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1336 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1337 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1338 - [[doc:org-export-html-table-tag][org-export-html-table-tag]] is replaced by [[doc:org-html-table-default-attributes][org-html-table-default-attributes]]
1339 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1340 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1341 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1342 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1343 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1344 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1345 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1346 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1347 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1348 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1349 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1350 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1351 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1352 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1353 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1354 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1358 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1360 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1362 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1364 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1366 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1367 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1368 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1369 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1370 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1371 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1372 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1373 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1375 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1377 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1378 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1380 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1382 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1383 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1384 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1388 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1390 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1391 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1394 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1395 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1396 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1397 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1398 agenda type to this variable.
1400 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1403 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1404 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1405 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1406 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1408 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1410 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1411 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1412 invisible) blocked tasks.
1414 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1416 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1417 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1419 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1421 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1422 ** No GPL manual anymore
1424 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1425 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1427 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1429 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1431 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1432 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1433 in most environments.
1437 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1439 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1441 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1442 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1445 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1446 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1447 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1450 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1452 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1454 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1455 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1456 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1457 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1458 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1459 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1460 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1461 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1462 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1463 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1464 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1465 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1466 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1467 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1468 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1470 ** New package and Babel language
1472 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1474 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1476 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1477 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1479 ** Incompatible changes
1481 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1482 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1484 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1487 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1488 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1489 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1491 ** New features and user-visible changes
1495 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1496 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1497 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1498 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1500 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1501 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1503 See the docstrings for more details.
1505 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1506 on =org-element.el=.
1508 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1510 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1511 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1512 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1513 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1515 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1517 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1518 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1519 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1520 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1522 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1524 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1526 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1528 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1531 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1532 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1534 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1535 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1536 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1539 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1542 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1543 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1544 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1546 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1547 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1548 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1553 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1555 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1556 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1557 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1558 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1560 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1561 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1562 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1563 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1564 generating new ones.
1566 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1569 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1571 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1572 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1575 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1576 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1577 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1580 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1581 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1582 details on how to use this.
1584 **** Changes in bulk actions
1586 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1587 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1589 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1590 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1591 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1592 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1593 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1595 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1596 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1598 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1599 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1602 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1604 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1606 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1608 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1609 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1611 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1613 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1614 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1615 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1616 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1619 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1621 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1624 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1625 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1626 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1627 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1628 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1631 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1633 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1635 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1637 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1638 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1639 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1640 filters and category filters.
1642 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1643 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1646 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1647 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1648 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1653 **** Inserting links
1655 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1656 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1657 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1660 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1661 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1662 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1663 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1665 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1668 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1670 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1671 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1672 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1673 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1675 **** New link type =help=
1677 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1679 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1680 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1681 you go back to the same buffer.
1683 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1685 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1686 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1689 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1691 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1693 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1695 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1697 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1699 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1703 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1705 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1706 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1707 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1708 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1710 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1712 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1713 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1714 all headlines in the region.
1716 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1718 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1720 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1721 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1723 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1725 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1727 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1729 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1731 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1733 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1734 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1735 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1740 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1742 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1744 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1746 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1747 clocked entry, if any.
1749 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1751 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1753 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1755 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1756 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1759 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1760 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1761 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1765 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1767 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1770 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1772 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1773 cells in clockreport.
1775 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1776 time cells in clockreport.
1779 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1781 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1782 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1784 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1785 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1787 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1788 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1789 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1790 space in the frame title.
1794 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1796 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1797 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1798 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1799 don't want to see temporarily.
1801 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1803 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1805 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1807 There are these new entities:
1809 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1810 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1811 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1812 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1813 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1814 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1816 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1817 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1818 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1820 The face is back to a normal height.
1824 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1825 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1827 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1828 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1830 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1832 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1833 block will use its value as the column format.
1835 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1837 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1839 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1841 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1843 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1844 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1845 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1846 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1848 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1852 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1854 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1856 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1858 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1860 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1861 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1862 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1864 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1866 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1867 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1868 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1872 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1874 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1875 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1876 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1877 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1879 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1881 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1882 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1885 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1886 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1887 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1890 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1891 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1892 more details on how to use this.
1894 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1895 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1897 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1898 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1901 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1903 See the manual for more explanations.
1905 **** More control over empty lines
1907 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1908 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1911 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1913 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1917 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1919 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1920 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1921 available) to print beautiful tables.
1923 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1925 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1926 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1929 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1931 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1932 in the #+DATE option.
1934 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1936 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1938 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1939 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1941 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1942 More languages are always welcome.
1944 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1946 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1947 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1949 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1950 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1951 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1952 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1953 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1954 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1956 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1957 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1961 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1963 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1966 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1968 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1969 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1971 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1973 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1975 It used to exports the results of the code.
1979 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1980 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1982 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1983 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1985 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1987 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1988 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1989 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
1991 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
1992 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
1994 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
1995 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
1996 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
1999 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2001 This will increment the effort value.
2003 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2005 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2007 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2008 attach symbolic links.
2010 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2012 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2014 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2015 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2017 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2019 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2021 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2022 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2023 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2025 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2027 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2028 all top level list items.
2030 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2032 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2034 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2035 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2037 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2039 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2041 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2042 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2043 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2044 first headline in the region.
2046 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2048 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2051 ** Important bug fixes
2053 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2055 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2056 perform completion with meaningful values.
2058 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2060 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2061 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2062 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2064 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2065 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2067 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2068 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2071 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2072 the code and the license to your needs.
2074 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2075 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2079 ** Incompatible changes
2081 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2083 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2085 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2087 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2088 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2089 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2090 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2093 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2095 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2096 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2097 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2099 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2101 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2102 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2104 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2106 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2108 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2109 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2110 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2111 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2112 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2114 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2115 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2116 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2117 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2118 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2119 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2121 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2122 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2123 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2126 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2129 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2130 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2131 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2132 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2134 The two new variables are:
2136 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2137 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2138 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2139 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2140 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2141 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2142 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2144 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2145 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2148 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2151 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2152 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2153 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2154 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2156 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2157 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2158 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2159 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2162 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2163 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2164 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2165 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2166 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2167 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2170 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2171 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2172 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2173 applies to the following packages:
2191 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2192 you are using, you can remove it from
2193 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2194 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2197 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2198 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2199 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2200 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2201 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2204 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2206 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2207 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2208 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2211 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2213 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2215 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2217 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2219 ** Important new features
2221 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2223 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2225 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2226 for more information on how to customize it.
2228 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2230 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2231 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2232 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2233 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2235 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2236 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2237 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2239 To switch over to the new system:
2243 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2245 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2246 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2247 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2248 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2249 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2251 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2253 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2256 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2259 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2261 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2262 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2263 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2264 with using both system in parallel.
2268 *** New Org libraries
2269 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2271 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2273 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2275 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2277 To use, put the following in your init file:
2280 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2283 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2284 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2285 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2286 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2287 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2288 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2289 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2290 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2291 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2294 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2296 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2297 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2299 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2301 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2302 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2303 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2306 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2307 call function to do something special with text links.
2309 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2311 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2313 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2314 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2315 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2318 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2320 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2322 *** New Babel libraries
2324 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2325 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2326 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2327 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2328 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2329 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2330 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2332 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2336 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2338 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2339 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2340 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2341 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2342 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2343 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2345 The key new functions are
2347 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2348 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2349 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2351 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2352 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2354 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2355 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2357 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2358 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2360 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2362 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2363 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2364 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2366 **** Modified link escaping
2368 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2370 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2371 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2372 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2373 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2376 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2377 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2378 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2379 : percent escaped links are solved.
2381 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2383 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2385 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2386 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2388 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2390 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2392 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2393 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2394 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2395 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2396 string to be executed.
2398 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2399 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2403 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2404 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2407 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2411 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2413 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2414 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2415 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2416 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2418 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2419 will work on the current entry.
2421 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2422 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2424 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2426 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2428 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2431 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2432 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2437 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2439 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2440 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2441 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2443 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2445 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2446 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2447 entries using a function.
2449 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2450 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2451 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2453 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2455 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2456 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2457 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2459 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2461 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2462 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2463 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2464 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2465 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2466 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2468 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2472 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2474 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2475 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2477 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2478 docstring of these variable for details about available
2481 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2482 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2483 formatting string will insert a string.
2485 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2487 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2488 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2489 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2490 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2491 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2492 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2493 C-e u=, respectively.
2495 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2496 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2497 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2498 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2499 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2502 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2504 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2505 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2507 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2509 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2510 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2512 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2514 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2515 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2516 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2517 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2518 section]] in the manual for more details.
2520 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2521 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2522 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2527 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2529 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2530 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2531 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2532 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2533 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2535 **** New logging support for refiling
2537 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2538 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2541 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2545 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2547 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2551 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2553 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2554 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2556 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2558 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2559 the displayed in the buffer.
2561 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2563 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2565 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2566 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2568 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2569 |--------+--------+---------|
2570 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2571 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2573 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2576 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2579 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2581 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2583 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2584 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2591 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2592 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2595 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2597 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2599 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2600 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2602 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2606 **** Improved handling of lists
2608 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2610 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2611 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2612 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2615 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2616 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2617 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2619 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2620 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2621 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2622 `org-list-export-context'.
2624 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2625 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2626 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2628 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2629 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2630 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2631 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2632 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2634 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2635 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2636 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2638 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2640 *** Inline display of linked images
2642 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2643 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2644 that have no description part will be inlined.
2646 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2648 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2649 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2651 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2653 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2655 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2656 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2657 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2658 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2659 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2660 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2662 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2663 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2664 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2667 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2668 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2669 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2670 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2671 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2672 properties or in tables.
2674 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2675 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2676 names, and rownames across all languages.
2678 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2680 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2682 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2683 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2684 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2686 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2688 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2689 request by Scott Otterson.
2691 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2693 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2694 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2695 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2696 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2697 superscripts, see the variable
2698 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2700 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2702 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2704 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2705 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2706 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2707 following new faces:
2709 =org-document-title=
2711 =org-document-info-keyword=
2713 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2714 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2716 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2718 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2720 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2721 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2722 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2723 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2724 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2725 property is affected by this setting.
2727 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2728 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2730 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2732 Requested by Michael Brand.
2734 **** Better level cycling function
2736 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2737 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2738 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2739 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2741 **** Adaptive filling
2743 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2744 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2745 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2746 comments to be filled correctly.
2748 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2750 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2752 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2754 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2756 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2757 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2759 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2763 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2765 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2766 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2767 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2768 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2770 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2772 **** Localized clock tables
2774 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2775 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2776 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2777 available translated strings.
2779 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2781 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2782 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2783 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2784 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2786 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2788 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2790 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2791 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2792 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2793 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2796 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2800 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2802 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2803 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2805 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2807 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2809 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2810 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2811 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2814 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2817 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2819 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2820 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2825 org-table-current-line
2829 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2831 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2832 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2835 This was requested by Tom.
2837 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2839 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2840 example by viewing from the agenda.
2842 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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