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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
14 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after
15 a headline and its planning line, when applicable.
17 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
18 logged before the property drawer. The following function will repair
21 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
22 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
23 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
24 Ignore non Org buffers."
25 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
27 (goto-char (point-min))
28 (let ((case-fold-search t)
29 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
30 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
34 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
36 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
38 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
39 (when (and (< (point) end)
40 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
42 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
44 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
46 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
48 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
49 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
51 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
52 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
53 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
56 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use
57 node properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
62 :CATEGORY: some category
65 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
66 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~,
67 ~org-show-entry-below~ and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist.
68 Instead, visibility is controlled through a single variable:
69 ~org-show-context-detail~, which see.
70 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
71 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
72 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
74 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
75 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
76 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
77 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
78 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
80 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
81 docstring for more information.
82 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
83 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
84 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
85 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
86 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
87 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
88 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
89 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~
90 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
91 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
92 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
93 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
94 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
95 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
96 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
97 If point is before or after the headline title, insert newline without
98 changing the headline.
99 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
100 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
101 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
102 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
104 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
105 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
106 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
107 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
108 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
109 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
110 accessible from the export dispatcher.
111 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
112 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
113 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
114 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
115 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
116 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
117 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
120 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
121 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
124 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
125 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
126 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
127 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use
128 a body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
130 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
131 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
132 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
133 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
134 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
135 this variable locally.
136 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
137 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
138 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
139 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
140 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
141 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
142 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
143 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
144 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
146 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
147 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
148 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
149 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
150 *** Removed option ~org-table-relative-ref-may-cross-hline~
151 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
152 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
153 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
154 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
155 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
156 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
157 *** Removed comment-related filters
158 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
159 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
162 *** Hierarchies of tags
163 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
164 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
165 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
167 The following in-buffer definition:
169 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
170 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
171 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
174 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
183 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
184 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
186 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
188 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
189 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
190 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
192 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
193 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
194 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
195 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
196 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
198 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
204 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
207 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
208 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
211 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
214 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
216 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
217 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
218 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
221 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
222 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
223 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
225 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
228 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
229 is also used as a filter.
231 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
232 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
233 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
234 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
237 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
238 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
240 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'.
241 The new behaviour is the following:
243 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
244 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
247 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
250 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
252 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
254 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
255 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
256 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
257 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
258 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
259 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
261 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
262 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
263 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
264 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
266 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
267 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
268 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
269 ~org-drawers~ variable.
270 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
271 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
272 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
273 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
274 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
275 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
276 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
278 *** New option in ASCII export
279 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
280 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
281 *** New blocks in ASCII export
282 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
283 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
284 *** More back-end specific publishing options
285 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
286 increased. See manual for details.
287 *** Export inline source blocks
288 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
289 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
290 in the output, depending on the parameters.
291 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
292 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
293 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
294 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
295 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
296 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
297 more features. See docstring for details.
298 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
299 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
300 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
301 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
302 *** Improve radio tables
303 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
304 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
305 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
306 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
307 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
308 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
309 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
310 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
311 source blocks exported by the minted package.
312 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
313 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
314 would throw an error. A new variable
315 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
316 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
317 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
319 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
321 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
322 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
323 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
324 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
325 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
326 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
327 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
328 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
329 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
330 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
331 See docstring for more information.
332 *** Export unnumbered headlines
333 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
334 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
335 property is inherited by children.
336 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
337 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
338 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
339 keys, to sort a table.
340 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
341 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
343 *** Countdown timers can now be paused.
344 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
346 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
347 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
348 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
349 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
350 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
351 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
352 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
353 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
354 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
356 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
357 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
358 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
359 *** New entities family: "\_ "
360 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
361 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
362 leading spaces within table cells.
363 *** New MathJax configuration options.
364 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
365 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
366 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
367 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
368 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
369 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
371 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
372 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
373 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
374 keywords and properties.
375 *** Viewport support in html export
376 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
377 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
378 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
379 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
381 *** Edit remotely a footnote definition
382 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
383 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
384 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
385 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
386 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
387 added to headline text.
388 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
389 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
390 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
391 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
392 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
394 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
395 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
396 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
397 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
398 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
399 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
400 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
402 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
403 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
404 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
405 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
406 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
407 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
408 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
409 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
411 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
412 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
413 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
414 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
415 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
416 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
417 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
418 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
419 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
420 particular test failure was introduced.
421 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
422 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
423 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
424 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
425 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
426 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
427 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
428 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
431 ** Incompatible changes
432 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
433 This may require two changes in user config.
435 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
436 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
437 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
439 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
441 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
442 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
443 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
445 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
446 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
448 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
452 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
454 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
456 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
457 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
458 option keywords like :html-include-style.
460 So you need to replace
462 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
466 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
468 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
469 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
471 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
473 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
474 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
475 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
477 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
478 the other optional arguments accordingly.
480 *** Export back-ends are now structures
482 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
483 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
484 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
487 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
489 ** Important bugfixes
491 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
492 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
494 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
496 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
497 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
498 separator starting a TOTO match string.
501 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
503 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
505 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
508 - Support for .pgf files
509 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
510 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
511 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
512 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
513 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
514 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
515 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
517 *** New functions for paragraph motion
519 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
520 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
521 in a paragraph-like way.
523 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
525 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
526 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
527 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
528 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
529 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
531 *** Anonymous export back-ends
533 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
534 which can then be passed to export functions like
535 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
537 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
538 registering a new back-end.
540 *** New agenda fortnight view
542 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
543 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
546 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
548 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
549 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
551 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
552 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
553 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
555 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
556 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
558 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
559 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
560 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
561 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
562 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
565 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
567 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
569 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
571 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
573 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
575 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
577 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
579 If you set this to the following
581 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
583 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
585 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
587 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
589 ** New contributed packages
591 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
592 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
595 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
596 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
600 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
602 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
603 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
604 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
605 the same with example blocks.
607 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
614 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
616 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
619 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
620 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
621 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
623 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
624 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
625 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
626 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
627 detailed explanations.
629 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
630 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
631 function has been called already.
633 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
636 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
638 ** Incompatible changes
640 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
642 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
644 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
645 you will have to update them.
647 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
649 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
650 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
652 **** New export engine
654 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
655 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
656 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
657 /all/ export back-ends.
659 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
660 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
661 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
662 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
663 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
665 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
666 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
668 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
669 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
670 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
671 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
673 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
675 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
677 should now be written
679 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
681 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
682 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
683 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
685 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
687 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
689 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
692 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
693 remember templates into capture templates.
695 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
697 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
698 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
700 **** Note for third-party developers
702 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
703 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
704 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
706 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
709 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
711 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
712 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
713 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
715 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
716 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
717 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
720 - org-colview-xemacs.el
727 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
728 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
729 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
731 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
732 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
734 ** New packages in core
736 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
738 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
740 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
742 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
744 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
746 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
747 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
749 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
751 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
753 ** New packages in contrib
755 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
757 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
759 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
762 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
764 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
765 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
767 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
770 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
772 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
774 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
776 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
778 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
779 for starting headlines.
781 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
783 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
784 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
785 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
786 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
788 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
790 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
792 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
794 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
795 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
798 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
799 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
802 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
804 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
805 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
808 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
809 conversion from Org files to groff.
811 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
813 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
815 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
817 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
818 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
825 **** New export generic options
827 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
828 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
830 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
832 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
833 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
834 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
835 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
837 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
838 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
839 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
840 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
841 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
842 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
843 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
844 contains time-stamps.
846 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
847 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
848 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
850 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
852 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
854 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
856 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
858 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
859 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
860 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
861 *** Structure editing
863 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
864 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
866 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
867 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
869 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
871 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
872 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
873 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
874 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
877 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
879 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
880 _words__= will preserve markup.
882 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
884 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
885 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
886 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
888 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
890 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
891 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
893 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
895 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
896 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
897 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
898 forward and backward.
900 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
901 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
903 Now Org will sort this list
905 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
906 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
910 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
911 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
913 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
914 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
915 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
917 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
918 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
919 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
921 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
924 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
926 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
927 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
928 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
930 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
932 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
933 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
934 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
935 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
937 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
939 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
940 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
941 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
942 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
943 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
945 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
947 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
948 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
949 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
951 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
952 *** Scheduled/deadline
954 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
956 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
957 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
958 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
959 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
961 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
962 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
963 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
964 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
966 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
967 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
968 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
969 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
970 control this globally or per agenda.
972 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
974 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
976 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
978 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
979 *** Calendar, diary and appts
981 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
983 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
984 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
985 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
987 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
988 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
989 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
991 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
992 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
994 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
997 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
999 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1000 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1001 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1003 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1005 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1006 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1007 only show their description, not the full links.
1010 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1012 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1013 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1014 want to build a list of appointments.
1016 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1017 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1019 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1021 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1023 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1024 time value (i.e. appointments).
1026 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1028 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1030 | Strategy | Explanations |
1031 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1032 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1033 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1034 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1035 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1036 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1037 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1038 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1039 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1040 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1041 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1043 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1045 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1046 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1047 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1049 These new options are available:
1051 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1052 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1053 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1054 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1056 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1057 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1058 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1060 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1061 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1062 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1063 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1064 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1065 non-tagged headlines.
1067 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1069 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1070 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1071 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1072 that take only =N= minutes.
1074 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1076 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1077 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1078 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1080 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1082 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1083 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1085 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1087 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1088 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1090 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1093 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1095 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1096 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1097 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1099 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1100 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1102 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1104 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1105 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1107 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1109 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1111 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1112 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1115 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1117 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1118 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1119 asks for a confirmation.
1121 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1123 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1124 the mark of the entry at point.
1126 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1127 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1129 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1131 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1132 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1135 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1137 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1138 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1140 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1142 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1143 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1145 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1147 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1148 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1149 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1150 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1152 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1154 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1155 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1156 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1158 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1160 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1161 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1162 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1163 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1165 Read the full docstring for details.
1167 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1169 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1172 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1175 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1177 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1178 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1181 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1183 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1184 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1186 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1188 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1189 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1190 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1191 check against the name of the buffer.
1194 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1195 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1196 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1199 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1200 agenda views, and for filtering.
1202 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1206 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1208 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1209 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1210 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1212 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1213 as if the protocol was not known.
1215 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1217 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1219 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1220 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1221 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1224 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1226 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1227 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1228 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1230 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1232 When storing a link to a headline like
1234 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1236 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1237 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1238 there is no description.
1241 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1243 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1244 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1245 those other formulas.
1247 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1249 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1250 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1251 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1254 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1256 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1257 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1258 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1261 **** New lookup functions
1263 There are now three lookup functions:
1265 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1266 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1267 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1269 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1270 *** Startup keywords
1272 These new startup keywords are now available:
1274 | Startup keyword | Option |
1275 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1276 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1277 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1278 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1279 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1280 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1281 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1282 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1283 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1287 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1289 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1290 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1291 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1292 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1294 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1296 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1297 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1298 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1301 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1302 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1304 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1306 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1307 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1309 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1311 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1312 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1313 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1315 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1316 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1317 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1318 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1319 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1320 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1321 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1324 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1326 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1328 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1330 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1331 same target than the block at point.
1333 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1335 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1336 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1337 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1339 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1340 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1343 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1345 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1346 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1347 manual for a usage example.
1349 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1351 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1352 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1353 collecting blocks for tangling.
1355 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1356 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1358 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1359 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1360 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1361 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1363 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1364 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1367 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1368 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1369 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1370 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1374 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1375 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1376 - [[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]]
1377 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1378 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1379 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1380 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1381 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1382 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1383 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1384 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1385 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1386 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1387 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1388 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1389 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1390 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1391 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1392 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1396 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1398 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1400 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1402 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1404 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1405 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1406 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1407 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1408 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1409 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1410 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1411 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1413 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1415 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1416 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1418 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1420 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1421 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1422 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1426 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1428 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1429 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1432 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1433 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1434 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1435 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1436 agenda type to this variable.
1438 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1441 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1442 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1443 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1444 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1446 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1448 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1449 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1450 invisible) blocked tasks.
1452 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1454 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1455 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1457 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1459 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1460 ** No GPL manual anymore
1462 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1463 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1465 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1467 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1469 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1470 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1471 in most environments.
1475 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1477 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1479 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1480 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1483 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1484 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1485 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1488 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1490 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1492 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1493 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1494 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1495 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1496 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1497 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1498 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1499 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1500 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1501 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1502 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1503 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1504 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1505 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1506 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1508 ** New package and Babel language
1510 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1512 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1514 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1515 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1517 ** Incompatible changes
1519 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1520 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1522 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1525 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1526 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1527 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1529 ** New features and user-visible changes
1533 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1534 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1535 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1536 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1538 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1539 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1541 See the docstrings for more details.
1543 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1544 on =org-element.el=.
1546 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1548 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1549 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1550 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1551 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1553 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1555 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1556 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1557 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1558 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1560 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1562 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1564 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1566 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1569 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1570 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1572 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1573 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1574 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1577 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1580 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1581 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1582 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1584 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1585 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1586 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1591 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1593 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1594 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1595 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1596 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1598 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1599 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1600 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1601 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1602 generating new ones.
1604 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1607 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1609 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1610 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1613 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1614 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1615 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1618 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1619 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1620 details on how to use this.
1622 **** Changes in bulk actions
1624 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1625 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1627 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1628 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1629 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1630 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1631 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1633 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1634 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1636 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1637 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1640 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1642 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1644 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1646 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1647 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1649 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1651 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1652 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1653 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1654 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1657 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1659 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1662 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1663 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1664 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1665 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1666 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1669 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1671 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1673 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1675 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1676 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1677 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1678 filters and category filters.
1680 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1681 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1684 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1685 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1686 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1691 **** Inserting links
1693 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1694 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1695 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1698 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1699 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1700 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1701 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1703 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1706 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1708 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1709 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1710 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1711 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1713 **** New link type =help=
1715 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1717 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1718 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1719 you go back to the same buffer.
1721 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1723 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1724 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1727 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1729 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1731 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1733 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1735 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1737 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1741 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1743 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1744 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1745 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1746 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1748 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1750 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1751 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1752 all headlines in the region.
1754 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1756 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1758 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1759 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1761 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1763 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1765 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1767 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1769 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1771 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1772 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1773 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1778 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1780 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1782 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1784 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1785 clocked entry, if any.
1787 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1789 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1791 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1793 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1794 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1797 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1798 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1799 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1803 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1805 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1808 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1810 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1811 cells in clockreport.
1813 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1814 time cells in clockreport.
1817 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1819 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1820 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1822 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1823 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1825 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1826 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1827 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1828 space in the frame title.
1832 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1834 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1835 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1836 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1837 don't want to see temporarily.
1839 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1841 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1843 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1845 There are these new entities:
1847 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1848 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1849 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1850 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1851 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1852 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1854 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1855 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1856 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1858 The face is back to a normal height.
1862 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1863 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1865 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1866 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1868 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1870 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1871 block will use its value as the column format.
1873 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1875 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1877 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1879 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1881 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1882 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1883 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1884 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1886 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1890 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1892 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1894 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1896 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1898 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1899 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1900 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1902 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1904 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1905 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1906 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1910 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1912 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1913 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1914 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1915 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1917 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1919 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1920 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1923 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1924 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1925 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1928 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1929 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1930 more details on how to use this.
1932 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1933 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1935 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1936 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1939 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1941 See the manual for more explanations.
1943 **** More control over empty lines
1945 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1946 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1949 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1951 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1955 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1957 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1958 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1959 available) to print beautiful tables.
1961 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1963 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1964 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1967 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1969 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1970 in the #+DATE option.
1972 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1974 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1976 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1977 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1979 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1980 More languages are always welcome.
1982 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1984 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1985 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1987 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1988 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1989 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1990 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1991 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1992 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1994 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1995 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1999 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2001 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2004 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2006 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2007 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2009 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2011 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2013 It used to exports the results of the code.
2017 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2018 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2020 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2021 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2023 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2025 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2026 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2027 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2029 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2030 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2032 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2033 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2034 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2037 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2039 This will increment the effort value.
2041 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2043 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2045 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2046 attach symbolic links.
2048 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2050 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2052 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2053 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2055 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2057 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2059 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2060 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2061 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2063 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2065 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2066 all top level list items.
2068 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2070 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2072 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2073 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2075 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2077 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2079 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2080 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2081 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2082 first headline in the region.
2084 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2086 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2089 ** Important bug fixes
2091 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2093 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2094 perform completion with meaningful values.
2096 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2098 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2099 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2100 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2102 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2103 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2105 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2106 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2109 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2110 the code and the license to your needs.
2112 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2113 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2117 ** Incompatible changes
2119 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2121 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2123 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2125 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2126 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2127 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2128 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2131 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2133 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2134 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2135 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2137 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2139 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2140 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2142 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2144 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2146 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2147 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2148 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2149 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2150 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2152 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2153 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2154 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2155 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2156 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2157 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2159 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2160 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2161 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2164 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2167 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2168 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2169 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2170 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2172 The two new variables are:
2174 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2175 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2176 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2177 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2178 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2179 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2180 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2182 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2183 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2186 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2189 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2190 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2191 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2192 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2194 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2195 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2196 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2197 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2200 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2201 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2202 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2203 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2204 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2205 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2208 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2209 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2210 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2211 applies to the following packages:
2229 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2230 you are using, you can remove it from
2231 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2232 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2235 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2236 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2237 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2238 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2239 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2242 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2244 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2245 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2246 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2249 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2251 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2253 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2255 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2257 ** Important new features
2259 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2261 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2263 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2264 for more information on how to customize it.
2266 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2268 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2269 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2270 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2271 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2273 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2274 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2275 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2277 To switch over to the new system:
2281 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2283 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2284 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2285 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2286 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2287 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2289 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2291 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2294 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2297 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2299 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2300 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2301 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2302 with using both system in parallel.
2306 *** New Org libraries
2307 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2309 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2311 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2313 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2315 To use, put the following in your init file:
2318 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2321 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2322 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2323 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2324 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2325 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2326 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2327 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2328 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2329 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2332 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2334 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2335 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2337 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2339 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2340 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2341 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2344 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2345 call function to do something special with text links.
2347 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2349 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2351 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2352 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2353 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2356 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2358 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2360 *** New Babel libraries
2362 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2363 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2364 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2365 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2366 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2367 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2368 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2370 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2374 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2376 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2377 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2378 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2379 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2380 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2381 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2383 The key new functions are
2385 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2386 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2387 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2389 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2390 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2392 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2393 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2395 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2396 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2398 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2400 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2401 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2402 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2404 **** Modified link escaping
2406 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2408 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2409 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2410 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2411 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2414 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2415 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2416 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2417 : percent escaped links are solved.
2419 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2421 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2423 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2424 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2426 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2428 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2430 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2431 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2432 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2433 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2434 string to be executed.
2436 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2437 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2441 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2442 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2445 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2449 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2451 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2452 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2453 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2454 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2456 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2457 will work on the current entry.
2459 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2460 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2462 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2464 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2466 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2469 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2470 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2475 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2477 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2478 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2479 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2481 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2483 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2484 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2485 entries using a function.
2487 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2488 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2489 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2491 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2493 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2494 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2495 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2497 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2499 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2500 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2501 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2502 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2503 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2504 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2506 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2510 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2512 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2513 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2515 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2516 docstring of these variable for details about available
2519 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2520 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2521 formatting string will insert a string.
2523 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2525 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2526 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2527 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2528 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2529 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2530 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2531 C-e u=, respectively.
2533 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2534 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2535 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2536 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2537 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2540 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2542 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2543 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2545 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2547 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2548 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2550 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2552 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2553 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2554 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2555 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2556 section]] in the manual for more details.
2558 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2559 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2560 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2565 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2567 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2568 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2569 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2570 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2571 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2573 **** New logging support for refiling
2575 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2576 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2579 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2583 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2585 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2589 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2591 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2592 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2594 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2596 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2597 the displayed in the buffer.
2599 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2601 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2603 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2604 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2606 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2607 |--------+--------+---------|
2608 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2609 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2611 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2614 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2617 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2619 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2621 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2622 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2629 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2630 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2633 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2635 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2637 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2638 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2640 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2644 **** Improved handling of lists
2646 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2648 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2649 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2650 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2653 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2654 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2655 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2657 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2658 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2659 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2660 `org-list-export-context'.
2662 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2663 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2664 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2666 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2667 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2668 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2669 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2670 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2672 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2673 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2674 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2676 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2678 *** Inline display of linked images
2680 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2681 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2682 that have no description part will be inlined.
2684 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2686 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2687 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2689 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2691 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2693 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2694 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2695 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2696 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2697 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2698 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2700 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2701 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2702 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2705 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2706 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2707 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2708 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2709 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2710 properties or in tables.
2712 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2713 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2714 names, and rownames across all languages.
2716 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2718 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2720 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2721 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2722 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2724 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2726 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2727 request by Scott Otterson.
2729 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2731 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2732 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2733 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2734 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2735 superscripts, see the variable
2736 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2738 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2740 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2742 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2743 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2744 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2745 following new faces:
2747 =org-document-title=
2749 =org-document-info-keyword=
2751 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2752 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2754 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2756 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2758 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2759 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2760 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2761 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2762 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2763 property is affected by this setting.
2765 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2766 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2768 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2770 Requested by Michael Brand.
2772 **** Better level cycling function
2774 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2775 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2776 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2777 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2779 **** Adaptive filling
2781 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2782 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2783 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2784 comments to be filled correctly.
2786 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2788 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2790 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2792 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2794 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2795 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2797 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2801 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2803 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2804 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2805 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2806 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2808 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2810 **** Localized clock tables
2812 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2813 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2814 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2815 available translated strings.
2817 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2819 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2820 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2821 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2822 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2824 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2826 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2828 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2829 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2830 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2831 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2834 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2838 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2840 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2841 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2843 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2845 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2847 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2848 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2849 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2852 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2855 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2857 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2858 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2863 org-table-current-line
2867 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2869 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2870 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2873 This was requested by Tom.
2875 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2877 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2878 example by viewing from the agenda.
2880 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
2884 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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