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13 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
17 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
18 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
20 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
21 logged before the property drawer.
23 The following function will repair them:
25 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
26 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
27 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
28 Ignore non Org buffers."
29 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
31 (goto-char (point-min))
32 (let ((case-fold-search t)
33 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
34 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
38 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
40 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
42 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
43 (when (and (< (point) end)
44 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
46 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
48 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
50 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
52 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
53 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
56 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
58 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
59 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
60 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
61 into account when exporting.
63 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
64 for setting options, use =org-export-exclude-tags= instead.
66 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
68 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
69 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
72 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
73 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
78 :CATEGORY: some category
82 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
84 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
85 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
86 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
89 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
91 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
92 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
94 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
95 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
97 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
99 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
100 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
102 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
104 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
105 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~ respectively,
106 rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these functions. The Org
107 version of these functions skips over inline tasks (and even-level
108 headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
110 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
112 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
113 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
115 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
117 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
118 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
119 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
121 *** Functions signature changes
123 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
124 docstring for more information.
126 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
127 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
128 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
129 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
130 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
134 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
136 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
137 without changing the headline.
139 *** Hierarchies of tags
140 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
141 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
142 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
144 The following in-buffer definition:
146 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
147 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
148 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
151 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
160 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
161 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
163 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
165 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
166 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
167 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
169 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
170 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
171 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
172 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
173 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
175 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
181 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
184 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
185 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
188 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
191 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
193 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
194 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
195 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
198 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
199 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
200 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
202 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
205 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
206 is also used as a filter.
208 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
209 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
210 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
211 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
214 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
215 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
217 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
219 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
221 *** Babel: support for Processing language
223 New ob-processing.el library.
225 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
226 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
227 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
229 Check the documentation for more.
231 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
233 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'
234 The new behaviour is the following:
236 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
237 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
240 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
243 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
245 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
247 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
249 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
250 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
252 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
254 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
255 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
258 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
260 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
261 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
262 ~org-drawers~ variable.
264 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
266 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
267 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
268 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
269 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
271 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
273 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
274 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
275 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
278 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
280 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
283 *** New option in ASCII export
285 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
286 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
288 *** New blocks in ASCII export
290 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
291 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
293 *** More back-end specific publishing options
295 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
296 increased. See manual for details.
298 *** Export inline source blocks
300 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
301 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
302 in the output, depending on the parameters.
304 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
306 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
308 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
310 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
312 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
314 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
315 more features. See docstring for details.
317 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
319 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
321 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
322 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
324 *** Various improvements on radio tables
326 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
327 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
328 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
329 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
330 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
331 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
333 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
335 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
336 source blocks exported by the minted package.
338 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
340 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
341 would throw an error. A new variable
342 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
343 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
344 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
348 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
351 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
353 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
354 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
356 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
358 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
360 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
362 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
363 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
364 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
366 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
368 See docstring for more information.
370 *** Export unnumbered headlines
372 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
373 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
374 property is inherited by children.
376 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
378 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
379 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
380 keys, to sort a table.
382 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
384 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
387 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
389 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
392 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
394 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
395 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
397 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
399 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
400 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
402 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
404 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
405 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
408 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
410 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
411 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
413 *** New entities family: "\_ "
415 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
416 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
417 leading spaces within table cells.
419 *** New MathJax configuration options
421 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
422 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
424 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
426 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
427 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
428 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
430 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
431 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
432 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
433 keywords and properties.
435 *** Viewport support in html export
437 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
438 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
440 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
442 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
445 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
447 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
448 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
449 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
451 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
453 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
454 added to headline text.
456 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
458 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
460 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
462 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
463 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
466 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
468 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
469 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
471 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
473 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
474 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
475 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
477 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
479 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
481 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
483 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
484 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
486 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
488 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
492 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
494 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
496 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
498 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
499 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
500 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
501 accessible from the export dispatcher.
503 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
505 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
507 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
509 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
510 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
512 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
514 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
517 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
519 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
520 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
523 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
525 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
528 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
529 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
531 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
533 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
534 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
537 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
539 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
540 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
541 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
542 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
543 this variable locally.
545 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
547 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
548 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
549 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
550 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
551 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
553 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
555 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
556 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
559 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
561 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
563 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
565 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
567 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
569 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
571 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
573 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
574 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
575 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
576 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
578 *** Removed comment-related filters
580 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
581 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
585 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
587 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
589 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
591 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
592 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
594 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
596 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
597 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
600 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
602 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
603 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
605 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
607 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
609 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
611 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
612 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
613 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
614 particular test failure was introduced.
616 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
618 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
619 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
620 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
621 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
623 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
625 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
626 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
628 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
630 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
631 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~
634 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
636 This helps spotting wrong links.
639 ** Incompatible changes
640 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
641 This may require two changes in user config.
643 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
644 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
645 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
647 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
649 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
650 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
651 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
653 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
654 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
656 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
660 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
662 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
664 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
665 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
666 option keywords like :html-include-style.
668 So you need to replace
670 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
674 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
676 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
677 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
679 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
681 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
682 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
683 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
685 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
686 the other optional arguments accordingly.
688 *** Export back-ends are now structures
690 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
691 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
692 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
695 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
697 ** Important bugfixes
699 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
700 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
702 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
704 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
705 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
706 separator starting a TOTO match string.
709 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
711 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
713 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
716 - Support for .pgf files
717 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
718 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
719 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
720 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
721 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
722 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
723 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
725 *** New functions for paragraph motion
727 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
728 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
729 in a paragraph-like way.
731 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
733 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
734 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
735 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
736 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
737 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
739 *** Anonymous export back-ends
741 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
742 which can then be passed to export functions like
743 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
745 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
746 registering a new back-end.
748 *** New agenda fortnight view
750 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
751 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
754 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
756 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
757 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
759 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
760 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
761 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
763 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
764 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
766 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
767 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
768 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
769 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
770 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
773 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
775 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
777 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
779 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
781 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
783 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
785 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
787 If you set this to the following
789 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
791 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
793 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
795 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
797 ** New contributed packages
799 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
800 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
803 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
804 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
808 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
810 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
811 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
812 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
813 the same with example blocks.
815 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
822 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
824 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
827 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
828 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
829 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
831 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
832 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
833 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
834 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
835 detailed explanations.
837 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
838 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
839 function has been called already.
841 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
844 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
846 ** Incompatible changes
848 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
850 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
852 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
853 you will have to update them.
855 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
857 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
858 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
860 **** New export engine
862 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
863 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
864 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
865 /all/ export back-ends.
867 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
868 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
869 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
870 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
871 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
873 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
874 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
876 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
877 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
878 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
879 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
881 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
883 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
885 should now be written
887 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
889 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
890 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
891 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
893 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
895 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
897 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
900 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
901 remember templates into capture templates.
903 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
905 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
906 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
908 **** Note for third-party developers
910 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
911 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
912 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
914 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
917 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
919 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
920 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
921 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
923 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
924 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
925 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
928 - org-colview-xemacs.el
935 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
936 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
937 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
939 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
940 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
942 ** New packages in core
944 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
946 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
948 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
950 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
952 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
954 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
955 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
957 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
959 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
961 ** New packages in contrib
963 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
965 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
967 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
970 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
972 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
973 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
975 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
978 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
980 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
982 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
984 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
986 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
987 for starting headlines.
989 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
991 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
992 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
993 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
994 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
996 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
998 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1000 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1002 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1003 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1006 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1007 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1010 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1012 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1013 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1016 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1017 conversion from Org files to groff.
1019 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1021 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1023 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1025 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1026 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1033 **** New export generic options
1035 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1036 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1038 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1040 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1041 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1042 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1043 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1045 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1046 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1047 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1048 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1049 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1050 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1051 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1052 contains time-stamps.
1054 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1055 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1056 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1058 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1060 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1062 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1064 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1066 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1067 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1068 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1069 *** Structure editing
1071 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1072 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1074 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1075 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1077 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1079 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1080 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1081 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1082 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1085 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1087 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1088 _words__= will preserve markup.
1090 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1092 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1093 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1094 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1096 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1098 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1099 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1101 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1103 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1104 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1105 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1106 forward and backward.
1108 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1109 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1111 Now Org will sort this list
1113 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1114 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1118 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1119 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1121 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1122 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1123 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1125 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1126 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1127 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1129 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1132 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1134 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1135 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1136 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1138 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1140 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1141 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1142 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1143 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1145 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1147 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1148 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1149 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1150 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1151 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1153 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1155 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1156 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1157 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1159 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1160 *** Scheduled/deadline
1162 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1164 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1165 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1166 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1167 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1169 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1170 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1171 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1172 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1174 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1175 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1176 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1177 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1178 control this globally or per agenda.
1180 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1182 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1184 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1186 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1187 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1189 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1191 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1192 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1193 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1195 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1196 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1197 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1199 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1200 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1202 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1205 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1207 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1208 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1209 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1211 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1213 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1214 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1215 only show their description, not the full links.
1218 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1220 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1221 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1222 want to build a list of appointments.
1224 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1225 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1227 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1229 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1231 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1232 time value (i.e. appointments).
1234 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1236 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1238 | Strategy | Explanations |
1239 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1240 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1241 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1242 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1243 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1244 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1245 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1246 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1247 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1248 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1249 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1251 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1253 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1254 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1255 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1257 These new options are available:
1259 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1260 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1261 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1262 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1264 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1265 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1266 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1268 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1269 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1270 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1271 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1272 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1273 non-tagged headlines.
1275 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1277 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1278 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1279 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1280 that take only =N= minutes.
1282 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1284 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1285 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1286 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1288 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1290 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1291 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1293 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1295 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1296 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1298 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1301 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1303 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1304 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1305 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1307 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1308 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1310 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1312 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1313 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1315 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1317 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1319 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1320 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1323 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1325 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1326 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1327 asks for a confirmation.
1329 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1331 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1332 the mark of the entry at point.
1334 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1335 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1337 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1339 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1340 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1343 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1345 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1346 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1348 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1350 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1351 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1353 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1355 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1356 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1357 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1358 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1360 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1362 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1363 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1364 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1366 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1368 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1369 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1370 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1371 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1373 Read the full docstring for details.
1375 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1377 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1380 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1383 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1385 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1386 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1389 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1391 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1392 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1394 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1396 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1397 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1398 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1399 check against the name of the buffer.
1402 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1403 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1404 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1407 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1408 agenda views, and for filtering.
1410 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1414 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1416 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1417 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1418 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1420 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1421 as if the protocol was not known.
1423 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1425 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1427 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1428 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1429 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1432 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1434 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1435 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1436 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1438 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1440 When storing a link to a headline like
1442 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1444 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1445 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1446 there is no description.
1449 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1451 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1452 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1453 those other formulas.
1455 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1457 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1458 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1459 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1462 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1464 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1465 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1466 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1469 **** New lookup functions
1471 There are now three lookup functions:
1473 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1474 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1475 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1477 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1478 *** Startup keywords
1480 These new startup keywords are now available:
1482 | Startup keyword | Option |
1483 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1484 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1485 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1486 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1487 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1488 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1489 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1490 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1491 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1495 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1497 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1498 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1499 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1500 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1502 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1504 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1505 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1506 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1509 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1510 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1512 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1514 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1515 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1517 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1519 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1520 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1521 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1523 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1524 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1525 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1526 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1527 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1528 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1529 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1532 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1534 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1536 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1538 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1539 same target than the block at point.
1541 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1543 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1544 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1545 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1547 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1548 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1551 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1553 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1554 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1555 manual for a usage example.
1557 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1559 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1560 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1561 collecting blocks for tangling.
1563 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1564 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1566 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1567 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1568 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1569 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1571 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1572 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1575 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1576 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1577 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1578 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1582 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1583 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1584 - [[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]]
1585 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1586 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1587 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1588 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1589 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1590 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1591 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1592 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1593 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1594 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1595 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1596 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1597 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1598 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1599 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1600 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1604 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1606 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1608 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1610 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1612 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1613 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1614 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1615 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1616 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1617 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1618 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1619 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1621 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1623 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1624 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1626 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1628 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1629 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1630 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1634 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1636 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1637 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1640 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1641 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1642 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1643 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1644 agenda type to this variable.
1646 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1649 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1650 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1651 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1652 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1654 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1656 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1657 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1658 invisible) blocked tasks.
1660 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1662 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1663 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1665 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1667 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1668 ** No GPL manual anymore
1670 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1671 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1673 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1675 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1677 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1678 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1679 in most environments.
1683 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1685 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1687 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1688 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1691 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1692 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1693 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1696 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1698 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1700 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1701 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1702 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1703 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1704 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1705 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1706 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1707 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1708 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1709 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1710 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1711 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1712 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1713 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1714 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1716 ** New package and Babel language
1718 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1720 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1722 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1723 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1725 ** Incompatible changes
1727 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1728 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1730 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1733 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1734 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1735 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1737 ** New features and user-visible changes
1741 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1742 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1743 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1744 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1746 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1747 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1749 See the docstrings for more details.
1751 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1752 on =org-element.el=.
1754 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1756 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1757 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1758 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1759 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1761 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1763 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1764 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1765 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1766 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1768 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1770 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1772 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1774 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1777 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1778 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1780 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1781 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1782 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1785 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1788 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1789 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1790 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1792 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1793 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1794 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1799 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1801 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1802 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1803 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1804 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1806 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1807 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1808 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1809 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1810 generating new ones.
1812 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1815 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1817 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1818 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1821 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1822 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1823 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1826 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1827 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1828 details on how to use this.
1830 **** Changes in bulk actions
1832 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1833 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1835 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1836 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1837 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1838 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1839 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1841 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1842 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1844 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1845 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1848 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1850 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1852 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1854 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1855 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1857 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1859 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1860 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1861 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1862 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1865 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1867 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1870 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1871 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1872 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1873 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1874 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1877 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1879 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1881 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1883 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1884 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1885 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1886 filters and category filters.
1888 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1889 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1892 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1893 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1894 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1899 **** Inserting links
1901 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1902 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1903 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1906 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1907 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1908 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1909 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1911 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1914 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1916 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1917 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1918 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1919 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1921 **** New link type =help=
1923 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1925 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1926 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1927 you go back to the same buffer.
1929 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1931 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1932 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1935 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1937 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1939 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1941 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1943 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1945 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1949 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1951 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1952 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1953 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1954 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1956 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1958 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1959 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1960 all headlines in the region.
1962 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1964 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1966 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1967 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1969 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1971 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1973 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1975 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1977 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1979 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1980 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1981 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1986 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1988 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1990 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1992 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1993 clocked entry, if any.
1995 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1997 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1999 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2001 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2002 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2005 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2006 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2007 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2011 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2013 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2016 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2018 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2019 cells in clockreport.
2021 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2022 time cells in clockreport.
2025 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2027 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2028 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2030 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2031 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2033 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2034 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2035 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2036 space in the frame title.
2040 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2042 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2043 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2044 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2045 don't want to see temporarily.
2047 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2049 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2051 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2053 There are these new entities:
2055 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2056 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2057 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2058 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2059 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2060 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2062 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2063 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2064 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2066 The face is back to a normal height.
2070 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2071 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2073 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2074 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2076 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2078 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2079 block will use its value as the column format.
2081 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2083 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2085 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2087 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2089 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2090 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2091 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2092 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2094 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2098 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2100 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2102 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2104 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2106 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2107 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2108 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2110 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2112 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2113 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2114 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2118 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2120 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2121 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2122 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2123 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2125 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2127 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2128 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2131 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2132 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2133 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2136 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2137 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2138 more details on how to use this.
2140 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2141 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2143 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2144 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2147 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2149 See the manual for more explanations.
2151 **** More control over empty lines
2153 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2154 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2157 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2159 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2163 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2165 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2166 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2167 available) to print beautiful tables.
2169 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2171 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2172 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2175 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2177 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2178 in the #+DATE option.
2180 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2182 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2184 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2185 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2187 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2188 More languages are always welcome.
2190 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2192 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2193 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2195 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2196 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2197 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2198 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2199 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2200 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2202 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2203 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2207 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2209 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2212 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2214 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2215 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2217 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2219 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2221 It used to exports the results of the code.
2225 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2226 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2228 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2229 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2231 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2233 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2234 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2235 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2237 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2238 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2240 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2241 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2242 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2245 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2247 This will increment the effort value.
2249 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2251 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2253 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2254 attach symbolic links.
2256 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2258 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2260 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2261 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2263 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2265 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2267 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2268 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2269 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2271 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2273 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2274 all top level list items.
2276 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2278 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2280 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2281 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2283 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2285 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2287 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2288 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2289 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2290 first headline in the region.
2292 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2294 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2297 ** Important bug fixes
2299 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2301 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2302 perform completion with meaningful values.
2304 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2306 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2307 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2308 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2310 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2311 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2313 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2314 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2317 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2318 the code and the license to your needs.
2320 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2321 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2325 ** Incompatible changes
2327 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2329 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2331 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2333 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2334 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2335 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2336 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2339 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2341 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2342 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2343 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2345 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2347 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2348 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2350 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2352 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2354 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2355 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2356 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2357 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2358 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2360 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2361 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2362 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2363 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2364 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2365 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2367 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2368 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2369 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2372 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2375 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2376 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2377 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2378 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2380 The two new variables are:
2382 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2383 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2384 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2385 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2386 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2387 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2388 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2390 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2391 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2394 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2397 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2398 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2399 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2400 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2402 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2403 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2404 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2405 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2408 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2409 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2410 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2411 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2412 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2413 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2416 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2417 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2418 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2419 applies to the following packages:
2437 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2438 you are using, you can remove it from
2439 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2440 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2443 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2444 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2445 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2446 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2447 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2450 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2452 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2453 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2454 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2457 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2459 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2461 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2463 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2465 ** Important new features
2467 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2469 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2471 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2472 for more information on how to customize it.
2474 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2476 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2477 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2478 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2479 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2481 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2482 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2483 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2485 To switch over to the new system:
2489 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2491 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2492 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2493 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2494 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2495 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2497 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2499 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2502 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2505 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2507 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2508 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2509 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2510 with using both system in parallel.
2514 *** New Org libraries
2515 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2517 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2519 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2521 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2523 To use, put the following in your init file:
2526 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2529 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2530 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2531 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2532 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2533 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2534 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2535 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2536 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2537 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2540 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2542 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2543 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2545 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2547 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2548 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2549 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2552 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2553 call function to do something special with text links.
2555 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2557 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2559 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2560 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2561 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2564 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2566 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2568 *** New Babel libraries
2570 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2571 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2572 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2573 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2574 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2575 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2576 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2578 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2582 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2584 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2585 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2586 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2587 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2588 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2589 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2591 The key new functions are
2593 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2594 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2595 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2597 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2598 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2600 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2601 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2603 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2604 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2606 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2608 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2609 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2610 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2612 **** Modified link escaping
2614 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2616 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2617 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2618 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2619 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2622 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2623 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2624 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2625 : percent escaped links are solved.
2627 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2629 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2631 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2632 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2634 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2636 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2638 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2639 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2640 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2641 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2642 string to be executed.
2644 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2645 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2649 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2650 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2653 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2657 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2659 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2660 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2661 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2662 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2664 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2665 will work on the current entry.
2667 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2668 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2670 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2672 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2674 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2677 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2678 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2683 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2685 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2686 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2687 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2689 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2691 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2692 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2693 entries using a function.
2695 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2696 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2697 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2699 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2701 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2702 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2703 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2705 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2707 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2708 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2709 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2710 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2711 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2712 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2714 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2718 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2720 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2721 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2723 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2724 docstring of these variable for details about available
2727 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2728 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2729 formatting string will insert a string.
2731 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2733 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2734 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2735 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2736 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2737 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2738 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2739 C-e u=, respectively.
2741 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2742 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2743 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2744 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2745 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2748 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2750 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2751 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2753 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2755 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2756 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2758 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2760 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2761 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2762 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2763 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2764 section]] in the manual for more details.
2766 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2767 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2768 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2773 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2775 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2776 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2777 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2778 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2779 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2781 **** New logging support for refiling
2783 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2784 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2787 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2791 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2793 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2797 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2799 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2800 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2802 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2804 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2805 the displayed in the buffer.
2807 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2809 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2811 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2812 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2814 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2815 |--------+--------+---------|
2816 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2817 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2819 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2822 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2825 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2827 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2829 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2830 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2837 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2838 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2841 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2843 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2845 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2846 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2848 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2852 **** Improved handling of lists
2854 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2856 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2857 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2858 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2861 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2862 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2863 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2865 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2866 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2867 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2868 `org-list-export-context'.
2870 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2871 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2872 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2874 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2875 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2876 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2877 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2878 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2880 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2881 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2882 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2884 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2886 *** Inline display of linked images
2888 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2889 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2890 that have no description part will be inlined.
2892 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2894 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2895 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2897 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2899 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2901 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2902 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2903 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2904 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2905 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2906 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2908 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2909 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2910 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2913 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2914 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2915 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2916 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2917 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2918 properties or in tables.
2920 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2921 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2922 names, and rownames across all languages.
2924 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2926 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2928 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2929 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2930 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2932 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2934 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2935 request by Scott Otterson.
2937 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2939 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2940 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2941 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2942 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2943 superscripts, see the variable
2944 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2946 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2948 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2950 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2951 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2952 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2953 following new faces:
2955 =org-document-title=
2957 =org-document-info-keyword=
2959 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2960 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2962 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2964 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2966 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2967 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2968 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2969 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2970 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2971 property is affected by this setting.
2973 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2974 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2976 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2978 Requested by Michael Brand.
2980 **** Better level cycling function
2982 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2983 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2984 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2985 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2987 **** Adaptive filling
2989 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2990 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2991 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2992 comments to be filled correctly.
2994 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2996 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2998 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3000 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3002 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3003 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3005 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3009 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3011 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3012 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3013 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3014 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3016 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3018 **** Localized clock tables
3020 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3021 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3022 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3023 available translated strings.
3025 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3027 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3028 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3029 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3030 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3032 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3034 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3036 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3037 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3038 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3039 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3042 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3046 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3048 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3049 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3051 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3053 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3055 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3056 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3057 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3060 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3063 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3065 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3066 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3071 org-table-current-line
3075 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3077 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3078 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3081 This was requested by Tom.
3083 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3085 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3086 example by viewing from the agenda.
3088 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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