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5 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of user-visible changes
6 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
7 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
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14 * Version 6.13 (in preparation)
22 *** Keybindings in Remember buffers can be configured
23 Remember buffers are normally in Org-mode, which makes it
24 hard to configure key bindings without modifying the Org-mode
25 keymap. There is now a minor mode active in these buffers,
26 `org-remember-mode', and its keymap org-remember-mode-map can
27 be used for key bindings. By default, this map only contains
28 the bindings for =C-c C-c= to store the note, and =C-c C-k=
29 to abort it. Use `org-remember-mode-hook' to define your own
32 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
34 'org-remember-mode-hook
36 (define-key org-remember-mode-map "\C-x\C-s" 'org-remember-finalize)))
39 You can also use this to free the =C-c C-c= binding (by
40 binding this key to nil in the minor mode map), so that you
41 can use =C-c C-c= again to set tags.
43 *** Support for ido completion
44 You can not get the completion interface from /ido.el/ for
45 many of Org's internal completion commands by turning on the
46 variable `org-completion-use-ido'. =ido=mode= must also be
47 active before you can use this.
48 *** New face for datelines in agenda column view
49 When column view is active in the agenda, and when you have
50 summarizing properties, the date lines become normal column
51 lines and the separation between different days becomes
52 harder to see. If this bothers you, you can now customize
53 the face =org-agenda-column-dateline=.
54 *** Invisible targets become now anchors in headlines.
55 These anchors can be used to jump to a directly with an HTML
56 link, just like the =sec-xxx= ids. For example, the
57 following will make a http link
58 =//domain/path-to-my-file#dummy= work:
65 *** New contributed file org-exp-blocks.el
67 This new file implements special export behavior of
68 user-defined blocks, and it has some defaults to export
69 commends and ASCII graphics.
71 For ASCII art, it needs the java program ditaa.jar by Stathis
72 Sideris. Thanks to Stathis for this excellent program, and
73 for allowing us to bundle it with Org-mode.
75 Kudos to Eric Schulte for this new functionality, after
76 org-plot.el already his second major contribution.
80 You can now configure Org to understand many links created
81 with the Emacs Planner package, so you can cut text from
82 planner pages and paste them into Org-mode files without
83 having to re-write the links. The following customization es
84 needed to make this work
86 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
87 (setq org-link-translation-function
88 'org-translate-link-from-planner)
91 This will work for pretty much all links where Org does
92 support the same or a similar protocol. However, the
93 translator is a quick hack, and maybe we need to refine it.
95 I guess a similar translator could be written and integrated
98 *** BBDB links may use regular expressions.
100 This did work all along, but only now I have documented it.
102 *** =yank-pop= works again after yanking an outline tree
104 *** Link abbreviations can use %h to insert a url-encoded target value
106 Thanks to Steve Purcell for a patch to this effect.
108 *** Improved XHTML compliance
110 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this.
112 *** Many bug fixes again.
117 - A region of entries can now be refiled with a single command
118 - Fine-tuning the behavior of `org-yank'
119 - Formulas for clocktables
120 - Better implementation of footnotes for HTML export
121 - More languages for HTML export.
125 *** A region of entries can now be refiled with a single command
127 With =transient-make-mode= active (=zmacs-regions= under
128 XEmacs), you can now select a region of entries and refile
129 them all with a single =C-c C-w= command.
131 Thanks to Samuel Wales for this useful proposal.
133 *** Fine-tuning the behavior of =org-yank=
135 The behavior of Org's yanking command has been further
136 fine-tuned in order to avoid some of the small annoyances
139 - Calling =org-yank= with a prefix arg will stop any special
140 treatment and directly pass through to the normal =yank=
141 command. Therefore, you can now force a normal yank with
144 - Subtrees will only be folded after a yank if doing so will
145 now swallow any non-white characters after the yanked text.
146 This is, I think a really important change to make the
147 command work more sanely.
149 *** Formulas for clocktables
151 You can now add formulas to a clock table, either by hand, or
152 with a =:formula= parameter. These formulas can be used to
153 create additional columns with further analysis of the
156 Thanks to Jurgen Defurne for triggering this addition.
158 *** Better implementation of footnotes for HTML export
160 The footnote export in 6.11 really was not good enough. Now
161 it works fine. If you have customized
162 =footnote-section-tag=, make sure that your customization is
163 matched by =footnote-section-tag-regexp=.
165 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this change.
167 *** More languages for HTML export.
169 More languages are supported during HTML export. This is
170 only relevant for the few special words Org inserts, like
171 "Table of Contents", or "Footnotes". Also the encoding
172 issues with this feature seem to be solved now.
174 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing me to fix the encoding
181 - Yanking subtree with =C-y= now adjusts the tree level
182 - State changes can now be shown in the log mode in the agenda
183 - Footnote in HTML export are now collected at the end of the document
184 - HTML export now validates again as XHTML
185 - The clock can now be resumed after exiting and re-starting Emacs
186 - Clock-related data can be saved and resumed across Emacs sessions
187 - Following file links can now use C-u C-u to force use of an external app
188 - Inserting absolute files names now abbreviates links with "~"
189 - Links to attachment files
190 - Completed repeated tasks listed briefly in agenda
191 - Remove buffers created during publishing are removed
195 *** Yanking subtree with =C-y= now adjusts the tree level
196 When yanking a cut/copied subtree or a series of trees, the
197 normal yank key =C-y= now adjusts the level of the tree to
198 make it fit into the current outline position, without losing
199 its identity, and without swallowing other subtrees.
201 This uses the command =org-past-subtree=. An additional
202 change in that command has been implemented: Normally, this
203 command picks the right outline level from the surrounding
204 *visible* headlines, and uses the smaller one. So if the
205 cursor is between a level 4 and a level 3 headline, the tree
206 will be pasted as level 3. If the cursor is actually *at*
207 the beginning of a headline, the level of that headline will
208 be used. For example, lets say you have a tree like this:
214 ,(2)* Level one again
217 with (1) and (2) indicating possible cursor positions for the
218 insertion. When at (1), the tree will be pasted as level 2.
219 When at (2), it will be pasted as level 1.
221 If you do not want =C-y= to behave like this, configure the
222 variable =org-yank-adjusted-subtrees=.
224 Thanks to Samuel Wales for this idea and a partial implementation.
226 *** State changes can now be shown in the log mode in the agenda
228 If you configure the variable =org-agenda-log-mode-items=,
229 you can now request that all logged state changes be included
230 in the agenda when log mode is active. If you find this too
231 much for normal applications, you can also temporarily
232 request the inclusion of state changes by pressing =C-u l= in
235 This was a request by Hsiu-Khuern Tang.
237 You can also press `C-u C-u l' to get *only* log items in the
238 agenda, withour any timestamps/deadlines etc.
240 *** Footnote in HTML export are now collected at the end of the document
241 Previously, footnotes would be left in the document where
242 they are defined, now they are all collected and put into a
243 special =<div>= at the end of the document.
245 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for this request.
247 *** HTML export now validates again as XHTML.
249 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this cleanup.
251 *** The clock can now be resumed after exiting and re-starting Emacs
253 If the option =org-clock-in-resume= is t, and the first clock
254 line in an entry is unclosed, clocking into that task resumes
255 the clock from that time.
257 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
259 *** Clock-related data can be saved and resumed across Emacs sessions
261 The data saved include the contents of =org-clock-history=,
262 and the running clock, if there is one.
264 To use this, you will need to add to your .emacs
266 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
267 (setq org-clock-persist t)
268 (setq org-clock-in-resume t)
269 (org-clock-persistence-insinuate)
272 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
274 *** Following file links can now use C-u C-u to force use of an external app.
276 So far you could only bypass your setup in `org-file-apps'
277 and force opening a file link in Emacs by using a =C-u= prefix arg
278 with =C-c C-o=. Now you can call =C-u C-u C-c C-o= to force
279 an external application. Which external application depends
280 on your system. On Mac OS X and Windows, =open= is used. On
281 a GNU/Linux system, the mailcap settings are used.
283 This was a proposal by Samuel Wales.
285 *** Inserting absolute files names now abbreviates links with "~".
287 Inserting file links with =C-u C-c C-l= was buggy if the
288 setting of `org-link-file-path-type' was `adaptive' (the
289 default). Absolute file paths were not abbreviated relative
290 to the users home directory. This bug has been fixed.
292 Thanks to Matt Lundin for the report.
294 *** Links to attachment files
296 Even though one of the purposes of entry attachments was to
297 reduce the number of links in an entry, one might still want
298 to have the occasional link to one of those files. You can
299 now use link abbreviations to set up a special link type that
300 points to attachments in the current entry. Note that such
301 links will only work from within the same entry that has the
302 attachment, because the directory path is entry specific.
303 Here is the setup you need:
305 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
306 (setq org-link-abbrev-alist '(("att" . org-attach-expand-link)))
309 After this, a link like this will work
311 : [[att:some-attached-file.txt]]
313 This was a proposal by Lindsay Todd.
315 *** Completed repeated tasks listed briefly in agenda
317 When a repeating task, listed in the daily/weekly agenda under
318 today's date, is completed from the agenda, it is listed as
319 DONE in the agenda until the next update happens. After the
320 next update, the task will have disappeared, of course,
321 because the new date is no longer today.
323 *** Remove buffers created during publishing are removed
325 Buffers that are created during publishing are now deleted
326 when the publishing is over. At least I hope it works like this.
332 - Secondary agenda filtering is becoming a killer feature
333 - Setting tags has now its own binding, =C-c C-q=
334 - Todo state changes can trigger tag changes
335 - C-RET will now always insert a new headline, never an item.
336 - Customize org-mouse.el feature set to free up mouse events
337 - New commands for export all the way to PDF (through LaTeX)
338 - Some bug fixed for LaTeX export, more bugs remain.
342 *** Enhancements to secondary agenda filtering
344 This is, I believe, becoming a killer feature. It allows you
345 to define fewer and more general custom agenda commands, and
346 then to do the final narrowing to specific tasks you are
347 looking for very quickly, much faster than calling a new
350 If you have not tries this yet, you should!
352 **** You can now refining the current filter by an additional criterion
353 When filtering an existing agenda view with =/=, you can
354 now narrow down the existing selection by an additional
355 condition. Do do this, use =\= instead of =/= to add the
356 additional criterion. You can also press =+= or =-= after
357 =/= to add a positive or negative condition. A condition
358 can be a TAG, or an effort estimate limit, see below.
360 **** It is now possible to filter for effort estimates
361 This means to filter the agenda for the value of the Effort
362 property. For this you should best set up global allowed
363 values for effort estimates, with
365 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
366 (setq org-global-properties
367 '(("Effort_ALL" . "0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00")))
370 You may then select effort limits with single keys in the
371 filter. It works like this: After =/= or =\=, first select
372 the operator which you want to use to compare effort
375 : < Select entries with effort smaller than or equal to the limit
376 : > Select entries with effort larger than or equal to the limit
377 : = Select entries with effort equal to the limit
379 After that, you can press a single digit number which is
380 used as an index to the allowed effort estimates.
382 If you do not use digits to fast-select tags, you can even
383 skip the operator, which will then default to
384 `org-agenda-filter-effort-default-operator', which is by
387 Thanks to Manish for the great idea to include fast effort
388 filtering into the agenda filtering process.
390 **** The mode line will show the active filter
391 For example, if there is a filter in place that does select
392 for HOME tags, against EMAIL tags, and for tasks with an
393 estimated effort smaller than 30 minutes, the mode-line with
394 show =+HOME-EMAIL+<0:30=
396 **** The filter now persists when the agenda view is refreshed
397 All normal refresh commands, including those that move the
398 weekly agenda from one week to the next, now keep the
399 current filter in place.
401 You need to press =/ /= to turn off the filter. However,
402 when you run a new agenda command, for example going from
403 the weekly agenda to the TODO list, the filter will be
406 *** Setting tags has now its own binding, =C-c C-q=
408 You can still use =C-c C-c= on a headline, but the new
409 binding should be considered as the main binding for this
410 command. The reasons for this change are:
412 - Using =C-c C-c= for tags is really out of line with other
415 - I hate it in Remember buffers when I try to set tags and I
416 cannot, because =C-c C-c= exits the buffer :-(
418 - =C-c C-q= will also work when the cursor is somewhere down
419 in the entry, it does not have to be on the headline.
421 *** Todo state changes can trigger tag changes
423 The new option =org-todo-state-tags-triggers= can be used to
424 define automatic changes to tags when a TODO state changes.
425 For example, the setting
427 : (setq org-todo-state-tags-triggers
428 : '((done ("Today" . nil) ("NEXT" . nil))
429 : ("WAITING" ("Today" . t))))
431 will make sure that any change to any of the DONE states will
432 remove tags "Today" and "NEXT", while switching to the
433 "WAITING" state will trigger the tag "Today" to be added.
435 I use this mostly to get rid of TODAY and NEXT tags which I
436 apply to select an entry for execution in the near future,
437 which I often prefer to specific time scheduling.
439 *** C-RET will now always insert a new headline, never an item.
440 The new headline is inserted after the current subtree.
442 Thanks to Peter Jones for patches to fine-tune this behavior.
444 *** Customize org-mouse.el feature set
445 There is a new variable =org-mouse-features= which gives you
446 some control about what features of org-mouse you want to
447 use. Turning off some of the feature will free up the
448 corresponding mouse events, or will avoid activating special
449 regions for mouse clicks. By default I have urned off the
450 feature to use drag mouse events to move or promote/demote
451 entries. You can of course turn them back on if you wish.
453 This variable may still change in the future, allowing more
454 fine-grained control.
456 *** New commands for export to PDF
458 This is using LaTeX export, and then processes it to PDF
461 : C-c C-e p process to PDF.
462 : C-c C-e d process to PDF, and open the file.
465 - \usepackage{graphicx} is now part of the standard class
467 - Several bugs fixed, but definitely not all of them :-(
469 *** New option `org-log-state-notes-insert-after-drawers'
471 Set this to =t= if you want state change notes to be inserted
472 after any initial drawers, i.e drawers the immediately follow
473 the headline and the planning line (the one with
474 DEADLINE/SCHEDULED/CLOSED information).
478 *** =org-file-apps= now uses regular expressions, see [[*%20org%20file%20apps%20now%20uses%20regular%20repressions%20instead%20of%20extensions][below]]
482 *** =org-file-apps= now uses regular repressions instead of extensions
483 Just like in =auto-mode-alist=, car's in the variable
484 =org-file-apps= that are strings are now interpreted as
485 regular expressions that are matched against a file name. So
486 instead of "txt", you should now write "\\.txt\\'" to make
487 sure the matching is done correctly (even though "txt" will
488 be recognized and still be interpreted as an extension).
490 There is now a shortcut to get many file types visited by
491 Emacs. If org-file-apps contains `(auto-mode . emacs)', then
492 any files that are matched by `auto-mode-alist' will be
495 *** Changes to the attachment system
497 - The default method to attach a file is now to copy it
498 instead of moving it.
499 - You can modify the default method using the variable
500 `org-attach-method'. I believe that most Unix people want
501 to set it to `ln' to create hard links.
502 - The keys =c=, =m=, and =l= specifically select =copy=,
503 =move=, or =link=, respectively, as the attachment method
504 for a file, overruling `org-attach-method'.
505 - To create a new attachment as an Emacs buffer, you have not
506 now use =n= instead of =c=.
507 - The file list is now always retrieved from the directory
508 itself, not from the "Attachments" property. We still
509 keep this property by default, but you can turn it off, by
510 customizing the variable =org-attach-file-list-property=.
514 ** Incompatible changes
516 - Changes in the structure of IDs, see [[*The%20default%20structure%20of%20IDs%20has%20changed][here]] for details.
518 - C-c C-a has been redefined, see [[*%20C%20c%20C%20a%20no%20longer%20calls%20show%20all][here]] for details.
522 *** The default structure of IDs has changed
524 IDs created by Org have changed a bit:
525 - By default, there is no prefix on the ID. There used to be
526 an "Org" prefix, but I now think this is not necessary.
527 - IDs use only lower-case letters, no upper-case letters
528 anymore. The reason for this is that IDs are now also used
529 as directory names for org-attach, and some systems do not
530 distinguish upper and lower case in the file system.
531 - The ID string derived from the current time is now
532 /reversed/ to become an ID. This assures that the first
533 two letters of the ID change fast, so hat it makes sense to
534 split them off to create subdirectories to balance load.
535 - You can now set the `org-id-method' to `uuidgen' on systems
538 *** =C-c C-a= no longer calls `show-all'
540 The reason for this is that =C-c C-a= is now used for the
541 attachment system. On the rare occasions that this command
542 is needed, use =M-x show-all=, or =C-u C-u C-u TAB=.
544 *** New attachment system
546 You can now attach files to each node in the outline tree.
547 This works by creating special directories based on the ID of
548 an entry, and storing files in these directories. Org can
549 keep track of changes to the attachments by automatically
550 committing changes to git. See the manual for more
553 Thanks to John Wiegley who contributed this fantastic new
554 concept and wrote org-attach.el to implement it.
556 *** New remember template escapes
558 : %^{prop}p to insert a property
559 : %k the heading of the item currently being clocked
560 : %K a link to the heading of the item currently being clocked
562 Also, when you exit remember with =C-2 C-c C-c=, the item
563 will be filed as a child of the item currently being
564 clocked. So the idea is, if you are working on something and
565 think of a new task related to this or a new note to be
566 added, you can use this to quickly add information to that
569 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
571 *** Clicking with mouse-2 on clock info in mode-line visits the clock.
573 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
575 *** New file in contrib: lisp/org-checklist.el
577 This module deals with repeated tasks that have checkbox
580 Thanks to James TD Smith for this contribution.
582 *** New in-buffer setting #+STYLE
584 It can be used to locally set the variable
585 `org-export-html-style-extra'. Several such lines are
586 allowed-, they will all be concatenated. For an example on
587 how to use it, see the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-publish-html-tutorial.php][publishing tutorial]].
593 - Filtering existing agenda views with respect to a tag
594 - Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
595 - /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org
596 - Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
597 - Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
598 - Yanking inserts folded subtrees
599 - Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
600 - In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
601 - The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
602 - Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
603 - Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
604 - New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
605 - Remember templates for gnus links can use the :to escape.
606 - The file specification in a remember template may be a function
607 - Categories in iCalendar export include local tags
608 - It is possible to define filters for column view
609 - Disabling integer increment during table Field copy
610 - Capturing column view is on `C-c C-x i'
611 - And tons of bugs fixed.
614 ** Incompatible changes
616 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes has changed
618 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
619 remember process is now interpreted differently:
621 : C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
622 : C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
623 : in its new location.
624 : C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
625 : C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
627 This was requested by John Wiegley.
629 *** Capturing column view is now on `C-c C-x i'
631 The reason for this change was that `C-c C-x r' is also used
632 as a tty key replacement.
634 *** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
636 The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
637 exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
638 category is now the last category in this list. Configure
639 the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
642 This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
646 *** Secondary filtering of agenda views.
648 You can now easily and interactively filter an existing
649 agenda view with respect to a tag. This command is executed
650 with the =/= key in the agenda. You will be prompted for a
651 tag selection key, and all entries that do not contain or
652 inherit the corresponding tag will be hidden. With a prefix
653 argument, the opposite filter is applied: entries that
654 do have the tag will be hidden.
656 This operation only /hides/ lines in the agenda buffer, it
657 does not remove them. Changing the secondary filtering does
658 not require a new search and is very fast.
660 If you press TAB at the tag selection prompt, you will be
661 switched to a completion interface to select a tag. This is
662 useful when you want to select a tag that does not have a
663 direct access character.
665 A double =/ /= will restore the original agenda view by
666 unhiding any hidden lines.
668 This functionality was John Wiegley's idea. It is a simpler
669 implementation of some of the query-editing features proposed
670 and implemented some time ago by Christopher League (see the
671 file contrib/lisp/org-interactive-query.el).
673 *** Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
675 The command @<code>C-c '@</code> (that is =C-c= followed by a
676 single quote) can now also be used to switch to a special
677 editing mode for fixed-width sections. The default mode is
678 =artist-mode= which allows you to create ASCII drawings.
680 It works like this: Enter the editing mode with
681 @<code>C-c '@</code>. An indirect buffer will be created and
682 narrowed to the fixed-width region. Edit the drawing, and
683 press @<code>C-c '@</code> again to exit.
685 Lines in a fixed-width region should be preceded by a colon
686 followed by at least one space. These will be removed during
687 editing, and then added back when you exit the editing mode.
689 Using the command in an empty line will create a new
692 This new feature arose from a discussion involving Scott
693 Otterson, Sebastian Rose and Will Henney.
695 *** /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org.
697 You can run it by simple calling org-plot/gnuplot.
698 Documentation is not yet included with Org, please refer to
699 http://github.com/eschulte/org-plot/tree/master until we have
700 moved the docs into Org or Worg.
702 Thanks to Eric Schulte for this great contribution.
704 *** Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
706 You may now use tags to select parts of a document for
707 inclusion into the export, and to exclude other parts. This
708 behavior is governed by two new variables:
709 =org-export-select-tags= and =org-export-exclude-tags=.
710 These default to =("export")= and =("noexport")=, but can be
711 changed, even to include a list of several tags.
713 Org first checks if any of the /select/ tags is present in
714 the buffer. If yes, all trees that do not carry one of these
715 tags will be excluded. If a selected tree is a subtree, the
716 heading hierarchy above it will also be selected for export,
717 but not the text below those headings. If none of the select
718 tags is found anywhere in the buffer, the whole buffer will
719 be selected for export. Finally, all subtrees that are
720 marked by any of the /exclude/ tags will be removed from the
723 You may set these tags with in-buffer options
724 =EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS= and =EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS=.
726 I love this feature. Thanks to Richard G Riley for coming
729 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
731 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
732 remember process is now interpreted differently:
734 : C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
735 : C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
736 : in its new location.
737 : C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
738 : C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
740 This was requested by John Wiegley.
742 *** Yanking inserts folded subtrees
744 If the kill is a subtree or a sequence of subtrees, yanking
745 them with =C-y= will leave all the subtrees in a folded
746 state. This basically means, that kill and yank are now
747 much more useful in moving stuff around in your outline. If
748 you do not like this, customize the variable
749 =org-yank-folded-subtrees=.
751 Right now, I am only binding =C-y= to this new function,
752 should I modify all bindings of yank? Do we need to amend
755 This feature was requested by John Wiegley.
757 *** Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
759 If you attach formulas and plotting instructions to a table
760 capturing column view, these extra lines will now survive an
761 update of the column view capture, and any formulas will be
762 re-applied to the captured table. This works by keeping any
763 continuous block of comments before and after the actual
766 *** In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
768 If a property value is a time stamp, S-left and S-right can
769 now be used to shift this date around while in column view.
771 This was a request by Chris Randle.
773 *** The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
775 This was a request by Peter Frings.
777 *** Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
779 Numerical and alphanumerical sorting now skips any TODO
780 keyword or priority cookie when constructing the comparison
781 string. This was a request by Wanrong Lin.
783 *** Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
785 You can now define a sorting strategy for agenda entries that
786 does look at the TODO state of the entries. Sorting by TODO
787 entry does first separate the non-done from the done states.
788 Within each class, the entries are sorted not alphabetically,
789 but in definition order. So if you have a sequence of TODO
790 entries defined, the entries will be sorted according to the
791 position of the keyword in this sequence.
793 This follows an idea and sample implementation by Christian
796 *** New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
798 This was a request by Richard G Riley.
800 *** Remember templates for gnus links can now use the :to escape.
802 Thanks to Tommy Lindgren for a patch to this effect.
803 *** The file specification in a remember template may now be a function
805 Thanks to Gregory Sullivan for a patch to this effect.
807 *** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
809 The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
810 exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
811 category is now the last category in this list. Configure
812 the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
815 This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
817 *** It is now possible to define filters for column view
819 The filter can modify the value that will be displayed in a
820 column, for example it can cut out a part of a time stamp.
821 For more information, look at the variable
822 =org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function=.
824 *** Disabling integer increment during table field copy
826 Prefix arg 0 to S-RET does the trick.
828 This was a request by Chris Randle.
835 - New, more CSS-like setup for HTML style information
836 - Attributes in hyperlinks, for example alt and title for images
837 - Simplified way to specify file links
838 - Modified behavior of time stamps in iCalendar export
839 - New way to compare times during a property search
840 - New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
841 - New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
842 - New option :index-style for org-publish
843 - New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
845 ** Incompatible changes
847 *** New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
849 The timestamp directory now uses SHA1 hashed versions of the
850 path to each publishing file. This should be a consistent
851 and system-independent way to handle things. The change
852 means that your next publishing command will publish each and
853 every file again, but just once, until new time stamps are in
858 *** New setup for HTML style information
860 In order to create a more CSS-like setup of the HTML style
861 information, the following changes have been made:
862 - The default style has moved to a constant,
863 =org-export-html-style-default= and should not be changed
865 - The default of the variable =org-export-html-style= is now
866 just the empty string. This variable should receive
867 settings that are Org-wide. When using org-publish, this
868 variable is associated with the =:style= property and can
869 be used to establish project-wide settings.
870 - There is a new variable =org-export-html-style-extra= that
871 should be used for file-local settings. Org-publish can, if
872 necessary, access this variable with the =:style-extra=
874 - When a file is published, the values of
875 - org-export-html-style-default
876 - org-export-html-style
877 - org-export-html-style-extra
878 are all inserted into the HTML header, in the given
881 This follows a proposal by Rustom Mody.
883 *** Attributes in hyperlinks
885 You can now set attributes in hyperlinks that will be used
886 when publishing to HTML. For example, if you want to use the
887 ALT and TITLE attributes of an inlined image, here is who to
890 : [[./img/a.jpg{{alt="This is image A" title="Image with no action"}}]]
892 Thanks to Charles Chen for this idea.
894 *** Simplified way to specify file links
896 In a link, you can now leave out the "file:" prefix if you
897 write an absolute file name like =/Users/dominik/.emacs= or
898 =~/.emacs=, or if you write a relative file name by using
899 =./= or =../= to start the file path. You cannot write a
900 plain file name, because plain text is interpreted as an
903 So for example, a link to an image /A.jpg/ with a thumbnail
904 /B.jpg/ can now be written like
907 [[./A.jpg][./B.jpg] ]
910 *** Changes in iCalendar export
912 Deadline and scheduling time stamps are now treated
913 differently in iCalendar export. The default behavior is now
916 - a DEADLINE that appears in an entry that is a TODO item is
917 used as the item's DUE date. Therefore, such a deadline
918 will no longer show up in the calendar.
920 - a DEADLINE that appears in an item that is *not* a TODO
921 item is exported as an EVENT and will show up in the
924 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in a TODO item will be used as the
925 items DTSTART. Therefore, such a timestamp will not show
928 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in an item that is not a TODO has no
929 effect on iCalendar export at all. It will be ignored.
931 Of course this would not be Emacs if you could not configure
932 exactly what you want. Take a look at the variables
933 =org-icalendar-use-deadlines= and
934 =org-icalendar-use-scheduled= if you want to go back to the
935 old behavior or even do something completely different.
937 Thanks to Karen Cooke for triggering this change.
939 *** New way to compare times during a property search
941 If the comparison value in a property search is a string that
942 is enclosed in angular brackets, a time comparison will be
945 : +DEADLINE>="<2008-12-24 15:20>"
947 looks for entries with a deadline on or after that time.
948 Special allowed values are "<now>" (with time) and "<today>"
951 This is based on a request by Manish.
953 *** New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
955 When set, a link pointing to a directory will actually open
956 the index.org file in that directory. This is a good setting
957 inside a publishing project. When not set, you get a
958 finder/explorer window for that directory, or dired,
959 depending on system and setup.
961 This follows a request by Richard Riley.
963 *** New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
965 These parameters specify prefixes for each line of included
966 text. :prefix1 is only for the first line, :prefix for all
969 This follows a proposal by Richard Riley.
971 *** New option :index-style for org-publish
973 This option can be used to switch the style of the index
974 produced by org-publish. Can be `list' (index is just an
975 itemized list of the titles of the files involved) or `tree'
976 (the directory structure of the source files is reflected in
977 the index). The default is `tree'.
979 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for the patch.
981 *** In the Agenda, inclusion of archives can now be toggled
982 - Pressing =v= will toggle inclusion of trees with the
983 ARCHIVE tag, this includes obviously the archive sibling.
984 - Pressing `C-u v' will include trees with ARCHIVE tag, and
985 will also include all archive files that are currently
986 associated with your agenda files.
988 This was triggered by a proposal by Manuel Hermenegildo.
992 If I were to name my releases, this one would be called "Adam".
993 Adam, you definitely owe me a beer :-). And I owe you one, too -
994 thanks for all the great ideas.
998 - Use cursor position in agenda for remember, scheduling and deadlines
999 - New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
1000 - Remember templates can be filed to beginning/end of a file
1001 - Visiting a filed remember buffer immediately
1002 - BBDB anniversaries are now links
1003 - Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
1004 - The format of section numbers in exported files is configurable
1005 - Direct, single key access to allowed values in column view
1006 - New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
1007 - Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK line
1009 ** Incompatible changes
1011 *** `C-c C-x C-k' now calls `org-mark-entry-for-agenda-action'
1012 It used to call =org-cut-special=, but that is also at bound
1013 to the key =C-c C-x C-w=.
1016 *** Making use of the cursor position in the agenda
1018 The date at the cursor in the agenda (and also in the
1019 calendar) can now be used to schedule entries, or to set the
1020 date in a remember template correctly. It is also designed
1021 to make it easier to move an entry to a date picked in the
1022 agenda. Thanks to Thomas Baumann for starting the thread
1023 that led to this development.
1025 **** Calling remember with the cursor date in the agenda
1027 If you want to use the date at the agenda cursor in a
1028 remember template, start remember from the agenda with the
1029 keys =k r=. While the template is being filled in, the
1030 default date for all time stamps, and also for all
1031 interactive escapes like =%^t= is now the date at the cursor
1032 in the agenda. The exact same command can also be used from
1033 the calendar if you prefer that.
1035 **** Picking a date for scheduling/deadline in the agenda
1037 You may now pick the date for scheduling an item or for
1038 setting a deadline in the agenda, where you have the best
1039 overview over free time slots. This is a two step process.
1041 1. First you pick the entry that should be acted upon. In
1042 the agenda, you use the keys =k m=. In an org-mode file,
1043 this is on =C-c C-x C-k=.
1045 2. Then you find the agenda date you want to apply. When the
1046 cursor is anywhere in the block belonging to that date,
1047 press =k s= to schedule, or =k d= to put a deadline. The
1048 agenda is not updated immediately, press =r= if you want
1049 it to show the affected entry in the right place.
1051 *** New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
1053 Org has sophisticated mapping capabilities to find all
1054 entries satisfying certain criteria. Internally, this
1055 functionality is used to produce agenda views, but there is
1056 also an API that can be used to execute arbitrary functions
1057 for each or selected entries. The main entry point for this
1061 -- Function: org-map-entries func &optional match scope &rest skip
1062 Call FUNC at each headline selected by MATCH in SCOPE.
1064 FUNC is a function or a lisp form. The function will be
1065 called without arguments, with the cursor positioned at
1066 the beginning of the headline. The return values of all
1067 calls to the function will be collected and returned as
1070 MATCH is a tags/property/todo match as it is used in the
1071 agenda tags view. Only headlines that are matched by
1072 this query will be considered during the iteration.
1073 When MATCH is nil or t, all headlines will be visited by
1076 SCOPE determines the scope of this command, it can
1077 specify a file, all agenda files, the current tree and
1080 The remaining args are treated as settings for the
1081 skipping facilities of the scanner.
1084 The function given to that mapping routine can really do anything
1085 you like. Here is a simple example that will turn all entries in
1086 the current file with a tag =TOMORROW= into TODO entries with the
1087 keyword =UPCOMING=. Entries in comment trees and in archive
1088 trees will be ignored.
1090 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1092 '(org-todo "UPCOMING")
1093 "+TOMORROW" 'file 'archive 'comment)
1096 The following example counts the number of entries with TODO
1097 keyword =WAITING=, in all agenda files.
1099 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1100 (length (org-map-entries t "/+WAITING" nil 'agenda))
1103 *** Changes in Remember templates
1105 **** Remember templates can now use the cursor date in the agenda
1106 Use =k r= to start remember from the agenda, with enforcing
1107 the cursor date as default for any time stamps created by
1110 **** Filing remember templates to the beginning or end of a file
1111 You may now set the heading part of a remember template
1112 definition to `top' or `bottom'. The template will then be
1113 filed as a level 1 entry to the beginning or end of the
1114 target file, respectively. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
1117 **** You can jump to the location of a note immediately after filing it
1118 Just include the =%&= escape anywhere in the template. An
1119 interesting combination now is to use =%!%&=, which will
1120 immediately file and visit the note, which is equivalent to
1121 generating the note directly in the target location. Thanks
1122 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1124 *** BBDB anniversaries are now links.
1125 If you are using =%%(bbdb-anniversaries)= to list
1126 anniversaries in the agenda, you can now directly access the
1127 entry that triggered a listed anniversary from the agenda.
1128 Just click the anniversary - it is a link now. Thanks to
1129 Thomas Baumann for a patch to this effect.
1131 *** Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
1132 See the new variable
1133 =org-agenda-columns-remove-prefix-from-item=. Thanks to Adam
1134 Spiers for this proposal.
1136 *** The format of section number in exported files is configurable
1138 See the new variable `org-export-section-number-format'.
1139 Thanks to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1141 *** Direct access to allowed values in column view
1143 In column view, if you press a key 1-9 or 0, the
1144 corresponding values from the list of allowed values for that
1145 field at point will be directly selected. Thanks to Levin Du
1146 for this proposal and a patch to this effect.
1148 *** New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
1149 The new hook `org-before-save-iCalendar-file-hook' runs just
1150 before the buffer with a created iCalendar export is saved.
1151 This is what I settled for after a long discussion with Adam
1152 Spiers about doing some special filtering automatically.
1154 *** Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK lines
1155 When turning on log mode in the agenda with =l=, clock lines
1156 will now also list the end time, not only the starting time.
1157 Thanks to Tian Qiu for bringing this up again.
1158 *** Fixes and additions for org-publish
1159 - the :include and :index-title properties in org-publish
1160 work now as advertized
1161 - the #+TITLE of a page will be used in the index
1162 - new :completion-function property can define a hook to be
1163 run after publishing a file.
1165 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for a patch to this effect.
1171 - Statistics cookies [/] and [%] for TODO entries
1172 - Editing source code example in the proper mode
1173 - iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
1174 - New properties for customizing subtree export
1176 ** Incompatible changes
1178 - The default of the variable `org-tags-match-list-sublevels' is
1179 now `t'. The main reason for this is that it is easier to
1180 explain in the manual and will lead to fewer surprises.
1182 - The former CONTRIB directory is now called "contrib". This was
1183 already the case in the git distribution, but the tar and zip
1184 archives still did this wrong.
1188 *** Statistics for TODO entries
1190 The [/] and [%] cookies have already provided statistics for
1191 checkboxes. Now they do the same also for TODO entries. If a
1192 headline contains either cookie, changing the TODO state of any
1193 direct child will trigger an update of this cookie. Children
1194 that are neither TODO nor DONE are ignored.
1196 There have already been requests to automatically switch the
1197 parent headline to DONE when all children are done. I am not
1198 making this a default feature, because one needs to make many
1199 decisions about which keyword to use, etc. Instead of a complex
1200 customization variable, I am providing a hook that can be used.
1201 This hook will be called each time a TODO statistics cookie is
1202 updated, with the cursor in the corresponding line. Each
1203 function in the hook will receive two arguments, the number of
1204 done entries, and the number of not-done entries, and you can use
1205 the hook to change the state of the headline. Here is an example
1208 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1209 (defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
1210 "Switch entry to DONE when all sub-entries are done, to TODO otherwise."
1211 (let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging
1212 (org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
1214 (add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
1217 *** Editing source code example in the proper mode
1219 If you are writing a document with source code examples, you can
1220 include these examples into a =#+BEGIN_SRC lang ... #+END_SRC= or
1221 (with the org-mtags module loaded) a =<src...= structure. =lang=
1222 stands for the Emacs mode used for editing the language, this
1223 could be =emacs-lisp= for Emacs Lisp mode examples, or =org= for
1224 Org mode examples. You can now use the key "C-c '" (that is C-c
1225 followed by the single quote) to edit the example in its native
1226 mode. This works by creating an indirect buffer, narrowing it to
1227 the example and setting the appropriate mode. You need to exit
1228 editing by pressing "C-c '" again. This is important, because
1229 lines that have syntactic meaning in Org will be quoted by
1230 calling this command.
1232 "C-c '" also edits include files, the setupfile in a =#+setufile=
1233 line, and all those little foreign snippets like:
1236 ,#+HTML: this code can be edited in html-mode
1242 ,#+LaTeX: this code can be edited in latex-mode
1248 ,#+BEGIN_SRC fortran
1249 ,Here we can edit in fortran-mode
1253 *** iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
1255 This is necessary for synchronization services. The UIDs are
1256 created using the the org-id.el module which is now part of the
1257 Org core. If you set the variable
1259 : (setq org-icalendar-store-UID t)
1261 then all created UIDs will be stored in the entry as an =:ID:=
1262 property. This is off by default because it creates lots of
1263 property drawers even if you only play with iCalendar export.
1264 But if you plan to use synchronization, you really need to turn
1267 Diary sexp entries do not yet receive proper persistent UIDs,
1268 because they are transformed to iCalendar format by icalendar.el
1269 which creates fresh UIDs each time, based on the current time.
1271 An interesting aspect of Org is that a single outline node can
1272 give rise to multiple iCalendar entries (as a timestamp, a
1273 deadline, a scheduled item, and as a TODO item). Therefore, Org
1274 adds prefixes "TS-", "DL-" "CS-", and "TD-" to the UID during
1275 iCalendar export, depending on what triggered the inclusion of
1276 the entry. In this way the UID remains unique, but a
1277 synchronization program can still figure out from which entry all
1278 the different instances originate.
1280 *** New properties for customizing subtree export.
1282 When exporting a subtree by selecting it before calling the
1283 export command, you can now use the properties =EXPORT_TITLE=,
1284 =EXPORT_TEXT=, and =EXPORT_OPTIONS= to overrule the global
1285 =#+TITLE=, =#+TEXT=, and =#+OPTIONS= settings. You can also set
1286 an export file name with =EXPORT_FILE_NAME= that will overrule
1287 the file name derived from the buffer's file name. As far as the
1288 options are concerned, the global =#+OPTIONS= will still be read,
1289 and only the options you give in the property will be
1290 overwritten. For example:
1293 ,#+OPTIONS: skip:nil
1296 , :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ct.html
1297 , :EXPORT_TITLE: Steve's collected computer tricks
1298 , :EXPORT_OPTIONS: h:2 toc:nil
1302 *** New way to define tags for an entire file.
1304 Tags that are defined in a line like
1305 : #+FILETAGS: work urgent
1306 are inherited by all entries in the file.
1308 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for this proposal.
1314 - Description lists are now supported natively
1315 - Block quotes for export
1316 - Fontified code examples in HTML export
1317 - Include files for export
1318 - Text before the first headline is now exported by default
1319 - In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
1320 - The in-buffer settings keywords may now be lower case
1321 - Completion of structure elements
1322 - Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
1323 - Clock task history, moving entries with the running clock
1324 - BBDB anniversaries much faster
1325 - New contrib files: org-eval.el and org-mtags.el
1327 ** Incompatible changes
1329 - The text before the first headline is now exported by default
1331 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
1332 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
1333 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
1334 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
1335 value on a per-file basis with
1343 *** Description lists are now supported natively
1345 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
1346 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
1347 separated by " :: ". For example
1349 : Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
1350 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
1351 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
1352 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
1353 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
1354 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
1355 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
1356 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
1357 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
1361 Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
1362 - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
1363 - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
1364 - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
1365 - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
1366 - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
1367 natural constants and units into a buffer.
1368 - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
1369 running IDL and WAVE CL files.
1371 This works now in the HTML exporter, we still need to supoort
1372 it with the LaTeX and ASCII exporters.
1374 *** Block quotes for export
1376 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
1380 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
1381 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
1385 which will render as
1388 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
1389 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
1392 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
1394 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
1395 fontified in an Emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
1396 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
1400 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1401 (defun org-xor (a b)
1407 In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
1408 looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
1409 interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
1410 http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
1412 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1413 (defun org-xor (a b)
1418 The string after the =BEGIN_SRC= is the name of the major emacs
1419 mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
1420 "-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
1421 writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
1422 "org" as the language identifier - in fact, I have used just
1423 that in the example above.
1425 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
1426 /htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
1427 backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
1429 *** Include files for export
1433 : #+INCLUDE "file" markup lang
1435 will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
1436 of publishing. FILE should be surrounded by double quotes, this
1437 is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
1438 MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
1439 or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
1440 mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
1442 : Here is my /.emacs/ file:
1443 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
1445 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
1447 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
1448 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
1449 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
1450 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
1451 value on a per-file basis with
1456 *** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
1458 If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
1459 files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
1460 point to that file from each file that should read it. If
1461 you write in a buffer
1463 : #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
1465 then this file will be scanned for in-buffer options like
1466 =#+STARTUP=, =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
1468 *** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
1470 From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
1471 =#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
1472 other in-buffer keywords.
1474 *** Completion of structure elements
1475 As a new experimental feature, Org now supports completion of
1476 structural elements like =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= in a special way.
1477 It work by typing, for example "<e" and then pressing TAB, on
1478 an otherwise empty line. "<e" will expand into a complete
1479 EXAMPLE template, with the cursor positioned in the middle.
1480 Currently supported templates are:
1483 : <e #+begin_example
1493 This is an experimental feature, please comment! See also
1494 below under /org-mtags.el/.
1496 *** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
1498 When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
1499 is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
1500 =org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
1501 buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
1502 scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
1503 such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
1504 its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
1507 - folded :: Fold the subtree
1508 - children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
1509 headlines of all direct children
1510 - content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
1512 - all :: Show the entire subtree
1514 For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
1515 is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
1516 right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
1517 changes in my current working version. The start of this section
1518 currently looks like this:
1523 , :VISIBILITY: content
1528 This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
1530 The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
1531 visibility of the buffer.
1533 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
1535 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
1536 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
1537 it for another task.
1538 - =C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u C-u I= from the agenda) will
1539 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
1540 - =C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u I= from the agenda) will offer a
1541 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
1542 for selection. =d= selects the default task, =i= selects
1543 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
1544 being clocked. =1=,... selects a recent task. When you
1545 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
1546 - You can use =C-u C-c C-x C-j= to jump to any of these
1549 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
1550 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
1551 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
1552 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
1553 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
1554 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
1555 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
1557 *** BBDB anniversaries much faster
1559 =bbdb-anniversaries= is now much faster, thanks to a new
1560 approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
1561 Baumann for a patch to this effect.
1563 *** New files in the contrib directory
1565 Do people think any of these should become core?
1567 - org-eval.el :: This new module allows to include the result
1568 of the evaluation of Lisp code (and other scripting
1569 languages) into the buffer, similar to the =<lisp>= tag
1570 of [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/emacs-wiki.html#Lisp-Tricks][Emacs Wiki]] and [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/muse/Embedded-Lisp.html#Embedded-Lisp][Muse]].
1571 - org-mtags.el :: This new modules allows you to use
1572 Muse-like tags for some structure definitions in Org.
1573 For example, instead of
1581 In fact, I myself find these easier to type and to look
1582 at. Also, it will allow you to more easily move text
1583 and files back and forth between Org and Muse. For a
1584 list of supported structure elements, see the commentary
1585 in the file [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git?a=blob_plain;f=contrib/lisp/org-mtags.el;hb=HEAD][commentary in the file org-mtags.el]].
1587 If you load this module and use the "<i" etc completion
1588 described above, the Muse form will automatically be
1592 Many bug fixes again. Will this ever stop?
1598 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
1599 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
1600 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
1601 - New operators for property searches
1602 - Search commands can now include archive files.
1603 - Clock tables can include the archive files
1604 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
1608 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
1610 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
1611 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
1612 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
1613 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
1614 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
1615 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
1617 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
1619 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
1620 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
1621 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
1622 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
1623 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
1624 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
1625 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
1626 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
1627 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
1628 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
1629 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
1630 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
1631 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
1634 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
1636 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
1637 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
1638 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
1639 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
1640 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
1641 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
1642 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
1643 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
1644 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
1646 *** New operators for property searches
1648 Property searches can now choose a number of different
1649 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
1650 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
1652 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
1653 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
1654 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
1656 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
1657 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
1659 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
1660 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
1661 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
1662 match" or "does not match", respectively.
1664 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
1666 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
1668 If the value of the customization variable
1669 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
1670 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
1671 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
1672 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
1673 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
1676 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
1678 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
1679 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
1680 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
1681 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
1682 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
1684 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
1686 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
1687 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
1688 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
1689 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
1690 be functions, so that more general transformations are
1691 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
1692 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
1696 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
1697 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
1698 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
1702 - The Org distribution has a new structure
1703 - New system for selecting modules to load
1704 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
1705 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
1706 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
1707 - Export commands can be done in the background
1708 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
1709 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
1710 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
1711 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
1712 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
1713 - And some more small fixes and improvements
1715 ** Incompatible changes
1717 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
1719 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
1720 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
1721 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
1722 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
1723 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
1724 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
1728 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
1730 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
1731 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
1732 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
1733 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
1734 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
1735 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
1739 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
1740 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
1741 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
1742 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
1743 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
1744 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
1745 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
1746 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
1749 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
1751 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
1752 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
1753 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
1754 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
1755 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
1756 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
1757 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
1758 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
1761 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
1762 buffer you can simply use "A".
1764 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
1766 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
1768 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
1769 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
1770 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
1771 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
1774 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
1775 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
1776 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
1777 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
1778 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
1779 visibility both locally and globally.
1781 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
1782 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
1783 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
1785 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
1787 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
1788 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
1789 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
1790 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
1791 JavaScript program is served from
1792 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
1793 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
1794 to be independent of the existence and stability of
1795 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
1796 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
1797 using something like
1799 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
1801 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
1803 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
1804 together with org-info.js.
1806 *** Export improvements
1808 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
1809 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
1810 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
1813 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
1814 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
1815 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
1816 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
1817 this less system dependent in the future.
1819 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
1821 *** Improvements to clocktable
1823 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
1824 when trying to specify the time block that should be
1825 considered when constructing the table.
1827 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
1830 | :block | meaning |
1831 |--------------+-----------------------|
1832 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
1833 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
1834 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
1835 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
1837 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
1838 | thisweek | The current week |
1839 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
1840 | thismonth | The current month |
1841 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
1842 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
1845 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
1846 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
1847 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
1848 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
1849 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
1850 will switch to the following week.
1852 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
1853 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
1854 a request from Bernt Hansen.
1856 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
1857 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
1858 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
1859 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
1860 configure the variable
1861 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
1862 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
1863 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
1865 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
1867 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
1868 the form =W08= for week 8.
1870 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
1871 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
1872 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
1873 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
1874 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
1875 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
1876 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
1877 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
1878 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
1879 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
1880 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
1882 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
1883 specify an ISO week. For example
1885 : w4 Monday of week 4
1886 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
1887 : w4-5 Same as above
1888 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
1889 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
1891 So far I have not implemented the effect of
1892 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
1893 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
1894 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
1895 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
1896 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
1897 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
1900 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
1901 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
1902 test extensively and report back.
1904 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
1906 *** Improvements in Search View
1908 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
1909 only in TODO entries.
1911 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
1912 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
1913 also match in "Nasim's".
1918 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
1919 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
1920 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
1921 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
1922 this excellent proposal.
1924 The regexp option is also implemented for
1925 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
1926 properties for inheritance my name.
1928 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
1929 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
1930 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
1931 if and only if the setting in
1932 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
1935 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
1936 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
1937 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
1938 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
1939 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
1940 customize them freely.
1942 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
1943 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
1944 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
1945 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
1946 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
1947 default date, not switch to today.
1949 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
1950 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
1952 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
1953 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
1955 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
1956 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
1957 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
1959 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
1962 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
1963 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
1964 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
1966 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
1967 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
1968 initial region if set.
1970 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
1973 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1975 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
1976 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
1977 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
1978 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
1979 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
1980 file name to which the export should go, and a local
1981 format. For example:
1984 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
1985 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
1988 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1990 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
1991 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
1992 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
1993 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
1995 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
2002 - New keyword search agenda view
2004 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
2006 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
2008 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
2010 - Granularity while editing time stamps
2012 - New repeaters mechanisms
2014 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
2016 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
2018 - =M-RET= splits lines again
2022 ** Incompatible changes
2024 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
2025 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
2030 *** New keyword search agenda view
2032 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
2033 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
2034 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
2035 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
2036 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
2037 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
2038 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
2039 example, the search string
2041 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
2043 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
2044 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
2045 which are also not matched by the regular expression
2046 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
2047 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
2048 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
2049 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
2050 (possibly sub-) heading.
2052 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
2053 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
2055 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
2056 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
2059 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
2060 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
2061 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
2063 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
2065 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
2066 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
2068 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
2069 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
2070 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
2072 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
2073 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
2074 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
2075 to cover contributed extensions as well.
2077 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
2079 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
2080 last element defines the contexts in which the template
2081 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
2082 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
2083 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
2084 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
2085 function, the template will be offered only if the function
2086 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
2087 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
2090 One possible application for this would be to have several
2091 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
2092 the right one based on context. For example, think of
2093 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
2094 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
2095 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
2097 : (setq org-remember-templates
2098 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
2099 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
2101 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
2103 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
2105 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
2106 + In a table, add a hline as before
2107 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
2108 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
2109 + In a headline, turn it into an item
2110 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
2111 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
2112 item markers from all lines.
2114 Based on proposals by Bastien.
2116 - `C-c *' has now more functions
2117 + in a table, recompute, as before
2118 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
2119 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
2120 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
2121 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
2122 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
2124 Based on proposals by Bastien.
2126 *** Changes related to time stamps
2128 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
2129 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
2130 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
2131 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
2132 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
2133 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
2134 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
2135 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
2136 specify the number of minutes to shift.
2138 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
2140 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
2141 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
2143 :** TODO Call Father
2144 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
2145 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
2146 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
2147 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
2148 : and marked it done on Saturday.
2149 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
2150 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
2151 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
2154 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
2156 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
2158 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
2159 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
2162 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
2163 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
2164 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
2165 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
2166 the previous content.
2168 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
2170 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
2171 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
2172 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
2174 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
2178 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
2179 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
2180 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
2181 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
2184 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
2185 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
2186 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
2189 - There are three new hooks:
2191 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
2192 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
2193 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
2197 ** Incompatible changes
2199 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
2200 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
2201 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
2205 *** Changes to logging progress
2207 There is now more control over which state changes are being
2208 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
2209 sections in the manual. Basically:
2211 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
2212 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
2213 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
2214 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
2215 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
2216 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
2217 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
2218 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
2220 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
2221 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
2222 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
2223 : when leaving this state. This is great for
2224 : getting a record when switching *back* from
2226 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
2227 : Here we not even define a fast access
2228 : character, but just the logging stuff.
2230 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
2234 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
2235 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
2236 of the line) before the current line.
2238 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
2239 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
2240 create a new line below the current one.
2244 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
2245 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
2252 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
2254 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
2255 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
2257 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
2259 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
2260 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
2261 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
2263 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
2265 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
2267 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
2271 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
2273 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
2275 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
2277 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
2279 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
2281 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
2283 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
2285 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
2289 ** Incompatible Changes
2291 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
2292 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
2293 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
2297 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
2299 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
2300 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
2302 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
2303 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
2305 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
2306 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
2307 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
2308 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
2309 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
2310 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
2313 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
2314 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
2317 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
2318 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
2319 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
2321 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
2322 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
2323 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
2324 variable does select the interface that is used to select
2325 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
2326 Possible values are:
2328 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
2330 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
2331 path to select a location.
2332 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
2335 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
2336 they are always current.
2338 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
2339 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
2340 special also because it only matches in headline. This
2341 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
2342 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
2343 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
2344 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
2345 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
2347 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
2348 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
2349 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
2350 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
2351 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
2352 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
2353 interface. Comments?
2358 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
2359 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
2360 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
2361 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
2362 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
2364 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
2365 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
2367 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
2368 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
2370 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
2371 headline up to the tags.
2372 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
2374 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
2376 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
2377 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
2378 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
2379 request by Austin Frank.
2381 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
2382 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
2383 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
2385 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
2386 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
2387 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
2388 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
2390 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
2391 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
2392 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
2393 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
2394 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
2395 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
2396 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
2397 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
2398 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
2399 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
2400 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
2403 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
2404 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
2405 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
2406 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
2414 will file is with the following property
2416 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
2418 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
2419 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
2420 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
2422 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
2423 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
2432 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
2434 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
2436 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
2438 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
2440 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
2442 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
2444 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
2446 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
2448 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
2452 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
2453 entries in a subtree. For example
2455 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
2457 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
2458 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
2459 request by Bernt Hansen.
2461 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
2462 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
2463 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
2464 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
2465 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
2466 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
2467 interactively select the filing location (file and
2468 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
2469 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
2470 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
2471 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
2472 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
2474 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
2475 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
2476 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
2477 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
2478 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
2481 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
2482 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
2483 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
2484 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
2485 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
2486 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
2487 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
2490 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
2491 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
2492 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
2495 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
2496 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
2497 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
2498 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
2499 explain here, complex.
2501 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
2502 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
2503 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
2505 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
2506 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
2507 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
2509 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
2521 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
2522 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
2523 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
2524 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
2525 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
2526 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
2527 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
2528 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
2529 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
2530 subtree motion commands.
2532 - Plain lists items work the same.
2534 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
2535 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
2536 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
2539 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
2540 let me know about any problems.
2544 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
2545 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
2546 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
2547 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
2548 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
2550 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
2551 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
2552 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
2553 history variable. For example:
2555 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
2557 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
2558 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
2559 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
2560 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
2561 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
2562 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
2563 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
2564 by Bastien and Adam.
2566 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
2567 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
2568 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
2569 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
2573 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
2574 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
2577 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
2578 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
2579 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
2580 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
2581 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
2582 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
2588 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
2590 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
2591 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
2592 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
2593 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
2594 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
2595 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
2596 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
2597 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
2600 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
2601 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
2602 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
2603 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
2605 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
2606 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
2607 the new scope. If you like you can display an agenda view
2608 and then watch it change in various scopes.
2610 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
2611 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
2612 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
2613 select a new restriction.
2615 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
2617 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
2619 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
2621 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
2622 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
2624 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
2625 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
2626 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
2629 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
2630 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
2631 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
2633 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
2634 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
2635 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
2636 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
2637 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
2643 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
2644 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
2645 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
2647 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
2648 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
2649 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
2658 + Remember and related stuff
2659 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
2660 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
2661 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
2662 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
2664 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
2665 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
2666 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
2667 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
2668 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
2669 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
2670 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
2672 + Properties and Column view
2673 - More control over which properties use inheritance
2674 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
2675 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
2676 - New currency summary type {$}
2678 + The date/time prompt
2679 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
2680 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
2681 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
2684 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
2685 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
2688 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
2691 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
2692 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
2693 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
2694 - Support for pabbrev-mode
2695 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
2697 ** Incompatible changes
2699 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
2700 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
2701 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
2703 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
2704 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
2705 prompted, like this:
2707 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
2709 : (org-remember ?n))
2711 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
2712 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
2714 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
2716 : (org-remember nil ?n))
2718 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
2719 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
2723 *** Remember and related stuff
2725 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
2726 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
2727 application might be to put a note or task captured with
2728 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
2729 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
2730 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
2731 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
2732 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
2733 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
2734 definitions. For example:
2736 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
2738 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
2741 : (setq org-refile-targets
2742 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
2744 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
2745 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
2746 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
2747 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
2750 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
2751 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
2753 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
2754 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
2755 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
2756 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
2757 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
2759 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
2760 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
2762 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
2764 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
2765 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
2766 : %[..] include file
2768 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
2770 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
2771 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
2772 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
2775 : (require 'remember)
2776 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
2777 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
2778 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
2780 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
2781 provide a default for templates without a file, and
2782 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
2784 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
2786 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
2788 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
2790 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
2791 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
2792 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
2793 the default in Org-mode.
2795 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
2796 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
2797 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
2798 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
2800 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
2801 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
2802 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
2803 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
2804 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
2806 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
2807 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
2808 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
2809 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
2812 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
2813 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
2814 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
2815 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
2816 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
2818 *** Properties and Column view
2820 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
2821 property names that should be treated with inheritance
2824 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
2825 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
2826 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
2827 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
2828 discussion around this issue.
2830 - Summary type improvements in column view.
2831 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
2832 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
2833 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
2834 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
2835 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
2836 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
2837 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
2839 *** The date/time prompt
2841 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
2844 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
2845 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
2846 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
2847 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
2848 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
2850 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
2851 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
2852 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
2853 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
2854 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
2855 entered month is before the current, for example if you
2856 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
2857 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
2858 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
2860 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
2861 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
2862 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
2863 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
2864 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
2866 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
2868 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
2869 list of newly performed conversions:
2871 | Org | Description | HTML |
2872 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
2873 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
2874 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
2875 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
2876 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
2878 You can turn this globally on or off with
2879 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
2880 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
2881 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
2882 William Henney for relevant inputs.
2884 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
2885 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
2889 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
2890 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
2891 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
2892 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
2893 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
2894 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
2896 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
2898 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
2899 export by setting it either globally
2900 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
2901 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
2902 the list of available classes and their sectioning
2903 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
2904 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
2907 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
2908 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
2909 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
2911 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
2912 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
2914 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
2915 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
2918 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
2919 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
2920 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
2927 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
2928 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
2929 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
2931 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
2932 the values of constants and properties are no longer
2933 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
2934 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
2935 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
2937 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
2938 with extension matched by the new variable
2939 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
2948 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2949 + All known bugs fixed.
2950 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
2951 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
2952 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
2954 - The agenda dispatcher
2955 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
2956 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
2958 - Sorting improvements
2959 + User-defined sorting keys.
2960 + Sorting by properties.
2961 + Sorting of plain lists.
2963 - HTML <div> structure
2966 + New variables, several of them.
2967 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
2968 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
2969 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
2970 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
2974 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2976 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
2977 (at least I hope so...).
2979 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
2980 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
2982 + global, i.e. for the entire file
2983 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
2984 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
2986 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
2987 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
2988 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
2992 : :ID: planning-overview
2998 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
3002 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
3003 be prompted for the ID.
3005 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
3006 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
3007 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
3008 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
3009 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
3012 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
3014 *** The agenda dispatcher
3016 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
3017 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
3018 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
3019 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
3020 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
3021 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
3022 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
3023 them to custom commands.
3025 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
3026 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
3027 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
3028 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
3030 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
3031 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
3032 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
3033 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
3034 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
3036 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
3037 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
3040 *** Sorting improvements
3042 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
3043 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
3045 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
3046 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
3048 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
3051 - Plain lists can be sorted.
3053 *** HTML <div> structure
3055 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
3057 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
3058 "table-of-contents".
3060 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
3061 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
3063 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
3064 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
3066 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
3067 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
3069 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
3070 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
3074 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
3075 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
3076 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
3079 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
3081 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
3083 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
3084 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
3085 your properties will not be folded away.
3086 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
3088 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
3089 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
3090 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
3092 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
3093 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
3094 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
3095 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
3096 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
3098 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
3099 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
3100 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
3101 a proposal by Bastien.
3103 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
3104 request by Wanrong Lin.
3106 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
3107 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
3108 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
3114 - Remember templates can now have name.
3115 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
3116 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
3117 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
3118 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
3119 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
3120 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
3121 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
3122 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
3123 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
3124 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
3126 ** Incompatible Changes
3128 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
3132 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
3133 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
3134 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
3135 the name start with the selection character, for example if
3136 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
3137 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
3139 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
3140 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
3141 change). Thanks to Bastien.
3143 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
3144 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
3146 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
3147 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
3148 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
3149 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
3151 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
3152 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
3153 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
3155 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
3156 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
3157 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
3158 Wiegley for a patch.
3160 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
3161 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
3162 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
3163 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
3164 with full completion support.
3166 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
3167 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
3168 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
3170 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
3171 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
3174 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
3175 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
3176 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
3177 well tested yet, please check it out.
3185 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
3186 - Command to jump to the running clock
3187 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
3188 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
3189 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
3190 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
3191 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
3192 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
3193 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
3194 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
3195 - Better tag alignment in agenda
3197 ** Incompatible changes
3199 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
3200 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
3202 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
3203 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
3204 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
3206 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
3207 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
3210 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
3215 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
3216 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
3219 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
3222 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
3225 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
3226 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
3227 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
3228 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
3229 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
3231 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
3232 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
3233 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
3234 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
3236 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
3237 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
3238 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
3239 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
3240 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
3241 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
3242 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
3243 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
3244 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
3246 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
3247 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
3248 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
3249 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
3250 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
3251 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
3252 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
3253 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
3254 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
3256 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
3257 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
3258 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
3259 being prompted for a template, like this:
3261 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
3263 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
3265 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
3266 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
3267 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
3268 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
3270 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
3271 (also `s' does this).
3273 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
3274 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
3277 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
3278 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
3279 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
3281 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
3282 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
3283 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
3285 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
3286 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
3287 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
3288 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
3296 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
3297 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
3298 - CSV support when importing a table.
3299 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
3300 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
3301 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
3302 - Modifications to priority cycling.
3303 - Modifications to computations in column view.
3304 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
3309 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
3310 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
3313 : * Tree with special properties
3315 : :CATEGORY: Examples
3316 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
3319 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
3320 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
3321 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
3322 *single* default for the file which is then locally
3323 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
3324 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
3325 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
3326 encourage you to stop using them.
3328 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
3329 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
3330 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
3331 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
3335 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
3336 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
3337 | file | the full current buffer |
3338 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
3339 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
3340 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
3341 | agenda | all agenda files |
3343 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
3344 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
3345 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
3346 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
3349 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
3350 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
3351 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
3352 basic input it works.
3354 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
3355 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
3356 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
3357 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
3359 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
3360 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
3363 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
3364 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
3366 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
3368 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
3369 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
3370 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
3371 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
3372 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
3374 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
3375 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
3376 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
3377 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
3378 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
3381 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
3382 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
3383 of all the children's values each time you enter column
3384 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
3385 the children has that particular property defined, the
3386 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
3387 items under such an entry without getting the property value
3388 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
3389 is a better way of doing things.
3391 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
3392 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
3393 testing is appreciated.
3395 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
3396 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
3397 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
3398 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
3400 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
3401 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
3402 links in square or angular brackets.
3410 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
3413 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
3414 agenda can be configured.
3416 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
3418 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
3420 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
3422 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
3424 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
3425 inherited from the outline faces.
3427 ** Incompatible Changes
3429 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
3430 t, in order to better match the original intent of
3431 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
3432 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
3433 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
3438 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
3439 switching to that state. With the setting
3441 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
3442 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
3444 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
3447 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
3448 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
3449 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
3450 own function. Configure the new variable
3451 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
3452 this development with a patch.
3454 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
3455 t, in order to better match the original intent of
3456 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
3457 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
3458 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
3459 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
3460 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
3462 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
3463 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
3464 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
3465 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
3466 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
3467 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
3468 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
3470 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
3471 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
3474 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
3475 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
3476 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
3477 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
3478 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
3479 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
3480 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
3482 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
3483 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
3484 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
3485 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
3486 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
3487 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
3488 match the current org-mode faces.
3490 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
3494 ** Incompatible changes
3496 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
3500 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
3501 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
3502 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
3504 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
3506 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
3507 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
3508 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
3509 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
3510 command fall back to cycling.
3512 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
3513 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
3514 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
3515 interface anyway, set the variable
3516 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
3517 others for input on this issue.
3519 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
3520 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
3521 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
3523 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
3524 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
3526 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
3527 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
3529 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
3531 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
3532 use a format string that will be interpreted by
3533 `format-time-string', for example:
3535 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
3537 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
3538 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
3539 included) have changed this.
3541 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
3542 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
3543 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
3544 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
3545 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
3546 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
3547 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
3553 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
3555 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
3557 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
3559 - Sorting can be done by priority.
3561 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
3563 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
3565 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
3567 ** Incompatible changes
3569 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
3570 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
3572 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
3576 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
3577 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
3578 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
3580 A Here is a configuration example:
3582 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
3583 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
3584 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
3585 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
3588 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
3589 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
3591 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
3592 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
3593 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
3594 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
3595 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
3596 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
3597 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
3598 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
3599 states, just like you also do for tags.
3601 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
3602 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
3604 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
3605 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
3606 switch the entry to that state.
3608 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
3609 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
3610 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
3613 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
3615 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
3616 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
3617 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
3618 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
3620 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
3621 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
3623 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
3624 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
3625 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
3626 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
3627 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
3629 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
3630 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
3631 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
3634 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
3635 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
3636 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
3637 the file will simply be skipped.
3647 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
3648 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
3649 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
3650 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
3651 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
3652 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
3653 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
3654 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
3657 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
3658 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
3659 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
3660 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
3661 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
3662 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
3663 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
3664 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
3665 the special locations.
3667 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
3670 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
3673 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
3674 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
3675 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
3677 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
3678 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
3679 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
3685 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
3687 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
3689 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
3691 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
3693 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
3695 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
3697 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
3699 - Global values for selected properties.
3706 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
3707 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
3708 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
3709 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
3710 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
3711 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
3712 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
3713 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
3715 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
3716 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
3717 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
3718 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
3719 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
3720 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
3721 currently how to handle the new link types for
3724 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
3725 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
3726 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
3727 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
3730 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
3731 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
3732 The syntax is like this
3734 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
3736 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
3739 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
3741 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
3742 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
3743 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
3745 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
3748 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
3749 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
3750 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
3751 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
3754 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
3755 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
3756 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
3757 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
3758 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
3759 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
3762 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
3763 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
3764 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
3767 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
3768 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
3769 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
3770 `org-global-properties', like this:
3772 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
3774 Buffer-local values are set like this:
3776 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
3778 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
3779 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
3780 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
3781 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
3782 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
3783 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
3791 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
3792 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
3793 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
3794 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
3796 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
3797 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
3798 this stuff into the drawer.
3799 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
3801 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
3802 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
3804 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
3805 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
3807 - Lots of minor fixes.
3811 ** Incompatible Changes
3813 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
3814 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
3815 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
3819 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
3820 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
3821 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
3823 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
3824 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
3825 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
3826 know if we need to make this customizable.
3828 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
3829 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
3830 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
3831 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
3832 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
3834 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
3843 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
3846 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
3847 compute their value from the children's values.
3849 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
3850 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
3853 ** Incompatible Changes
3855 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
3856 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
3857 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
3858 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
3863 - Improvements for properties:
3865 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
3866 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
3868 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
3869 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
3870 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
3871 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
3872 typos when entering properties.
3874 - Improvements for column view.
3876 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
3877 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
3880 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
3881 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
3882 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
3883 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
3886 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
3887 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
3890 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
3891 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
3892 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
3894 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
3895 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
3896 beginning of a line. So
3898 : * This is a level 1 headline
3899 : *this is bold text*
3901 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
3902 available in orgstruct-mode.
3908 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
3909 structure editing commands into any other mode.
3911 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
3912 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
3913 open if explicitly asked.
3915 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
3917 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
3918 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
3921 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
3922 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
3925 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
3927 ** Incompatible changes
3929 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
3930 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
3931 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
3932 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
3933 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
3934 that this is the better convention.
3938 *** Orgstruct minor mode
3940 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
3941 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
3942 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
3943 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
3944 easily create lists.
3946 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
3947 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
3948 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
3949 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
3950 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
3951 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
3952 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
3953 minor modes have assigned to them.
3955 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
3956 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
3957 the promised implementation.
3961 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
3962 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
3963 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
3964 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
3965 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
3968 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
3970 you can then create drawers like this:
3973 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
3974 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
3977 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
3978 contains properties of an entry (see below).
3980 *** Properties and Column View
3982 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
3983 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
3984 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
3985 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
3986 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
3987 a property drawer and inserting a line like
3989 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
3991 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
3992 program using properties, use the functions
3993 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
3994 and `org-entry-delete'.
3996 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
3999 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
4000 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
4001 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
4002 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
4003 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
4004 after the headline, outside the drawer.
4006 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
4009 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
4011 will find entries that
4014 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
4015 - are TODO status WAITING.
4017 So here is an entry that will match:
4019 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
4024 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
4025 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
4028 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
4030 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
4031 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
4032 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
4033 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
4034 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
4035 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
4036 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
4037 can set up different property columns on different levels
4038 of an outline tree. For example:
4042 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
4046 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
4049 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
4051 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
4054 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
4057 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
4058 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
4060 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
4061 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
4062 will get a different table than if you do it in the
4063 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
4064 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
4065 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
4068 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
4069 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
4071 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
4072 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
4073 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
4074 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
4075 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
4076 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
4078 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
4079 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
4082 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
4084 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
4086 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
4087 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
4088 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
4090 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
4091 Any suggestions for better defaults?
4092 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
4093 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
4098 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
4099 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
4100 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
4101 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
4102 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
4103 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
4104 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
4107 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
4108 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
4109 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
4110 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
4111 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
4118 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
4120 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
4121 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
4122 constants can now be set with a line like:
4124 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
4128 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
4129 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
4132 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
4134 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
4138 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
4139 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
4140 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
4141 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
4148 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
4149 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
4150 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
4151 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
4153 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
4154 See manual section 3.5.3.
4156 - New options for turning off footnotes.
4157 This was a request from Ignotus.
4158 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
4160 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
4161 default. This was a request from Micheal.
4162 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
4166 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
4167 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
4168 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
4169 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
4170 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
4176 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
4177 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
4179 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
4181 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
4183 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
4185 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
4187 ** Incompatible changes
4189 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
4190 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
4191 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
4192 with the xemacs version. For example:
4194 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
4196 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
4197 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
4198 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
4199 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
4200 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
4204 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
4205 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
4206 interval on a single day. For example
4208 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
4210 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
4211 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
4212 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
4213 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
4215 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
4218 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
4219 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
4223 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
4225 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
4226 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
4227 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
4228 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
4229 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
4230 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
4231 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
4232 using localization features may not work correctly in the
4233 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
4234 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
4235 stick to the ASCII characters.
4237 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
4238 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
4239 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
4240 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
4241 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
4243 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
4245 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
4246 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
4247 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
4249 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
4250 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
4251 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
4252 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
4253 if we can agree on this:
4255 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
4256 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
4257 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
4258 out to a previous level. For example
4266 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
4275 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
4276 using promotion and demotion functions.
4282 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
4283 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
4285 ** Incompatible changes
4287 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
4291 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
4292 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
4293 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
4294 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
4295 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
4296 column where the character is specified). You may also use
4297 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
4299 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
4300 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
4301 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
4302 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
4303 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
4304 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
4305 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
4307 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
4308 never exported, but can be used to place column group
4309 information into the table. In this table, we create a
4310 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
4311 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
4314 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
4315 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
4316 wherever you want a vertical line:
4318 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
4319 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
4320 : | / | < | < | | < | |
4322 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
4323 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
4325 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
4326 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
4327 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
4328 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
4329 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
4330 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
4331 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
4332 behavior we had before.
4334 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
4336 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
4337 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
4338 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
4339 special characters in other languages as along as your
4340 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
4341 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
4342 out how to do this in XEmacs.
4348 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
4352 - Footnotes like =here[1]= are now exported to HTML
4354 : [1]This is a footnote
4356 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
4357 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
4359 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
4361 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
4362 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
4365 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
4371 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
4372 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
4374 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
4375 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
4376 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
4377 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
4379 ** Incompatible Changes
4381 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
4382 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
4386 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
4387 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
4389 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
4391 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
4392 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
4393 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
4394 collect your credit, let me know!
4396 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
4397 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
4399 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
4400 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
4402 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
4403 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
4404 would in the diary. For example
4406 * Birthdays and similar stuff
4408 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
4410 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
4411 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
4413 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
4415 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
4416 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
4417 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
4418 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
4419 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
4420 put in a few categories, and then turned off
4421 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
4422 faster agenda display.
4424 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
4425 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
4426 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
4427 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
4428 to Raman for this idea.
4430 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
4431 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
4432 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
4435 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
4436 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
4437 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
4441 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
4443 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
4444 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
4446 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
4447 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
4448 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
4449 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
4452 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
4453 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
4455 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
4456 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
4457 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
4458 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
4460 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
4461 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
4462 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
4463 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
4465 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
4466 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
4473 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
4474 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
4475 further processing in scripts.
4477 ** Incompatible Changes
4479 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
4480 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
4484 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
4485 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
4486 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
4487 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
4490 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
4491 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
4492 that have associated file names and exports the views to
4493 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
4494 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
4495 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
4496 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
4497 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
4499 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
4500 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
4501 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
4502 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
4504 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
4505 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
4506 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
4508 - Quite a few bug fixes.
4518 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
4520 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
4522 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
4524 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
4526 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
4528 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
4530 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
4534 ** Incompatible changes
4536 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
4537 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
4540 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
4541 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
4542 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
4543 `org-disputed-keys'.
4545 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
4546 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
4547 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
4551 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
4552 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
4553 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
4554 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
4555 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
4556 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
4557 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
4558 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
4559 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
4560 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
4561 Scott fro bringing this up again.
4563 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
4564 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
4565 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
4566 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
4568 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
4569 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
4571 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
4572 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
4573 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
4574 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
4576 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
4577 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
4578 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
4579 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
4580 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
4581 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
4582 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
4583 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
4585 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
4587 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
4588 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
4589 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
4590 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
4591 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
4592 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
4593 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
4596 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
4597 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
4598 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
4599 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
4600 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
4601 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
4604 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
4605 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
4606 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
4607 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
4608 indicates a non-stuck project.
4610 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
4611 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
4612 please let me know if you find problems.
4614 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
4615 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
4621 ** Incompatible changes
4625 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
4626 exported HTML. These are the variables
4627 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
4628 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
4631 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
4632 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
4633 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
4635 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
4636 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
4637 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
4638 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
4639 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
4640 that are scanned for the agenda.
4648 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
4649 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
4650 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
4652 ** Incompatible changes
4654 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
4658 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
4660 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
4662 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
4664 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
4665 list (and which is also works!)
4667 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
4668 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
4670 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
4671 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
4672 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
4673 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
4674 toward using the latter.
4676 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
4677 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
4678 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
4679 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
4681 (setq org-todo-keywords
4682 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
4683 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
4684 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
4685 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
4688 If your setting has this new structure,
4689 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
4690 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
4691 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
4692 interpretation from the other variable still works.
4694 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
4695 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
4696 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
4697 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
4698 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
4701 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
4702 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
4703 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
4704 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
4705 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
4706 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
4707 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
4709 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
4710 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
4711 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
4712 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
4713 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
4715 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
4716 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
4717 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
4718 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
4719 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
4720 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
4721 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
4722 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
4723 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
4730 This time the changes affect the following areas:
4732 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
4733 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
4734 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
4735 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
4736 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
4737 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
4740 ** Incompatible changes
4742 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
4743 over several lines, like
4746 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
4749 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
4750 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
4751 See below for details.
4753 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
4754 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
4755 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
4756 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
4761 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
4762 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
4765 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
4766 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
4767 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
4769 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
4770 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
4771 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
4772 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
4773 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
4774 where you want to be.
4776 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
4777 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
4778 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
4781 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
4782 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
4784 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
4785 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
4787 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
4789 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
4790 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
4791 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
4792 new in-buffer option
4796 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
4797 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
4798 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
4799 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
4801 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
4802 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
4803 can be done by setting the variable
4804 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
4806 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
4812 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
4814 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
4815 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
4816 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
4817 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
4818 terminate all levels of plain list items.
4820 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
4822 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
4823 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
4826 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
4827 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
4828 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
4829 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
4830 are logging all state changes.
4832 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
4837 - Priority handling in the tags view
4838 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
4839 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
4840 - Improvements to the formula editor.
4841 - C-j does better indentation.
4845 - Priority handling in the tags view
4847 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
4848 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
4850 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
4852 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
4853 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
4854 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
4856 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
4858 - Changes in the spreadsheet
4860 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
4861 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
4862 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
4863 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
4864 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
4865 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
4866 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
4868 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
4871 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
4873 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
4875 + There is now a menu with commands.
4877 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
4878 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
4880 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
4881 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
4883 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
4884 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
4888 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
4889 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
4890 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
4892 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
4893 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
4898 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
4899 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
4900 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
4901 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
4903 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
4904 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
4905 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
4915 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
4916 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
4917 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
4919 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
4920 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
4921 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
4922 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
4923 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
4924 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
4925 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
4927 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
4928 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
4929 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
4931 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
4933 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
4934 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
4936 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
4937 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
4939 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
4940 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
4941 levels. For example:
4943 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
4945 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
4946 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
4947 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
4950 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
4951 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
4952 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
4953 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
4955 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
4956 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
4965 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
4966 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
4967 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
4968 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
4970 ** Detailed description of changes
4972 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
4973 any table in any mode.
4975 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
4976 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
4977 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
4978 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
4979 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
4980 inside the same file, in a block comment.
4982 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
4983 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
4984 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
4985 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
4986 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
4988 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
4989 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
4990 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
4991 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
4992 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
4993 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
4994 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
4997 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
4998 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
4999 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
5000 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
5001 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
5002 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
5003 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
5004 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
5005 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
5006 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
5007 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
5008 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
5010 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
5011 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
5012 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
5013 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
5019 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
5020 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
5021 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
5022 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
5023 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
5025 ** Detailed description of changes
5027 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
5028 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
5029 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
5031 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
5033 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
5034 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
5036 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
5038 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
5039 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
5040 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
5042 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
5043 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
5044 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
5046 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
5047 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
5048 to Raman for this excellent idea.
5050 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
5051 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
5053 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
5055 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
5056 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
5057 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
5058 remember.el work like this as well).
5059 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
5060 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
5061 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
5062 new template, but the old context information. This is
5063 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
5066 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
5067 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
5068 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
5069 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
5070 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
5071 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
5072 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
5073 without interaction.
5075 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
5076 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
5077 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
5078 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
5079 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
5080 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
5082 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
5083 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
5084 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
5085 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
5087 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
5088 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
5089 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
5090 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
5091 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
5092 them would require special hooks. Comments?
5098 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
5099 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
5101 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
5102 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
5103 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
5104 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
5105 + Incompatible changes
5106 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
5107 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
5108 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
5109 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
5110 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
5111 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
5112 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
5116 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
5117 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
5118 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
5119 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
5120 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
5121 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
5122 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
5123 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
5127 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
5128 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
5129 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
5130 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
5131 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
5132 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
5133 - Empty entries go full circle.
5134 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
5139 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
5142 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
5143 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
5144 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
5145 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
5146 another, dedicated frame.
5147 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
5148 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
5151 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
5152 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
5153 - Changes in Agenda buffer
5154 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
5155 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
5156 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
5157 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
5158 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
5159 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
5160 use regular expressions.
5161 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
5162 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
5163 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
5167 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
5168 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
5169 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
5176 - Improvements to fast tag selection
5177 + show status also in target line.
5178 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
5179 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
5180 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
5184 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
5185 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
5186 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
5187 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
5191 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
5192 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
5197 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
5198 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
5199 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
5203 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
5204 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
5205 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
5206 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
5207 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
5208 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
5209 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
5210 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
5211 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
5212 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
5213 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
5218 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
5219 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
5220 - File links can contain environment variables.
5221 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
5225 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
5226 each block created by a different agenda command.
5227 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
5228 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
5229 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
5230 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
5231 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
5232 upon the agenda type.
5233 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
5234 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
5235 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
5236 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
5237 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
5238 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
5239 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
5240 - More minor bug fixes.
5243 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
5244 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
5245 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
5249 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
5250 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
5251 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
5255 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
5258 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
5259 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
5260 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
5268 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
5269 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
5271 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
5272 LaTeX environment and math.
5275 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
5277 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
5278 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
5279 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
5283 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
5284 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
5287 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
5288 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
5289 and will not lead to conflicts.
5290 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
5294 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
5295 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
5296 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
5297 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
5298 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
5299 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
5300 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
5306 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
5307 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
5310 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
5311 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
5312 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
5313 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
5314 directories for different export types.
5315 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
5316 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
5323 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
5324 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
5325 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
5326 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
5327 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
5328 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
5329 relative and absolute paths.
5330 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
5331 - Bug and typo fixes.
5335 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
5336 contains a description or not.
5337 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
5338 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
5339 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
5340 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
5341 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
5342 for all available exporters.
5343 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
5349 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
5350 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
5351 end of the HTML file.
5352 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
5353 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
5354 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
5355 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
5361 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
5362 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
5363 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
5364 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
5374 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
5375 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
5378 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
5379 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
5380 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
5381 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
5382 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
5383 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
5384 - New structure for the customization tree.
5389 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
5393 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
5394 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
5395 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
5396 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
5397 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
5402 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
5403 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
5404 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
5405 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
5409 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
5410 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
5413 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
5414 - Various small bug fixes
5417 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
5418 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
5419 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
5420 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
5421 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
5422 argument to `C-c C-v'.
5423 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
5424 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
5425 next buffer change due to editing).
5428 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
5429 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
5430 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
5431 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
5434 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
5435 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
5436 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
5437 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
5438 - Changes to the HTML exporter
5439 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
5440 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
5441 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
5442 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
5443 - support for cascading style sheets.
5444 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
5445 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
5452 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
5456 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
5459 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
5460 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
5461 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
5462 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
5463 and are not linked to the calendar.
5464 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
5465 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
5466 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
5467 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
5470 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
5471 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
5472 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
5473 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
5474 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
5477 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
5478 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
5479 - Named fields and columns in tables.
5480 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
5483 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
5484 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
5487 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
5488 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
5489 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
5490 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
5491 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
5492 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
5496 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
5497 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
5498 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
5499 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
5500 - Archiving of finished tasks.
5501 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
5502 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
5503 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
5504 - Improved html export of tables.
5505 - Various clean-up changes.
5508 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
5512 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
5513 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
5517 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
5518 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
5522 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
5523 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
5524 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
5527 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
5528 - New startup option `content'.
5529 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
5530 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
5531 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
5534 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
5535 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
5536 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
5537 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
5538 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
5539 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
5542 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
5543 table shape when typing in fields.
5544 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
5545 into arbitrary major modes.
5546 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
5547 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
5548 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
5551 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
5552 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
5553 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
5555 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
5556 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
5557 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
5558 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
5559 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
5561 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
5562 - Sorting fully configurable.
5563 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
5564 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
5568 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
5569 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
5570 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
5571 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
5572 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
5573 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
5574 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
5577 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
5578 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
5579 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
5580 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
5581 - Priorities for TODO items.
5582 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
5583 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
5584 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
5589 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
5590 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
5591 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
5592 `org-todo-interpretation'.
5593 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
5594 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
5595 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
5596 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
5597 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
5598 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
5599 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
5600 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
5601 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
5602 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
5603 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
5606 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
5607 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
5608 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
5609 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
5610 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
5611 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
5612 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
5613 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
5614 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
5615 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
5616 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
5617 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
5620 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
5621 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
5622 - Date ranges introduced.
5623 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
5624 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
5625 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
5626 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
5627 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
5628 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
5629 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
5632 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
5633 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
5634 - Fully automatic table editor.
5635 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
5636 - Other link system changes
5637 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
5638 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
5639 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
5640 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
5641 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
5642 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
5643 Please re-read the manual section about links.
5645 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
5646 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
5647 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
5648 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
5649 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
5650 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
5652 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
5656 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
5657 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
5658 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
5659 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
5663 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents