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13 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
17 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
18 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
19 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
21 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
22 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
24 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
28 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
30 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
32 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
33 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
34 option keywords like :html-include-style.
36 So you need to replace
38 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
42 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
44 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
45 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
47 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
49 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
50 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
51 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
53 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
54 the other optional arguments accordingly.
56 *** Export back-ends are now structures
58 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
59 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
60 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
63 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
67 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
68 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
70 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
72 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
73 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
74 separator starting a TOTO match string.
77 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
79 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
81 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
84 - Support for .pgf files
85 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
86 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
87 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
88 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
89 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
90 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
91 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
93 *** New functions for paragraph motion
95 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
96 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
97 in a paragraph-like way.
99 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
101 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
102 dalet, cdots, S (ยง), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
103 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
104 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
105 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
107 *** Anonymous export back-ends
109 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
110 which can then be passed to export functions like
111 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
113 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
114 registering a new back-end.
116 *** New agenda fortnight view
118 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
119 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
122 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
124 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
125 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
127 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
128 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
129 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
131 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
132 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
134 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
135 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
136 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
137 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
138 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
141 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
143 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
145 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
147 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
149 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
151 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
153 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
155 If you set this to the following
157 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
159 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
161 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
163 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
165 ** New contributed packages
167 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
168 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
171 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
172 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
178 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
180 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
183 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
184 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
185 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
187 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
188 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
189 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
190 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
191 detailed explanations.
193 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
194 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
195 function has been called already.
197 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
200 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
202 ** Incompatible changes
204 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
206 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
208 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
209 you will have to update them.
211 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
213 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
214 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
216 **** New export engine
218 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
219 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
220 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
221 /all/ export back-ends.
223 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
224 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
225 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
226 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
227 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
229 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
230 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
232 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
233 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
234 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
235 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
237 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
239 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
241 should now be written
243 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
245 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
246 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
247 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
249 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
251 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
253 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
256 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
257 remember templates into capture templates.
259 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
261 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
262 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
264 **** Note for third-party developers
266 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
267 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
268 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
270 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
273 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
275 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
276 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
277 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
279 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
280 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
281 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
284 - org-colview-xemacs.el
291 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
292 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
293 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
295 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
296 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
298 ** New packages in core
300 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
302 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
304 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
306 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
308 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
310 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
311 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
313 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
315 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
317 ** New packages in contrib
319 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
321 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
323 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
326 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
328 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
329 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
331 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
334 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
336 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
338 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
340 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
342 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
343 for starting headlines.
345 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
347 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
348 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
349 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
350 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
352 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sรฉbastien Delafond
354 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
356 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
358 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
359 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
362 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
363 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
366 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
368 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
369 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
372 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
373 conversion from Org files to groff.
375 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
377 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
379 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
381 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
382 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
389 **** New export generic options
391 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
392 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
394 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
396 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
397 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
398 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
399 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
401 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
402 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
403 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
404 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
405 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
406 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
407 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
408 contains time-stamps.
410 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
411 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
412 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
414 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
416 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
418 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
420 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
422 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
423 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
424 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
425 *** Structure editing
427 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
428 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
430 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
431 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
433 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
435 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
436 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
437 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
438 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
441 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
443 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
444 _words__= will preserve markup.
446 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
448 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
449 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
450 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
452 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
454 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
455 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
457 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
459 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
460 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
461 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
462 forward and backward.
464 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
465 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
467 Now Org will sort this list
469 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
470 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
474 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
475 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
477 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
478 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
479 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
481 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
482 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
483 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
485 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
488 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
490 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
491 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
492 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
494 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
496 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
497 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
498 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
499 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
501 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
503 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
504 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
505 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
506 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
507 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
509 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
511 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
512 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
513 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
515 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
516 *** Scheduled/deadline
518 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
520 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
521 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
522 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
523 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
525 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
526 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
527 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
528 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
530 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
531 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
532 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
533 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
534 control this globally or per agenda.
536 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
538 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
540 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
542 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
543 *** Calendar, diary and appts
545 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
547 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
548 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
549 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
551 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
552 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
553 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
555 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
556 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
558 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
561 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
563 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
564 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
565 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
567 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
569 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
570 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
571 only show their description, not the full links.
574 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
576 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
577 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
578 want to build a list of appointments.
580 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
581 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
583 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
585 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
587 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
588 time value (i.e. appointments).
590 **** New agenda sorting strategies
592 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
594 | Strategy | Explanations |
595 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
596 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
597 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
598 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
599 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
600 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
601 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
602 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
603 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
604 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
605 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
607 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
609 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
610 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
611 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
613 These new options are available:
615 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
616 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
617 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
618 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
620 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
621 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
622 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
624 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
625 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
626 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
627 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
628 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
629 non-tagged headlines.
631 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
633 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
634 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
635 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
636 that take only =N= minutes.
638 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
640 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
641 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
642 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
644 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
646 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
647 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
649 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
651 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
652 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
654 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
657 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
659 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
660 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
661 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
663 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
664 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
666 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
668 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
669 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
671 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
673 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
675 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
676 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
679 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
681 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
682 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
683 asks for a confirmation.
685 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
687 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
688 the mark of the entry at point.
690 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
691 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
693 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
695 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
696 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
699 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
701 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
702 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
704 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
706 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
707 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
709 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
711 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
712 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
713 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
714 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
716 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
718 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
719 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
720 repeated beyond the current deadline.
722 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
724 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
725 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
726 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
727 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
729 Read the full docstring for details.
731 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
733 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
736 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
739 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
741 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
742 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
745 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
747 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
748 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
750 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
752 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
753 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
754 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
755 check against the name of the buffer.
758 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
759 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
760 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
763 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
764 agenda views, and for filtering.
766 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
770 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
772 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
773 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
774 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
776 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
777 as if the protocol was not known.
779 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
781 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
783 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
784 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
785 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
788 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
790 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
791 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
792 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
794 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
796 When storing a link to a headline like
798 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
800 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
801 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
802 there is no description.
805 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
807 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
808 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
809 those other formulas.
811 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
813 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
814 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
815 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
818 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
820 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
821 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
822 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
825 **** New lookup functions
827 There are now three lookup functions:
829 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
830 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
831 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
833 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
836 These new startup keywords are now available:
838 | Startup keyword | Option |
839 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
840 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
841 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
842 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
843 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
844 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
845 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
846 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
847 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
851 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
853 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
854 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
855 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
856 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
858 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
860 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
861 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
862 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
865 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
866 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
868 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
870 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
871 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
873 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
875 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
876 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
877 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
879 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
880 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
881 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
882 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
883 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
884 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
885 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
888 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
890 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
892 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
894 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
895 same target than the block at point.
897 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
899 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
900 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
901 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
903 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
904 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
907 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
909 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
910 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
911 manual for a usage example.
913 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
915 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
916 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
917 collecting blocks for tangling.
919 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
920 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
922 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
923 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
924 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
925 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
927 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
928 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
931 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
932 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
933 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
934 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
938 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
939 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
940 - [[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]]
941 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
942 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
943 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
944 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
945 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
946 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
947 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
948 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
949 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
950 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
951 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
952 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
953 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
954 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
955 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
956 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
960 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menรฉndez
962 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
964 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
966 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
968 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by Franรงois Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
969 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
970 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
971 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
972 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
973 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
974 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
975 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
977 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
979 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
980 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
982 *** MobileOrg for iOS
984 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
985 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
986 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
990 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
992 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
993 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
996 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
997 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
998 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
999 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1000 agenda type to this variable.
1002 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1005 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1006 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1007 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1008 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1010 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1012 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1013 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1014 invisible) blocked tasks.
1016 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1018 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1019 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1021 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1023 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1024 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1026 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1027 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1028 in most environments.
1032 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1034 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1036 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1037 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1040 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1041 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1042 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1045 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1047 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1049 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1050 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1051 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1052 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1053 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1054 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1055 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1056 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1057 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1058 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1059 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1060 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1061 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1062 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1063 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1065 ** New package and Babel language
1067 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1069 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1071 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1072 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1074 ** Incompatible changes
1076 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1077 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1079 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1082 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1083 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1084 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1086 ** New features and user-visible changes
1090 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1091 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1092 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1093 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1095 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1096 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1098 See the docstrings for more details.
1100 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1101 on =org-element.el=.
1103 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1105 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1106 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1107 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1108 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1110 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1112 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1113 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1114 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1115 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1117 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1119 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1121 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1123 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1126 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1127 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1129 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1130 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1131 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1134 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1137 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1138 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1139 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1141 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1142 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1143 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1148 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1150 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1151 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1152 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1153 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1155 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1156 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1157 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1158 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1159 generating new ones.
1161 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1164 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1166 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1167 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1170 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1171 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1172 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1175 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1176 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1177 details on how to use this.
1179 **** Changes in bulk actions
1181 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1182 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1184 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1185 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1186 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1187 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1188 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1190 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1191 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1193 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1194 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1197 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1199 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1201 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1203 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1204 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1206 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1208 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1209 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1210 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1211 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1214 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1216 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1219 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1220 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1221 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1222 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1223 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1226 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1228 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1230 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1232 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1233 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1234 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1235 filters and category filters.
1237 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1238 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1241 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1242 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1243 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1248 **** Inserting links
1250 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1251 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1252 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1255 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1256 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1257 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1258 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1260 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1263 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1265 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1266 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1267 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1268 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1270 **** New link type =help=
1272 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1274 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1275 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1276 you go back to the same buffer.
1278 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1280 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1281 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1284 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1286 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1288 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1290 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1292 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1294 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1298 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1300 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1301 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1302 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1303 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1305 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1307 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1308 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1309 all headlines in the region.
1311 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1313 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1315 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1316 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1318 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1320 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1322 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1324 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1326 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1328 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1329 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1330 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1335 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1337 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1339 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1341 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1342 clocked entry, if any.
1344 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1346 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1348 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1350 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1351 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1354 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1355 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1356 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1360 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1362 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1365 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1367 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1368 cells in clockreport.
1370 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1371 time cells in clockreport.
1374 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1376 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1377 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1379 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1380 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1382 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1383 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1384 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1385 space in the frame title.
1389 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1391 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1392 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1393 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1394 don't want to see temporarily.
1396 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1398 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1400 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1402 There are these new entities:
1404 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1405 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1406 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1407 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1408 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1409 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1411 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1412 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1413 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1415 The face is back to a normal height.
1419 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1420 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1422 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1423 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1425 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1427 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1428 block will use its value as the column format.
1430 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1432 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1434 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1436 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1438 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1439 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1440 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1441 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1443 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1447 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1449 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1451 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1453 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1455 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1456 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1457 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1459 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1461 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1462 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1463 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1467 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1469 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1470 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1471 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1472 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1474 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1476 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1477 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1480 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1481 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1482 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1485 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1486 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1487 more details on how to use this.
1489 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1490 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1492 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1493 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1496 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1498 See the manual for more explanations.
1500 **** More control over empty lines
1502 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1503 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1506 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1508 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1512 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1514 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1515 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1516 available) to print beautiful tables.
1518 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1520 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1521 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1524 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1526 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1527 in the #+DATE option.
1529 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1531 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1533 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1534 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1536 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1537 More languages are always welcome.
1539 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1541 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1542 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1544 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1545 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1546 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1547 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1548 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1549 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1551 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1552 to Sรฉbastien Vauban for this patch.
1556 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1558 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1561 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1563 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1564 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1566 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1568 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1570 It used to exports the results of the code.
1574 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1575 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1577 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1578 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1580 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1582 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1583 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1584 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
1586 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
1587 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
1589 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
1590 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
1591 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
1594 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
1596 This will increment the effort value.
1598 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
1600 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
1602 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
1603 attach symbolic links.
1605 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
1607 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
1609 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
1610 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
1612 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
1614 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
1616 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
1617 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
1618 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
1620 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
1622 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
1623 all top level list items.
1625 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
1627 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
1629 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
1630 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
1632 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
1634 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
1636 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
1637 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
1638 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
1639 first headline in the region.
1641 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
1643 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
1646 ** Important bug fixes
1648 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
1650 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
1651 perform completion with meaningful values.
1653 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
1655 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
1656 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
1657 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1659 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
1660 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
1662 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
1663 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
1666 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
1667 the code and the license to your needs.
1669 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
1670 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
1674 ** Incompatible changes
1676 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
1678 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
1680 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
1682 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
1683 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
1684 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
1685 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
1688 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
1690 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
1691 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
1692 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
1694 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
1696 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
1697 =org-agenda-span= instead.
1699 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
1701 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
1703 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
1704 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
1705 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
1706 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
1707 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
1709 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
1710 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
1711 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
1712 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
1713 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
1714 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
1716 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1717 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
1718 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
1721 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
1724 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
1725 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
1726 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
1727 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
1729 The two new variables are:
1731 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
1732 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
1733 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
1734 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
1735 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
1736 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
1737 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
1739 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
1740 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
1743 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
1746 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
1747 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
1748 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
1749 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
1751 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
1752 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
1753 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
1754 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
1757 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
1758 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
1759 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
1760 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
1761 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
1762 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
1765 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
1766 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
1767 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
1768 applies to the following packages:
1786 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
1787 you are using, you can remove it from
1788 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
1789 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
1792 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
1793 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
1794 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
1795 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
1796 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
1799 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
1801 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
1802 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
1803 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
1806 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
1808 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
1810 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
1812 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
1814 ** Important new features
1816 *** New Org to ODT exporter
1818 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
1820 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
1821 for more information on how to customize it.
1823 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
1825 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
1826 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
1827 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
1828 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
1830 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
1831 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
1832 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
1834 To switch over to the new system:
1838 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
1840 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
1841 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
1842 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
1843 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
1844 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
1846 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
1848 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
1851 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
1854 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
1856 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
1857 you have decided to move over completely to the new
1858 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
1859 with using both system in parallel.
1863 *** New Org libraries
1864 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
1866 Implement links to eshell buffers.
1868 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
1870 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
1872 To use, put the following in your init file:
1875 (require 'org-special-blocks)
1878 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
1879 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
1880 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
1881 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
1882 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
1883 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
1884 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
1885 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
1886 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
1889 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
1891 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
1892 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
1894 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
1896 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
1897 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
1898 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
1901 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
1902 call function to do something special with text links.
1904 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
1906 **** org-docview.el (Jan Bรถcker)
1908 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
1909 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
1910 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
1913 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
1915 Thanks to Jan Bรถcker for this contribution.
1917 *** New Babel libraries
1919 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
1920 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
1921 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
1922 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
1923 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
1924 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
1925 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
1927 ** Other new features and various enhancements
1931 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
1933 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
1934 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
1935 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
1936 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
1937 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
1938 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
1940 The key new functions are
1942 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
1943 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
1944 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
1946 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
1947 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
1949 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
1950 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
1952 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
1953 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
1955 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
1957 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
1958 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
1959 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
1961 **** Modified link escaping
1963 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
1965 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
1966 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
1967 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
1968 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
1971 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
1972 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
1973 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
1974 : percent escaped links are solved.
1976 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
1978 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
1980 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
1981 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
1983 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
1985 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
1987 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
1988 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
1989 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
1990 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
1991 string to be executed.
1993 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
1994 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
1998 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
1999 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2002 Thanks to Jan Bรถcker for a patch to this effect.
2006 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2008 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2009 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2010 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2011 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2013 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2014 will work on the current entry.
2016 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2017 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2019 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2021 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2023 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2026 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2027 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2032 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2034 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2035 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2036 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2038 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2040 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2041 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2042 entries using a function.
2044 Thanks to Peter Mรผnster for raising a related issue and to
2045 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Mรผnster for
2046 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2048 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2050 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2051 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2052 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2054 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2056 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2057 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2058 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2059 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2060 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2061 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2063 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2067 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2069 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2070 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2072 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2073 docstring of these variable for details about available
2076 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2077 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2078 formatting string will insert a string.
2080 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2082 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2083 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2084 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2085 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2086 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2087 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2088 C-e u=, respectively.
2090 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2091 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2092 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2093 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2094 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2097 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2099 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2100 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2102 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2104 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2105 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2107 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2109 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2110 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2111 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2112 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2113 section]] in the manual for more details.
2115 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2116 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2117 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2122 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2124 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2125 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2126 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2127 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2128 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2130 **** New logging support for refiling
2132 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2133 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2136 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2140 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2142 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2146 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2148 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2149 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2151 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2153 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2154 the displayed in the buffer.
2156 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2158 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2160 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2161 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2163 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2164 |--------+--------+---------|
2165 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2166 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2168 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2171 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2174 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2176 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2178 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2179 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2186 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2187 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2190 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2192 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2194 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2195 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2197 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2201 **** Improved handling of lists
2203 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2205 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2206 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2207 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2210 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2211 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2212 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2214 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2215 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2216 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2217 `org-list-export-context'.
2219 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2220 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2221 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2223 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2224 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2225 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2226 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2227 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2229 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2230 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2231 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2233 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2235 *** Inline display of linked images
2237 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2238 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2239 that have no description part will be inlined.
2241 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2243 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2244 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2246 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2248 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2250 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2251 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2252 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2253 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2254 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2255 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2257 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2258 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2259 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2262 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2263 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2264 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2265 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2266 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2267 properties or in tables.
2269 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2270 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2271 names, and rownames across all languages.
2273 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2275 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2277 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2278 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2279 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2281 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2283 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2284 request by Scott Otterson.
2286 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2288 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2289 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2290 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2291 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2292 superscripts, see the variable
2293 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2295 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2297 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2299 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2300 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2301 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2302 following new faces:
2304 =org-document-title=
2306 =org-document-info-keyword=
2308 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2309 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2311 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2313 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2315 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2316 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2317 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2318 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2319 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2320 property is affected by this setting.
2322 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2323 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2325 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2327 Requested by Michael Brand.
2329 **** Better level cycling function
2331 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2332 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2333 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2334 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2336 **** Adaptive filling
2338 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2339 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2340 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2341 comments to be filled correctly.
2343 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2345 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2347 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2349 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2351 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2352 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2354 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2358 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2360 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2361 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2362 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2363 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2365 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2367 **** Localized clock tables
2369 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2370 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2371 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2372 available translated strings.
2374 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2376 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2377 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2378 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2379 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2381 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2383 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2385 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2386 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2387 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2388 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2391 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2395 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2397 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2398 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2400 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2402 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2404 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2405 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2406 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2409 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2412 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2414 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2415 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2420 org-table-current-line
2424 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2426 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2427 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2430 This was requested by Tom.
2432 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2434 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2435 example by viewing from the agenda.
2437 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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