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13 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** ~org-capture-templates~ no longer accepts S-expressions as file names
17 Since functions are allowed there, a straightforward way to migrate
24 : (file (lambda () (sexp)))
26 *** Deleted contributed packages
28 =org-ebib.el= and =org-bullets.el= have been deleted from the contrib/ directory.
30 You can now find them here :
32 - https://github.com/joostkremers/ebib
33 - https://github.com/sabof/org-bullets
35 *** Removal of ~:sitemap-sans-extension~
37 The publishing property is no longer recognized, as a consequence of
38 changes to site-map generation.
40 You can get the same functionality by setting ~:sitemap-format-entry~
44 (lambda (entry style project)
45 (cond ((not (directory-name-p entry))
46 (format "[[file:%s][%s]]"
47 (file-name-sans-extension entry)
48 (org-publish-find-title entry project)))
49 ((eq style 'tree) (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name entry)))
53 *** Change signature for ~:sitemap-function~
55 ~:sitemap-function~ now expects to be called with two arguments. See
56 ~org-publish-project-alist~ for details.
58 *** Change signature for some properties in ~org-list-to-generic~
60 ~:istart~, ~:icount~, ~:iend~ and ~:isep~ now expect the type of the
61 list as their first argument.
65 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~
66 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~
67 **** Binding C-c C-x < for ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
68 *** New value for ~org-publish-sitemap-sort-folders~
70 The new ~ignore~ value effectively allows toggling inclusion of
71 directories in published site-maps.
75 **** Clojure: new setting ~org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout~
77 Creation of a new setting to specify the Cider timeout. By setting
78 the =org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout= setting option. The value
79 is in seconds and if set to =nil= then no timeout will occur.
80 **** Clojure: new header ~:show-process~
82 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
83 developers to output the process of an ongoing process into a new
86 You can tell Org Babel to output the process of a running code block.
88 To show that output you only have to specify the =:show-process=
89 option in the code block's header like this:
92 ,#+BEGIN_SRC clojure :results output :show-process t
99 If =:show-process= is specified that way, then when you will run the
100 code using =C-c C-c= a new window will open in Emacs. Everything that
101 is output by the REPL will immediately be added to that new window.
103 When the processing of the code is finished, then the window and its
104 buffer will be closed and the results will be reported in the
107 Note that the =:results= parameter's behavior is *not* changed. If
108 =silent= is specified, then no result will be displayed. If =output=
109 is specified then all the output from the window will appears in the
110 results section. If =value= is specified, then only the last returned
111 value of the code will be displayed in the results section.
113 **** Maxima: new headers ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~
114 Babel options ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~ have been implemented for
115 Maxima src blocks which prepend and append, respectively, the given
116 code strings. This can be useful for specifying formatting settings
117 which would add clutter to exported code. For instance, you can use
118 this ~:prologue "fpprintprec: 2; linel: 50;"~ for presenting Maxima
119 results in a beamer presentation.
120 **** PlantUML: add support for header arguments
122 [[http://plantuml.com/][Plantuml]] source blocks now support the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/prologue.html#prologue][~:prologue~]], [[http://orgmode.org/manual/epilogue.html#epilogue][~:epilogue~]] and
123 [[http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] header arguments.
125 **** SQL: new engine added ~sqsh~
127 A new engine was added to support ~sqsh~ command line utility for use
128 against Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase SQL server.
130 More information on ~sqsh~ can be found here: [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqsh/][sourceforge/sqsh]]
132 To use ~sqsh~ in an *sql* =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
135 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine sqsh :dbhost my_host :dbuser master :dbpassword pass :database support
141 **** Implement ~org-export-insert-image-links~
142 This new function is meant to be used in back-ends supporting images
143 as descriptions of links, a.k.a. image links. See its docstring for
145 **** Add global macros through ~org-export-global-macros~
146 With this variable, one can define macros available for all documents.
147 **** New keyword ~#+EXPORT_FILE_NAME~
148 Simiralry to ~:EXPORT_FILE_NAME:~ property, this keyword allows the
149 user to specify the name of the output file upon exporting the
150 document. This also has an effect on publishing.
151 **** Horizontal rules are no longer ignored in LaTeX table math mode
153 *** ~org-list-to-generic~ includes a new property: ~:ifmt~
155 ~:ifmt~ is a function to be called on the body of each item. See
156 ~org-list-to-generic~ documentation for details.
158 *** New variable : ~org-bibtex-headline-format-function~
159 This allow to use a different title than entry title.
164 This feature has been removed. Use a custom agenda view, possibly
165 narrowed to current buffer to achieve a similar functionality.
168 *** ~org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all~ is removed.
170 For an equivalent to a ~nil~ value, set
171 ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~ to nil and
172 ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~ to ~t~.
174 *** ~org-publish-sitemap-file-entry-format~ is deprecated
176 One can provide new ~:sitemap-format-entry~ property for a function
177 equivalent to the removed format string.
181 *** ~org-publish-find-property~
183 This function can be used as a tool to format entries in a site-map,
184 in addition to ~org-publish-find-title~ and ~org-publish-find-date~.
186 *** ~org-list-to-org~
188 It is the reciprocal of ~org-list-to-lisp~, which see.
190 *** ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
192 Call ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock~ from the agenda.
196 ** Incompatible changes
198 *** Emacs 23 support has been dropped
200 From now on, Org expects at least Emacs 24.3, although Emacs 24.4 or
203 *** XEmacs support has been dropped
205 Incomplete compatibility layer with XEmacs has been removed. If you
206 want to take over maintainance of this compatibility, please contact
209 *** New syntax for export blocks
211 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
212 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
215 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
228 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
231 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
237 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
240 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
241 using previous syntax:
243 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
244 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
245 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
247 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
248 (let ((case-fold-search t)
249 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
250 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
251 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
253 (org-with-wide-buffer
254 (goto-char (point-min))
255 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
257 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
258 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
259 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
261 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
262 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
265 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
266 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
268 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
269 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
270 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
271 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
272 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
273 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
276 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~ and
277 ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to be
282 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
284 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
285 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
286 constructs are now unsupported.
288 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them into
291 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
293 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
294 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
295 consider using the =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
297 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
300 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
302 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
303 S-expressions. Replacing a S-expresion with an appropriate function
304 is straightforward. For example
310 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
312 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can get time via =vc=
314 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
315 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
317 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
319 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
320 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
321 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
323 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
325 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
337 should be written instead
342 :header-args: :exports code
343 :header-args: :var a=1 b=2
344 :header-args+: :var c=3
348 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
349 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
353 *** ~org-eww~ has been moved into core
354 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
356 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
359 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
360 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
363 Old-style links such as
364 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
365 continue to be supported.
367 If you have defined your own handler functions for
368 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
369 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
370 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into property
373 *** New Org linter library
375 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
377 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
379 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
380 entries are added to last in the date tree.
382 *** New ~vbar~ entity
384 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionnally as a =|=,
385 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
386 a HTML derived export back-end.
390 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
392 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
395 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
397 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
398 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
400 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
402 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
403 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
404 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
407 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
409 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
410 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
412 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
414 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
415 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
416 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
417 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
419 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
421 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
422 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
423 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
426 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
428 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
429 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
430 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
431 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
432 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
435 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
436 ;; this will export with line number 20
437 (message "This is line 21")
439 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
440 ;; This will be listed as line 31
441 (message "This is line 32")
445 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
447 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
448 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
451 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
453 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
454 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
455 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width of
456 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
458 **** Markdown footnote export customization
460 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
461 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
462 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
463 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
467 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
469 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
471 **** Support for Lua language
472 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
474 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
476 **** Support for Stan language
478 New ob-stan.el library.
480 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
482 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
484 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
485 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
487 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
489 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
490 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
491 that does not end in ".stan".
493 For more information and usage examples, visit
494 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
496 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
498 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
499 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
511 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
513 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
514 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
515 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
526 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
527 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the properties.
529 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
530 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
532 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
534 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
535 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
537 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
539 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
549 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
558 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
559 using the :file property, e.g.:
561 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
563 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
564 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
566 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
567 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
571 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needs additional
572 setup in addition to plantuml. See [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for
573 details and setup information.
575 *** Rewrite of radio lists
577 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
578 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
579 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
582 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
584 Used like ~org-bbdb-anniversaries~, it provides a few days warning for
585 upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
587 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
589 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
590 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
592 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
594 *** Support for ISO week trees
596 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
597 by ISO week and not by month.
604 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
606 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
607 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
609 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
611 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
612 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
614 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
618 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
620 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
621 buffer unconditionally.
623 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
625 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
627 **** Allow custom summaries
629 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
630 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
632 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
634 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
637 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
638 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
640 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
643 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
645 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~ allows
646 to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any upper case
647 character (or character class), the search is case sensitive.
648 Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
650 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
652 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
655 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
657 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
658 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
659 the manual for details.
661 *** Links are now customizable
663 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
664 etc. Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
668 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
670 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
672 *** ~org-show-children~
674 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
678 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
680 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
682 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
684 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
686 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
688 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
690 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
692 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
694 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
696 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
698 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
700 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
701 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
703 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
705 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
707 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
709 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
710 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
712 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
714 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
716 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
718 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
720 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
722 The affected functions are:
725 - ~org-remove-if-not~
730 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
731 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
732 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
736 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
738 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
739 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
740 let those libraries operate.
742 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
744 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
747 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
749 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
752 *** Add Icelandic smart quotes
753 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
754 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
756 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
757 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
758 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
759 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
761 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
762 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
764 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
765 current projet. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
768 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
770 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
773 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
775 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
776 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
777 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
778 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
779 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
781 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
782 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
783 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
784 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
786 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
788 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
789 to the article's original group.
791 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
793 The calling convention has changed.
795 *** HTML export table row customization changes
797 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
798 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
799 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
800 called with 6 parameters.
802 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
803 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
805 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
807 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
809 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
810 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
811 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
812 the end of the string.
814 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
816 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
817 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
818 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
820 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
822 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
823 For most folks this file does not exist.
824 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
826 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
828 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other
831 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
833 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
834 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
835 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
836 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
837 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
838 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
839 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
842 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
844 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
847 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
849 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
850 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
851 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
853 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
854 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
856 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
857 indication letter was solely J.
859 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
861 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
862 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
863 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
865 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
867 The experimental variable used to be more or less confidential, as
870 *** New ~:format~ property to parsed links
872 It defines the format of the original link. Possible values are:
873 ~plain~, ~bracket~ and ~angle~.
877 ** Incompatible changes
879 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
881 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
882 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
884 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
885 logged before the property drawer.
887 The following function will repair them:
889 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
890 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
891 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
892 Ignore non Org buffers."
893 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
894 (org-with-wide-buffer
895 (goto-char (point-min))
896 (let ((case-fold-search t)
897 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
898 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
902 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
904 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
906 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
907 (when (and (< (point) end)
908 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
910 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
911 (eq (org-element-type
912 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
914 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
916 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
917 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
920 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
922 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
923 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
924 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
925 into account when exporting.
927 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
928 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
930 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
932 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
933 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
936 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
937 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
942 :CATEGORY: some category
946 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
948 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
949 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
950 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
953 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
955 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
956 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
958 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
959 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
961 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
963 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
964 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
966 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
968 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
969 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~
970 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
971 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
972 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
974 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
976 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
977 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
979 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
981 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
982 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
983 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
985 *** Functions signature changes
987 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
988 docstring for more information.
990 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
991 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
992 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
993 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
994 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
999 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
1001 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical
1002 scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
1004 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
1007 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
1010 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
1011 :lexical '((x . 42))
1013 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
1015 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
1016 without changing the headline.
1018 *** Hierarchies of tags
1020 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
1021 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
1022 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
1024 The following in-buffer definition:
1027 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
1028 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
1029 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
1032 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
1042 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
1043 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
1045 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
1047 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
1049 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
1050 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
1052 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
1053 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
1054 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: { }
1055 can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the given
1056 tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
1058 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
1064 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
1067 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
1069 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
1072 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
1075 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
1077 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
1078 regular expression matches for P@.+. This is good for example for
1079 projects tagged with a common identifier, i.e. P@2014_OrgTags.
1081 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
1083 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filters all of the related tags.
1084 Except if a filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
1086 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
1089 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
1090 is also used as a filter.
1092 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
1094 Now uses the argument ARG and optional argument exclude instead of
1095 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
1096 makes more sense than strip now. The term "narrowing" is changed to
1099 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
1100 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
1102 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
1104 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
1106 *** Babel: support for Processing language
1108 New ob-processing.el library.
1110 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
1111 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
1112 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
1114 Check the documentation for more details.
1116 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
1118 *** New behaviour for ~org-toggle-latex-fragment~
1120 The new behaviour is the following:
1122 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument when
1123 point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the whole
1126 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
1129 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
1131 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
1133 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1135 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
1136 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
1138 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1140 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
1141 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
1144 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
1146 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
1147 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
1148 ~org-drawers~ variable.
1150 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
1152 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
1153 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
1154 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
1155 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
1157 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
1159 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
1160 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
1161 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
1164 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
1166 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch in
1169 *** New option in ASCII export
1171 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting ~org-ascii-list-margin~
1172 variable to an appopriate integer.
1174 *** New blocks in ASCII export
1176 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT=
1177 blocks. See documentation for details.
1179 *** More back-end specific publishing options
1181 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
1182 increased. See manual for details.
1184 *** Export inline source blocks
1186 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
1187 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
1188 in the output, depending on the parameters.
1190 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
1192 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
1194 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
1196 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
1198 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
1200 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
1201 more features. See docstring for details.
1203 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
1205 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
1207 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
1208 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
1210 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
1212 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
1214 : This sentence is false.
1217 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
1219 *** Various improvements on radio tables
1221 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
1222 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
1223 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are new
1224 parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
1225 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
1226 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
1228 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
1230 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction
1231 with source blocks exported by the minted package.
1233 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
1235 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
1236 would throw an error. A new variable ~org-table-formula-create-columns~
1237 was added to adjust this behavior. It is now possible to silently add
1238 new columns, to do so with a warning or to explicitly ask the user
1243 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
1246 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
1248 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
1249 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
1251 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
1253 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
1255 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
1257 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is now
1258 deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
1259 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
1261 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1263 See the docstring for more information.
1265 *** Export unnumbered headlines
1267 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
1268 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
1269 property is inherited by children.
1271 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
1273 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
1274 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~ keys,
1277 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
1279 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See manual
1282 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
1284 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
1287 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
1289 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
1290 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
1292 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
1294 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
1295 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
1297 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
1299 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
1300 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
1303 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
1305 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
1306 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
1308 *** New entities family: "\_ "
1310 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
1311 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
1312 leading spaces within table cells.
1314 *** New MathJax configuration options
1316 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
1317 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
1319 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
1321 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
1322 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
1323 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
1325 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
1326 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
1327 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
1328 keywords and properties.
1330 *** Viewport support in html export
1332 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
1333 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
1335 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
1337 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
1340 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
1342 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
1343 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in a
1344 dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
1346 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
1348 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
1349 added to headline text.
1351 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
1353 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See the manual for details.
1355 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1357 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1358 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1361 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1363 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1364 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1366 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1368 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for the
1369 number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original subtree
1370 and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1372 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1374 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1376 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1378 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1379 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1381 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1383 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1385 ** Removed functions
1387 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1389 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1391 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1393 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1394 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1395 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1396 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1398 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1400 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1402 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1404 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1405 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1407 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1409 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1412 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1414 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1415 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1419 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1421 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1424 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1425 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1427 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1429 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1430 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1433 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1435 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1436 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1438 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1440 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name= at
1441 the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the value
1442 of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=. To chose
1443 a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind this
1446 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1448 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1449 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1450 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1451 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1452 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1454 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1456 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1457 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1460 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1462 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1464 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1466 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1468 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1470 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1472 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1474 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1475 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1476 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1477 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1479 *** Removed comment-related filters
1481 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1482 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1487 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1489 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1491 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1493 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1494 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1496 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1498 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1499 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1502 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1504 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1505 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1507 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1509 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1511 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1513 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1514 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1515 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1516 particular test failure was introduced.
1518 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1520 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1521 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as well
1522 as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~ when
1523 ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1525 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1527 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1528 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1530 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1532 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1533 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~ now.
1535 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1537 This helps spotting wrong links.
1541 ** Incompatible changes
1542 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1543 This may require two changes in user config.
1545 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1546 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1547 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1549 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1551 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1552 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1553 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1555 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1556 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1558 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1562 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1564 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1566 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1567 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1568 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1570 So you need to replace
1572 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1576 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1578 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1579 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1581 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1583 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1584 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1585 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1587 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1588 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1590 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1592 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1593 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1594 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1597 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1599 ** Important bugfixes
1601 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1602 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1604 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1606 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1607 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1608 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1611 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1613 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1615 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1617 - Support SVG images
1618 - Support for .pgf files
1619 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1620 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1621 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1622 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1623 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1624 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1625 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1627 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1629 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1630 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1631 in a paragraph-like way.
1633 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1635 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1636 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1637 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1638 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1639 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1641 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1643 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1644 which can then be passed to export functions like
1645 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1647 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1648 registering a new back-end.
1650 *** New agenda fortnight view
1652 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1653 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1656 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1658 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1659 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1661 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1662 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1663 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1665 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1666 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1668 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1669 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1670 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1671 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1672 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1675 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1677 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1679 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1681 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1683 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1685 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1687 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1689 If you set this to the following
1691 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
1693 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
1695 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
1697 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
1699 ** New contributed packages
1701 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
1702 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
1705 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
1706 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
1710 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
1712 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
1713 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
1714 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
1715 the same with example blocks.
1717 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
1724 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
1726 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
1729 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
1730 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
1731 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
1733 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
1734 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
1735 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
1736 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
1737 detailed explanations.
1739 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
1740 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
1741 function has been called already.
1743 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
1746 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
1748 ** Incompatible changes
1750 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
1752 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
1754 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
1755 you will have to update them.
1757 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
1759 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
1760 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
1762 **** New export engine
1764 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
1765 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
1766 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
1767 /all/ export back-ends.
1769 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
1770 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
1771 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
1772 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
1773 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
1775 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
1776 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
1778 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
1779 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
1780 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
1781 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
1783 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
1785 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
1787 should now be written
1789 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
1791 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
1792 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
1793 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
1795 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
1797 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
1799 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
1802 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
1803 remember templates into capture templates.
1805 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
1807 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
1808 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
1810 **** Note for third-party developers
1812 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
1813 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
1814 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
1816 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
1819 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
1821 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
1822 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
1823 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
1825 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
1826 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
1827 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
1830 - org-colview-xemacs.el
1831 - org-mac-message.el
1837 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
1838 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
1839 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
1841 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
1842 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
1844 ** New packages in core
1846 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
1848 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
1850 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
1852 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
1854 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
1856 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
1857 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
1859 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
1861 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
1863 ** New packages in contrib
1865 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
1867 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
1869 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
1872 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
1874 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
1875 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
1877 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
1880 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1882 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1884 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1886 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1888 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1889 for starting headlines.
1891 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1893 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1894 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1895 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1896 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1898 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1900 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1902 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1904 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1905 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1908 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1909 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1912 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1914 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1915 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1918 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1919 conversion from Org files to groff.
1921 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1923 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1925 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1927 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1928 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1935 **** New export generic options
1937 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1938 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1940 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1942 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1943 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1944 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1945 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1947 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1948 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1949 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1950 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1951 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1952 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1953 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1954 contains time-stamps.
1956 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1957 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1958 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1960 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1962 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1964 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1966 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1968 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1969 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1970 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1971 *** Structure editing
1973 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1974 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1976 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1977 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1979 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1981 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1982 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1983 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1984 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1987 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1989 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1990 _words__= will preserve markup.
1992 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1994 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1995 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1996 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1998 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
2000 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
2001 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
2003 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
2005 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
2006 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
2007 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
2008 forward and backward.
2010 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
2011 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
2013 Now Org will sort this list
2015 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2016 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2020 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2021 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2023 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
2024 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
2025 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
2027 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
2028 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
2029 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
2031 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
2034 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
2036 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
2037 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
2038 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
2040 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
2042 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
2043 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
2044 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
2045 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
2047 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
2049 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
2050 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
2051 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
2052 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
2053 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
2055 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
2057 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
2058 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
2059 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
2061 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
2062 *** Scheduled/deadline
2064 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
2066 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
2067 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
2068 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
2069 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
2071 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
2072 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
2073 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
2074 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
2076 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
2077 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
2078 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
2079 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
2080 control this globally or per agenda.
2082 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
2084 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
2086 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
2088 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
2089 *** Calendar, diary and appts
2091 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
2093 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
2094 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
2095 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
2097 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2098 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
2099 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
2101 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
2102 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
2104 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
2107 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
2109 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
2110 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
2111 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
2113 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
2115 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
2116 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
2117 only show their description, not the full links.
2120 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
2122 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
2123 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
2124 want to build a list of appointments.
2126 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
2127 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
2129 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
2131 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
2133 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
2134 time value (i.e. appointments).
2136 **** New agenda sorting strategies
2138 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
2140 | Strategy | Explanations |
2141 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
2142 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
2143 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
2144 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
2145 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
2146 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
2147 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
2148 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
2149 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
2150 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
2151 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
2153 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
2155 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
2156 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
2157 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
2159 These new options are available:
2161 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
2162 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
2163 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
2164 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
2166 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
2167 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
2168 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
2170 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
2171 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
2172 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
2173 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
2174 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
2175 non-tagged headlines.
2177 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
2179 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
2180 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
2181 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
2182 that take only =N= minutes.
2184 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
2186 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
2187 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
2188 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
2190 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
2192 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
2193 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
2195 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
2197 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
2198 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
2200 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
2203 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
2205 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
2206 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
2207 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
2209 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
2210 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
2212 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
2214 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
2215 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
2217 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
2219 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
2221 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
2222 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
2225 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
2227 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
2228 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
2229 asks for a confirmation.
2231 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
2233 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
2234 the mark of the entry at point.
2236 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
2237 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
2239 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
2241 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
2242 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
2245 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
2247 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
2248 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
2250 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
2252 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
2253 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
2255 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
2257 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
2258 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
2259 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
2260 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
2262 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2264 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
2265 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
2266 repeated beyond the current deadline.
2268 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
2270 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
2271 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
2272 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
2273 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
2275 Read the full docstring for details.
2277 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
2279 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
2282 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
2285 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
2287 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
2288 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
2291 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
2293 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
2294 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
2296 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
2298 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2299 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
2300 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
2301 check against the name of the buffer.
2304 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
2305 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
2306 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
2309 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
2310 agenda views, and for filtering.
2312 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
2316 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
2318 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
2319 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
2320 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
2322 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
2323 as if the protocol was not known.
2325 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
2327 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
2329 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
2330 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
2331 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
2334 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
2336 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
2337 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
2338 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
2340 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
2342 When storing a link to a headline like
2344 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
2346 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
2347 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
2348 there is no description.
2351 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
2353 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
2354 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
2355 those other formulas.
2357 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2359 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2360 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2361 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2364 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2366 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2367 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2368 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2371 **** New lookup functions
2373 There are now three lookup functions:
2375 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2376 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2377 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2379 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2380 *** Startup keywords
2382 These new startup keywords are now available:
2384 | Startup keyword | Option |
2385 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2386 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2387 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2388 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2389 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2390 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2391 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2392 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2393 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2397 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2399 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2400 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2401 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2402 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2404 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2406 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2407 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2408 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2411 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2412 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2414 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2416 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2417 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2419 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2421 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2422 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2423 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2425 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2426 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2427 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2428 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2429 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2430 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2431 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2434 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2436 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2438 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2440 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2441 same target than the block at point.
2443 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2445 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2446 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2447 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2449 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2450 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2453 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2455 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2456 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2457 manual for a usage example.
2459 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2461 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2462 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2463 collecting blocks for tangling.
2465 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2466 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2468 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2469 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2470 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2471 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2473 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2474 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2477 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2478 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2479 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2480 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2484 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2485 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2486 - [[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]]
2487 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2488 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2489 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2490 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2491 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2492 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2493 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2494 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2495 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2496 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2497 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2498 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2499 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2500 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2501 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
2502 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2506 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2508 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2510 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2512 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2514 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2515 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2516 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2517 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2518 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2519 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2520 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2521 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2523 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2525 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2526 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2528 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2530 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2531 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2532 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2536 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2538 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2539 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2542 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2543 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2544 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2545 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2546 agenda type to this variable.
2548 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2551 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2552 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2553 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2554 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2556 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2558 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2559 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2560 invisible) blocked tasks.
2562 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2564 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2565 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2567 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2569 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2570 ** No GPL manual anymore
2572 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2573 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2575 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2577 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2579 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2580 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2581 in most environments.
2585 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2587 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2589 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2590 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2593 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2594 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2595 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2598 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2600 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2602 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2603 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2604 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2605 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2606 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2607 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2608 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2609 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2610 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2611 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2612 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2613 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2614 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2615 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2616 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2618 ** New package and Babel language
2620 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2622 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2624 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2625 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2627 ** Incompatible changes
2629 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2630 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2632 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2635 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2636 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2637 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2639 ** New features and user-visible changes
2643 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2644 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2645 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2646 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2648 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2649 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2651 See the docstrings for more details.
2653 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2654 on =org-element.el=.
2656 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2658 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2659 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2660 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2661 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2663 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2665 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2666 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2667 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2668 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2670 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2672 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2674 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2676 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2679 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2680 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2682 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2683 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2684 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2687 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
2690 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
2691 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
2692 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
2694 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
2695 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
2696 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
2701 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
2703 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
2704 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
2705 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
2706 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
2708 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
2709 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
2710 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
2711 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
2712 generating new ones.
2714 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
2717 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2719 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2720 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
2723 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2724 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
2725 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
2728 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
2729 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
2730 details on how to use this.
2732 **** Changes in bulk actions
2734 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
2735 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
2737 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
2738 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
2739 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
2740 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
2741 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
2743 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
2744 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
2746 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
2747 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
2750 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
2752 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
2754 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
2756 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
2757 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
2759 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
2761 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
2762 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
2763 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
2764 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
2767 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2769 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
2772 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
2773 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
2774 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
2775 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
2776 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
2779 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
2781 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
2783 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
2785 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
2786 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
2787 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
2788 filters and category filters.
2790 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
2791 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
2794 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
2795 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
2796 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
2801 **** Inserting links
2803 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
2804 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
2805 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
2808 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
2809 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
2810 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
2811 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
2813 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
2816 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
2818 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
2819 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
2820 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
2821 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
2823 **** New link type =help=
2825 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
2827 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
2828 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
2829 you go back to the same buffer.
2831 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
2833 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
2834 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
2837 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
2839 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
2841 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
2843 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
2845 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
2847 **** RET now follows time stamps links
2851 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
2853 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
2854 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
2855 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
2856 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
2858 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
2860 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
2861 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
2862 all headlines in the region.
2864 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
2866 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
2868 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
2869 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
2871 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
2873 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
2875 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
2877 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
2879 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
2881 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2882 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2883 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2888 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2890 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2892 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2894 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2895 clocked entry, if any.
2897 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2899 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2901 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2903 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2904 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2907 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2908 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2909 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2913 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2915 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2918 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2920 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2921 cells in clockreport.
2923 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2924 time cells in clockreport.
2927 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2929 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2930 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2932 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2933 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2935 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2936 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2937 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2938 space in the frame title.
2942 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2944 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2945 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2946 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2947 don't want to see temporarily.
2949 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2951 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2953 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2955 There are these new entities:
2957 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2958 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2959 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2960 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2961 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2962 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2964 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2965 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2966 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2968 The face is back to a normal height.
2972 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2973 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2975 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2976 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2978 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2980 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2981 block will use its value as the column format.
2983 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2985 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2987 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2989 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2991 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2992 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2993 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2994 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2996 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
3000 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
3002 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
3004 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
3006 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
3008 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
3009 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
3010 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
3012 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
3014 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
3015 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
3016 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
3020 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
3022 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
3023 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
3024 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
3025 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
3027 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
3029 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3030 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
3033 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3034 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
3035 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
3038 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
3039 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
3040 more details on how to use this.
3042 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
3043 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
3045 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
3046 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
3049 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
3051 See the manual for more explanations.
3053 **** More control over empty lines
3055 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
3056 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
3059 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
3061 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
3065 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
3067 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
3068 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
3069 available) to print beautiful tables.
3071 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
3073 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
3074 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
3077 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
3079 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
3080 in the #+DATE option.
3082 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
3084 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
3086 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
3087 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
3089 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
3090 More languages are always welcome.
3092 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
3094 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
3095 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
3097 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
3098 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
3099 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
3100 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
3101 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
3102 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
3104 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
3105 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
3109 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
3111 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
3114 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
3116 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
3117 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
3119 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
3121 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
3123 It used to exports the results of the code.
3127 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
3128 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
3130 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
3131 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
3133 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
3135 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
3136 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
3137 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
3139 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
3140 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
3142 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
3143 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
3144 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
3147 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
3149 This will increment the effort value.
3151 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
3153 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
3155 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
3156 attach symbolic links.
3158 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
3160 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
3162 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
3163 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
3165 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
3167 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
3169 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
3170 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
3171 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
3173 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
3175 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
3176 all top level list items.
3178 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
3180 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
3182 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
3183 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
3185 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
3187 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
3189 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
3190 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
3191 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
3192 first headline in the region.
3194 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
3196 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
3199 ** Important bug fixes
3201 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
3203 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
3204 perform completion with meaningful values.
3206 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
3208 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
3209 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
3210 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3212 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
3213 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
3215 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
3216 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
3219 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
3220 the code and the license to your needs.
3222 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
3223 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
3227 ** Incompatible changes
3229 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
3231 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
3233 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
3235 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
3236 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
3237 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
3238 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
3241 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
3243 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
3244 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
3245 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
3247 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
3249 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
3250 =org-agenda-span= instead.
3252 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
3254 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
3256 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
3257 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
3258 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
3259 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
3260 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
3262 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
3263 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
3264 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
3265 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
3266 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
3267 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
3269 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
3270 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
3271 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
3274 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
3277 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
3278 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
3279 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
3280 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
3282 The two new variables are:
3284 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
3285 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
3286 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
3287 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
3288 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
3289 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
3290 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
3292 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
3293 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
3296 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
3299 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
3300 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
3301 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
3302 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
3304 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
3305 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
3306 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
3307 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
3310 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
3311 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
3312 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
3313 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
3314 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
3315 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
3318 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
3319 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
3320 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
3321 applies to the following packages:
3339 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
3340 you are using, you can remove it from
3341 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
3342 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
3345 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
3346 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
3347 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
3348 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
3349 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
3352 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
3354 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
3355 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3356 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3359 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3361 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3363 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3365 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3367 ** Important new features
3369 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3371 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3373 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3374 for more information on how to customize it.
3376 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3378 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3379 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3380 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3381 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3383 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3384 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3385 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3387 To switch over to the new system:
3391 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3393 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3394 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3395 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3396 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3397 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3399 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3401 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3404 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3407 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3409 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3410 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3411 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3412 with using both system in parallel.
3416 *** New Org libraries
3417 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3419 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3421 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3423 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3425 To use, put the following in your init file:
3428 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3431 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3432 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3433 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3434 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3435 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3436 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3437 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3438 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3439 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3442 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3444 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3445 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3447 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3449 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3450 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3451 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3454 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3455 call function to do something special with text links.
3457 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3459 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3461 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3462 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3463 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3466 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3468 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3470 *** New Babel libraries
3472 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3473 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3474 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3475 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3476 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3477 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3478 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3480 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3484 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3486 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3487 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3488 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3489 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3490 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3491 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3493 The key new functions are
3495 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3496 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3497 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3499 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3500 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3502 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3503 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3505 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3506 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3508 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3510 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3511 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3512 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3514 **** Modified link escaping
3516 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3518 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3519 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3520 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3521 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3524 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3525 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3526 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3527 : percent escaped links are solved.
3529 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3531 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3533 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3534 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3536 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3538 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3540 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3541 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3542 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3543 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3544 string to be executed.
3546 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3547 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3551 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3552 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3555 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3559 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3561 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3562 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3563 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3564 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3566 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3567 will work on the current entry.
3569 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3570 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3572 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3574 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3576 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3579 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3580 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3585 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3587 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3588 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3589 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3591 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3593 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3594 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3595 entries using a function.
3597 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3598 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3599 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3601 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3603 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3604 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3605 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3607 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3609 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3610 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3611 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3612 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3613 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3614 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3616 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3620 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3622 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3623 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3625 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3626 docstring of these variable for details about available
3629 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3630 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3631 formatting string will insert a string.
3633 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3635 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3636 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3637 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3638 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3639 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3640 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3641 C-e u=, respectively.
3643 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3644 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3645 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3646 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3647 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3650 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3652 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3653 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3655 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3657 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3658 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3660 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3662 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3663 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3664 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3665 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3666 section]] in the manual for more details.
3668 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3669 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3670 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3675 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3677 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3678 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3679 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3680 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3681 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3683 **** New logging support for refiling
3685 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3686 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3689 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
3693 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
3695 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
3699 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
3701 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
3702 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
3704 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
3706 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
3707 the displayed in the buffer.
3709 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
3711 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
3713 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
3714 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
3716 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
3717 |--------+--------+---------|
3718 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
3719 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
3721 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
3724 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
3727 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
3729 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
3731 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
3732 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
3739 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
3740 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
3743 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
3745 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
3747 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
3748 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
3750 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
3754 **** Improved handling of lists
3756 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
3758 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
3759 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
3760 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
3763 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
3764 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
3765 counters like [@c] or [@W].
3767 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
3768 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
3769 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
3770 `org-list-export-context'.
3772 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
3773 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
3774 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
3776 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
3777 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
3778 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
3779 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
3780 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
3782 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
3783 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
3784 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
3786 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
3788 *** Inline display of linked images
3790 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
3791 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
3792 that have no description part will be inlined.
3794 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
3796 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
3797 from 1, you can now do it like this:
3799 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
3801 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
3803 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
3804 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
3805 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
3806 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
3807 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
3808 into account all header arguments, and variables.
3810 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
3811 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
3812 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
3815 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
3816 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
3817 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
3818 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
3819 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
3820 properties or in tables.
3822 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
3823 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
3824 names, and rownames across all languages.
3826 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
3828 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
3830 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
3831 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
3832 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
3834 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
3836 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
3837 request by Scott Otterson.
3839 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
3841 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
3842 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
3843 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
3844 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
3845 superscripts, see the variable
3846 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
3848 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
3850 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
3852 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
3853 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
3854 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
3855 following new faces:
3857 =org-document-title=
3859 =org-document-info-keyword=
3861 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
3862 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
3864 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
3866 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
3868 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
3869 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
3870 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
3871 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
3872 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
3873 property is affected by this setting.
3875 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
3876 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
3878 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
3880 Requested by Michael Brand.
3882 **** Better level cycling function
3884 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3885 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3886 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3887 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3889 **** Adaptive filling
3891 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3892 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3893 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3894 comments to be filled correctly.
3896 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3898 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3900 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3902 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3904 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3905 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3907 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3911 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3913 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3914 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3915 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3916 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3918 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3920 **** Localized clock tables
3922 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3923 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3924 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3925 available translated strings.
3927 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3929 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3930 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3931 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3932 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3934 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3936 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3938 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3939 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3940 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3941 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3944 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3948 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3950 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3951 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3953 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3955 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3957 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3958 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3959 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3962 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3965 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3967 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3968 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3973 org-table-current-line
3977 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3979 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3980 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3983 This was requested by Tom.
3985 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3987 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3988 example by viewing from the agenda.
3990 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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