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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** New syntax for export blocks
14 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
15 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
18 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
31 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
34 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
40 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
43 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
44 using previous syntax:
46 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
47 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
48 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
49 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
50 (let ((case-fold-search t)
51 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
52 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
53 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
56 (goto-char (point-min))
57 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
59 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
60 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
61 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
63 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
64 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
67 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
68 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
70 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
71 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
72 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
73 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
74 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
75 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
78 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~
79 and ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to
83 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
84 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
85 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
86 constructs are now unsupported.
88 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them
90 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
91 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
92 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
93 consider using =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
95 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
97 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
98 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
99 S-expressions. Replacing a S-expresion with an appropriate function
100 is straightforward. For example
106 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
107 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can obtain time via =vc=
108 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
109 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
110 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
111 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
112 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
113 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
114 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
115 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
127 should be written instead
132 :header-args: :exports code
133 :header-args: :var a=1 b=2
134 :header-args+: :var c=3
138 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
139 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
141 *** ~org-eww~ is moved into core
142 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
144 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
147 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
148 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
151 Old-style links such as
152 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
153 continue to be supported.
155 If you have defined your own handler functions for
156 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
157 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
158 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into
162 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
163 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
164 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
165 entries are added to last in the date tree.
166 *** New ~vbar~ entity
167 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionnally as a =|=,
168 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
169 a HTML derived export back-end.
171 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
172 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
174 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
175 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
176 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
178 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
179 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
180 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
181 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
184 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
185 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
186 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
187 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
188 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
189 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
190 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
191 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
192 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
193 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
194 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
195 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
197 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
198 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
199 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
200 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
201 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
202 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
204 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
205 ;; this will export with line number 20
206 (message "This is line 21")
208 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
209 ;; This will be listed as line 31
210 (message "This is line 32")
213 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
214 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
215 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
217 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
218 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
219 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
220 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width
221 of 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
222 **** Markdown footnote export customization
223 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
224 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
225 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
226 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
228 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
229 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
230 **** Support for Lua language
231 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
232 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
233 **** Support for Stan language
234 New ob-stan.el library.
236 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
238 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
240 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
241 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
243 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
245 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
246 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
247 that does not end in ".stan".
249 For more information and usage examples, visit
250 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
251 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
252 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
253 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
264 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
265 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
266 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
267 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
278 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
279 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the
282 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
283 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
284 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
285 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
286 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
287 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
288 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
298 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
307 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
308 using the :file property, e.g.:
310 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
312 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
313 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
315 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
316 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
320 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needss
321 additional setup in addition to plantuml. See
322 [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for details and setup information.
323 *** Rewrite of radio lists
324 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
325 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
326 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
328 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
329 Used like org-bbdb-anniversaries, it provides a few days warning
330 for upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
331 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
332 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
333 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
335 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
336 *** Support for ISO week trees
337 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
338 by ISO week and not by month.
345 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
347 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
348 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
349 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
350 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
351 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
353 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
355 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
356 pWhen called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
357 buffer unconditionally.
358 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
359 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
360 **** Allow custom summaries
361 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
362 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
363 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
364 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
366 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
367 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
368 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
370 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
371 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~
372 allows to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any
373 upper case character (or character class), the search is case
374 sensitive. Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
375 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
376 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
378 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
379 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
380 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
381 the manual for details.
382 *** Links are now customizable
383 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
384 etc... Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
386 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
387 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
388 *** ~org-show-children~
389 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
392 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
393 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
394 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
395 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
396 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
397 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
398 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
399 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
400 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
401 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
402 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
403 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
404 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
406 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
407 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
408 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
409 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
410 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
412 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
413 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
415 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
416 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
418 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
419 The affected functions are:
422 - ~org-remove-if-not~
427 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
428 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
429 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
432 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
433 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
434 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
435 let those libraries operate.
436 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
437 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
439 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
440 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
442 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
443 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
444 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
445 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
446 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
447 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
449 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
451 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
452 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
453 current projet. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
456 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
457 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
460 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
461 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
462 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
463 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
464 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
465 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
467 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
468 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
469 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
470 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
472 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
473 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
474 to the article's original group.
476 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
477 The calling convention has changed.
478 *** HTML export table row customization changes
479 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
480 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
481 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
482 called with 6 parameters.
483 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
484 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
485 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
486 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
487 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
488 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
489 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
490 the end of the string.
491 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
492 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
493 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
494 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
496 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
498 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
499 For most folks this file does not exist.
500 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
502 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
504 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other =gnu.org= manuals.
505 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
506 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
507 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
508 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
509 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
510 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
511 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
512 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
514 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
515 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
517 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
518 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
519 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
520 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
521 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
522 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
523 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
524 indication letter was solely J.
525 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
526 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
527 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
528 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
529 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
530 The experimental variable used to be more less confidential, as
534 ** Incompatible changes
536 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
538 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
539 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
541 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
542 logged before the property drawer.
544 The following function will repair them:
546 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
547 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
548 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
549 Ignore non Org buffers."
550 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
551 (org-with-wide-buffer
552 (goto-char (point-min))
553 (let ((case-fold-search t)
554 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
555 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
559 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
561 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
563 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
564 (when (and (< (point) end)
565 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
567 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
568 (eq (org-element-type
569 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
571 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
573 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
574 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
577 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
579 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
580 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
581 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
582 into account when exporting.
584 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
585 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
587 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
589 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
590 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
593 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
594 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
599 :CATEGORY: some category
603 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
605 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
606 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
607 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
610 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
612 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
613 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
615 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
616 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
618 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
620 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
621 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
623 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
625 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
626 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~ respectively,
627 rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these functions. The Org
628 version of these functions skips over inline tasks (and even-level
629 headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
631 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
633 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
634 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
636 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
638 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
639 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
640 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
642 *** Functions signature changes
644 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
645 docstring for more information.
647 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
648 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
649 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
650 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
651 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
654 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
655 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
657 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
660 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
663 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
666 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
668 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
669 without changing the headline.
671 *** Hierarchies of tags
672 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
673 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
674 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
676 The following in-buffer definition:
678 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
679 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
680 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
683 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
692 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
693 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
695 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
697 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
698 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
699 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
701 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
702 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
703 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
704 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
705 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
707 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
713 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
716 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
717 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
720 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
723 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
725 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
726 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
727 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
730 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
731 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
732 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
734 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
737 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
738 is also used as a filter.
740 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
741 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
742 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
743 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
746 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
747 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
749 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
751 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
753 *** Babel: support for Processing language
755 New ob-processing.el library.
757 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
758 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
759 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
761 Check the documentation for more.
763 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
765 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'
766 The new behaviour is the following:
768 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
769 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
772 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
775 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
777 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
779 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
781 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
782 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
784 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
786 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
787 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
790 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
792 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
793 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
794 ~org-drawers~ variable.
796 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
798 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
799 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
800 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
801 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
803 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
805 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
806 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
807 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
810 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
812 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
815 *** New option in ASCII export
817 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
818 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
820 *** New blocks in ASCII export
822 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
823 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
825 *** More back-end specific publishing options
827 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
828 increased. See manual for details.
830 *** Export inline source blocks
832 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
833 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
834 in the output, depending on the parameters.
836 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
838 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
840 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
842 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
844 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
846 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
847 more features. See docstring for details.
849 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
851 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
853 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
854 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
856 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
858 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
860 : This sentence is false.
863 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
865 *** Various improvements on radio tables
867 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
868 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
869 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
870 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
871 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
872 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
874 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
876 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
877 source blocks exported by the minted package.
879 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
881 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
882 would throw an error. A new variable
883 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
884 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
885 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
889 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
892 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
894 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
895 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
897 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
899 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
901 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
903 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
904 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
905 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
907 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
909 See docstring for more information.
911 *** Export unnumbered headlines
913 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
914 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
915 property is inherited by children.
917 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
919 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
920 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
921 keys, to sort a table.
923 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
925 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
928 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
930 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
933 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
935 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
936 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
938 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
940 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
941 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
943 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
945 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
946 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
949 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
951 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
952 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
954 *** New entities family: "\_ "
956 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
957 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
958 leading spaces within table cells.
960 *** New MathJax configuration options
962 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
963 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
965 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
967 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
968 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
969 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
971 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
972 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
973 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
974 keywords and properties.
976 *** Viewport support in html export
978 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
979 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
981 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
983 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
986 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
988 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
989 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
990 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
992 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
994 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
995 added to headline text.
997 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
999 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
1001 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1003 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1004 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1007 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1009 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1010 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1012 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1014 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
1015 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
1016 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1018 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1020 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1022 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1024 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1025 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1027 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1029 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1031 ** Removed functions
1033 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1035 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1037 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1039 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1040 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1041 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1042 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1044 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1046 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1048 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1050 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1051 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1053 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1055 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1058 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1060 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1061 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1064 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1066 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1069 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1070 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1072 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1074 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1075 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1078 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1080 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1081 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1083 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1085 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
1086 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
1087 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
1088 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
1089 this variable locally.
1091 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1093 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1094 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1095 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1096 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1097 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1099 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1101 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1102 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1105 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1107 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1109 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1111 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1113 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1115 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1117 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1119 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1120 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1121 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1122 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1124 *** Removed comment-related filters
1126 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1127 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1131 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1133 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1135 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1137 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1138 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1140 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1142 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1143 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1146 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1148 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1149 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1151 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1153 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1155 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1157 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1158 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1159 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1160 particular test failure was introduced.
1162 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1164 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1165 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
1166 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
1167 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1169 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1171 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1172 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1174 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1176 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1177 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~
1180 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1182 This helps spotting wrong links.
1185 ** Incompatible changes
1186 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1187 This may require two changes in user config.
1189 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1190 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1191 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1193 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1195 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1196 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1197 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1199 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1200 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1202 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1206 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1208 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1210 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1211 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1212 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1214 So you need to replace
1216 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1220 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1222 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1223 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1225 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1227 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1228 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1229 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1231 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1232 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1234 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1236 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1237 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1238 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1241 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1243 ** Important bugfixes
1245 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1246 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1248 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1250 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1251 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1252 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1255 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1257 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1259 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1261 - Support SVG images
1262 - Support for .pgf files
1263 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1264 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1265 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1266 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1267 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1268 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1269 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1271 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1273 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1274 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1275 in a paragraph-like way.
1277 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1279 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1280 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1281 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1282 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1283 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1285 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1287 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1288 which can then be passed to export functions like
1289 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1291 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1292 registering a new back-end.
1294 *** New agenda fortnight view
1296 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1297 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1300 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1302 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1303 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1305 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1306 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1307 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1309 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1310 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1312 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1313 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1314 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1315 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1316 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1319 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1321 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1323 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1325 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1327 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1329 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1331 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1333 If you set this to the following
1335 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
1337 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
1339 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
1341 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
1343 ** New contributed packages
1345 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
1346 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
1349 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
1350 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
1354 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
1356 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
1357 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
1358 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
1359 the same with example blocks.
1361 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
1368 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
1370 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
1373 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
1374 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
1375 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
1377 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
1378 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
1379 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
1380 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
1381 detailed explanations.
1383 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
1384 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
1385 function has been called already.
1387 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
1390 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
1392 ** Incompatible changes
1394 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
1396 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
1398 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
1399 you will have to update them.
1401 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
1403 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
1404 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
1406 **** New export engine
1408 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
1409 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
1410 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
1411 /all/ export back-ends.
1413 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
1414 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
1415 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
1416 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
1417 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
1419 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
1420 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
1422 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
1423 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
1424 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
1425 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
1427 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
1429 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
1431 should now be written
1433 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
1435 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
1436 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
1437 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
1439 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
1441 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
1443 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
1446 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
1447 remember templates into capture templates.
1449 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
1451 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
1452 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
1454 **** Note for third-party developers
1456 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
1457 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
1458 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
1460 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
1463 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
1465 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
1466 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
1467 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
1469 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
1470 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
1471 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
1474 - org-colview-xemacs.el
1475 - org-mac-message.el
1481 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
1482 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
1483 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
1485 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
1486 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
1488 ** New packages in core
1490 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
1492 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
1494 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
1496 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
1498 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
1500 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
1501 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
1503 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
1505 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
1507 ** New packages in contrib
1509 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
1511 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
1513 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
1516 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
1518 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
1519 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
1521 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
1524 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1526 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1528 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1530 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1532 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1533 for starting headlines.
1535 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1537 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1538 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1539 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1540 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1542 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1544 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1546 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1548 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1549 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1552 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1553 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1556 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1558 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1559 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1562 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1563 conversion from Org files to groff.
1565 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1567 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1569 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1571 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1572 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1579 **** New export generic options
1581 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1582 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1584 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1586 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1587 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1588 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1589 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1591 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1592 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1593 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1594 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1595 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1596 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1597 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1598 contains time-stamps.
1600 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1601 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1602 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1604 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1606 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1608 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1610 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1612 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1613 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1614 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1615 *** Structure editing
1617 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1618 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1620 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1621 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1623 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1625 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1626 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1627 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1628 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1631 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1633 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1634 _words__= will preserve markup.
1636 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1638 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1639 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1640 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1642 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1644 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1645 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1647 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1649 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1650 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1651 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1652 forward and backward.
1654 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1655 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1657 Now Org will sort this list
1659 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1660 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1664 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1665 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1667 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1668 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1669 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1671 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1672 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1673 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1675 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1678 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1680 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1681 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1682 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1684 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1686 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1687 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1688 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1689 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1691 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1693 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1694 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1695 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1696 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1697 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1699 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1701 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1702 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1703 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1705 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1706 *** Scheduled/deadline
1708 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1710 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1711 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1712 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1713 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1715 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1716 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1717 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1718 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1720 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1721 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1722 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1723 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1724 control this globally or per agenda.
1726 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1728 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1730 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1732 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1733 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1735 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1737 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1738 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1739 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1741 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1742 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1743 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1745 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1746 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1748 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1751 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1753 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1754 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1755 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1757 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1759 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1760 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1761 only show their description, not the full links.
1764 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1766 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1767 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1768 want to build a list of appointments.
1770 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1771 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1773 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1775 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1777 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1778 time value (i.e. appointments).
1780 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1782 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1784 | Strategy | Explanations |
1785 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1786 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1787 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1788 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1789 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1790 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1791 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1792 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1793 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1794 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1795 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1797 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1799 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1800 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1801 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1803 These new options are available:
1805 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1806 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1807 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1808 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1810 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1811 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1812 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1814 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1815 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1816 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1817 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1818 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1819 non-tagged headlines.
1821 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1823 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1824 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1825 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1826 that take only =N= minutes.
1828 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1830 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1831 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1832 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1834 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1836 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1837 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1839 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1841 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1842 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1844 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1847 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1849 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1850 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1851 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1853 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1854 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1856 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1858 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1859 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1861 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1863 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1865 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1866 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1869 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1871 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1872 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1873 asks for a confirmation.
1875 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1877 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1878 the mark of the entry at point.
1880 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1881 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1883 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1885 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1886 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1889 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1891 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1892 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1894 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1896 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1897 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1899 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1901 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1902 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1903 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1904 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1906 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1908 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1909 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1910 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1912 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1914 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1915 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1916 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1917 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1919 Read the full docstring for details.
1921 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1923 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1926 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1929 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1931 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1932 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1935 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1937 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1938 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1940 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1942 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1943 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1944 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1945 check against the name of the buffer.
1948 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1949 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1950 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1953 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1954 agenda views, and for filtering.
1956 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1960 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1962 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1963 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1964 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1966 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1967 as if the protocol was not known.
1969 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1971 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1973 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1974 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1975 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1978 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1980 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1981 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1982 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1984 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1986 When storing a link to a headline like
1988 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1990 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1991 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1992 there is no description.
1995 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1997 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1998 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1999 those other formulas.
2001 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2003 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2004 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2005 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2008 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2010 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2011 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2012 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2015 **** New lookup functions
2017 There are now three lookup functions:
2019 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2020 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2021 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2023 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2024 *** Startup keywords
2026 These new startup keywords are now available:
2028 | Startup keyword | Option |
2029 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2030 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2031 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2032 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2033 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2034 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2035 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2036 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2037 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2041 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2043 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2044 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2045 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2046 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2048 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2050 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2051 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2052 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2055 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2056 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2058 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2060 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2061 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2063 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2065 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2066 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2067 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2069 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2070 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2071 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2072 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2073 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2074 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2075 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2078 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2080 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2082 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2084 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2085 same target than the block at point.
2087 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2089 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2090 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2091 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2093 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2094 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2097 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2099 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2100 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2101 manual for a usage example.
2103 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2105 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2106 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2107 collecting blocks for tangling.
2109 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2110 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2112 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2113 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2114 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2115 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2117 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2118 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2121 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2122 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2123 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2124 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2128 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2129 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2130 - [[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]]
2131 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2132 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2133 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2134 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2135 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2136 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2137 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2138 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2139 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2140 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2141 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2142 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2143 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2144 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2145 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
2146 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2150 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2152 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2154 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2156 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2158 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2159 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2160 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2161 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2162 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2163 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2164 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2165 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2167 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2169 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2170 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2172 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2174 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2175 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2176 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2180 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2182 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2183 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2186 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2187 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2188 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2189 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2190 agenda type to this variable.
2192 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2195 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2196 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2197 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2198 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2200 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2202 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2203 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2204 invisible) blocked tasks.
2206 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2208 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2209 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2211 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2213 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2214 ** No GPL manual anymore
2216 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2217 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2219 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2221 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2223 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2224 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2225 in most environments.
2229 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2231 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2233 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2234 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2237 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2238 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2239 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2242 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2244 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2246 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2247 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2248 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2249 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2250 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2251 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2252 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2253 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2254 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2255 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2256 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2257 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2258 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2259 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2260 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2262 ** New package and Babel language
2264 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2266 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2268 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2269 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2271 ** Incompatible changes
2273 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2274 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2276 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2279 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2280 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2281 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2283 ** New features and user-visible changes
2287 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2288 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2289 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2290 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2292 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2293 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2295 See the docstrings for more details.
2297 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2298 on =org-element.el=.
2300 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2302 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2303 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2304 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2305 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2307 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2309 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2310 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2311 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2312 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2314 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2316 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2318 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2320 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2323 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2324 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2326 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2327 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2328 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2331 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
2334 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
2335 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
2336 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
2338 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
2339 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
2340 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
2345 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
2347 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
2348 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
2349 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
2350 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
2352 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
2353 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
2354 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
2355 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
2356 generating new ones.
2358 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
2361 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2363 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2364 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
2367 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2368 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
2369 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
2372 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
2373 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
2374 details on how to use this.
2376 **** Changes in bulk actions
2378 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
2379 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
2381 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
2382 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
2383 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
2384 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
2385 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
2387 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
2388 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
2390 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
2391 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
2394 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
2396 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
2398 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
2400 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
2401 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
2403 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
2405 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
2406 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
2407 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
2408 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
2411 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2413 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
2416 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
2417 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
2418 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
2419 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
2420 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
2423 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
2425 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
2427 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
2429 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
2430 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
2431 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
2432 filters and category filters.
2434 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
2435 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
2438 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
2439 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
2440 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
2445 **** Inserting links
2447 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
2448 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
2449 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
2452 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
2453 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
2454 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
2455 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
2457 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
2460 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
2462 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
2463 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
2464 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
2465 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
2467 **** New link type =help=
2469 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
2471 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
2472 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
2473 you go back to the same buffer.
2475 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
2477 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
2478 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
2481 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
2483 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
2485 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
2487 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
2489 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
2491 **** RET now follows time stamps links
2495 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
2497 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
2498 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
2499 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
2500 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
2502 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
2504 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
2505 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
2506 all headlines in the region.
2508 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
2510 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
2512 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
2513 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
2515 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
2517 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
2519 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
2521 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
2523 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
2525 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2526 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2527 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2532 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2534 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2536 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2538 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2539 clocked entry, if any.
2541 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2543 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2545 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2547 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2548 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2551 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2552 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2553 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2557 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2559 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2562 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2564 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2565 cells in clockreport.
2567 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2568 time cells in clockreport.
2571 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2573 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2574 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2576 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2577 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2579 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2580 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2581 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2582 space in the frame title.
2586 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2588 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2589 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2590 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2591 don't want to see temporarily.
2593 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2595 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2597 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2599 There are these new entities:
2601 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2602 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2603 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2604 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2605 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2606 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2608 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2609 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2610 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2612 The face is back to a normal height.
2616 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2617 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2619 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2620 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2622 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2624 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2625 block will use its value as the column format.
2627 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2629 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2631 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2633 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2635 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2636 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2637 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2638 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2640 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2644 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2646 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2648 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2650 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2652 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2653 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2654 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2656 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2658 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2659 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2660 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2664 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2666 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2667 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2668 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2669 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2671 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2673 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2674 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2677 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2678 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2679 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2682 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2683 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2684 more details on how to use this.
2686 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2687 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2689 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2690 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2693 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2695 See the manual for more explanations.
2697 **** More control over empty lines
2699 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2700 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2703 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2705 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2709 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2711 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2712 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2713 available) to print beautiful tables.
2715 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2717 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2718 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2721 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2723 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2724 in the #+DATE option.
2726 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2728 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2730 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2731 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2733 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2734 More languages are always welcome.
2736 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2738 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2739 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2741 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2742 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2743 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2744 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2745 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2746 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2748 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2749 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2753 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2755 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2758 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2760 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2761 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2763 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2765 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2767 It used to exports the results of the code.
2771 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2772 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2774 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2775 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2777 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2779 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2780 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2781 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2783 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2784 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2786 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2787 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2788 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2791 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2793 This will increment the effort value.
2795 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2797 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2799 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2800 attach symbolic links.
2802 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2804 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2806 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2807 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2809 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2811 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2813 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2814 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2815 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2817 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2819 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2820 all top level list items.
2822 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2824 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2826 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2827 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2829 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2831 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2833 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2834 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2835 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2836 first headline in the region.
2838 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2840 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2843 ** Important bug fixes
2845 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2847 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2848 perform completion with meaningful values.
2850 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2852 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2853 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2854 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2856 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2857 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2859 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2860 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2863 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2864 the code and the license to your needs.
2866 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2867 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2871 ** Incompatible changes
2873 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2875 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2877 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2879 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2880 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2881 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2882 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2885 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2887 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2888 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2889 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2891 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2893 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2894 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2896 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2898 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2900 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2901 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2902 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2903 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2904 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2906 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2907 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2908 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2909 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2910 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2911 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2913 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2914 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2915 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2918 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2921 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2922 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2923 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2924 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2926 The two new variables are:
2928 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2929 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2930 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2931 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2932 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2933 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2934 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2936 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2937 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2940 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2943 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2944 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2945 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2946 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2948 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2949 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2950 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2951 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2954 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2955 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2956 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2957 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2958 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2959 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2962 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2963 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2964 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2965 applies to the following packages:
2983 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2984 you are using, you can remove it from
2985 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2986 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2989 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2990 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2991 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2992 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2993 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2996 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2998 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2999 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3000 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3003 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3005 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3007 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3009 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3011 ** Important new features
3013 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3015 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3017 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3018 for more information on how to customize it.
3020 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3022 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3023 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3024 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3025 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3027 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3028 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3029 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3031 To switch over to the new system:
3035 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3037 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3038 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3039 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3040 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3041 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3043 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3045 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3048 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3051 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3053 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3054 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3055 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3056 with using both system in parallel.
3060 *** New Org libraries
3061 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3063 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3065 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3067 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3069 To use, put the following in your init file:
3072 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3075 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3076 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3077 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3078 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3079 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3080 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3081 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3082 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3083 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3086 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3088 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3089 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3091 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3093 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3094 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3095 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3098 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3099 call function to do something special with text links.
3101 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3103 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3105 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3106 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3107 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3110 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3112 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3114 *** New Babel libraries
3116 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3117 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3118 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3119 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3120 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3121 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3122 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3124 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3128 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3130 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3131 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3132 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3133 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3134 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3135 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3137 The key new functions are
3139 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3140 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3141 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3143 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3144 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3146 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3147 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3149 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3150 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3152 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3154 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3155 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3156 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3158 **** Modified link escaping
3160 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3162 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3163 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3164 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3165 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3168 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3169 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3170 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3171 : percent escaped links are solved.
3173 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3175 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3177 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3178 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3180 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3182 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3184 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3185 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3186 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3187 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3188 string to be executed.
3190 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3191 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3195 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3196 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3199 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3203 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3205 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3206 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3207 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3208 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3210 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3211 will work on the current entry.
3213 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3214 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3216 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3218 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3220 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3223 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3224 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3229 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3231 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3232 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3233 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3235 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3237 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3238 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3239 entries using a function.
3241 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3242 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3243 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3245 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3247 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3248 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3249 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3251 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3253 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3254 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3255 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3256 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3257 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3258 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3260 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3264 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3266 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3267 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3269 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3270 docstring of these variable for details about available
3273 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3274 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3275 formatting string will insert a string.
3277 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3279 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3280 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3281 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3282 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3283 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3284 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3285 C-e u=, respectively.
3287 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3288 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3289 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3290 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3291 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3294 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3296 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3297 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3299 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3301 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3302 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3304 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3306 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3307 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3308 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3309 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3310 section]] in the manual for more details.
3312 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3313 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3314 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3319 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3321 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3322 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3323 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3324 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3325 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3327 **** New logging support for refiling
3329 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3330 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3333 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
3337 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
3339 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
3343 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
3345 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
3346 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
3348 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
3350 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
3351 the displayed in the buffer.
3353 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
3355 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
3357 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
3358 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
3360 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
3361 |--------+--------+---------|
3362 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
3363 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
3365 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
3368 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
3371 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
3373 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
3375 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
3376 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
3383 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
3384 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
3387 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
3389 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
3391 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
3392 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
3394 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
3398 **** Improved handling of lists
3400 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
3402 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
3403 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
3404 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
3407 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
3408 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
3409 counters like [@c] or [@W].
3411 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
3412 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
3413 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
3414 `org-list-export-context'.
3416 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
3417 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
3418 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
3420 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
3421 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
3422 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
3423 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
3424 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
3426 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
3427 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
3428 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
3430 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
3432 *** Inline display of linked images
3434 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
3435 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
3436 that have no description part will be inlined.
3438 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
3440 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
3441 from 1, you can now do it like this:
3443 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
3445 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
3447 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
3448 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
3449 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
3450 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
3451 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
3452 into account all header arguments, and variables.
3454 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
3455 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
3456 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
3459 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
3460 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
3461 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
3462 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
3463 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
3464 properties or in tables.
3466 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
3467 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
3468 names, and rownames across all languages.
3470 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
3472 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
3474 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
3475 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
3476 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
3478 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
3480 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
3481 request by Scott Otterson.
3483 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
3485 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
3486 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
3487 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
3488 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
3489 superscripts, see the variable
3490 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
3492 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
3494 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
3496 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
3497 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
3498 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
3499 following new faces:
3501 =org-document-title=
3503 =org-document-info-keyword=
3505 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
3506 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
3508 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
3510 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
3512 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
3513 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
3514 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
3515 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
3516 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
3517 property is affected by this setting.
3519 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
3520 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
3522 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
3524 Requested by Michael Brand.
3526 **** Better level cycling function
3528 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3529 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3530 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3531 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3533 **** Adaptive filling
3535 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3536 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3537 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3538 comments to be filled correctly.
3540 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3542 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3544 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3546 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3548 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3549 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3551 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3555 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3557 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3558 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3559 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3560 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3562 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3564 **** Localized clock tables
3566 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3567 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3568 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3569 available translated strings.
3571 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3573 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3574 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3575 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3576 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3578 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3580 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3582 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3583 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3584 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3585 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3588 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3592 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3594 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3595 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3597 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3599 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3601 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3602 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3603 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3606 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3609 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3611 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3612 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3617 org-table-current-line
3621 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3623 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3624 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3627 This was requested by Tom.
3629 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3631 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3632 example by viewing from the agenda.
3634 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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