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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.
83 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
84 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
87 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
88 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
91 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
92 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
93 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
94 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
95 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
96 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
97 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
98 this variable locally.
99 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
100 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
101 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
102 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
103 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
104 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
105 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
106 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
107 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
110 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
111 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
112 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
113 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
114 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
115 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
117 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
118 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
119 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
120 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
122 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
123 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
124 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
125 ~org-drawers~ variable.
126 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
127 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
128 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
129 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
130 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
131 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
132 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
134 *** New option in ASCII export
135 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
136 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
137 *** New blocks in ASCII export
138 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
139 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
140 *** More back-end specific publishing options
141 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
142 increased. See manual for details.
143 *** Export inline source blocks
144 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
145 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
146 in the output, depending on the parameters.
147 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
148 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
149 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
150 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
151 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
152 more features. See docstring for details.
153 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
154 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
155 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
156 *** Improve radio tables
157 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
158 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
159 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
160 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
161 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
162 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
163 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
164 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
165 source blocks exported by the minted package.
166 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
167 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
168 would throw an error. A new variable
169 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
170 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
171 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
173 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
175 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
176 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
177 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
178 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
179 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
180 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
181 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
182 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
183 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
184 *** Export unnumbered headlines
185 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
186 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
187 property is inherited by children.
188 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
189 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
190 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
191 keys, to sort a table.
192 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
193 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
195 *** Countdown timers can now be paused.
196 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
198 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
199 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
200 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
201 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
202 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
203 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
205 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
206 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
207 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
208 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
209 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
210 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
211 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
212 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
214 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
215 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
216 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
217 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
218 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
219 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
220 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
221 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
222 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
223 particular test failure was introduced.
224 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
225 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
226 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
227 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
228 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
231 ** Incompatible changes
232 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
233 This may require two changes in user config.
235 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
236 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
237 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
239 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
241 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
242 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
243 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
245 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
246 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
248 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
252 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
254 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
256 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
257 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
258 option keywords like :html-include-style.
260 So you need to replace
262 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
266 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
268 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
269 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
271 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
273 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
274 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
275 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
277 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
278 the other optional arguments accordingly.
280 *** Export back-ends are now structures
282 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
283 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
284 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
287 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
289 ** Important bugfixes
291 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
292 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
294 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
296 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
297 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
298 separator starting a TOTO match string.
301 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
303 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
305 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
308 - Support for .pgf files
309 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
310 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
311 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
312 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
313 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
314 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
315 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
317 *** New functions for paragraph motion
319 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
320 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
321 in a paragraph-like way.
323 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
325 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
326 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
327 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
328 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
329 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
331 *** Anonymous export back-ends
333 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
334 which can then be passed to export functions like
335 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
337 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
338 registering a new back-end.
340 *** New agenda fortnight view
342 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
343 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
346 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
348 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
349 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
351 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
352 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
353 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
355 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
356 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
358 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
359 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
360 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
361 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
362 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
365 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
367 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
369 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
371 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
373 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
375 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
377 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
379 If you set this to the following
381 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
383 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
385 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
387 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
389 ** New contributed packages
391 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
392 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
395 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
396 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
400 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
402 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
403 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
404 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
405 the same with example blocks.
407 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
414 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
416 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
419 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
420 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
421 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
423 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
424 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
425 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
426 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
427 detailed explanations.
429 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
430 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
431 function has been called already.
433 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
436 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
438 ** Incompatible changes
440 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
442 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
444 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
445 you will have to update them.
447 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
449 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
450 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
452 **** New export engine
454 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
455 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
456 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
457 /all/ export back-ends.
459 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
460 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
461 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
462 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
463 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
465 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
466 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
468 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
469 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
470 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
471 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
473 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
475 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
477 should now be written
479 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
481 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
482 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
483 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
485 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
487 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
489 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
492 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
493 remember templates into capture templates.
495 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
497 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
498 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
500 **** Note for third-party developers
502 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
503 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
504 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
506 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
509 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
511 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
512 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
513 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
515 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
516 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
517 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
520 - org-colview-xemacs.el
527 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
528 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
529 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
531 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
532 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
534 ** New packages in core
536 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
538 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
540 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
542 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
544 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
546 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
547 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
549 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
551 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
553 ** New packages in contrib
555 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
557 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
559 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
562 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
564 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
565 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
567 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
570 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
572 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
574 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
576 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
578 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
579 for starting headlines.
581 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
583 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
584 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
585 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
586 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
588 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
590 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
592 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
594 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
595 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
598 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
599 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
602 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
604 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
605 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
608 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
609 conversion from Org files to groff.
611 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
613 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
615 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
617 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
618 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
625 **** New export generic options
627 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
628 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
630 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
632 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
633 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
634 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
635 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
637 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
638 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
639 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
640 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
641 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
642 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
643 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
644 contains time-stamps.
646 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
647 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
648 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
650 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
652 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
654 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
656 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
658 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
659 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
660 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
661 *** Structure editing
663 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
664 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
666 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
667 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
669 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
671 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
672 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
673 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
674 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
677 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
679 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
680 _words__= will preserve markup.
682 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
684 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
685 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
686 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
688 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
690 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
691 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
693 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
695 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
696 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
697 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
698 forward and backward.
700 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
701 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
703 Now Org will sort this list
705 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
706 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
710 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
711 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
713 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
714 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
715 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
717 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
718 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
719 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
721 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
724 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
726 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
727 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
728 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
730 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
732 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
733 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
734 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
735 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
737 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
739 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
740 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
741 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
742 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
743 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
745 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
747 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
748 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
749 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
751 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
752 *** Scheduled/deadline
754 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
756 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
757 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
758 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
759 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
761 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
762 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
763 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
764 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
766 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
767 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
768 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
769 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
770 control this globally or per agenda.
772 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
774 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
776 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
778 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
779 *** Calendar, diary and appts
781 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
783 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
784 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
785 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
787 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
788 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
789 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
791 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
792 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
794 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
797 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
799 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
800 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
801 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
803 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
805 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
806 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
807 only show their description, not the full links.
810 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
812 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
813 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
814 want to build a list of appointments.
816 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
817 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
819 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
821 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
823 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
824 time value (i.e. appointments).
826 **** New agenda sorting strategies
828 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
830 | Strategy | Explanations |
831 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
832 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
833 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
834 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
835 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
836 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
837 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
838 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
839 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
840 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
841 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
843 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
845 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
846 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
847 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
849 These new options are available:
851 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
852 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
853 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
854 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
856 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
857 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
858 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
860 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
861 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
862 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
863 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
864 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
865 non-tagged headlines.
867 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
869 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
870 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
871 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
872 that take only =N= minutes.
874 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
876 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
877 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
878 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
880 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
882 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
883 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
885 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
887 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
888 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
890 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
893 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
895 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
896 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
897 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
899 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
900 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
902 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
904 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
905 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
907 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
909 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
911 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
912 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
915 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
917 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
918 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
919 asks for a confirmation.
921 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
923 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
924 the mark of the entry at point.
926 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
927 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
929 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
931 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
932 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
935 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
937 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
938 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
940 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
942 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
943 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
945 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
947 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
948 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
949 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
950 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
952 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
954 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
955 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
956 repeated beyond the current deadline.
958 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
960 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
961 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
962 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
963 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
965 Read the full docstring for details.
967 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
969 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
972 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
975 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
977 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
978 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
981 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
983 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
984 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
986 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
988 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
989 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
990 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
991 check against the name of the buffer.
994 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
995 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
996 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
999 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1000 agenda views, and for filtering.
1002 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1006 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1008 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1009 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1010 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1012 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1013 as if the protocol was not known.
1015 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1017 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1019 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1020 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1021 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1024 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1026 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1027 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1028 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1030 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1032 When storing a link to a headline like
1034 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1036 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1037 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1038 there is no description.
1041 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1043 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1044 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1045 those other formulas.
1047 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1049 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1050 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1051 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1054 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1056 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1057 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1058 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1061 **** New lookup functions
1063 There are now three lookup functions:
1065 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1066 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1067 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1069 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1070 *** Startup keywords
1072 These new startup keywords are now available:
1074 | Startup keyword | Option |
1075 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1076 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1077 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1078 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1079 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1080 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1081 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1082 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1083 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1087 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1089 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1090 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1091 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1092 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1094 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1096 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1097 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1098 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1101 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1102 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1104 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1106 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1107 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1109 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1111 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1112 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1113 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1115 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1116 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1117 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1118 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1119 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1120 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1121 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1124 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1126 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1128 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1130 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1131 same target than the block at point.
1133 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1135 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1136 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1137 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1139 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1140 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1143 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1145 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1146 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1147 manual for a usage example.
1149 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1151 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1152 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1153 collecting blocks for tangling.
1155 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1156 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1158 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1159 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1160 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1161 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1163 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1164 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1167 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1168 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1169 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1170 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1174 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1175 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1176 - [[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]]
1177 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1178 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1179 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1180 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1181 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1182 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1183 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1184 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1185 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1186 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1187 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1188 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1189 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1190 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1191 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1192 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1196 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1198 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1200 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1202 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1204 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1205 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1206 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1207 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1208 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1209 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1210 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1211 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1213 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1215 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1216 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1218 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1220 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1221 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1222 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1226 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1228 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1229 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1232 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1233 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1234 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1235 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1236 agenda type to this variable.
1238 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1241 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1242 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1243 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1244 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1246 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1248 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1249 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1250 invisible) blocked tasks.
1252 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1254 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1255 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1257 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1259 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1260 ** No GPL manual anymore
1262 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1263 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1265 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1267 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1269 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1270 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1271 in most environments.
1275 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1277 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1279 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1280 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1283 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1284 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1285 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1288 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1290 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1292 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1293 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1294 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1295 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1296 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1297 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1298 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1299 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1300 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1301 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1302 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1303 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1304 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1305 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1306 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1308 ** New package and Babel language
1310 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1312 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1314 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1315 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1317 ** Incompatible changes
1319 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1320 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1322 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1325 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1326 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1327 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1329 ** New features and user-visible changes
1333 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1334 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1335 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1336 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1338 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1339 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1341 See the docstrings for more details.
1343 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1344 on =org-element.el=.
1346 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1348 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1349 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1350 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1351 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1353 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1355 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1356 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1357 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1358 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1360 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1362 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1364 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1366 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1369 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1370 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1372 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1373 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1374 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1377 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1380 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1381 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1382 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1384 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1385 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1386 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1391 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1393 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1394 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1395 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1396 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1398 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1399 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1400 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1401 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1402 generating new ones.
1404 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1407 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1409 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1410 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1413 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1414 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1415 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1418 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1419 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1420 details on how to use this.
1422 **** Changes in bulk actions
1424 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1425 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1427 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1428 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1429 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1430 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1431 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1433 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1434 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1436 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1437 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1440 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1442 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1444 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1446 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1447 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1449 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1451 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1452 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1453 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1454 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1457 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1459 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1462 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1463 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1464 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1465 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1466 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1469 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1471 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1473 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1475 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1476 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1477 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1478 filters and category filters.
1480 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1481 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1484 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1485 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1486 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1491 **** Inserting links
1493 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1494 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1495 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1498 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1499 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1500 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1501 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1503 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1506 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1508 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1509 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1510 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1511 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1513 **** New link type =help=
1515 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1517 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1518 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1519 you go back to the same buffer.
1521 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1523 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1524 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1527 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1529 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1531 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1533 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1535 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1537 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1541 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1543 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1544 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1545 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1546 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1548 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1550 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1551 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1552 all headlines in the region.
1554 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1556 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1558 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1559 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1561 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1563 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1565 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1567 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1569 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1571 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1572 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1573 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1578 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1580 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1582 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1584 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1585 clocked entry, if any.
1587 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1589 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1591 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1593 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1594 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1597 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1598 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1599 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1603 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1605 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1608 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1610 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1611 cells in clockreport.
1613 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1614 time cells in clockreport.
1617 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1619 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1620 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1622 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1623 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1625 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1626 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1627 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1628 space in the frame title.
1632 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1634 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1635 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1636 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1637 don't want to see temporarily.
1639 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1641 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1643 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1645 There are these new entities:
1647 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1648 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1649 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1650 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1651 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1652 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1654 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1655 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1656 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1658 The face is back to a normal height.
1662 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1663 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1665 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1666 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1668 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1670 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1671 block will use its value as the column format.
1673 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1675 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1677 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1679 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1681 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1682 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1683 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1684 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1686 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1690 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1692 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1694 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1696 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1698 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1699 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1700 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1702 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1704 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1705 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1706 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1710 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1712 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1713 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1714 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1715 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1717 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1719 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1720 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1723 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1724 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1725 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1728 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1729 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1730 more details on how to use this.
1732 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1733 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1735 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1736 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1739 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1741 See the manual for more explanations.
1743 **** More control over empty lines
1745 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1746 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1749 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1751 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1755 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1757 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1758 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1759 available) to print beautiful tables.
1761 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1763 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1764 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1767 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1769 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1770 in the #+DATE option.
1772 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1774 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1776 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1777 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1779 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1780 More languages are always welcome.
1782 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1784 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1785 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1787 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1788 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1789 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1790 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1791 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1792 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1794 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1795 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1799 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1801 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1804 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1806 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1807 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1809 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1811 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1813 It used to exports the results of the code.
1817 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1818 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1820 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1821 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1823 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1825 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1826 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1827 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
1829 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
1830 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
1832 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
1833 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
1834 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
1837 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
1839 This will increment the effort value.
1841 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
1843 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
1845 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
1846 attach symbolic links.
1848 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
1850 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
1852 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
1853 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
1855 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
1857 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
1859 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
1860 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
1861 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
1863 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
1865 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
1866 all top level list items.
1868 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
1870 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
1872 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
1873 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
1875 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
1877 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
1879 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
1880 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
1881 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
1882 first headline in the region.
1884 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
1886 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
1889 ** Important bug fixes
1891 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
1893 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
1894 perform completion with meaningful values.
1896 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
1898 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
1899 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
1900 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1902 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
1903 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
1905 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
1906 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
1909 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
1910 the code and the license to your needs.
1912 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
1913 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
1917 ** Incompatible changes
1919 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
1921 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
1923 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
1925 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
1926 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
1927 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
1928 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
1931 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
1933 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
1934 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
1935 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
1937 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
1939 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
1940 =org-agenda-span= instead.
1942 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
1944 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
1946 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
1947 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
1948 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
1949 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
1950 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
1952 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
1953 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
1954 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
1955 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
1956 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
1957 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
1959 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1960 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
1961 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
1964 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
1967 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
1968 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
1969 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
1970 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
1972 The two new variables are:
1974 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
1975 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
1976 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
1977 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
1978 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
1979 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
1980 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
1982 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
1983 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
1986 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
1989 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
1990 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
1991 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
1992 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
1994 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
1995 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
1996 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
1997 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2000 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2001 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2002 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2003 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2004 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2005 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2008 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2009 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2010 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2011 applies to the following packages:
2029 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2030 you are using, you can remove it from
2031 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2032 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2035 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2036 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2037 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2038 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2039 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2042 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2044 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2045 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2046 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2049 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2051 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2053 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2055 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2057 ** Important new features
2059 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2061 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2063 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2064 for more information on how to customize it.
2066 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2068 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2069 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2070 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2071 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2073 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2074 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2075 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2077 To switch over to the new system:
2081 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2083 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2084 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2085 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2086 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2087 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2089 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2091 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2094 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2097 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2099 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2100 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2101 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2102 with using both system in parallel.
2106 *** New Org libraries
2107 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2109 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2111 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2113 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2115 To use, put the following in your init file:
2118 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2121 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2122 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2123 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2124 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2125 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2126 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2127 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2128 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2129 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2132 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2134 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2135 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2137 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2139 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2140 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2141 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2144 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2145 call function to do something special with text links.
2147 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2149 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2151 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2152 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2153 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2156 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2158 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2160 *** New Babel libraries
2162 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2163 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2164 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2165 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2166 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2167 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2168 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2170 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2174 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2176 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2177 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2178 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2179 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2180 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2181 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2183 The key new functions are
2185 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2186 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2187 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2189 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2190 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2192 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2193 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2195 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2196 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2198 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2200 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2201 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2202 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2204 **** Modified link escaping
2206 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2208 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2209 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2210 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2211 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2214 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2215 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2216 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2217 : percent escaped links are solved.
2219 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2221 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2223 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2224 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2226 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2228 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2230 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2231 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2232 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2233 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2234 string to be executed.
2236 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2237 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2241 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2242 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2245 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2249 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2251 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2252 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2253 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2254 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2256 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2257 will work on the current entry.
2259 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2260 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2262 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2264 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2266 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2269 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2270 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2275 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2277 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2278 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2279 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2281 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2283 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2284 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2285 entries using a function.
2287 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2288 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2289 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2291 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2293 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2294 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2295 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2297 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2299 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2300 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2301 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2302 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2303 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2304 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2306 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2310 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2312 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2313 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2315 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2316 docstring of these variable for details about available
2319 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2320 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2321 formatting string will insert a string.
2323 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2325 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2326 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2327 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2328 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2329 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2330 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2331 C-e u=, respectively.
2333 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2334 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2335 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2336 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2337 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2340 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2342 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2343 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2345 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2347 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2348 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2350 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2352 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2353 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2354 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2355 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2356 section]] in the manual for more details.
2358 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2359 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2360 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2365 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2367 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2368 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2369 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2370 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2371 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2373 **** New logging support for refiling
2375 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2376 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2379 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2383 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2385 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2389 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2391 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2392 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2394 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2396 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2397 the displayed in the buffer.
2399 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2401 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2403 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2404 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2406 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2407 |--------+--------+---------|
2408 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2409 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2411 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2414 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2417 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2419 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2421 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2422 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2429 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2430 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2433 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2435 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2437 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2438 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2440 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2444 **** Improved handling of lists
2446 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2448 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2449 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2450 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2453 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2454 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2455 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2457 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2458 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2459 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2460 `org-list-export-context'.
2462 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2463 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2464 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2466 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2467 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2468 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2469 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2470 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2472 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2473 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2474 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2476 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2478 *** Inline display of linked images
2480 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2481 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2482 that have no description part will be inlined.
2484 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2486 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2487 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2489 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2491 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2493 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2494 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2495 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2496 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2497 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2498 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2500 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2501 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2502 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2505 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2506 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2507 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2508 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2509 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2510 properties or in tables.
2512 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2513 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2514 names, and rownames across all languages.
2516 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2518 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2520 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2521 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2522 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2524 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2526 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2527 request by Scott Otterson.
2529 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2531 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2532 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2533 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2534 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2535 superscripts, see the variable
2536 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2538 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2540 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2542 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2543 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2544 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2545 following new faces:
2547 =org-document-title=
2549 =org-document-info-keyword=
2551 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2552 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2554 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2556 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2558 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2559 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2560 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2561 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2562 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2563 property is affected by this setting.
2565 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2566 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2568 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2570 Requested by Michael Brand.
2572 **** Better level cycling function
2574 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2575 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2576 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2577 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2579 **** Adaptive filling
2581 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2582 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2583 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2584 comments to be filled correctly.
2586 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2588 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2590 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2592 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2594 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2595 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2597 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2601 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2603 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2604 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2605 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2606 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2608 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2610 **** Localized clock tables
2612 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2613 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2614 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2615 available translated strings.
2617 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2619 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2620 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2621 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2622 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2624 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2626 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2628 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2629 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2630 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2631 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2634 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2638 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2640 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2641 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2643 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2645 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2647 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2648 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2649 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2652 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2655 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2657 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2658 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2663 org-table-current-line
2667 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2669 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2670 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2673 This was requested by Tom.
2675 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2677 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2678 example by viewing from the agenda.
2680 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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