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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** New syntax for export blocks
14 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
15 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
18 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
31 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
34 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
40 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
43 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
44 using previous syntax:
46 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
47 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
48 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
49 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
50 (let ((case-fold-search t)
51 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
52 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
53 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
56 (goto-char (point-min))
57 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
59 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
60 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
61 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
63 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
64 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
67 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
68 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
70 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
71 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
72 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
73 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
74 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
75 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
78 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~
79 and ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to
83 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
84 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
85 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
86 constructs are now unsupported.
88 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them
90 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
91 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
92 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
93 consider using =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
95 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
97 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
98 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
99 S-expressions. Replacing a S-expresion with an appropriate function
100 is straightforward. For example
106 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
108 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can obtain time via =vc=
109 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
110 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
112 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
114 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
117 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
118 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
121 Old-style links such as
122 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
123 continue to be supported.
125 If you have defined your own handler functions for
126 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
127 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
128 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into
132 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
133 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
134 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
135 entries are added to last in the date tree.
136 *** New ~vbar~ entity
137 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionnally as a =|=,
138 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
139 a HTML derived export back-end.
141 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
142 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
144 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
145 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
146 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
148 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
149 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
150 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
151 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
154 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
155 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
156 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
157 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
158 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
159 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
160 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
161 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
162 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
163 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
164 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
165 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
166 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
167 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
169 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
170 ;; this will export with line number 20
171 (message "This is line 21")
173 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
174 ;; This will be listed as line 31
175 (message "This is line 32")
180 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
181 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
182 **** Support for Stan language
183 New ob-stan.el library.
185 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
187 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
189 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
190 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
192 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
194 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
195 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
196 that does not end in ".stan".
198 For more information and usage examples, visit
199 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
200 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
201 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
202 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
213 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
214 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
224 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
233 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
234 using the :file property, e.g.:
236 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
238 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
239 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
241 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
242 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
246 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needss
247 additional setup in addition to plantuml. See
248 [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for details and setup information.
249 *** Rewrite of radio lists
250 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
251 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
252 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
254 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
255 Used like org-bbdb-anniversaries, it provides a few days warning
256 for upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
257 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
258 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
259 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
261 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
262 *** Support for ISO week trees
263 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
264 by ISO week and not by month.
271 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
273 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
274 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
275 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
276 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
277 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
279 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
281 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
282 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
283 buffer unconditionally.
284 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
285 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
286 **** Allow custom summaries
287 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
288 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
289 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
290 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
292 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
293 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
294 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
296 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
297 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~
298 allows to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any
299 upper case character (or character class), the search is case
300 sensitive. Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
301 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
302 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
305 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
306 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
307 *** ~org-show-children~
308 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
311 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
312 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
313 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
314 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
315 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
316 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
318 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
319 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
320 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
321 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
322 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
324 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
325 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
326 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
327 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
328 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
330 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
331 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
333 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
334 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
336 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
337 The affected functions are:
340 - ~org-remove-if-not~
345 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
346 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
347 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
350 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
351 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
352 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
353 let those libraries operate.
354 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
355 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
357 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
358 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
360 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
361 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
362 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
363 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
364 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
366 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
368 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
369 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
370 current projet. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
373 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
374 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
377 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
378 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
379 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
380 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
381 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
382 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
384 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
385 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
386 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
387 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
389 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
390 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
391 to the article's original group.
393 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
394 The calling convention has changed.
395 *** HTML export table row customization changes
396 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
397 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
398 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
399 called with 6 parameters.
400 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
401 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
402 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
403 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
404 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
405 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
406 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
408 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
410 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
411 For most folks this file does not exist.
412 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
414 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
416 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other =gnu.org= manuals.
419 ** Incompatible changes
421 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
423 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
424 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
426 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
427 logged before the property drawer.
429 The following function will repair them:
431 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
432 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
433 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
434 Ignore non Org buffers."
435 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
436 (org-with-wide-buffer
437 (goto-char (point-min))
438 (let ((case-fold-search t)
439 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
440 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
444 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
446 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
448 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
449 (when (and (< (point) end)
450 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
452 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
453 (eq (org-element-type
454 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
456 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
458 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
459 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
462 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
464 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
465 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
466 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
467 into account when exporting.
469 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
470 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
472 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
474 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
475 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
478 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
479 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
484 :CATEGORY: some category
488 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
490 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
491 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
492 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
495 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
497 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
498 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
500 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
501 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
503 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
505 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
506 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
508 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
510 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
511 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~ respectively,
512 rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these functions. The Org
513 version of these functions skips over inline tasks (and even-level
514 headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
516 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
518 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
519 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
521 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
523 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
524 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
525 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
527 *** Functions signature changes
529 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
530 docstring for more information.
532 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
533 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
534 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
535 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
536 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
539 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
540 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
542 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
545 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
548 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
551 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
553 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
554 without changing the headline.
556 *** Hierarchies of tags
557 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
558 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
559 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
561 The following in-buffer definition:
563 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
564 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
565 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
568 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
577 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
578 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
580 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
582 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
583 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
584 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
586 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
587 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
588 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
589 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
590 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
592 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
598 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
601 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
602 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
605 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
608 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
610 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
611 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
612 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
615 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
616 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
617 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
619 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
622 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
623 is also used as a filter.
625 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
626 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
627 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
628 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
631 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
632 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
634 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
636 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
638 *** Babel: support for Processing language
640 New ob-processing.el library.
642 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
643 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
644 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
646 Check the documentation for more.
648 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
650 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'
651 The new behaviour is the following:
653 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
654 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
657 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
660 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
662 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
664 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
666 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
667 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
669 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
671 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
672 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
675 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
677 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
678 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
679 ~org-drawers~ variable.
681 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
683 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
684 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
685 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
686 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
688 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
690 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
691 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
692 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
695 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
697 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
700 *** New option in ASCII export
702 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
703 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
705 *** New blocks in ASCII export
707 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
708 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
710 *** More back-end specific publishing options
712 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
713 increased. See manual for details.
715 *** Export inline source blocks
717 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
718 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
719 in the output, depending on the parameters.
721 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
723 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
725 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
727 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
729 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
731 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
732 more features. See docstring for details.
734 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
736 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
738 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
739 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
741 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
743 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
745 : This sentence is false.
748 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
750 *** Various improvements on radio tables
752 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
753 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
754 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
755 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
756 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
757 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
759 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
761 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
762 source blocks exported by the minted package.
764 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
766 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
767 would throw an error. A new variable
768 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
769 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
770 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
774 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
777 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
779 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
780 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
782 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
784 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
786 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
788 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
789 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
790 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
792 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
794 See docstring for more information.
796 *** Export unnumbered headlines
798 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
799 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
800 property is inherited by children.
802 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
804 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
805 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
806 keys, to sort a table.
808 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
810 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
813 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
815 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
818 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
820 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
821 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
823 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
825 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
826 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
828 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
830 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
831 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
834 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
836 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
837 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
839 *** New entities family: "\_ "
841 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
842 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
843 leading spaces within table cells.
845 *** New MathJax configuration options
847 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
848 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
850 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
852 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
853 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
854 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
856 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
857 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
858 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
859 keywords and properties.
861 *** Viewport support in html export
863 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
864 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
866 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
868 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
871 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
873 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
874 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
875 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
877 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
879 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
880 added to headline text.
882 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
884 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
886 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
888 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
889 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
892 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
894 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
895 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
897 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
899 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
900 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
901 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
903 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
905 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
907 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
909 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
910 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
912 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
914 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
918 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
920 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
922 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
924 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
925 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
926 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
927 accessible from the export dispatcher.
929 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
931 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
933 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
935 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
936 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
938 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
940 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
943 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
945 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
946 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
949 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
951 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
954 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
955 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
957 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
959 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
960 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
963 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
965 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
966 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
968 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
970 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
971 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
972 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
973 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
974 this variable locally.
976 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
978 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
979 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
980 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
981 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
982 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
984 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
986 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
987 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
990 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
992 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
994 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
996 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
998 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1000 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1002 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1004 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1005 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1006 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1007 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1009 *** Removed comment-related filters
1011 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1012 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1016 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1018 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1020 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1022 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1023 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1025 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1027 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1028 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1031 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1033 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1034 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1036 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1038 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1040 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1042 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1043 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1044 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1045 particular test failure was introduced.
1047 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1049 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1050 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
1051 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
1052 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1054 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1056 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1057 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1059 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1061 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1062 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~
1065 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1067 This helps spotting wrong links.
1070 ** Incompatible changes
1071 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1072 This may require two changes in user config.
1074 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1075 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1076 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1078 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1080 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1081 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1082 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1084 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1085 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1087 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1091 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1093 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1095 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1096 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1097 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1099 So you need to replace
1101 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1105 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1107 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1108 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1110 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1112 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1113 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1114 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1116 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1117 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1119 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1121 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1122 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1123 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1126 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1128 ** Important bugfixes
1130 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1131 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1133 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1135 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1136 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1137 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1140 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1142 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1144 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1146 - Support SVG images
1147 - Support for .pgf files
1148 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1149 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1150 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1151 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1152 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1153 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1154 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1156 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1158 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1159 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1160 in a paragraph-like way.
1162 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1164 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1165 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1166 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1167 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1168 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1170 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1172 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1173 which can then be passed to export functions like
1174 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1176 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1177 registering a new back-end.
1179 *** New agenda fortnight view
1181 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1182 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1185 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1187 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1188 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1190 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1191 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1192 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1194 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1195 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1197 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1198 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1199 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1200 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1201 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1204 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1206 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1208 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1210 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1212 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1214 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1216 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1218 If you set this to the following
1220 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
1222 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
1224 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
1226 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
1228 ** New contributed packages
1230 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
1231 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
1234 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
1235 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
1239 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
1241 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
1242 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
1243 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
1244 the same with example blocks.
1246 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
1253 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
1255 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
1258 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
1259 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
1260 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
1262 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
1263 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
1264 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
1265 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
1266 detailed explanations.
1268 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
1269 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
1270 function has been called already.
1272 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
1275 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
1277 ** Incompatible changes
1279 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
1281 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
1283 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
1284 you will have to update them.
1286 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
1288 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
1289 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
1291 **** New export engine
1293 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
1294 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
1295 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
1296 /all/ export back-ends.
1298 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
1299 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
1300 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
1301 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
1302 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
1304 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
1305 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
1307 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
1308 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
1309 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
1310 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
1312 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
1314 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
1316 should now be written
1318 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
1320 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
1321 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
1322 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
1324 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
1326 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
1328 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
1331 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
1332 remember templates into capture templates.
1334 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
1336 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
1337 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
1339 **** Note for third-party developers
1341 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
1342 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
1343 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
1345 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
1348 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
1350 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
1351 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
1352 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
1354 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
1355 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
1356 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
1359 - org-colview-xemacs.el
1360 - org-mac-message.el
1366 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
1367 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
1368 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
1370 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
1371 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
1373 ** New packages in core
1375 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
1377 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
1379 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
1381 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
1383 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
1385 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
1386 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
1388 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
1390 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
1392 ** New packages in contrib
1394 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
1396 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
1398 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
1401 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
1403 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
1404 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
1406 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
1409 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1411 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1413 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1415 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1417 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1418 for starting headlines.
1420 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1422 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1423 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1424 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1425 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1427 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1429 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1431 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1433 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1434 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1437 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1438 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1441 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1443 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1444 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1447 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1448 conversion from Org files to groff.
1450 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1452 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1454 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1456 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1457 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1464 **** New export generic options
1466 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1467 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1469 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1471 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1472 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1473 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1474 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1476 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1477 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1478 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1479 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1480 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1481 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1482 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1483 contains time-stamps.
1485 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1486 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1487 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1489 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1491 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1493 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1495 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1497 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1498 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1499 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1500 *** Structure editing
1502 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1503 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1505 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1506 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1508 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1510 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1511 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1512 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1513 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1516 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1518 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1519 _words__= will preserve markup.
1521 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1523 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1524 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1525 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1527 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1529 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1530 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1532 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1534 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1535 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1536 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1537 forward and backward.
1539 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1540 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1542 Now Org will sort this list
1544 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1545 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1549 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1550 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1552 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1553 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1554 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1556 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1557 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1558 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1560 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1563 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1565 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1566 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1567 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1569 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1571 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1572 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1573 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1574 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1576 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1578 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1579 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1580 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1581 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1582 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1584 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1586 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1587 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1588 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1590 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1591 *** Scheduled/deadline
1593 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1595 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1596 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1597 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1598 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1600 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1601 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1602 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1603 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1605 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1606 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1607 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1608 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1609 control this globally or per agenda.
1611 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1613 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1615 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1617 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1618 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1620 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1622 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1623 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1624 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1626 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1627 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1628 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1630 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1631 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1633 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1636 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1638 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1639 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1640 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1642 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1644 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1645 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1646 only show their description, not the full links.
1649 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1651 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1652 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1653 want to build a list of appointments.
1655 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1656 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1658 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1660 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1662 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1663 time value (i.e. appointments).
1665 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1667 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1669 | Strategy | Explanations |
1670 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1671 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1672 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1673 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1674 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1675 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1676 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1677 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1678 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1679 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1680 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1682 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1684 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1685 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1686 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1688 These new options are available:
1690 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1691 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1692 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1693 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1695 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1696 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1697 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1699 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1700 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1701 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1702 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1703 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1704 non-tagged headlines.
1706 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1708 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1709 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1710 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1711 that take only =N= minutes.
1713 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1715 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1716 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1717 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1719 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1721 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1722 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1724 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1726 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1727 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1729 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1732 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1734 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1735 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1736 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1738 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1739 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1741 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1743 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1744 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1746 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1748 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1750 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1751 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1754 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1756 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1757 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1758 asks for a confirmation.
1760 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1762 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1763 the mark of the entry at point.
1765 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1766 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1768 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1770 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1771 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1774 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1776 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1777 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1779 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1781 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1782 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1784 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1786 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1787 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1788 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1789 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1791 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1793 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1794 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1795 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1797 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1799 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1800 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1801 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1802 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1804 Read the full docstring for details.
1806 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1808 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1811 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1814 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1816 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1817 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1820 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1822 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1823 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1825 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1827 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1828 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1829 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1830 check against the name of the buffer.
1833 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1834 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1835 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1838 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1839 agenda views, and for filtering.
1841 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1845 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1847 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1848 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1849 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1851 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1852 as if the protocol was not known.
1854 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1856 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1858 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1859 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1860 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1863 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1865 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1866 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1867 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1869 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1871 When storing a link to a headline like
1873 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1875 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1876 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1877 there is no description.
1880 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1882 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1883 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1884 those other formulas.
1886 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1888 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1889 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1890 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1893 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1895 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1896 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1897 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1900 **** New lookup functions
1902 There are now three lookup functions:
1904 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1905 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1906 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1908 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1909 *** Startup keywords
1911 These new startup keywords are now available:
1913 | Startup keyword | Option |
1914 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1915 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1916 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1917 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1918 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1919 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1920 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1921 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1922 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1926 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1928 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1929 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1930 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1931 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1933 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1935 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1936 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1937 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1940 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1941 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1943 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1945 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1946 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1948 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1950 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1951 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1952 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1954 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1955 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1956 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1957 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1958 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1959 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1960 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1963 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1965 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1967 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1969 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1970 same target than the block at point.
1972 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1974 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1975 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1976 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1978 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1979 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1982 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1984 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1985 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1986 manual for a usage example.
1988 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1990 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1991 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1992 collecting blocks for tangling.
1994 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1995 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1997 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1998 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1999 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2000 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2002 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2003 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2006 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2007 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2008 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2009 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2013 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2014 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2015 - [[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]]
2016 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2017 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2018 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2019 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2020 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2021 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2022 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2023 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2024 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2025 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2026 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2027 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2028 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2029 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2030 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
2031 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2035 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2037 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2039 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2041 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2043 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2044 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2045 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2046 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2047 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2048 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2049 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2050 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2052 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2054 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2055 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2057 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2059 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2060 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2061 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2065 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2067 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2068 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2071 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2072 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2073 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2074 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2075 agenda type to this variable.
2077 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2080 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2081 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2082 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2083 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2085 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2087 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2088 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2089 invisible) blocked tasks.
2091 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2093 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2094 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2096 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2098 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2099 ** No GPL manual anymore
2101 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2102 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2104 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2106 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2108 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2109 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2110 in most environments.
2114 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2116 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2118 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2119 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2122 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2123 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2124 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2127 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2129 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2131 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2132 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2133 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2134 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2135 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2136 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2137 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2138 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2139 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2140 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2141 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2142 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2143 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2144 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2145 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2147 ** New package and Babel language
2149 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2151 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2153 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2154 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2156 ** Incompatible changes
2158 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2159 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2161 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2164 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2165 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2166 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2168 ** New features and user-visible changes
2172 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2173 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2174 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2175 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2177 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2178 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2180 See the docstrings for more details.
2182 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2183 on =org-element.el=.
2185 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2187 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2188 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2189 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2190 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2192 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2194 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2195 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2196 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2197 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2199 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2201 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2203 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2205 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2208 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2209 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2211 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2212 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2213 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2216 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
2219 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
2220 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
2221 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
2223 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
2224 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
2225 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
2230 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
2232 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
2233 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
2234 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
2235 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
2237 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
2238 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
2239 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
2240 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
2241 generating new ones.
2243 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
2246 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2248 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2249 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
2252 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2253 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
2254 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
2257 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
2258 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
2259 details on how to use this.
2261 **** Changes in bulk actions
2263 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
2264 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
2266 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
2267 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
2268 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
2269 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
2270 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
2272 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
2273 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
2275 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
2276 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
2279 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
2281 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
2283 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
2285 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
2286 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
2288 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
2290 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
2291 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
2292 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
2293 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
2296 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2298 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
2301 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
2302 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
2303 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
2304 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
2305 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
2308 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
2310 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
2312 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
2314 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
2315 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
2316 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
2317 filters and category filters.
2319 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
2320 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
2323 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
2324 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
2325 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
2330 **** Inserting links
2332 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
2333 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
2334 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
2337 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
2338 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
2339 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
2340 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
2342 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
2345 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
2347 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
2348 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
2349 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
2350 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
2352 **** New link type =help=
2354 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
2356 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
2357 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
2358 you go back to the same buffer.
2360 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
2362 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
2363 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
2366 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
2368 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
2370 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
2372 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
2374 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
2376 **** RET now follows time stamps links
2380 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
2382 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
2383 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
2384 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
2385 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
2387 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
2389 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
2390 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
2391 all headlines in the region.
2393 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
2395 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
2397 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
2398 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
2400 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
2402 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
2404 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
2406 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
2408 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
2410 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2411 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2412 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2417 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2419 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2421 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2423 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2424 clocked entry, if any.
2426 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2428 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2430 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2432 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2433 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2436 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2437 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2438 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2442 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2444 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2447 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2449 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2450 cells in clockreport.
2452 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2453 time cells in clockreport.
2456 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2458 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2459 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2461 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2462 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2464 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2465 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2466 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2467 space in the frame title.
2471 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2473 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2474 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2475 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2476 don't want to see temporarily.
2478 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2480 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2482 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2484 There are these new entities:
2486 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2487 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2488 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2489 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2490 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2491 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2493 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2494 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2495 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2497 The face is back to a normal height.
2501 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2502 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2504 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2505 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2507 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2509 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2510 block will use its value as the column format.
2512 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2514 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2516 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2518 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2520 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2521 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2522 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2523 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2525 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2529 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2531 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2533 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2535 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2537 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2538 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2539 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2541 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2543 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2544 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2545 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2549 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2551 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2552 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2553 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2554 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2556 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2558 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2559 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2562 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2563 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2564 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2567 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2568 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2569 more details on how to use this.
2571 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2572 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2574 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2575 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2578 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2580 See the manual for more explanations.
2582 **** More control over empty lines
2584 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2585 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2588 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2590 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2594 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2596 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2597 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2598 available) to print beautiful tables.
2600 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2602 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2603 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2606 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2608 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2609 in the #+DATE option.
2611 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2613 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2615 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2616 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2618 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2619 More languages are always welcome.
2621 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2623 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2624 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2626 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2627 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2628 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2629 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2630 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2631 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2633 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2634 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2638 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2640 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2643 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2645 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2646 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2648 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2650 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2652 It used to exports the results of the code.
2656 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2657 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2659 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2660 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2662 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2664 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2665 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2666 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2668 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2669 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2671 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2672 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2673 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2676 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2678 This will increment the effort value.
2680 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2682 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2684 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2685 attach symbolic links.
2687 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2689 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2691 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2692 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2694 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2696 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2698 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2699 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2700 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2702 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2704 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2705 all top level list items.
2707 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2709 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2711 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2712 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2714 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2716 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2718 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2719 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2720 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2721 first headline in the region.
2723 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2725 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2728 ** Important bug fixes
2730 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2732 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2733 perform completion with meaningful values.
2735 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2737 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2738 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2739 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2741 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2742 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2744 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2745 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2748 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2749 the code and the license to your needs.
2751 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2752 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2756 ** Incompatible changes
2758 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2760 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2762 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2764 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2765 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2766 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2767 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2770 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2772 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2773 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2774 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2776 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2778 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2779 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2781 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2783 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2785 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2786 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2787 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2788 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2789 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2791 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2792 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2793 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2794 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2795 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2796 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2798 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2799 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2800 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2803 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2806 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2807 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2808 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2809 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2811 The two new variables are:
2813 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2814 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2815 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2816 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2817 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2818 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2819 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2821 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2822 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2825 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2828 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2829 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2830 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2831 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2833 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2834 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2835 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2836 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2839 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2840 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2841 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2842 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2843 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2844 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2847 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2848 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2849 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2850 applies to the following packages:
2868 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2869 you are using, you can remove it from
2870 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2871 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2874 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2875 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2876 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2877 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2878 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2881 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2883 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2884 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2885 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2888 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2890 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2892 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2894 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2896 ** Important new features
2898 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2900 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2902 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2903 for more information on how to customize it.
2905 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2907 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2908 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2909 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2910 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2912 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2913 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2914 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2916 To switch over to the new system:
2920 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2922 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2923 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2924 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2925 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2926 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2928 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2930 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2933 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2936 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2938 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2939 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2940 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2941 with using both system in parallel.
2945 *** New Org libraries
2946 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2948 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2950 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2952 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2954 To use, put the following in your init file:
2957 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2960 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2961 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2962 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2963 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2964 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2965 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2966 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2967 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2968 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2971 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2973 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2974 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2976 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2978 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2979 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2980 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2983 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2984 call function to do something special with text links.
2986 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2988 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2990 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2991 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2992 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2995 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2997 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2999 *** New Babel libraries
3001 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3002 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3003 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3004 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3005 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3006 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3007 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3009 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3013 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3015 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3016 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3017 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3018 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3019 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3020 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3022 The key new functions are
3024 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3025 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3026 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3028 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3029 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3031 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3032 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3034 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3035 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3037 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3039 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3040 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3041 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3043 **** Modified link escaping
3045 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3047 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3048 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3049 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3050 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3053 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3054 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3055 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3056 : percent escaped links are solved.
3058 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3060 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3062 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3063 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3065 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3067 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3069 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3070 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3071 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3072 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3073 string to be executed.
3075 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3076 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3080 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3081 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3084 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3088 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3090 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3091 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3092 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3093 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3095 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3096 will work on the current entry.
3098 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3099 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3101 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3103 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3105 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3108 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3109 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3114 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3116 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3117 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3118 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3120 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3122 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3123 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3124 entries using a function.
3126 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3127 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3128 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3130 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3132 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3133 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3134 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3136 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3138 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3139 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3140 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3141 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3142 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3143 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3145 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3149 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3151 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3152 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3154 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3155 docstring of these variable for details about available
3158 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3159 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3160 formatting string will insert a string.
3162 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3164 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3165 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3166 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3167 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3168 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3169 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3170 C-e u=, respectively.
3172 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3173 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3174 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3175 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3176 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3179 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3181 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3182 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3184 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3186 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3187 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3189 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3191 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3192 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3193 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3194 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3195 section]] in the manual for more details.
3197 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3198 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3199 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3204 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3206 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3207 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3208 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3209 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3210 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3212 **** New logging support for refiling
3214 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3215 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3218 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
3222 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
3224 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
3228 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
3230 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
3231 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
3233 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
3235 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
3236 the displayed in the buffer.
3238 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
3240 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
3242 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
3243 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
3245 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
3246 |--------+--------+---------|
3247 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
3248 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
3250 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
3253 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
3256 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
3258 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
3260 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
3261 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
3268 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
3269 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
3272 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
3274 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
3276 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
3277 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
3279 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
3283 **** Improved handling of lists
3285 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
3287 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
3288 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
3289 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
3292 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
3293 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
3294 counters like [@c] or [@W].
3296 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
3297 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
3298 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
3299 `org-list-export-context'.
3301 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
3302 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
3303 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
3305 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
3306 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
3307 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
3308 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
3309 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
3311 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
3312 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
3313 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
3315 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
3317 *** Inline display of linked images
3319 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
3320 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
3321 that have no description part will be inlined.
3323 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
3325 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
3326 from 1, you can now do it like this:
3328 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
3330 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
3332 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
3333 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
3334 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
3335 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
3336 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
3337 into account all header arguments, and variables.
3339 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
3340 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
3341 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
3344 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
3345 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
3346 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
3347 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
3348 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
3349 properties or in tables.
3351 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
3352 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
3353 names, and rownames across all languages.
3355 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
3357 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
3359 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
3360 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
3361 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
3363 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
3365 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
3366 request by Scott Otterson.
3368 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
3370 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
3371 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
3372 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
3373 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
3374 superscripts, see the variable
3375 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
3377 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
3379 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
3381 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
3382 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
3383 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
3384 following new faces:
3386 =org-document-title=
3388 =org-document-info-keyword=
3390 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
3391 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
3393 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
3395 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
3397 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
3398 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
3399 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
3400 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
3401 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
3402 property is affected by this setting.
3404 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
3405 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
3407 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
3409 Requested by Michael Brand.
3411 **** Better level cycling function
3413 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3414 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3415 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3416 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3418 **** Adaptive filling
3420 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3421 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3422 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3423 comments to be filled correctly.
3425 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3427 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3429 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3431 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3433 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3434 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3436 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3440 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3442 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3443 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3444 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3445 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3447 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3449 **** Localized clock tables
3451 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3452 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3453 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3454 available translated strings.
3456 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3458 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3459 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3460 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3461 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3463 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3465 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3467 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3468 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3469 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3470 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3473 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3477 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3479 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3480 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3482 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3484 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3486 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3487 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3488 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3491 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3494 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3496 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3497 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3502 org-table-current-line
3506 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3508 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3509 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3512 This was requested by Tom.
3514 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3516 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3517 example by viewing from the agenda.
3519 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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