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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
14 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
15 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
17 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
18 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
19 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
20 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after
21 a headline and its planning line, when applicable.
23 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
24 logged before the property drawer. The following function will repair
27 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
28 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
29 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
30 Ignore non Org buffers."
31 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
33 (goto-char (point-min))
34 (let ((case-fold-search t)
35 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
36 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
40 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
42 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
44 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
45 (when (and (< (point) end)
46 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
48 (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)))
49 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
51 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
52 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
54 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
55 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
56 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
58 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
59 docstring for more information.
60 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
61 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
62 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
63 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
65 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
66 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
67 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
68 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
69 accessible from the export dispatcher.
71 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
72 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
75 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
76 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
77 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
78 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
79 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
80 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
81 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
82 this variable locally.
83 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
84 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
85 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
86 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
87 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
88 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
90 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
91 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
92 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
93 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
94 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
95 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
97 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
98 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
99 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
100 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
102 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
103 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
104 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
105 ~org-drawers~ variable.
106 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
107 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
108 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
109 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
110 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
111 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
112 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
114 *** New option in ASCII export
115 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
116 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
117 *** New blocks in ASCII export
118 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
119 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
120 *** More back-end specific publishing options
121 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
122 increased. See manual for details.
123 *** Export inline source blocks
124 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
125 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
126 in the output, depending on the parameters.
127 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
128 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
129 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
130 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
131 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
132 more features. See docstring for details.
133 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
134 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
135 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
136 *** Improve radio tables
137 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
138 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
139 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
140 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
141 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
142 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
143 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
144 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
145 source blocks exported by the minted package.
146 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
147 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
148 would throw an error. A new variable
149 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
150 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
151 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
153 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
155 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
156 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
157 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
158 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
159 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
160 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
161 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
162 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
163 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
164 *** Export unnumbered headlines
165 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
166 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
167 property is inherited by children.
169 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
170 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
171 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
172 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
173 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
174 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
175 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
176 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
178 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
179 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
180 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
181 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
182 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
183 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
184 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
185 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
186 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
187 particular test failure was introduced.
190 ** Incompatible changes
191 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
192 This may require two changes in user config.
194 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
195 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
196 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
198 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
200 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
201 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
202 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
204 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
205 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
207 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
211 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
213 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
215 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
216 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
217 option keywords like :html-include-style.
219 So you need to replace
221 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
225 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
227 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
228 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
230 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
232 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
233 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
234 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
236 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
237 the other optional arguments accordingly.
239 *** Export back-ends are now structures
241 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
242 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
243 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
246 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
248 ** Important bugfixes
250 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
251 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
253 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
255 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
256 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
257 separator starting a TOTO match string.
260 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
262 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
264 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
267 - Support for .pgf files
268 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
269 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
270 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
271 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
272 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
273 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
274 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
276 *** New functions for paragraph motion
278 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
279 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
280 in a paragraph-like way.
282 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
284 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
285 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
286 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
287 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
288 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
290 *** Anonymous export back-ends
292 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
293 which can then be passed to export functions like
294 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
296 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
297 registering a new back-end.
299 *** New agenda fortnight view
301 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
302 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
305 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
307 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
308 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
310 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
311 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
312 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
314 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
315 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
317 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
318 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
319 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
320 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
321 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
324 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
326 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
328 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
330 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
332 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
334 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
336 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
338 If you set this to the following
340 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
342 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
344 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
346 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
348 ** New contributed packages
350 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
351 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
354 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
355 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
359 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
361 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
362 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
363 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
364 the same with example blocks.
366 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
373 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
375 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
378 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
379 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
380 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
382 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
383 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
384 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
385 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
386 detailed explanations.
388 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
389 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
390 function has been called already.
392 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
395 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
397 ** Incompatible changes
399 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
401 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
403 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
404 you will have to update them.
406 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
408 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
409 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
411 **** New export engine
413 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
414 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
415 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
416 /all/ export back-ends.
418 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
419 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
420 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
421 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
422 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
424 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
425 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
427 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
428 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
429 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
430 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
432 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
434 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
436 should now be written
438 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
440 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
441 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
442 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
444 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
446 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
448 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
451 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
452 remember templates into capture templates.
454 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
456 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
457 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
459 **** Note for third-party developers
461 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
462 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
463 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
465 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
468 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
470 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
471 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
472 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
474 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
475 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
476 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
479 - org-colview-xemacs.el
486 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
487 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
488 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
490 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
491 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
493 ** New packages in core
495 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
497 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
499 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
501 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
503 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
505 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
506 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
508 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
510 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
512 ** New packages in contrib
514 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
516 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
518 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
521 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
523 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
524 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
526 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
529 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
531 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
533 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
535 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
537 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
538 for starting headlines.
540 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
542 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
543 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
544 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
545 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
547 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
549 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
551 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
553 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
554 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
557 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
558 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
561 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
563 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
564 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
567 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
568 conversion from Org files to groff.
570 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
572 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
574 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
576 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
577 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
584 **** New export generic options
586 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
587 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
589 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
591 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
592 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
593 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
594 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
596 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
597 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
598 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
599 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
600 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
601 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
602 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
603 contains time-stamps.
605 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
606 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
607 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
609 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
611 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
613 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
615 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
617 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
618 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
619 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
620 *** Structure editing
622 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
623 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
625 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
626 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
628 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
630 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
631 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
632 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
633 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
636 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
638 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
639 _words__= will preserve markup.
641 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
643 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
644 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
645 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
647 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
649 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
650 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
652 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
654 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
655 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
656 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
657 forward and backward.
659 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
660 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
662 Now Org will sort this list
664 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
665 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
669 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
670 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
672 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
673 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
674 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
676 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
677 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
678 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
680 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
683 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
685 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
686 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
687 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
689 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
691 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
692 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
693 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
694 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
696 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
698 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
699 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
700 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
701 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
702 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
704 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
706 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
707 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
708 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
710 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
711 *** Scheduled/deadline
713 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
715 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
716 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
717 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
718 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
720 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
721 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
722 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
723 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
725 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
726 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
727 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
728 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
729 control this globally or per agenda.
731 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
733 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
735 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
737 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
738 *** Calendar, diary and appts
740 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
742 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
743 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
744 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
746 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
747 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
748 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
750 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
751 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
753 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
756 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
758 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
759 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
760 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
762 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
764 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
765 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
766 only show their description, not the full links.
769 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
771 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
772 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
773 want to build a list of appointments.
775 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
776 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
778 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
780 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
782 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
783 time value (i.e. appointments).
785 **** New agenda sorting strategies
787 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
789 | Strategy | Explanations |
790 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
791 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
792 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
793 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
794 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
795 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
796 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
797 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
798 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
799 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
800 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
802 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
804 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
805 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
806 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
808 These new options are available:
810 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
811 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
812 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
813 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
815 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
816 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
817 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
819 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
820 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
821 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
822 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
823 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
824 non-tagged headlines.
826 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
828 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
829 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
830 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
831 that take only =N= minutes.
833 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
835 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
836 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
837 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
839 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
841 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
842 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
844 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
846 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
847 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
849 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
852 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
854 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
855 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
856 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
858 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
859 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
861 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
863 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
864 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
866 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
868 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
870 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
871 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
874 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
876 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
877 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
878 asks for a confirmation.
880 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
882 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
883 the mark of the entry at point.
885 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
886 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
888 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
890 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
891 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
894 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
896 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
897 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
899 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
901 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
902 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
904 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
906 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
907 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
908 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
909 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
911 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
913 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
914 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
915 repeated beyond the current deadline.
917 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
919 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
920 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
921 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
922 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
924 Read the full docstring for details.
926 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
928 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
931 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
934 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
936 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
937 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
940 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
942 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
943 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
945 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
947 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
948 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
949 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
950 check against the name of the buffer.
953 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
954 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
955 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
958 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
959 agenda views, and for filtering.
961 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
965 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
967 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
968 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
969 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
971 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
972 as if the protocol was not known.
974 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
976 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
978 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
979 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
980 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
983 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
985 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
986 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
987 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
989 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
991 When storing a link to a headline like
993 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
995 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
996 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
997 there is no description.
1000 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1002 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1003 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1004 those other formulas.
1006 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1008 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1009 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1010 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1013 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1015 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1016 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1017 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1020 **** New lookup functions
1022 There are now three lookup functions:
1024 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1025 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1026 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1028 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1029 *** Startup keywords
1031 These new startup keywords are now available:
1033 | Startup keyword | Option |
1034 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1035 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1036 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1037 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1038 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1039 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1040 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1041 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1042 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1046 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1048 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1049 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1050 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1051 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1053 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1055 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1056 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1057 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1060 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1061 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1063 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1065 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1066 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1068 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1070 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1071 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1072 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1074 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1075 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1076 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1077 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1078 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1079 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1080 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1083 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1085 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1087 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1089 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1090 same target than the block at point.
1092 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1094 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1095 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1096 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1098 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1099 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1102 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1104 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1105 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1106 manual for a usage example.
1108 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1110 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1111 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1112 collecting blocks for tangling.
1114 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1115 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1117 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1118 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1119 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1120 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1122 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1123 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1126 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1127 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1128 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1129 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1133 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1134 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1135 - [[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]]
1136 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1137 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1138 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1139 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1140 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1141 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1142 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1143 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1144 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1145 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1146 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1147 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1148 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1149 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1150 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1151 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1155 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1157 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1159 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1161 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1163 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1164 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1165 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1166 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1167 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1168 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1169 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1170 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1172 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1174 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1175 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1177 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1179 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1180 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1181 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1185 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1187 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1188 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1191 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1192 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1193 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1194 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1195 agenda type to this variable.
1197 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1200 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1201 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1202 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1203 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1205 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1207 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1208 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1209 invisible) blocked tasks.
1211 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1213 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1214 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1216 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1218 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1219 ** No GPL manual anymore
1221 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1222 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1224 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1226 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1228 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1229 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1230 in most environments.
1234 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1236 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1238 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1239 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1242 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1243 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1244 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1247 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1249 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1251 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1252 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1253 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1254 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1255 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1256 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1257 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1258 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1259 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1260 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1261 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1262 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1263 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1264 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1265 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1267 ** New package and Babel language
1269 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1271 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1273 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1274 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1276 ** Incompatible changes
1278 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1279 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1281 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1284 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1285 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1286 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1288 ** New features and user-visible changes
1292 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1293 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1294 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1295 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1297 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1298 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1300 See the docstrings for more details.
1302 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1303 on =org-element.el=.
1305 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1307 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1308 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1309 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1310 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1312 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1314 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1315 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1316 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1317 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1319 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1321 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1323 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1325 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1328 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1329 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1331 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1332 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1333 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1336 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1339 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1340 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1341 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1343 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1344 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1345 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1350 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1352 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1353 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1354 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1355 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1357 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1358 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1359 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1360 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1361 generating new ones.
1363 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1366 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1368 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1369 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1372 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1373 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1374 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1377 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1378 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1379 details on how to use this.
1381 **** Changes in bulk actions
1383 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1384 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1386 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1387 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1388 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1389 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1390 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1392 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1393 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1395 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1396 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1399 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1401 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1403 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1405 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1406 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1408 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1410 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1411 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1412 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1413 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1416 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1418 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1421 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1422 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1423 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1424 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1425 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1428 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1430 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1432 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1434 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1435 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1436 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1437 filters and category filters.
1439 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1440 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1443 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1444 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1445 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1450 **** Inserting links
1452 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1453 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1454 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1457 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1458 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1459 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1460 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1462 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1465 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1467 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1468 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1469 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1470 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1472 **** New link type =help=
1474 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1476 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1477 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1478 you go back to the same buffer.
1480 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1482 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1483 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1486 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1488 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1490 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1492 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1494 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1496 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1500 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1502 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1503 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1504 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1505 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1507 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1509 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1510 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1511 all headlines in the region.
1513 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1515 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1517 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1518 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1520 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1522 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1524 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1526 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1528 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1530 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1531 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1532 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1537 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1539 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1541 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1543 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1544 clocked entry, if any.
1546 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1548 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1550 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1552 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1553 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1556 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1557 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1558 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1562 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1564 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1567 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1569 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1570 cells in clockreport.
1572 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1573 time cells in clockreport.
1576 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1578 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1579 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1581 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1582 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1584 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1585 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1586 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1587 space in the frame title.
1591 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1593 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1594 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1595 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1596 don't want to see temporarily.
1598 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1600 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1602 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1604 There are these new entities:
1606 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1607 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1608 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1609 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1610 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1611 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1613 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1614 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1615 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1617 The face is back to a normal height.
1621 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1622 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1624 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1625 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1627 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1629 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1630 block will use its value as the column format.
1632 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1634 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1636 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1638 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1640 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1641 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1642 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1643 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1645 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1649 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1651 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1653 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1655 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1657 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1658 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1659 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1661 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1663 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1664 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1665 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1669 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1671 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1672 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1673 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1674 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1676 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1678 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1679 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1682 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1683 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1684 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1687 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1688 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1689 more details on how to use this.
1691 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1692 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1694 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1695 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1698 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1700 See the manual for more explanations.
1702 **** More control over empty lines
1704 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1705 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1708 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1710 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1714 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1716 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1717 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1718 available) to print beautiful tables.
1720 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1722 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1723 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1726 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1728 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1729 in the #+DATE option.
1731 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1733 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1735 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1736 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1738 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1739 More languages are always welcome.
1741 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1743 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1744 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1746 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1747 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1748 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1749 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1750 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1751 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1753 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1754 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1758 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1760 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1763 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1765 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1766 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1768 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1770 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1772 It used to exports the results of the code.
1776 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1777 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1779 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1780 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1782 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1784 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1785 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1786 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
1788 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
1789 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
1791 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
1792 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
1793 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
1796 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
1798 This will increment the effort value.
1800 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
1802 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
1804 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
1805 attach symbolic links.
1807 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
1809 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
1811 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
1812 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
1814 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
1816 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
1818 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
1819 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
1820 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
1822 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
1824 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
1825 all top level list items.
1827 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
1829 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
1831 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
1832 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
1834 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
1836 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
1838 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
1839 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
1840 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
1841 first headline in the region.
1843 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
1845 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
1848 ** Important bug fixes
1850 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
1852 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
1853 perform completion with meaningful values.
1855 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
1857 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
1858 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
1859 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1861 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
1862 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
1864 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
1865 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
1868 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
1869 the code and the license to your needs.
1871 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
1872 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
1876 ** Incompatible changes
1878 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
1880 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
1882 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
1884 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
1885 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
1886 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
1887 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
1890 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
1892 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
1893 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
1894 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
1896 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
1898 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
1899 =org-agenda-span= instead.
1901 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
1903 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
1905 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
1906 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
1907 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
1908 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
1909 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
1911 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
1912 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
1913 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
1914 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
1915 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
1916 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
1918 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1919 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
1920 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
1923 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
1926 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
1927 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
1928 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
1929 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
1931 The two new variables are:
1933 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
1934 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
1935 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
1936 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
1937 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
1938 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
1939 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
1941 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
1942 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
1945 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
1948 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
1949 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
1950 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
1951 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
1953 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
1954 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
1955 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
1956 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
1959 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
1960 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
1961 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
1962 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
1963 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
1964 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
1967 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
1968 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
1969 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
1970 applies to the following packages:
1988 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
1989 you are using, you can remove it from
1990 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
1991 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
1994 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
1995 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
1996 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
1997 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
1998 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2001 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2003 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2004 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2005 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2008 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2010 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2012 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2014 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2016 ** Important new features
2018 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2020 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2022 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2023 for more information on how to customize it.
2025 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2027 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2028 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2029 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2030 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2032 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2033 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2034 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2036 To switch over to the new system:
2040 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2042 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2043 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2044 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2045 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2046 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2048 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2050 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2053 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2056 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2058 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2059 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2060 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2061 with using both system in parallel.
2065 *** New Org libraries
2066 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2068 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2070 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2072 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2074 To use, put the following in your init file:
2077 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2080 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2081 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2082 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2083 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2084 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2085 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2086 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2087 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2088 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2091 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2093 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2094 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2096 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2098 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2099 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2100 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2103 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2104 call function to do something special with text links.
2106 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2108 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2110 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2111 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2112 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2115 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2117 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2119 *** New Babel libraries
2121 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2122 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2123 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2124 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2125 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2126 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2127 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2129 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2133 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2135 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2136 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2137 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2138 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2139 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2140 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2142 The key new functions are
2144 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2145 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2146 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2148 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2149 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2151 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2152 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2154 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2155 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2157 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2159 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2160 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2161 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2163 **** Modified link escaping
2165 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2167 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2168 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2169 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2170 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2173 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2174 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2175 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2176 : percent escaped links are solved.
2178 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2180 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2182 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2183 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2185 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2187 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2189 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2190 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2191 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2192 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2193 string to be executed.
2195 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2196 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2200 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2201 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2204 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2208 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2210 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2211 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2212 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2213 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2215 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2216 will work on the current entry.
2218 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2219 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2221 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2223 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2225 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2228 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2229 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2234 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2236 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2237 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2238 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2240 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2242 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2243 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2244 entries using a function.
2246 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2247 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2248 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2250 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2252 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2253 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2254 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2256 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2258 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2259 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2260 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2261 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2262 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2263 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2265 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2269 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2271 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2272 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2274 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2275 docstring of these variable for details about available
2278 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2279 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2280 formatting string will insert a string.
2282 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2284 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2285 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2286 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2287 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2288 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2289 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2290 C-e u=, respectively.
2292 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2293 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2294 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2295 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2296 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2299 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2301 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2302 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2304 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2306 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2307 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2309 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2311 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2312 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2313 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2314 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2315 section]] in the manual for more details.
2317 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2318 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2319 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2324 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2326 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2327 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2328 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2329 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2330 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2332 **** New logging support for refiling
2334 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2335 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2338 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2342 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2344 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2348 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2350 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2351 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2353 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2355 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2356 the displayed in the buffer.
2358 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2360 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2362 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2363 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2365 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2366 |--------+--------+---------|
2367 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2368 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2370 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2373 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2376 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2378 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2380 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2381 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2388 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2389 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2392 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2394 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2396 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2397 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2399 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2403 **** Improved handling of lists
2405 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2407 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2408 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2409 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2412 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2413 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2414 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2416 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2417 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2418 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2419 `org-list-export-context'.
2421 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2422 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2423 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2425 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2426 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2427 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2428 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2429 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2431 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2432 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2433 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2435 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2437 *** Inline display of linked images
2439 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2440 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2441 that have no description part will be inlined.
2443 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2445 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2446 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2448 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2450 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2452 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2453 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2454 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2455 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2456 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2457 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2459 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2460 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2461 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2464 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2465 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2466 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2467 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2468 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2469 properties or in tables.
2471 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2472 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2473 names, and rownames across all languages.
2475 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2477 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2479 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2480 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2481 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2483 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2485 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2486 request by Scott Otterson.
2488 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2490 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2491 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2492 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2493 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2494 superscripts, see the variable
2495 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2497 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2499 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2501 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2502 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2503 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2504 following new faces:
2506 =org-document-title=
2508 =org-document-info-keyword=
2510 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2511 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2513 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2515 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2517 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2518 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2519 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2520 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2521 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2522 property is affected by this setting.
2524 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2525 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2527 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2529 Requested by Michael Brand.
2531 **** Better level cycling function
2533 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2534 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2535 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2536 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2538 **** Adaptive filling
2540 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2541 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2542 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2543 comments to be filled correctly.
2545 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2547 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2549 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2551 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2553 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2554 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2556 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2560 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2562 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2563 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2564 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2565 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2567 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2569 **** Localized clock tables
2571 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2572 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2573 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2574 available translated strings.
2576 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2578 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2579 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2580 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2581 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2583 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2585 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2587 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2588 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2589 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2590 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2593 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2597 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2599 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2600 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2602 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2604 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2606 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2607 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2608 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2611 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2614 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2616 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2617 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2622 org-table-current-line
2626 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2628 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2629 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2632 This was requested by Tom.
2634 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2636 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2637 example by viewing from the agenda.
2639 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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