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21 - A region of entries can now be refiled with a single command
22 - Fine-tuning the behavior of `org-yank'
23 - Formulas for clocktables
24 - Better implementation of footnotes for HTML export
25 - More languages for HTML export.
29 *** A region of entries can now be refiled with a single command
31 With =transient-make-mode= active (=zmacs-regions= under
32 XEmacs), you can now select a region of entries and refile
33 them all with a single =C-c C-w= command.
35 Thanks to Samuel Wales for this useful proposal.
37 *** Fine-tuning the behavior of =org-yank=
39 The behavior of Org's yanking command has been further
40 fine-tuned in order to avoid some of the small annoyances
43 - Calling =org-yank= with a prefix arg will stop any special
44 treatment and directly pass through to the normal =yank=
45 command. Therefore, you can now force a normal yank with
48 - Subtrees will only be folded after a yank if doing so will
49 now swallow any non-white characters after the yanked text.
50 This is, I think a really important change to make the
51 command work more sanely.
53 *** Formulas for clocktables
55 You can now add formulas to a clock table, either by hand, or
56 with a =:formula= parameter. These formulas can be used to
57 create additional columns with further analysis of the
60 Thanks to Jurgen Defurne for triggering this addition.
62 *** Better implementation of footnotes for HTML export
64 The footnote export in 6.11 really was not good enough. Now
65 it works fine. If you have customized
66 =footnote-section-tag=, make sure that your customization is
67 matched by =footnote-section-tag-regexp=.
69 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this change.
71 *** More languages for HTML export.
73 More languages are supported during HTML export. This is
74 only relevant for the few special words Org inserts, like
75 "Table of Contents", or "Footnotes". Also the encoding
76 issues with this feature seem to be solved now.
78 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing me to fix the encoding
85 - Yanking subtree with =C-y= now adjusts the tree level
86 - State changes can now be shown in the log mode in the agenda
87 - Footnote in HTML export are now collected at the end of the document
88 - HTML export now validates again as XHTML
89 - The clock can now be resumed after exiting and re-starting Emacs
90 - Clock-related data can be saved and resumed across Emacs sessions
91 - Following file links can now use C-u C-u to force use of an external app
92 - Inserting absolute files names now abbreviates links with "~"
93 - Links to attachment files
94 - Completed repeated tasks listed briefly in agenda
95 - Remove buffers created during publishing are removed
99 *** Yanking subtree with =C-y= now adjusts the tree level
100 When yanking a cut/copied subtree or a series of trees, the
101 normal yank key =C-y= now adjusts the level of the tree to
102 make it fit into the current outline position, without losing
103 its identity, and without swallowing other subtrees.
105 This uses the command =org-past-subtree=. An additional
106 change in that command has been implemented: Normally, this
107 command picks the right outline level from the surrounding
108 *visible* headlines, and uses the smaller one. So if the
109 cursor is between a level 4 and a level 3 headline, the tree
110 will be pasted as level 3. If the cursor is actually *at*
111 the beginning of a headline, the level of that headline will
112 be used. For example, lets say you have a tree like this:
118 ,(2)* Level one again
121 with (1) and (2) indicating possible cursor positions for the
122 insertion. When at (1), the tree will be pasted as level 2.
123 When at (2), it will be pasted as level 1.
125 If you do not want =C-y= to behave like this, configure the
126 variable =org-yank-adjusted-subtrees=.
128 Thanks to Samuel Wales for this idea and a partial implementation.
130 *** State changes can now be shown in the log mode in the agenda
132 If you configure the variable =org-agenda-log-mode-items=,
133 you can now request that all logged state changes be included
134 in the agenda when log mode is active. If you find this too
135 much for normal applications, you can also temporarily
136 request the inclusion of state changes by pressing =C-u l= in
139 This was a request by Hsiu-Khuern Tang.
141 You can also press `C-u C-u l' to get *only* log items in the
142 agenda, withour any timestamps/deadlines etc.
144 *** Footnote in HTML export are now collected at the end of the document
145 Previously, footnotes would be left in the document where
146 they are defined, now they are all collected and put into a
147 special =<div>= at the end of the document.
149 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for this request.
151 *** HTML export now validates again as XHTML.
153 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this cleanup.
155 *** The clock can now be resumed after exiting and re-starting Emacs
157 If the option =org-clock-in-resume= is t, and the first clock
158 line in an entry is unclosed, clocking into that task resumes
159 the clock from that time.
161 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
163 *** Clock-related data can be saved and resumed across Emacs sessions
165 The data saved include the contents of =org-clock-history=,
166 and the running clock, if there is one.
168 To use this, you will need to add to your .emacs
170 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
171 (setq org-clock-persist t)
172 (setq org-clock-in-resume t)
173 (org-clock-persistence-insinuate)
176 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
178 *** Following file links can now use C-u C-u to force use of an external app.
180 So far you could only bypass your setup in `org-file-apps'
181 and force opening a file link in Emacs by using a =C-u= prefix arg
182 with =C-c C-o=. Now you can call =C-u C-u C-c C-o= to force
183 an external application. Which external application depends
184 on your system. On Mac OS X and Windows, =open= is used. On
185 a GNU/Linux system, the mailcap settings are used.
187 This was a proposal by Samuel Wales.
189 *** Inserting absolute files names now abbreviates links with "~".
191 Inserting file links with =C-u C-c C-l= was buggy if the
192 setting of `org-link-file-path-type' was `adaptive' (the
193 default). Absolute file paths were not abbreviated relative
194 to the users home directory. This bug has been fixed.
196 Thanks to Matt Lundin for the report.
198 *** Links to attachment files
200 Even though one of the purposes of entry attachments was to
201 reduce the number of links in an entry, one might still want
202 to have the occasional link to one of those files. You can
203 now use link abbreviations to set up a special link type that
204 points to attachments in the current entry. Note that such
205 links will only work from within the same entry that has the
206 attachment, because the directory path is entry specific.
207 Here is the setup you need:
209 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
210 (setq org-link-abbrev-alist '(("att" . org-attach-expand-link)))
213 After this, a link like this will work
215 : [[att:some-attached-file.txt]]
217 This was a proposal by Lindsay Todd.
219 *** Completed repeated tasks listed briefly in agenda
221 When a repeating task, listed in the daily/weekly agenda under
222 today's date, is completed from the agenda, it is listed as
223 DONE in the agenda until the next update happens. After the
224 next update, the task will have disappeared, of course,
225 because the new date is no longer today.
227 *** Remove buffers created during publishing are removed
229 Buffers that are created during publishing are now deleted
230 when the publishing is over. At least I hope it works like this.
236 - Secondary agenda filtering is becoming a killer feature
237 - Setting tags has now its own binding, =C-c C-q=
238 - Todo state changes can trigger tag changes
239 - C-RET will now always insert a new headline, never an item.
240 - Customize org-mouse.el feature set to free up mouse events
241 - New commands for export all the way to PDF (through LaTeX)
242 - Some bug fixed for LaTeX export, more bugs remain.
246 *** Enhancements to secondary agenda filtering
248 This is, I believe, becoming a killer feature. It allows you
249 to define fewer and more general custom agenda commands, and
250 then to do the final narrowing to specific tasks you are
251 looking for very quickly, much faster than calling a new
254 If you have not tries this yet, you should!
256 **** You can now refining the current filter by an additional criterion
257 When filtering an existing agenda view with =/=, you can
258 now narrow down the existing selection by an additional
259 condition. Do do this, use =\= instead of =/= to add the
260 additional criterion. You can also press =+= or =-= after
261 =/= to add a positive or negative condition. A condition
262 can be a TAG, or an effort estimate limit, see below.
264 **** It is now possible to filter for effort estimates
265 This means to filter the agenda for the value of the Effort
266 property. For this you should best set up global allowed
267 values for effort estimates, with
269 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
270 (setq org-global-properties
271 '(("Effort_ALL" . "0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00")))
274 You may then select effort limits with single keys in the
275 filter. It works like this: After =/= or =\=, first select
276 the operator which you want to use to compare effort
279 : < Select entries with effort smaller than or equal to the limit
280 : > Select entries with effort larger than or equal to the limit
281 : = Select entries with effort equal to the limit
283 After that, you can press a single digit number which is
284 used as an index to the allowed effort estimates.
286 If you do not use digits to fast-select tags, you can even
287 skip the operator, which will then default to
288 `org-agenda-filter-effort-default-operator', which is by
291 Thanks to Manish for the great idea to include fast effort
292 filtering into the agenda filtering process.
294 **** The mode line will show the active filter
295 For example, if there is a filter in place that does select
296 for HOME tags, against EMAIL tags, and for tasks with an
297 estimated effort smaller than 30 minutes, the mode-line with
298 show =+HOME-EMAIL+<0:30=
300 **** The filter now persists when the agenda view is refreshed
301 All normal refresh commands, including those that move the
302 weekly agenda from one week to the next, now keep the
303 current filter in place.
305 You need to press =/ /= to turn off the filter. However,
306 when you run a new agenda command, for example going from
307 the weekly agenda to the TODO list, the filter will be
310 *** Setting tags has now its own binding, =C-c C-q=
312 You can still use =C-c C-c= on a headline, but the new
313 binding should be considered as the main binding for this
314 command. The reasons for this change are:
316 - Using =C-c C-c= for tags is really out of line with other
319 - I hate it in Remember buffers when I try to set tags and I
320 cannot, because =C-c C-c= exits the buffer :-(
322 - =C-c C-q= will also work when the cursor is somewhere down
323 in the entry, it does not have to be on the headline.
325 *** Todo state changes can trigger tag changes
327 The new option =org-todo-state-tags-triggers= can be used to
328 define automatic changes to tags when a TODO state changes.
329 For example, the setting
331 : (setq org-todo-state-tags-triggers
332 : '((done ("Today" . nil) ("NEXT" . nil))
333 : ("WAITING" ("Today" . t))))
335 will make sure that any change to any of the DONE states will
336 remove tags "Today" and "NEXT", while switching to the
337 "WAITING" state will trigger the tag "Today" to be added.
339 I use this mostly to get rid of TODAY and NEXT tags which I
340 apply to select an entry for execution in the near future,
341 which I often prefer to specific time scheduling.
343 *** C-RET will now always insert a new headline, never an item.
344 The new headline is inserted after the current subtree.
346 Thanks to Peter Jones for patches to fine-tune this behavior.
348 *** Customize org-mouse.el feature set
349 There is a new variable =org-mouse-features= which gives you
350 some control about what features of org-mouse you want to
351 use. Turning off some of the feature will free up the
352 corresponding mouse events, or will avoid activating special
353 regions for mouse clicks. By default I have urned off the
354 feature to use drag mouse events to move or promote/demote
355 entries. You can of course turn them back on if you wish.
357 This variable may still change in the future, allowing more
358 fine-grained control.
360 *** New commands for export to PDF
362 This is using LaTeX export, and then processes it to PDF
365 : C-c C-e p process to PDF.
366 : C-c C-e d process to PDF, and open the file.
369 - \usepackage{graphicx} is now part of the standard class
371 - Several bugs fixed, but definitely not all of them :-(
373 *** New option `org-log-state-notes-insert-after-drawers'
375 Set this to =t= if you want state change notes to be inserted
376 after any initial drawers, i.e drawers the immediately follow
377 the headline and the planning line (the one with
378 DEADLINE/SCHEDULED/CLOSED information).
382 *** =org-file-apps= now uses regular expressions, see [[*%20org%20file%20apps%20now%20uses%20regular%20repressions%20instead%20of%20extensions][below]]
386 *** =org-file-apps= now uses regular repressions instead of extensions
387 Just like in =auto-mode-alist=, car's in the variable
388 =org-file-apps= that are strings are now interpreted as
389 regular expressions that are matched against a file name. So
390 instead of "txt", you should now write "\\.txt\\'" to make
391 sure the matching is done correctly (even though "txt" will
392 be recognized and still be interpreted as an extension).
394 There is now a shortcut to get many file types visited by
395 Emacs. If org-file-apps contains `(auto-mode . emacs)', then
396 any files that are matched by `auto-mode-alist' will be
399 *** Changes to the attachment system
401 - The default method to attach a file is now to copy it
402 instead of moving it.
403 - You can modify the default method using the variable
404 `org-attach-method'. I believe that most Unix people want
405 to set it to `ln' to create hard links.
406 - The keys =c=, =m=, and =l= specifically select =copy=,
407 =move=, or =link=, respectively, as the attachment method
408 for a file, overruling `org-attach-method'.
409 - To create a new attachment as an Emacs buffer, you have not
410 now use =n= instead of =c=.
411 - The file list is now always retrieved from the directory
412 itself, not from the "Attachments" property. We still
413 keep this property by default, but you can turn it off, by
414 customizing the variable =org-attach-file-list-property=.
418 ** Incompatible changes
420 - Changes in the structure of IDs, see [[*The%20default%20structure%20of%20IDs%20has%20changed][here]] for details.
422 - C-c C-a has been redefined, see [[*%20C%20c%20C%20a%20no%20longer%20calls%20show%20all][here]] for details.
426 *** The default structure of IDs has changed
428 IDs created by Org have changed a bit:
429 - By default, there is no prefix on the ID. There used to be
430 an "Org" prefix, but I now think this is not necessary.
431 - IDs use only lower-case letters, no upper-case letters
432 anymore. The reason for this is that IDs are now also used
433 as directory names for org-attach, and some systems do not
434 distinguish upper and lower case in the file system.
435 - The ID string derived from the current time is now
436 /reversed/ to become an ID. This assures that the first
437 two letters of the ID change fast, so hat it makes sense to
438 split them off to create subdirectories to balance load.
439 - You can now set the `org-id-method' to `uuidgen' on systems
442 *** =C-c C-a= no longer calls `show-all'
444 The reason for this is that =C-c C-a= is now used for the
445 attachment system. On the rare occasions that this command
446 is needed, use =M-x show-all=, or =C-u C-u C-u TAB=.
448 *** New attachment system
450 You can now attach files to each node in the outline tree.
451 This works by creating special directories based on the ID of
452 an entry, and storing files in these directories. Org can
453 keep track of changes to the attachments by automatically
454 committing changes to git. See the manual for more
457 Thanks to John Wiegley who contributed this fantastic new
458 concept and wrote org-attach.el to implement it.
460 *** New remember template escapes
462 : %^{prop}p to insert a property
463 : %k the heading of the item currently being clocked
464 : %K a link to the heading of the item currently being clocked
466 Also, when you exit remember with =C-2 C-c C-c=, the item
467 will be filed as a child of the item currently being
468 clocked. So the idea is, if you are working on something and
469 think of a new task related to this or a new note to be
470 added, you can use this to quickly add information to that
473 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
475 *** Clicking with mouse-2 on clock info in mode-line visits the clock.
477 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
479 *** New file in contrib: lisp/org-checklist.el
481 This module deals with repeated tasks that have checkbox
484 Thanks to James TD Smith for this contribution.
486 *** New in-buffer setting #+STYLE
488 It can be used to locally set the variable
489 `org-export-html-style-extra'. Several such lines are
490 allowed-, they will all be concatenated. For an example on
491 how to use it, see the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-publish-html-tutorial.php][publishing tutorial]].
497 - Filtering existing agenda views with respect to a tag
498 - Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
499 - /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org
500 - Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
501 - Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
502 - Yanking inserts folded subtrees
503 - Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
504 - In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
505 - The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
506 - Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
507 - Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
508 - New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
509 - Remember templates for gnus links can use the :to escape.
510 - The file specification in a remember template may be a function
511 - Categories in iCalendar export include local tags
512 - It is possible to define filters for column view
513 - Disabling integer increment during table Field copy
514 - Capturing column view is on `C-c C-x i'
515 - And tons of bugs fixed.
518 ** Incompatible changes
520 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes has changed
522 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
523 remember process is now interpreted differently:
525 : C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
526 : C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
527 : in its new location.
528 : C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
529 : C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
531 This was requested by John Wiegley.
533 *** Capturing column view is now on `C-c C-x i'
535 The reason for this change was that `C-c C-x r' is also used
536 as a tty key replacement.
538 *** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
540 The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
541 exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
542 category is now the last category in this list. Configure
543 the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
546 This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
550 *** Secondary filtering of agenda views.
552 You can now easily and interactively filter an existing
553 agenda view with respect to a tag. This command is executed
554 with the =/= key in the agenda. You will be prompted for a
555 tag selection key, and all entries that do not contain or
556 inherit the corresponding tag will be hidden. With a prefix
557 argument, the opposite filter is applied: entries that
558 do have the tag will be hidden.
560 This operation only /hides/ lines in the agenda buffer, it
561 does not remove them. Changing the secondary filtering does
562 not require a new search and is very fast.
564 If you press TAB at the tag selection prompt, you will be
565 switched to a completion interface to select a tag. This is
566 useful when you want to select a tag that does not have a
567 direct access character.
569 A double =/ /= will restore the original agenda view by
570 unhiding any hidden lines.
572 This functionality was John Wiegley's idea. It is a simpler
573 implementation of some of the query-editing features proposed
574 and implemented some time ago by Christopher League (see the
575 file contrib/lisp/org-interactive-query.el).
577 *** Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
579 The command @<code>C-c '@</code> (that is =C-c= followed by a
580 single quote) can now also be used to switch to a special
581 editing mode for fixed-width sections. The default mode is
582 =artist-mode= which allows you to create ASCII drawings.
584 It works like this: Enter the editing mode with
585 @<code>C-c '@</code>. An indirect buffer will be created and
586 narrowed to the fixed-width region. Edit the drawing, and
587 press @<code>C-c '@</code> again to exit.
589 Lines in a fixed-width region should be preceded by a colon
590 followed by at least one space. These will be removed during
591 editing, and then added back when you exit the editing mode.
593 Using the command in an empty line will create a new
596 This new feature arose from a discussion involving Scott
597 Otterson, Sebastian Rose and Will Henney.
599 *** /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org.
601 You can run it by simple calling org-plot/gnuplot.
602 Documentation is not yet included with Org, please refer to
603 http://github.com/eschulte/org-plot/tree/master until we have
604 moved the docs into Org or Worg.
606 Thanks to Eric Schulte for this great contribution.
608 *** Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
610 You may now use tags to select parts of a document for
611 inclusion into the export, and to exclude other parts. This
612 behavior is governed by two new variables:
613 =org-export-select-tags= and =org-export-exclude-tags=.
614 These default to =("export")= and =("noexport")=, but can be
615 changed, even to include a list of several tags.
617 Org first checks if any of the /select/ tags is present in
618 the buffer. If yes, all trees that do not carry one of these
619 tags will be excluded. If a selected tree is a subtree, the
620 heading hierarchy above it will also be selected for export,
621 but not the text below those headings. If none of the select
622 tags is found anywhere in the buffer, the whole buffer will
623 be selected for export. Finally, all subtrees that are
624 marked by any of the /exclude/ tags will be removed from the
627 You may set these tags with in-buffer options
628 =EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS= and =EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS=.
630 I love this feature. Thanks to Richard G Riley for coming
633 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
635 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
636 remember process is now interpreted differently:
638 : C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
639 : C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
640 : in its new location.
641 : C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
642 : C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
644 This was requested by John Wiegley.
646 *** Yanking inserts folded subtrees
648 If the kill is a subtree or a sequence of subtrees, yanking
649 them with =C-y= will leave all the subtrees in a folded
650 state. This basically means, that kill and yank are now
651 much more useful in moving stuff around in your outline. If
652 you do not like this, customize the variable
653 =org-yank-folded-subtrees=.
655 Right now, I am only binding =C-y= to this new function,
656 should I modify all bindings of yank? Do we need to amend
659 This feature was requested by John Wiegley.
661 *** Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
663 If you attach formulas and plotting instructions to a table
664 capturing column view, these extra lines will now survive an
665 update of the column view capture, and any formulas will be
666 re-applied to the captured table. This works by keeping any
667 continuous block of comments before and after the actual
670 *** In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
672 If a property value is a time stamp, S-left and S-right can
673 now be used to shift this date around while in column view.
675 This was a request by Chris Randle.
677 *** The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
679 This was a request by Peter Frings.
681 *** Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
683 Numerical and alphanumerical sorting now skips any TODO
684 keyword or priority cookie when constructing the comparison
685 string. This was a request by Wanrong Lin.
687 *** Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
689 You can now define a sorting strategy for agenda entries that
690 does look at the TODO state of the entries. Sorting by TODO
691 entry does first separate the non-done from the done states.
692 Within each class, the entries are sorted not alphabetically,
693 but in definition order. So if you have a sequence of TODO
694 entries defined, the entries will be sorted according to the
695 position of the keyword in this sequence.
697 This follows an idea and sample implementation by Christian
700 *** New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
702 This was a request by Richard G Riley.
704 *** Remember templates for gnus links can now use the :to escape.
706 Thanks to Tommy Lindgren for a patch to this effect.
707 *** The file specification in a remember template may now be a function
709 Thanks to Gregory Sullivan for a patch to this effect.
711 *** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
713 The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
714 exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
715 category is now the last category in this list. Configure
716 the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
719 This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
721 *** It is now possible to define filters for column view
723 The filter can modify the value that will be displayed in a
724 column, for example it can cut out a part of a time stamp.
725 For more information, look at the variable
726 =org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function=.
728 *** Disabling integer increment during table field copy
730 Prefix arg 0 to S-RET does the trick.
732 This was a request by Chris Randle.
739 - New, more CSS-like setup for HTML style information
740 - Attributes in hyperlinks, for example alt and title for images
741 - Simplified way to specify file links
742 - Modified behavior of time stamps in iCalendar export
743 - New way to compare times during a property search
744 - New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
745 - New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
746 - New option :index-style for org-publish
747 - New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
749 ** Incompatible changes
751 *** New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
753 The timestamp directory now uses SHA1 hashed versions of the
754 path to each publishing file. This should be a consistent
755 and system-independent way to handle things. The change
756 means that your next publishing command will publish each and
757 every file again, but just once, until new time stamps are in
762 *** New setup for HTML style information
764 In order to create a more CSS-like setup of the HTML style
765 information, the following changes have been made:
766 - The default style has moved to a constant,
767 =org-export-html-style-default= and should not be changed
769 - The default of the variable =org-export-html-style= is now
770 just the empty string. This variable should receive
771 settings that are Org-wide. When using org-publish, this
772 variable is associated with the =:style= property and can
773 be used to establish project-wide settings.
774 - There is a new variable =org-export-html-style-extra= that
775 should be used for file-local settings. Org-publish can, if
776 necessary, access this variable with the =:style-extra=
778 - When a file is published, the values of
779 - org-export-html-style-default
780 - org-export-html-style
781 - org-export-html-style-extra
782 are all inserted into the HTML header, in the given
785 This follows a proposal by Rustom Mody.
787 *** Attributes in hyperlinks
789 You can now set attributes in hyperlinks that will be used
790 when publishing to HTML. For example, if you want to use the
791 ALT and TITLE attributes of an inlined image, here is who to
794 : [[./img/a.jpg{{alt="This is image A" title="Image with no action"}}]]
796 Thanks to Charles Chen for this idea.
798 *** Simplified way to specify file links
800 In a link, you can now leave out the "file:" prefix if you
801 write an absolute file name like =/Users/dominik/.emacs= or
802 =~/.emacs=, or if you write a relative file name by using
803 =./= or =../= to start the file path. You cannot write a
804 plain file name, because plain text is interpreted as an
807 So for example, a link to an image /A.jpg/ with a thumbnail
808 /B.jpg/ can now be written like
811 [[./A.jpg][./B.jpg] ]
814 *** Changes in iCalendar export
816 Deadline and scheduling time stamps are now treated
817 differently in iCalendar export. The default behavior is now
820 - a DEADLINE that appears in an entry that is a TODO item is
821 used as the item's DUE date. Therefore, such a deadline
822 will no longer show up in the calendar.
824 - a DEADLINE that appears in an item that is *not* a TODO
825 item is exported as an EVENT and will show up in the
828 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in a TODO item will be used as the
829 items DTSTART. Therefore, such a timestamp will not show
832 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in an item that is not a TODO has no
833 effect on iCalendar export at all. It will be ignored.
835 Of course this would not be Emacs if you could not configure
836 exactly what you want. Take a look at the variables
837 =org-icalendar-use-deadlines= and
838 =org-icalendar-use-scheduled= if you want to go back to the
839 old behavior or even do something completely different.
841 Thanks to Karen Cooke for triggering this change.
843 *** New way to compare times during a property search
845 If the comparison value in a property search is a string that
846 is enclosed in angular brackets, a time comparison will be
849 : +DEADLINE>="<2008-12-24 15:20>"
851 looks for entries with a deadline on or after that time.
852 Special allowed values are "<now>" (with time) and "<today>"
855 This is based on a request by Manish.
857 *** New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
859 When set, a link pointing to a directory will actually open
860 the index.org file in that directory. This is a good setting
861 inside a publishing project. When not set, you get a
862 finder/explorer window for that directory, or dired,
863 depending on system and setup.
865 This follows a request by Richard Riley.
867 *** New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
869 These parameters specify prefixes for each line of included
870 text. :prefix1 is only for the first line, :prefix for all
873 This follows a proposal by Richard Riley.
875 *** New option :index-style for org-publish
877 This option can be used to switch the style of the index
878 produced by org-publish. Can be `list' (index is just an
879 itemized list of the titles of the files involved) or `tree'
880 (the directory structure of the source files is reflected in
881 the index). The default is `tree'.
883 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for the patch.
885 *** In the Agenda, inclusion of archives can now be toggled
886 - Pressing =v= will toggle inclusion of trees with the
887 ARCHIVE tag, this includes obviously the archive sibling.
888 - Pressing `C-u v' will include trees with ARCHIVE tag, and
889 will also include all archive files that are currently
890 associated with your agenda files.
892 This was triggered by a proposal by Manuel Hermenegildo.
896 If I were to name my releases, this one would be called "Adam".
897 Adam, you definitely owe me a beer :-). And I owe you one, too -
898 thanks for all the great ideas.
902 - Use cursor position in agenda for remember, scheduling and deadlines
903 - New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
904 - Remember templates can be filed to beginning/end of a file
905 - Visiting a filed remember buffer immediately
906 - BBDB anniversaries are now links
907 - Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
908 - The format of section numbers in exported files is configurable
909 - Direct, single key access to allowed values in column view
910 - New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
911 - Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK line
913 ** Incompatible changes
915 *** `C-c C-x C-k' now calls `org-mark-entry-for-agenda-action'
916 It used to call =org-cut-special=, but that is also at bound
917 to the key =C-c C-x C-w=.
920 *** Making use of the cursor position in the agenda
922 The date at the cursor in the agenda (and also in the
923 calendar) can now be used to schedule entries, or to set the
924 date in a remember template correctly. It is also designed
925 to make it easier to move an entry to a date picked in the
926 agenda. Thanks to Thomas Baumann for starting the thread
927 that led to this development.
929 **** Calling remember with the cursor date in the agenda
931 If you want to use the date at the agenda cursor in a
932 remember template, start remember from the agenda with the
933 keys =k r=. While the template is being filled in, the
934 default date for all time stamps, and also for all
935 interactive escapes like =%^t= is now the date at the cursor
936 in the agenda. The exact same command can also be used from
937 the calendar if you prefer that.
939 **** Picking a date for scheduling/deadline in the agenda
941 You may now pick the date for scheduling an item or for
942 setting a deadline in the agenda, where you have the best
943 overview over free time slots. This is a two step process.
945 1. First you pick the entry that should be acted upon. In
946 the agenda, you use the keys =k m=. In an org-mode file,
947 this is on =C-c C-x C-k=.
949 2. Then you find the agenda date you want to apply. When the
950 cursor is anywhere in the block belonging to that date,
951 press =k s= to schedule, or =k d= to put a deadline. The
952 agenda is not updated immediately, press =r= if you want
953 it to show the affected entry in the right place.
955 *** New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
957 Org has sophisticated mapping capabilities to find all
958 entries satisfying certain criteria. Internally, this
959 functionality is used to produce agenda views, but there is
960 also an API that can be used to execute arbitrary functions
961 for each or selected entries. The main entry point for this
965 -- Function: org-map-entries func &optional match scope &rest skip
966 Call FUNC at each headline selected by MATCH in SCOPE.
968 FUNC is a function or a lisp form. The function will be
969 called without arguments, with the cursor positioned at
970 the beginning of the headline. The return values of all
971 calls to the function will be collected and returned as
974 MATCH is a tags/property/todo match as it is used in the
975 agenda tags view. Only headlines that are matched by
976 this query will be considered during the iteration.
977 When MATCH is nil or t, all headlines will be visited by
980 SCOPE determines the scope of this command, it can
981 specify a file, all agenda files, the current tree and
984 The remaining args are treated as settings for the
985 skipping facilities of the scanner.
988 The function given to that mapping routine can really do anything
989 you like. Here is a simple example that will turn all entries in
990 the current file with a tag =TOMORROW= into TODO entries with the
991 keyword =UPCOMING=. Entries in comment trees and in archive
992 trees will be ignored.
994 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
996 '(org-todo "UPCOMING")
997 "+TOMORROW" 'file 'archive 'comment)
1000 The following example counts the number of entries with TODO
1001 keyword =WAITING=, in all agenda files.
1003 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1004 (length (org-map-entries t "/+WAITING" nil 'agenda))
1007 *** Changes in Remember templates
1009 **** Remember templates can now use the cursor date in the agenda
1010 Use =k r= to start remember from the agenda, with enforcing
1011 the cursor date as default for any time stamps created by
1014 **** Filing remember templates to the beginning or end of a file
1015 You may now set the heading part of a remember template
1016 definition to `top' or `bottom'. The template will then be
1017 filed as a level 1 entry to the beginning or end of the
1018 target file, respectively. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
1021 **** You can jump to the location of a note immediately after filing it
1022 Just include the =%&= escape anywhere in the template. An
1023 interesting combination now is to use =%!%&=, which will
1024 immediately file and visit the note, which is equivalent to
1025 generating the note directly in the target location. Thanks
1026 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1028 *** BBDB anniversaries are now links.
1029 If you are using =%%(bbdb-anniversaries)= to list
1030 anniversaries in the agenda, you can now directly access the
1031 entry that triggered a listed anniversary from the agenda.
1032 Just click the anniversary - it is a link now. Thanks to
1033 Thomas Baumann for a patch to this effect.
1035 *** Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
1036 See the new variable
1037 =org-agenda-columns-remove-prefix-from-item=. Thanks to Adam
1038 Spiers for this proposal.
1040 *** The format of section number in exported files is configurable
1042 See the new variable `org-export-section-number-format'.
1043 Thanks to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1045 *** Direct access to allowed values in column view
1047 In column view, if you press a key 1-9 or 0, the
1048 corresponding values from the list of allowed values for that
1049 field at point will be directly selected. Thanks to Levin Du
1050 for this proposal and a patch to this effect.
1052 *** New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
1053 The new hook `org-before-save-iCalendar-file-hook' runs just
1054 before the buffer with a created iCalendar export is saved.
1055 This is what I settled for after a long discussion with Adam
1056 Spiers about doing some special filtering automatically.
1058 *** Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK lines
1059 When turning on log mode in the agenda with =l=, clock lines
1060 will now also list the end time, not only the starting time.
1061 Thanks to Tian Qiu for bringing this up again.
1062 *** Fixes and additions for org-publish
1063 - the :include and :index-title properties in org-publish
1064 work now as advertized
1065 - the #+TITLE of a page will be used in the index
1066 - new :completion-function property can define a hook to be
1067 run after publishing a file.
1069 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for a patch to this effect.
1075 - Statistics cookies [/] and [%] for TODO entries
1076 - Editing source code example in the proper mode
1077 - iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
1078 - New properties for customizing subtree export
1080 ** Incompatible changes
1082 - The default of the variable `org-tags-match-list-sublevels' is
1083 now `t'. The main reason for this is that it is easier to
1084 explain in the manual and will lead to fewer surprises.
1086 - The former CONTRIB directory is now called "contrib". This was
1087 already the case in the git distribution, but the tar and zip
1088 archives still did this wrong.
1092 *** Statistics for TODO entries
1094 The [/] and [%] cookies have already provided statistics for
1095 checkboxes. Now they do the same also for TODO entries. If a
1096 headline contains either cookie, changing the TODO state of any
1097 direct child will trigger an update of this cookie. Children
1098 that are neither TODO nor DONE are ignored.
1100 There have already been requests to automatically switch the
1101 parent headline to DONE when all children are done. I am not
1102 making this a default feature, because one needs to make many
1103 decisions about which keyword to use, etc. Instead of a complex
1104 customization variable, I am providing a hook that can be used.
1105 This hook will be called each time a TODO statistics cookie is
1106 updated, with the cursor in the corresponding line. Each
1107 function in the hook will receive two arguments, the number of
1108 done entries, and the number of not-done entries, and you can use
1109 the hook to change the state of the headline. Here is an example
1112 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1113 (defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
1114 "Switch entry to DONE when all sub-entries are done, to TODO otherwise."
1115 (let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging
1116 (org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
1118 (add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
1121 *** Editing source code example in the proper mode
1123 If you are writing a document with source code examples, you can
1124 include these examples into a =#+BEGIN_SRC lang ... #+END_SRC= or
1125 (with the org-mtags module loaded) a =<src...= structure. =lang=
1126 stands for the Emacs mode used for editing the language, this
1127 could be =emacs-lisp= for Emacs Lisp mode examples, or =org= for
1128 Org mode examples. You can now use the key "C-c '" (that is C-c
1129 followed by the single quote) to edit the example in its native
1130 mode. This works by creating an indirect buffer, narrowing it to
1131 the example and setting the appropriate mode. You need to exit
1132 editing by pressing "C-c '" again. This is important, because
1133 lines that have syntactic meaning in Org will be quoted by
1134 calling this command.
1136 "C-c '" also edits include files, the setupfile in a =#+setufile=
1137 line, and all those little foreign snippets like:
1140 ,#+HTML: this code can be edited in html-mode
1146 ,#+LaTeX: this code can be edited in latex-mode
1152 ,#+BEGIN_SRC fortran
1153 ,Here we can edit in fortran-mode
1157 *** iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
1159 This is necessary for synchronization services. The UIDs are
1160 created using the the org-id.el module which is now part of the
1161 Org core. If you set the variable
1163 : (setq org-icalendar-store-UID t)
1165 then all created UIDs will be stored in the entry as an =:ID:=
1166 property. This is off by default because it creates lots of
1167 property drawers even if you only play with iCalendar export.
1168 But if you plan to use synchronization, you really need to turn
1171 Diary sexp entries do not yet receive proper persistent UIDs,
1172 because they are transformed to iCalendar format by icalendar.el
1173 which creates fresh UIDs each time, based on the current time.
1175 An interesting aspect of Org is that a single outline node can
1176 give rise to multiple iCalendar entries (as a timestamp, a
1177 deadline, a scheduled item, and as a TODO item). Therefore, Org
1178 adds prefixes "TS-", "DL-" "CS-", and "TD-" to the UID during
1179 iCalendar export, depending on what triggered the inclusion of
1180 the entry. In this way the UID remains unique, but a
1181 synchronization program can still figure out from which entry all
1182 the different instances originate.
1184 *** New properties for customizing subtree export.
1186 When exporting a subtree by selecting it before calling the
1187 export command, you can now use the properties =EXPORT_TITLE=,
1188 =EXPORT_TEXT=, and =EXPORT_OPTIONS= to overrule the global
1189 =#+TITLE=, =#+TEXT=, and =#+OPTIONS= settings. You can also set
1190 an export file name with =EXPORT_FILE_NAME= that will overrule
1191 the file name derived from the buffer's file name. As far as the
1192 options are concerned, the global =#+OPTIONS= will still be read,
1193 and only the options you give in the property will be
1194 overwritten. For example:
1197 ,#+OPTIONS: skip:nil
1200 , :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ct.html
1201 , :EXPORT_TITLE: Steve's collected computer tricks
1202 , :EXPORT_OPTIONS: h:2 toc:nil
1206 *** New way to define tags for an entire file.
1208 Tags that are defined in a line like
1209 : #+FILETAGS: work urgent
1210 are inherited by all entries in the file.
1212 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for this proposal.
1218 - Description lists are now supported natively
1219 - Block quotes for export
1220 - Fontified code examples in HTML export
1221 - Include files for export
1222 - Text before the first headline is now exported by default
1223 - In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
1224 - The in-buffer settings keywords may now be lower case
1225 - Completion of structure elements
1226 - Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
1227 - Clock task history, moving entries with the running clock
1228 - BBDB anniversaries much faster
1229 - New contrib files: org-eval.el and org-mtags.el
1231 ** Incompatible changes
1233 - The text before the first headline is now exported by default
1235 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
1236 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
1237 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
1238 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
1239 value on a per-file basis with
1247 *** Description lists are now supported natively
1249 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
1250 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
1251 separated by " :: ". For example
1253 : Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
1254 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
1255 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
1256 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
1257 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
1258 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
1259 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
1260 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
1261 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
1265 Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
1266 - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
1267 - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
1268 - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
1269 - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
1270 - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
1271 natural constants and units into a buffer.
1272 - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
1273 running IDL and WAVE CL files.
1275 This works now in the HTML exporter, we still need to supoort
1276 it with the LaTeX and ASCII exporters.
1278 *** Block quotes for export
1280 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
1284 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
1285 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
1289 which will render as
1292 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
1293 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
1296 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
1298 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
1299 fontified in an Emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
1300 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
1304 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1305 (defun org-xor (a b)
1311 In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
1312 looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
1313 interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
1314 http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
1316 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1317 (defun org-xor (a b)
1322 The string after the =BEGIN_SRC= is the name of the major emacs
1323 mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
1324 "-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
1325 writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
1326 "org" as the language identifier - in fact, I have used just
1327 that in the example above.
1329 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
1330 /htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
1331 backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
1333 *** Include files for export
1337 : #+INCLUDE "file" markup lang
1339 will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
1340 of publishing. FILE should be surrounded by double quotes, this
1341 is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
1342 MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
1343 or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
1344 mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
1346 : Here is my /.emacs/ file:
1347 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
1349 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
1351 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
1352 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
1353 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
1354 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
1355 value on a per-file basis with
1360 *** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
1362 If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
1363 files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
1364 point to that file from each file that should read it. If
1365 you write in a buffer
1367 : #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
1369 then this file will be scanned for in-buffer options like
1370 =#+STARTUP=, =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
1372 *** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
1374 From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
1375 =#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
1376 other in-buffer keywords.
1378 *** Completion of structure elements
1379 As a new experimental feature, Org now supports completion of
1380 structural elements like =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= in a special way.
1381 It work by typing, for example "<e" and then pressing TAB, on
1382 an otherwise empty line. "<e" will expand into a complete
1383 EXAMPLE template, with the cursor positioned in the middle.
1384 Currently supported templates are:
1387 : <e #+begin_example
1397 This is an experimental feature, please comment! See also
1398 below under /org-mtags.el/.
1400 *** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
1402 When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
1403 is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
1404 =org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
1405 buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
1406 scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
1407 such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
1408 its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
1411 - folded :: Fold the subtree
1412 - children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
1413 headlines of all direct children
1414 - content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
1416 - all :: Show the entire subtree
1418 For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
1419 is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
1420 right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
1421 changes in my current working version. The start of this section
1422 currently looks like this:
1427 , :VISIBILITY: content
1432 This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
1434 The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
1435 visibility of the buffer.
1437 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
1439 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
1440 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
1441 it for another task.
1442 - =C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u C-u I= from the agenda) will
1443 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
1444 - =C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u I= from the agenda) will offer a
1445 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
1446 for selection. =d= selects the default task, =i= selects
1447 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
1448 being clocked. =1=,... selects a recent task. When you
1449 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
1450 - You can use =C-u C-c C-x C-j= to jump to any of these
1453 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
1454 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
1455 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
1456 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
1457 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
1458 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
1459 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
1461 *** BBDB anniversaries much faster
1463 =bbdb-anniversaries= is now much faster, thanks to a new
1464 approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
1465 Baumann for a patch to this effect.
1467 *** New files in the contrib directory
1469 Do people think any of these should become core?
1471 - org-eval.el :: This new module allows to include the result
1472 of the evaluation of Lisp code (and other scripting
1473 languages) into the buffer, similar to the =<lisp>= tag
1474 of [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/emacs-wiki.html#Lisp-Tricks][Emacs Wiki]] and [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/muse/Embedded-Lisp.html#Embedded-Lisp][Muse]].
1475 - org-mtags.el :: This new modules allows you to use
1476 Muse-like tags for some structure definitions in Org.
1477 For example, instead of
1485 In fact, I myself find these easier to type and to look
1486 at. Also, it will allow you to more easily move text
1487 and files back and forth between Org and Muse. For a
1488 list of supported structure elements, see the commentary
1489 in the file [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git?a=blob_plain;f=contrib/lisp/org-mtags.el;hb=HEAD][commentary in the file org-mtags.el]].
1491 If you load this module and use the "<i" etc completion
1492 described above, the Muse form will automatically be
1496 Many bug fixes again. Will this ever stop?
1502 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
1503 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
1504 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
1505 - New operators for property searches
1506 - Search commands can now include archive files.
1507 - Clock tables can include the archive files
1508 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
1512 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
1514 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
1515 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
1516 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
1517 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
1518 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
1519 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
1521 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
1523 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
1524 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
1525 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
1526 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
1527 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
1528 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
1529 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
1530 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
1531 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
1532 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
1533 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
1534 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
1535 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
1538 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
1540 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
1541 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
1542 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
1543 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
1544 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
1545 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
1546 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
1547 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
1548 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
1550 *** New operators for property searches
1552 Property searches can now choose a number of different
1553 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
1554 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
1556 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
1557 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
1558 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
1560 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
1561 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
1563 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
1564 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
1565 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
1566 match" or "does not match", respectively.
1568 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
1570 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
1572 If the value of the customization variable
1573 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
1574 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
1575 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
1576 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
1577 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
1580 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
1582 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
1583 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
1584 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
1585 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
1586 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
1588 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
1590 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
1591 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
1592 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
1593 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
1594 be functions, so that more general transformations are
1595 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
1596 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
1600 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
1601 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
1602 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
1606 - The Org distribution has a new structure
1607 - New system for selecting modules to load
1608 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
1609 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
1610 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
1611 - Export commands can be done in the background
1612 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
1613 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
1614 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
1615 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
1616 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
1617 - And some more small fixes and improvements
1619 ** Incompatible changes
1621 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
1623 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
1624 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
1625 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
1626 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
1627 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
1628 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
1632 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
1634 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
1635 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
1636 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
1637 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
1638 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
1639 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
1643 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
1644 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
1645 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
1646 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
1647 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
1648 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
1649 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
1650 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
1653 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
1655 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
1656 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
1657 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
1658 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
1659 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
1660 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
1661 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
1662 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
1665 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
1666 buffer you can simply use "A".
1668 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
1670 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
1672 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
1673 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
1674 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
1675 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
1678 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
1679 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
1680 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
1681 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
1682 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
1683 visibility both locally and globally.
1685 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
1686 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
1687 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
1689 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
1691 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
1692 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
1693 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
1694 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
1695 JavaScript program is served from
1696 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
1697 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
1698 to be independent of the existence and stability of
1699 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
1700 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
1701 using something like
1703 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
1705 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
1707 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
1708 together with org-info.js.
1710 *** Export improvements
1712 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
1713 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
1714 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
1717 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
1718 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
1719 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
1720 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
1721 this less system dependent in the future.
1723 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
1725 *** Improvements to clocktable
1727 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
1728 when trying to specify the time block that should be
1729 considered when constructing the table.
1731 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
1734 | :block | meaning |
1735 |--------------+-----------------------|
1736 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
1737 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
1738 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
1739 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
1741 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
1742 | thisweek | The current week |
1743 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
1744 | thismonth | The current month |
1745 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
1746 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
1749 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
1750 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
1751 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
1752 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
1753 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
1754 will switch to the following week.
1756 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
1757 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
1758 a request from Bernt Hansen.
1760 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
1761 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
1762 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
1763 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
1764 configure the variable
1765 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
1766 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
1767 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
1769 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
1771 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
1772 the form =W08= for week 8.
1774 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
1775 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
1776 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
1777 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
1778 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
1779 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
1780 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
1781 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
1782 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
1783 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
1784 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
1786 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
1787 specify an ISO week. For example
1789 : w4 Monday of week 4
1790 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
1791 : w4-5 Same as above
1792 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
1793 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
1795 So far I have not implemented the effect of
1796 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
1797 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
1798 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
1799 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
1800 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
1801 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
1804 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
1805 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
1806 test extensively and report back.
1808 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
1810 *** Improvements in Search View
1812 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
1813 only in TODO entries.
1815 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
1816 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
1817 also match in "Nasim's".
1822 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
1823 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
1824 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
1825 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
1826 this excellent proposal.
1828 The regexp option is also implemented for
1829 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
1830 properties for inheritance my name.
1832 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
1833 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
1834 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
1835 if and only if the setting in
1836 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
1839 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
1840 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
1841 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
1842 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
1843 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
1844 customize them freely.
1846 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
1847 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
1848 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
1849 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
1850 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
1851 default date, not switch to today.
1853 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
1854 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
1856 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
1857 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
1859 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
1860 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
1861 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
1863 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
1866 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
1867 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
1868 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
1870 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
1871 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
1872 initial region if set.
1874 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
1877 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1879 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
1880 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
1881 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
1882 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
1883 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
1884 file name to which the export should go, and a local
1885 format. For example:
1888 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
1889 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
1892 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1894 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
1895 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
1896 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
1897 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
1899 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1906 - New keyword search agenda view
1908 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1910 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1912 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
1914 - Granularity while editing time stamps
1916 - New repeaters mechanisms
1918 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1920 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1922 - =M-RET= splits lines again
1926 ** Incompatible changes
1928 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
1929 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
1934 *** New keyword search agenda view
1936 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
1937 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
1938 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
1939 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
1940 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
1941 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
1942 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
1943 example, the search string
1945 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
1947 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
1948 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
1949 which are also not matched by the regular expression
1950 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
1951 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
1952 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
1953 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
1954 (possibly sub-) heading.
1956 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
1957 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
1959 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
1960 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
1963 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
1964 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
1965 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
1967 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1969 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
1970 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
1972 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
1973 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
1974 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
1976 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
1977 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
1978 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
1979 to cover contributed extensions as well.
1981 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1983 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
1984 last element defines the contexts in which the template
1985 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
1986 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
1987 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
1988 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
1989 function, the template will be offered only if the function
1990 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
1991 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
1994 One possible application for this would be to have several
1995 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
1996 the right one based on context. For example, think of
1997 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
1998 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
1999 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
2001 : (setq org-remember-templates
2002 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
2003 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
2005 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
2007 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
2009 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
2010 + In a table, add a hline as before
2011 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
2012 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
2013 + In a headline, turn it into an item
2014 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
2015 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
2016 item markers from all lines.
2018 Based on proposals by Bastien.
2020 - `C-c *' has now more functions
2021 + in a table, recompute, as before
2022 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
2023 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
2024 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
2025 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
2026 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
2028 Based on proposals by Bastien.
2030 *** Changes related to time stamps
2032 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
2033 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
2034 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
2035 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
2036 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
2037 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
2038 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
2039 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
2040 specify the number of minutes to shift.
2042 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
2044 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
2045 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
2047 :** TODO Call Father
2048 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
2049 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
2050 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
2051 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
2052 : and marked it done on Saturday.
2053 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
2054 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
2055 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
2058 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
2060 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
2062 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
2063 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
2066 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
2067 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
2068 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
2069 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
2070 the previous content.
2072 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
2074 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
2075 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
2076 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
2078 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
2082 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
2083 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
2084 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
2085 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
2088 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
2089 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
2090 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
2093 - There are three new hooks:
2095 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
2096 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
2097 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
2101 ** Incompatible changes
2103 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
2104 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
2105 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
2109 *** Changes to logging progress
2111 There is now more control over which state changes are being
2112 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
2113 sections in the manual. Basically:
2115 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
2116 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
2117 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
2118 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
2119 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
2120 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
2121 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
2122 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
2124 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
2125 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
2126 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
2127 : when leaving this state. This is great for
2128 : getting a record when switching *back* from
2130 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
2131 : Here we not even define a fast access
2132 : character, but just the logging stuff.
2134 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
2138 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
2139 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
2140 of the line) before the current line.
2142 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
2143 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
2144 create a new line below the current one.
2148 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
2149 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
2156 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
2158 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
2159 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
2161 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
2163 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
2164 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
2165 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
2167 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
2169 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
2171 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
2175 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
2177 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
2179 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
2181 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
2183 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
2185 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
2187 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
2189 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
2193 ** Incompatible Changes
2195 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
2196 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
2197 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
2201 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
2203 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
2204 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
2206 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
2207 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
2209 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
2210 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
2211 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
2212 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
2213 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
2214 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
2217 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
2218 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
2221 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
2222 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
2223 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
2225 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
2226 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
2227 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
2228 variable does select the interface that is used to select
2229 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
2230 Possible values are:
2232 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
2234 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
2235 path to select a location.
2236 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
2239 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
2240 they are always current.
2242 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
2243 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
2244 special also because it only matches in headline. This
2245 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
2246 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
2247 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
2248 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
2249 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
2251 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
2252 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
2253 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
2254 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
2255 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
2256 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
2257 interface. Comments?
2262 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
2263 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
2264 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
2265 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
2266 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
2268 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
2269 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
2271 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
2272 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
2274 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
2275 headline up to the tags.
2276 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
2278 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
2280 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
2281 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
2282 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
2283 request by Austin Frank.
2285 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
2286 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
2287 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
2289 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
2290 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
2291 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
2292 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
2294 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
2295 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
2296 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
2297 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
2298 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
2299 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
2300 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
2301 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
2302 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
2303 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
2304 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
2307 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
2308 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
2309 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
2310 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
2318 will file is with the following property
2320 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
2322 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
2323 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
2324 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
2326 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
2327 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
2336 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
2338 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
2340 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
2342 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
2344 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
2346 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
2348 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
2350 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
2352 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
2356 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
2357 entries in a subtree. For example
2359 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
2361 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
2362 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
2363 request by Bernt Hansen.
2365 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
2366 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
2367 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
2368 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
2369 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
2370 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
2371 interactively select the filing location (file and
2372 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
2373 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
2374 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
2375 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
2376 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
2378 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
2379 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
2380 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
2381 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
2382 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
2385 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
2386 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
2387 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
2388 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
2389 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
2390 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
2391 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
2394 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
2395 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
2396 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
2399 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
2400 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
2401 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
2402 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
2403 explain here, complex.
2405 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
2406 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
2407 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
2409 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
2410 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
2411 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
2413 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
2425 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
2426 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
2427 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
2428 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
2429 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
2430 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
2431 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
2432 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
2433 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
2434 subtree motion commands.
2436 - Plain lists items work the same.
2438 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
2439 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
2440 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
2443 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
2444 let me know about any problems.
2448 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
2449 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
2450 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
2451 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
2452 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
2454 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
2455 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
2456 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
2457 history variable. For example:
2459 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
2461 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
2462 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
2463 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
2464 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
2465 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
2466 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
2467 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
2468 by Bastien and Adam.
2470 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
2471 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
2472 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
2473 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
2477 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
2478 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
2481 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
2482 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
2483 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
2484 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
2485 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
2486 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
2492 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
2494 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
2495 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
2496 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
2497 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
2498 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
2499 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
2500 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
2501 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
2504 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
2505 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
2506 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
2507 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
2509 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
2510 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
2511 the new scope. If you like you can display an agenda view
2512 and then watch it change in various scopes.
2514 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
2515 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
2516 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
2517 select a new restriction.
2519 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
2521 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
2523 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
2525 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
2526 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
2528 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
2529 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
2530 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
2533 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
2534 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
2535 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
2537 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
2538 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
2539 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
2540 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
2541 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
2547 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
2548 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
2549 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
2551 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
2552 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
2553 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
2562 + Remember and related stuff
2563 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
2564 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
2565 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
2566 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
2568 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
2569 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
2570 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
2571 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
2572 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
2573 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
2574 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
2576 + Properties and Column view
2577 - More control over which properties use inheritance
2578 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
2579 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
2580 - New currency summary type {$}
2582 + The date/time prompt
2583 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
2584 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
2585 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
2588 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
2589 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
2592 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
2595 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
2596 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
2597 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
2598 - Support for pabbrev-mode
2599 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
2601 ** Incompatible changes
2603 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
2604 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
2605 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
2607 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
2608 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
2609 prompted, like this:
2611 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
2613 : (org-remember ?n))
2615 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
2616 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
2618 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
2620 : (org-remember nil ?n))
2622 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
2623 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
2627 *** Remember and related stuff
2629 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
2630 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
2631 application might be to put a note or task captured with
2632 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
2633 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
2634 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
2635 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
2636 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
2637 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
2638 definitions. For example:
2640 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
2642 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
2645 : (setq org-refile-targets
2646 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
2648 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
2649 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
2650 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
2651 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
2654 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
2655 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
2657 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
2658 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
2659 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
2660 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
2661 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
2663 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
2664 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
2666 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
2668 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
2669 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
2670 : %[..] include file
2672 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
2674 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
2675 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
2676 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
2679 : (require 'remember)
2680 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
2681 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
2682 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
2684 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
2685 provide a default for templates without a file, and
2686 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
2688 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
2690 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
2692 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
2694 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
2695 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
2696 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
2697 the default in Org-mode.
2699 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
2700 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
2701 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
2702 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
2704 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
2705 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
2706 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
2707 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
2708 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
2710 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
2711 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
2712 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
2713 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
2716 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
2717 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
2718 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
2719 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
2720 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
2722 *** Properties and Column view
2724 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
2725 property names that should be treated with inheritance
2728 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
2729 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
2730 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
2731 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
2732 discussion around this issue.
2734 - Summary type improvements in column view.
2735 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
2736 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
2737 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
2738 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
2739 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
2740 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
2741 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
2743 *** The date/time prompt
2745 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
2748 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
2749 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
2750 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
2751 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
2752 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
2754 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
2755 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
2756 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
2757 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
2758 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
2759 entered month is before the current, for example if you
2760 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
2761 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
2762 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
2764 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
2765 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
2766 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
2767 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
2768 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
2770 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
2772 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
2773 list of newly performed conversions:
2775 | Org | Description | HTML |
2776 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
2777 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
2778 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
2779 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
2780 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
2782 You can turn this globally on or off with
2783 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
2784 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
2785 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
2786 William Henney for relevant inputs.
2788 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
2789 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
2793 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
2794 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
2795 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
2796 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
2797 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
2798 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
2800 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
2802 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
2803 export by setting it either globally
2804 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
2805 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
2806 the list of available classes and their sectioning
2807 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
2808 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
2811 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
2812 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
2813 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
2815 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
2816 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
2818 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
2819 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
2822 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
2823 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
2824 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
2831 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
2832 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
2833 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
2835 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
2836 the values of constants and properties are no longer
2837 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
2838 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
2839 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
2841 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
2842 with extension matched by the new variable
2843 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
2852 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2853 + All known bugs fixed.
2854 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
2855 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
2856 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
2858 - The agenda dispatcher
2859 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
2860 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
2862 - Sorting improvements
2863 + User-defined sorting keys.
2864 + Sorting by properties.
2865 + Sorting of plain lists.
2867 - HTML <div> structure
2870 + New variables, several of them.
2871 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
2872 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
2873 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
2874 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
2878 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2880 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
2881 (at least I hope so...).
2883 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
2884 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
2886 + global, i.e. for the entire file
2887 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
2888 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
2890 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
2891 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
2892 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
2896 : :ID: planning-overview
2902 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
2906 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
2907 be prompted for the ID.
2909 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
2910 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
2911 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
2912 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
2913 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
2916 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
2918 *** The agenda dispatcher
2920 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
2921 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
2922 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
2923 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
2924 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
2925 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
2926 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
2927 them to custom commands.
2929 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
2930 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
2931 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
2932 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
2934 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
2935 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
2936 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
2937 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
2938 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
2940 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
2941 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
2944 *** Sorting improvements
2946 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
2947 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
2949 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
2950 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
2952 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
2955 - Plain lists can be sorted.
2957 *** HTML <div> structure
2959 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
2961 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
2962 "table-of-contents".
2964 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
2965 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
2967 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
2968 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
2970 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
2971 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
2973 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
2974 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
2978 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
2979 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
2980 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
2983 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
2985 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
2987 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
2988 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
2989 your properties will not be folded away.
2990 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
2992 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
2993 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
2994 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
2996 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
2997 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
2998 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
2999 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
3000 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
3002 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
3003 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
3004 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
3005 a proposal by Bastien.
3007 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
3008 request by Wanrong Lin.
3010 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
3011 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
3012 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
3018 - Remember templates can now have name.
3019 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
3020 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
3021 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
3022 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
3023 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
3024 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
3025 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
3026 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
3027 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
3028 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
3030 ** Incompatible Changes
3032 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
3036 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
3037 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
3038 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
3039 the name start with the selection character, for example if
3040 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
3041 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
3043 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
3044 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
3045 change). Thanks to Bastien.
3047 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
3048 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
3050 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
3051 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
3052 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
3053 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
3055 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
3056 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
3057 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
3059 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
3060 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
3061 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
3062 Wiegley for a patch.
3064 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
3065 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
3066 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
3067 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
3068 with full completion support.
3070 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
3071 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
3072 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
3074 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
3075 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
3078 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
3079 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
3080 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
3081 well tested yet, please check it out.
3089 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
3090 - Command to jump to the running clock
3091 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
3092 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
3093 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
3094 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
3095 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
3096 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
3097 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
3098 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
3099 - Better tag alignment in agenda
3101 ** Incompatible changes
3103 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
3104 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
3106 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
3107 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
3108 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
3110 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
3111 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
3114 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
3119 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
3120 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
3123 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
3126 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
3129 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
3130 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
3131 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
3132 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
3133 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
3135 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
3136 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
3137 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
3138 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
3140 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
3141 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
3142 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
3143 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
3144 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
3145 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
3146 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
3147 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
3148 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
3150 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
3151 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
3152 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
3153 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
3154 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
3155 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
3156 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
3157 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
3158 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
3160 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
3161 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
3162 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
3163 being prompted for a template, like this:
3165 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
3167 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
3169 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
3170 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
3171 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
3172 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
3174 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
3175 (also `s' does this).
3177 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
3178 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
3181 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
3182 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
3183 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
3185 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
3186 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
3187 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
3189 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
3190 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
3191 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
3192 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
3200 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
3201 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
3202 - CSV support when importing a table.
3203 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
3204 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
3205 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
3206 - Modifications to priority cycling.
3207 - Modifications to computations in column view.
3208 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
3213 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
3214 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
3217 : * Tree with special properties
3219 : :CATEGORY: Examples
3220 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
3223 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
3224 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
3225 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
3226 *single* default for the file which is then locally
3227 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
3228 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
3229 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
3230 encourage you to stop using them.
3232 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
3233 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
3234 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
3235 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
3239 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
3240 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
3241 | file | the full current buffer |
3242 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
3243 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
3244 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
3245 | agenda | all agenda files |
3247 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
3248 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
3249 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
3250 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
3253 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
3254 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
3255 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
3256 basic input it works.
3258 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
3259 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
3260 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
3261 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
3263 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
3264 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
3267 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
3268 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
3270 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
3272 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
3273 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
3274 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
3275 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
3276 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
3278 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
3279 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
3280 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
3281 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
3282 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
3285 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
3286 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
3287 of all the children's values each time you enter column
3288 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
3289 the children has that particular property defined, the
3290 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
3291 items under such an entry without getting the property value
3292 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
3293 is a better way of doing things.
3295 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
3296 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
3297 testing is appreciated.
3299 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
3300 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
3301 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
3302 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
3304 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
3305 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
3306 links in square or angular brackets.
3314 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
3317 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
3318 agenda can be configured.
3320 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
3322 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
3324 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
3326 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
3328 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
3329 inherited from the outline faces.
3331 ** Incompatible Changes
3333 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
3334 t, in order to better match the original intent of
3335 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
3336 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
3337 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
3342 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
3343 switching to that state. With the setting
3345 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
3346 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
3348 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
3351 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
3352 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
3353 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
3354 own function. Configure the new variable
3355 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
3356 this development with a patch.
3358 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
3359 t, in order to better match the original intent of
3360 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
3361 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
3362 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
3363 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
3364 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
3366 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
3367 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
3368 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
3369 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
3370 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
3371 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
3372 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
3374 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
3375 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
3378 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
3379 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
3380 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
3381 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
3382 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
3383 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
3384 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
3386 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
3387 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
3388 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
3389 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
3390 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
3391 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
3392 match the current org-mode faces.
3394 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
3398 ** Incompatible changes
3400 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
3404 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
3405 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
3406 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
3408 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
3410 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
3411 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
3412 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
3413 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
3414 command fall back to cycling.
3416 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
3417 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
3418 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
3419 interface anyway, set the variable
3420 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
3421 others for input on this issue.
3423 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
3424 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
3425 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
3427 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
3428 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
3430 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
3431 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
3433 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
3435 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
3436 use a format string that will be interpreted by
3437 `format-time-string', for example:
3439 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
3441 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
3442 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
3443 included) have changed this.
3445 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
3446 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
3447 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
3448 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
3449 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
3450 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
3451 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
3457 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
3459 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
3461 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
3463 - Sorting can be done by priority.
3465 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
3467 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
3469 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
3471 ** Incompatible changes
3473 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
3474 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
3476 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
3480 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
3481 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
3482 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
3484 A Here is a configuration example:
3486 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
3487 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
3488 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
3489 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
3492 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
3493 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
3495 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
3496 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
3497 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
3498 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
3499 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
3500 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
3501 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
3502 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
3503 states, just like you also do for tags.
3505 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
3506 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
3508 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
3509 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
3510 switch the entry to that state.
3512 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
3513 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
3514 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
3517 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
3519 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
3520 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
3521 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
3522 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
3524 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
3525 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
3527 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
3528 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
3529 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
3530 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
3531 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
3533 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
3534 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
3535 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
3538 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
3539 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
3540 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
3541 the file will simply be skipped.
3551 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
3552 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
3553 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
3554 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
3555 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
3556 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
3557 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
3558 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
3561 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
3562 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
3563 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
3564 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
3565 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
3566 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
3567 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
3568 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
3569 the special locations.
3571 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
3574 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
3577 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
3578 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
3579 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
3581 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
3582 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
3583 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
3589 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
3591 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
3593 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
3595 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
3597 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
3599 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
3601 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
3603 - Global values for selected properties.
3610 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
3611 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
3612 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
3613 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
3614 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
3615 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
3616 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
3617 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
3619 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
3620 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
3621 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
3622 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
3623 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
3624 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
3625 currently how to handle the new link types for
3628 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
3629 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
3630 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
3631 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
3634 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
3635 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
3636 The syntax is like this
3638 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
3640 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
3643 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
3645 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
3646 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
3647 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
3649 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
3652 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
3653 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
3654 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
3655 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
3658 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
3659 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
3660 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
3661 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
3662 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
3663 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
3666 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
3667 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
3668 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
3671 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
3672 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
3673 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
3674 `org-global-properties', like this:
3676 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
3678 Buffer-local values are set like this:
3680 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
3682 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
3683 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
3684 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
3685 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
3686 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
3687 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
3695 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
3696 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
3697 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
3698 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
3700 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
3701 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
3702 this stuff into the drawer.
3703 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
3705 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
3706 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
3708 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
3709 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
3711 - Lots of minor fixes.
3715 ** Incompatible Changes
3717 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
3718 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
3719 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
3723 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
3724 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
3725 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
3727 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
3728 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
3729 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
3730 know if we need to make this customizable.
3732 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
3733 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
3734 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
3735 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
3736 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
3738 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
3747 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
3750 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
3751 compute their value from the children's values.
3753 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
3754 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
3757 ** Incompatible Changes
3759 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
3760 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
3761 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
3762 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
3767 - Improvements for properties:
3769 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
3770 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
3772 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
3773 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
3774 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
3775 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
3776 typos when entering properties.
3778 - Improvements for column view.
3780 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
3781 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
3784 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
3785 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
3786 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
3787 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
3790 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
3791 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
3794 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
3795 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
3796 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
3798 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
3799 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
3800 beginning of a line. So
3802 : * This is a level 1 headline
3803 : *this is bold text*
3805 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
3806 available in orgstruct-mode.
3812 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
3813 structure editing commands into any other mode.
3815 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
3816 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
3817 open if explicitly asked.
3819 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
3821 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
3822 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
3825 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
3826 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
3829 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
3831 ** Incompatible changes
3833 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
3834 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
3835 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
3836 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
3837 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
3838 that this is the better convention.
3842 *** Orgstruct minor mode
3844 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
3845 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
3846 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
3847 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
3848 easily create lists.
3850 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
3851 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
3852 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
3853 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
3854 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
3855 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
3856 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
3857 minor modes have assigned to them.
3859 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
3860 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
3861 the promised implementation.
3865 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
3866 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
3867 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
3868 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
3869 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
3872 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
3874 you can then create drawers like this:
3877 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
3878 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
3881 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
3882 contains properties of an entry (see below).
3884 *** Properties and Column View
3886 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
3887 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
3888 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
3889 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
3890 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
3891 a property drawer and inserting a line like
3893 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
3895 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
3896 program using properties, use the functions
3897 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
3898 and `org-entry-delete'.
3900 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
3903 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
3904 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
3905 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
3906 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
3907 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
3908 after the headline, outside the drawer.
3910 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
3913 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
3915 will find entries that
3918 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
3919 - are TODO status WAITING.
3921 So here is an entry that will match:
3923 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
3928 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
3929 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
3932 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
3934 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
3935 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
3936 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
3937 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
3938 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
3939 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
3940 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
3941 can set up different property columns on different levels
3942 of an outline tree. For example:
3946 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
3950 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
3953 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
3955 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
3958 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
3961 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
3962 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
3964 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
3965 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
3966 will get a different table than if you do it in the
3967 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
3968 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
3969 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
3972 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
3973 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
3975 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
3976 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
3977 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
3978 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
3979 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
3980 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
3982 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
3983 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
3986 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
3988 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
3990 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
3991 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
3992 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
3994 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
3995 Any suggestions for better defaults?
3996 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
3997 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
4002 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
4003 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
4004 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
4005 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
4006 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
4007 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
4008 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
4011 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
4012 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
4013 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
4014 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
4015 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
4022 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
4024 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
4025 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
4026 constants can now be set with a line like:
4028 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
4032 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
4033 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
4036 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
4038 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
4042 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
4043 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
4044 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
4045 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
4052 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
4053 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
4054 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
4055 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
4057 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
4058 See manual section 3.5.3.
4060 - New options for turning off footnotes.
4061 This was a request from Ignotus.
4062 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
4064 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
4065 default. This was a request from Micheal.
4066 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
4070 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
4071 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
4072 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
4073 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
4074 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
4080 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
4081 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
4083 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
4085 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
4087 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
4089 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
4091 ** Incompatible changes
4093 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
4094 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
4095 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
4096 with the xemacs version. For example:
4098 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
4100 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
4101 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
4102 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
4103 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
4104 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
4108 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
4109 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
4110 interval on a single day. For example
4112 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
4114 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
4115 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
4116 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
4117 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
4119 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
4122 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
4123 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
4127 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
4129 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
4130 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
4131 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
4132 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
4133 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
4134 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
4135 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
4136 using localization features may not work correctly in the
4137 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
4138 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
4139 stick to the ASCII characters.
4141 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
4142 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
4143 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
4144 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
4145 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
4147 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
4149 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
4150 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
4151 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
4153 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
4154 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
4155 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
4156 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
4157 if we can agree on this:
4159 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
4160 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
4161 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
4162 out to a previous level. For example
4170 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
4179 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
4180 using promotion and demotion functions.
4186 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
4187 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
4189 ** Incompatible changes
4191 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
4195 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
4196 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
4197 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
4198 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
4199 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
4200 column where the character is specified). You may also use
4201 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
4203 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
4204 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
4205 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
4206 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
4207 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
4208 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
4209 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
4211 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
4212 never exported, but can be used to place column group
4213 information into the table. In this table, we create a
4214 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
4215 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
4218 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
4219 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
4220 wherever you want a vertical line:
4222 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
4223 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
4224 : | / | < | < | | < | |
4226 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
4227 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
4229 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
4230 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
4231 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
4232 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
4233 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
4234 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
4235 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
4236 behavior we had before.
4238 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
4240 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
4241 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
4242 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
4243 special characters in other languages as along as your
4244 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
4245 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
4246 out how to do this in XEmacs.
4252 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
4256 - Footnotes like =here[1]= are now exported to HTML
4258 : [1]This is a footnote
4260 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
4261 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
4263 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
4265 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
4266 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
4269 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
4275 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
4276 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
4278 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
4279 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
4280 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
4281 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
4283 ** Incompatible Changes
4285 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
4286 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
4290 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
4291 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
4293 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
4295 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
4296 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
4297 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
4298 collect your credit, let me know!
4300 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
4301 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
4303 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
4304 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
4306 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
4307 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
4308 would in the diary. For example
4310 * Birthdays and similar stuff
4312 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
4314 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
4315 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
4317 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
4319 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
4320 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
4321 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
4322 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
4323 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
4324 put in a few categories, and then turned off
4325 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
4326 faster agenda display.
4328 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
4329 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
4330 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
4331 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
4332 to Raman for this idea.
4334 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
4335 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
4336 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
4339 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
4340 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
4341 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
4345 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
4347 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
4348 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
4350 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
4351 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
4352 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
4353 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
4356 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
4357 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
4359 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
4360 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
4361 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
4362 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
4364 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
4365 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
4366 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
4367 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
4369 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
4370 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
4377 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
4378 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
4379 further processing in scripts.
4381 ** Incompatible Changes
4383 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
4384 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
4388 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
4389 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
4390 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
4391 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
4394 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
4395 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
4396 that have associated file names and exports the views to
4397 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
4398 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
4399 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
4400 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
4401 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
4403 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
4404 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
4405 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
4406 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
4408 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
4409 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
4410 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
4412 - Quite a few bug fixes.
4422 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
4424 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
4426 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
4428 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
4430 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
4432 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
4434 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
4438 ** Incompatible changes
4440 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
4441 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
4444 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
4445 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
4446 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
4447 `org-disputed-keys'.
4449 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
4450 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
4451 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
4455 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
4456 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
4457 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
4458 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
4459 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
4460 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
4461 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
4462 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
4463 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
4464 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
4465 Scott fro bringing this up again.
4467 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
4468 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
4469 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
4470 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
4472 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
4473 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
4475 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
4476 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
4477 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
4478 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
4480 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
4481 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
4482 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
4483 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
4484 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
4485 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
4486 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
4487 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
4489 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
4491 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
4492 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
4493 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
4494 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
4495 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
4496 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
4497 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
4500 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
4501 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
4502 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
4503 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
4504 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
4505 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
4508 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
4509 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
4510 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
4511 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
4512 indicates a non-stuck project.
4514 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
4515 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
4516 please let me know if you find problems.
4518 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
4519 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
4525 ** Incompatible changes
4529 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
4530 exported HTML. These are the variables
4531 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
4532 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
4535 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
4536 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
4537 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
4539 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
4540 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
4541 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
4542 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
4543 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
4544 that are scanned for the agenda.
4552 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
4553 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
4554 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
4556 ** Incompatible changes
4558 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
4562 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
4564 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
4566 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
4568 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
4569 list (and which is also works!)
4571 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
4572 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
4574 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
4575 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
4576 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
4577 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
4578 toward using the latter.
4580 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
4581 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
4582 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
4583 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
4585 (setq org-todo-keywords
4586 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
4587 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
4588 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
4589 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
4592 If your setting has this new structure,
4593 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
4594 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
4595 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
4596 interpretation from the other variable still works.
4598 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
4599 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
4600 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
4601 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
4602 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
4605 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
4606 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
4607 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
4608 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
4609 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
4610 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
4611 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
4613 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
4614 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
4615 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
4616 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
4617 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
4619 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
4620 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
4621 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
4622 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
4623 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
4624 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
4625 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
4626 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
4627 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
4634 This time the changes affect the following areas:
4636 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
4637 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
4638 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
4639 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
4640 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
4641 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
4644 ** Incompatible changes
4646 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
4647 over several lines, like
4650 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
4653 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
4654 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
4655 See below for details.
4657 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
4658 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
4659 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
4660 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
4665 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
4666 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
4669 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
4670 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
4671 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
4673 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
4674 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
4675 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
4676 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
4677 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
4678 where you want to be.
4680 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
4681 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
4682 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
4685 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
4686 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
4688 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
4689 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
4691 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
4693 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
4694 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
4695 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
4696 new in-buffer option
4700 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
4701 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
4702 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
4703 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
4705 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
4706 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
4707 can be done by setting the variable
4708 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
4710 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
4716 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
4718 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
4719 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
4720 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
4721 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
4722 terminate all levels of plain list items.
4724 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
4726 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
4727 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
4730 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
4731 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
4732 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
4733 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
4734 are logging all state changes.
4736 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
4741 - Priority handling in the tags view
4742 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
4743 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
4744 - Improvements to the formula editor.
4745 - C-j does better indentation.
4749 - Priority handling in the tags view
4751 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
4752 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
4754 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
4756 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
4757 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
4758 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
4760 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
4762 - Changes in the spreadsheet
4764 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
4765 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
4766 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
4767 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
4768 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
4769 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
4770 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
4772 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
4775 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
4777 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
4779 + There is now a menu with commands.
4781 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
4782 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
4784 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
4785 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
4787 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
4788 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
4792 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
4793 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
4794 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
4796 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
4797 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
4802 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
4803 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
4804 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
4805 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
4807 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
4808 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
4809 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
4819 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
4820 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
4821 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
4823 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
4824 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
4825 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
4826 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
4827 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
4828 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
4829 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
4831 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
4832 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
4833 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
4835 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
4837 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
4838 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
4840 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
4841 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
4843 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
4844 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
4845 levels. For example:
4847 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
4849 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
4850 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
4851 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
4854 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
4855 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
4856 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
4857 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
4859 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
4860 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
4869 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
4870 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
4871 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
4872 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
4874 ** Detailed description of changes
4876 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
4877 any table in any mode.
4879 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
4880 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
4881 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
4882 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
4883 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
4884 inside the same file, in a block comment.
4886 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
4887 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
4888 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
4889 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
4890 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
4892 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
4893 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
4894 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
4895 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
4896 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
4897 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
4898 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
4901 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
4902 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
4903 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
4904 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
4905 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
4906 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
4907 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
4908 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
4909 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
4910 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
4911 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
4912 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
4914 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
4915 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
4916 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
4917 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
4923 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
4924 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
4925 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
4926 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
4927 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
4929 ** Detailed description of changes
4931 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
4932 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
4933 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
4935 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
4937 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
4938 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
4940 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
4942 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
4943 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
4944 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
4946 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
4947 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
4948 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
4950 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
4951 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
4952 to Raman for this excellent idea.
4954 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
4955 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
4957 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
4959 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
4960 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
4961 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
4962 remember.el work like this as well).
4963 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
4964 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
4965 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
4966 new template, but the old context information. This is
4967 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
4970 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
4971 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
4972 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
4973 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
4974 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
4975 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
4976 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
4977 without interaction.
4979 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
4980 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
4981 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
4982 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
4983 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
4984 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
4986 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
4987 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
4988 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
4989 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
4991 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
4992 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
4993 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
4994 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
4995 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
4996 them would require special hooks. Comments?
5002 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
5003 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
5005 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
5006 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
5007 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
5008 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
5009 + Incompatible changes
5010 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
5011 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
5012 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
5013 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
5014 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
5015 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
5016 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
5020 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
5021 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
5022 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
5023 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
5024 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
5025 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
5026 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
5027 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
5031 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
5032 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
5033 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
5034 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
5035 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
5036 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
5037 - Empty entries go full circle.
5038 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
5043 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
5046 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
5047 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
5048 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
5049 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
5050 another, dedicated frame.
5051 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
5052 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
5055 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
5056 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
5057 - Changes in Agenda buffer
5058 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
5059 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
5060 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
5061 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
5062 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
5063 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
5064 use regular expressions.
5065 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
5066 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
5067 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
5071 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
5072 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
5073 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
5080 - Improvements to fast tag selection
5081 + show status also in target line.
5082 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
5083 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
5084 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
5088 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
5089 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
5090 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
5091 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
5095 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
5096 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
5101 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
5102 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
5103 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
5107 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
5108 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
5109 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
5110 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
5111 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
5112 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
5113 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
5114 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
5115 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
5116 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
5117 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
5122 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
5123 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
5124 - File links can contain environment variables.
5125 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
5129 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
5130 each block created by a different agenda command.
5131 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
5132 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
5133 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
5134 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
5135 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
5136 upon the agenda type.
5137 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
5138 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
5139 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
5140 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
5141 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
5142 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
5143 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
5144 - More minor bug fixes.
5147 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
5148 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
5149 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
5153 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
5154 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
5155 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
5159 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
5162 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
5163 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
5164 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
5172 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
5173 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
5175 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
5176 LaTeX environment and math.
5179 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
5181 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
5182 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
5183 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
5187 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
5188 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
5191 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
5192 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
5193 and will not lead to conflicts.
5194 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
5198 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
5199 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
5200 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
5201 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
5202 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
5203 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
5204 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
5210 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
5211 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
5214 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
5215 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
5216 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
5217 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
5218 directories for different export types.
5219 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
5220 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
5227 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
5228 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
5229 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
5230 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
5231 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
5232 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
5233 relative and absolute paths.
5234 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
5235 - Bug and typo fixes.
5239 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
5240 contains a description or not.
5241 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
5242 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
5243 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
5244 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
5245 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
5246 for all available exporters.
5247 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
5253 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
5254 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
5255 end of the HTML file.
5256 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
5257 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
5258 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
5259 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
5265 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
5266 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
5267 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
5268 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
5278 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
5279 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
5282 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
5283 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
5284 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
5285 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
5286 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
5287 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
5288 - New structure for the customization tree.
5293 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
5297 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
5298 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
5299 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
5300 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
5301 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
5306 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
5307 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
5308 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
5309 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
5313 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
5314 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
5317 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
5318 - Various small bug fixes
5321 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
5322 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
5323 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
5324 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
5325 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
5326 argument to `C-c C-v'.
5327 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
5328 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
5329 next buffer change due to editing).
5332 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
5333 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
5334 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
5335 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
5338 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
5339 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
5340 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
5341 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
5342 - Changes to the HTML exporter
5343 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
5344 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
5345 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
5346 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
5347 - support for cascading style sheets.
5348 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
5349 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
5356 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
5360 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
5363 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
5364 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
5365 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
5366 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
5367 and are not linked to the calendar.
5368 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
5369 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
5370 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
5371 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
5374 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
5375 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
5376 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
5377 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
5378 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
5381 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
5382 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
5383 - Named fields and columns in tables.
5384 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
5387 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
5388 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
5391 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
5392 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
5393 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
5394 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
5395 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
5396 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
5400 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
5401 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
5402 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
5403 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
5404 - Archiving of finished tasks.
5405 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
5406 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
5407 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
5408 - Improved html export of tables.
5409 - Various clean-up changes.
5412 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
5416 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
5417 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
5421 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
5422 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
5426 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
5427 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
5428 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
5431 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
5432 - New startup option `content'.
5433 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
5434 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
5435 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
5438 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
5439 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
5440 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
5441 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
5442 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
5443 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
5446 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
5447 table shape when typing in fields.
5448 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
5449 into arbitrary major modes.
5450 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
5451 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
5452 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
5455 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
5456 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
5457 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
5459 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
5460 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
5461 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
5462 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
5463 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
5465 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
5466 - Sorting fully configurable.
5467 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
5468 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
5472 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
5473 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
5474 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
5475 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
5476 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
5477 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
5478 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
5481 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
5482 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
5483 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
5484 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
5485 - Priorities for TODO items.
5486 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
5487 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
5488 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
5493 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
5494 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
5495 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
5496 `org-todo-interpretation'.
5497 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
5498 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
5499 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
5500 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
5501 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
5502 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
5503 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
5504 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
5505 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
5506 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
5507 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
5510 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
5511 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
5512 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
5513 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
5514 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
5515 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
5516 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
5517 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
5518 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
5519 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
5520 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
5521 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
5524 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
5525 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
5526 - Date ranges introduced.
5527 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
5528 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
5529 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
5530 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
5531 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
5532 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
5533 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
5536 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
5537 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
5538 - Fully automatic table editor.
5539 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
5540 - Other link system changes
5541 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
5542 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
5543 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
5544 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
5545 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
5546 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
5547 Please re-read the manual section about links.
5549 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
5550 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
5551 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
5552 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
5553 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
5554 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
5556 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
5560 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
5561 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
5562 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
5563 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
5567 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents