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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
14 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after
15 a headline and its planning line, when applicable.
17 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
18 logged before the property drawer. The following function will repair
21 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
22 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
23 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
24 Ignore non Org buffers."
25 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
27 (goto-char (point-min))
28 (let ((case-fold-search t)
29 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
30 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
34 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
36 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
38 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
39 (when (and (< (point) end)
40 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
42 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
44 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
46 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
48 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
49 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
51 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
52 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
53 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
56 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use
57 node properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
62 :CATEGORY: some category
65 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
66 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~,
67 ~org-show-entry-below~ and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist.
68 Instead, visibility is controlled through a single variable:
69 ~org-show-context-detail~, which see.
70 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
71 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
72 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
74 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
75 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
76 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
77 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
78 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
80 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
81 docstring for more information.
82 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
83 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
84 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
85 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
86 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
87 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
88 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
89 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~
90 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
91 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
92 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
93 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
94 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
95 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
96 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
97 If point is before or after the headline title, insert newline without
98 changing the headline.
100 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
101 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
102 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
103 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
104 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
105 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
106 accessible from the export dispatcher.
107 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
108 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
109 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
110 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
111 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
112 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
113 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
116 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
117 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
120 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
121 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
122 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
123 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use
124 a body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
126 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
127 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
128 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
129 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
130 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
131 this variable locally.
132 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
133 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
134 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
135 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
136 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
137 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
138 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
139 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
140 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
142 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
143 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
144 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
145 This variable had no effect since Org 8.0.
146 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
147 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
148 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
149 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
150 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
151 *** Removed comment-related filters
152 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
153 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
156 *** Hierarchies of tags
157 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
158 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
159 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
161 The following in-buffer definition:
163 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
164 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
165 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
168 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
177 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
178 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
180 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
182 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
183 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
184 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
186 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
187 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
188 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
189 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
190 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
192 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
198 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
201 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
202 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
205 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
208 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
210 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
211 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
212 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
215 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
216 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
217 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
219 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
222 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
223 is also used as a filter.
225 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
226 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
227 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
228 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
231 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
232 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
234 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'.
235 The new behaviour is the following:
237 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
238 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
241 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
244 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
246 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
248 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
249 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
250 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
251 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
252 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
253 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
255 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
256 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
257 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
258 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
260 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
261 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
262 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
263 ~org-drawers~ variable.
264 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
265 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
266 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
267 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
268 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
269 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
270 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
272 *** New option in ASCII export
273 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
274 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
275 *** New blocks in ASCII export
276 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
277 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
278 *** More back-end specific publishing options
279 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
280 increased. See manual for details.
281 *** Export inline source blocks
282 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
283 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
284 in the output, depending on the parameters.
285 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
286 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
287 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
288 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
289 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
290 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
291 more features. See docstring for details.
292 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
293 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
294 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
295 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
296 *** Improve radio tables
297 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
298 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
299 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
300 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
301 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
302 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
303 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
304 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
305 source blocks exported by the minted package.
306 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
307 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
308 would throw an error. A new variable
309 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
310 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
311 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
313 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
315 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
316 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
317 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
318 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
319 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
320 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
321 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
322 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
323 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
324 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
325 See docstring for more information.
326 *** Export unnumbered headlines
327 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
328 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
329 property is inherited by children.
330 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
331 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
332 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
333 keys, to sort a table.
334 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
335 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
337 *** Countdown timers can now be paused.
338 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
340 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
341 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
342 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
343 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
344 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
345 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
346 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
347 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
348 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
350 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
351 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
352 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
353 *** New entities family: "\_ "
354 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
355 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
356 leading spaces within table cells.
357 *** New MathJax configuration options.
358 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
359 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
360 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
361 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
362 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
363 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
365 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
366 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
367 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
368 keywords and properties.
369 *** Viewport support in html export
370 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
371 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
372 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
373 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
375 *** Edit remotely a footnote definition
376 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
377 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
378 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
380 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
381 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
382 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
383 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
384 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
385 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
386 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
387 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
389 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
390 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
391 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
392 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
393 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
394 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
395 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
396 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
397 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
398 particular test failure was introduced.
399 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
400 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
401 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
402 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
403 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
404 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
405 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
406 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
409 ** Incompatible changes
410 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
411 This may require two changes in user config.
413 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
414 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
415 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
417 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
419 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
420 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
421 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
423 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
424 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
426 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
430 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
432 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
434 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
435 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
436 option keywords like :html-include-style.
438 So you need to replace
440 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
444 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
446 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
447 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
449 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
451 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
452 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
453 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
455 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
456 the other optional arguments accordingly.
458 *** Export back-ends are now structures
460 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
461 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
462 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
465 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
467 ** Important bugfixes
469 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
470 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
472 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
474 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
475 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
476 separator starting a TOTO match string.
479 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
481 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
483 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
486 - Support for .pgf files
487 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
488 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
489 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
490 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
491 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
492 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
493 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
495 *** New functions for paragraph motion
497 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
498 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
499 in a paragraph-like way.
501 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
503 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
504 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
505 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
506 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
507 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
509 *** Anonymous export back-ends
511 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
512 which can then be passed to export functions like
513 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
515 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
516 registering a new back-end.
518 *** New agenda fortnight view
520 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
521 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
524 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
526 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
527 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
529 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
530 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
531 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
533 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
534 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
536 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
537 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
538 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
539 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
540 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
543 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
545 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
547 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
549 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
551 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
553 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
555 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
557 If you set this to the following
559 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
561 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
563 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
565 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
567 ** New contributed packages
569 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
570 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
573 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
574 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
578 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
580 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
581 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
582 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
583 the same with example blocks.
585 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
592 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
594 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
597 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
598 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
599 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
601 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
602 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
603 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
604 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
605 detailed explanations.
607 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
608 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
609 function has been called already.
611 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
614 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
616 ** Incompatible changes
618 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
620 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
622 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
623 you will have to update them.
625 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
627 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
628 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
630 **** New export engine
632 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
633 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
634 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
635 /all/ export back-ends.
637 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
638 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
639 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
640 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
641 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
643 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
644 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
646 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
647 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
648 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
649 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
651 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
653 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
655 should now be written
657 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
659 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
660 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
661 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
663 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
665 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
667 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
670 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
671 remember templates into capture templates.
673 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
675 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
676 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
678 **** Note for third-party developers
680 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
681 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
682 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
684 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
687 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
689 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
690 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
691 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
693 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
694 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
695 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
698 - org-colview-xemacs.el
705 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
706 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
707 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
709 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
710 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
712 ** New packages in core
714 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
716 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
718 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
720 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
722 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
724 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
725 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
727 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
729 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
731 ** New packages in contrib
733 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
735 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
737 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
740 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
742 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
743 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
745 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
748 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
750 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
752 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
754 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
756 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
757 for starting headlines.
759 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
761 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
762 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
763 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
764 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
766 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
768 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
770 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
772 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
773 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
776 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
777 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
780 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
782 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
783 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
786 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
787 conversion from Org files to groff.
789 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
791 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
793 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
795 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
796 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
803 **** New export generic options
805 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
806 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
808 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
810 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
811 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
812 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
813 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
815 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
816 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
817 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
818 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
819 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
820 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
821 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
822 contains time-stamps.
824 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
825 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
826 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
828 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
830 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
832 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
834 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
836 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
837 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
838 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
839 *** Structure editing
841 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
842 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
844 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
845 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
847 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
849 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
850 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
851 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
852 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
855 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
857 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
858 _words__= will preserve markup.
860 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
862 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
863 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
864 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
866 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
868 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
869 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
871 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
873 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
874 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
875 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
876 forward and backward.
878 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
879 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
881 Now Org will sort this list
883 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
884 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
888 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
889 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
891 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
892 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
893 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
895 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
896 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
897 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
899 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
902 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
904 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
905 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
906 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
908 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
910 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
911 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
912 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
913 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
915 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
917 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
918 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
919 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
920 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
921 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
923 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
925 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
926 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
927 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
929 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
930 *** Scheduled/deadline
932 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
934 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
935 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
936 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
937 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
939 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
940 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
941 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
942 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
944 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
945 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
946 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
947 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
948 control this globally or per agenda.
950 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
952 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
954 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
956 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
957 *** Calendar, diary and appts
959 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
961 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
962 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
963 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
965 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
966 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
967 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
969 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
970 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
972 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
975 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
977 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
978 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
979 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
981 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
983 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
984 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
985 only show their description, not the full links.
988 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
990 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
991 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
992 want to build a list of appointments.
994 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
995 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
997 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
999 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1001 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1002 time value (i.e. appointments).
1004 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1006 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1008 | Strategy | Explanations |
1009 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1010 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1011 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1012 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1013 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1014 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1015 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1016 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1017 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1018 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1019 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1021 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1023 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1024 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1025 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1027 These new options are available:
1029 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1030 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1031 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1032 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1034 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1035 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1036 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1038 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1039 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1040 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1041 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1042 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1043 non-tagged headlines.
1045 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1047 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1048 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1049 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1050 that take only =N= minutes.
1052 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1054 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1055 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1056 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1058 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1060 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1061 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1063 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1065 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1066 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1068 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1071 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1073 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1074 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1075 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1077 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1078 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1080 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1082 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1083 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1085 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1087 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1089 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1090 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1093 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1095 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1096 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1097 asks for a confirmation.
1099 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1101 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1102 the mark of the entry at point.
1104 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1105 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1107 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1109 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1110 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1113 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1115 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1116 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1118 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1120 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1121 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1123 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1125 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1126 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1127 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1128 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1130 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1132 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1133 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1134 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1136 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1138 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1139 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1140 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1141 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1143 Read the full docstring for details.
1145 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1147 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1150 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1153 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1155 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1156 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1159 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1161 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1162 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1164 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1166 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1167 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1168 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1169 check against the name of the buffer.
1172 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1173 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1174 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1177 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1178 agenda views, and for filtering.
1180 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1184 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1186 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1187 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1188 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1190 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1191 as if the protocol was not known.
1193 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1195 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1197 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1198 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1199 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1202 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1204 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1205 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1206 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1208 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1210 When storing a link to a headline like
1212 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1214 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1215 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1216 there is no description.
1219 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1221 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1222 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1223 those other formulas.
1225 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1227 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1228 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1229 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1232 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1234 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1235 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1236 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1239 **** New lookup functions
1241 There are now three lookup functions:
1243 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1244 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1245 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1247 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1248 *** Startup keywords
1250 These new startup keywords are now available:
1252 | Startup keyword | Option |
1253 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1254 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1255 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1256 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1257 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1258 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1259 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1260 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1261 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1265 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1267 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1268 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1269 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1270 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1272 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1274 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1275 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1276 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1279 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1280 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1282 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1284 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1285 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1287 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1289 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1290 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1291 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1293 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1294 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1295 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1296 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1297 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1298 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1299 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1302 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1304 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1306 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1308 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1309 same target than the block at point.
1311 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1313 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1314 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1315 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1317 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1318 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1321 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1323 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1324 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1325 manual for a usage example.
1327 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1329 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1330 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1331 collecting blocks for tangling.
1333 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1334 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1336 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1337 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1338 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1339 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1341 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1342 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1345 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1346 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1347 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1348 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1352 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1353 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1354 - [[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]]
1355 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1356 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1357 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1358 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1359 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1360 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1361 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1362 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1363 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1364 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1365 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1366 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1367 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1368 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1369 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1370 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1374 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1376 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1378 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1380 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1382 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1383 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1384 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1385 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1386 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1387 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1388 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1389 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1391 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1393 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1394 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1396 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1398 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1399 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1400 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1404 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1406 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1407 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1410 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1411 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1412 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1413 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1414 agenda type to this variable.
1416 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1419 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1420 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1421 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1422 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1424 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1426 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1427 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1428 invisible) blocked tasks.
1430 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1432 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1433 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1435 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1437 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1438 ** No GPL manual anymore
1440 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1441 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1443 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1445 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1447 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1448 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1449 in most environments.
1453 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1455 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1457 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1458 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1461 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1462 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1463 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1466 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1468 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1470 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1471 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1472 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1473 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1474 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1475 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1476 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1477 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1478 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1479 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1480 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1481 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1482 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1483 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1484 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1486 ** New package and Babel language
1488 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1490 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1492 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1493 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1495 ** Incompatible changes
1497 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1498 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1500 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1503 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1504 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1505 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1507 ** New features and user-visible changes
1511 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1512 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1513 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1514 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1516 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1517 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1519 See the docstrings for more details.
1521 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1522 on =org-element.el=.
1524 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1526 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1527 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1528 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1529 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1531 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1533 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1534 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1535 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1536 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1538 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1540 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1542 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1544 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1547 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1548 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1550 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1551 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1552 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1555 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1558 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1559 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1560 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1562 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1563 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1564 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1569 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1571 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1572 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1573 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1574 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1576 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1577 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1578 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1579 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1580 generating new ones.
1582 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1585 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1587 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1588 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1591 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1592 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1593 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1596 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1597 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1598 details on how to use this.
1600 **** Changes in bulk actions
1602 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1603 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1605 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1606 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1607 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1608 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1609 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1611 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1612 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1614 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1615 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1618 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1620 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1622 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1624 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1625 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1627 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1629 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1630 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1631 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1632 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1635 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1637 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1640 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1641 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1642 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1643 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1644 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1647 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1649 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1651 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1653 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1654 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1655 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1656 filters and category filters.
1658 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1659 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1662 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1663 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1664 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1669 **** Inserting links
1671 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1672 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1673 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1676 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1677 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1678 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1679 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1681 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1684 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1686 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1687 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1688 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1689 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1691 **** New link type =help=
1693 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1695 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1696 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1697 you go back to the same buffer.
1699 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1701 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1702 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1705 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1707 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1709 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1711 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1713 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1715 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1719 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1721 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1722 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1723 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1724 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1726 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1728 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1729 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1730 all headlines in the region.
1732 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1734 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1736 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1737 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1739 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1741 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1743 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1745 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1747 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1749 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1750 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1751 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1756 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1758 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1760 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1762 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1763 clocked entry, if any.
1765 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1767 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1769 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1771 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1772 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1775 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1776 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1777 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1781 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1783 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1786 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1788 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1789 cells in clockreport.
1791 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1792 time cells in clockreport.
1795 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1797 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1798 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1800 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1801 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1803 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1804 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1805 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1806 space in the frame title.
1810 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1812 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1813 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1814 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1815 don't want to see temporarily.
1817 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1819 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1821 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1823 There are these new entities:
1825 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1826 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1827 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1828 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1829 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1830 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1832 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1833 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1834 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1836 The face is back to a normal height.
1840 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1841 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1843 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1844 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1846 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1848 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1849 block will use its value as the column format.
1851 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1853 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1855 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1857 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1859 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1860 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1861 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1862 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1864 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1868 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1870 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1872 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1874 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1876 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1877 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1878 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1880 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1882 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1883 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1884 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1888 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1890 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1891 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1892 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1893 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1895 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1897 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1898 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1901 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1902 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1903 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1906 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1907 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1908 more details on how to use this.
1910 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1911 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1913 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1914 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1917 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1919 See the manual for more explanations.
1921 **** More control over empty lines
1923 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1924 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1927 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1929 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1933 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1935 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1936 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1937 available) to print beautiful tables.
1939 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1941 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1942 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1945 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1947 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1948 in the #+DATE option.
1950 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1952 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1954 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1955 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1957 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1958 More languages are always welcome.
1960 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1962 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1963 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1965 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1966 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1967 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1968 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1969 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1970 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1972 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1973 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1977 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1979 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1982 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1984 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1985 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1987 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1989 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1991 It used to exports the results of the code.
1995 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1996 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1998 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1999 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2001 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2003 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2004 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2005 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2007 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2008 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2010 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2011 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2012 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2015 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2017 This will increment the effort value.
2019 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2021 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2023 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2024 attach symbolic links.
2026 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2028 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2030 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2031 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2033 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2035 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2037 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2038 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2039 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2041 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2043 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2044 all top level list items.
2046 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2048 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2050 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2051 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2053 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2055 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2057 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2058 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2059 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2060 first headline in the region.
2062 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2064 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2067 ** Important bug fixes
2069 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2071 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2072 perform completion with meaningful values.
2074 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2076 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2077 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2078 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2080 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2081 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2083 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2084 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2087 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2088 the code and the license to your needs.
2090 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2091 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2095 ** Incompatible changes
2097 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2099 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2101 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2103 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2104 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2105 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2106 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2109 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2111 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2112 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2113 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2115 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2117 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2118 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2120 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2122 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2124 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2125 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2126 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2127 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2128 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2130 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2131 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2132 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2133 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2134 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2135 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2137 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2138 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2139 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2142 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2145 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2146 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2147 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2148 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2150 The two new variables are:
2152 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2153 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2154 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2155 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2156 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2157 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2158 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2160 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2161 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2164 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2167 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2168 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2169 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2170 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2172 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2173 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2174 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2175 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2178 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2179 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2180 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2181 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2182 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2183 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2186 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2187 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2188 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2189 applies to the following packages:
2207 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2208 you are using, you can remove it from
2209 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2210 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2213 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2214 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2215 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2216 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2217 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2220 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2222 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2223 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2224 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2227 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2229 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2231 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2233 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2235 ** Important new features
2237 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2239 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2241 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2242 for more information on how to customize it.
2244 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2246 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2247 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2248 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2249 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2251 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2252 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2253 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2255 To switch over to the new system:
2259 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2261 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2262 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2263 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2264 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2265 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2267 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2269 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2272 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2275 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2277 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2278 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2279 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2280 with using both system in parallel.
2284 *** New Org libraries
2285 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2287 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2289 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2291 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2293 To use, put the following in your init file:
2296 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2299 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2300 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2301 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2302 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2303 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2304 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2305 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2306 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2307 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2310 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2312 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2313 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2315 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2317 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2318 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2319 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2322 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2323 call function to do something special with text links.
2325 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2327 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2329 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2330 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2331 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2334 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2336 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2338 *** New Babel libraries
2340 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2341 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2342 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2343 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2344 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2345 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2346 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2348 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2352 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2354 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2355 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2356 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2357 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2358 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2359 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2361 The key new functions are
2363 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2364 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2365 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2367 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2368 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2370 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2371 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2373 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2374 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2376 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2378 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2379 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2380 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2382 **** Modified link escaping
2384 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2386 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2387 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2388 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2389 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2392 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2393 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2394 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2395 : percent escaped links are solved.
2397 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2399 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2401 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2402 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2404 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2406 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2408 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2409 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2410 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2411 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2412 string to be executed.
2414 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2415 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2419 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2420 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2423 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2427 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2429 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2430 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2431 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2432 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2434 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2435 will work on the current entry.
2437 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2438 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2440 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2442 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2444 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2447 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2448 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2453 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2455 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2456 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2457 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2459 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2461 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2462 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2463 entries using a function.
2465 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2466 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2467 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2469 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2471 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2472 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2473 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2475 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2477 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2478 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2479 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2480 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2481 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2482 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2484 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2488 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2490 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2491 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2493 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2494 docstring of these variable for details about available
2497 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2498 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2499 formatting string will insert a string.
2501 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2503 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2504 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2505 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2506 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2507 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2508 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2509 C-e u=, respectively.
2511 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2512 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2513 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2514 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2515 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2518 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2520 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2521 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2523 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2525 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2526 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2528 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2530 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2531 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2532 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2533 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2534 section]] in the manual for more details.
2536 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2537 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2538 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2543 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2545 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2546 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2547 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2548 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2549 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2551 **** New logging support for refiling
2553 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2554 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2557 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2561 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2563 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2567 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2569 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2570 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2572 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2574 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2575 the displayed in the buffer.
2577 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2579 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2581 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2582 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2584 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2585 |--------+--------+---------|
2586 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2587 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2589 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2592 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2595 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2597 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2599 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2600 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2607 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2608 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2611 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2613 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2615 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2616 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2618 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2622 **** Improved handling of lists
2624 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2626 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2627 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2628 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2631 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2632 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2633 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2635 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2636 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2637 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2638 `org-list-export-context'.
2640 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2641 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2642 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2644 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2645 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2646 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2647 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2648 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2650 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2651 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2652 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2654 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2656 *** Inline display of linked images
2658 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2659 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2660 that have no description part will be inlined.
2662 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2664 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2665 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2667 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2669 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2671 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2672 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2673 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2674 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2675 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2676 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2678 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2679 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2680 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2683 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2684 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2685 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2686 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2687 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2688 properties or in tables.
2690 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2691 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2692 names, and rownames across all languages.
2694 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2696 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2698 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2699 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2700 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2702 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2704 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2705 request by Scott Otterson.
2707 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2709 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2710 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2711 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2712 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2713 superscripts, see the variable
2714 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2716 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2718 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2720 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2721 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2722 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2723 following new faces:
2725 =org-document-title=
2727 =org-document-info-keyword=
2729 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2730 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2732 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2734 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2736 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2737 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2738 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2739 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2740 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2741 property is affected by this setting.
2743 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2744 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2746 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2748 Requested by Michael Brand.
2750 **** Better level cycling function
2752 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2753 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2754 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2755 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2757 **** Adaptive filling
2759 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2760 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2761 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2762 comments to be filled correctly.
2764 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2766 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2768 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2770 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2772 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2773 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2775 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2779 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2781 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2782 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2783 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2784 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2786 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2788 **** Localized clock tables
2790 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2791 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2792 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2793 available translated strings.
2795 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2797 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2798 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2799 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2800 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2802 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2804 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2806 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2807 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2808 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2809 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2812 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2816 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2818 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2819 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2821 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2823 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2825 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2826 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2827 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2830 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2833 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2835 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2836 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2841 org-table-current-line
2845 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2847 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2848 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2851 This was requested by Tom.
2853 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2855 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2856 example by viewing from the agenda.
2858 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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