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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** New syntax for export blocks
14 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
15 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
18 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
31 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
34 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
40 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
43 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
44 using previous syntax:
46 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
47 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
48 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
49 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
50 (let ((case-fold-search t)
51 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
52 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
53 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
56 (goto-char (point-min))
57 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
59 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
60 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
61 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
63 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
64 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
67 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
68 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
70 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
71 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
72 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
73 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
74 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
75 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
78 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~
79 and ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to
83 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
84 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
85 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
86 constructs are now unsupported.
88 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them
90 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
91 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
92 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
93 consider using =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
95 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
97 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
98 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
99 S-expressions. Replacing a S-expresion with an appropriate function
100 is straightforward. For example
106 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
107 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can obtain time via =vc=
108 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
109 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
110 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
111 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
112 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
113 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
114 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
115 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
127 should be written instead
132 :header-args: :exports code
133 :header-args: :var a=1 b=2
134 :header-args+: :var c=3
138 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
139 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
141 *** ~org-eww~ is moved into core
142 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
144 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
147 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
148 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
151 Old-style links such as
152 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
153 continue to be supported.
155 If you have defined your own handler functions for
156 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
157 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
158 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into
162 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
163 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
164 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
165 entries are added to last in the date tree.
166 *** New ~vbar~ entity
167 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionnally as a =|=,
168 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
169 a HTML derived export back-end.
171 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
172 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
174 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
175 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
176 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
178 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
179 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
180 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
181 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
184 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
185 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
186 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
187 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
188 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
189 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
190 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
191 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
192 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
193 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
194 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
195 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
197 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
198 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
199 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
200 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
201 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
202 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
204 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
205 ;; this will export with line number 20
206 (message "This is line 21")
208 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
209 ;; This will be listed as line 31
210 (message "This is line 32")
213 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
214 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
215 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
217 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
218 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
219 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
220 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width
221 of 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
223 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
224 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
225 **** Support for Lua language
226 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
227 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
228 **** Support for Stan language
229 New ob-stan.el library.
231 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
233 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
235 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
236 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
238 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
240 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
241 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
242 that does not end in ".stan".
244 For more information and usage examples, visit
245 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
246 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
247 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
248 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
259 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
260 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
261 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
262 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
273 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
274 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the
277 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
278 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
279 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
280 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
290 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
299 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
300 using the :file property, e.g.:
302 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
304 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
305 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
307 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
308 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
312 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needss
313 additional setup in addition to plantuml. See
314 [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for details and setup information.
315 *** Rewrite of radio lists
316 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
317 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
318 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
320 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
321 Used like org-bbdb-anniversaries, it provides a few days warning
322 for upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
323 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
324 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
325 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
327 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
328 *** Support for ISO week trees
329 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
330 by ISO week and not by month.
337 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
339 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
340 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
341 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
342 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
343 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
345 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
347 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
348 pWhen called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
349 buffer unconditionally.
350 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
351 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
352 **** Allow custom summaries
353 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
354 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
355 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
356 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
358 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
359 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
360 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
362 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
363 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~
364 allows to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any
365 upper case character (or character class), the search is case
366 sensitive. Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
367 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
368 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
370 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
371 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
372 possible to specify per-languages faces. See the manual for details.
373 *** Links are now customizable
374 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
375 etc... Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
377 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
378 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
379 *** ~org-show-children~
380 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
383 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
384 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
385 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
386 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
387 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
388 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
389 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
390 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
391 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
392 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
393 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
394 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
395 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
397 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
398 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
399 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
400 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
401 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
403 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
404 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
406 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
407 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
409 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
410 The affected functions are:
413 - ~org-remove-if-not~
418 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
419 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
420 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
423 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
424 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
425 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
426 let those libraries operate.
427 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
428 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
430 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
431 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
433 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
434 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
435 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
436 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
437 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
438 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
440 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
442 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
443 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
444 current projet. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
447 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
448 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
451 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
452 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
453 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
454 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
455 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
456 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
458 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
459 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
460 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
461 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
463 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
464 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
465 to the article's original group.
467 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
468 The calling convention has changed.
469 *** HTML export table row customization changes
470 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
471 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
472 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
473 called with 6 parameters.
474 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
475 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
476 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
477 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
478 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
479 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
480 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
481 the end of the string.
482 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
483 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
484 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
485 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
487 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
489 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
490 For most folks this file does not exist.
491 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
493 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
495 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other =gnu.org= manuals.
496 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
497 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
498 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
499 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
500 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
501 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
502 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
503 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
505 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
506 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
508 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
509 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
510 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
511 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
514 ** Incompatible changes
516 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
518 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
519 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
521 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
522 logged before the property drawer.
524 The following function will repair them:
526 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
527 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
528 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
529 Ignore non Org buffers."
530 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
531 (org-with-wide-buffer
532 (goto-char (point-min))
533 (let ((case-fold-search t)
534 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
535 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
539 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
541 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
543 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
544 (when (and (< (point) end)
545 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
547 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
548 (eq (org-element-type
549 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
551 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
553 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
554 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
557 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
559 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
560 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
561 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
562 into account when exporting.
564 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
565 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
567 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
569 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
570 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
573 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
574 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
579 :CATEGORY: some category
583 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
585 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
586 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
587 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
590 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
592 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
593 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
595 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
596 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
598 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
600 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
601 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
603 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
605 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
606 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~ respectively,
607 rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these functions. The Org
608 version of these functions skips over inline tasks (and even-level
609 headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
611 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
613 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
614 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
616 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
618 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
619 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
620 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
622 *** Functions signature changes
624 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
625 docstring for more information.
627 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
628 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
629 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
630 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
631 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
634 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
635 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
637 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
640 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
643 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
646 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
648 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
649 without changing the headline.
651 *** Hierarchies of tags
652 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
653 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
654 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
656 The following in-buffer definition:
658 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
659 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
660 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
663 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
672 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
673 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
675 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
677 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
678 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
679 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
681 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
682 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
683 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
684 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
685 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
687 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
693 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
696 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
697 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
700 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
703 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
705 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
706 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
707 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
710 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
711 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
712 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
714 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
717 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
718 is also used as a filter.
720 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
721 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
722 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
723 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
726 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
727 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
729 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
731 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
733 *** Babel: support for Processing language
735 New ob-processing.el library.
737 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
738 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
739 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
741 Check the documentation for more.
743 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
745 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'
746 The new behaviour is the following:
748 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
749 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
752 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
755 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
757 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
759 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
761 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
762 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
764 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
766 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
767 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
770 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
772 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
773 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
774 ~org-drawers~ variable.
776 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
778 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
779 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
780 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
781 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
783 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
785 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
786 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
787 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
790 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
792 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
795 *** New option in ASCII export
797 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
798 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
800 *** New blocks in ASCII export
802 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
803 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
805 *** More back-end specific publishing options
807 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
808 increased. See manual for details.
810 *** Export inline source blocks
812 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
813 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
814 in the output, depending on the parameters.
816 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
818 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
820 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
822 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
824 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
826 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
827 more features. See docstring for details.
829 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
831 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
833 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
834 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
836 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
838 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
840 : This sentence is false.
843 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
845 *** Various improvements on radio tables
847 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
848 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
849 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
850 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
851 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
852 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
854 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
856 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
857 source blocks exported by the minted package.
859 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
861 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
862 would throw an error. A new variable
863 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
864 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
865 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
869 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
872 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
874 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
875 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
877 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
879 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
881 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
883 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
884 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
885 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
887 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
889 See docstring for more information.
891 *** Export unnumbered headlines
893 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
894 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
895 property is inherited by children.
897 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
899 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
900 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
901 keys, to sort a table.
903 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
905 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
908 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
910 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
913 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
915 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
916 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
918 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
920 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
921 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
923 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
925 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
926 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
929 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
931 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
932 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
934 *** New entities family: "\_ "
936 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
937 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
938 leading spaces within table cells.
940 *** New MathJax configuration options
942 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
943 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
945 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
947 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
948 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
949 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
951 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
952 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
953 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
954 keywords and properties.
956 *** Viewport support in html export
958 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
959 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
961 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
963 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
966 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
968 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
969 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
970 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
972 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
974 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
975 added to headline text.
977 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
979 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
981 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
983 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
984 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
987 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
989 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
990 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
992 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
994 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
995 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
996 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
998 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1000 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1002 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1004 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1005 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1007 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1009 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1011 ** Removed functions
1013 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1015 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1017 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1019 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1020 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1021 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1022 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1024 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1026 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1028 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1030 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1031 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1033 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1035 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1038 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1040 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1041 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1044 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1046 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1049 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1050 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1052 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1054 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1055 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1058 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1060 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1061 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1063 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1065 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
1066 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
1067 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
1068 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
1069 this variable locally.
1071 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1073 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1074 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1075 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1076 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1077 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1079 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1081 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1082 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1085 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1087 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1089 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1091 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1093 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1095 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1097 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1099 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1100 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1101 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1102 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1104 *** Removed comment-related filters
1106 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1107 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1111 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1113 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1115 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1117 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1118 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1120 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1122 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1123 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1126 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1128 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1129 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1131 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1133 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1135 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1137 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1138 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1139 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1140 particular test failure was introduced.
1142 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1144 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1145 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
1146 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
1147 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1149 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1151 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1152 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1154 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1156 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1157 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~
1160 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1162 This helps spotting wrong links.
1165 ** Incompatible changes
1166 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1167 This may require two changes in user config.
1169 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1170 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1171 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1173 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1175 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1176 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1177 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1179 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1180 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1182 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1186 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1188 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1190 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1191 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1192 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1194 So you need to replace
1196 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1200 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1202 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1203 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1205 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1207 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1208 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1209 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1211 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1212 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1214 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1216 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1217 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1218 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1221 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1223 ** Important bugfixes
1225 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1226 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1228 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1230 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1231 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1232 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1235 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1237 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1239 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1241 - Support SVG images
1242 - Support for .pgf files
1243 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1244 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1245 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1246 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1247 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1248 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1249 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1251 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1253 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1254 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1255 in a paragraph-like way.
1257 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1259 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1260 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1261 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1262 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1263 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1265 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1267 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1268 which can then be passed to export functions like
1269 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1271 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1272 registering a new back-end.
1274 *** New agenda fortnight view
1276 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1277 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1280 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1282 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1283 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1285 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1286 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1287 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1289 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1290 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1292 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1293 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1294 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1295 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1296 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1299 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1301 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1303 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1305 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1307 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1309 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1311 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1313 If you set this to the following
1315 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
1317 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
1319 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
1321 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
1323 ** New contributed packages
1325 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
1326 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
1329 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
1330 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
1334 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
1336 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
1337 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
1338 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
1339 the same with example blocks.
1341 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
1348 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
1350 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
1353 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
1354 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
1355 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
1357 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
1358 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
1359 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
1360 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
1361 detailed explanations.
1363 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
1364 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
1365 function has been called already.
1367 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
1370 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
1372 ** Incompatible changes
1374 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
1376 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
1378 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
1379 you will have to update them.
1381 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
1383 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
1384 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
1386 **** New export engine
1388 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
1389 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
1390 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
1391 /all/ export back-ends.
1393 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
1394 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
1395 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
1396 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
1397 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
1399 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
1400 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
1402 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
1403 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
1404 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
1405 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
1407 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
1409 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
1411 should now be written
1413 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
1415 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
1416 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
1417 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
1419 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
1421 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
1423 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
1426 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
1427 remember templates into capture templates.
1429 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
1431 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
1432 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
1434 **** Note for third-party developers
1436 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
1437 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
1438 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
1440 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
1443 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
1445 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
1446 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
1447 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
1449 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
1450 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
1451 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
1454 - org-colview-xemacs.el
1455 - org-mac-message.el
1461 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
1462 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
1463 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
1465 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
1466 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
1468 ** New packages in core
1470 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
1472 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
1474 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
1476 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
1478 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
1480 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
1481 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
1483 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
1485 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
1487 ** New packages in contrib
1489 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
1491 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
1493 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
1496 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
1498 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
1499 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
1501 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
1504 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1506 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1508 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1510 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1512 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1513 for starting headlines.
1515 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1517 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1518 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1519 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1520 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1522 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1524 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1526 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1528 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1529 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1532 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1533 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1536 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1538 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1539 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1542 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1543 conversion from Org files to groff.
1545 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1547 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1549 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1551 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1552 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1559 **** New export generic options
1561 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1562 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1564 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1566 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1567 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1568 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1569 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1571 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1572 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1573 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1574 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1575 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1576 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1577 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1578 contains time-stamps.
1580 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1581 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1582 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1584 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1586 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1588 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1590 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1592 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1593 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1594 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1595 *** Structure editing
1597 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1598 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1600 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1601 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1603 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1605 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1606 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1607 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1608 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1611 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1613 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1614 _words__= will preserve markup.
1616 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1618 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1619 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1620 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1622 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1624 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1625 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1627 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1629 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1630 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1631 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1632 forward and backward.
1634 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1635 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1637 Now Org will sort this list
1639 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1640 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1644 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1645 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1647 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1648 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1649 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1651 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1652 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1653 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1655 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1658 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1660 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1661 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1662 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1664 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1666 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1667 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1668 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1669 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1671 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1673 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1674 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1675 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1676 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1677 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1679 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1681 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1682 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1683 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1685 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1686 *** Scheduled/deadline
1688 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1690 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1691 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1692 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1693 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1695 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1696 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1697 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1698 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1700 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1701 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1702 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1703 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1704 control this globally or per agenda.
1706 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1708 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1710 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1712 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1713 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1715 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1717 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1718 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1719 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1721 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1722 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1723 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1725 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1726 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1728 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1731 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1733 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1734 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1735 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1737 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1739 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1740 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1741 only show their description, not the full links.
1744 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1746 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1747 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1748 want to build a list of appointments.
1750 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1751 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1753 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1755 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1757 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1758 time value (i.e. appointments).
1760 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1762 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1764 | Strategy | Explanations |
1765 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1766 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1767 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1768 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1769 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1770 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1771 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1772 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1773 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1774 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1775 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1777 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1779 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1780 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1781 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1783 These new options are available:
1785 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1786 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1787 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1788 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1790 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1791 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1792 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1794 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1795 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1796 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1797 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1798 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1799 non-tagged headlines.
1801 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1803 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1804 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1805 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1806 that take only =N= minutes.
1808 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1810 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1811 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1812 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1814 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1816 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1817 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1819 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1821 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1822 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1824 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1827 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1829 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1830 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1831 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1833 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1834 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1836 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1838 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1839 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1841 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1843 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1845 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1846 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1849 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1851 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1852 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1853 asks for a confirmation.
1855 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1857 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1858 the mark of the entry at point.
1860 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1861 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1863 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1865 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1866 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1869 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1871 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1872 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1874 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1876 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1877 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1879 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1881 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1882 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1883 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1884 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1886 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1888 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1889 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1890 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1892 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1894 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1895 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1896 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1897 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1899 Read the full docstring for details.
1901 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1903 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1906 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1909 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1911 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1912 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1915 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1917 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1918 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1920 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1922 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1923 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1924 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1925 check against the name of the buffer.
1928 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1929 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1930 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1933 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1934 agenda views, and for filtering.
1936 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1940 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1942 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1943 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1944 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1946 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1947 as if the protocol was not known.
1949 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1951 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1953 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1954 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1955 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1958 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1960 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1961 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1962 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1964 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1966 When storing a link to a headline like
1968 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1970 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1971 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1972 there is no description.
1975 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1977 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1978 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1979 those other formulas.
1981 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1983 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1984 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1985 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1988 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1990 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1991 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1992 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1995 **** New lookup functions
1997 There are now three lookup functions:
1999 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2000 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2001 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2003 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2004 *** Startup keywords
2006 These new startup keywords are now available:
2008 | Startup keyword | Option |
2009 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2010 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2011 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2012 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2013 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2014 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2015 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2016 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2017 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2021 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2023 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2024 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2025 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2026 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2028 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2030 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2031 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2032 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2035 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2036 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2038 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2040 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2041 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2043 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2045 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2046 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2047 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2049 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2050 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2051 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2052 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2053 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2054 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2055 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2058 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2060 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2062 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2064 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2065 same target than the block at point.
2067 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2069 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2070 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2071 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2073 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2074 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2077 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2079 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2080 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2081 manual for a usage example.
2083 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2085 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2086 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2087 collecting blocks for tangling.
2089 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2090 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2092 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2093 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2094 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2095 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2097 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2098 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2101 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2102 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2103 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2104 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2108 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2109 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2110 - [[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]]
2111 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2112 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2113 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2114 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2115 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2116 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2117 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2118 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2119 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2120 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2121 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2122 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2123 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2124 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2125 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
2126 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2130 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2132 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2134 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2136 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2138 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2139 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2140 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2141 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2142 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2143 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2144 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2145 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2147 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2149 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2150 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2152 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2154 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2155 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2156 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2160 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2162 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2163 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2166 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2167 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2168 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2169 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2170 agenda type to this variable.
2172 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2175 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2176 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2177 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2178 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2180 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2182 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2183 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2184 invisible) blocked tasks.
2186 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2188 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2189 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2191 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2193 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2194 ** No GPL manual anymore
2196 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2197 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2199 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2201 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2203 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2204 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2205 in most environments.
2209 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2211 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2213 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2214 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2217 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2218 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2219 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2222 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2224 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2226 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2227 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2228 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2229 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2230 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2231 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2232 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2233 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2234 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2235 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2236 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2237 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2238 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2239 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2240 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2242 ** New package and Babel language
2244 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2246 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2248 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2249 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2251 ** Incompatible changes
2253 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2254 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2256 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2259 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2260 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2261 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2263 ** New features and user-visible changes
2267 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2268 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2269 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2270 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2272 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2273 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2275 See the docstrings for more details.
2277 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2278 on =org-element.el=.
2280 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2282 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2283 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2284 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2285 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2287 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2289 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2290 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2291 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2292 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2294 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2296 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2298 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2300 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2303 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2304 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2306 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2307 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2308 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2311 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
2314 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
2315 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
2316 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
2318 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
2319 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
2320 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
2325 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
2327 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
2328 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
2329 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
2330 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
2332 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
2333 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
2334 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
2335 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
2336 generating new ones.
2338 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
2341 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2343 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2344 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
2347 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2348 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
2349 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
2352 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
2353 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
2354 details on how to use this.
2356 **** Changes in bulk actions
2358 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
2359 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
2361 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
2362 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
2363 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
2364 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
2365 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
2367 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
2368 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
2370 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
2371 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
2374 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
2376 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
2378 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
2380 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
2381 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
2383 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
2385 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
2386 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
2387 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
2388 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
2391 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2393 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
2396 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
2397 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
2398 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
2399 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
2400 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
2403 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
2405 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
2407 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
2409 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
2410 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
2411 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
2412 filters and category filters.
2414 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
2415 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
2418 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
2419 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
2420 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
2425 **** Inserting links
2427 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
2428 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
2429 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
2432 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
2433 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
2434 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
2435 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
2437 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
2440 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
2442 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
2443 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
2444 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
2445 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
2447 **** New link type =help=
2449 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
2451 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
2452 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
2453 you go back to the same buffer.
2455 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
2457 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
2458 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
2461 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
2463 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
2465 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
2467 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
2469 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
2471 **** RET now follows time stamps links
2475 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
2477 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
2478 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
2479 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
2480 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
2482 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
2484 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
2485 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
2486 all headlines in the region.
2488 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
2490 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
2492 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
2493 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
2495 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
2497 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
2499 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
2501 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
2503 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
2505 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2506 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2507 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2512 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2514 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2516 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2518 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2519 clocked entry, if any.
2521 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2523 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2525 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2527 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2528 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2531 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2532 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2533 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2537 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2539 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2542 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2544 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2545 cells in clockreport.
2547 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2548 time cells in clockreport.
2551 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2553 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2554 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2556 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2557 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2559 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2560 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2561 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2562 space in the frame title.
2566 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2568 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2569 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2570 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2571 don't want to see temporarily.
2573 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2575 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2577 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2579 There are these new entities:
2581 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2582 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2583 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2584 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2585 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2586 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2588 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2589 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2590 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2592 The face is back to a normal height.
2596 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2597 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2599 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2600 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2602 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2604 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2605 block will use its value as the column format.
2607 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2609 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2611 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2613 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2615 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2616 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2617 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2618 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2620 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2624 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2626 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2628 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2630 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2632 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2633 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2634 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2636 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2638 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2639 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2640 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2644 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2646 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2647 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2648 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2649 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2651 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2653 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2654 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2657 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2658 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2659 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2662 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2663 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2664 more details on how to use this.
2666 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2667 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2669 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2670 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2673 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2675 See the manual for more explanations.
2677 **** More control over empty lines
2679 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2680 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2683 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2685 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2689 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2691 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2692 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2693 available) to print beautiful tables.
2695 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2697 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2698 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2701 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2703 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2704 in the #+DATE option.
2706 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2708 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2710 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2711 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2713 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2714 More languages are always welcome.
2716 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2718 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2719 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2721 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2722 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2723 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2724 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2725 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2726 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2728 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2729 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2733 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2735 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2738 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2740 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2741 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2743 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2745 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2747 It used to exports the results of the code.
2751 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2752 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2754 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2755 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2757 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2759 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2760 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2761 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2763 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2764 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2766 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2767 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2768 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2771 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2773 This will increment the effort value.
2775 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2777 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2779 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2780 attach symbolic links.
2782 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2784 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2786 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2787 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2789 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2791 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2793 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2794 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2795 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2797 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2799 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2800 all top level list items.
2802 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2804 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2806 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2807 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2809 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2811 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2813 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2814 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2815 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2816 first headline in the region.
2818 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2820 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2823 ** Important bug fixes
2825 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2827 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2828 perform completion with meaningful values.
2830 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2832 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2833 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2834 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2836 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2837 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2839 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2840 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2843 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2844 the code and the license to your needs.
2846 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2847 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2851 ** Incompatible changes
2853 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2855 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2857 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2859 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2860 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2861 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2862 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2865 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2867 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2868 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2869 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2871 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2873 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2874 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2876 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2878 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2880 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2881 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2882 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2883 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2884 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2886 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2887 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2888 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2889 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2890 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2891 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2893 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2894 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2895 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2898 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2901 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2902 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2903 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2904 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2906 The two new variables are:
2908 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2909 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2910 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2911 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2912 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2913 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2914 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2916 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2917 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2920 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2923 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2924 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2925 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2926 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2928 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2929 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2930 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2931 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2934 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2935 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2936 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2937 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2938 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2939 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2942 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2943 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2944 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2945 applies to the following packages:
2963 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2964 you are using, you can remove it from
2965 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2966 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2969 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2970 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2971 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2972 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2973 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2976 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2978 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2979 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2980 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2983 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2985 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2987 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2989 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2991 ** Important new features
2993 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2995 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2997 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2998 for more information on how to customize it.
3000 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3002 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3003 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3004 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3005 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3007 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3008 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3009 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3011 To switch over to the new system:
3015 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3017 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3018 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3019 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3020 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3021 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3023 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3025 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3028 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3031 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3033 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3034 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3035 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3036 with using both system in parallel.
3040 *** New Org libraries
3041 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3043 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3045 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3047 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3049 To use, put the following in your init file:
3052 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3055 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3056 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3057 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3058 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3059 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3060 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3061 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3062 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3063 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3066 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3068 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3069 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3071 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3073 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3074 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3075 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3078 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3079 call function to do something special with text links.
3081 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3083 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3085 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3086 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3087 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3090 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3092 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3094 *** New Babel libraries
3096 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3097 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3098 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3099 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3100 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3101 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3102 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3104 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3108 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3110 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3111 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3112 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3113 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3114 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3115 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3117 The key new functions are
3119 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3120 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3121 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3123 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3124 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3126 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3127 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3129 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3130 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3132 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3134 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3135 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3136 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3138 **** Modified link escaping
3140 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3142 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3143 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3144 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3145 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3148 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3149 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3150 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3151 : percent escaped links are solved.
3153 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3155 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3157 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3158 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3160 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3162 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3164 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3165 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3166 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3167 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3168 string to be executed.
3170 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3171 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3175 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3176 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3179 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3183 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3185 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3186 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3187 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3188 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3190 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3191 will work on the current entry.
3193 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3194 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3196 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3198 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3200 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3203 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3204 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3209 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3211 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3212 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3213 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3215 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3217 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3218 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3219 entries using a function.
3221 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3222 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3223 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3225 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3227 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3228 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3229 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3231 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3233 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3234 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3235 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3236 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3237 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3238 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3240 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3244 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3246 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3247 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3249 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3250 docstring of these variable for details about available
3253 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3254 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3255 formatting string will insert a string.
3257 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3259 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3260 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3261 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3262 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3263 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3264 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3265 C-e u=, respectively.
3267 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3268 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3269 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3270 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3271 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3274 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3276 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3277 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3279 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3281 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3282 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3284 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3286 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3287 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3288 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3289 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3290 section]] in the manual for more details.
3292 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3293 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3294 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3299 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3301 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3302 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3303 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3304 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3305 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3307 **** New logging support for refiling
3309 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3310 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3313 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
3317 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
3319 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
3323 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
3325 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
3326 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
3328 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
3330 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
3331 the displayed in the buffer.
3333 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
3335 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
3337 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
3338 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
3340 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
3341 |--------+--------+---------|
3342 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
3343 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
3345 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
3348 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
3351 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
3353 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
3355 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
3356 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
3363 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
3364 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
3367 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
3369 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
3371 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
3372 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
3374 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
3378 **** Improved handling of lists
3380 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
3382 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
3383 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
3384 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
3387 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
3388 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
3389 counters like [@c] or [@W].
3391 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
3392 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
3393 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
3394 `org-list-export-context'.
3396 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
3397 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
3398 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
3400 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
3401 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
3402 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
3403 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
3404 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
3406 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
3407 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
3408 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
3410 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
3412 *** Inline display of linked images
3414 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
3415 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
3416 that have no description part will be inlined.
3418 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
3420 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
3421 from 1, you can now do it like this:
3423 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
3425 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
3427 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
3428 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
3429 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
3430 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
3431 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
3432 into account all header arguments, and variables.
3434 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
3435 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
3436 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
3439 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
3440 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
3441 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
3442 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
3443 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
3444 properties or in tables.
3446 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
3447 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
3448 names, and rownames across all languages.
3450 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
3452 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
3454 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
3455 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
3456 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
3458 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
3460 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
3461 request by Scott Otterson.
3463 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
3465 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
3466 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
3467 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
3468 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
3469 superscripts, see the variable
3470 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
3472 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
3474 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
3476 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
3477 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
3478 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
3479 following new faces:
3481 =org-document-title=
3483 =org-document-info-keyword=
3485 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
3486 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
3488 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
3490 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
3492 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
3493 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
3494 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
3495 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
3496 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
3497 property is affected by this setting.
3499 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
3500 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
3502 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
3504 Requested by Michael Brand.
3506 **** Better level cycling function
3508 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3509 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3510 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3511 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3513 **** Adaptive filling
3515 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3516 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3517 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3518 comments to be filled correctly.
3520 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3522 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3524 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3526 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3528 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3529 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3531 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3535 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3537 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3538 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3539 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3540 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3542 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3544 **** Localized clock tables
3546 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3547 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3548 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3549 available translated strings.
3551 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3553 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3554 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3555 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3556 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3558 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3560 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3562 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3563 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3564 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3565 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3568 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3572 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3574 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3575 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3577 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3579 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3581 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3582 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3583 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3586 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3589 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3591 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3592 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3597 org-table-current-line
3601 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3603 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3604 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3607 This was requested by Tom.
3609 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3611 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3612 example by viewing from the agenda.
3614 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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