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14 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
16 ~org-show-children~ is a faster implementation of
17 ~outline-show-children~.
19 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
20 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
24 ** Incompatible changes
26 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
28 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
29 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
31 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
32 logged before the property drawer.
34 The following function will repair them:
36 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
37 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
38 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
39 Ignore non Org buffers."
40 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
42 (goto-char (point-min))
43 (let ((case-fold-search t)
44 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
45 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
49 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
51 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
53 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
54 (when (and (< (point) end)
55 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
57 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
59 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
61 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
63 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
64 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
67 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
69 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
70 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
71 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
72 into account when exporting.
74 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
75 for setting options, use =org-export-exclude-tags= instead.
77 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
79 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
80 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
83 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
84 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
89 :CATEGORY: some category
93 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
95 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
96 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
97 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
100 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
102 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
103 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
105 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
106 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
108 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
110 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
111 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
113 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
115 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
116 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~ respectively,
117 rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these functions. The Org
118 version of these functions skips over inline tasks (and even-level
119 headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
121 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
123 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
124 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
126 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
128 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
129 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
130 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
132 *** Functions signature changes
134 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
135 docstring for more information.
137 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
138 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
139 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
140 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
141 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
145 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
147 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
148 without changing the headline.
150 *** Hierarchies of tags
151 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
152 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
153 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
155 The following in-buffer definition:
157 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
158 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
159 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
162 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
171 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
172 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
174 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
176 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
177 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
178 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
180 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
181 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
182 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
183 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
184 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
186 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
192 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
195 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
196 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
199 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
202 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
204 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
205 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
206 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
209 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
210 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
211 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
213 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
216 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
217 is also used as a filter.
219 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
220 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
221 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
222 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
225 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
226 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
228 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
230 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
232 *** Babel: support for Processing language
234 New ob-processing.el library.
236 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
237 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
238 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
240 Check the documentation for more.
242 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
244 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'
245 The new behaviour is the following:
247 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
248 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
251 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
254 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
256 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
258 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
260 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
261 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
263 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
265 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
266 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
269 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
271 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
272 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
273 ~org-drawers~ variable.
275 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
277 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
278 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
279 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
280 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
282 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
284 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
285 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
286 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
289 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
291 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
294 *** New option in ASCII export
296 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
297 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
299 *** New blocks in ASCII export
301 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
302 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
304 *** More back-end specific publishing options
306 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
307 increased. See manual for details.
309 *** Export inline source blocks
311 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
312 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
313 in the output, depending on the parameters.
315 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
317 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
319 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
321 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
323 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
325 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
326 more features. See docstring for details.
328 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
330 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
332 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
333 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
335 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
337 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
339 : This sentence is false.
342 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
344 *** Various improvements on radio tables
346 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
347 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
348 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
349 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
350 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
351 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
353 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
355 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
356 source blocks exported by the minted package.
358 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
360 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
361 would throw an error. A new variable
362 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
363 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
364 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
368 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
371 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
373 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
374 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
376 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
378 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
380 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
382 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
383 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
384 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
386 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
388 See docstring for more information.
390 *** Export unnumbered headlines
392 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
393 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
394 property is inherited by children.
396 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
398 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
399 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
400 keys, to sort a table.
402 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
404 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
407 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
409 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
412 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
414 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
415 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
417 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
419 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
420 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
422 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
424 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
425 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
428 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
430 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
431 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
433 *** New entities family: "\_ "
435 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
436 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
437 leading spaces within table cells.
439 *** New MathJax configuration options
441 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
442 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
444 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
446 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
447 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
448 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
450 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
451 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
452 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
453 keywords and properties.
455 *** Viewport support in html export
457 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
458 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
460 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
462 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
465 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
467 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
468 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
469 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
471 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
473 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
474 added to headline text.
476 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
478 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
480 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
482 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
483 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
486 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
488 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
489 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
491 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
493 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
494 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
495 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
497 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
499 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
501 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
503 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
504 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
506 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
508 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
512 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
514 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
516 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
518 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
519 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
520 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
521 accessible from the export dispatcher.
523 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
525 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
527 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
529 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
530 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
532 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
534 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
537 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
539 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
540 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
543 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
545 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
548 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
549 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
551 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
553 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
554 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
557 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
559 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
560 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
561 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
562 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
563 this variable locally.
565 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
567 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
568 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
569 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
570 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
571 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
573 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
575 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
576 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
579 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
581 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
583 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
585 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
587 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
589 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
591 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
593 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
594 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
595 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
596 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
598 *** Removed comment-related filters
600 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
601 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
605 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
607 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
609 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
611 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
612 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
614 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
616 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
617 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
620 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
622 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
623 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
625 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
627 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
629 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
631 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
632 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
633 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
634 particular test failure was introduced.
636 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
638 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
639 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
640 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
641 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
643 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
645 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
646 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
648 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
650 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
651 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~
654 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
656 This helps spotting wrong links.
659 ** Incompatible changes
660 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
661 This may require two changes in user config.
663 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
664 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
665 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
667 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
669 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
670 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
671 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
673 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
674 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
676 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
680 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
682 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
684 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
685 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
686 option keywords like :html-include-style.
688 So you need to replace
690 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
694 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
696 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
697 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
699 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
701 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
702 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
703 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
705 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
706 the other optional arguments accordingly.
708 *** Export back-ends are now structures
710 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
711 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
712 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
715 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
717 ** Important bugfixes
719 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
720 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
722 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
724 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
725 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
726 separator starting a TOTO match string.
729 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
731 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
733 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
736 - Support for .pgf files
737 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
738 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
739 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
740 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
741 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
742 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
743 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
745 *** New functions for paragraph motion
747 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
748 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
749 in a paragraph-like way.
751 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
753 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
754 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
755 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
756 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
757 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
759 *** Anonymous export back-ends
761 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
762 which can then be passed to export functions like
763 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
765 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
766 registering a new back-end.
768 *** New agenda fortnight view
770 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
771 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
774 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
776 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
777 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
779 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
780 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
781 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
783 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
784 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
786 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
787 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
788 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
789 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
790 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
793 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
795 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
797 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
799 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
801 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
803 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
805 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
807 If you set this to the following
809 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
811 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
813 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
815 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
817 ** New contributed packages
819 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
820 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
823 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
824 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
828 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
830 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
831 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
832 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
833 the same with example blocks.
835 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
842 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
844 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
847 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
848 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
849 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
851 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
852 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
853 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
854 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
855 detailed explanations.
857 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
858 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
859 function has been called already.
861 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
864 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
866 ** Incompatible changes
868 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
870 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
872 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
873 you will have to update them.
875 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
877 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
878 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
880 **** New export engine
882 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
883 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
884 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
885 /all/ export back-ends.
887 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
888 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
889 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
890 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
891 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
893 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
894 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
896 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
897 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
898 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
899 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
901 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
903 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
905 should now be written
907 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
909 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
910 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
911 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
913 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
915 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
917 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
920 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
921 remember templates into capture templates.
923 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
925 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
926 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
928 **** Note for third-party developers
930 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
931 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
932 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
934 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
937 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
939 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
940 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
941 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
943 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
944 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
945 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
948 - org-colview-xemacs.el
955 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
956 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
957 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
959 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
960 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
962 ** New packages in core
964 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
966 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
968 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
970 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
972 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
974 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
975 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
977 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
979 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
981 ** New packages in contrib
983 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
985 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
987 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
990 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
992 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
993 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
995 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
998 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1000 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1002 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1004 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1006 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1007 for starting headlines.
1009 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1011 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1012 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1013 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1014 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1016 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1018 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1020 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1022 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1023 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1026 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1027 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1030 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1032 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1033 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1036 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1037 conversion from Org files to groff.
1039 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1041 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1043 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1045 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1046 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1053 **** New export generic options
1055 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1056 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1058 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1060 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1061 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1062 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1063 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1065 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1066 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1067 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1068 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1069 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1070 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1071 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1072 contains time-stamps.
1074 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1075 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1076 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1078 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1080 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1082 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1084 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1086 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1087 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1088 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1089 *** Structure editing
1091 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1092 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1094 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1095 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1097 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1099 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1100 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1101 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1102 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1105 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1107 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1108 _words__= will preserve markup.
1110 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1112 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1113 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1114 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1116 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1118 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1119 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1121 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1123 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1124 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1125 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1126 forward and backward.
1128 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1129 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1131 Now Org will sort this list
1133 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1134 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1138 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1139 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1141 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1142 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1143 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1145 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1146 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1147 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1149 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1152 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1154 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1155 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1156 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1158 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1160 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1161 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1162 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1163 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1165 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1167 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1168 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1169 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1170 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1171 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1173 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1175 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1176 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1177 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1179 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1180 *** Scheduled/deadline
1182 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1184 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1185 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1186 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1187 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1189 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1190 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1191 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1192 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1194 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1195 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1196 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1197 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1198 control this globally or per agenda.
1200 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1202 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1204 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1206 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1207 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1209 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1211 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1212 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1213 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1215 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1216 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1217 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1219 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1220 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1222 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1225 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1227 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1228 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1229 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1231 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1233 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1234 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1235 only show their description, not the full links.
1238 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1240 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1241 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1242 want to build a list of appointments.
1244 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1245 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1247 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1249 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1251 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1252 time value (i.e. appointments).
1254 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1256 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1258 | Strategy | Explanations |
1259 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1260 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1261 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1262 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1263 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1264 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1265 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1266 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1267 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1268 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1269 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1271 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1273 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1274 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1275 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1277 These new options are available:
1279 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1280 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1281 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1282 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1284 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1285 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1286 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1288 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1289 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1290 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1291 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1292 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1293 non-tagged headlines.
1295 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1297 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1298 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1299 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1300 that take only =N= minutes.
1302 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1304 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1305 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1306 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1308 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1310 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1311 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1313 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1315 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1316 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1318 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1321 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1323 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1324 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1325 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1327 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1328 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1330 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1332 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1333 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1335 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1337 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1339 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1340 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1343 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1345 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1346 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1347 asks for a confirmation.
1349 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1351 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1352 the mark of the entry at point.
1354 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1355 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1357 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1359 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1360 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1363 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1365 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1366 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1368 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1370 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1371 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1373 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1375 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1376 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1377 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1378 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1380 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1382 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1383 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1384 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1386 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1388 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1389 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1390 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1391 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1393 Read the full docstring for details.
1395 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1397 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1400 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1403 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1405 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1406 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1409 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1411 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1412 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1414 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1416 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1417 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1418 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1419 check against the name of the buffer.
1422 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1423 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1424 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1427 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1428 agenda views, and for filtering.
1430 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1434 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1436 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1437 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1438 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1440 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1441 as if the protocol was not known.
1443 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1445 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1447 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1448 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1449 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1452 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1454 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1455 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1456 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1458 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1460 When storing a link to a headline like
1462 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1464 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1465 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1466 there is no description.
1469 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1471 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1472 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1473 those other formulas.
1475 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1477 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1478 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1479 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1482 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1484 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1485 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1486 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1489 **** New lookup functions
1491 There are now three lookup functions:
1493 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1494 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1495 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1497 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1498 *** Startup keywords
1500 These new startup keywords are now available:
1502 | Startup keyword | Option |
1503 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1504 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1505 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1506 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1507 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1508 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1509 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1510 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1511 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1515 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1517 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1518 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1519 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1520 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1522 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1524 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1525 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1526 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1529 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1530 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1532 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1534 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1535 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1537 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1539 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1540 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1541 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1543 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1544 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1545 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1546 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1547 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1548 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1549 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1552 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1554 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1556 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1558 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1559 same target than the block at point.
1561 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1563 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1564 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1565 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1567 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1568 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1571 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1573 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1574 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1575 manual for a usage example.
1577 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1579 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1580 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1581 collecting blocks for tangling.
1583 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1584 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1586 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1587 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1588 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1589 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1591 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1592 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1595 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1596 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1597 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1598 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1602 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1603 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1604 - [[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]]
1605 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1606 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1607 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1608 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1609 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1610 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1611 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1612 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1613 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1614 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1615 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1616 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1617 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1618 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1619 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1620 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1624 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1626 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1628 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1630 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1632 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1633 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1634 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1635 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1636 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1637 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1638 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1639 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1641 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1643 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1644 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1646 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1648 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1649 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1650 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1654 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1656 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1657 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1660 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1661 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1662 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1663 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1664 agenda type to this variable.
1666 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1669 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1670 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1671 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1672 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1674 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1676 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1677 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1678 invisible) blocked tasks.
1680 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1682 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1683 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1685 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1687 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1688 ** No GPL manual anymore
1690 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1691 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1693 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1695 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1697 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1698 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1699 in most environments.
1703 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1705 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1707 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1708 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1711 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1712 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1713 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1716 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1718 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1720 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1721 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1722 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1723 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1724 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1725 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1726 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1727 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1728 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1729 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1730 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1731 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1732 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1733 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1734 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1736 ** New package and Babel language
1738 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1740 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1742 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1743 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1745 ** Incompatible changes
1747 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1748 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1750 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1753 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1754 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1755 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1757 ** New features and user-visible changes
1761 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1762 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1763 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1764 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1766 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1767 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1769 See the docstrings for more details.
1771 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1772 on =org-element.el=.
1774 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1776 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1777 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1778 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1779 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1781 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1783 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1784 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1785 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1786 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1788 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1790 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1792 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1794 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1797 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1798 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1800 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1801 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1802 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1805 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1808 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1809 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1810 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1812 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1813 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1814 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1819 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1821 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1822 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1823 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1824 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1826 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1827 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1828 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1829 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1830 generating new ones.
1832 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1835 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1837 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1838 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1841 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1842 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1843 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1846 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1847 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1848 details on how to use this.
1850 **** Changes in bulk actions
1852 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1853 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1855 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1856 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1857 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1858 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1859 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1861 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1862 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1864 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1865 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1868 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1870 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1872 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1874 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1875 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1877 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1879 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1880 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1881 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1882 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1885 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1887 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1890 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1891 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1892 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1893 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1894 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1897 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1899 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1901 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1903 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1904 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1905 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1906 filters and category filters.
1908 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1909 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1912 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1913 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1914 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1919 **** Inserting links
1921 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1922 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1923 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1926 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1927 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1928 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1929 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1931 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1934 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1936 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1937 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1938 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1939 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1941 **** New link type =help=
1943 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1945 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1946 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1947 you go back to the same buffer.
1949 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1951 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1952 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1955 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1957 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1959 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1961 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1963 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1965 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1969 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1971 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1972 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1973 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1974 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1976 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1978 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1979 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1980 all headlines in the region.
1982 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1984 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1986 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1987 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1989 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1991 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1993 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1995 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1997 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1999 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2000 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2001 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2006 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2008 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2010 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2012 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2013 clocked entry, if any.
2015 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2017 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2019 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2021 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2022 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2025 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2026 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2027 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2031 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2033 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2036 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2038 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2039 cells in clockreport.
2041 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2042 time cells in clockreport.
2045 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2047 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2048 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2050 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2051 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2053 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2054 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2055 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2056 space in the frame title.
2060 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2062 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2063 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2064 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2065 don't want to see temporarily.
2067 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2069 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2071 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2073 There are these new entities:
2075 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2076 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2077 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2078 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2079 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2080 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2082 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2083 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2084 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2086 The face is back to a normal height.
2090 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2091 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2093 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2094 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2096 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2098 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2099 block will use its value as the column format.
2101 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2103 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2105 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2107 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2109 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2110 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2111 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2112 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2114 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2118 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2120 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2122 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2124 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2126 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2127 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2128 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2130 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2132 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2133 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2134 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2138 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2140 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2141 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2142 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2143 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2145 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2147 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2148 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2151 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2152 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2153 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2156 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2157 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2158 more details on how to use this.
2160 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2161 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2163 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2164 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2167 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2169 See the manual for more explanations.
2171 **** More control over empty lines
2173 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2174 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2177 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2179 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2183 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2185 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2186 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2187 available) to print beautiful tables.
2189 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2191 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2192 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2195 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2197 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2198 in the #+DATE option.
2200 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2202 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2204 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2205 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2207 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2208 More languages are always welcome.
2210 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2212 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2213 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2215 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2216 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2217 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2218 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2219 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2220 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2222 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2223 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2227 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2229 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2232 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2234 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2235 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2237 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2239 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2241 It used to exports the results of the code.
2245 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2246 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2248 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2249 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2251 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2253 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2254 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2255 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2257 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2258 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2260 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2261 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2262 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2265 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2267 This will increment the effort value.
2269 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2271 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2273 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2274 attach symbolic links.
2276 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2278 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2280 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2281 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2283 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2285 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2287 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2288 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2289 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2291 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2293 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2294 all top level list items.
2296 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2298 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2300 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2301 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2303 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2305 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2307 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2308 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2309 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2310 first headline in the region.
2312 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2314 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2317 ** Important bug fixes
2319 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2321 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2322 perform completion with meaningful values.
2324 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2326 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2327 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2328 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2330 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2331 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2333 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2334 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2337 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2338 the code and the license to your needs.
2340 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2341 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2345 ** Incompatible changes
2347 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2349 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2351 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2353 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2354 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2355 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2356 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2359 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2361 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2362 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2363 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2365 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2367 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2368 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2370 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2372 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2374 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2375 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2376 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2377 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2378 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2380 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2381 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2382 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2383 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2384 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2385 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2387 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2388 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2389 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2392 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2395 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2396 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2397 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2398 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2400 The two new variables are:
2402 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2403 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2404 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2405 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2406 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2407 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2408 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2410 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2411 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2414 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2417 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2418 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2419 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2420 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2422 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2423 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2424 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2425 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2428 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2429 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2430 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2431 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2432 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2433 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2436 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2437 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2438 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2439 applies to the following packages:
2457 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2458 you are using, you can remove it from
2459 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2460 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2463 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2464 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2465 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2466 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2467 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2470 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2472 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2473 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2474 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2477 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2479 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2481 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2483 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2485 ** Important new features
2487 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2489 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2491 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2492 for more information on how to customize it.
2494 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2496 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2497 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2498 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2499 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2501 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2502 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2503 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2505 To switch over to the new system:
2509 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2511 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2512 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2513 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2514 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2515 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2517 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2519 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2522 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2525 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2527 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2528 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2529 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2530 with using both system in parallel.
2534 *** New Org libraries
2535 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2537 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2539 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2541 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2543 To use, put the following in your init file:
2546 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2549 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2550 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2551 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2552 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2553 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2554 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2555 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2556 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2557 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2560 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2562 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2563 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2565 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2567 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2568 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2569 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2572 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2573 call function to do something special with text links.
2575 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2577 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2579 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2580 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2581 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2584 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2586 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2588 *** New Babel libraries
2590 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2591 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2592 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2593 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2594 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2595 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2596 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2598 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2602 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2604 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2605 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2606 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2607 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2608 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2609 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2611 The key new functions are
2613 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2614 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2615 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2617 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2618 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2620 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2621 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2623 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2624 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2626 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2628 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2629 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2630 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2632 **** Modified link escaping
2634 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2636 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2637 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2638 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2639 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2642 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2643 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2644 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2645 : percent escaped links are solved.
2647 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2649 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2651 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2652 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2654 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2656 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2658 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2659 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2660 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2661 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2662 string to be executed.
2664 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2665 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2669 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2670 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2673 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2677 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2679 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2680 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2681 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2682 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2684 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2685 will work on the current entry.
2687 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2688 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2690 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2692 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2694 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2697 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2698 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2703 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2705 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2706 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2707 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2709 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2711 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2712 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2713 entries using a function.
2715 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2716 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2717 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2719 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2721 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2722 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2723 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2725 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2727 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2728 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2729 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2730 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2731 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2732 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2734 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2738 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2740 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2741 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2743 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2744 docstring of these variable for details about available
2747 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2748 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2749 formatting string will insert a string.
2751 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2753 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2754 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2755 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2756 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2757 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2758 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2759 C-e u=, respectively.
2761 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2762 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2763 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2764 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2765 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2768 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2770 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2771 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2773 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2775 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2776 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2778 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2780 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2781 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2782 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2783 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2784 section]] in the manual for more details.
2786 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2787 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2788 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2793 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2795 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2796 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2797 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2798 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2799 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2801 **** New logging support for refiling
2803 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2804 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2807 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2811 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2813 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2817 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2819 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2820 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2822 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2824 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2825 the displayed in the buffer.
2827 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2829 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2831 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2832 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2834 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2835 |--------+--------+---------|
2836 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2837 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2839 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2842 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2845 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2847 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2849 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2850 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2857 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2858 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2861 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2863 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2865 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2866 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2868 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2872 **** Improved handling of lists
2874 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2876 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2877 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2878 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2881 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2882 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2883 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2885 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2886 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2887 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2888 `org-list-export-context'.
2890 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2891 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2892 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2894 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2895 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2896 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2897 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2898 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2900 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2901 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2902 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2904 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2906 *** Inline display of linked images
2908 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2909 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2910 that have no description part will be inlined.
2912 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2914 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2915 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2917 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2919 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2921 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2922 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2923 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2924 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2925 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2926 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2928 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2929 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2930 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2933 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2934 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2935 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2936 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2937 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2938 properties or in tables.
2940 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2941 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2942 names, and rownames across all languages.
2944 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2946 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2948 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2949 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2950 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2952 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2954 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2955 request by Scott Otterson.
2957 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2959 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2960 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2961 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2962 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2963 superscripts, see the variable
2964 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2966 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2968 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2970 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2971 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2972 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2973 following new faces:
2975 =org-document-title=
2977 =org-document-info-keyword=
2979 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2980 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2982 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2984 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2986 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2987 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2988 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2989 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2990 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2991 property is affected by this setting.
2993 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2994 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2996 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2998 Requested by Michael Brand.
3000 **** Better level cycling function
3002 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3003 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3004 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3005 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3007 **** Adaptive filling
3009 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3010 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3011 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3012 comments to be filled correctly.
3014 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3016 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3018 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3020 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3022 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3023 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3025 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3029 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3031 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3032 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3033 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3034 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3036 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3038 **** Localized clock tables
3040 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3041 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3042 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3043 available translated strings.
3045 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3047 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3048 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3049 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3050 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3052 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3054 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3056 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3057 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3058 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3059 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3062 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3066 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3068 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3069 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3071 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3073 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3075 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3076 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3077 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3080 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3083 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3085 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3086 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3091 org-table-current-line
3095 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3097 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3098 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3101 This was requested by Tom.
3103 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3105 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3106 example by viewing from the agenda.
3108 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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