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13 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** Emacs 23 support has been dropped
17 From now on, Org expects at least Emacs 24.3, although Emacs 24.4 or
20 *** XEmacs support has been dropped
22 Incomplete compatibility layer with XEmacs has been removed. If you
23 want to take over maintenance of this compatibility, please contact
26 *** New syntax for export blocks
28 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
29 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
32 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
45 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
48 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
54 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
57 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
58 using previous syntax:
60 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
61 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
62 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
64 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
65 (let ((case-fold-search t)
66 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
67 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
68 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
71 (goto-char (point-min))
72 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
74 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
75 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
76 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
78 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
79 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
82 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
83 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
85 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
86 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
87 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
88 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
89 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
90 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
93 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~ and
94 ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to be
99 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
101 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
102 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
103 constructs are now unsupported.
105 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them into
108 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
110 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
111 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
112 consider using the =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
114 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
117 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
119 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
120 S-expressions. Replacing an S-expression with an appropriate function
121 is straightforward. For example
127 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
129 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can get time via =vc=
131 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
132 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
134 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
136 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
137 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
138 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
140 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
142 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
154 should be written instead
159 :header-args: :exports code
160 :header-args+: :var a=1 b=2
161 :header-args+: :var c=3
165 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
166 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
170 *** ~org-eww~ has been moved into core
171 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
173 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
176 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
177 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
180 Old-style links such as
181 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
182 continue to be supported.
184 If you have defined your own handler functions for
185 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
186 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
187 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into property
190 *** New Org linter library
192 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
194 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
196 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
197 entries are added to last in the date tree.
199 *** New ~vbar~ entity
201 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionally as a =|=,
202 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
203 a HTML derived export back-end.
207 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
209 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
212 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
214 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
215 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
217 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
219 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
220 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
221 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
224 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
226 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
227 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
229 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
231 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
232 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
233 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
234 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
236 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
238 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
239 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
240 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
243 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
245 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
246 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
247 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
248 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
249 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
252 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
253 ;; this will export with line number 20
254 (message "This is line 21")
256 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
257 ;; This will be listed as line 31
258 (message "This is line 32")
262 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
264 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
265 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
268 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
270 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
271 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
272 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width of
273 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
275 **** Markdown footnote export customization
277 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
278 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
279 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
280 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
284 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
286 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
288 **** Support for Lua language
289 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
291 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
293 **** Support for Stan language
295 New ob-stan.el library.
297 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
299 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
301 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
302 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
304 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
306 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
307 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
308 that does not end in ".stan".
310 For more information and usage examples, visit
311 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
313 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
315 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
316 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
328 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
330 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
331 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
332 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
343 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
344 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the properties.
346 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
347 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
349 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
351 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
352 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
354 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
356 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
366 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
375 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
376 using the :file property, e.g.:
378 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
380 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
381 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
383 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
384 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
388 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needs additional
389 setup in addition to plantuml. See [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for
390 details and setup information.
392 *** Rewrite of radio lists
394 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
395 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
396 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
399 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
401 Used like ~org-bbdb-anniversaries~, it provides a few days warning for
402 upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
404 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
406 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
407 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
409 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
411 *** Support for ISO week trees
413 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
414 by ISO week and not by month.
421 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
423 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
424 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
426 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
428 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
429 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
431 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
435 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
437 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
438 buffer unconditionally.
440 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
442 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
444 **** Allow custom summaries
446 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
447 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
449 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
451 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
454 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
455 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
457 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
460 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
462 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~ allows
463 to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any upper case
464 character (or character class), the search is case sensitive.
465 Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
467 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
469 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
472 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
474 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
475 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
476 the manual for details.
478 *** Links are now customizable
480 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
481 etc. Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
485 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
487 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
489 *** ~org-show-children~
491 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
495 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
497 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
499 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
501 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
503 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
505 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
507 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
509 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
511 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
513 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
515 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
517 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
518 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
520 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
522 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
524 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
526 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
527 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
529 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
531 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
533 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
535 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
537 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
539 The affected functions are:
542 - ~org-remove-if-not~
547 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
548 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
549 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
553 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
555 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
556 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
557 let those libraries operate.
559 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
561 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
564 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
566 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
569 *** Add Icelandic smart quotes
570 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
571 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
573 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
574 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
575 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
576 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
578 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
579 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
581 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
582 current project. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
585 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
587 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
590 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
592 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
593 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
594 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
595 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
596 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
598 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
599 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
600 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
601 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
603 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
605 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
606 to the article's original group.
608 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
610 The calling convention has changed.
612 *** HTML export table row customization changes
614 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
615 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
616 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
617 called with 6 parameters.
619 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
620 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
622 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
624 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
626 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
627 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
628 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
629 the end of the string.
631 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
633 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
634 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
635 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
637 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
639 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
640 For most folks this file does not exist.
641 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
643 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
645 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other
648 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
650 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
651 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
652 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
653 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
654 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
655 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
656 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
659 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
661 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
664 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
666 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
667 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
668 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
670 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
671 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
673 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
674 indication letter was solely J.
676 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
678 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
679 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
680 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
682 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
684 The experimental variable used to be more or less confidential, as
687 *** New ~:format~ property to parsed links
689 It defines the format of the original link. Possible values are:
690 ~plain~, ~bracket~ and ~angle~.
694 ** Incompatible changes
696 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
698 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
699 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
701 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
702 logged before the property drawer.
704 The following function will repair them:
706 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
707 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
708 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
709 Ignore non Org buffers."
710 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
711 (org-with-wide-buffer
712 (goto-char (point-min))
713 (let ((case-fold-search t)
714 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
715 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
719 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
721 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
723 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
724 (when (and (< (point) end)
725 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
727 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
728 (eq (org-element-type
729 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
731 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
733 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
734 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
737 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
739 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
740 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
741 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
742 into account when exporting.
744 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
745 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
747 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
749 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
750 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
753 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
754 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
759 :CATEGORY: some category
763 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
765 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
766 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
767 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
770 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
772 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
773 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
775 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
776 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
778 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
780 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
781 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
783 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
785 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
786 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~
787 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
788 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
789 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
791 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
793 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
794 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
796 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
798 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
799 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
800 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
802 *** Functions signature changes
804 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
805 docstring for more information.
807 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
808 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
809 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
810 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
811 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
816 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
818 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical
819 scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
821 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
824 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
827 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
830 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
832 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
833 without changing the headline.
835 *** Hierarchies of tags
837 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
838 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
839 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
841 The following in-buffer definition:
844 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
845 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
846 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
849 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
859 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
860 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
862 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
864 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
866 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
867 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
869 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
870 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
871 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: { }
872 can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the given
873 tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
875 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
881 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
884 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
886 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
889 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
892 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
894 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
895 regular expression matches for P@.+. This is good for example for
896 projects tagged with a common identifier, i.e. P@2014_OrgTags.
898 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
900 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filters all of the related tags.
901 Except if a filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
903 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
906 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
907 is also used as a filter.
909 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
911 Now uses the argument ARG and optional argument exclude instead of
912 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
913 makes more sense than strip now. The term "narrowing" is changed to
916 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
917 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
919 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
921 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
923 *** Babel: support for Processing language
925 New ob-processing.el library.
927 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
928 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
929 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
931 Check the documentation for more details.
933 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
935 *** New behaviour for ~org-toggle-latex-fragment~
937 The new behaviour is the following:
939 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument when
940 point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the whole
943 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
946 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
948 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
950 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
952 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
953 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
955 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
957 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
958 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
961 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
963 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
964 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
965 ~org-drawers~ variable.
967 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
969 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
970 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
971 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
972 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
974 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
976 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
977 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
978 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
981 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
983 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch in
986 *** New option in ASCII export
988 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting ~org-ascii-list-margin~
989 variable to an appropriate integer.
991 *** New blocks in ASCII export
993 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT=
994 blocks. See documentation for details.
996 *** More back-end specific publishing options
998 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
999 increased. See manual for details.
1001 *** Export inline source blocks
1003 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
1004 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
1005 in the output, depending on the parameters.
1007 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
1009 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
1011 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
1013 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
1015 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
1017 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
1018 more features. See docstring for details.
1020 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
1022 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
1024 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
1025 document, before wrapping it within the template.
1027 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
1029 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
1031 : This sentence is false.
1034 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
1036 *** Various improvements on radio tables
1038 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
1039 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
1040 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are new
1041 parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
1042 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
1043 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
1045 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
1047 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction
1048 with source blocks exported by the minted package.
1050 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
1052 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
1053 would throw an error. A new variable ~org-table-formula-create-columns~
1054 was added to adjust this behavior. It is now possible to silently add
1055 new columns, to do so with a warning or to explicitly ask the user
1060 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
1063 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
1065 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
1066 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
1068 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
1070 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
1072 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
1074 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is now
1075 deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
1076 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
1078 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1080 See the docstring for more information.
1082 *** Export unnumbered headlines
1084 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
1085 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
1086 property is inherited by children.
1088 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
1090 It is now possible to specify a function, both programmatically,
1091 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~ keys,
1094 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
1096 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See manual
1099 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
1101 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
1104 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
1106 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
1107 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
1109 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
1111 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
1112 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
1114 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
1116 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
1117 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
1120 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
1122 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
1123 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
1125 *** New entities family: "\_ "
1127 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
1128 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
1129 leading spaces within table cells.
1131 *** New MathJax configuration options
1133 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
1134 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
1136 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
1138 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
1139 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
1140 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
1142 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
1143 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
1144 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
1145 keywords and properties.
1147 *** Viewport support in html export
1149 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
1150 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
1152 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
1154 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
1157 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
1159 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
1160 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in a
1161 dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
1163 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
1165 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
1166 added to headline text.
1168 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
1170 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See the manual for details.
1172 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1174 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1175 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1178 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1180 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1181 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1183 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1185 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for the
1186 number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original subtree
1187 and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1189 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1191 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1193 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1195 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1196 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1198 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1200 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1202 ** Removed functions
1204 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1206 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1208 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1210 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1211 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1212 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1213 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1215 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1217 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1219 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1221 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1222 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1224 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1226 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1229 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1231 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1232 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1236 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1238 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1241 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1242 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1244 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1246 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1247 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1250 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1252 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1253 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1255 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1257 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name= at
1258 the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the value
1259 of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=. To chose
1260 a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind this
1263 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1265 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1266 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1267 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1268 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1269 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1271 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1273 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1274 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1277 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1279 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1281 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1283 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1285 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1287 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1289 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1291 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1292 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1293 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1294 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1296 *** Removed comment-related filters
1298 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1299 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1304 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1306 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1308 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1310 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1311 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1313 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1315 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1316 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1319 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1321 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1322 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1324 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1326 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1328 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1330 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1331 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1332 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1333 particular test failure was introduced.
1335 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1337 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1338 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as well
1339 as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~ when
1340 ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1342 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1344 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1345 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1347 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1349 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1350 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~ now.
1352 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1354 This helps spotting wrong links.
1358 ** Incompatible changes
1359 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1360 This may require two changes in user config.
1362 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1363 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1364 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1366 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1368 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1369 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1370 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1372 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1373 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1375 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1379 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1381 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1383 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1384 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1385 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1387 So you need to replace
1389 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1393 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1395 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1396 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1398 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1400 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1401 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1402 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1404 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1405 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1407 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1409 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1410 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1411 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1414 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1416 ** Important bugfixes
1418 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1419 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1421 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1423 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1424 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1425 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1428 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1430 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1432 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1434 - Support SVG images
1435 - Support for .pgf files
1436 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1437 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1438 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1439 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1440 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1441 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1442 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1444 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1446 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1447 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1448 in a paragraph-like way.
1450 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1452 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1453 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1454 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1455 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1456 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1458 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1460 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1461 which can then be passed to export functions like
1462 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1464 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1465 registering a new back-end.
1467 *** New agenda fortnight view
1469 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1470 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1473 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1475 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1476 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1478 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1479 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1480 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1482 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1483 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1485 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1486 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1487 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1488 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1489 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1492 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1494 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1496 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1498 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1500 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1502 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1504 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1506 If you set this to the following
1508 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
1510 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
1512 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
1514 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
1516 ** New contributed packages
1518 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
1519 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
1522 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
1523 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
1527 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
1529 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
1530 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
1531 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
1532 the same with example blocks.
1534 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
1541 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
1543 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
1546 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
1547 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
1548 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
1550 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
1551 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
1552 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
1553 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
1554 detailed explanations.
1556 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
1557 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
1558 function has been called already.
1560 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
1563 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
1565 ** Incompatible changes
1567 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
1569 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
1571 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
1572 you will have to update them.
1574 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
1576 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
1577 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
1579 **** New export engine
1581 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
1582 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
1583 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
1584 /all/ export back-ends.
1586 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
1587 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
1588 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
1589 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
1590 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
1592 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
1593 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
1595 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
1596 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
1597 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
1598 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
1600 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
1602 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
1604 should now be written
1606 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
1608 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
1609 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
1610 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
1612 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
1614 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
1616 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
1619 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
1620 remember templates into capture templates.
1622 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
1624 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
1625 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
1627 **** Note for third-party developers
1629 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
1630 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
1631 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
1633 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
1636 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
1638 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
1639 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
1640 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
1642 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
1643 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
1644 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
1647 - org-colview-xemacs.el
1648 - org-mac-message.el
1654 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
1655 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
1656 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
1658 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
1659 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
1661 ** New packages in core
1663 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
1665 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
1667 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
1669 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
1671 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
1673 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
1674 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
1676 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
1678 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
1680 ** New packages in contrib
1682 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
1684 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
1686 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
1689 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
1691 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
1692 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
1694 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
1697 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1699 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1701 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1703 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1705 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1706 for starting headlines.
1708 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1710 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1711 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1712 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1713 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1715 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1717 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1719 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1721 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1722 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1725 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1726 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1729 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1731 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1732 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1735 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1736 conversion from Org files to groff.
1738 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1740 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1742 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1744 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1745 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1752 **** New export generic options
1754 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1755 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1757 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1759 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1760 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1761 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1762 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1764 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1765 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1766 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1767 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1768 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1769 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1770 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1771 contains time-stamps.
1773 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1774 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1775 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1777 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1779 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1781 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1783 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1785 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1786 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1787 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1788 *** Structure editing
1790 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1791 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1793 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1794 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1796 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1798 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1799 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1800 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1801 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1804 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1806 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1807 _words__= will preserve markup.
1809 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1811 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1812 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1813 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1815 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1817 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1818 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1820 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1822 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1823 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1824 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1825 forward and backward.
1827 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1828 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1830 Now Org will sort this list
1832 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1833 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1837 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1838 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1840 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1841 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1842 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1844 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1845 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1846 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1848 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1851 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1853 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1854 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1855 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1857 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1859 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1860 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1861 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1862 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1864 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1866 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1867 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1868 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1869 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1870 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1872 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1874 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1875 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1876 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1878 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1879 *** Scheduled/deadline
1881 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1883 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1884 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1885 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1886 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1888 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1889 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1890 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1891 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1893 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1894 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1895 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1896 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1897 control this globally or per agenda.
1899 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1901 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1903 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1905 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1906 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1908 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1910 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1911 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1912 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1914 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1915 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1916 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1918 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1919 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1921 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1924 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1926 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1927 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1928 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1930 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1932 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1933 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1934 only show their description, not the full links.
1937 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1939 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1940 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1941 want to build a list of appointments.
1943 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1944 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1946 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1948 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1950 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1951 time value (i.e. appointments).
1953 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1955 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1957 | Strategy | Explanations |
1958 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1959 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1960 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1961 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1962 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1963 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1964 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1965 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1966 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1967 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1968 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1970 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1972 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1973 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1974 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1976 These new options are available:
1978 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1979 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1980 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1981 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1983 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1984 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1985 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1987 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1988 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1989 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1990 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1991 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1992 non-tagged headlines.
1994 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1996 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1997 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1998 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1999 that take only =N= minutes.
2001 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
2003 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
2004 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
2005 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
2007 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
2009 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
2010 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
2012 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
2014 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
2015 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
2017 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
2020 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
2022 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
2023 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
2024 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
2026 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
2027 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
2029 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
2031 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
2032 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
2034 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
2036 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
2038 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
2039 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
2042 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
2044 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
2045 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
2046 asks for a confirmation.
2048 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
2050 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
2051 the mark of the entry at point.
2053 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
2054 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
2056 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
2058 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
2059 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
2062 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
2064 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
2065 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
2067 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
2069 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
2070 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
2072 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
2074 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
2075 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
2076 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
2077 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
2079 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2081 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
2082 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
2083 repeated beyond the current deadline.
2085 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
2087 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
2088 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
2089 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
2090 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
2092 Read the full docstring for details.
2094 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
2096 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
2099 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
2102 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
2104 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
2105 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
2108 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
2110 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
2111 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
2113 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
2115 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2116 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
2117 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
2118 check against the name of the buffer.
2121 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
2122 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
2123 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
2126 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
2127 agenda views, and for filtering.
2129 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
2133 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
2135 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
2136 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
2137 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
2139 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
2140 as if the protocol was not known.
2142 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
2144 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
2146 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
2147 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
2148 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
2151 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
2153 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
2154 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
2155 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
2157 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
2159 When storing a link to a headline like
2161 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
2163 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
2164 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
2165 there is no description.
2168 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
2170 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
2171 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
2172 those other formulas.
2174 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2176 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2177 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2178 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2181 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2183 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2184 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2185 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2188 **** New lookup functions
2190 There are now three lookup functions:
2192 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2193 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2194 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2196 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2197 *** Startup keywords
2199 These new startup keywords are now available:
2201 | Startup keyword | Option |
2202 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2203 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2204 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2205 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2206 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2207 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2208 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2209 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2210 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2214 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2216 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2217 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2218 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2219 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2221 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2223 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2224 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2225 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2228 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2229 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2231 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2233 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2234 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2236 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2238 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2239 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2240 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2242 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2243 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2244 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2245 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2246 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2247 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2248 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2251 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2253 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2255 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2257 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2258 same target than the block at point.
2260 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2262 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2263 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2264 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2266 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2267 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2270 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2272 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2273 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2274 manual for a usage example.
2276 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2278 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2279 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2280 collecting blocks for tangling.
2282 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2283 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2285 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2286 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2287 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2288 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2290 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2291 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2294 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2295 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2296 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2297 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2301 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2302 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2303 - [[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]]
2304 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2305 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2306 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2307 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2308 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2309 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2310 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2311 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2312 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2313 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2314 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2315 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2316 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2317 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2318 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports OS X versions up to 10.8
2319 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2323 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2325 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2327 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2329 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2331 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2332 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2333 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2334 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2335 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2336 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2337 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2338 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2340 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2342 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2343 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2345 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2347 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2348 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2349 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2353 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2355 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2356 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2359 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2360 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2361 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2362 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2363 agenda type to this variable.
2365 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2368 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2369 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2370 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2371 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2373 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2375 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2376 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2377 invisible) blocked tasks.
2379 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2381 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2382 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2384 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2386 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2387 ** No GPL manual anymore
2389 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2390 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2392 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2394 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2396 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2397 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2398 in most environments.
2402 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2404 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2406 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2407 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2410 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2411 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2412 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2415 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2417 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2419 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2420 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2421 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2422 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2423 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2424 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2425 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2426 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2427 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2428 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2429 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2430 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2431 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2432 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2433 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2435 ** New package and Babel language
2437 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2439 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2441 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2442 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2444 ** Incompatible changes
2446 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2447 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2449 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2452 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2453 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2454 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2456 ** New features and user-visible changes
2460 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2461 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2462 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2463 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2465 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2466 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2468 See the docstrings for more details.
2470 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2471 on =org-element.el=.
2473 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2475 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2476 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2477 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2478 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2480 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2482 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2483 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2484 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2485 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2487 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2489 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2491 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2493 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2496 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2497 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2499 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2500 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2501 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2504 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
2507 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
2508 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
2509 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
2511 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
2512 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
2513 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
2518 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
2520 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
2521 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
2522 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
2523 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
2525 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
2526 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
2527 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
2528 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
2529 generating new ones.
2531 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
2534 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2536 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2537 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
2540 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2541 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
2542 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
2545 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
2546 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
2547 details on how to use this.
2549 **** Changes in bulk actions
2551 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
2552 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
2554 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
2555 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
2556 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
2557 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
2558 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
2560 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
2561 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
2563 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
2564 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
2567 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
2569 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
2571 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
2573 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
2574 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
2576 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
2578 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
2579 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
2580 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
2581 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
2584 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2586 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
2589 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
2590 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
2591 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
2592 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
2593 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
2596 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
2598 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
2600 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
2602 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
2603 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
2604 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
2605 filters and category filters.
2607 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
2608 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
2611 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
2612 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
2613 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
2618 **** Inserting links
2620 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
2621 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
2622 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
2625 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
2626 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
2627 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
2628 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
2630 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
2633 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
2635 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
2636 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
2637 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
2638 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
2640 **** New link type =help=
2642 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
2644 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
2645 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
2646 you go back to the same buffer.
2648 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
2650 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
2651 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
2654 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
2656 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
2658 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
2660 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
2662 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
2664 **** RET now follows time stamps links
2668 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
2670 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
2671 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
2672 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
2673 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
2675 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
2677 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
2678 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
2679 all headlines in the region.
2681 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
2683 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
2685 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
2686 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
2688 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
2690 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
2692 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
2694 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
2696 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
2698 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2699 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2700 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2705 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2707 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2709 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2711 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2712 clocked entry, if any.
2714 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2716 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2718 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2720 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2721 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2724 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2725 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2726 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2730 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2732 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2735 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2737 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2738 cells in clockreport.
2740 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2741 time cells in clockreport.
2744 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2746 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2747 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2749 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2750 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2752 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2753 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2754 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2755 space in the frame title.
2759 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2761 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2762 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2763 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2764 don't want to see temporarily.
2766 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2768 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2770 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2772 There are these new entities:
2774 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2775 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2776 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2777 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2778 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2779 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2781 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2782 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2783 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2785 The face is back to a normal height.
2789 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2790 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2792 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2793 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2795 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2797 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2798 block will use its value as the column format.
2800 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2802 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2804 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2806 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2808 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2809 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2810 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2811 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2813 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2817 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2819 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2821 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2823 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2825 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2826 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2827 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2829 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2831 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2832 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2833 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2837 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2839 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2840 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2841 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2842 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2844 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2846 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2847 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2850 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2851 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2852 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2855 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2856 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2857 more details on how to use this.
2859 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2860 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2862 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2863 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2866 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2868 See the manual for more explanations.
2870 **** More control over empty lines
2872 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2873 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2876 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2878 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2882 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2884 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2885 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2886 available) to print beautiful tables.
2888 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2890 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2891 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2894 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2896 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2897 in the #+DATE option.
2899 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2901 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2903 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2904 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2906 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2907 More languages are always welcome.
2909 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2911 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2912 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2914 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2915 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2916 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2917 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2918 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2919 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2921 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2922 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2926 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2928 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2931 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2933 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2934 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2936 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2938 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2940 It used to exports the results of the code.
2944 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2945 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2947 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2948 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2950 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2952 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2953 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2954 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2956 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2957 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2959 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2960 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2961 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2964 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2966 This will increment the effort value.
2968 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2970 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2972 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2973 attach symbolic links.
2975 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2977 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2979 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2980 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2982 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2984 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2986 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2987 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2988 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2990 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2992 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2993 all top level list items.
2995 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2997 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2999 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
3000 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
3002 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
3004 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
3006 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
3007 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
3008 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
3009 first headline in the region.
3011 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
3013 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
3016 ** Important bug fixes
3018 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
3020 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
3021 perform completion with meaningful values.
3023 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
3025 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
3026 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
3027 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3029 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
3030 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
3032 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
3033 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
3036 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
3037 the code and the license to your needs.
3039 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
3040 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
3044 ** Incompatible changes
3046 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
3048 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
3050 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
3052 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
3053 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
3054 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
3055 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
3058 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
3060 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
3061 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
3062 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
3064 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
3066 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
3067 =org-agenda-span= instead.
3069 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
3071 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
3073 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
3074 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
3075 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
3076 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
3077 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
3079 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
3080 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
3081 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
3082 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
3083 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
3084 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
3086 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
3087 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
3088 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
3091 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
3094 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
3095 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
3096 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
3097 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
3099 The two new variables are:
3101 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
3102 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
3103 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
3104 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
3105 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
3106 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
3107 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
3109 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
3110 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
3113 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
3116 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
3117 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
3118 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
3119 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
3121 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
3122 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
3123 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
3124 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
3127 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
3128 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
3129 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
3130 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
3131 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
3132 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
3135 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
3136 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
3137 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
3138 applies to the following packages:
3156 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
3157 you are using, you can remove it from
3158 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
3159 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
3162 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
3163 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
3164 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
3165 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
3166 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
3169 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
3171 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
3172 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3173 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3176 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3178 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3180 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3182 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3184 ** Important new features
3186 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3188 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3190 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3191 for more information on how to customize it.
3193 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3195 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3196 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3197 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3198 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3200 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3201 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3202 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3204 To switch over to the new system:
3208 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3210 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3211 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3212 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3213 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3214 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3216 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3218 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3221 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3224 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3226 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3227 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3228 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3229 with using both system in parallel.
3233 *** New Org libraries
3234 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3236 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3238 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3240 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3242 To use, put the following in your init file:
3245 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3248 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3249 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3250 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3251 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3252 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3253 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3254 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3255 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3256 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3259 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3261 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3262 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3264 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3266 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3267 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3268 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3271 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3272 call function to do something special with text links.
3274 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3276 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3278 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3279 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3280 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3283 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3285 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3287 *** New Babel libraries
3289 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3290 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3291 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3292 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3293 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3294 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3295 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3297 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3301 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3303 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3304 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3305 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3306 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3307 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3308 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3310 The key new functions are
3312 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3313 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3314 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3316 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3317 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3319 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3320 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3322 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3323 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3325 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3327 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3328 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3329 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3331 **** Modified link escaping
3333 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3335 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3336 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3337 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3338 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3341 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3342 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3343 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3344 : percent escaped links are solved.
3346 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3348 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3350 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3351 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3353 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3355 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3357 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3358 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3359 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3360 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3361 string to be executed.
3363 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3364 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3368 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3369 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3372 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3376 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3378 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3379 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3380 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3381 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3383 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3384 will work on the current entry.
3386 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3387 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3389 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3391 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3393 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3396 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3397 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3402 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3404 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3405 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3406 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3408 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3410 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3411 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3412 entries using a function.
3414 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3415 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3416 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3418 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3420 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3421 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3422 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3424 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3426 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3427 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3428 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3429 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3430 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3431 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3433 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3437 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3439 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3440 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3442 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3443 docstring of these variable for details about available
3446 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3447 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3448 formatting string will insert a string.
3450 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3452 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3453 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3454 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3455 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3456 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3457 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3458 C-e u=, respectively.
3460 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3461 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3462 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3463 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3464 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3467 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3469 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3470 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3472 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3474 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3475 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3477 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3479 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3480 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3481 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3482 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3483 section]] in the manual for more details.
3485 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3486 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3487 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3492 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3494 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3495 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3496 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3497 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3498 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3500 **** New logging support for refiling
3502 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3503 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3506 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
3510 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
3512 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
3516 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
3518 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
3519 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
3521 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
3523 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
3524 the displayed in the buffer.
3526 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
3528 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
3530 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
3531 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
3533 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
3534 |--------+--------+---------|
3535 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
3536 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
3538 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
3541 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
3544 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
3546 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
3548 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
3549 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
3556 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
3557 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
3560 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
3562 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
3564 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
3565 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
3567 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
3571 **** Improved handling of lists
3573 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
3575 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
3576 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
3577 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
3580 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
3581 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
3582 counters like [@c] or [@W].
3584 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
3585 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
3586 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
3587 `org-list-export-context'.
3589 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
3590 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
3591 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
3593 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
3594 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
3595 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
3596 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
3597 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
3599 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
3600 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
3601 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
3603 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
3605 *** Inline display of linked images
3607 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
3608 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
3609 that have no description part will be inlined.
3611 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
3613 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
3614 from 1, you can now do it like this:
3616 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
3618 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
3620 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
3621 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
3622 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
3623 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
3624 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
3625 into account all header arguments, and variables.
3627 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
3628 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
3629 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
3632 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
3633 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
3634 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
3635 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
3636 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
3637 properties or in tables.
3639 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
3640 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
3641 names, and rownames across all languages.
3643 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
3645 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
3647 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
3648 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
3649 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
3651 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
3653 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
3654 request by Scott Otterson.
3656 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
3658 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
3659 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
3660 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
3661 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
3662 superscripts, see the variable
3663 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
3665 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
3667 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
3669 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
3670 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
3671 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
3672 following new faces:
3674 =org-document-title=
3676 =org-document-info-keyword=
3678 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
3679 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
3681 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
3683 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
3685 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
3686 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
3687 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
3688 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
3689 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
3690 property is affected by this setting.
3692 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
3693 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
3695 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
3697 Requested by Michael Brand.
3699 **** Better level cycling function
3701 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3702 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3703 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3704 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3706 **** Adaptive filling
3708 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3709 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3710 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3711 comments to be filled correctly.
3713 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3715 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3717 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3719 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3721 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3722 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3724 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3728 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3730 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3731 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3732 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3733 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3735 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3737 **** Localized clock tables
3739 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3740 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3741 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3742 available translated strings.
3744 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3746 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3747 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3748 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3749 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3751 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3753 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3755 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3756 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3757 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3758 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3761 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3765 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3767 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3768 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3770 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3772 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3774 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3775 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3776 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3779 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3782 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3784 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3785 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3790 org-table-current-line
3794 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3796 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3797 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3800 This was requested by Tom.
3802 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3804 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3805 example by viewing from the agenda.
3807 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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