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3 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of User-visible changes
4 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
5 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
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10 ** Incompatible changes
12 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
13 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
18 *** New keyword search agenda view
20 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
21 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
22 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
23 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
24 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
25 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
26 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
27 example, the search string
29 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
31 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
32 @code{computer} and @code{wifi}, but not the keyword
33 @code{ethernet}, and which are also not matched by the
34 regular expression @code{8\.11[bg]}, meaning to exclude both
35 8.11b and 8.11g. If the first character of the search string
36 is an asteriks, the search will only look at headlines -
37 otherwise it will look at the headine and the text below it,
38 up to the next (possibly sub-) heading.
40 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
41 files listed in `org-agenda-text-search-extra-files'.
43 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
44 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
47 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
48 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
49 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
51 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
53 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
54 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
55 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
57 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
58 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
61 - Interesting for developers may be that there is a file
62 org-id.el which implements global ID's for org-mode
63 entries. These can be used in dependency implementations,
64 or to tie clock tables and column view tables to entries.
66 *** New template option: pre-selection contexts
68 - Templates now allow six elements. The last element defines
69 the contexts in which the template should be offered. It
70 can be a list of major modes, a function, `t' or `nil'. If
71 it is a list of major-mode, the template will be available
72 only when `org-remember' is called from a buffer in one of
73 these modes. If it is a function, the template will be
74 offered only if the function returns `t' when called in the
75 current buffer. A value of `t' for this element means
76 select this template in any context. `nil' means use this
77 template by default, when other checks failed.
79 (setq org-remember-templates
80 '(("Org" ?o "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/org/bzg.org" "Org" my-defun)))
82 M-x org-remember RET will present this template only if
83 calling `my-defun' in the current buffer returns `nil'.
85 The (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
89 - Phil Jackson's org-irc.el is now part of the Org-mode core,
90 which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
92 - M-RET can again be used to split a line so tha the rest of
93 the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do this
94 in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the old
97 Customize the variable `org-M-RET-may-split-line' if you
98 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
99 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
102 - The value variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now
103 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
104 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
105 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
106 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
107 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
108 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
109 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
110 specify the number of minutes to shift.
112 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
114 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
115 + In a table, add a hline as before
116 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
117 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
118 + In a headline, turn it into an item
119 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
120 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
121 item markers from all lines.
123 Based on proposals by Bastien.
125 - `C-c *' has now more functions
126 + in a table, recompute, as before
127 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
128 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
129 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
130 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
131 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
133 Based on proposals by Bastien.
136 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
137 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
140 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
141 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
142 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
143 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
144 : and marked it done on Saturday.
145 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
146 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
147 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
150 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
154 ** Incompatible changes
156 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
157 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
158 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
162 *** Changes to logging progress
164 There is now more control over which state changes are being
165 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
166 sections in the manual. Basically:
168 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
169 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
170 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
171 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
172 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
173 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
174 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
175 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
177 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
178 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
179 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
180 : when leaving this state. This is great for
181 : getting a record when switching *back* from
183 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
184 : Here we not even define a fast access
185 : character, but just the logging stuff.
187 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
191 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
192 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
193 of the line) before the current line.
195 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
196 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
197 create a new line below the current one.
201 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
202 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
209 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
211 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
212 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
214 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
216 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
217 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
218 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
220 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
222 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
224 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
228 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
230 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
232 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
234 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
236 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
238 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
240 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
242 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
246 ** Incompatible Changes
248 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
249 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
250 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
254 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
256 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
257 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
259 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
260 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
262 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
263 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
264 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
265 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
266 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
267 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
270 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
271 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
274 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
275 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
276 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
278 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
279 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
280 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
281 variable does select the interface that is used to select
282 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
285 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
287 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
288 path to select a location.
289 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
292 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
293 they are always current.
295 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
296 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
297 special also because it only matches in headline. This
298 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
299 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
300 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
301 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
302 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
304 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
305 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
306 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
307 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
308 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
309 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
315 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
316 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
317 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
318 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
319 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
321 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
322 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
324 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
325 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
327 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
328 headline up to the tags.
329 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
331 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
333 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
334 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
335 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
336 request by Austin Frank.
338 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
339 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
340 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
342 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
343 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
344 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
345 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
347 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
348 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
349 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
350 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
351 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
352 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
353 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
354 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
355 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
356 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
357 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
360 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
361 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
362 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
363 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
371 will file is with the following property
373 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
375 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
376 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
377 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
379 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
380 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
389 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
391 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
393 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
395 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
397 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
399 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
401 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
403 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
405 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
409 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
410 entries in a subtree. For example
412 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
414 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
415 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
416 request by Bernt Hansen.
418 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
419 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
420 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
421 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
422 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
423 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
424 interactively select the filing location (file and
425 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
426 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
427 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
428 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
429 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
431 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
432 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
433 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
434 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
435 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
438 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
439 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
440 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
441 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
442 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
443 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
444 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
447 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
448 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
449 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
452 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
453 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
454 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
455 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
456 explain here, complex.
458 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
459 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
460 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
462 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
463 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
464 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
466 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
478 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
479 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
480 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
481 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
482 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
483 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
484 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
485 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
486 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
487 subtree motion commands.
489 - Plain lists items work the same.
491 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
492 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
493 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
496 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
497 let me know about any problems.
501 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
502 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
503 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
504 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
505 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
507 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
508 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
509 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
510 history variable. For example:
512 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
514 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
515 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
516 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
517 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
518 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
519 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
520 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
523 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
524 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
525 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
526 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
530 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
531 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
534 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
535 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
536 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
537 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
538 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
539 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
545 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
547 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
548 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
549 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
550 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
551 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
552 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
553 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
554 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
557 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
558 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
559 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
560 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
562 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
563 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
564 the new scope. TO if you like you can display an agenda view
565 and then watch it change in various scopes.
567 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
568 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
569 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
570 select a new restriction.
572 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
574 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
576 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
578 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
579 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
581 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
582 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
583 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
586 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
587 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
588 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
590 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
591 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
592 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
593 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
594 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
600 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
601 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
602 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
604 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
605 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
606 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
615 + Remember and related stuff
616 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
617 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
618 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
619 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
621 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
622 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
623 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
624 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
625 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
626 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
627 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
629 + Properties and Column view
630 - More control over which properties use inheritance
631 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
632 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
633 - New currency summary type {$}
635 + The date/time prompt
636 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
637 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
638 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
641 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
642 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
645 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
648 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
649 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
650 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
651 - Support for pabbrev-mode
652 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
654 ** Incompatible changes
656 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
657 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
658 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
660 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
661 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
664 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
668 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
669 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
671 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
673 : (org-remember nil ?n))
675 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
676 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
680 *** Remember and related stuff
682 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
683 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
684 application might be to put a note or task captured with
685 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
686 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
687 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
688 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
689 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
690 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
691 definitions. For example:
693 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
695 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
698 : (setq org-refile-targets
699 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
701 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
702 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
703 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
704 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
707 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
708 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
710 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
711 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
712 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
713 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
714 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
716 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
717 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
719 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
721 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
722 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
725 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
727 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
728 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
729 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
732 : (require 'remember)
733 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
734 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
735 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
737 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
738 provide a default for templates without a file, and
739 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
741 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
743 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
745 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
747 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
748 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
749 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
750 the default in Org-mode.
752 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
753 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
754 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
755 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
757 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
758 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
759 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
760 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
761 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
763 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
764 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
765 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
766 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
769 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
770 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
771 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
772 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
773 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
775 *** Properties and Column view
777 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
778 property names that should be treated with inheritance
781 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
782 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
783 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
784 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
785 discussion around this issue.
787 - Summary type improvements in column view.
788 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
789 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
790 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
791 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
792 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
793 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
794 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
796 *** The date/time prompt
798 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
801 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
802 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
803 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
804 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
805 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
807 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
808 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
809 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
810 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
811 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
812 entered month is before the current, for example if you
813 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
814 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
815 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
817 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
818 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
819 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
820 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
821 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
823 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
825 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
826 list of newly performed conversions:
828 | Org | Description | HTML |
829 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
830 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
831 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
832 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
833 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
835 You can turn this globally on or off with
836 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
837 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
838 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
839 William Henney for relevant inputs.
841 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
842 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
846 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
847 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
848 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
849 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
850 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
851 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
853 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
855 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
856 export by setting it either globally
857 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
858 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
859 the list of available classes and their sectioning
860 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
861 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
864 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
865 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
866 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
868 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
869 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
871 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
872 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
875 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
876 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
877 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
884 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
885 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
886 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
888 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
889 the values of constants and properties are no longer
890 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
891 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
892 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
894 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
895 with extension matched by the new variable
896 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
905 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
906 + All known bugs fixed.
907 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
908 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
909 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
911 - The agenda dispatcher
912 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
913 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
915 - Sorting improvements
916 + User-defined sorting keys.
917 + Sorting by properties.
918 + Sorting of plain lists.
920 - HTML <div> structure
923 + New variables, several of them.
924 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
925 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
926 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
927 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
931 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
933 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
934 (at least I hope so...).
936 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
937 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
939 + global, i.e. for the entire file
940 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
941 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
943 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
944 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
945 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
949 : :ID: planning-overview
955 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
959 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
960 be prompted for the ID.
962 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
963 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
964 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
965 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
966 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
969 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
971 *** The agenda dispatcher
973 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
974 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
975 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
976 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
977 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
978 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
979 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
980 them to custom commands.
982 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
983 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
984 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
985 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
987 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
988 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
989 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
990 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
991 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
993 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
994 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
997 *** Sorting improvements
999 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
1000 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
1002 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
1003 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
1005 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
1008 - Plain lists can be sorted.
1010 *** HTML <div> structure
1012 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
1014 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
1015 "table-of-contents".
1017 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
1018 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
1020 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
1021 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
1023 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
1024 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
1026 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
1027 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
1031 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
1032 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
1033 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
1036 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
1038 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
1040 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
1041 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
1042 your properties will not be folded away.
1043 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
1045 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
1046 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
1047 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
1049 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
1050 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
1051 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
1052 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
1053 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
1055 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
1056 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
1057 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
1058 a proposal by Bastien.
1060 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
1061 request by Wanrong Lin.
1063 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
1064 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
1065 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
1071 - Remember templates can now have name.
1072 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
1073 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
1074 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
1075 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
1076 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1077 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
1078 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
1079 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
1080 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
1081 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
1083 ** Incompatible Changes
1085 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
1089 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
1090 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
1091 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
1092 the name start with the selection character, for example if
1093 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
1094 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
1096 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
1097 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
1098 change). Thanks to Bastien.
1100 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
1101 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
1103 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
1104 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
1105 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
1106 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
1108 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
1109 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
1110 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
1112 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1113 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
1114 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
1115 Wiegley for a patch.
1117 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
1118 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
1119 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
1120 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
1121 with full completion support.
1123 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
1124 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
1125 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
1127 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
1128 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
1131 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
1132 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
1133 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
1134 well tested yet, please check it out.
1142 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
1143 - Command to jump to the running clock
1144 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
1145 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
1146 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
1147 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1148 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
1149 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
1150 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
1151 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
1152 - Better tag alignment in agenda
1154 ** Incompatible changes
1156 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
1157 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
1159 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
1160 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
1161 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
1163 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
1164 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
1167 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1172 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
1173 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
1176 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
1179 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
1182 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
1183 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
1184 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
1185 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
1186 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
1188 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
1189 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
1190 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
1191 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
1193 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
1194 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
1195 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
1196 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
1197 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
1198 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
1199 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
1200 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
1201 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
1203 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
1204 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
1205 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
1206 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
1207 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
1208 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
1209 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
1210 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
1211 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
1213 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
1214 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
1215 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
1216 being prompted for a template, like this:
1218 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
1220 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
1222 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1223 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
1224 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
1225 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
1227 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
1228 (also `s' does this).
1230 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
1231 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
1234 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
1235 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
1236 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
1238 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
1239 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
1240 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
1242 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
1243 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
1244 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
1245 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
1253 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
1254 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
1255 - CSV support when importing a table.
1256 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
1257 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
1258 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
1259 - Modifications to priority cycling.
1260 - Modifications to computations in column view.
1261 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
1266 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
1267 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
1270 : * Tree with special properties
1272 : :CATEGORY: Examples
1273 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
1276 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
1277 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
1278 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
1279 *single* default for the file which is then locally
1280 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
1281 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
1282 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
1283 encourage you to stop using them.
1285 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
1286 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
1287 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
1288 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
1292 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
1293 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
1294 | file | the full current buffer |
1295 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
1296 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
1297 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
1298 | agenda | all agenda files |
1300 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
1301 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
1302 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
1303 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
1306 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
1307 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
1308 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
1309 basic input it works.
1311 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
1312 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
1313 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
1314 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1316 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
1317 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
1320 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
1321 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
1323 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1325 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
1326 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
1327 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
1328 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
1329 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
1331 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
1332 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
1333 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
1334 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
1335 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
1338 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
1339 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
1340 of all the children's values each time you enter column
1341 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
1342 the children has that particular property defined, the
1343 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
1344 items under such an entry without getting the property value
1345 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
1346 is a better way of doing things.
1348 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
1349 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
1350 testing is appreciated.
1352 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
1353 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
1354 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
1355 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
1357 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
1358 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
1359 links in square or angular brackets.
1367 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
1370 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
1371 agenda can be configured.
1373 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
1375 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
1377 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
1379 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1381 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1382 inherited from the outline faces.
1384 ** Incompatible Changes
1386 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1387 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1388 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1389 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
1390 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
1395 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
1396 switching to that state. With the setting
1398 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
1399 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
1401 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
1404 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
1405 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
1406 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
1407 own function. Configure the new variable
1408 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
1409 this development with a patch.
1411 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1412 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1413 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1414 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
1415 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
1416 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
1417 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
1419 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
1420 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
1421 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
1422 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
1423 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
1424 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
1425 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
1427 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
1428 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
1431 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1432 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
1433 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
1434 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
1435 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
1436 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
1437 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
1439 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1440 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
1441 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
1442 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
1443 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
1444 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
1445 match the current org-mode faces.
1447 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
1451 ** Incompatible changes
1453 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
1457 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
1458 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
1459 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
1461 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
1463 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
1464 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
1465 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
1466 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
1467 command fall back to cycling.
1469 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
1470 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
1471 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
1472 interface anyway, set the variable
1473 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
1474 others for input on this issue.
1476 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
1477 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
1478 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
1480 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
1481 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
1483 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
1484 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
1486 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
1488 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
1489 use a format string that will be interpreted by
1490 `format-time-string', for example:
1492 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
1494 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
1495 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
1496 included) have changed this.
1498 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
1499 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
1500 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
1501 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
1502 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
1503 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
1504 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
1510 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
1512 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
1514 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
1516 - Sorting can be done by priority.
1518 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
1520 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1522 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
1524 ** Incompatible changes
1526 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
1527 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
1529 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1533 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
1534 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
1535 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
1537 A Here is a configuration example:
1539 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
1540 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
1541 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
1542 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
1545 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
1546 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
1548 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
1549 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
1550 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
1551 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
1552 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
1553 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
1554 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
1555 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
1556 states, just like you also do for tags.
1558 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
1559 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
1561 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
1562 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
1563 switch the entry to that state.
1565 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
1566 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
1567 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
1570 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
1572 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
1573 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
1574 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
1575 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
1577 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
1578 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
1580 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
1581 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
1582 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
1583 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
1584 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
1586 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
1587 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
1588 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
1591 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
1592 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
1593 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
1594 the file will simply be skipped.
1604 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
1605 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
1606 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
1607 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
1608 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
1609 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
1610 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
1611 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
1614 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
1615 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
1616 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
1617 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
1618 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
1619 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
1620 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
1621 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
1622 the special locations.
1624 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
1627 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
1630 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
1631 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
1632 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
1634 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
1635 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
1636 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
1642 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
1644 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
1646 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
1648 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
1650 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
1652 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
1654 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
1656 - Global values for selected properties.
1663 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
1664 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
1665 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
1666 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
1667 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
1668 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
1669 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
1670 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
1672 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
1673 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
1674 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
1675 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
1676 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
1677 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
1678 currently how to handle the new link types for
1681 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
1682 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
1683 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
1684 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
1687 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
1688 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
1689 The syntax is like this
1691 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
1693 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
1696 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
1698 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
1699 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
1700 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
1702 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
1705 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
1706 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
1707 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
1708 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
1711 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
1712 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
1713 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
1714 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
1715 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
1716 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
1719 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
1720 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
1721 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
1724 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
1725 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
1726 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
1727 `org-global-properties', like this:
1729 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
1731 Buffer-local values are set like this:
1733 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
1735 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
1736 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
1737 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
1738 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
1739 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
1740 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
1748 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
1749 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
1750 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
1751 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
1753 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
1754 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
1755 this stuff into the drawer.
1756 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1758 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
1759 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
1761 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
1762 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
1764 - Lots of minor fixes.
1768 ** Incompatible Changes
1770 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
1771 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
1772 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
1776 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
1777 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
1778 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
1780 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
1781 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
1782 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
1783 know if we need to make this customizable.
1785 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
1786 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
1787 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
1788 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
1789 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
1791 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
1800 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
1803 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
1804 compute their value from the children's values.
1806 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
1807 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
1810 ** Incompatible Changes
1812 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
1813 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
1814 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
1815 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
1820 - Improvements for properties:
1822 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
1823 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
1825 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
1826 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
1827 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
1828 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
1829 typos when entering properties.
1831 - Improvements for column view.
1833 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
1834 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
1837 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
1838 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
1839 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
1840 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
1843 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
1844 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
1847 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
1848 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
1849 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
1851 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
1852 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
1853 beginning of a line. So
1855 : * This is a level 1 headline
1856 : *this is bold text*
1858 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
1859 available in orgstruct-mode.
1865 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
1866 structure editing commands into any other mode.
1868 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
1869 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
1870 open if explicitly asked.
1872 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
1874 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
1875 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
1878 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
1879 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
1882 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
1884 ** Incompatible changes
1886 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
1887 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
1888 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
1889 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
1890 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
1891 that this is the better convention.
1895 *** Orgstruct minor mode
1897 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
1898 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
1899 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
1900 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
1901 easily create lists.
1903 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
1904 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
1905 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
1906 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
1907 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
1908 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
1909 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
1910 minor modes have assigned to them.
1912 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
1913 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
1914 the promised implementation.
1918 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
1919 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
1920 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
1921 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
1922 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
1925 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
1927 you can then create drawers like this:
1930 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
1931 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
1934 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
1935 contains properties of an entry (see below).
1937 *** Properties and Column View
1939 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
1940 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
1941 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
1942 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
1943 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
1944 a property drawer and inserting a line like
1946 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
1948 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
1949 program using properties, use the functions
1950 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
1951 and `org-entry-delete'.
1953 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
1956 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
1957 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
1958 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
1959 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
1960 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
1961 after the headline, outside the drawer.
1963 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
1966 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
1968 will find entries that
1971 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
1972 - are TODO status WAITING.
1974 So here is an entry that will match:
1976 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
1981 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
1982 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
1985 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
1987 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
1988 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
1989 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
1990 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
1991 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
1992 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
1993 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
1994 can set up different property columns on different levels
1995 of an outline tree. For example:
1999 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
2003 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
2006 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
2008 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
2011 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
2014 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
2015 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
2017 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
2018 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
2019 will get a different table than if you do it in the
2020 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
2021 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
2022 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
2025 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
2026 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
2028 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
2029 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
2030 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
2031 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
2032 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
2033 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
2035 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
2036 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
2039 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
2041 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
2043 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
2044 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
2045 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
2047 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
2048 Any suggestions for better defaults?
2049 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
2050 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
2055 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
2056 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
2057 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
2058 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
2059 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
2060 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
2061 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
2064 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
2065 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
2066 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
2067 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
2068 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
2075 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
2077 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
2078 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
2079 constants can now be set with a line like:
2081 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
2085 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
2086 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
2089 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
2091 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
2095 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
2096 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
2097 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
2098 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
2105 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
2106 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
2107 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
2108 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
2110 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
2111 See manual section 3.5.3.
2113 - New options for turning off footnotes.
2114 This was a request from Ignotus.
2115 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
2117 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
2118 default. This was a request from Micheal.
2119 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
2123 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
2124 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
2125 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
2126 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
2127 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
2133 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
2134 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
2136 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
2138 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
2140 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
2142 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
2144 ** Incompatible changes
2146 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
2147 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
2148 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
2149 with the xemacs version. For example:
2151 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
2153 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
2154 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
2155 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
2156 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
2157 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
2161 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
2162 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
2163 interval on a single day. For example
2165 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
2167 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
2168 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
2169 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
2170 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
2172 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
2175 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
2176 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
2180 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
2182 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
2183 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
2184 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
2185 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
2186 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
2187 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
2188 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
2189 using localization features may not work correctly in the
2190 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
2191 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
2192 stick to the ASCII characters.
2194 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
2195 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
2196 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
2197 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
2198 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
2200 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
2202 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
2203 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
2204 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
2206 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
2207 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
2208 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
2209 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
2210 if we can agree on this:
2212 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
2213 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
2214 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
2215 out to a previous level. For example
2223 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
2232 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
2233 using promotion and demotion functions.
2239 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
2240 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
2242 ** Incompatible changes
2244 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
2248 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
2249 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
2250 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
2251 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
2252 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
2253 column where the character is specified). You may also use
2254 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
2256 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
2257 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2258 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
2259 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2260 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
2261 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
2262 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
2264 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
2265 never exported, but can be used to place column group
2266 information into the table. In this table, we create a
2267 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
2268 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
2271 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
2272 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
2273 wherever you want a vertical line:
2275 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
2276 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2277 : | / | < | < | | < | |
2279 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
2280 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
2282 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
2283 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
2284 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
2285 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
2286 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
2287 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
2288 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
2289 behavior we had before.
2291 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
2293 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
2294 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
2295 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
2296 special characters in other languages as along as your
2297 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
2298 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
2299 out how to do this in XEmacs.
2305 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
2309 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
2311 [1]This is a footnote
2313 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
2314 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
2316 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
2318 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
2319 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
2322 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
2328 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
2329 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
2331 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
2332 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
2333 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
2334 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
2336 ** Incompatible Changes
2338 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
2339 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
2343 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
2344 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
2346 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
2348 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
2349 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
2350 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
2351 collect your credit, let me know!
2353 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
2354 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
2356 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
2357 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
2359 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
2360 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
2361 would in the diary. For example
2363 * Birthdays and similar stuff
2365 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
2367 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
2368 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
2370 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
2372 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
2373 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
2374 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
2375 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
2376 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
2377 put in a few categories, and then turned off
2378 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
2379 faster agenda display.
2381 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
2382 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
2383 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
2384 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
2385 to Raman for this idea.
2387 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
2388 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
2389 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
2392 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
2393 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
2394 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
2398 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
2400 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
2401 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
2403 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
2404 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
2405 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
2406 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
2409 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
2410 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
2412 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
2413 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
2414 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
2415 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
2417 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
2418 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
2419 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
2420 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
2422 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
2423 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
2430 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
2431 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
2432 further processing in scripts.
2434 ** Incompatible Changes
2436 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
2437 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
2441 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
2442 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
2443 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
2444 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
2447 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
2448 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
2449 that have associated file names and exports the views to
2450 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
2451 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
2452 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
2453 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
2454 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
2456 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
2457 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
2458 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
2459 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
2461 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
2462 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
2463 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
2465 - Quite a few bug fixes.
2475 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
2477 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
2479 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
2481 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
2483 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
2485 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
2487 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
2491 ** Incompatible changes
2493 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
2494 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
2497 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
2498 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
2499 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
2500 `org-disputed-keys'.
2502 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
2503 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
2504 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
2508 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
2509 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
2510 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
2511 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
2512 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
2513 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
2514 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
2515 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
2516 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
2517 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
2518 Scott fro bringing this up again.
2520 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
2521 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
2522 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
2523 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
2525 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
2526 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
2528 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
2529 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
2530 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
2531 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
2533 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
2534 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
2535 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
2536 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
2537 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
2538 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
2539 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
2540 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
2542 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
2544 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
2545 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
2546 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
2547 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
2548 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
2549 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
2550 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
2553 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
2554 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
2555 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
2556 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
2557 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
2558 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
2561 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
2562 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
2563 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
2564 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
2565 indicates a non-stuck project.
2567 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
2568 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
2569 please let me know if you find problems.
2571 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
2572 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
2578 ** Incompatible changes
2582 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
2583 exported HTML. These are the variables
2584 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
2585 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
2588 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
2589 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
2590 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
2592 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
2593 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
2594 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
2595 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
2596 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
2597 that are scanned for the agenda.
2605 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
2606 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
2607 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
2609 ** Incompatible changes
2611 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
2615 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
2617 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
2619 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
2621 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
2622 list (and which is also works!)
2624 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
2625 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
2627 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
2628 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
2629 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
2630 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
2631 toward using the latter.
2633 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
2634 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
2635 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
2636 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
2638 (setq org-todo-keywords
2639 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
2640 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
2641 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
2642 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
2645 If your setting has this new structure,
2646 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
2647 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
2648 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
2649 interpretation from the other variable still works.
2651 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
2652 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
2653 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
2654 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
2655 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
2658 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
2659 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
2660 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
2661 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
2662 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
2663 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
2664 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
2666 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
2667 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
2668 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
2669 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
2670 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
2672 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
2673 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
2674 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
2675 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
2676 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
2677 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
2678 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
2679 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
2680 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
2687 This time the changes affect the following areas:
2689 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
2690 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
2691 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
2692 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
2693 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
2694 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
2697 ** Incompatible changes
2699 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
2700 over several lines, like
2703 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
2706 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
2707 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
2708 See below for details.
2710 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
2711 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
2712 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
2713 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
2718 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
2719 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
2722 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
2723 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
2724 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
2726 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
2727 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
2728 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
2729 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
2730 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
2731 where you want to be.
2733 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
2734 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
2735 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
2738 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
2739 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
2741 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
2742 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
2744 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
2746 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
2747 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
2748 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
2749 new in-buffer option
2753 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
2754 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
2755 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
2756 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
2758 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
2759 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
2760 can be done by setting the variable
2761 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
2763 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
2769 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
2771 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
2772 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
2773 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
2774 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
2775 terminate all levels of plain list items.
2777 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
2779 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
2780 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
2783 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
2784 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
2785 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
2786 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
2787 are logging all state changes.
2789 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
2794 - Priority handling in the tags view
2795 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
2796 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
2797 - Improvements to the formula editor.
2798 - C-j does better indentation.
2802 - Priority handling in the tags view
2804 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
2805 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
2807 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
2809 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
2810 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
2811 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
2813 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
2815 - Changes in the spreadsheet
2817 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
2818 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
2819 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
2820 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
2821 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
2822 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
2823 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
2825 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
2828 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
2830 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
2832 + There is now a menu with commands.
2834 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
2835 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
2837 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
2838 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
2840 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
2841 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
2845 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
2846 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
2847 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
2849 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
2850 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
2855 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
2856 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
2857 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
2858 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
2860 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
2861 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
2862 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
2872 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
2873 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
2874 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
2876 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
2877 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
2878 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
2879 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
2880 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
2881 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
2882 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
2884 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
2885 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
2886 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
2888 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
2890 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
2891 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
2893 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
2894 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
2896 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
2897 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
2898 levels. For example:
2900 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
2902 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
2903 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
2904 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
2907 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
2908 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
2909 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
2910 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
2912 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
2913 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
2922 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
2923 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
2924 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
2925 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
2927 ** Detailed description of changes
2929 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
2930 any table in any mode.
2932 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
2933 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
2934 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
2935 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
2936 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
2937 inside the same file, in a block comment.
2939 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
2940 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
2941 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
2942 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
2943 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
2945 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
2946 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
2947 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
2948 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
2949 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
2950 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
2951 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
2954 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
2955 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
2956 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
2957 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
2958 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
2959 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
2960 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
2961 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
2962 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
2963 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
2964 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
2965 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
2967 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
2968 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
2969 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
2970 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
2976 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
2977 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
2978 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
2979 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
2980 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
2982 ** Detailed description of changes
2984 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
2985 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
2986 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
2988 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
2990 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
2991 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
2993 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
2995 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
2996 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
2997 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
2999 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
3000 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
3001 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
3003 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
3004 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
3005 to Raman for this excellent idea.
3007 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
3008 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
3010 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
3012 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
3013 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
3014 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
3015 remember.el work like this as well).
3016 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
3017 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
3018 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
3019 new template, but the old context information. This is
3020 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
3023 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
3024 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
3025 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
3026 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
3027 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
3028 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
3029 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
3030 without interaction.
3032 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
3033 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
3034 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
3035 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
3036 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
3037 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
3039 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
3040 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
3041 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
3042 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
3044 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
3045 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
3046 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
3047 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
3048 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
3049 them would require special hooks. Comments?
3055 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
3056 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
3058 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
3059 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
3060 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
3061 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
3062 + Incompatible changes
3063 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
3064 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
3065 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
3066 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
3067 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
3068 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
3069 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
3073 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
3074 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
3075 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
3076 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
3077 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
3078 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
3079 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
3080 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
3084 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
3085 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
3086 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
3087 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
3088 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
3089 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
3090 - Empty entries go full circle.
3091 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
3096 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
3099 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
3100 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
3101 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
3102 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
3103 another, dedicated frame.
3104 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
3105 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
3108 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
3109 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
3110 - Changes in Agenda buffer
3111 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
3112 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
3113 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
3114 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
3115 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
3116 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
3117 use regular expressions.
3118 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
3119 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
3120 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
3124 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
3125 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
3126 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
3133 - Improvements to fast tag selection
3134 + show status also in target line.
3135 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
3136 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
3137 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
3141 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
3142 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
3143 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
3144 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
3148 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
3149 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
3154 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
3155 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
3156 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
3160 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
3161 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
3162 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
3163 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
3164 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
3165 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
3166 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
3167 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
3168 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
3169 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
3170 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
3175 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
3176 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
3177 - File links can contain environment variables.
3178 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
3182 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
3183 each block created by a different agenda command.
3184 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
3185 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
3186 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
3187 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
3188 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
3189 upon the agenda type.
3190 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
3191 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
3192 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
3193 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
3194 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
3195 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
3196 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
3197 - More minor bug fixes.
3200 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
3201 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
3202 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
3206 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
3207 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
3208 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
3212 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
3215 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
3216 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
3217 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
3225 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
3226 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
3228 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
3229 LaTeX environment and math.
3232 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
3234 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
3235 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
3236 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
3240 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
3241 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
3244 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
3245 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
3246 and will not lead to conflicts.
3247 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
3251 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
3252 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
3253 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
3254 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
3255 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
3256 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
3257 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
3263 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
3264 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
3267 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
3268 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
3269 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
3270 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
3271 directories for different export types.
3272 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
3273 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
3280 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
3281 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
3282 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
3283 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
3284 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
3285 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
3286 relative and absolute paths.
3287 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
3288 - Bug and typo fixes.
3292 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
3293 contains a description or not.
3294 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
3295 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
3296 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
3297 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
3298 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
3299 for all available exporters.
3300 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
3306 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
3307 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
3308 end of the HTML file.
3309 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
3310 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
3311 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
3312 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
3318 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
3319 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
3320 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
3321 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
3331 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
3332 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
3335 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
3336 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
3337 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
3338 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
3339 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
3340 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
3341 - New structure for the customization tree.
3346 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
3350 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
3351 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
3352 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
3353 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
3354 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
3359 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
3360 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
3361 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
3362 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
3366 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
3367 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
3370 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
3371 - Various small bug fixes
3374 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
3375 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
3376 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
3377 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
3378 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
3379 argument to `C-c C-v'.
3380 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
3381 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
3382 next buffer change due to editing).
3385 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
3386 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
3387 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
3388 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
3391 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
3392 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
3393 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
3394 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
3395 - Changes to the HTML exporter
3396 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
3397 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
3398 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
3399 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
3400 - support for cascading style sheets.
3401 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
3402 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
3409 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
3413 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
3416 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
3417 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
3418 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
3419 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
3420 and are not linked to the calendar.
3421 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
3422 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
3423 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
3424 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
3427 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
3428 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
3429 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
3430 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
3431 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
3434 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
3435 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
3436 - Named fields and columns in tables.
3437 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
3440 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
3441 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
3444 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
3445 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
3446 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
3447 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
3448 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
3449 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
3453 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
3454 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
3455 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
3456 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
3457 - Archiving of finished tasks.
3458 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
3459 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
3460 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
3461 - Improved html export of tables.
3462 - Various clean-up changes.
3465 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
3469 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
3470 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
3474 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
3475 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
3479 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
3480 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
3481 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
3484 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
3485 - New startup option `content'.
3486 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
3487 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
3488 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
3491 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
3492 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
3493 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
3494 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
3495 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
3496 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
3499 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
3500 table shape when typing in fields.
3501 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
3502 into arbitrary major modes.
3503 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
3504 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
3505 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
3508 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
3509 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
3510 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
3512 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
3513 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
3514 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
3515 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
3516 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
3518 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
3519 - Sorting fully configurable.
3520 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
3521 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
3525 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
3526 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
3527 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
3528 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
3529 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
3530 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
3531 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
3534 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
3535 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
3536 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
3537 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
3538 - Priorities for TODO items.
3539 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
3540 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
3541 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
3546 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
3547 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
3548 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
3549 `org-todo-interpretation'.
3550 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
3551 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
3552 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
3553 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
3554 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
3555 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
3556 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
3557 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
3558 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
3559 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
3560 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
3563 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
3564 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
3565 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
3566 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
3567 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
3568 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
3569 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
3570 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
3571 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
3572 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
3573 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
3574 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
3577 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
3578 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
3579 - Date ranges introduced.
3580 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
3581 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
3582 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
3583 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
3584 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
3585 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
3586 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
3589 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
3590 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
3591 - Fully automatic table editor.
3592 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
3593 - Other link system changes
3594 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
3595 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
3596 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
3597 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
3598 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
3599 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
3600 Please re-read the manual section about links.
3602 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
3603 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
3604 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
3605 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
3606 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
3607 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
3609 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
3613 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
3614 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
3615 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
3616 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
3620 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents