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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
14 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after
15 a headline and its planning line, when applicable.
17 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
18 logged before the property drawer. The following function will repair
21 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
22 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
23 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
24 Ignore non Org buffers."
25 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
27 (goto-char (point-min))
28 (let ((case-fold-search t)
29 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
30 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
34 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
36 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
38 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
39 (when (and (< (point) end)
40 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
42 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
44 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
46 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
48 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
49 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
51 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
52 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
53 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
56 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use
57 node properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
62 :CATEGORY: some category
65 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
66 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~,
67 ~org-show-entry-below~ and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist.
68 Instead, visibility is controlled through a single variable:
69 ~org-show-context-detail~, which see.
70 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
71 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
72 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
74 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
75 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
76 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
77 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
78 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
80 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
81 docstring for more information.
82 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
83 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
84 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
85 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
86 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
87 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
88 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
89 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~
90 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
91 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
92 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
93 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
94 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
95 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
97 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
98 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
99 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
100 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
101 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
102 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
103 accessible from the export dispatcher.
104 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
105 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
106 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
107 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
108 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
109 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
110 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
113 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
114 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
117 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
118 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
119 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
120 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use
121 a body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
123 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
124 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
125 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
126 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
127 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
128 this variable locally.
129 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
130 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
131 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
132 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
133 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
134 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
135 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
136 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
137 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
139 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
140 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
141 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
142 This variable had no effect since Org 8.0.
143 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
144 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
145 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
146 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
147 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
148 *** Removed comment-related filters
149 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
150 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
153 *** Hierarchies of tags
154 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
155 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
156 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
158 The following in-buffer definition:
160 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
161 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
162 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
165 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
174 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
175 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
177 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
179 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
180 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
181 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
183 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
184 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
185 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
186 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
187 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
189 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
195 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
198 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
199 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
202 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
205 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
207 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
208 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
209 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
212 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
213 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
214 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
216 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
219 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
220 is also used as a filter.
222 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
223 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
224 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
225 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
228 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
229 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
231 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'.
232 The new behaviour is the following:
234 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
235 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
238 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
241 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
243 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
245 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
246 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
247 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
248 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
249 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
250 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
252 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
253 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
254 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
255 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
257 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
258 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
259 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
260 ~org-drawers~ variable.
261 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
262 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
263 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
264 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
265 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
266 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
267 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
269 *** New option in ASCII export
270 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
271 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
272 *** New blocks in ASCII export
273 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
274 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
275 *** More back-end specific publishing options
276 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
277 increased. See manual for details.
278 *** Export inline source blocks
279 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
280 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
281 in the output, depending on the parameters.
282 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
283 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
284 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
285 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
286 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
287 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
288 more features. See docstring for details.
289 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
290 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
291 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
292 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
293 *** Improve radio tables
294 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
295 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
296 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
297 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
298 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
299 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
300 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
301 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
302 source blocks exported by the minted package.
303 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
304 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
305 would throw an error. A new variable
306 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
307 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
308 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
310 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
312 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
313 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
314 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
315 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
316 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
317 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
318 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
319 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
320 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
321 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
322 See docstring for more information.
323 *** Export unnumbered headlines
324 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
325 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
326 property is inherited by children.
327 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
328 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
329 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
330 keys, to sort a table.
331 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
332 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
334 *** Countdown timers can now be paused.
335 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
337 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
338 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
339 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
340 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
341 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
342 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
343 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
344 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
345 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
346 *** New entities family: "\_ "
347 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
348 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
349 leading spaces within table cells.
350 *** New MathJax configuration options.
351 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
352 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
353 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
354 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
355 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
356 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
358 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
359 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
360 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
361 keywords and properties.
362 *** Viewport support in html export
363 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
364 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
365 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
366 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
369 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
370 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
371 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
372 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
373 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
374 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
375 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
376 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
378 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
379 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
380 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
381 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
382 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
383 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
384 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
385 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
386 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
387 particular test failure was introduced.
388 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
389 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
390 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
391 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
392 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
393 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
394 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
395 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
398 ** Incompatible changes
399 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
400 This may require two changes in user config.
402 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
403 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
404 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
406 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
408 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
409 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
410 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
412 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
413 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
415 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
419 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
421 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
423 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
424 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
425 option keywords like :html-include-style.
427 So you need to replace
429 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
433 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
435 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
436 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
438 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
440 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
441 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
442 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
444 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
445 the other optional arguments accordingly.
447 *** Export back-ends are now structures
449 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
450 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
451 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
454 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
456 ** Important bugfixes
458 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
459 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
461 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
463 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
464 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
465 separator starting a TOTO match string.
468 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
470 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
472 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
475 - Support for .pgf files
476 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
477 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
478 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
479 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
480 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
481 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
482 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
484 *** New functions for paragraph motion
486 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
487 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
488 in a paragraph-like way.
490 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
492 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
493 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
494 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
495 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
496 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
498 *** Anonymous export back-ends
500 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
501 which can then be passed to export functions like
502 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
504 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
505 registering a new back-end.
507 *** New agenda fortnight view
509 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
510 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
513 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
515 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
516 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
518 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
519 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
520 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
522 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
523 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
525 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
526 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
527 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
528 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
529 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
532 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
534 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
536 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
538 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
540 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
542 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
544 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
546 If you set this to the following
548 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
550 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
552 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
554 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
556 ** New contributed packages
558 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
559 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
562 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
563 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
567 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
569 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
570 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
571 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
572 the same with example blocks.
574 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
581 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
583 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
586 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
587 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
588 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
590 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
591 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
592 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
593 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
594 detailed explanations.
596 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
597 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
598 function has been called already.
600 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
603 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
605 ** Incompatible changes
607 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
609 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
611 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
612 you will have to update them.
614 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
616 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
617 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
619 **** New export engine
621 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
622 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
623 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
624 /all/ export back-ends.
626 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
627 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
628 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
629 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
630 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
632 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
633 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
635 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
636 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
637 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
638 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
640 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
642 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
644 should now be written
646 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
648 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
649 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
650 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
652 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
654 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
656 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
659 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
660 remember templates into capture templates.
662 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
664 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
665 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
667 **** Note for third-party developers
669 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
670 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
671 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
673 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
676 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
678 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
679 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
680 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
682 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
683 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
684 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
687 - org-colview-xemacs.el
694 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
695 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
696 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
698 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
699 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
701 ** New packages in core
703 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
705 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
707 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
709 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
711 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
713 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
714 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
716 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
718 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
720 ** New packages in contrib
722 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
724 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
726 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
729 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
731 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
732 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
734 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
737 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
739 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
741 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
743 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
745 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
746 for starting headlines.
748 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
750 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
751 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
752 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
753 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
755 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
757 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
759 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
761 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
762 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
765 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
766 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
769 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
771 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
772 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
775 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
776 conversion from Org files to groff.
778 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
780 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
782 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
784 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
785 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
792 **** New export generic options
794 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
795 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
797 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
799 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
800 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
801 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
802 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
804 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
805 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
806 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
807 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
808 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
809 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
810 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
811 contains time-stamps.
813 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
814 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
815 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
817 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
819 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
821 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
823 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
825 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
826 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
827 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
828 *** Structure editing
830 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
831 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
833 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
834 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
836 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
838 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
839 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
840 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
841 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
844 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
846 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
847 _words__= will preserve markup.
849 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
851 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
852 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
853 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
855 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
857 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
858 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
860 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
862 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
863 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
864 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
865 forward and backward.
867 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
868 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
870 Now Org will sort this list
872 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
873 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
877 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
878 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
880 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
881 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
882 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
884 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
885 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
886 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
888 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
891 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
893 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
894 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
895 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
897 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
899 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
900 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
901 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
902 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
904 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
906 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
907 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
908 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
909 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
910 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
912 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
914 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
915 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
916 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
918 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
919 *** Scheduled/deadline
921 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
923 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
924 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
925 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
926 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
928 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
929 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
930 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
931 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
933 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
934 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
935 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
936 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
937 control this globally or per agenda.
939 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
941 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
943 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
945 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
946 *** Calendar, diary and appts
948 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
950 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
951 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
952 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
954 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
955 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
956 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
958 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
959 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
961 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
964 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
966 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
967 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
968 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
970 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
972 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
973 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
974 only show their description, not the full links.
977 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
979 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
980 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
981 want to build a list of appointments.
983 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
984 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
986 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
988 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
990 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
991 time value (i.e. appointments).
993 **** New agenda sorting strategies
995 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
997 | Strategy | Explanations |
998 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
999 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1000 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1001 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1002 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1003 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1004 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1005 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1006 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1007 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1008 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1010 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1012 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1013 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1014 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1016 These new options are available:
1018 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1019 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1020 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1021 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1023 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1024 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1025 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1027 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1028 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1029 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1030 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1031 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1032 non-tagged headlines.
1034 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1036 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1037 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1038 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1039 that take only =N= minutes.
1041 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1043 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1044 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1045 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1047 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1049 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1050 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1052 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1054 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1055 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1057 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1060 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1062 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1063 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1064 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1066 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1067 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1069 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1071 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1072 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1074 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1076 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1078 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1079 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1082 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1084 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1085 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1086 asks for a confirmation.
1088 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1090 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1091 the mark of the entry at point.
1093 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1094 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1096 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1098 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1099 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1102 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1104 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1105 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1107 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1109 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1110 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1112 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1114 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1115 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1116 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1117 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1119 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1121 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1122 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1123 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1125 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1127 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1128 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1129 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1130 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1132 Read the full docstring for details.
1134 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1136 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1139 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1142 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1144 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1145 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1148 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1150 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1151 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1153 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1155 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1156 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1157 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1158 check against the name of the buffer.
1161 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1162 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1163 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1166 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1167 agenda views, and for filtering.
1169 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1173 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1175 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1176 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1177 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1179 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1180 as if the protocol was not known.
1182 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1184 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1186 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1187 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1188 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1191 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1193 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1194 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1195 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1197 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1199 When storing a link to a headline like
1201 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1203 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1204 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1205 there is no description.
1208 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1210 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1211 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1212 those other formulas.
1214 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1216 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1217 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1218 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1221 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1223 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1224 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1225 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1228 **** New lookup functions
1230 There are now three lookup functions:
1232 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1233 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1234 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1236 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1237 *** Startup keywords
1239 These new startup keywords are now available:
1241 | Startup keyword | Option |
1242 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1243 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1244 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1245 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1246 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1247 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1248 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1249 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1250 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1254 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1256 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1257 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1258 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1259 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1261 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1263 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1264 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1265 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1268 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1269 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1271 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1273 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1274 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1276 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1278 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1279 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1280 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1282 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1283 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1284 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1285 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1286 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1287 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1288 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1291 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1293 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1295 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1297 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1298 same target than the block at point.
1300 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1302 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1303 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1304 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1306 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1307 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1310 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1312 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1313 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1314 manual for a usage example.
1316 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1318 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1319 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1320 collecting blocks for tangling.
1322 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1323 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1325 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1326 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1327 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1328 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1330 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1331 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1334 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1335 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1336 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1337 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1341 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1342 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1343 - [[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]]
1344 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1345 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1346 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1347 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1348 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1349 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1350 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1351 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1352 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1353 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1354 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1355 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1356 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1357 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1358 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1359 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1363 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1365 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1367 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1369 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1371 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1372 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1373 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1374 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1375 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1376 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1377 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1378 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1380 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1382 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1383 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1385 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1387 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1388 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1389 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1393 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1395 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1396 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1399 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1400 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1401 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1402 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1403 agenda type to this variable.
1405 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1408 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1409 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1410 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1411 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1413 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1415 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1416 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1417 invisible) blocked tasks.
1419 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1421 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1422 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1424 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1426 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1427 ** No GPL manual anymore
1429 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1430 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1432 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1434 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1436 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1437 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1438 in most environments.
1442 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1444 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1446 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1447 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1450 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1451 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1452 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1455 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1457 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1459 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1460 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1461 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1462 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1463 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1464 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1465 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1466 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1467 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1468 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1469 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1470 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1471 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1472 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1473 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1475 ** New package and Babel language
1477 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1479 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1481 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1482 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1484 ** Incompatible changes
1486 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1487 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1489 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1492 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1493 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1494 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1496 ** New features and user-visible changes
1500 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1501 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1502 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1503 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1505 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1506 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1508 See the docstrings for more details.
1510 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1511 on =org-element.el=.
1513 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1515 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1516 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1517 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1518 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1520 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1522 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1523 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1524 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1525 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1527 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1529 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1531 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1533 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1536 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1537 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1539 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1540 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1541 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1544 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1547 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1548 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1549 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1551 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1552 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1553 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1558 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1560 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1561 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1562 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1563 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1565 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1566 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1567 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1568 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1569 generating new ones.
1571 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1574 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1576 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1577 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1580 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1581 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1582 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1585 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1586 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1587 details on how to use this.
1589 **** Changes in bulk actions
1591 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1592 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1594 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1595 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1596 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1597 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1598 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1600 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1601 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1603 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1604 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1607 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1609 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1611 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1613 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1614 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1616 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1618 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1619 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1620 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1621 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1624 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1626 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1629 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1630 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1631 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1632 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1633 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1636 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1638 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1640 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1642 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1643 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1644 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1645 filters and category filters.
1647 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1648 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1651 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1652 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1653 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1658 **** Inserting links
1660 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1661 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1662 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1665 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1666 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1667 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1668 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1670 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1673 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1675 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1676 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1677 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1678 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1680 **** New link type =help=
1682 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1684 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1685 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1686 you go back to the same buffer.
1688 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1690 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1691 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1694 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1696 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1698 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1700 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1702 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1704 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1708 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1710 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1711 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1712 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1713 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1715 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1717 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1718 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1719 all headlines in the region.
1721 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1723 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1725 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1726 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1728 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1730 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1732 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1734 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1736 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1738 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1739 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1740 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1745 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1747 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1749 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1751 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1752 clocked entry, if any.
1754 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1756 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1758 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1760 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1761 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1764 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1765 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1766 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1770 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1772 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1775 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1777 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1778 cells in clockreport.
1780 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1781 time cells in clockreport.
1784 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1786 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1787 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1789 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1790 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1792 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1793 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1794 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1795 space in the frame title.
1799 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1801 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1802 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1803 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1804 don't want to see temporarily.
1806 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1808 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1810 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1812 There are these new entities:
1814 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1815 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1816 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1817 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1818 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1819 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1821 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1822 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1823 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1825 The face is back to a normal height.
1829 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1830 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1832 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1833 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1835 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1837 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1838 block will use its value as the column format.
1840 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1842 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1844 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1846 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1848 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1849 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1850 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1851 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1853 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1857 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1859 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1861 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1863 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1865 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1866 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1867 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1869 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1871 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1872 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1873 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1877 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1879 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1880 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1881 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1882 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1884 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1886 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1887 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1890 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1891 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1892 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1895 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1896 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1897 more details on how to use this.
1899 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1900 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1902 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1903 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1906 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1908 See the manual for more explanations.
1910 **** More control over empty lines
1912 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1913 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1916 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1918 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1922 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1924 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1925 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1926 available) to print beautiful tables.
1928 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1930 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1931 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1934 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1936 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1937 in the #+DATE option.
1939 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1941 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1943 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1944 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1946 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1947 More languages are always welcome.
1949 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1951 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1952 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1954 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1955 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1956 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1957 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1958 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1959 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1961 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1962 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1966 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1968 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1971 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1973 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1974 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1976 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1978 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1980 It used to exports the results of the code.
1984 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1985 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1987 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1988 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1990 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1992 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1993 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1994 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
1996 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
1997 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
1999 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2000 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2001 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2004 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2006 This will increment the effort value.
2008 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2010 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2012 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2013 attach symbolic links.
2015 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2017 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2019 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2020 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2022 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2024 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2026 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2027 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2028 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2030 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2032 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2033 all top level list items.
2035 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2037 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2039 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2040 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2042 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2044 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2046 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2047 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2048 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2049 first headline in the region.
2051 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2053 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2056 ** Important bug fixes
2058 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2060 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2061 perform completion with meaningful values.
2063 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2065 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2066 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2067 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2069 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2070 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2072 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2073 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2076 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2077 the code and the license to your needs.
2079 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2080 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2084 ** Incompatible changes
2086 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2088 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2090 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2092 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2093 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2094 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2095 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2098 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2100 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2101 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2102 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2104 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2106 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2107 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2109 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2111 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2113 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2114 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2115 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2116 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2117 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2119 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2120 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2121 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2122 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2123 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2124 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2126 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2127 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2128 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2131 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2134 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2135 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2136 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2137 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2139 The two new variables are:
2141 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2142 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2143 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2144 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2145 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2146 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2147 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2149 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2150 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2153 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2156 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2157 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2158 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2159 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2161 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2162 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2163 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2164 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2167 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2168 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2169 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2170 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2171 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2172 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2175 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2176 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2177 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2178 applies to the following packages:
2196 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2197 you are using, you can remove it from
2198 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2199 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2202 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2203 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2204 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2205 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2206 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2209 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2211 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2212 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2213 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2216 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2218 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2220 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2222 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2224 ** Important new features
2226 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2228 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2230 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2231 for more information on how to customize it.
2233 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2235 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2236 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2237 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2238 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2240 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2241 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2242 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2244 To switch over to the new system:
2248 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2250 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2251 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2252 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2253 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2254 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2256 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2258 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2261 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2264 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2266 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2267 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2268 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2269 with using both system in parallel.
2273 *** New Org libraries
2274 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2276 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2278 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2280 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2282 To use, put the following in your init file:
2285 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2288 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2289 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2290 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2291 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2292 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2293 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2294 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2295 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2296 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2299 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2301 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2302 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2304 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2306 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2307 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2308 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2311 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2312 call function to do something special with text links.
2314 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2316 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2318 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2319 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2320 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2323 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2325 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2327 *** New Babel libraries
2329 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2330 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2331 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2332 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2333 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2334 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2335 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2337 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2341 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2343 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2344 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2345 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2346 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2347 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2348 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2350 The key new functions are
2352 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2353 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2354 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2356 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2357 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2359 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2360 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2362 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2363 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2365 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2367 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2368 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2369 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2371 **** Modified link escaping
2373 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2375 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2376 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2377 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2378 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2381 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2382 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2383 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2384 : percent escaped links are solved.
2386 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2388 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2390 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2391 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2393 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2395 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2397 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2398 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2399 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2400 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2401 string to be executed.
2403 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2404 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2408 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2409 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2412 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2416 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2418 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2419 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2420 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2421 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2423 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2424 will work on the current entry.
2426 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2427 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2429 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2431 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2433 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2436 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2437 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2442 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2444 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2445 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2446 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2448 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2450 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2451 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2452 entries using a function.
2454 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2455 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2456 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2458 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2460 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2461 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2462 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2464 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2466 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2467 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2468 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2469 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2470 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2471 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2473 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2477 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2479 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2480 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2482 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2483 docstring of these variable for details about available
2486 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2487 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2488 formatting string will insert a string.
2490 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2492 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2493 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2494 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2495 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2496 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2497 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2498 C-e u=, respectively.
2500 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2501 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2502 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2503 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2504 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2507 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2509 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2510 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2512 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2514 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2515 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2517 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2519 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2520 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2521 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2522 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2523 section]] in the manual for more details.
2525 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2526 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2527 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2532 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2534 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2535 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2536 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2537 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2538 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2540 **** New logging support for refiling
2542 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2543 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2546 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2550 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2552 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2556 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2558 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2559 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2561 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2563 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2564 the displayed in the buffer.
2566 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2568 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2570 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2571 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2573 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2574 |--------+--------+---------|
2575 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2576 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2578 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2581 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2584 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2586 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2588 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2589 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2596 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2597 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2600 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2602 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2604 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2605 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2607 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2611 **** Improved handling of lists
2613 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2615 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2616 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2617 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2620 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2621 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2622 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2624 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2625 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2626 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2627 `org-list-export-context'.
2629 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2630 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2631 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2633 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2634 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2635 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2636 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2637 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2639 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2640 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2641 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2643 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2645 *** Inline display of linked images
2647 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2648 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2649 that have no description part will be inlined.
2651 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2653 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2654 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2656 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2658 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2660 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2661 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2662 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2663 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2664 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2665 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2667 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2668 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2669 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2672 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2673 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2674 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2675 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2676 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2677 properties or in tables.
2679 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2680 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2681 names, and rownames across all languages.
2683 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2685 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2687 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2688 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2689 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2691 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2693 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2694 request by Scott Otterson.
2696 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2698 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2699 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2700 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2701 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2702 superscripts, see the variable
2703 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2705 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2707 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2709 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2710 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2711 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2712 following new faces:
2714 =org-document-title=
2716 =org-document-info-keyword=
2718 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2719 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2721 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2723 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2725 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2726 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2727 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2728 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2729 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2730 property is affected by this setting.
2732 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2733 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2735 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2737 Requested by Michael Brand.
2739 **** Better level cycling function
2741 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2742 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2743 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2744 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2746 **** Adaptive filling
2748 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2749 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2750 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2751 comments to be filled correctly.
2753 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2755 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2757 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2759 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2761 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2762 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2764 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2768 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2770 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2771 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2772 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2773 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2775 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2777 **** Localized clock tables
2779 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2780 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2781 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2782 available translated strings.
2784 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2786 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2787 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2788 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2789 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2791 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2793 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2795 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2796 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2797 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2798 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2801 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2805 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2807 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2808 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2810 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2812 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2814 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2815 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2816 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2819 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2822 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2824 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2825 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2830 org-table-current-line
2834 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2836 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2837 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2840 This was requested by Tom.
2842 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2844 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2845 example by viewing from the agenda.
2847 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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