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5 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of user-visible changes
6 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
7 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
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13 * Version 6.08 (in preparation)
18 ** Incompatible changes
20 *** The default structure of IDs has changed
22 IDs created by Org have changed a bit:
23 - By default, there is no prefix on the ID. There used to be
24 an "Org" prefix, but I now think this is not necessary.
25 - IDs use only lower-case letters, no upper-case letters
26 anymore. The reason for this is that IDs are now also used
27 as directory names for org-attach, and some systems do not
28 distinguish upper and lower case in the file system.
29 - The ID string derived from the current time is now /reversed/
30 to become an ID. This assures that the first two letters
31 of the ID change fast, so hat it makes sense to split them
32 off to create subdirectories to balance load.
33 - You can now set the `org-id-method' to `uuidgen' on systems
38 *** New attachment system
40 You can now attach files to each node in the outline tree.
41 This works by creating special directories based on the ID of
42 an entry, and storing files in these directories. Org can
43 keep track of changes to the attachments by automatically
44 committing changes to git. See the manual for more
47 Thanks to John Wiegley who contributed this fantastic new
48 concept and wrote org-attach.el to implement it.
50 *** New remember template escapes
52 : %^{prop}p to insert a property
53 : %k the heading of the item currently being clocked
54 : %K a link to the heading of the item currently being clocked
56 Also, when you exit remember with =C-2 C-c C-c=, the item
57 will be filed as a child of the item currently being
58 clocked. So the idea is, if you are working on something and
59 think of a new task related to this or a new note to be
60 added, you can use this to quickly add information to that
63 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
65 *** Clicking with mouse-2 on clock info in mode-line visits the clock.
67 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
69 *** New file in contrib: lisp/org-checklist.el
71 This module deals with repeated tasks that have checkbox
74 Thanks to James TD Smith for this contribution.
76 *** New in-buffer setting #+STYLE
78 It can be used to locally set the variable
79 `org-export-html-style-extra'. Several such lines are
80 allowed-, they will all be concatenated. For an example on
81 how to use it, see the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-publish-html-tutorial.php][publishing tutorial]].
90 - Filtering existing agenda views with respect to a tag
91 - Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
92 - /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org
93 - Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
94 - Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
95 - Yanking inserts folded subtrees
96 - Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
97 - In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
98 - The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
99 - Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
100 - Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
101 - New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
102 - Remember templates for gnus links can use the :to escape.
103 - The file specification in a remember template may be a function
104 - Categories in iCalendar export include local tags
105 - It is possible to define filters for column view
106 - Disabling integer increment during table Field copy
107 - Capturing column view is on `C-c C-x i'
108 - And tons of bugs fixed.
111 ** Incompatible changes
113 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes has changed
115 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
116 remember process is now interpreted differently:
118 : C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
119 : C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
120 : in its new location.
121 : C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
122 : C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
124 This was requested by John Wiegley.
126 *** Capturing column view is now on `C-c C-x i'
128 The reason for this change was that `C-c C-x r' is also used
129 as a tty key replacement.
131 *** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
133 The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
134 exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
135 category is now the last category in this list. Configure
136 the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
139 This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
143 *** Secondary filtering of agenda views.
145 You can now easily and interactively filter an existing
146 agenda view with respect to a tag. This command is executed
147 with the =/= key in the agenda. You will be prompted for a
148 tag selection key, and all entries that do not contain or
149 inherit the corresponding tag will be hidden. With a prefix
150 argument, the opposite filter is applied: entries that
151 do have the tag will be hidden.
153 This operation only /hides/ lines in the agenda buffer, it
154 does not remove them. Changing the secondary filtering does
155 not require a new search and is very fast.
157 If you press TAB at the tag selection prompt, you will be
158 switched to a completion interface to select a tag. This is
159 useful when you want to select a tag that does not have a
160 direct access character.
162 A double =/ /= will restore the original agenda view by
163 unhiding any hidden lines.
165 This functionality was John Wiegley's idea. It is a simpler
166 implementation of some of the query-editing features proposed
167 and implemented some time ago by Christopher League (see the
168 file contrib/lisp/org-interactive-query.el).
170 *** Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
172 The command @<code>C-c '@</code> (that is =C-c= followed by a
173 single quote) can now also be used to switch to a special
174 editing mode for fixed-width sections. The default mode is
175 =artist-mode= which allows you to create ASCII drawings.
177 It works like this: Enter the editing mode with
178 @<code>C-c '@</code>. An indirect buffer will be created and
179 narrowed to the fixed-width region. Edit the drawing, and
180 press @<code>C-c '@</code> again to exit.
182 Lines in a fixed-width region should be preceded by a colon
183 followed by at least one space. These will be removed during
184 editing, and then added back when you exit the editing mode.
186 Using the command in an empty line will create a new
189 This new feature arose from a discussion involving Scott
190 Otterson, Sebastian Rose and Will Henney.
192 *** /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org.
194 You can run it by simple calling org-plot/gnuplot.
195 Documentation is not yet included with Org, please refer to
196 http://github.com/eschulte/org-plot/tree/master until we have
197 moved the docs into Org or Worg.
199 Thanks to Eric Schulte for this great contribution.
201 *** Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
203 You may now use tags to select parts of a document for
204 inclusion into the export, and to exclude other parts. This
205 behavior is governed by two new variables:
206 =org-export-select-tags= and =org-export-exclude-tags=.
207 These default to =("export")= and =("noexport")=, but can be
208 changed, even to include a list of several tags.
210 Org first checks if any of the /select/ tags is present in
211 the buffer. If yes, all trees that do not carry one of these
212 tags will be excluded. If a selected tree is a subtree, the
213 heading hierarchy above it will also be selected for export,
214 but not the text below those headings. If none of the select
215 tags is found anywhere in the buffer, the whole buffer will
216 be selected for export. Finally, all subtrees that are
217 marked by any of the /exclude/ tags will be removed from the
220 You may set these tags with in-buffer options
221 =EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS= and =EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS=.
223 I love this feature. Thanks to Richard G Riley for coming
226 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
228 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
229 remember process is now interpreted differently:
231 : C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
232 : C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
233 : in its new location.
234 : C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
235 : C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
237 This was requested by John Wiegley.
239 *** Yanking inserts folded subtrees
241 If the kill is a subtree or a sequence of subtrees, yanking
242 them with =C-y= will leave all the subtrees in a folded
243 state. This basically means, that kill and yank are now
244 much more useful in moving stuff around in your outline. If
245 you do not like this, customize the variable
246 =org-yank-folded-subtrees=.
248 Right now, I am only binding =C-y= to this new function,
249 should I modify all bindings of yank? Do we need to amend
252 This feature was requested by John Wiegley.
254 *** Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
256 If you attach formulas and plotting instructions to a table
257 capturing column view, these extra lines will now survive an
258 update of the column view capture, and any formulas will be
259 re-applied to the captured table. This works by keeping any
260 continuous block of comments before and after the actual
263 *** In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
265 If a property value is a time stamp, S-left and S-right can
266 now be used to shift this date around while in column view.
268 This was a request by Chris Randle.
270 *** The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
272 This was a request by Peter Frings.
274 *** Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
276 Numerical and alphanumerical sorting now skips any TODO
277 keyword or priority cookie when constructing the comparison
278 string. This was a request by Wanrong Lin.
280 *** Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
282 You can now define a sorting strategy for agenda entries that
283 does look at the TODO state of the entries. Sorting by TODO
284 entry does first separate the non-done from the done states.
285 Within each class, the entries are sorted not alphabetically,
286 but in definition order. So if you have a sequence of TODO
287 entries defined, the entries will be sorted according to the
288 position of the keyword in this sequence.
290 This follows an idea and sample implementation by Christian
293 *** New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
295 This was a request by Richard G Riley.
297 *** Remember templates for gnus links can now use the :to escape.
299 Thanks to Tommy Lindgren for a patch to this effect.
300 *** The file specification in a remember template may now be a function
302 Thanks to Gregory Sullivan for a patch to this effect.
304 *** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
306 The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
307 exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
308 category is now the last category in this list. Configure
309 the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
312 This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
314 *** It is now possible to define filters for column view
316 The filter can modify the value that will be displayed in a
317 column, for example it can cut out a part of a time stamp.
318 For more information, look at the variable
319 =org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function=.
321 *** Disabling integer increment during table field copy
323 Prefix arg 0 to S-RET does the trick.
325 This was a request by Chris Randle.
332 - New, more CSS-like setup for HTML style information
333 - Attributes in hyperlinks, for example alt and title for images
334 - Simplified way to specify file links
335 - Modified behavior of time stamps in iCalendar export
336 - New way to compare times during a property search
337 - New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
338 - New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
339 - New option :index-style for org-publish
340 - New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
342 ** Incompatible changes
344 *** New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
346 The timestamp directory now uses SHA1 hashed versions of the
347 path to each publishing file. This should be a consistent
348 and system-independent way to handle things. The change
349 means that your next publishing command will publish each and
350 every file again, but just once, until new time stamps are in
355 *** New setup for HTML style information
357 In order to create a more CSS-like setup of the HTML style
358 information, the following changes have been made:
359 - The default style has moved to a constant,
360 =org-export-html-style-default= and should not be changed
362 - The default of the variable =org-export-html-style= is now
363 just the empty string. This variable should receive
364 settings that are Org-wide. When using org-publish, this
365 variable is associated with the =:style= property and can
366 be used to establish project-wide settings.
367 - There is a new variable =org-export-html-style-extra= that
368 should be used for file-local settings. Org-publish can, if
369 necessary, access this variable with the =:style-extra=
371 - When a file is published, the values of
372 - org-export-html-style-default
373 - org-export-html-style
374 - org-export-html-style-extra
375 are all inserted into the HTML header, in the given
378 This follows a proposal by Rustom Mody.
380 *** Attributes in hyperlinks
382 You can now set attributes in hyperlinks that will be used
383 when publishing to HTML. For example, if you want to use the
384 ALT and TITLE attributes of an inlined image, here is who to
387 : [[./img/a.jpg{{alt="This is image A" title="Image with no action"}}]]
389 Thanks to Charles Chen for this idea.
391 *** Simplified way to specify file links
393 In a link, you can now leave out the "file:" prefix if you
394 write an absolute file name like =/Users/dominik/.emacs= or
395 =~/.emacs=, or if you write a relative file name by using
396 =./= or =../= to start the file path. You cannot write a
397 plain file name, because plain text is interpreted as an
400 So for example, a link to an image /A.jpg/ with a thumbnail
401 /B.jpg/ can now be written like
404 [[./A.jpg][./B.jpg] ]
407 *** Changes in iCalendar export
409 Deadline and scheduling time stamps are now treated
410 differently in iCalendar export. The default behavior is now
413 - a DEADLINE that appears in an entry that is a TODO item is
414 used as the item's DUE date. Therefore, such a deadline
415 will no longer show up in the calendar.
417 - a DEADLINE that appears in an item that is *not* a TODO
418 item is exported as an EVENT and will show up in the
421 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in a TODO item will be used as the
422 items DTSTART. Therefore, such a timestamp will not show
425 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in an item that is not a TODO has no
426 effect on iCalendar export at all. It will be ignored.
428 Of course this would not be Emacs if you could not configure
429 exactly what you want. Take a look at the variables
430 =org-icalendar-use-deadlines= and
431 =org-icalendar-use-scheduled= if you want to go back to the
432 old behavior or even do something completely different.
434 Thanks to Karen Cooke for triggering this change.
436 *** New way to compare times during a property search
438 If the comparison value in a property search is a string that
439 is enclosed in angular brackets, a time comparison will be
442 : +DEADLINE>="<2008-12-24 15:20>"
444 looks for entries with a deadline on or after that time.
445 Special allowed values are "<now>" (with time) and "<today>"
448 This is based on a request by Manish.
450 *** New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
452 When set, a link pointing to a directory will actually open
453 the index.org file in that directory. This is a good setting
454 inside a publishing project. When not set, you get a
455 finder/explorer window for that directory, or dired,
456 depending on system and setup.
458 This follows a request by Richard Riley.
460 *** New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
462 These parameters specify prefixes for each line of included
463 text. :prefix1 is only for the first line, :prefix for all
466 This follows a proposal by Richard Riley.
468 *** New option :index-style for org-publish
470 This option can be used to switch the style of the index
471 produced by org-publish. Can be `list' (index is just an
472 itemized list of the titles of the files involved) or `tree'
473 (the directory structure of the source files is reflected in
474 the index). The default is `tree'.
476 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for the patch.
478 *** In the Agenda, inclusion of archives can now be toggled
479 - Pressing =v= will toggle inclusion of trees with the
480 ARCHIVE tag, this includes obviously the archive sibling.
481 - Pressing `C-u v' will include trees with ARCHIVE tag, and
482 will also include all archive files that are currently
483 associated with your agenda files.
485 This was triggered by a proposal by Manuel Hermenegildo.
489 If I were to name my releases, this one would be called "Adam".
490 Adam, you definitely owe me a beer :-). And I owe you one, too -
491 thanks for all the great ideas.
495 - Use cursor position in agenda for remember, scheduling and deadlines
496 - New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
497 - Remember templates can be filed to beginning/end of a file
498 - Visiting a filed remember buffer immediately
499 - BBDB anniversaries are now links
500 - Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
501 - The format of section numbers in exported files is configurable
502 - Direct, single key access to allowed values in column view
503 - New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
504 - Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK line
506 ** Incompatible changes
508 *** `C-c C-x C-k' now calls `org-mark-entry-for-agenda-action'
509 It used to call =org-cut-special=, but that is also at bound
510 to the key =C-c C-x C-w=.
513 *** Making use of the cursor position in the agenda
515 The date at the cursor in the agenda (and also in the
516 calendar) can now be used to schedule entries, or to set the
517 date in a remember template correctly. It is also designed
518 to make it easier to move an entry to a date picked in the
519 agenda. Thanks to Thomas Baumann for starting the thread
520 that led to this development.
522 **** Calling remember with the cursor date in the agenda
524 If you want to use the date at the agenda cursor in a
525 remember template, start remember from the agenda with the
526 keys =k r=. While the template is being filled in, the
527 default date for all time stamps, and also for all
528 interactive escapes like =%^t= is now the date at the cursor
529 in the agenda. The exact same command can also be used from
530 the calendar if you prefer that.
532 **** Picking a date for scheduling/deadline in the agenda
534 You may now pick the date for scheduling an item or for
535 setting a deadline in the agenda, where you have the best
536 overview over free time slots. This is a two step process.
538 1. First you pick the entry that should be acted upon. In
539 the agenda, you use the keys =k m=. In an org-mode file,
540 this is on =C-c C-x C-k=.
542 2. Then you find the agenda date you want to apply. When the
543 cursor is anywhere in the block belonging to that date,
544 press =k s= to schedule, or =k d= to put a deadline. The
545 agenda is not updated immediately, press =r= if you want
546 it to show the affected entry in the right place.
548 *** New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
550 Org has sophisticated mapping capabilities to find all
551 entries satisfying certain criteria. Internally, this
552 functionality is used to produce agenda views, but there is
553 also an API that can be used to execute arbitrary functions
554 for each or selected entries. The main entry point for this
558 -- Function: org-map-entries func &optional match scope &rest skip
559 Call FUNC at each headline selected by MATCH in SCOPE.
561 FUNC is a function or a lisp form. The function will be
562 called without arguments, with the cursor positioned at
563 the beginning of the headline. The return values of all
564 calls to the function will be collected and returned as
567 MATCH is a tags/property/todo match as it is used in the
568 agenda tags view. Only headlines that are matched by
569 this query will be considered during the iteration.
570 When MATCH is nil or t, all headlines will be visited by
573 SCOPE determines the scope of this command, it can
574 specify a file, all agenda files, the current tree and
577 The remaining args are treated as settings for the
578 skipping facilities of the scanner.
581 The function given to that mapping routine can really do anything
582 you like. Here is a simple example that will turn all entries in
583 the current file with a tag =TOMORROW= into TODO entries with the
584 keyword =UPCOMING=. Entries in comment trees and in archive
585 trees will be ignored.
587 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
589 '(org-todo "UPCOMING")
590 "+TOMORROW" 'file 'archive 'comment)
593 The following example counts the number of entries with TODO
594 keyword =WAITING=, in all agenda files.
596 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
597 (length (org-map-entries t "/+WAITING" nil 'agenda))
600 *** Changes in Remember templates
602 **** Remember templates can now use the cursor date in the agenda
603 Use =k r= to start remember from the agenda, with enforcing
604 the cursor date as default for any time stamps created by
607 **** Filing remember templates to the beginning or end of a file
608 You may now set the heading part of a remember template
609 definition to `top' or `bottom'. The template will then be
610 filed as a level 1 entry to the beginning or end of the
611 target file, respectively. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
614 **** You can jump to the location of a note immediately after filing it
615 Just include the =%&= escape anywhere in the template. An
616 interesting combination now is to use =%!%&=, which will
617 immediately file and visit the note, which is equivalent to
618 generating the note directly in the target location. Thanks
619 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
621 *** BBDB anniversaries are now links.
622 If you are using =%%(bbdb-anniversaries)= to list
623 anniversaries in the agenda, you can now directly access the
624 entry that triggered a listed anniversary from the agenda.
625 Just click the anniversary - it is a link now. Thanks to
626 Thomas Baumann for a patch to this effect.
628 *** Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
630 =org-agenda-columns-remove-prefix-from-item=. Thanks to Adam
631 Spiers for this proposal.
633 *** The format of section number in exported files is configurable
635 See the new variable `org-export-section-number-format'.
636 Thanks to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
638 *** Direct access to allowed values in column view
640 In column view, if you press a key 1-9 or 0, the
641 corresponding values from the list of allowed values for that
642 field at point will be directly selected. Thanks to Levin Du
643 for this proposal and a patch to this effect.
645 *** New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
646 The new hook `org-before-save-iCalendar-file-hook' runs just
647 before the buffer with a created iCalendar export is saved.
648 This is what I settled for after a long discussion with Adam
649 Spiers about doing some special filtering automatically.
651 *** Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK lines
652 When turning on log mode in the agenda with =l=, clock lines
653 will now also list the end time, not only the starting time.
654 Thanks to Tian Qiu for bringing this up again.
655 *** Fixes and additions for org-publish
656 - the :include and :index-title properties in org-publish
657 work now as advertized
658 - the #+TITLE of a page will be used in the index
659 - new :completion-function property can define a hook to be
660 run after publishing a file.
662 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for a patch to this effect.
668 - Statistics cookies [/] and [%] for TODO entries
669 - Editing source code example in the proper mode
670 - iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
671 - New properties for customizing subtree export
673 ** Incompatible changes
675 - The default of the variable `org-tags-match-list-sublevels' is
676 now `t'. The main reason for this is that it is easier to
677 explain in the manual and will lead to fewer surprises.
679 - The former CONTRIB directory is now called "contrib". This was
680 already the case in the git distribution, but the tar and zip
681 archives still did this wrong.
685 *** Statistics for TODO entries
687 The [/] and [%] cookies have already provided statistics for
688 checkboxes. Now they do the same also for TODO entries. If a
689 headline contains either cookie, changing the TODO state of any
690 direct child will trigger an update of this cookie. Children
691 that are neither TODO nor DONE are ignored.
693 There have already been requests to automatically switch the
694 parent headline to DONE when all children are done. I am not
695 making this a default feature, because one needs to make many
696 decisions about which keyword to use, etc. Instead of a complex
697 customization variable, I am providing a hook that can be used.
698 This hook will be called each time a TODO statistics cookie is
699 updated, with the cursor in the corresponding line. Each
700 function in the hook will receive two arguments, the number of
701 done entries, and the number of not-done entries, and you can use
702 the hook to change the state of the headline. Here is an example
705 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
706 (defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
707 "Switch entry to DONE when all sub-entries are done, to TODO otherwise."
708 (let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging
709 (org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
711 (add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
714 *** Editing source code example in the proper mode
716 If you are writing a document with source code examples, you can
717 include these examples into a =#+BEGIN_SRC lang ... #+END_SRC= or
718 (with the org-mtags module loaded) a =<src...= structure. =lang=
719 stands for the Emacs mode used for editing the language, this
720 could be =emacs-lisp= for Emacs Lisp mode examples, or =org= for
721 Org mode examples. You can now use the key "C-c '" (that is C-c
722 followed by the single quote) to edit the example in its native
723 mode. This works by creating an indirect buffer, narrowing it to
724 the example and setting the appropriate mode. You need to exit
725 editing by pressing "C-c '" again. This is important, because
726 lines that have syntactic meaning in Org will be quoted by
727 calling this command.
729 "C-c '" also edits include files, the setupfile in a =#+setufile=
730 line, and all those little foreign snippets like:
733 ,#+HTML: this code can be edited in html-mode
739 ,#+LaTeX: this code can be edited in latex-mode
746 ,Here we can edit in fortran-mode
750 *** iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
752 This is necessary for synchronization services. The UIDs are
753 created using the the org-id.el module which is now part of the
754 Org core. If you set the variable
756 : (setq org-icalendar-store-UID t)
758 then all created UIDs will be stored in the entry as an =:ID:=
759 property. This is off by default because it creates lots of
760 property drawers even if you only play with iCalendar export.
761 But if you plan to use synchronization, you really need to turn
764 Diary sexp entries do not yet receive proper persistent UIDs,
765 because they are transformed to iCalendar format by icalendar.el
766 which creates fresh UIDs each time, based on the current time.
768 An interesting aspect of Org is that a single outline node can
769 give rise to multiple iCalendar entries (as a timestamp, a
770 deadline, a scheduled item, and as a TODO item). Therefore, Org
771 adds prefixes "TS-", "DL-" "CS-", and "TD-" to the UID during
772 iCalendar export, depending on what triggered the inclusion of
773 the entry. In this way the UID remains unique, but a
774 synchronization program can still figure out from which entry all
775 the different instances originate.
777 *** New properties for customizing subtree export.
779 When exporting a subtree by selecting it before calling the
780 export command, you can now use the properties =EXPORT_TITLE=,
781 =EXPORT_TEXT=, and =EXPORT_OPTIONS= to overrule the global
782 =#+TITLE=, =#+TEXT=, and =#+OPTIONS= settings. You can also set
783 an export file name with =EXPORT_FILE_NAME= that will overrule
784 the file name derived from the buffer's file name. As far as the
785 options are concerned, the global =#+OPTIONS= will still be read,
786 and only the options you give in the property will be
787 overwritten. For example:
793 , :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ct.html
794 , :EXPORT_TITLE: Steve's collected computer tricks
795 , :EXPORT_OPTIONS: h:2 toc:nil
799 *** New way to define tags for an entire file.
801 Tags that are defined in a line like
802 : #+FILETAGS: work urgent
803 are inherited by all entries in the file.
805 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for this proposal.
811 - Description lists are now supported natively
812 - Block quotes for export
813 - Fontified code examples in HTML export
814 - Include files for export
815 - Text before the first headline is now exported by default
816 - In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
817 - The in-buffer settings keywords may now be lower case
818 - Completion of structure elements
819 - Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
820 - Clock task history, moving entries with the running clock
821 - BBDB anniversaries much faster
822 - New contrib files: org-eval.el and org-mtags.el
824 ** Incompatible changes
826 - The text before the first headline is now exported by default
828 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
829 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
830 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
831 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
832 value on a per-file basis with
840 *** Description lists are now supported natively
842 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
843 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
844 separated by " :: ". For example
846 : Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
847 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
848 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
849 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
850 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
851 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
852 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
853 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
854 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
858 Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
859 - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
860 - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
861 - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
862 - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
863 - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
864 natural constants and units into a buffer.
865 - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
866 running IDL and WAVE CL files.
868 This works now in the HTML exporter, we still need to supoort
869 it with the LaTeX and ASCII exporters.
871 *** Block quotes for export
873 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
877 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
878 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
885 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
886 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
889 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
891 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
892 fontified in an Emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
893 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
897 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
904 In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
905 looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
906 interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
907 http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
909 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
915 The string after the =BEGIN_SRC= is the name of the major emacs
916 mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
917 "-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
918 writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
919 "org" as the language identifier - in fact, I have used just
920 that in the example above.
922 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
923 /htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
924 backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
926 *** Include files for export
930 : #+INCLUDE "file" markup lang
932 will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
933 of publishing. FILE should be surrounded by double quotes, this
934 is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
935 MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
936 or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
937 mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
939 : Here is my /.emacs/ file:
940 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
942 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
944 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
945 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
946 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
947 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
948 value on a per-file basis with
953 *** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
955 If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
956 files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
957 point to that file from each file that should read it. If
958 you write in a buffer
960 : #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
962 then this file will be scanned for in-buffer options like
963 =#+STARTUP=, =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
965 *** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
967 From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
968 =#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
969 other in-buffer keywords.
971 *** Completion of structure elements
972 As a new experimental feature, Org now supports completion of
973 structural elements like =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= in a special way.
974 It work by typing, for example "<e" and then pressing TAB, on
975 an otherwise empty line. "<e" will expand into a complete
976 EXAMPLE template, with the cursor positioned in the middle.
977 Currently supported templates are:
990 This is an experimental feature, please comment! See also
991 below under /org-mtags.el/.
993 *** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
995 When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
996 is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
997 =org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
998 buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
999 scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
1000 such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
1001 its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
1004 - folded :: Fold the subtree
1005 - children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
1006 headlines of all direct children
1007 - content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
1009 - all :: Show the entire subtree
1011 For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
1012 is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
1013 right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
1014 changes in my current working version. The start of this section
1015 currently looks like this:
1020 , :VISIBILITY: content
1025 This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
1027 The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
1028 visibility of the buffer.
1030 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
1032 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
1033 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
1034 it for another task.
1035 - =C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u C-u I= from the agenda) will
1036 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
1037 - =C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u I= from the agenda) will offer a
1038 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
1039 for selection. =d= selects the default task, =i= selects
1040 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
1041 being clocked. =1=,... selects a recent task. When you
1042 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
1043 - You can use =C-u C-c C-x C-j= to jump to any of these
1046 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
1047 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
1048 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
1049 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
1050 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
1051 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
1052 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
1054 *** BBDB anniversaries much faster
1056 =bbdb-anniversaries= is now much faster, thanks to a new
1057 approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
1058 Baumann for a patch to this effect.
1060 *** New files in the contrib directory
1062 Do people think any of these should become core?
1064 - org-eval.el :: This new module allows to include the result
1065 of the evaluation of Lisp code (and other scripting
1066 languages) into the buffer, similar to the =<lisp>= tag
1067 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]].
1068 - org-mtags.el :: This new modules allows you to use
1069 Muse-like tags for some structure definitions in Org.
1070 For example, instead of
1078 In fact, I myself find these easier to type and to look
1079 at. Also, it will allow you to more easily move text
1080 and files back and forth between Org and Muse. For a
1081 list of supported structure elements, see the commentary
1082 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]].
1084 If you load this module and use the "<i" etc completion
1085 described above, the Muse form will automatically be
1089 Many bug fixes again. Will this ever stop?
1095 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
1096 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
1097 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
1098 - New operators for property searches
1099 - Search commands can now include archive files.
1100 - Clock tables can include the archive files
1101 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
1105 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
1107 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
1108 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
1109 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
1110 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
1111 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
1112 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
1114 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
1116 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
1117 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
1118 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
1119 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
1120 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
1121 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
1122 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
1123 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
1124 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
1125 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
1126 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
1127 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
1128 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
1131 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
1133 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
1134 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
1135 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
1136 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
1137 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
1138 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
1139 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
1140 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
1141 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
1143 *** New operators for property searches
1145 Property searches can now choose a number of different
1146 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
1147 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
1149 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
1150 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
1151 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
1153 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
1154 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
1156 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
1157 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
1158 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
1159 match" or "does not match", respectively.
1161 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
1163 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
1165 If the value of the customization variable
1166 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
1167 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
1168 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
1169 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
1170 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
1173 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
1175 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
1176 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
1177 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
1178 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
1179 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
1181 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
1183 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
1184 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
1185 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
1186 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
1187 be functions, so that more general transformations are
1188 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
1189 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
1193 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
1194 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
1195 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
1199 - The Org distribution has a new structure
1200 - New system for selecting modules to load
1201 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
1202 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
1203 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
1204 - Export commands can be done in the background
1205 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
1206 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
1207 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
1208 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
1209 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
1210 - And some more small fixes and improvements
1212 ** Incompatible changes
1214 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
1216 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
1217 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
1218 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
1219 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
1220 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
1221 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
1225 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
1227 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
1228 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
1229 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
1230 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
1231 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
1232 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
1236 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
1237 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
1238 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
1239 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
1240 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
1241 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
1242 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
1243 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
1246 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
1248 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
1249 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
1250 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
1251 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
1252 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
1253 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
1254 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
1255 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
1258 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
1259 buffer you can simply use "A".
1261 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
1263 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
1265 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
1266 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
1267 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
1268 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
1271 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
1272 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
1273 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
1274 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
1275 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
1276 visibility both locally and globally.
1278 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
1279 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
1280 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
1282 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
1284 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
1285 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
1286 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
1287 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
1288 JavaScript program is served from
1289 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
1290 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
1291 to be independent of the existence and stability of
1292 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
1293 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
1294 using something like
1296 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
1298 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
1300 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
1301 together with org-info.js.
1303 *** Export improvements
1305 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
1306 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
1307 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
1310 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
1311 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
1312 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
1313 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
1314 this less system dependent in the future.
1316 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
1318 *** Improvements to clocktable
1320 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
1321 when trying to specify the time block that should be
1322 considered when constructing the table.
1324 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
1327 | :block | meaning |
1328 |--------------+-----------------------|
1329 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
1330 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
1331 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
1332 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
1334 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
1335 | thisweek | The current week |
1336 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
1337 | thismonth | The current month |
1338 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
1339 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
1342 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
1343 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
1344 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
1345 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
1346 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
1347 will switch to the following week.
1349 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
1350 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
1351 a request from Bernt Hansen.
1353 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
1354 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
1355 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
1356 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
1357 configure the variable
1358 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
1359 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
1360 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
1362 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
1364 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
1365 the form =W08= for week 8.
1367 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
1368 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
1369 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
1370 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
1371 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
1372 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
1373 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
1374 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
1375 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
1376 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
1377 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
1379 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
1380 specify an ISO week. For example
1382 : w4 Monday of week 4
1383 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
1384 : w4-5 Same as above
1385 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
1386 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
1388 So far I have not implemented the effect of
1389 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
1390 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
1391 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
1392 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
1393 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
1394 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
1397 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
1398 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
1399 test extensively and report back.
1401 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
1403 *** Improvements in Search View
1405 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
1406 only in TODO entries.
1408 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
1409 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
1410 also match in "Nasim's".
1415 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
1416 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
1417 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
1418 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
1419 this excellent proposal.
1421 The regexp option is also implemented for
1422 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
1423 properties for inheritance my name.
1425 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
1426 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
1427 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
1428 if and only if the setting in
1429 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
1432 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
1433 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
1434 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
1435 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
1436 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
1437 customize them freely.
1439 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
1440 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
1441 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
1442 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
1443 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
1444 default date, not switch to today.
1446 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
1447 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
1449 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
1450 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
1452 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
1453 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
1454 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
1456 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
1459 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
1460 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
1461 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
1463 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
1464 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
1465 initial region if set.
1467 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
1470 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1472 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
1473 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
1474 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
1475 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
1476 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
1477 file name to which the export should go, and a local
1478 format. For example:
1481 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
1482 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
1485 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1487 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
1488 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
1489 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
1490 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
1492 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1499 - New keyword search agenda view
1501 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1503 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1505 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
1507 - Granularity while editing time stamps
1509 - New repeaters mechanisms
1511 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1513 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1515 - =M-RET= splits lines again
1519 ** Incompatible changes
1521 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
1522 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
1527 *** New keyword search agenda view
1529 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
1530 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
1531 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
1532 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
1533 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
1534 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
1535 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
1536 example, the search string
1538 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
1540 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
1541 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
1542 which are also not matched by the regular expression
1543 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
1544 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
1545 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
1546 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
1547 (possibly sub-) heading.
1549 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
1550 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
1552 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
1553 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
1556 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
1557 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
1558 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
1560 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1562 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
1563 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
1565 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
1566 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
1567 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
1569 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
1570 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
1571 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
1572 to cover contributed extensions as well.
1574 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1576 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
1577 last element defines the contexts in which the template
1578 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
1579 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
1580 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
1581 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
1582 function, the template will be offered only if the function
1583 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
1584 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
1587 One possible application for this would be to have several
1588 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
1589 the right one based on context. For example, think of
1590 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
1591 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
1592 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
1594 : (setq org-remember-templates
1595 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
1596 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
1598 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
1600 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
1602 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
1603 + In a table, add a hline as before
1604 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
1605 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
1606 + In a headline, turn it into an item
1607 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
1608 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
1609 item markers from all lines.
1611 Based on proposals by Bastien.
1613 - `C-c *' has now more functions
1614 + in a table, recompute, as before
1615 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
1616 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
1617 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
1618 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
1619 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
1621 Based on proposals by Bastien.
1623 *** Changes related to time stamps
1625 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
1626 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
1627 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
1628 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
1629 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
1630 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
1631 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
1632 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
1633 specify the number of minutes to shift.
1635 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1637 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
1638 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
1640 :** TODO Call Father
1641 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
1642 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
1643 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
1644 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
1645 : and marked it done on Saturday.
1646 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
1647 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
1648 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
1651 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
1653 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1655 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
1656 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
1659 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
1660 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
1661 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
1662 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
1663 the previous content.
1665 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1667 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
1668 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
1669 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
1671 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
1675 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
1676 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
1677 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
1678 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
1681 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
1682 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
1683 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
1686 - There are three new hooks:
1688 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
1689 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
1690 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
1694 ** Incompatible changes
1696 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
1697 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
1698 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
1702 *** Changes to logging progress
1704 There is now more control over which state changes are being
1705 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
1706 sections in the manual. Basically:
1708 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
1709 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
1710 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
1711 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
1712 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
1713 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
1714 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
1715 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
1717 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
1718 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
1719 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
1720 : when leaving this state. This is great for
1721 : getting a record when switching *back* from
1723 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
1724 : Here we not even define a fast access
1725 : character, but just the logging stuff.
1727 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
1731 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
1732 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
1733 of the line) before the current line.
1735 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
1736 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
1737 create a new line below the current one.
1741 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
1742 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
1749 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1751 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1752 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
1754 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
1756 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1757 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1758 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1760 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
1762 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
1764 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
1768 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
1770 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
1772 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
1774 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
1776 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
1778 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
1780 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
1782 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
1786 ** Incompatible Changes
1788 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1789 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1790 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1794 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1796 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1797 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
1799 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
1800 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
1802 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
1803 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
1804 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
1805 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
1806 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
1807 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
1810 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
1811 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
1814 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
1815 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
1816 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
1818 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1819 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1820 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
1821 variable does select the interface that is used to select
1822 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
1823 Possible values are:
1825 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
1827 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
1828 path to select a location.
1829 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
1832 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
1833 they are always current.
1835 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
1836 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
1837 special also because it only matches in headline. This
1838 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
1839 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
1840 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
1841 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
1842 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
1844 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
1845 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
1846 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
1847 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
1848 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
1849 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
1850 interface. Comments?
1855 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
1856 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
1857 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
1858 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
1859 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
1861 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
1862 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
1864 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
1865 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
1867 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
1868 headline up to the tags.
1869 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
1871 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
1873 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
1874 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
1875 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
1876 request by Austin Frank.
1878 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
1879 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
1880 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
1882 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
1883 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
1884 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
1885 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
1887 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
1888 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
1889 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
1890 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
1891 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
1892 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
1893 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
1894 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
1895 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
1896 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
1897 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
1900 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
1901 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
1902 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
1903 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
1911 will file is with the following property
1913 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
1915 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
1916 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
1917 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
1919 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
1920 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
1929 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
1931 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
1933 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
1935 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
1937 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
1939 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
1941 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
1943 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
1945 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1949 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
1950 entries in a subtree. For example
1952 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
1954 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
1955 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
1956 request by Bernt Hansen.
1958 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
1959 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
1960 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
1961 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
1962 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
1963 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
1964 interactively select the filing location (file and
1965 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
1966 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
1967 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
1968 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
1969 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
1971 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
1972 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
1973 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
1974 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
1975 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
1978 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
1979 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
1980 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
1981 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
1982 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
1983 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
1984 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
1987 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
1988 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
1989 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
1992 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
1993 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
1994 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
1995 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
1996 explain here, complex.
1998 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
1999 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
2000 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
2002 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
2003 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
2004 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
2006 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
2018 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
2019 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
2020 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
2021 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
2022 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
2023 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
2024 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
2025 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
2026 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
2027 subtree motion commands.
2029 - Plain lists items work the same.
2031 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
2032 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
2033 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
2036 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
2037 let me know about any problems.
2041 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
2042 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
2043 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
2044 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
2045 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
2047 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
2048 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
2049 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
2050 history variable. For example:
2052 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
2054 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
2055 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
2056 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
2057 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
2058 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
2059 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
2060 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
2061 by Bastien and Adam.
2063 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
2064 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
2065 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
2066 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
2070 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
2071 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
2074 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
2075 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
2076 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
2077 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
2078 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
2079 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
2085 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
2087 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
2088 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
2089 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
2090 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
2091 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
2092 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
2093 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
2094 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
2097 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
2098 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
2099 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
2100 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
2102 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
2103 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
2104 the new scope. If you like you can display an agenda view
2105 and then watch it change in various scopes.
2107 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
2108 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
2109 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
2110 select a new restriction.
2112 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
2114 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
2116 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
2118 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
2119 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
2121 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
2122 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
2123 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
2126 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
2127 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
2128 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
2130 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
2131 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
2132 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
2133 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
2134 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
2140 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
2141 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
2142 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
2144 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
2145 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
2146 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
2155 + Remember and related stuff
2156 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
2157 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
2158 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
2159 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
2161 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
2162 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
2163 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
2164 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
2165 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
2166 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
2167 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
2169 + Properties and Column view
2170 - More control over which properties use inheritance
2171 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
2172 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
2173 - New currency summary type {$}
2175 + The date/time prompt
2176 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
2177 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
2178 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
2181 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
2182 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
2185 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
2188 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
2189 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
2190 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
2191 - Support for pabbrev-mode
2192 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
2194 ** Incompatible changes
2196 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
2197 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
2198 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
2200 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
2201 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
2202 prompted, like this:
2204 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
2206 : (org-remember ?n))
2208 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
2209 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
2211 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
2213 : (org-remember nil ?n))
2215 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
2216 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
2220 *** Remember and related stuff
2222 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
2223 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
2224 application might be to put a note or task captured with
2225 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
2226 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
2227 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
2228 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
2229 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
2230 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
2231 definitions. For example:
2233 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
2235 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
2238 : (setq org-refile-targets
2239 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
2241 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
2242 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
2243 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
2244 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
2247 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
2248 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
2250 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
2251 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
2252 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
2253 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
2254 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
2256 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
2257 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
2259 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
2261 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
2262 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
2263 : %[..] include file
2265 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
2267 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
2268 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
2269 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
2272 : (require 'remember)
2273 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
2274 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
2275 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
2277 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
2278 provide a default for templates without a file, and
2279 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
2281 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
2283 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
2285 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
2287 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
2288 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
2289 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
2290 the default in Org-mode.
2292 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
2293 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
2294 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
2295 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
2297 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
2298 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
2299 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
2300 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
2301 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
2303 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
2304 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
2305 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
2306 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
2309 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
2310 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
2311 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
2312 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
2313 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
2315 *** Properties and Column view
2317 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
2318 property names that should be treated with inheritance
2321 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
2322 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
2323 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
2324 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
2325 discussion around this issue.
2327 - Summary type improvements in column view.
2328 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
2329 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
2330 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
2331 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
2332 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
2333 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
2334 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
2336 *** The date/time prompt
2338 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
2341 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
2342 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
2343 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
2344 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
2345 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
2347 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
2348 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
2349 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
2350 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
2351 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
2352 entered month is before the current, for example if you
2353 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
2354 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
2355 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
2357 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
2358 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
2359 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
2360 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
2361 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
2363 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
2365 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
2366 list of newly performed conversions:
2368 | Org | Description | HTML |
2369 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
2370 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
2371 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
2372 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
2373 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
2375 You can turn this globally on or off with
2376 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
2377 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
2378 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
2379 William Henney for relevant inputs.
2381 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
2382 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
2386 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
2387 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
2388 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
2389 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
2390 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
2391 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
2393 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
2395 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
2396 export by setting it either globally
2397 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
2398 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
2399 the list of available classes and their sectioning
2400 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
2401 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
2404 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
2405 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
2406 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
2408 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
2409 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
2411 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
2412 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
2415 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
2416 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
2417 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
2424 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
2425 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
2426 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
2428 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
2429 the values of constants and properties are no longer
2430 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
2431 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
2432 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
2434 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
2435 with extension matched by the new variable
2436 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
2445 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2446 + All known bugs fixed.
2447 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
2448 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
2449 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
2451 - The agenda dispatcher
2452 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
2453 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
2455 - Sorting improvements
2456 + User-defined sorting keys.
2457 + Sorting by properties.
2458 + Sorting of plain lists.
2460 - HTML <div> structure
2463 + New variables, several of them.
2464 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
2465 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
2466 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
2467 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
2471 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2473 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
2474 (at least I hope so...).
2476 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
2477 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
2479 + global, i.e. for the entire file
2480 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
2481 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
2483 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
2484 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
2485 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
2489 : :ID: planning-overview
2495 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
2499 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
2500 be prompted for the ID.
2502 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
2503 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
2504 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
2505 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
2506 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
2509 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
2511 *** The agenda dispatcher
2513 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
2514 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
2515 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
2516 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
2517 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
2518 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
2519 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
2520 them to custom commands.
2522 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
2523 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
2524 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
2525 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
2527 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
2528 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
2529 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
2530 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
2531 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
2533 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
2534 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
2537 *** Sorting improvements
2539 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
2540 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
2542 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
2543 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
2545 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
2548 - Plain lists can be sorted.
2550 *** HTML <div> structure
2552 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
2554 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
2555 "table-of-contents".
2557 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
2558 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
2560 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
2561 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
2563 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
2564 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
2566 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
2567 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
2571 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
2572 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
2573 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
2576 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
2578 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
2580 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
2581 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
2582 your properties will not be folded away.
2583 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
2585 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
2586 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
2587 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
2589 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
2590 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
2591 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
2592 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
2593 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
2595 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
2596 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
2597 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
2598 a proposal by Bastien.
2600 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
2601 request by Wanrong Lin.
2603 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
2604 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
2605 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
2611 - Remember templates can now have name.
2612 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
2613 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
2614 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
2615 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
2616 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
2617 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
2618 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
2619 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
2620 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
2621 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
2623 ** Incompatible Changes
2625 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
2629 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
2630 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
2631 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
2632 the name start with the selection character, for example if
2633 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
2634 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
2636 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
2637 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
2638 change). Thanks to Bastien.
2640 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
2641 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
2643 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
2644 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
2645 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
2646 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
2648 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
2649 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
2650 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
2652 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
2653 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
2654 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
2655 Wiegley for a patch.
2657 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
2658 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
2659 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
2660 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
2661 with full completion support.
2663 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
2664 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
2665 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
2667 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
2668 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
2671 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
2672 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
2673 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
2674 well tested yet, please check it out.
2682 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
2683 - Command to jump to the running clock
2684 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
2685 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
2686 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
2687 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2688 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
2689 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
2690 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
2691 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
2692 - Better tag alignment in agenda
2694 ** Incompatible changes
2696 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
2697 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
2699 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
2700 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
2701 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
2703 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
2704 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
2707 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2712 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
2713 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
2716 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
2719 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
2722 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
2723 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
2724 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
2725 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
2726 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
2728 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
2729 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
2730 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
2731 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
2733 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
2734 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
2735 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
2736 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
2737 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
2738 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
2739 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
2740 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
2741 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
2743 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
2744 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
2745 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
2746 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
2747 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
2748 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
2749 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
2750 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
2751 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
2753 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
2754 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
2755 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
2756 being prompted for a template, like this:
2758 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
2760 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
2762 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2763 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
2764 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
2765 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
2767 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
2768 (also `s' does this).
2770 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
2771 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
2774 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
2775 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
2776 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
2778 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
2779 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
2780 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
2782 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
2783 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
2784 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
2785 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
2793 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
2794 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
2795 - CSV support when importing a table.
2796 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
2797 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
2798 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
2799 - Modifications to priority cycling.
2800 - Modifications to computations in column view.
2801 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
2806 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
2807 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
2810 : * Tree with special properties
2812 : :CATEGORY: Examples
2813 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
2816 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
2817 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
2818 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
2819 *single* default for the file which is then locally
2820 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
2821 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
2822 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
2823 encourage you to stop using them.
2825 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
2826 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
2827 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
2828 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
2832 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
2833 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
2834 | file | the full current buffer |
2835 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
2836 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
2837 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
2838 | agenda | all agenda files |
2840 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
2841 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
2842 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
2843 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
2846 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
2847 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
2848 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
2849 basic input it works.
2851 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
2852 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
2853 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
2854 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2856 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
2857 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
2860 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
2861 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
2863 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2865 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
2866 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
2867 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
2868 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
2869 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
2871 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
2872 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
2873 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
2874 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
2875 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
2878 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
2879 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
2880 of all the children's values each time you enter column
2881 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
2882 the children has that particular property defined, the
2883 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
2884 items under such an entry without getting the property value
2885 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
2886 is a better way of doing things.
2888 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
2889 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
2890 testing is appreciated.
2892 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
2893 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
2894 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
2895 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
2897 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
2898 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
2899 links in square or angular brackets.
2907 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
2910 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
2911 agenda can be configured.
2913 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
2915 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
2917 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
2919 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2921 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2922 inherited from the outline faces.
2924 ** Incompatible Changes
2926 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2927 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2928 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2929 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
2930 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
2935 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
2936 switching to that state. With the setting
2938 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
2939 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
2941 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
2944 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
2945 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
2946 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
2947 own function. Configure the new variable
2948 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
2949 this development with a patch.
2951 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2952 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2953 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2954 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
2955 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
2956 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
2957 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
2959 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
2960 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
2961 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
2962 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
2963 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
2964 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
2965 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
2967 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
2968 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
2971 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2972 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
2973 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
2974 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
2975 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
2976 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
2977 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
2979 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2980 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
2981 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
2982 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
2983 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
2984 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
2985 match the current org-mode faces.
2987 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
2991 ** Incompatible changes
2993 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
2997 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
2998 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
2999 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
3001 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
3003 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
3004 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
3005 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
3006 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
3007 command fall back to cycling.
3009 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
3010 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
3011 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
3012 interface anyway, set the variable
3013 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
3014 others for input on this issue.
3016 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
3017 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
3018 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
3020 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
3021 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
3023 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
3024 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
3026 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
3028 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
3029 use a format string that will be interpreted by
3030 `format-time-string', for example:
3032 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
3034 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
3035 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
3036 included) have changed this.
3038 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
3039 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
3040 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
3041 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
3042 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
3043 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
3044 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
3050 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
3052 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
3054 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
3056 - Sorting can be done by priority.
3058 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
3060 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
3062 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
3064 ** Incompatible changes
3066 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
3067 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
3069 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
3073 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
3074 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
3075 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
3077 A Here is a configuration example:
3079 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
3080 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
3081 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
3082 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
3085 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
3086 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
3088 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
3089 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
3090 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
3091 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
3092 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
3093 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
3094 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
3095 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
3096 states, just like you also do for tags.
3098 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
3099 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
3101 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
3102 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
3103 switch the entry to that state.
3105 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
3106 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
3107 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
3110 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
3112 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
3113 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
3114 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
3115 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
3117 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
3118 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
3120 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
3121 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
3122 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
3123 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
3124 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
3126 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
3127 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
3128 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
3131 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
3132 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
3133 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
3134 the file will simply be skipped.
3144 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
3145 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
3146 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
3147 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
3148 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
3149 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
3150 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
3151 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
3154 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
3155 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
3156 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
3157 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
3158 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
3159 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
3160 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
3161 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
3162 the special locations.
3164 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
3167 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
3170 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
3171 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
3172 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
3174 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
3175 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
3176 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
3182 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
3184 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
3186 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
3188 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
3190 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
3192 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
3194 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
3196 - Global values for selected properties.
3203 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
3204 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
3205 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
3206 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
3207 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
3208 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
3209 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
3210 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
3212 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
3213 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
3214 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
3215 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
3216 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
3217 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
3218 currently how to handle the new link types for
3221 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
3222 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
3223 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
3224 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
3227 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
3228 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
3229 The syntax is like this
3231 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
3233 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
3236 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
3238 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
3239 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
3240 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
3242 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
3245 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
3246 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
3247 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
3248 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
3251 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
3252 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
3253 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
3254 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
3255 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
3256 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
3259 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
3260 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
3261 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
3264 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
3265 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
3266 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
3267 `org-global-properties', like this:
3269 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
3271 Buffer-local values are set like this:
3273 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
3275 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
3276 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
3277 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
3278 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
3279 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
3280 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
3288 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
3289 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
3290 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
3291 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
3293 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
3294 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
3295 this stuff into the drawer.
3296 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
3298 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
3299 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
3301 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
3302 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
3304 - Lots of minor fixes.
3308 ** Incompatible Changes
3310 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
3311 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
3312 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
3316 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
3317 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
3318 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
3320 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
3321 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
3322 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
3323 know if we need to make this customizable.
3325 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
3326 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
3327 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
3328 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
3329 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
3331 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
3340 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
3343 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
3344 compute their value from the children's values.
3346 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
3347 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
3350 ** Incompatible Changes
3352 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
3353 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
3354 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
3355 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
3360 - Improvements for properties:
3362 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
3363 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
3365 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
3366 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
3367 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
3368 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
3369 typos when entering properties.
3371 - Improvements for column view.
3373 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
3374 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
3377 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
3378 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
3379 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
3380 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
3383 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
3384 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
3387 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
3388 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
3389 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
3391 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
3392 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
3393 beginning of a line. So
3395 : * This is a level 1 headline
3396 : *this is bold text*
3398 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
3399 available in orgstruct-mode.
3405 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
3406 structure editing commands into any other mode.
3408 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
3409 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
3410 open if explicitly asked.
3412 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
3414 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
3415 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
3418 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
3419 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
3422 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
3424 ** Incompatible changes
3426 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
3427 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
3428 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
3429 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
3430 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
3431 that this is the better convention.
3435 *** Orgstruct minor mode
3437 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
3438 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
3439 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
3440 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
3441 easily create lists.
3443 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
3444 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
3445 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
3446 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
3447 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
3448 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
3449 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
3450 minor modes have assigned to them.
3452 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
3453 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
3454 the promised implementation.
3458 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
3459 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
3460 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
3461 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
3462 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
3465 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
3467 you can then create drawers like this:
3470 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
3471 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
3474 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
3475 contains properties of an entry (see below).
3477 *** Properties and Column View
3479 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
3480 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
3481 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
3482 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
3483 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
3484 a property drawer and inserting a line like
3486 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
3488 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
3489 program using properties, use the functions
3490 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
3491 and `org-entry-delete'.
3493 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
3496 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
3497 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
3498 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
3499 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
3500 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
3501 after the headline, outside the drawer.
3503 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
3506 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
3508 will find entries that
3511 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
3512 - are TODO status WAITING.
3514 So here is an entry that will match:
3516 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
3521 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
3522 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
3525 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
3527 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
3528 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
3529 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
3530 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
3531 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
3532 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
3533 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
3534 can set up different property columns on different levels
3535 of an outline tree. For example:
3539 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
3543 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
3546 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
3548 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
3551 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
3554 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
3555 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
3557 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
3558 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
3559 will get a different table than if you do it in the
3560 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
3561 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
3562 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
3565 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
3566 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
3568 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
3569 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
3570 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
3571 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
3572 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
3573 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
3575 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
3576 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
3579 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
3581 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
3583 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
3584 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
3585 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
3587 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
3588 Any suggestions for better defaults?
3589 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
3590 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
3595 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
3596 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
3597 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
3598 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
3599 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
3600 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
3601 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
3604 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
3605 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
3606 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
3607 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
3608 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
3615 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
3617 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
3618 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
3619 constants can now be set with a line like:
3621 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
3625 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
3626 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
3629 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
3631 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
3635 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
3636 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
3637 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
3638 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
3645 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
3646 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
3647 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
3648 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
3650 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
3651 See manual section 3.5.3.
3653 - New options for turning off footnotes.
3654 This was a request from Ignotus.
3655 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
3657 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
3658 default. This was a request from Micheal.
3659 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
3663 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
3664 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
3665 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
3666 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
3667 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
3673 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
3674 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
3676 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
3678 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
3680 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
3682 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
3684 ** Incompatible changes
3686 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
3687 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
3688 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
3689 with the xemacs version. For example:
3691 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
3693 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
3694 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
3695 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
3696 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
3697 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
3701 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
3702 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
3703 interval on a single day. For example
3705 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
3707 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
3708 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
3709 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
3710 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
3712 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
3715 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
3716 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
3720 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
3722 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
3723 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
3724 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
3725 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
3726 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
3727 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
3728 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
3729 using localization features may not work correctly in the
3730 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
3731 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
3732 stick to the ASCII characters.
3734 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
3735 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
3736 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
3737 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
3738 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
3740 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
3742 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
3743 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
3744 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
3746 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
3747 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
3748 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
3749 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
3750 if we can agree on this:
3752 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
3753 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
3754 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
3755 out to a previous level. For example
3763 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
3772 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
3773 using promotion and demotion functions.
3779 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
3780 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
3782 ** Incompatible changes
3784 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
3788 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
3789 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
3790 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
3791 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
3792 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
3793 column where the character is specified). You may also use
3794 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
3796 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
3797 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3798 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
3799 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3800 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
3801 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
3802 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
3804 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
3805 never exported, but can be used to place column group
3806 information into the table. In this table, we create a
3807 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
3808 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
3811 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
3812 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
3813 wherever you want a vertical line:
3815 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
3816 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3817 : | / | < | < | | < | |
3819 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
3820 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
3822 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
3823 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
3824 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
3825 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
3826 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
3827 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
3828 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
3829 behavior we had before.
3831 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
3833 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
3834 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
3835 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
3836 special characters in other languages as along as your
3837 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
3838 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
3839 out how to do this in XEmacs.
3845 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
3849 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
3851 [1]This is a footnote
3853 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
3854 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
3856 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
3858 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
3859 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
3862 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
3868 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
3869 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
3871 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
3872 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
3873 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
3874 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
3876 ** Incompatible Changes
3878 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
3879 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
3883 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
3884 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
3886 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
3888 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
3889 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
3890 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
3891 collect your credit, let me know!
3893 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
3894 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
3896 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
3897 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
3899 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
3900 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
3901 would in the diary. For example
3903 * Birthdays and similar stuff
3905 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
3907 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
3908 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
3910 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
3912 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
3913 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
3914 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
3915 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
3916 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
3917 put in a few categories, and then turned off
3918 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
3919 faster agenda display.
3921 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
3922 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
3923 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
3924 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
3925 to Raman for this idea.
3927 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
3928 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
3929 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
3932 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
3933 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
3934 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
3938 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
3940 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
3941 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
3943 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
3944 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
3945 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
3946 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
3949 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
3950 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
3952 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
3953 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
3954 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
3955 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
3957 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
3958 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
3959 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
3960 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
3962 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
3963 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
3970 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
3971 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
3972 further processing in scripts.
3974 ** Incompatible Changes
3976 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
3977 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
3981 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
3982 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
3983 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
3984 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
3987 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
3988 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
3989 that have associated file names and exports the views to
3990 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
3991 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
3992 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
3993 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
3994 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
3996 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
3997 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
3998 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
3999 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
4001 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
4002 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
4003 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
4005 - Quite a few bug fixes.
4015 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
4017 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
4019 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
4021 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
4023 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
4025 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
4027 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
4031 ** Incompatible changes
4033 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
4034 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
4037 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
4038 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
4039 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
4040 `org-disputed-keys'.
4042 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
4043 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
4044 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
4048 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
4049 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
4050 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
4051 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
4052 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
4053 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
4054 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
4055 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
4056 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
4057 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
4058 Scott fro bringing this up again.
4060 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
4061 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
4062 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
4063 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
4065 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
4066 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
4068 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
4069 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
4070 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
4071 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
4073 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
4074 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
4075 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
4076 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
4077 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
4078 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
4079 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
4080 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
4082 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
4084 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
4085 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
4086 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
4087 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
4088 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
4089 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
4090 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
4093 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
4094 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
4095 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
4096 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
4097 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
4098 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
4101 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
4102 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
4103 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
4104 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
4105 indicates a non-stuck project.
4107 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
4108 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
4109 please let me know if you find problems.
4111 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
4112 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
4118 ** Incompatible changes
4122 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
4123 exported HTML. These are the variables
4124 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
4125 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
4128 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
4129 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
4130 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
4132 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
4133 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
4134 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
4135 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
4136 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
4137 that are scanned for the agenda.
4145 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
4146 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
4147 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
4149 ** Incompatible changes
4151 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
4155 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
4157 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
4159 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
4161 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
4162 list (and which is also works!)
4164 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
4165 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
4167 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
4168 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
4169 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
4170 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
4171 toward using the latter.
4173 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
4174 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
4175 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
4176 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
4178 (setq org-todo-keywords
4179 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
4180 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
4181 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
4182 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
4185 If your setting has this new structure,
4186 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
4187 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
4188 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
4189 interpretation from the other variable still works.
4191 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
4192 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
4193 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
4194 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
4195 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
4198 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
4199 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
4200 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
4201 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
4202 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
4203 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
4204 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
4206 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
4207 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
4208 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
4209 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
4210 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
4212 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
4213 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
4214 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
4215 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
4216 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
4217 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
4218 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
4219 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
4220 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
4227 This time the changes affect the following areas:
4229 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
4230 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
4231 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
4232 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
4233 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
4234 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
4237 ** Incompatible changes
4239 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
4240 over several lines, like
4243 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
4246 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
4247 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
4248 See below for details.
4250 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
4251 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
4252 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
4253 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
4258 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
4259 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
4262 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
4263 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
4264 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
4266 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
4267 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
4268 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
4269 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
4270 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
4271 where you want to be.
4273 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
4274 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
4275 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
4278 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
4279 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
4281 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
4282 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
4284 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
4286 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
4287 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
4288 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
4289 new in-buffer option
4293 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
4294 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
4295 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
4296 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
4298 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
4299 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
4300 can be done by setting the variable
4301 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
4303 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
4309 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
4311 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
4312 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
4313 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
4314 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
4315 terminate all levels of plain list items.
4317 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
4319 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
4320 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
4323 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
4324 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
4325 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
4326 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
4327 are logging all state changes.
4329 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
4334 - Priority handling in the tags view
4335 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
4336 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
4337 - Improvements to the formula editor.
4338 - C-j does better indentation.
4342 - Priority handling in the tags view
4344 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
4345 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
4347 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
4349 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
4350 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
4351 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
4353 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
4355 - Changes in the spreadsheet
4357 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
4358 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
4359 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
4360 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
4361 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
4362 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
4363 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
4365 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
4368 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
4370 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
4372 + There is now a menu with commands.
4374 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
4375 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
4377 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
4378 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
4380 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
4381 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
4385 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
4386 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
4387 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
4389 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
4390 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
4395 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
4396 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
4397 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
4398 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
4400 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
4401 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
4402 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
4412 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
4413 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
4414 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
4416 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
4417 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
4418 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
4419 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
4420 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
4421 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
4422 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
4424 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
4425 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
4426 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
4428 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
4430 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
4431 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
4433 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
4434 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
4436 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
4437 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
4438 levels. For example:
4440 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
4442 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
4443 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
4444 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
4447 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
4448 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
4449 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
4450 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
4452 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
4453 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
4462 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
4463 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
4464 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
4465 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
4467 ** Detailed description of changes
4469 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
4470 any table in any mode.
4472 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
4473 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
4474 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
4475 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
4476 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
4477 inside the same file, in a block comment.
4479 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
4480 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
4481 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
4482 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
4483 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
4485 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
4486 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
4487 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
4488 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
4489 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
4490 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
4491 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
4494 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
4495 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
4496 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
4497 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
4498 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
4499 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
4500 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
4501 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
4502 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
4503 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
4504 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
4505 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
4507 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
4508 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
4509 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
4510 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
4516 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
4517 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
4518 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
4519 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
4520 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
4522 ** Detailed description of changes
4524 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
4525 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
4526 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
4528 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
4530 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
4531 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
4533 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
4535 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
4536 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
4537 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
4539 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
4540 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
4541 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
4543 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
4544 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
4545 to Raman for this excellent idea.
4547 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
4548 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
4550 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
4552 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
4553 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
4554 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
4555 remember.el work like this as well).
4556 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
4557 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
4558 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
4559 new template, but the old context information. This is
4560 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
4563 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
4564 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
4565 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
4566 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
4567 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
4568 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
4569 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
4570 without interaction.
4572 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
4573 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
4574 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
4575 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
4576 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
4577 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
4579 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
4580 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
4581 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
4582 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
4584 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
4585 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
4586 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
4587 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
4588 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
4589 them would require special hooks. Comments?
4595 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
4596 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
4598 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
4599 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
4600 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
4601 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
4602 + Incompatible changes
4603 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
4604 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
4605 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
4606 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
4607 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
4608 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
4609 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
4613 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
4614 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
4615 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
4616 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
4617 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
4618 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
4619 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
4620 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
4624 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
4625 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
4626 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
4627 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
4628 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
4629 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
4630 - Empty entries go full circle.
4631 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
4636 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
4639 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
4640 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
4641 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
4642 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
4643 another, dedicated frame.
4644 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
4645 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
4648 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
4649 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
4650 - Changes in Agenda buffer
4651 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
4652 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
4653 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
4654 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
4655 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
4656 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
4657 use regular expressions.
4658 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
4659 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
4660 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
4664 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
4665 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
4666 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
4673 - Improvements to fast tag selection
4674 + show status also in target line.
4675 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
4676 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
4677 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
4681 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
4682 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
4683 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
4684 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
4688 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
4689 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
4694 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
4695 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
4696 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
4700 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
4701 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
4702 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
4703 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
4704 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
4705 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
4706 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
4707 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
4708 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
4709 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
4710 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
4715 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
4716 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
4717 - File links can contain environment variables.
4718 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
4722 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
4723 each block created by a different agenda command.
4724 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
4725 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
4726 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
4727 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
4728 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
4729 upon the agenda type.
4730 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
4731 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
4732 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
4733 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
4734 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
4735 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
4736 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
4737 - More minor bug fixes.
4740 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
4741 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
4742 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
4746 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
4747 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
4748 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
4752 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
4755 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
4756 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
4757 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
4765 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
4766 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
4768 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
4769 LaTeX environment and math.
4772 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
4774 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
4775 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
4776 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
4780 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
4781 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
4784 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
4785 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
4786 and will not lead to conflicts.
4787 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
4791 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
4792 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
4793 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
4794 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
4795 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
4796 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
4797 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
4803 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
4804 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
4807 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
4808 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
4809 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
4810 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
4811 directories for different export types.
4812 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
4813 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
4820 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
4821 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
4822 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
4823 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
4824 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
4825 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
4826 relative and absolute paths.
4827 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
4828 - Bug and typo fixes.
4832 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
4833 contains a description or not.
4834 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
4835 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
4836 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
4837 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
4838 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
4839 for all available exporters.
4840 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
4846 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
4847 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
4848 end of the HTML file.
4849 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
4850 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
4851 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
4852 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
4858 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
4859 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
4860 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
4861 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
4871 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
4872 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
4875 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
4876 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
4877 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
4878 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
4879 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
4880 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
4881 - New structure for the customization tree.
4886 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
4890 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
4891 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
4892 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
4893 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
4894 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
4899 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
4900 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
4901 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
4902 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
4906 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
4907 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
4910 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
4911 - Various small bug fixes
4914 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
4915 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
4916 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
4917 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
4918 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
4919 argument to `C-c C-v'.
4920 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
4921 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
4922 next buffer change due to editing).
4925 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
4926 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
4927 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
4928 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
4931 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
4932 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
4933 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
4934 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
4935 - Changes to the HTML exporter
4936 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
4937 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
4938 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
4939 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
4940 - support for cascading style sheets.
4941 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
4942 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
4949 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
4953 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
4956 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
4957 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
4958 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
4959 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
4960 and are not linked to the calendar.
4961 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
4962 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
4963 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
4964 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
4967 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
4968 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
4969 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
4970 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
4971 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
4974 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
4975 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
4976 - Named fields and columns in tables.
4977 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
4980 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
4981 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
4984 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
4985 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
4986 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
4987 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
4988 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
4989 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
4993 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
4994 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
4995 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
4996 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
4997 - Archiving of finished tasks.
4998 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
4999 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
5000 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
5001 - Improved html export of tables.
5002 - Various clean-up changes.
5005 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
5009 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
5010 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
5014 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
5015 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
5019 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
5020 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
5021 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
5024 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
5025 - New startup option `content'.
5026 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
5027 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
5028 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
5031 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
5032 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
5033 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
5034 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
5035 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
5036 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
5039 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
5040 table shape when typing in fields.
5041 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
5042 into arbitrary major modes.
5043 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
5044 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
5045 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
5048 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
5049 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
5050 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
5052 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
5053 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
5054 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
5055 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
5056 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
5058 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
5059 - Sorting fully configurable.
5060 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
5061 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
5065 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
5066 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
5067 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
5068 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
5069 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
5070 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
5071 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
5074 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
5075 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
5076 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
5077 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
5078 - Priorities for TODO items.
5079 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
5080 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
5081 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
5086 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
5087 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
5088 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
5089 `org-todo-interpretation'.
5090 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
5091 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
5092 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
5093 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
5094 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
5095 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
5096 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
5097 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
5098 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
5099 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
5100 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
5103 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
5104 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
5105 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
5106 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
5107 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
5108 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
5109 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
5110 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
5111 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
5112 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
5113 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
5114 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
5117 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
5118 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
5119 - Date ranges introduced.
5120 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
5121 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
5122 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
5123 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
5124 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
5125 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
5126 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
5129 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
5130 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
5131 - Fully automatic table editor.
5132 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
5133 - Other link system changes
5134 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
5135 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
5136 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
5137 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
5138 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
5139 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
5140 Please re-read the manual section about links.
5142 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
5143 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
5144 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
5145 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
5146 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
5147 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
5149 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
5153 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
5154 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
5155 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
5156 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
5160 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents