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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.
379 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
380 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
381 added to headline text.
382 *** Support for images in Texinfo back-end
383 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
385 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
386 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
387 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
388 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
389 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
390 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
391 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
392 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
394 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
395 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
396 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
397 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
398 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
399 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
400 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
401 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
402 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
403 particular test failure was introduced.
404 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
405 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
406 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
407 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
408 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
409 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
410 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
411 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
414 ** Incompatible changes
415 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
416 This may require two changes in user config.
418 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
419 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
420 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
422 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
424 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
425 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
426 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
428 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
429 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
431 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
435 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
437 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
439 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
440 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
441 option keywords like :html-include-style.
443 So you need to replace
445 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
449 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
451 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
452 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
454 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
456 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
457 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
458 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
460 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
461 the other optional arguments accordingly.
463 *** Export back-ends are now structures
465 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
466 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
467 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
470 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
472 ** Important bugfixes
474 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
475 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
477 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
479 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
480 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
481 separator starting a TOTO match string.
484 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
486 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
488 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
491 - Support for .pgf files
492 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
493 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
494 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
495 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
496 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
497 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
498 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
500 *** New functions for paragraph motion
502 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
503 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
504 in a paragraph-like way.
506 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
508 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
509 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
510 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
511 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
512 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
514 *** Anonymous export back-ends
516 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
517 which can then be passed to export functions like
518 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
520 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
521 registering a new back-end.
523 *** New agenda fortnight view
525 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
526 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
529 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
531 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
532 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
534 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
535 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
536 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
538 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
539 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
541 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
542 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
543 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
544 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
545 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
548 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
550 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
552 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
554 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
556 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
558 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
560 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
562 If you set this to the following
564 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
566 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
568 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
570 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
572 ** New contributed packages
574 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
575 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
578 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
579 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
583 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
585 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
586 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
587 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
588 the same with example blocks.
590 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
597 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
599 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
602 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
603 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
604 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
606 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
607 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
608 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
609 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
610 detailed explanations.
612 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
613 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
614 function has been called already.
616 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
619 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
621 ** Incompatible changes
623 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
625 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
627 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
628 you will have to update them.
630 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
632 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
633 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
635 **** New export engine
637 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
638 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
639 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
640 /all/ export back-ends.
642 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
643 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
644 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
645 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
646 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
648 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
649 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
651 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
652 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
653 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
654 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
656 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
658 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
660 should now be written
662 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
664 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
665 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
666 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
668 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
670 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
672 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
675 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
676 remember templates into capture templates.
678 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
680 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
681 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
683 **** Note for third-party developers
685 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
686 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
687 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
689 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
692 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
694 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
695 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
696 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
698 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
699 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
700 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
703 - org-colview-xemacs.el
710 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
711 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
712 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
714 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
715 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
717 ** New packages in core
719 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
721 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
723 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
725 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
727 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
729 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
730 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
732 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
734 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
736 ** New packages in contrib
738 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
740 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
742 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
745 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
747 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
748 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
750 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
753 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
755 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
757 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
759 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
761 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
762 for starting headlines.
764 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
766 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
767 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
768 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
769 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
771 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
773 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
775 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
777 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
778 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
781 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
782 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
785 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
787 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
788 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
791 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
792 conversion from Org files to groff.
794 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
796 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
798 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
800 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
801 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
808 **** New export generic options
810 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
811 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
813 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
815 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
816 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
817 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
818 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
820 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
821 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
822 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
823 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
824 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
825 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
826 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
827 contains time-stamps.
829 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
830 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
831 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
833 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
835 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
837 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
839 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
841 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
842 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
843 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
844 *** Structure editing
846 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
847 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
849 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
850 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
852 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
854 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
855 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
856 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
857 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
860 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
862 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
863 _words__= will preserve markup.
865 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
867 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
868 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
869 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
871 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
873 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
874 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
876 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
878 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
879 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
880 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
881 forward and backward.
883 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
884 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
886 Now Org will sort this list
888 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
889 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
893 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
894 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
896 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
897 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
898 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
900 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
901 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
902 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
904 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
907 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
909 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
910 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
911 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
913 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
915 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
916 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
917 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
918 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
920 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
922 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
923 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
924 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
925 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
926 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
928 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
930 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
931 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
932 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
934 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
935 *** Scheduled/deadline
937 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
939 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
940 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
941 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
942 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
944 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
945 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
946 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
947 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
949 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
950 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
951 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
952 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
953 control this globally or per agenda.
955 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
957 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
959 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
961 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
962 *** Calendar, diary and appts
964 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
966 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
967 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
968 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
970 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
971 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
972 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
974 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
975 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
977 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
980 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
982 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
983 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
984 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
986 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
988 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
989 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
990 only show their description, not the full links.
993 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
995 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
996 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
997 want to build a list of appointments.
999 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1000 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1002 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1004 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1006 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1007 time value (i.e. appointments).
1009 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1011 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1013 | Strategy | Explanations |
1014 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1015 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1016 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1017 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1018 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1019 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1020 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1021 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1022 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1023 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1024 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1026 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1028 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1029 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1030 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1032 These new options are available:
1034 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1035 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1036 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1037 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1039 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1040 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1041 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1043 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1044 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1045 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1046 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1047 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1048 non-tagged headlines.
1050 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1052 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1053 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1054 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1055 that take only =N= minutes.
1057 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1059 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1060 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1061 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1063 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1065 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1066 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1068 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1070 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1071 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1073 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1076 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1078 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1079 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1080 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1082 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1083 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1085 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1087 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1088 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1090 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1092 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1094 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1095 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1098 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1100 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1101 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1102 asks for a confirmation.
1104 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1106 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1107 the mark of the entry at point.
1109 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1110 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1112 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1114 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1115 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1118 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1120 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1121 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1123 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1125 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1126 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1128 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1130 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1131 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1132 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1133 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1135 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1137 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1138 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1139 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1141 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1143 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1144 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1145 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1146 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1148 Read the full docstring for details.
1150 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1152 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1155 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1158 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1160 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1161 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1164 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1166 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1167 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1169 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1171 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1172 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1173 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1174 check against the name of the buffer.
1177 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1178 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1179 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1182 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1183 agenda views, and for filtering.
1185 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1189 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1191 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1192 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1193 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1195 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1196 as if the protocol was not known.
1198 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1200 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1202 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1203 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1204 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1207 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1209 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1210 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1211 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1213 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1215 When storing a link to a headline like
1217 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1219 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1220 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1221 there is no description.
1224 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1226 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1227 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1228 those other formulas.
1230 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1232 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1233 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1234 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1237 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1239 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1240 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1241 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1244 **** New lookup functions
1246 There are now three lookup functions:
1248 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1249 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1250 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1252 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1253 *** Startup keywords
1255 These new startup keywords are now available:
1257 | Startup keyword | Option |
1258 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1259 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1260 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1261 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1262 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1263 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1264 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1265 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1266 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1270 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1272 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1273 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1274 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1275 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1277 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1279 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1280 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1281 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1284 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1285 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1287 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1289 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1290 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1292 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1294 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1295 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1296 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1298 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1299 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1300 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1301 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1302 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1303 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1304 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1307 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1309 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1311 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1313 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1314 same target than the block at point.
1316 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1318 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1319 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1320 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1322 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1323 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1326 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1328 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1329 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1330 manual for a usage example.
1332 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1334 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1335 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1336 collecting blocks for tangling.
1338 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1339 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1341 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1342 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1343 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1344 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1346 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1347 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1350 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1351 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1352 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1353 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1357 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1358 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1359 - [[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]]
1360 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1361 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1362 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1363 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1364 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1365 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1366 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1367 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1368 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1369 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1370 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1371 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1372 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1373 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1374 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1375 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1379 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1381 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1383 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1385 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1387 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1388 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1389 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1390 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1391 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1392 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1393 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1394 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1396 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1398 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1399 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1401 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1403 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1404 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1405 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1409 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1411 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1412 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1415 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1416 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1417 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1418 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1419 agenda type to this variable.
1421 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1424 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1425 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1426 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1427 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1429 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1431 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1432 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1433 invisible) blocked tasks.
1435 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1437 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1438 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1440 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1442 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1443 ** No GPL manual anymore
1445 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1446 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1448 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1450 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1452 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1453 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1454 in most environments.
1458 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1460 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1462 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1463 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1466 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1467 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1468 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1471 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1473 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1475 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1476 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1477 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1478 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1479 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1480 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1481 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1482 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1483 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1484 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1485 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1486 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1487 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1488 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1489 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1491 ** New package and Babel language
1493 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1495 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1497 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1498 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1500 ** Incompatible changes
1502 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1503 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1505 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1508 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1509 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1510 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1512 ** New features and user-visible changes
1516 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1517 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1518 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1519 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1521 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1522 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1524 See the docstrings for more details.
1526 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1527 on =org-element.el=.
1529 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1531 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1532 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1533 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1534 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1536 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1538 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1539 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1540 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1541 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1543 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1545 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1547 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1549 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1552 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1553 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1555 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1556 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1557 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1560 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1563 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1564 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1565 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1567 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1568 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1569 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1574 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1576 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1577 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1578 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1579 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1581 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1582 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1583 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1584 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1585 generating new ones.
1587 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1590 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1592 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1593 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1596 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1597 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1598 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1601 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1602 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1603 details on how to use this.
1605 **** Changes in bulk actions
1607 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1608 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1610 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1611 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1612 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1613 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1614 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1616 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1617 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1619 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1620 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1623 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1625 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1627 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1629 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1630 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1632 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1634 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1635 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1636 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1637 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1640 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1642 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1645 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1646 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1647 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1648 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1649 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1652 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1654 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1656 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1658 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1659 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1660 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1661 filters and category filters.
1663 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1664 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1667 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1668 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1669 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1674 **** Inserting links
1676 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1677 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1678 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1681 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1682 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1683 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1684 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1686 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1689 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1691 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1692 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1693 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1694 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1696 **** New link type =help=
1698 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1700 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1701 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1702 you go back to the same buffer.
1704 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1706 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1707 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1710 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1712 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1714 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1716 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1718 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1720 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1724 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1726 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1727 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1728 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1729 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1731 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1733 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1734 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1735 all headlines in the region.
1737 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1739 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1741 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1742 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1744 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1746 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1748 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1750 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1752 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1754 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1755 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1756 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1761 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1763 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1765 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1767 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1768 clocked entry, if any.
1770 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1772 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1774 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1776 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1777 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1780 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1781 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1782 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1786 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1788 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1791 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1793 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1794 cells in clockreport.
1796 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1797 time cells in clockreport.
1800 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1802 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1803 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1805 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1806 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1808 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1809 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1810 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1811 space in the frame title.
1815 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1817 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1818 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1819 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1820 don't want to see temporarily.
1822 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1824 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1826 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1828 There are these new entities:
1830 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1831 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1832 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1833 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1834 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1835 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1837 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1838 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1839 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1841 The face is back to a normal height.
1845 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1846 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1848 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1849 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1851 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1853 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1854 block will use its value as the column format.
1856 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1858 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1860 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1862 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1864 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1865 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1866 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1867 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1869 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1873 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1875 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1877 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1879 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1881 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1882 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1883 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1885 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1887 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1888 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1889 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1893 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1895 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1896 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1897 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1898 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1900 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1902 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1903 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1906 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1907 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1908 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1911 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1912 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1913 more details on how to use this.
1915 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1916 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1918 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1919 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1922 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1924 See the manual for more explanations.
1926 **** More control over empty lines
1928 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1929 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1932 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1934 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1938 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1940 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1941 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1942 available) to print beautiful tables.
1944 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1946 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1947 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1950 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1952 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1953 in the #+DATE option.
1955 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1957 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1959 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1960 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1962 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1963 More languages are always welcome.
1965 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1967 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1968 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1970 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1971 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1972 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1973 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1974 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1975 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1977 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1978 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1982 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1984 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1987 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1989 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1990 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1992 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1994 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1996 It used to exports the results of the code.
2000 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2001 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2003 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2004 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2006 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2008 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2009 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2010 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2012 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2013 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2015 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2016 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2017 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2020 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2022 This will increment the effort value.
2024 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2026 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2028 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2029 attach symbolic links.
2031 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2033 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2035 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2036 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2038 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2040 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2042 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2043 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2044 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2046 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2048 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2049 all top level list items.
2051 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2053 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2055 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2056 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2058 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2060 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2062 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2063 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2064 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2065 first headline in the region.
2067 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2069 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2072 ** Important bug fixes
2074 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2076 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2077 perform completion with meaningful values.
2079 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2081 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2082 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2083 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2085 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2086 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2088 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2089 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2092 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2093 the code and the license to your needs.
2095 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2096 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2100 ** Incompatible changes
2102 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2104 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2106 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2108 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2109 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2110 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2111 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2114 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2116 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2117 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2118 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2120 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2122 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2123 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2125 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2127 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2129 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2130 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2131 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2132 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2133 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2135 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2136 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2137 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2138 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2139 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2140 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2142 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2143 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2144 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2147 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2150 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2151 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2152 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2153 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2155 The two new variables are:
2157 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2158 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2159 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2160 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2161 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2162 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2163 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2165 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2166 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2169 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2172 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2173 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2174 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2175 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2177 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2178 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2179 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2180 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2183 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2184 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2185 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2186 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2187 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2188 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2191 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2192 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2193 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2194 applies to the following packages:
2212 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2213 you are using, you can remove it from
2214 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2215 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2218 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2219 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2220 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2221 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2222 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2225 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2227 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2228 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2229 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2232 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2234 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2236 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2238 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2240 ** Important new features
2242 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2244 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2246 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2247 for more information on how to customize it.
2249 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2251 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2252 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2253 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2254 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2256 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2257 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2258 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2260 To switch over to the new system:
2264 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2266 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2267 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2268 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2269 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2270 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2272 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2274 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2277 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2280 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2282 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2283 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2284 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2285 with using both system in parallel.
2289 *** New Org libraries
2290 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2292 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2294 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2296 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2298 To use, put the following in your init file:
2301 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2304 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2305 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2306 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2307 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2308 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2309 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2310 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2311 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2312 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2315 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2317 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2318 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2320 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2322 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2323 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2324 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2327 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2328 call function to do something special with text links.
2330 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2332 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2334 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2335 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2336 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2339 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2341 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2343 *** New Babel libraries
2345 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2346 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2347 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2348 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2349 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2350 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2351 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2353 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2357 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2359 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2360 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2361 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2362 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2363 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2364 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2366 The key new functions are
2368 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2369 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2370 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2372 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2373 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2375 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2376 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2378 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2379 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2381 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2383 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2384 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2385 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2387 **** Modified link escaping
2389 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2391 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2392 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2393 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2394 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2397 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2398 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2399 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2400 : percent escaped links are solved.
2402 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2404 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2406 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2407 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2409 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2411 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2413 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2414 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2415 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2416 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2417 string to be executed.
2419 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2420 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2424 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2425 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2428 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2432 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2434 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2435 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2436 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2437 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2439 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2440 will work on the current entry.
2442 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2443 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2445 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2447 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2449 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2452 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2453 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2458 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2460 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2461 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2462 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2464 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2466 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2467 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2468 entries using a function.
2470 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2471 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2472 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2474 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2476 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2477 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2478 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2480 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2482 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2483 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2484 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2485 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2486 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2487 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2489 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2493 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2495 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2496 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2498 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2499 docstring of these variable for details about available
2502 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2503 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2504 formatting string will insert a string.
2506 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2508 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2509 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2510 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2511 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2512 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2513 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2514 C-e u=, respectively.
2516 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2517 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2518 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2519 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2520 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2523 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2525 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2526 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2528 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2530 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2531 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2533 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2535 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2536 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2537 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2538 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2539 section]] in the manual for more details.
2541 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2542 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2543 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2548 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2550 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2551 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2552 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2553 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2554 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2556 **** New logging support for refiling
2558 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2559 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2562 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2566 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2568 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2572 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2574 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2575 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2577 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2579 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2580 the displayed in the buffer.
2582 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2584 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2586 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2587 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2589 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2590 |--------+--------+---------|
2591 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2592 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2594 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2597 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2600 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2602 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2604 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2605 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2612 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2613 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2616 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2618 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2620 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2621 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2623 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2627 **** Improved handling of lists
2629 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2631 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2632 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2633 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2636 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2637 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2638 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2640 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2641 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2642 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2643 `org-list-export-context'.
2645 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2646 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2647 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2649 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2650 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2651 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2652 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2653 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2655 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2656 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2657 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2659 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2661 *** Inline display of linked images
2663 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2664 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2665 that have no description part will be inlined.
2667 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2669 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2670 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2672 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2674 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2676 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2677 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2678 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2679 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2680 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2681 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2683 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2684 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2685 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2688 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2689 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2690 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2691 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2692 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2693 properties or in tables.
2695 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2696 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2697 names, and rownames across all languages.
2699 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2701 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2703 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2704 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2705 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2707 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2709 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2710 request by Scott Otterson.
2712 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2714 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2715 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2716 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2717 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2718 superscripts, see the variable
2719 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2721 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2723 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2725 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2726 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2727 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2728 following new faces:
2730 =org-document-title=
2732 =org-document-info-keyword=
2734 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2735 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2737 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2739 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2741 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2742 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2743 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2744 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2745 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2746 property is affected by this setting.
2748 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2749 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2751 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2753 Requested by Michael Brand.
2755 **** Better level cycling function
2757 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2758 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2759 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2760 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2762 **** Adaptive filling
2764 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2765 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2766 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2767 comments to be filled correctly.
2769 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2771 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2773 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2775 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2777 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2778 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2780 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2784 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2786 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2787 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2788 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2789 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2791 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2793 **** Localized clock tables
2795 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2796 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2797 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2798 available translated strings.
2800 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2802 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2803 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2804 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2805 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2807 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2809 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2811 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2812 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2813 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2814 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2817 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2821 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2823 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2824 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2826 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2828 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2830 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2831 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2832 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2835 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2838 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2840 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2841 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2846 org-table-current-line
2850 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2852 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2853 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2856 This was requested by Tom.
2858 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2860 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2861 example by viewing from the agenda.
2863 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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