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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** New syntax for export blocks
14 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
15 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
18 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
31 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
34 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
40 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
43 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
44 using previous syntax:
46 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
47 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
48 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
49 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
50 (let ((case-fold-search t)
51 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
52 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
53 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
56 (goto-char (point-min))
57 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
59 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
60 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
61 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
63 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
64 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
67 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
68 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
70 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
71 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
72 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
73 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
74 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
75 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
78 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~
79 and ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to
83 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
84 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
85 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
86 constructs are now unsupported.
88 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them
90 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
91 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
92 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
93 consider using =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
95 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
97 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
98 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
99 S-expressions. Replacing a S-expresion with an appropriate function
100 is straightforward. For example
106 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
108 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can obtain time via =vc=
109 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
110 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
112 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
114 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
117 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
118 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
121 Old-style links such as
122 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
123 continue to be supported.
125 If you have defined your own handler functions for
126 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
127 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
128 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into
132 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
133 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
134 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
135 entries are added to last in the date tree.
136 *** New ~vbar~ entity
137 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionnally as a =|=,
138 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
139 a HTML derived export back-end.
141 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
142 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
144 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
145 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
146 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
148 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
149 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
150 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
151 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
154 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
155 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
156 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
157 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
158 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
159 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
160 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
161 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
164 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
165 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
166 **** Support for Stan language
167 New ob-stan.el library.
169 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
171 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
173 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
174 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
176 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
178 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
179 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
180 that does not end in ".stan".
182 For more information and usage examples, visit
183 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
184 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
185 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
186 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
197 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
198 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
208 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
217 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
218 using the :file property, e.g.:
220 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
222 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
223 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
225 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
226 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
230 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needss
231 additional setup in addition to plantuml. See
232 [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for details and setup information.
233 *** Rewrite of radio lists
234 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
235 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
236 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
238 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
239 Used like org-bbdb-anniversaries, it provides a few days warning
240 for upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
241 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
242 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
243 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
245 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
246 *** Support for ISO week trees
247 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
248 by ISO week and not by month.
255 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
257 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
258 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
259 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
260 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
261 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
263 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
265 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
266 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
267 buffer unconditionally.
268 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
269 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
270 **** Allow custom summaries
271 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
272 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
273 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
274 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
276 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
277 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
278 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
280 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
281 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~
282 allows to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any
283 upper case character (or character class), the search is case
284 sensitive. Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
286 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
287 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
288 *** ~org-show-children~
289 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
292 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
293 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
294 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
295 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
296 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
297 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
299 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
300 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
301 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
302 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
303 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
305 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
306 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
307 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
308 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
309 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
311 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
312 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
314 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
315 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
317 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
318 The affected functions are:
321 - ~org-remove-if-not~
326 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
327 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
328 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
331 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
332 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
333 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
334 let those libraries operate.
335 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
336 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
338 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
339 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
341 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
342 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
343 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
344 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
345 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
347 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
349 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
350 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
351 current projet. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
354 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
355 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
358 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
359 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
360 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
361 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
362 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
363 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
365 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
366 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
367 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
368 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
370 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
371 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
372 to the article's original group.
374 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
375 The calling convention has changed.
376 *** HTML export table row customization changes
377 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
378 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
379 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
380 called with 6 parameters.
381 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
382 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
383 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
384 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
385 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
386 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
387 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
389 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
391 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
392 For most folks this file does not exist.
393 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
395 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
397 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other =gnu.org= manuals.
400 ** Incompatible changes
402 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
404 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
405 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
407 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
408 logged before the property drawer.
410 The following function will repair them:
412 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
413 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
414 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
415 Ignore non Org buffers."
416 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
417 (org-with-wide-buffer
418 (goto-char (point-min))
419 (let ((case-fold-search t)
420 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
421 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
425 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
427 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
429 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
430 (when (and (< (point) end)
431 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
433 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
434 (eq (org-element-type
435 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
437 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
439 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
440 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
443 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
445 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
446 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
447 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
448 into account when exporting.
450 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
451 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
453 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
455 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
456 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
459 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
460 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
465 :CATEGORY: some category
469 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
471 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
472 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
473 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
476 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
478 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
479 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
481 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
482 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
484 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
486 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
487 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
489 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
491 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
492 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~ respectively,
493 rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these functions. The Org
494 version of these functions skips over inline tasks (and even-level
495 headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
497 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
499 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
500 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
502 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
504 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
505 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
506 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
508 *** Functions signature changes
510 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
511 docstring for more information.
513 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
514 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
515 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
516 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
517 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
520 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
521 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
523 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
526 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
529 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
532 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
534 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
535 without changing the headline.
537 *** Hierarchies of tags
538 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
539 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
540 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
542 The following in-buffer definition:
544 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
545 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
546 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
549 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
558 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
559 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
561 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
563 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
564 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
565 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
567 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
568 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
569 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
570 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
571 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
573 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
579 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
582 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
583 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
586 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
589 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
591 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
592 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
593 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
596 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
597 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
598 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
600 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
603 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
604 is also used as a filter.
606 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
607 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
608 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
609 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
612 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
613 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
615 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
617 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
619 *** Babel: support for Processing language
621 New ob-processing.el library.
623 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
624 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
625 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
627 Check the documentation for more.
629 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
631 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'
632 The new behaviour is the following:
634 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
635 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
638 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
641 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
643 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
645 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
647 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
648 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
650 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
652 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
653 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
656 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
658 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
659 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
660 ~org-drawers~ variable.
662 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
664 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
665 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
666 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
667 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
669 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
671 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
672 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
673 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
676 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
678 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
681 *** New option in ASCII export
683 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
684 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
686 *** New blocks in ASCII export
688 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
689 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
691 *** More back-end specific publishing options
693 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
694 increased. See manual for details.
696 *** Export inline source blocks
698 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
699 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
700 in the output, depending on the parameters.
702 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
704 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
706 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
708 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
710 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
712 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
713 more features. See docstring for details.
715 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
717 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
719 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
720 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
722 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
724 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
726 : This sentence is false.
729 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
731 *** Various improvements on radio tables
733 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
734 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
735 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
736 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
737 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
738 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
740 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
742 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
743 source blocks exported by the minted package.
745 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
747 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
748 would throw an error. A new variable
749 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
750 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
751 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
755 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
758 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
760 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
761 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
763 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
765 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
767 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
769 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
770 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
771 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
773 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
775 See docstring for more information.
777 *** Export unnumbered headlines
779 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
780 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
781 property is inherited by children.
783 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
785 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
786 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
787 keys, to sort a table.
789 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
791 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
794 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
796 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
799 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
801 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
802 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
804 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
806 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
807 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
809 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
811 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
812 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
815 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
817 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
818 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
820 *** New entities family: "\_ "
822 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
823 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
824 leading spaces within table cells.
826 *** New MathJax configuration options
828 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
829 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
831 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
833 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
834 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
835 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
837 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
838 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
839 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
840 keywords and properties.
842 *** Viewport support in html export
844 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
845 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
847 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
849 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
852 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
854 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
855 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
856 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
858 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
860 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
861 added to headline text.
863 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
865 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
867 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
869 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
870 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
873 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
875 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
876 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
878 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
880 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
881 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
882 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
884 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
886 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
888 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
890 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
891 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
893 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
895 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
899 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
901 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
903 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
905 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
906 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
907 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
908 accessible from the export dispatcher.
910 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
912 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
914 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
916 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
917 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
919 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
921 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
924 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
926 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
927 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
930 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
932 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
935 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
936 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
938 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
940 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
941 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
944 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
946 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
947 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
949 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
951 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
952 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
953 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
954 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
955 this variable locally.
957 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
959 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
960 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
961 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
962 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
963 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
965 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
967 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
968 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
971 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
973 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
975 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
977 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
979 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
981 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
983 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
985 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
986 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
987 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
988 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
990 *** Removed comment-related filters
992 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
993 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
997 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
999 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1001 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1003 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1004 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1006 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1008 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1009 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1012 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1014 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1015 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1017 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1019 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1021 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1023 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1024 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1025 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1026 particular test failure was introduced.
1028 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1030 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1031 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
1032 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
1033 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1035 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1037 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1038 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1040 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1042 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1043 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~
1046 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1048 This helps spotting wrong links.
1051 ** Incompatible changes
1052 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1053 This may require two changes in user config.
1055 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1056 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1057 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1059 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1061 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1062 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1063 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1065 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1066 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1068 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1072 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1074 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1076 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1077 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1078 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1080 So you need to replace
1082 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1086 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1088 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1089 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1091 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1093 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1094 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1095 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1097 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1098 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1100 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1102 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1103 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1104 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1107 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1109 ** Important bugfixes
1111 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1112 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1114 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1116 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1117 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1118 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1121 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1123 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1125 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1127 - Support SVG images
1128 - Support for .pgf files
1129 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1130 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1131 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1132 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1133 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1134 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1135 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1137 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1139 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1140 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1141 in a paragraph-like way.
1143 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1145 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1146 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1147 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1148 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1149 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1151 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1153 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1154 which can then be passed to export functions like
1155 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1157 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1158 registering a new back-end.
1160 *** New agenda fortnight view
1162 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1163 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1166 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1168 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1169 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1171 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1172 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1173 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1175 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1176 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1178 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1179 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1180 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1181 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1182 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1185 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1187 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1189 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1191 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1193 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1195 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1197 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1199 If you set this to the following
1201 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
1203 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
1205 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
1207 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
1209 ** New contributed packages
1211 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
1212 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
1215 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
1216 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
1220 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
1222 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
1223 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
1224 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
1225 the same with example blocks.
1227 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
1234 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
1236 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
1239 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
1240 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
1241 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
1243 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
1244 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
1245 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
1246 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
1247 detailed explanations.
1249 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
1250 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
1251 function has been called already.
1253 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
1256 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
1258 ** Incompatible changes
1260 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
1262 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
1264 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
1265 you will have to update them.
1267 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
1269 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
1270 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
1272 **** New export engine
1274 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
1275 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
1276 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
1277 /all/ export back-ends.
1279 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
1280 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
1281 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
1282 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
1283 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
1285 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
1286 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
1288 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
1289 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
1290 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
1291 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
1293 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
1295 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
1297 should now be written
1299 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
1301 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
1302 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
1303 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
1305 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
1307 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
1309 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
1312 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
1313 remember templates into capture templates.
1315 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
1317 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
1318 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
1320 **** Note for third-party developers
1322 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
1323 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
1324 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
1326 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
1329 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
1331 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
1332 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
1333 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
1335 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
1336 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
1337 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
1340 - org-colview-xemacs.el
1341 - org-mac-message.el
1347 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
1348 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
1349 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
1351 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
1352 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
1354 ** New packages in core
1356 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
1358 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
1360 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
1362 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
1364 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
1366 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
1367 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
1369 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
1371 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
1373 ** New packages in contrib
1375 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
1377 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
1379 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
1382 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
1384 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
1385 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
1387 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
1390 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1392 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1394 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1396 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1398 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1399 for starting headlines.
1401 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1403 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1404 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1405 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1406 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1408 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1410 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1412 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1414 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1415 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1418 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1419 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1422 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1424 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1425 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1428 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1429 conversion from Org files to groff.
1431 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1433 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1435 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1437 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1438 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1445 **** New export generic options
1447 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1448 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1450 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1452 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1453 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1454 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1455 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1457 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1458 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1459 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1460 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1461 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1462 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1463 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1464 contains time-stamps.
1466 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1467 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1468 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1470 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1472 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1474 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1476 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1478 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1479 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1480 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1481 *** Structure editing
1483 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1484 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1486 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1487 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1489 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1491 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1492 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1493 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1494 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1497 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1499 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1500 _words__= will preserve markup.
1502 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1504 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1505 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1506 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1508 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1510 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1511 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1513 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1515 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1516 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1517 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1518 forward and backward.
1520 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1521 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1523 Now Org will sort this list
1525 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1526 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1530 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1531 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1533 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1534 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1535 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1537 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1538 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1539 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1541 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1544 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1546 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1547 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1548 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1550 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1552 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1553 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1554 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1555 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1557 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1559 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1560 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1561 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1562 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1563 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1565 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1567 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1568 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1569 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1571 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1572 *** Scheduled/deadline
1574 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1576 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1577 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1578 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1579 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1581 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1582 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1583 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1584 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1586 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1587 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1588 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1589 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1590 control this globally or per agenda.
1592 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1594 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1596 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1598 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1599 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1601 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1603 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1604 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1605 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1607 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1608 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1609 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1611 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1612 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1614 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1617 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1619 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1620 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1621 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1623 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1625 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1626 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1627 only show their description, not the full links.
1630 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1632 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1633 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1634 want to build a list of appointments.
1636 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1637 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1639 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1641 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1643 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1644 time value (i.e. appointments).
1646 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1648 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1650 | Strategy | Explanations |
1651 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1652 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1653 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1654 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1655 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1656 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1657 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1658 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1659 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1660 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1661 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1663 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1665 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1666 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1667 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1669 These new options are available:
1671 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1672 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1673 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1674 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1676 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1677 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1678 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1680 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1681 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1682 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1683 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1684 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1685 non-tagged headlines.
1687 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1689 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1690 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1691 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1692 that take only =N= minutes.
1694 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1696 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1697 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1698 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1700 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1702 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1703 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1705 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1707 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1708 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1710 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1713 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1715 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1716 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1717 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1719 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1720 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1722 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1724 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1725 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1727 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1729 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1731 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1732 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1735 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1737 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1738 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1739 asks for a confirmation.
1741 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1743 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1744 the mark of the entry at point.
1746 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1747 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1749 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1751 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1752 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1755 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1757 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1758 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1760 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1762 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1763 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1765 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1767 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1768 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1769 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1770 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1772 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1774 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1775 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1776 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1778 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1780 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1781 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1782 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1783 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1785 Read the full docstring for details.
1787 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1789 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1792 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1795 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1797 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1798 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1801 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1803 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1804 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1806 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1808 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1809 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1810 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1811 check against the name of the buffer.
1814 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1815 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1816 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1819 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1820 agenda views, and for filtering.
1822 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1826 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1828 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1829 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1830 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1832 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1833 as if the protocol was not known.
1835 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1837 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1839 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1840 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1841 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1844 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1846 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1847 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1848 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1850 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1852 When storing a link to a headline like
1854 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1856 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1857 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1858 there is no description.
1861 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1863 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1864 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1865 those other formulas.
1867 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1869 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1870 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1871 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1874 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1876 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1877 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1878 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1881 **** New lookup functions
1883 There are now three lookup functions:
1885 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1886 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1887 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1889 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1890 *** Startup keywords
1892 These new startup keywords are now available:
1894 | Startup keyword | Option |
1895 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1896 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1897 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1898 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1899 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1900 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1901 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1902 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1903 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1907 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1909 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1910 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1911 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1912 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1914 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1916 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1917 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1918 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1921 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1922 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1924 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1926 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1927 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1929 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1931 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1932 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1933 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1935 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1936 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1937 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1938 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1939 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1940 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1941 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1944 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1946 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1948 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1950 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1951 same target than the block at point.
1953 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1955 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1956 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1957 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1959 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1960 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1963 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1965 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1966 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1967 manual for a usage example.
1969 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1971 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1972 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1973 collecting blocks for tangling.
1975 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1976 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1978 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1979 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1980 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1981 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1983 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1984 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1987 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1988 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1989 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1990 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1994 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1995 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1996 - [[doc:org-export-html-table-tag][org-export-html-table-tag]] is replaced by [[doc:org-html-table-default-attributes][org-html-table-default-attributes]]
1997 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1998 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1999 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2000 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2001 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2002 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2003 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2004 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2005 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2006 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2007 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2008 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2009 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2010 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2011 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
2012 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2016 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2018 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2020 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2022 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2024 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2025 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2026 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2027 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2028 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2029 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2030 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2031 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2033 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2035 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2036 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2038 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2040 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2041 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2042 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2046 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2048 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2049 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2052 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2053 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2054 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2055 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2056 agenda type to this variable.
2058 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2061 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2062 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2063 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2064 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2066 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2068 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2069 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2070 invisible) blocked tasks.
2072 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2074 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2075 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2077 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2079 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2080 ** No GPL manual anymore
2082 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2083 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2085 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2087 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2089 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2090 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2091 in most environments.
2095 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2097 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2099 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2100 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2103 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2104 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2105 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2108 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2110 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2112 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2113 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2114 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2115 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2116 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2117 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2118 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2119 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2120 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2121 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2122 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2123 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2124 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2125 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2126 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2128 ** New package and Babel language
2130 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2132 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2134 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2135 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2137 ** Incompatible changes
2139 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2140 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2142 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2145 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2146 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2147 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2149 ** New features and user-visible changes
2153 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2154 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2155 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2156 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2158 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2159 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2161 See the docstrings for more details.
2163 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2164 on =org-element.el=.
2166 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2168 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2169 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2170 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2171 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2173 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2175 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2176 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2177 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2178 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2180 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2182 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2184 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2186 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2189 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2190 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2192 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2193 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2194 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2197 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
2200 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
2201 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
2202 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
2204 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
2205 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
2206 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
2211 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
2213 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
2214 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
2215 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
2216 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
2218 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
2219 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
2220 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
2221 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
2222 generating new ones.
2224 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
2227 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2229 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2230 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
2233 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2234 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
2235 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
2238 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
2239 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
2240 details on how to use this.
2242 **** Changes in bulk actions
2244 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
2245 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
2247 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
2248 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
2249 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
2250 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
2251 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
2253 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
2254 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
2256 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
2257 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
2260 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
2262 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
2264 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
2266 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
2267 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
2269 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
2271 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
2272 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
2273 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
2274 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
2277 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2279 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
2282 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
2283 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
2284 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
2285 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
2286 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
2289 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
2291 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
2293 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
2295 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
2296 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
2297 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
2298 filters and category filters.
2300 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
2301 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
2304 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
2305 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
2306 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
2311 **** Inserting links
2313 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
2314 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
2315 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
2318 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
2319 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
2320 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
2321 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
2323 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
2326 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
2328 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
2329 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
2330 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
2331 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
2333 **** New link type =help=
2335 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
2337 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
2338 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
2339 you go back to the same buffer.
2341 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
2343 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
2344 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
2347 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
2349 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
2351 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
2353 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
2355 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
2357 **** RET now follows time stamps links
2361 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
2363 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
2364 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
2365 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
2366 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
2368 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
2370 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
2371 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
2372 all headlines in the region.
2374 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
2376 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
2378 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
2379 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
2381 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
2383 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
2385 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
2387 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
2389 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
2391 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2392 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2393 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2398 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2400 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2402 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2404 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2405 clocked entry, if any.
2407 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2409 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2411 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2413 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2414 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2417 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2418 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2419 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2423 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2425 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2428 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2430 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2431 cells in clockreport.
2433 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2434 time cells in clockreport.
2437 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2439 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2440 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2442 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2443 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2445 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2446 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2447 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2448 space in the frame title.
2452 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2454 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2455 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2456 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2457 don't want to see temporarily.
2459 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2461 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2463 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2465 There are these new entities:
2467 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2468 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2469 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2470 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2471 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2472 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2474 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2475 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2476 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2478 The face is back to a normal height.
2482 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2483 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2485 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2486 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2488 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2490 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2491 block will use its value as the column format.
2493 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2495 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2497 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2499 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2501 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2502 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2503 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2504 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2506 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2510 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2512 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2514 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2516 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2518 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2519 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2520 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2522 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2524 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2525 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2526 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2530 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2532 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2533 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2534 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2535 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2537 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2539 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2540 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2543 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2544 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2545 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2548 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2549 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2550 more details on how to use this.
2552 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2553 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2555 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2556 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2559 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2561 See the manual for more explanations.
2563 **** More control over empty lines
2565 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2566 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2569 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2571 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2575 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2577 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2578 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2579 available) to print beautiful tables.
2581 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2583 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2584 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2587 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2589 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2590 in the #+DATE option.
2592 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2594 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2596 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2597 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2599 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2600 More languages are always welcome.
2602 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2604 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2605 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2607 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2608 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2609 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2610 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2611 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2612 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2614 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2615 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2619 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2621 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2624 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2626 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2627 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2629 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2631 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2633 It used to exports the results of the code.
2637 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2638 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2640 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2641 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2643 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2645 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2646 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2647 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2649 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2650 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2652 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2653 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2654 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2657 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2659 This will increment the effort value.
2661 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2663 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2665 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2666 attach symbolic links.
2668 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2670 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2672 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2673 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2675 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2677 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2679 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2680 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2681 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2683 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2685 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2686 all top level list items.
2688 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2690 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2692 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2693 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2695 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2697 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2699 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2700 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2701 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2702 first headline in the region.
2704 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2706 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2709 ** Important bug fixes
2711 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2713 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2714 perform completion with meaningful values.
2716 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2718 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2719 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2720 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2722 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2723 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2725 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2726 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2729 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2730 the code and the license to your needs.
2732 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2733 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2737 ** Incompatible changes
2739 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2741 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2743 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2745 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2746 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2747 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2748 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2751 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2753 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2754 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2755 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2757 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2759 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2760 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2762 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2764 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2766 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2767 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2768 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2769 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2770 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2772 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2773 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2774 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2775 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2776 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2777 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2779 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2780 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2781 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2784 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2787 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2788 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2789 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2790 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2792 The two new variables are:
2794 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2795 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2796 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2797 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2798 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2799 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2800 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2802 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2803 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2806 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2809 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2810 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2811 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2812 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2814 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2815 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2816 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2817 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2820 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2821 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2822 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2823 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2824 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2825 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2828 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2829 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2830 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2831 applies to the following packages:
2849 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2850 you are using, you can remove it from
2851 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2852 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2855 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2856 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2857 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2858 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2859 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2862 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2864 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2865 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2866 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2869 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2871 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2873 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2875 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2877 ** Important new features
2879 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2881 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2883 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2884 for more information on how to customize it.
2886 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2888 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2889 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2890 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2891 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2893 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2894 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2895 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2897 To switch over to the new system:
2901 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2903 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2904 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2905 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2906 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2907 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2909 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2911 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2914 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2917 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2919 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2920 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2921 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2922 with using both system in parallel.
2926 *** New Org libraries
2927 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2929 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2931 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2933 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2935 To use, put the following in your init file:
2938 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2941 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2942 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2943 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2944 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2945 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2946 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2947 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2948 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2949 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2952 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2954 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2955 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2957 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2959 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2960 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2961 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2964 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2965 call function to do something special with text links.
2967 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2969 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2971 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2972 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2973 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2976 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2978 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2980 *** New Babel libraries
2982 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2983 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2984 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2985 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2986 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2987 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2988 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2990 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2994 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2996 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2997 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2998 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2999 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3000 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3001 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3003 The key new functions are
3005 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3006 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3007 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3009 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3010 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3012 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3013 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3015 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3016 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3018 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3020 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3021 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3022 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3024 **** Modified link escaping
3026 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3028 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3029 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3030 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3031 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3034 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3035 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3036 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3037 : percent escaped links are solved.
3039 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3041 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3043 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3044 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3046 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3048 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3050 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3051 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3052 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3053 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3054 string to be executed.
3056 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3057 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3061 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3062 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3065 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3069 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3071 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3072 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3073 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3074 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3076 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3077 will work on the current entry.
3079 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3080 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3082 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3084 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3086 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3089 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3090 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3095 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3097 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3098 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3099 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3101 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3103 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3104 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3105 entries using a function.
3107 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3108 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3109 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3111 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3113 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3114 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3115 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3117 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3119 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3120 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3121 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3122 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3123 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3124 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3126 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3130 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3132 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3133 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3135 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3136 docstring of these variable for details about available
3139 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3140 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3141 formatting string will insert a string.
3143 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3145 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3146 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3147 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3148 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3149 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3150 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3151 C-e u=, respectively.
3153 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3154 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3155 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3156 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3157 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3160 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3162 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3163 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3165 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3167 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3168 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3170 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3172 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3173 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3174 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3175 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3176 section]] in the manual for more details.
3178 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3179 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3180 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3185 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3187 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3188 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3189 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3190 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3191 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3193 **** New logging support for refiling
3195 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3196 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3199 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
3203 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
3205 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
3209 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
3211 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
3212 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
3214 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
3216 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
3217 the displayed in the buffer.
3219 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
3221 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
3223 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
3224 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
3226 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
3227 |--------+--------+---------|
3228 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
3229 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
3231 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
3234 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
3237 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
3239 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
3241 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
3242 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
3249 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
3250 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
3253 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
3255 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
3257 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
3258 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
3260 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
3264 **** Improved handling of lists
3266 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
3268 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
3269 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
3270 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
3273 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
3274 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
3275 counters like [@c] or [@W].
3277 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
3278 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
3279 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
3280 `org-list-export-context'.
3282 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
3283 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
3284 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
3286 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
3287 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
3288 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
3289 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
3290 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
3292 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
3293 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
3294 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
3296 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
3298 *** Inline display of linked images
3300 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
3301 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
3302 that have no description part will be inlined.
3304 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
3306 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
3307 from 1, you can now do it like this:
3309 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
3311 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
3313 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
3314 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
3315 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
3316 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
3317 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
3318 into account all header arguments, and variables.
3320 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
3321 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
3322 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
3325 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
3326 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
3327 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
3328 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
3329 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
3330 properties or in tables.
3332 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
3333 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
3334 names, and rownames across all languages.
3336 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
3338 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
3340 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
3341 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
3342 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
3344 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
3346 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
3347 request by Scott Otterson.
3349 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
3351 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
3352 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
3353 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
3354 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
3355 superscripts, see the variable
3356 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
3358 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
3360 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
3362 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
3363 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
3364 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
3365 following new faces:
3367 =org-document-title=
3369 =org-document-info-keyword=
3371 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
3372 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
3374 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
3376 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
3378 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
3379 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
3380 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
3381 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
3382 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
3383 property is affected by this setting.
3385 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
3386 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
3388 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
3390 Requested by Michael Brand.
3392 **** Better level cycling function
3394 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3395 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3396 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3397 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3399 **** Adaptive filling
3401 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3402 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3403 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3404 comments to be filled correctly.
3406 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3408 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3410 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3412 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3414 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3415 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3417 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3421 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3423 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3424 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3425 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3426 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3428 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3430 **** Localized clock tables
3432 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3433 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3434 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3435 available translated strings.
3437 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3439 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3440 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3441 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3442 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3444 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3446 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3448 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3449 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3450 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3451 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3454 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3458 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3460 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3461 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3463 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3465 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3467 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3468 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3469 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3472 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3475 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3477 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3478 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3483 org-table-current-line
3487 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3489 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3490 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3493 This was requested by Tom.
3495 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3497 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3498 example by viewing from the agenda.
3500 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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