1 Org-mode list of User-visible changes
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4 Author: Carsten Dominik <carsten at orgmode dot org>
5 Date: 2007/11/13 12:21:31
14 - If you have customize the variable `org-emphasis-alist', you
15 need to do it again by first canceling your customization and
18 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
19 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
22 (defun my-remember-template-n ()
26 You need to modify this. The character selectiong the template
27 must now be the second argument to `org-remember':
29 (defun my-remember-template-n ()
31 (org-remember nil ?n))
36 Remember and related stuff
37 --------------------------
39 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
40 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
41 application might be to put a note or task captured with
42 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
43 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
44 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
45 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
46 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
47 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
48 definitions. For example:
50 (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
52 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
55 (setq org-refile-targets
56 '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
58 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
59 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
60 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
61 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a prefix argument.
63 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
64 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
66 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
67 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
68 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
69 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
70 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
72 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
73 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
75 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
77 %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
78 %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
80 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
82 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
83 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
84 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
88 (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
89 (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
90 (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
92 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
93 provide a default for templates without a file, and
94 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
99 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
101 - Font-lock now hides the emphasis markers - this makes for a more
102 readable text, and since we are all used to the hiding done by
103 links, I guess this is no problem? If it is for you, configure
104 the variable org-hide-emphasis-markers'.
106 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
107 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
108 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
109 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
111 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
112 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
113 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
114 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
115 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
117 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
118 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
119 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
120 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
123 Properties and Column view
124 --------------------------
126 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
127 property names that should be treated with inheritance
130 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
131 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
132 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
133 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
134 discussion around this issue.
136 - Summary type improvements in column view.
137 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
138 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
139 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
140 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
141 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
142 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
143 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
149 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
150 the date prompt. I happen to think that it has become a very
151 compact and cool way to select or modify a date and a time,
152 better than anything I have seen in any other application -
153 at least if you like to work with the keyboard.
155 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
156 interpretation of you input is shown next to your input in
157 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
158 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
159 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
161 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
162 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
163 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
164 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
165 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
166 entered month is before the current, for example if you
167 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
168 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
169 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
171 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
172 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
173 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
174 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
175 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
180 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
181 list of newly performed conversions:
184 -------+------------------------------------+----------
185 \\ - double backslash followed by minus ­
186 - - two dashes (minuses) –
187 - - - three dashes (minuses) —
188 . . . three dots …
190 You can turn this globally on/off with
191 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
192 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
193 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
194 William Henney for relevant inputs.
196 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
197 Thanks to Raman for pointing this out.
202 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
203 g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
204 because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
205 G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
206 e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
207 `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
212 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
213 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
215 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
216 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
219 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
220 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
221 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
230 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
231 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
232 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
234 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
235 the values of constants and properties are no longer
236 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
237 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
238 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
240 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
241 with extension matched by the new variable
242 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
253 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
254 + All known bugs fixed.
255 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
256 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
257 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
259 - The agenda dispatcher
260 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
261 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
263 - Sorting improvements
264 + User-defined sorting keys.
265 + Sorting by properties.
266 + Sorting of plain lists.
268 - HTML <div> structure
271 + New variables, several of them.
272 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
273 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
274 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
275 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
280 Bug fixes and improvements in column view
281 -----------------------------------------
283 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
284 (at least I hope so...).
286 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
287 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
289 + global, i.e. for the entire file
290 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
291 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
293 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
294 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
295 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
299 :ID: planning-overview
305 #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
309 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
310 be prompted for the ID.
312 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
313 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
314 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
315 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
316 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
319 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
321 The agenda dispatcher
322 ---------------------
324 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
325 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
326 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
327 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
328 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
329 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
330 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
331 them to custom commands.
333 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
334 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
335 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
336 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
338 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
339 '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
340 ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
341 ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
342 ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
344 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
345 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
351 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
352 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
354 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
355 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
357 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
360 - Plain lists can be sorted.
365 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
367 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
370 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
371 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
373 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
374 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
376 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
377 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
379 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
380 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
385 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
386 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
387 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
390 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
392 #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
394 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
395 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
396 your properties will not be folded away.
397 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
399 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
400 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
401 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
403 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
404 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
405 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
406 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
407 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
409 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
410 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
411 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
412 a proposal by Bastien.
414 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
415 request by Wanrong Lin.
417 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
418 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
419 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
427 - Remember templates can now have name.
428 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
429 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
430 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
431 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
432 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
433 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
434 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
435 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
436 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
437 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
442 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
447 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
448 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
449 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
450 the name start with the selection character, for example if
451 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
452 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
454 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
455 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
456 change). Thanks to Bastien.
458 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
459 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
461 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
462 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
463 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
464 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
466 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
467 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
468 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
470 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
471 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
472 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
475 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
476 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
477 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
478 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
479 with full completion support.
481 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
482 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
483 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
485 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
486 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
489 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
490 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
491 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
492 well tested yet, please check it out.
502 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
503 - Command to jump to the running clock
504 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
505 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
506 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
507 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
508 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
509 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
510 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
511 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
512 - Better tag alignment in agenda
517 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
518 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
520 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
521 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
522 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
524 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
525 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
528 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
534 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
535 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
538 :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
541 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
544 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
545 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
546 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
547 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
548 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
550 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
551 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
552 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
553 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
555 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
556 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
557 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
558 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
559 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
560 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
561 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
562 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
563 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
565 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
566 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
567 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
568 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
569 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
570 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
571 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
572 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
573 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
575 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
576 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
577 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
578 being prompted for a template, like this:
580 (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
582 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
584 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
585 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
586 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
587 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
589 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
590 (also `s' does this).
592 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
593 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
596 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
597 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
598 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
600 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
601 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
602 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
604 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
605 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
606 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
607 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
617 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
618 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
619 - CSV support when importing a table.
620 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
621 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
622 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
623 - Modifications to priority cycling.
624 - Modifications to computations in column view.
625 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
631 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
632 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
635 * Tree with special properties
638 :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
641 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
642 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
643 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
644 *single* default for the file which is then locally
645 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
646 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
647 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
648 encourage you to stop using them.
650 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
651 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
652 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
653 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
657 ---------+-------------------------------------------------
658 nil the current buffer or narrowed region
659 file the full current buffer
660 subtree the subtree where the clocktable is located
661 treeN the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3
662 tree the surrounding level 1 tree
663 agenda all agenda files
665 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
666 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
667 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
668 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
671 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
672 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
673 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
674 basic input it works.
676 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
677 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
678 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
679 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
681 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
682 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
685 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
686 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
688 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
690 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
691 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
692 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
693 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
694 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
696 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
697 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
698 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
699 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
700 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
703 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
704 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
705 of all the children's values each time you enter column
706 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
707 the children has that particular property defined, the
708 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
709 items under such an entry without getting the property value
710 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
711 is a better way of doing things.
713 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
714 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
715 testing is appreciated.
717 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
718 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
719 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
720 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
722 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
723 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
724 links in square or angular brackets.
734 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
737 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
738 agenda can be configured.
740 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
742 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
744 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
746 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
748 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
749 inherited from the outline faces.
754 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
755 t, in order to better match the original intent of
756 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
757 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
758 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
764 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
765 switching to that state. With the setting
767 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
768 #+STARTUP: lognotestate
770 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
773 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
774 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
775 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
776 own function. Configure the new variable
777 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
778 this development with a patch.
780 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
781 t, in order to better match the original intent of
782 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
783 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
784 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
785 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
786 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
788 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
789 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
790 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
791 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
792 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
793 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
794 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
796 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
797 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
800 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
801 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
802 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
803 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
804 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
805 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
806 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
808 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
809 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
810 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
811 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
812 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
813 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
814 match the current org-mode faces.
816 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
824 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
829 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
830 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
831 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
833 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
835 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
836 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
837 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
838 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
839 command fall back to cycling.
841 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
842 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
843 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
844 interface anyway, set the variable
845 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
846 others for input on this issue.
848 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
849 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
850 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
852 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
853 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
855 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
856 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
858 #+DATE: 15 November 2003
860 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
861 use a format string that will be interpreted by
862 `format-time-string', for example:
866 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
867 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
868 included) have changed this.
870 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
871 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
872 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
873 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
874 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
875 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
876 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
884 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
886 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
888 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
890 - Sorting can be done by priority.
892 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
894 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
896 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
901 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
902 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
904 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
909 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
910 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
911 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
913 A Here is a configuration example:
915 (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
916 '(("TODO" . org-warning)
917 ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
918 ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
921 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
922 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
924 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
925 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
926 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
927 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
928 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
929 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
930 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
931 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
932 states, just like you also do for tags.
934 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
935 #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
937 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
938 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
939 switch the entry to that state.
941 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
942 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
943 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
946 (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
948 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
949 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
950 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
951 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
953 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
954 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
956 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
957 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
958 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
959 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
960 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
962 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
963 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
964 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
967 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
968 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
969 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
970 the file will simply be skipped.
983 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
984 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
985 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
986 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
987 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
988 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
989 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
990 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
993 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
994 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
995 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
996 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
997 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
998 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
999 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
1000 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
1001 the special locations.
1003 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
1006 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
1009 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
1010 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
1011 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
1013 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
1014 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
1015 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
1023 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
1025 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
1027 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
1029 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
1031 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
1033 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
1035 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
1037 - Global values for selected properties.
1045 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
1046 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
1047 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
1048 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
1049 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
1050 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
1051 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
1052 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
1054 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
1055 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
1056 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
1057 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
1058 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
1059 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
1060 currently how to handle the new link types for
1063 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
1064 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
1065 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
1066 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
1069 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
1070 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
1071 The syntax is like this
1073 DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
1075 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
1078 DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
1080 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
1081 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
1082 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
1084 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
1087 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
1088 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
1089 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
1090 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
1093 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
1094 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
1095 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
1096 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
1097 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
1098 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
1101 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
1102 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
1103 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
1106 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
1107 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
1108 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
1109 `org-global-properties', like this:
1111 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
1113 Buffer-local values are set like this:
1115 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
1117 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
1118 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
1119 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
1120 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
1121 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
1122 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
1132 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
1133 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
1134 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
1135 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
1137 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
1138 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
1139 this stuff into the drawer.
1140 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1142 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
1143 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
1145 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
1146 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
1148 - Lots of minor fixes.
1153 Incompatible Changes
1154 ====================
1156 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
1157 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
1158 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
1163 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
1164 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
1165 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
1167 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
1168 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
1169 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
1170 know if we need to make this customizable.
1172 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
1173 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
1174 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
1175 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
1176 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
1178 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
1189 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
1192 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
1193 compute their value from the children's values.
1195 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
1196 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
1199 Incompatible Changes
1200 ====================
1202 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
1203 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
1204 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
1205 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
1211 - Improvements for properties:
1213 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
1214 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
1216 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
1217 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
1218 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
1219 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
1220 typos when entering properties.
1222 - Improvements for column view.
1224 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
1225 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
1228 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
1229 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
1230 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
1231 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
1234 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
1235 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
1238 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
1239 from [omni outliner] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
1240 accurately [reproduced by Org-mode].
1242 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
1243 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
1244 beginning of a line. So
1246 * This is a level 1 headline
1249 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
1250 available in orgstruct-mode.
1258 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
1259 structure editing commands into any other mode.
1261 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
1262 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
1263 open if explicitly asked.
1265 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
1267 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
1268 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
1271 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
1272 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
1275 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
1277 Incompatible changes
1278 ====================
1280 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
1281 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
1282 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
1283 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
1284 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
1285 that this is the better convention.
1290 Orgstruct minor mode
1291 --------------------
1293 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
1294 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
1295 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
1296 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
1297 easily create lists.
1299 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
1300 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
1301 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
1302 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
1303 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
1304 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
1305 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
1306 minor modes have assigned to them.
1308 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
1309 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
1310 the promised implementation.
1315 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
1316 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
1317 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
1318 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
1319 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
1322 (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
1324 you can then create drawers like this:
1327 here is some stuff that remains hidden
1328 unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
1331 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
1332 contains properties of an entry (see below).
1334 Properties and Column View
1335 --------------------------
1337 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
1338 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
1339 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
1340 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
1341 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
1342 a property drawer and inserting a line like
1344 :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
1346 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
1347 program using properties, use the functions
1348 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
1349 and `org-entry-delete'.
1351 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
1354 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
1355 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
1356 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
1357 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
1358 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
1359 after the headline, outside the drawer.
1361 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
1364 LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
1366 will find entries that
1369 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
1370 - are TODO status WAITING.
1372 So here is an entry that will match:
1374 *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
1379 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
1380 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
1383 ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
1385 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
1386 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
1387 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
1388 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
1389 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
1390 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
1391 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
1392 can set up different property columns on different levels
1393 of an outline tree. For example:
1397 :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
1401 :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
1404 Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
1406 Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
1409 :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
1412 Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
1413 Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
1415 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
1416 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
1417 will get a different table than if you do it in the
1418 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
1419 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
1420 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
1423 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
1424 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
1426 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
1427 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
1428 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
1429 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
1430 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
1431 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
1433 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
1434 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
1437 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
1439 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
1441 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
1442 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
1443 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
1445 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
1446 Any suggestions for better defaults?
1447 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
1448 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
1454 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
1455 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
1456 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
1457 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
1458 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
1459 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
1460 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
1463 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
1464 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
1465 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
1466 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
1467 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
1474 #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
1476 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
1477 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
1478 constants can now be set with a line like:
1480 #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
1486 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
1487 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
1490 ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
1492 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
1496 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
1497 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
1498 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
1499 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
1508 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
1509 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
1510 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
1511 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
1513 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
1514 See manual section 3.5.3.
1516 - New options for turning off footnotes.
1517 This was a request from Ignotus.
1518 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
1520 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
1521 default. This was a request from Micheal.
1522 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
1526 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
1527 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
1528 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
1529 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
1530 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
1538 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
1539 <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
1541 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
1543 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
1545 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
1547 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
1550 Incompatible changes
1551 ====================
1553 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
1554 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
1555 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
1556 with the xemacs version. For example:
1558 mv org_xemacs.el org.el
1560 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
1561 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
1562 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
1563 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
1564 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
1569 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
1570 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
1571 interval on a single day. For example
1573 <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
1575 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
1576 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
1577 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
1578 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
1580 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
1583 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
1584 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
1588 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
1590 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
1591 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
1592 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
1593 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
1594 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
1595 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
1596 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
1597 using localization features may not work correctly in the
1598 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
1599 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
1600 stick to the ASCII characters.
1602 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
1603 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
1604 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
1605 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
1606 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
1608 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
1610 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
1611 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
1612 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
1614 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
1615 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
1616 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
1617 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
1618 if we can agree on this:
1620 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
1621 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
1622 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
1623 out to a previous level. For example
1631 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
1640 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
1641 using promotion and demotion functions.
1650 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
1651 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
1653 Incompatible changes
1654 ====================
1656 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
1661 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
1662 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
1663 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
1664 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
1665 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
1666 column where the character is specified). You may also use
1667 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
1669 | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
1670 |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
1671 | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
1672 | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
1673 | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
1674 | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
1675 #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
1677 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
1678 never exported, but can be used to place column group
1679 information into the table. In this table, we create a
1680 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
1681 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
1684 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
1685 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
1686 wherever you want a vertical line:
1688 | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
1689 |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
1690 | / | < | < | | < | |
1692 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
1693 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
1695 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
1696 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
1697 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
1698 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
1699 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
1700 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
1701 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
1702 behavior we had before.
1704 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
1706 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
1707 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
1708 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
1709 special characters in other languages as along as your
1710 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
1711 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
1712 out how to do this in XEmacs.
1720 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
1725 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
1727 [1]This is a footnote
1729 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
1730 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
1732 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
1734 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
1735 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
1738 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
1746 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
1747 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
1749 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
1750 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
1751 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
1752 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
1754 Incompatible Changes
1755 ====================
1757 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
1758 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
1763 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
1764 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
1766 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
1768 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
1769 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
1770 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
1771 collect your credit, let me know!
1773 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
1774 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
1776 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
1777 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
1779 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
1780 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
1781 would in the diary. For example
1783 * Birthdays and similar stuff
1785 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
1787 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
1788 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
1790 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
1792 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
1793 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
1794 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
1795 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
1796 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
1797 put in a few categories, and then turned off
1798 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
1799 faster agenda display.
1801 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
1802 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
1803 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
1804 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
1805 to Raman for this idea.
1807 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
1808 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
1809 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
1812 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
1813 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
1814 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
1818 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
1820 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
1821 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
1823 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
1824 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
1825 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
1826 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
1829 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
1830 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
1832 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
1833 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
1834 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
1835 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
1837 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
1838 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
1839 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
1840 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
1842 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
1843 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
1852 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
1853 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
1854 further processing in scripts.
1856 Incompatible Changes
1857 ====================
1859 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
1860 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
1865 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
1866 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
1867 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
1868 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
1871 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
1872 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
1873 that have associated file names and exports the views to
1874 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
1875 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
1876 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
1877 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
1878 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
1880 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
1881 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
1882 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
1883 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
1885 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
1886 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
1887 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
1889 - Quite a few bug fixes.
1902 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
1904 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
1906 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
1908 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
1910 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
1912 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
1914 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
1918 Incompatible changes
1919 ====================
1921 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
1922 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
1925 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
1926 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
1927 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
1928 `org-disputed-keys'.
1930 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
1931 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
1932 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
1937 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
1938 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
1939 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
1940 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
1941 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
1942 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
1943 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
1944 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
1945 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
1946 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
1947 Scott fro bringing this up again.
1949 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
1950 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
1951 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
1952 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
1954 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
1955 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
1957 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
1958 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
1959 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
1960 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
1962 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
1963 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
1964 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
1965 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
1966 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
1967 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
1968 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
1969 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
1971 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
1973 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
1974 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
1975 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
1976 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
1977 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
1978 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
1979 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
1982 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
1983 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
1984 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
1985 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
1986 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
1987 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
1990 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
1991 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
1992 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
1993 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
1994 indicates a non-stuck project.
1996 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
1997 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
1998 please let me know if you find problems.
2000 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
2001 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
2010 Incompatible changes
2011 ====================
2017 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
2018 exported HTML. These are the variables
2019 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
2020 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
2023 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
2024 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
2025 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
2027 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
2028 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
2029 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
2030 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
2031 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
2032 that are scanned for the agenda.
2042 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
2043 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
2044 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
2046 Incompatible changes
2047 ====================
2049 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
2054 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
2056 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
2058 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
2060 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
2061 list (and which is also works!)
2063 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
2064 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
2066 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
2067 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
2068 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
2069 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
2070 toward using the latter.
2072 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
2073 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
2074 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
2075 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
2077 (setq org-todo-keywords
2078 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
2079 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
2080 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
2081 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
2084 If your setting has this new structure,
2085 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
2086 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
2087 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
2088 interpretation from the other variable still works.
2090 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
2091 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
2092 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
2093 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
2094 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
2097 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
2098 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
2099 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
2100 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
2101 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
2102 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
2103 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
2105 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
2106 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
2107 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
2108 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
2109 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
2111 Command Old TTY New TTY
2112 org-..... Main Key Replacement Replacement
2113 -------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------
2114 shiftleft S-left C-c C-x left C-c left
2115 shiftright S-right C-c C-x right C-c right
2116 shiftup S-up C-c C-x up C-c up
2117 shiftdown S-down C-c C-x down C-c down
2118 shiftcontrolleft C-S-left C-c C-x left
2119 shiftcontrolright C-s-right C-c C-x right
2128 This time the changes affect the following areas:
2130 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
2131 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
2132 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
2133 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
2134 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
2135 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
2138 Incompatible changes
2139 ====================
2141 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
2142 over several lines, like
2145 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
2148 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
2149 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
2150 See below for details.
2152 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
2153 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
2154 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
2155 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
2161 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
2162 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
2165 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
2166 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
2167 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
2169 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
2170 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
2171 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
2172 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
2173 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
2174 where you want to be.
2176 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
2177 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
2178 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
2181 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
2182 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
2184 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
2185 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
2187 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
2189 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
2190 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
2191 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
2192 new in-buffer option
2196 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
2197 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
2198 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
2199 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
2201 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
2202 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
2203 can be done by setting the variable
2204 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
2206 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
2212 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
2214 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
2215 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
2216 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
2217 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
2218 terminate all levels of plain list items.
2220 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
2222 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
2223 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
2226 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
2227 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
2228 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
2229 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
2230 are logging all state changes.
2232 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
2239 - Priority handling in the tags view
2240 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
2241 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
2242 - Improvements to the formula editor.
2243 - C-j does better indentation.
2248 - Priority handling in the tags view
2250 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
2251 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
2253 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
2255 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
2256 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
2257 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
2259 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
2261 - Changes in the spreadsheet
2263 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
2264 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
2265 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
2266 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
2267 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
2268 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
2269 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
2271 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
2274 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
2276 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
2278 + There is now a menu with commands.
2280 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
2281 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
2283 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
2284 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
2286 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
2287 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
2291 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
2292 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
2293 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
2295 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
2296 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
2302 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
2303 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
2304 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
2305 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
2307 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
2308 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
2309 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
2321 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
2322 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
2323 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
2325 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
2326 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
2327 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
2328 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
2329 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
2330 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
2331 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
2333 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
2334 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
2335 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
2337 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
2339 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
2340 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
2342 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
2343 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
2345 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
2346 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
2347 levels. For example:
2349 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
2351 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
2352 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
2353 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
2356 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
2357 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
2358 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
2359 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
2361 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
2362 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
2373 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
2374 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
2375 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
2376 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
2378 Detailed description of changes
2379 ===============================
2381 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
2382 any table in any mode.
2384 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
2385 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
2386 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
2387 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
2388 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
2389 inside the same file, in a block comment.
2391 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
2392 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
2393 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
2394 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
2395 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
2397 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
2398 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
2399 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
2400 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
2401 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
2402 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
2403 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
2406 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
2407 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
2408 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
2409 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
2410 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
2411 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
2412 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
2413 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
2414 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
2415 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
2416 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
2417 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
2419 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
2420 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
2421 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
2422 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
2430 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
2431 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
2432 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
2433 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
2434 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
2437 Detailed description of changes
2438 ================================
2440 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
2441 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
2442 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
2444 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
2446 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
2447 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
2449 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
2451 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
2452 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
2453 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
2455 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
2456 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
2457 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
2459 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
2460 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
2461 to Raman for this excellent idea.
2463 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
2464 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
2466 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
2468 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
2469 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
2470 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
2471 remember.el work like this as well).
2472 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
2473 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
2474 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
2475 new template, but the old context information. This is
2476 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
2479 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
2480 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
2481 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
2482 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
2483 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
2484 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
2485 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
2486 without interaction.
2488 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
2489 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
2490 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
2491 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
2492 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
2493 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
2495 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
2496 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
2497 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
2498 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
2500 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
2501 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
2502 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
2503 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
2504 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
2505 them would require special hooks. Comments?
2514 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
2515 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
2517 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
2518 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
2519 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
2520 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
2521 + Incompatible changes
2522 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
2523 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
2524 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
2525 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
2526 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
2527 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
2528 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
2533 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
2534 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
2535 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
2536 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
2537 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
2538 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
2539 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
2540 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
2545 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
2546 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
2547 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
2548 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
2549 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
2550 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
2551 - Empty entries go full circle.
2552 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
2558 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
2562 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
2563 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
2564 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
2565 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
2566 another, dedicated frame.
2567 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
2568 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
2572 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
2573 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
2574 - Changes in Agenda buffer
2575 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
2576 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
2577 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
2578 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
2579 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
2580 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
2581 use regular expressions.
2582 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
2583 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
2584 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
2589 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
2590 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
2591 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
2600 - Improvements to fast tag selection
2601 + show status also in target line.
2602 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
2603 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
2604 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
2609 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
2610 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
2611 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
2612 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
2617 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
2618 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
2624 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
2625 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
2626 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
2631 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
2632 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
2633 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
2634 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
2635 - [bracket links] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
2636 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
2637 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
2638 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
2639 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
2640 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
2641 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
2647 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
2648 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
2649 - File links can contain environment variables.
2650 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
2655 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
2656 each block created by a different agenda command.
2657 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
2658 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
2659 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
2660 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
2661 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
2662 upon the agenda type.
2663 - The handling of `[mailto:'] links can be customized, see the new
2664 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
2665 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
2666 like [mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy].
2667 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
2668 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
2669 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
2670 - More minor bug fixes.
2674 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
2675 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
2676 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
2681 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
2682 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
2683 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
2688 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
2692 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
2693 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
2694 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
2704 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
2705 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
2707 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
2708 LaTeX environment and math.
2712 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
2714 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
2715 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
2716 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
2721 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
2722 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
2726 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
2727 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
2728 and will not lead to conflicts.
2729 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
2734 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
2735 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
2736 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
2737 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
2738 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
2739 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
2740 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
2748 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
2749 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
2753 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
2754 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
2755 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
2756 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
2757 directories for different export types.
2758 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
2759 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
2768 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
2769 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
2770 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
2771 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
2772 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
2773 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
2774 relative and absolute paths.
2775 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
2776 - Bug and typo fixes.
2781 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
2782 contains a description or not.
2783 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
2784 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
2785 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
2786 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
2787 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
2788 for all available exporters.
2789 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
2797 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
2798 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
2799 end of the HTML file.
2800 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
2801 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
2802 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
2803 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
2811 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
2812 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
2813 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
2814 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
2827 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
2828 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
2832 - Links use now the [description] format by default.
2833 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
2834 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
2835 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
2836 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
2837 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
2838 - New structure for the customization tree.
2844 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
2849 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
2850 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
2851 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
2852 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
2853 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
2858 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
2859 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
2860 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
2861 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
2866 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
2867 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
2871 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
2872 - Various small bug fixes
2876 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
2877 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
2878 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
2879 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
2880 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
2881 argument to `C-c C-v'.
2882 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
2883 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
2884 next buffer change due to editing).
2888 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
2889 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
2890 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
2891 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
2895 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
2896 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
2897 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
2898 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
2899 - Changes to the HTML exporter
2900 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
2901 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
2902 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
2903 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
2904 - support for cascading style sheets.
2905 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
2906 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
2915 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
2920 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
2924 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
2925 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
2926 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
2927 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
2928 and are not linked to the calendar.
2929 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
2930 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
2931 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
2932 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
2936 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
2937 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
2938 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
2939 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
2940 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
2944 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
2945 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
2946 - Named fields and columns in tables.
2947 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
2951 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
2952 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
2956 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
2957 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
2958 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
2959 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
2960 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
2961 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
2966 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
2967 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
2968 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
2969 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
2970 - Archiving of finished tasks.
2971 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
2972 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
2973 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
2974 - Improved html export of tables.
2975 - Various clean-up changes.
2979 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
2984 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
2985 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
2990 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
2991 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
2996 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
2997 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
2998 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
3002 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
3003 - New startup option `content'.
3004 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
3005 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
3006 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
3010 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
3011 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
3012 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
3013 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
3014 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
3015 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
3019 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
3020 table shape when typing in fields.
3021 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
3022 into arbitrary major modes.
3023 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
3024 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
3025 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
3029 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
3030 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
3031 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
3033 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
3034 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
3035 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
3036 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
3037 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
3039 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
3040 - Sorting fully configurable.
3041 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
3042 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
3047 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
3048 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
3049 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
3050 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
3051 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
3052 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
3053 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
3057 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
3058 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
3059 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
3060 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
3061 - Priorities for TODO items.
3062 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
3063 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
3064 - File links can contain line numbers, like [file:/usr/etc/config:255]
3070 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
3071 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
3072 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
3073 `org-todo-interpretation'.
3074 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
3075 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
3076 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
3077 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
3078 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
3079 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
3080 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
3081 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
3082 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
3083 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
3084 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
3088 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
3089 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
3090 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
3091 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
3092 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
3093 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
3094 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
3095 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
3096 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
3097 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
3098 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
3099 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
3103 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
3104 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
3105 - Date ranges introduced.
3106 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
3107 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
3108 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "[shell:ls] *.org"
3109 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
3110 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
3111 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
3112 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
3116 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
3117 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
3118 - Fully automatic table editor.
3119 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
3120 - Other link system changes
3121 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
3122 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
3123 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
3124 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
3125 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
3126 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
3127 Please re-read the manual section about links.
3129 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
3130 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
3131 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
3132 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
3133 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
3134 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
3136 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
3141 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
3142 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
3143 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
3144 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
3149 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents