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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
14 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
15 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
17 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
18 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
19 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
20 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after
21 a headline and its planning line, when applicable.
23 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
24 logged before the property drawer. The following function will repair
27 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
28 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
29 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
30 Ignore non Org buffers."
31 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
33 (goto-char (point-min))
34 (let ((case-fold-search t)
35 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
36 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
40 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
42 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
44 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
45 (when (and (< (point) end)
46 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
48 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
50 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
52 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
54 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
55 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
57 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
58 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
59 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
61 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
62 docstring for more information.
63 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
64 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
65 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
66 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
67 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
68 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
69 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~
70 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
71 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
72 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
74 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
75 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
76 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
77 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
78 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
79 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
80 accessible from the export dispatcher.
81 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
82 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
84 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
85 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
88 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
89 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
90 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
91 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
92 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
93 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
94 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
95 this variable locally.
96 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
97 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
98 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
99 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
100 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
101 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
102 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
103 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
104 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
107 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
108 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
109 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
110 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
111 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
112 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
114 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
115 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
116 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
117 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
119 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
120 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
121 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
122 ~org-drawers~ variable.
123 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
124 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
125 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
126 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
127 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
128 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
129 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
131 *** New option in ASCII export
132 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
133 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
134 *** New blocks in ASCII export
135 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
136 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
137 *** More back-end specific publishing options
138 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
139 increased. See manual for details.
140 *** Export inline source blocks
141 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
142 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
143 in the output, depending on the parameters.
144 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
145 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
146 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
147 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
148 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
149 more features. See docstring for details.
150 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
151 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
152 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
153 *** Improve radio tables
154 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
155 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
156 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
157 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
158 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
159 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
160 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
161 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
162 source blocks exported by the minted package.
163 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
164 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
165 would throw an error. A new variable
166 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
167 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
168 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
170 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
172 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
173 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
174 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
175 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
176 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
177 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
178 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
179 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
180 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
181 *** Export unnumbered headlines
182 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
183 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
184 property is inherited by children.
185 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
186 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
187 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
188 keys, to sort a table.
189 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
190 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
192 *** Countdown timers can now be paused.
193 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
195 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
196 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
197 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
199 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
200 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
201 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
202 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
203 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
204 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
205 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
206 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
208 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
209 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
210 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
211 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
212 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
213 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
214 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
215 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
216 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
217 particular test failure was introduced.
220 ** Incompatible changes
221 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
222 This may require two changes in user config.
224 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
225 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
226 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
228 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
230 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
231 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
232 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
234 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
235 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
237 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
241 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
243 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
245 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
246 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
247 option keywords like :html-include-style.
249 So you need to replace
251 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
255 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
257 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
258 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
260 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
262 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
263 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
264 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
266 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
267 the other optional arguments accordingly.
269 *** Export back-ends are now structures
271 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
272 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
273 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
276 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
278 ** Important bugfixes
280 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
281 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
283 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
285 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
286 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
287 separator starting a TOTO match string.
290 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
292 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
294 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
297 - Support for .pgf files
298 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
299 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
300 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
301 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
302 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
303 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
304 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
306 *** New functions for paragraph motion
308 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
309 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
310 in a paragraph-like way.
312 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
314 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
315 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
316 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
317 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
318 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
320 *** Anonymous export back-ends
322 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
323 which can then be passed to export functions like
324 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
326 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
327 registering a new back-end.
329 *** New agenda fortnight view
331 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
332 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
335 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
337 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
338 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
340 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
341 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
342 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
344 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
345 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
347 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
348 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
349 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
350 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
351 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
354 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
356 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
358 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
360 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
362 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
364 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
366 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
368 If you set this to the following
370 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
372 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
374 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
376 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
378 ** New contributed packages
380 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
381 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
384 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
385 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
389 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
391 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
392 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
393 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
394 the same with example blocks.
396 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
403 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
405 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
408 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
409 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
410 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
412 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
413 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
414 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
415 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
416 detailed explanations.
418 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
419 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
420 function has been called already.
422 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
425 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
427 ** Incompatible changes
429 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
431 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
433 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
434 you will have to update them.
436 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
438 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
439 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
441 **** New export engine
443 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
444 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
445 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
446 /all/ export back-ends.
448 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
449 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
450 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
451 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
452 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
454 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
455 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
457 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
458 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
459 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
460 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
462 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
464 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
466 should now be written
468 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
470 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
471 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
472 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
474 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
476 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
478 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
481 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
482 remember templates into capture templates.
484 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
486 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
487 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
489 **** Note for third-party developers
491 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
492 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
493 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
495 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
498 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
500 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
501 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
502 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
504 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
505 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
506 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
509 - org-colview-xemacs.el
516 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
517 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
518 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
520 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
521 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
523 ** New packages in core
525 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
527 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
529 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
531 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
533 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
535 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
536 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
538 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
540 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
542 ** New packages in contrib
544 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
546 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
548 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
551 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
553 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
554 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
556 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
559 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
561 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
563 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
565 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
567 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
568 for starting headlines.
570 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
572 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
573 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
574 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
575 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
577 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
579 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
581 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
583 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
584 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
587 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
588 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
591 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
593 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
594 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
597 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
598 conversion from Org files to groff.
600 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
602 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
604 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
606 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
607 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
614 **** New export generic options
616 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
617 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
619 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
621 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
622 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
623 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
624 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
626 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
627 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
628 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
629 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
630 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
631 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
632 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
633 contains time-stamps.
635 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
636 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
637 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
639 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
641 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
643 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
645 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
647 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
648 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
649 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
650 *** Structure editing
652 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
653 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
655 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
656 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
658 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
660 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
661 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
662 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
663 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
666 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
668 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
669 _words__= will preserve markup.
671 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
673 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
674 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
675 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
677 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
679 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
680 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
682 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
684 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
685 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
686 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
687 forward and backward.
689 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
690 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
692 Now Org will sort this list
694 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
695 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
699 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
700 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
702 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
703 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
704 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
706 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
707 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
708 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
710 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
713 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
715 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
716 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
717 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
719 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
721 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
722 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
723 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
724 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
726 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
728 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
729 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
730 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
731 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
732 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
734 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
736 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
737 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
738 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
740 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
741 *** Scheduled/deadline
743 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
745 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
746 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
747 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
748 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
750 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
751 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
752 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
753 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
755 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
756 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
757 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
758 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
759 control this globally or per agenda.
761 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
763 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
765 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
767 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
768 *** Calendar, diary and appts
770 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
772 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
773 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
774 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
776 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
777 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
778 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
780 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
781 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
783 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
786 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
788 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
789 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
790 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
792 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
794 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
795 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
796 only show their description, not the full links.
799 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
801 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
802 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
803 want to build a list of appointments.
805 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
806 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
808 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
810 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
812 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
813 time value (i.e. appointments).
815 **** New agenda sorting strategies
817 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
819 | Strategy | Explanations |
820 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
821 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
822 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
823 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
824 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
825 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
826 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
827 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
828 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
829 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
830 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
832 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
834 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
835 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
836 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
838 These new options are available:
840 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
841 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
842 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
843 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
845 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
846 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
847 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
849 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
850 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
851 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
852 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
853 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
854 non-tagged headlines.
856 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
858 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
859 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
860 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
861 that take only =N= minutes.
863 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
865 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
866 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
867 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
869 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
871 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
872 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
874 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
876 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
877 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
879 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
882 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
884 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
885 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
886 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
888 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
889 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
891 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
893 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
894 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
896 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
898 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
900 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
901 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
904 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
906 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
907 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
908 asks for a confirmation.
910 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
912 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
913 the mark of the entry at point.
915 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
916 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
918 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
920 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
921 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
924 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
926 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
927 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
929 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
931 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
932 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
934 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
936 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
937 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
938 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
939 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
941 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
943 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
944 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
945 repeated beyond the current deadline.
947 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
949 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
950 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
951 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
952 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
954 Read the full docstring for details.
956 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
958 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
961 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
964 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
966 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
967 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
970 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
972 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
973 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
975 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
977 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
978 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
979 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
980 check against the name of the buffer.
983 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
984 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
985 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
988 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
989 agenda views, and for filtering.
991 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
995 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
997 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
998 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
999 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1001 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1002 as if the protocol was not known.
1004 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1006 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1008 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1009 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1010 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1013 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1015 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1016 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1017 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1019 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1021 When storing a link to a headline like
1023 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1025 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1026 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1027 there is no description.
1030 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1032 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1033 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1034 those other formulas.
1036 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1038 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1039 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1040 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1043 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1045 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1046 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1047 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1050 **** New lookup functions
1052 There are now three lookup functions:
1054 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1055 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1056 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1058 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1059 *** Startup keywords
1061 These new startup keywords are now available:
1063 | Startup keyword | Option |
1064 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1065 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1066 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1067 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1068 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1069 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1070 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1071 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1072 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1076 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1078 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1079 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1080 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1081 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1083 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1085 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1086 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1087 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1090 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1091 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1093 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1095 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1096 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1098 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1100 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1101 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1102 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1104 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1105 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1106 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1107 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1108 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1109 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1110 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1113 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1115 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1117 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1119 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1120 same target than the block at point.
1122 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1124 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1125 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1126 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1128 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1129 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1132 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1134 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1135 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1136 manual for a usage example.
1138 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1140 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1141 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1142 collecting blocks for tangling.
1144 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1145 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1147 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1148 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1149 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1150 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1152 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1153 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1156 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1157 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1158 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1159 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1163 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1164 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1165 - [[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]]
1166 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1167 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1168 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1169 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1170 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1171 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1172 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1173 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1174 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1175 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1176 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1177 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1178 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1179 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1180 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1181 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1185 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1187 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1189 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1191 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1193 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1194 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1195 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1196 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1197 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1198 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1199 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1200 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1202 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1204 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1205 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1207 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1209 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1210 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1211 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1215 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1217 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1218 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1221 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1222 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1223 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1224 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1225 agenda type to this variable.
1227 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1230 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1231 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1232 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1233 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1235 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1237 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1238 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1239 invisible) blocked tasks.
1241 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1243 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1244 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1246 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1248 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1249 ** No GPL manual anymore
1251 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1252 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1254 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1256 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1258 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1259 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1260 in most environments.
1264 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1266 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1268 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1269 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1272 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1273 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1274 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1277 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1279 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1281 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1282 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1283 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1284 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1285 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1286 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1287 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1288 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1289 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1290 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1291 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1292 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1293 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1294 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1295 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1297 ** New package and Babel language
1299 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1301 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1303 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1304 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1306 ** Incompatible changes
1308 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1309 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1311 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1314 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1315 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1316 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1318 ** New features and user-visible changes
1322 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1323 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1324 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1325 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1327 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1328 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1330 See the docstrings for more details.
1332 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1333 on =org-element.el=.
1335 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1337 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1338 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1339 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1340 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1342 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1344 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1345 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1346 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1347 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1349 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1351 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1353 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1355 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1358 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1359 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1361 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1362 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1363 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1366 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1369 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1370 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1371 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1373 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1374 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1375 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1380 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1382 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1383 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1384 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1385 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1387 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1388 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1389 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1390 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1391 generating new ones.
1393 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1396 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1398 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1399 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1402 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1403 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1404 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1407 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1408 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1409 details on how to use this.
1411 **** Changes in bulk actions
1413 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1414 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1416 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1417 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1418 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1419 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1420 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1422 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1423 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1425 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1426 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1429 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1431 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1433 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1435 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1436 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1438 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1440 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1441 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1442 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1443 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1446 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1448 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1451 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1452 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1453 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1454 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1455 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1458 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1460 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1462 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1464 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1465 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1466 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1467 filters and category filters.
1469 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1470 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1473 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1474 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1475 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1480 **** Inserting links
1482 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1483 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1484 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1487 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1488 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1489 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1490 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1492 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1495 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1497 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1498 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1499 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1500 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1502 **** New link type =help=
1504 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1506 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1507 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1508 you go back to the same buffer.
1510 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1512 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1513 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1516 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1518 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1520 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1522 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1524 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1526 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1530 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1532 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1533 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1534 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1535 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1537 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1539 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1540 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1541 all headlines in the region.
1543 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1545 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1547 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1548 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1550 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1552 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1554 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1556 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1558 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1560 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1561 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1562 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1567 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1569 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1571 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1573 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1574 clocked entry, if any.
1576 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1578 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1580 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1582 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1583 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1586 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1587 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1588 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1592 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1594 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1597 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1599 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1600 cells in clockreport.
1602 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1603 time cells in clockreport.
1606 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1608 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1609 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1611 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1612 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1614 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1615 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1616 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1617 space in the frame title.
1621 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1623 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1624 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1625 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1626 don't want to see temporarily.
1628 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1630 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1632 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1634 There are these new entities:
1636 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1637 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1638 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1639 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1640 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1641 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1643 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1644 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1645 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1647 The face is back to a normal height.
1651 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1652 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1654 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1655 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1657 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1659 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1660 block will use its value as the column format.
1662 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1664 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1666 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1668 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1670 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1671 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1672 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1673 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1675 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1679 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1681 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1683 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1685 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1687 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1688 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1689 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1691 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1693 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1694 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1695 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1699 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1701 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1702 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1703 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1704 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1706 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1708 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1709 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1712 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1713 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1714 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1717 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1718 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1719 more details on how to use this.
1721 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1722 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1724 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1725 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1728 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1730 See the manual for more explanations.
1732 **** More control over empty lines
1734 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1735 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1738 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1740 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1744 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1746 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1747 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1748 available) to print beautiful tables.
1750 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1752 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1753 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1756 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1758 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1759 in the #+DATE option.
1761 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1763 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1765 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1766 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1768 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1769 More languages are always welcome.
1771 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1773 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1774 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1776 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1777 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1778 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1779 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1780 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1781 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1783 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1784 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1788 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1790 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1793 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1795 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1796 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1798 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1800 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1802 It used to exports the results of the code.
1806 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1807 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1809 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1810 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1812 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1814 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1815 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1816 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
1818 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
1819 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
1821 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
1822 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
1823 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
1826 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
1828 This will increment the effort value.
1830 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
1832 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
1834 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
1835 attach symbolic links.
1837 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
1839 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
1841 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
1842 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
1844 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
1846 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
1848 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
1849 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
1850 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
1852 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
1854 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
1855 all top level list items.
1857 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
1859 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
1861 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
1862 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
1864 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
1866 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
1868 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
1869 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
1870 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
1871 first headline in the region.
1873 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
1875 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
1878 ** Important bug fixes
1880 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
1882 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
1883 perform completion with meaningful values.
1885 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
1887 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
1888 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
1889 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1891 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
1892 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
1894 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
1895 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
1898 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
1899 the code and the license to your needs.
1901 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
1902 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
1906 ** Incompatible changes
1908 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
1910 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
1912 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
1914 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
1915 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
1916 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
1917 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
1920 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
1922 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
1923 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
1924 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
1926 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
1928 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
1929 =org-agenda-span= instead.
1931 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
1933 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
1935 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
1936 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
1937 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
1938 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
1939 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
1941 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
1942 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
1943 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
1944 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
1945 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
1946 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
1948 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1949 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
1950 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
1953 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
1956 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
1957 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
1958 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
1959 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
1961 The two new variables are:
1963 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
1964 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
1965 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
1966 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
1967 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
1968 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
1969 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
1971 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
1972 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
1975 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
1978 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
1979 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
1980 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
1981 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
1983 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
1984 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
1985 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
1986 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
1989 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
1990 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
1991 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
1992 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
1993 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
1994 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
1997 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
1998 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
1999 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2000 applies to the following packages:
2018 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2019 you are using, you can remove it from
2020 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2021 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2024 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2025 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2026 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2027 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2028 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2031 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2033 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2034 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2035 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2038 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2040 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2042 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2044 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2046 ** Important new features
2048 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2050 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2052 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2053 for more information on how to customize it.
2055 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2057 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2058 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2059 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2060 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2062 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2063 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2064 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2066 To switch over to the new system:
2070 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2072 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2073 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2074 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2075 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2076 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2078 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2080 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2083 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2086 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2088 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2089 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2090 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2091 with using both system in parallel.
2095 *** New Org libraries
2096 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2098 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2100 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2102 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2104 To use, put the following in your init file:
2107 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2110 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2111 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2112 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2113 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2114 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2115 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2116 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2117 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2118 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2121 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2123 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2124 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2126 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2128 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2129 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2130 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2133 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2134 call function to do something special with text links.
2136 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2138 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2140 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2141 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2142 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2145 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2147 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2149 *** New Babel libraries
2151 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2152 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2153 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2154 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2155 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2156 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2157 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2159 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2163 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2165 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2166 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2167 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2168 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2169 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2170 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2172 The key new functions are
2174 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2175 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2176 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2178 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2179 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2181 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2182 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2184 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2185 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2187 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2189 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2190 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2191 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2193 **** Modified link escaping
2195 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2197 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2198 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2199 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2200 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2203 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2204 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2205 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2206 : percent escaped links are solved.
2208 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2210 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2212 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2213 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2215 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2217 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2219 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2220 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2221 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2222 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2223 string to be executed.
2225 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2226 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2230 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2231 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2234 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2238 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2240 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2241 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2242 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2243 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2245 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2246 will work on the current entry.
2248 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2249 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2251 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2253 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2255 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2258 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2259 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2264 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2266 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2267 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2268 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2270 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2272 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2273 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2274 entries using a function.
2276 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2277 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2278 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2280 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2282 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2283 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2284 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2286 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2288 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2289 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2290 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2291 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2292 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2293 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2295 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2299 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2301 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2302 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2304 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2305 docstring of these variable for details about available
2308 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2309 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2310 formatting string will insert a string.
2312 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2314 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2315 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2316 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2317 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2318 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2319 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2320 C-e u=, respectively.
2322 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2323 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2324 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2325 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2326 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2329 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2331 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2332 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2334 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2336 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2337 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2339 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2341 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2342 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2343 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2344 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2345 section]] in the manual for more details.
2347 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2348 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2349 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2354 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2356 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2357 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2358 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2359 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2360 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2362 **** New logging support for refiling
2364 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2365 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2368 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2372 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2374 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2378 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2380 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2381 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2383 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2385 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2386 the displayed in the buffer.
2388 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2390 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2392 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2393 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2395 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2396 |--------+--------+---------|
2397 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2398 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2400 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2403 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2406 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2408 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2410 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2411 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2418 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2419 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2422 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2424 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2426 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2427 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2429 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2433 **** Improved handling of lists
2435 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2437 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2438 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2439 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2442 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2443 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2444 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2446 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2447 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2448 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2449 `org-list-export-context'.
2451 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2452 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2453 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2455 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2456 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2457 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2458 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2459 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2461 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2462 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2463 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2465 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2467 *** Inline display of linked images
2469 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2470 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2471 that have no description part will be inlined.
2473 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2475 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2476 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2478 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2480 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2482 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2483 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2484 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2485 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2486 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2487 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2489 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2490 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2491 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2494 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2495 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2496 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2497 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2498 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2499 properties or in tables.
2501 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2502 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2503 names, and rownames across all languages.
2505 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2507 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2509 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2510 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2511 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2513 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2515 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2516 request by Scott Otterson.
2518 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2520 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2521 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2522 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2523 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2524 superscripts, see the variable
2525 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2527 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2529 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2531 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2532 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2533 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2534 following new faces:
2536 =org-document-title=
2538 =org-document-info-keyword=
2540 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2541 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2543 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2545 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2547 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2548 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2549 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2550 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2551 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2552 property is affected by this setting.
2554 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2555 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2557 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2559 Requested by Michael Brand.
2561 **** Better level cycling function
2563 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2564 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2565 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2566 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2568 **** Adaptive filling
2570 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2571 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2572 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2573 comments to be filled correctly.
2575 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2577 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2579 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2581 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2583 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2584 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2586 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2590 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2592 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2593 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2594 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2595 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2597 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2599 **** Localized clock tables
2601 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2602 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2603 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2604 available translated strings.
2606 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2608 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2609 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2610 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2611 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2613 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2615 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2617 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2618 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2619 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2620 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2623 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2627 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2629 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2630 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2632 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2634 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2636 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2637 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2638 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2641 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2644 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2646 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2647 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2652 org-table-current-line
2656 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2658 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2659 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2662 This was requested by Tom.
2664 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2666 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2667 example by viewing from the agenda.
2669 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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