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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
14 *** New keyword search agenda view
16 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
17 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. The
18 search knows the boundaries of an entry, can use simple
19 Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For example, the
22 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
24 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
25 @code{computer} and @code{wifi}, but not the keyword
26 @code{ethernet}, and which are also not matched by the
27 regular expression @code{8\.11[bg]}, meaning to exclude both
28 8.11b and 8.11g. If the first character of the search string
29 is an asteriks, the search will only look at headlines -
30 otherwise it will look at the headine and the text below it,
31 up to the next (possibly sub-) heading.
33 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
34 files listed in `org-agenda-text-search-extra-files'.
36 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
37 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
40 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
41 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
42 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
44 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
46 The new development model already starts to pay off, a number
47 of interesting extensions are now part of the distribution.
48 Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
50 Interesting for developers may be that there is a file
51 org-id.el which implements global ID's for org-mode entries.
52 These can be used in dependency implementations, for
57 - M-RET can again be used to split a line so tha the rest of
58 the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do this
59 in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the old
62 Customize the variable `org-M-RET-may-split-line' if you
63 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
64 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
70 ** Incompatible changes
72 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
73 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
74 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
78 *** Changes to logging progress
80 There is now more control over which state changes are being
81 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
82 sections in the manual. Basically:
84 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
85 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
86 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
87 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
88 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
89 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
90 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
91 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
93 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
94 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
95 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
96 : when leaving this state. This is great for
97 : getting a record when switching *back* from
99 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
100 : Here we not even define a fast access
101 : character, but just the logging stuff.
103 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
107 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
108 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
109 of the line) before the current line.
111 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
112 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
113 create a new line below the current one.
117 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
118 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
125 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
127 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
128 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
130 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
132 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
133 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
134 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
136 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
138 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
140 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
144 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
146 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
148 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
150 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
152 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
154 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
156 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
158 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
162 ** Incompatible Changes
164 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
165 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
166 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
170 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
172 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
173 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
175 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
176 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
178 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
179 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
180 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
181 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
182 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
183 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
186 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
187 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
190 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
191 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
192 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
194 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
195 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
196 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
197 variable does select the interface that is used to select
198 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
201 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
203 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
204 path to select a location.
205 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
208 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
209 they are always current.
211 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
212 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
213 special also because it only matches in headline. This
214 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
215 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
216 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
217 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
218 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
220 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
221 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
222 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
223 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
224 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
225 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
231 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
232 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
233 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
234 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
235 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
237 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
238 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
240 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
241 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
243 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
244 headline up to the tags.
245 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
247 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
249 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
250 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
251 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
252 request by Austin Frank.
254 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
255 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
256 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
258 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
259 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
260 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
261 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
263 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
264 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
265 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
266 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
267 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
268 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
269 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
270 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
271 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
272 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
273 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
276 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
277 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
278 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
279 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
287 will file is with the following property
289 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
291 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
292 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
293 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
295 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
296 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
305 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
307 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
309 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
311 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
313 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
315 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
317 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
319 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
321 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
325 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
326 entries in a subtree. For example
328 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
330 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
331 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
332 request by Bernt Hansen.
334 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
335 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
336 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
337 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
338 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
339 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
340 interactively select the filing location (file and
341 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
342 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
343 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
344 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
345 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
347 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
348 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
349 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
350 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
351 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
354 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
355 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
356 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
357 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
358 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
359 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
360 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
363 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
364 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
365 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
368 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
369 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
370 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
371 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
372 explain here, complex.
374 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
375 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
376 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
378 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
379 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
380 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
382 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
394 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
395 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
396 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
397 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
398 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
399 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
400 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
401 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
402 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
403 subtree motion commands.
405 - Plain lists items work the same.
407 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
408 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
409 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
412 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
413 let me know about any problems.
417 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
418 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
419 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
420 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
421 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
423 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
424 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
425 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
426 history variable. For example:
428 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
430 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
431 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
432 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
433 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
434 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
435 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
436 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
439 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
440 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
441 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
442 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
446 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
447 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
450 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
451 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
452 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
453 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
454 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
455 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
461 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
463 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
464 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
465 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
466 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
467 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
468 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
469 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
470 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
473 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
474 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
475 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
476 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
478 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
479 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
480 the new scope. TO if you like you can display an agenda view
481 and then watch it change in various scopes.
483 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
484 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
485 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
486 select a new restriction.
488 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
490 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
492 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
494 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
495 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
497 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
498 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
499 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
502 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
503 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
504 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
506 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
507 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
508 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
509 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
510 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
516 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
517 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
518 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
520 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
521 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
522 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
531 + Remember and related stuff
532 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
533 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
534 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
535 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
537 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
538 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
539 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
540 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
541 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
542 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
543 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
545 + Properties and Column view
546 - More control over which properties use inheritance
547 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
548 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
549 - New currency summary type {$}
551 + The date/time prompt
552 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
553 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
554 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
557 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
558 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
561 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
564 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
565 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
566 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
567 - Support for pabbrev-mode
568 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
570 ** Incompatible changes
572 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
573 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
574 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
576 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
577 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
580 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
584 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
585 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
587 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
589 : (org-remember nil ?n))
591 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
592 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
596 *** Remember and related stuff
598 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
599 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
600 application might be to put a note or task captured with
601 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
602 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
603 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
604 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
605 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
606 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
607 definitions. For example:
609 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
611 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
614 : (setq org-refile-targets
615 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
617 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
618 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
619 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
620 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
623 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
624 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
626 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
627 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
628 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
629 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
630 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
632 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
633 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
635 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
637 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
638 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
641 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
643 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
644 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
645 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
648 : (require 'remember)
649 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
650 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
651 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
653 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
654 provide a default for templates without a file, and
655 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
657 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
659 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
661 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
663 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
664 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
665 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
666 the default in Org-mode.
668 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
669 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
670 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
671 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
673 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
674 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
675 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
676 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
677 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
679 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
680 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
681 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
682 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
685 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
686 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
687 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
688 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
689 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
691 *** Properties and Column view
693 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
694 property names that should be treated with inheritance
697 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
698 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
699 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
700 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
701 discussion around this issue.
703 - Summary type improvements in column view.
704 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
705 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
706 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
707 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
708 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
709 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
710 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
712 *** The date/time prompt
714 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
717 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
718 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
719 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
720 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
721 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
723 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
724 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
725 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
726 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
727 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
728 entered month is before the current, for example if you
729 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
730 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
731 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
733 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
734 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
735 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
736 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
737 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
739 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
741 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
742 list of newly performed conversions:
744 | Org | Description | HTML |
745 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
746 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
747 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
748 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
749 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
751 You can turn this globally on or off with
752 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
753 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
754 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
755 William Henney for relevant inputs.
757 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
758 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
762 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
763 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
764 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
765 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
766 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
767 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
769 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
771 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
772 export by setting it either globally
773 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
774 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
775 the list of available classes and their sectioning
776 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
777 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
780 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
781 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
782 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
784 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
785 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
787 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
788 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
791 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
792 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
793 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
800 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
801 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
802 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
804 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
805 the values of constants and properties are no longer
806 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
807 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
808 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
810 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
811 with extension matched by the new variable
812 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
821 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
822 + All known bugs fixed.
823 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
824 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
825 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
827 - The agenda dispatcher
828 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
829 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
831 - Sorting improvements
832 + User-defined sorting keys.
833 + Sorting by properties.
834 + Sorting of plain lists.
836 - HTML <div> structure
839 + New variables, several of them.
840 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
841 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
842 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
843 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
847 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
849 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
850 (at least I hope so...).
852 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
853 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
855 + global, i.e. for the entire file
856 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
857 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
859 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
860 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
861 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
865 : :ID: planning-overview
871 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
875 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
876 be prompted for the ID.
878 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
879 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
880 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
881 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
882 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
885 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
887 *** The agenda dispatcher
889 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
890 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
891 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
892 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
893 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
894 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
895 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
896 them to custom commands.
898 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
899 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
900 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
901 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
903 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
904 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
905 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
906 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
907 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
909 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
910 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
913 *** Sorting improvements
915 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
916 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
918 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
919 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
921 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
924 - Plain lists can be sorted.
926 *** HTML <div> structure
928 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
930 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
933 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
934 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
936 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
937 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
939 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
940 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
942 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
943 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
947 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
948 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
949 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
952 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
954 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
956 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
957 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
958 your properties will not be folded away.
959 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
961 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
962 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
963 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
965 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
966 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
967 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
968 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
969 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
971 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
972 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
973 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
974 a proposal by Bastien.
976 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
977 request by Wanrong Lin.
979 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
980 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
981 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
987 - Remember templates can now have name.
988 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
989 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
990 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
991 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
992 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
993 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
994 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
995 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
996 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
997 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
999 ** Incompatible Changes
1001 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
1005 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
1006 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
1007 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
1008 the name start with the selection character, for example if
1009 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
1010 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
1012 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
1013 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
1014 change). Thanks to Bastien.
1016 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
1017 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
1019 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
1020 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
1021 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
1022 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
1024 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
1025 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
1026 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
1028 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1029 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
1030 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
1031 Wiegley for a patch.
1033 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
1034 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
1035 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
1036 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
1037 with full completion support.
1039 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
1040 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
1041 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
1043 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
1044 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
1047 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
1048 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
1049 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
1050 well tested yet, please check it out.
1058 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
1059 - Command to jump to the running clock
1060 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
1061 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
1062 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
1063 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1064 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
1065 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
1066 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
1067 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
1068 - Better tag alignment in agenda
1070 ** Incompatible changes
1072 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
1073 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
1075 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
1076 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
1077 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
1079 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
1080 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
1083 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1088 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
1089 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
1092 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
1095 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
1098 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
1099 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
1100 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
1101 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
1102 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
1104 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
1105 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
1106 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
1107 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
1109 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
1110 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
1111 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
1112 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
1113 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
1114 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
1115 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
1116 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
1117 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
1119 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
1120 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
1121 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
1122 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
1123 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
1124 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
1125 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
1126 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
1127 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
1129 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
1130 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
1131 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
1132 being prompted for a template, like this:
1134 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
1136 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
1138 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1139 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
1140 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
1141 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
1143 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
1144 (also `s' does this).
1146 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
1147 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
1150 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
1151 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
1152 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
1154 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
1155 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
1156 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
1158 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
1159 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
1160 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
1161 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
1169 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
1170 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
1171 - CSV support when importing a table.
1172 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
1173 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
1174 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
1175 - Modifications to priority cycling.
1176 - Modifications to computations in column view.
1177 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
1182 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
1183 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
1186 : * Tree with special properties
1188 : :CATEGORY: Examples
1189 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
1192 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
1193 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
1194 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
1195 *single* default for the file which is then locally
1196 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
1197 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
1198 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
1199 encourage you to stop using them.
1201 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
1202 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
1203 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
1204 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
1208 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
1209 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
1210 | file | the full current buffer |
1211 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
1212 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
1213 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
1214 | agenda | all agenda files |
1216 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
1217 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
1218 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
1219 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
1222 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
1223 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
1224 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
1225 basic input it works.
1227 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
1228 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
1229 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
1230 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1232 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
1233 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
1236 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
1237 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
1239 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1241 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
1242 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
1243 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
1244 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
1245 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
1247 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
1248 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
1249 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
1250 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
1251 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
1254 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
1255 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
1256 of all the children's values each time you enter column
1257 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
1258 the children has that particular property defined, the
1259 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
1260 items under such an entry without getting the property value
1261 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
1262 is a better way of doing things.
1264 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
1265 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
1266 testing is appreciated.
1268 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
1269 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
1270 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
1271 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
1273 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
1274 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
1275 links in square or angular brackets.
1283 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
1286 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
1287 agenda can be configured.
1289 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
1291 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
1293 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
1295 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1297 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1298 inherited from the outline faces.
1300 ** Incompatible Changes
1302 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1303 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1304 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1305 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
1306 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
1311 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
1312 switching to that state. With the setting
1314 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
1315 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
1317 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
1320 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
1321 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
1322 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
1323 own function. Configure the new variable
1324 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
1325 this development with a patch.
1327 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1328 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1329 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1330 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
1331 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
1332 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
1333 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
1335 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
1336 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
1337 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
1338 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
1339 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
1340 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
1341 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
1343 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
1344 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
1347 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1348 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
1349 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
1350 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
1351 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
1352 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
1353 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
1355 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1356 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
1357 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
1358 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
1359 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
1360 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
1361 match the current org-mode faces.
1363 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
1367 ** Incompatible changes
1369 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
1373 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
1374 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
1375 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
1377 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
1379 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
1380 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
1381 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
1382 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
1383 command fall back to cycling.
1385 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
1386 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
1387 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
1388 interface anyway, set the variable
1389 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
1390 others for input on this issue.
1392 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
1393 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
1394 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
1396 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
1397 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
1399 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
1400 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
1402 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
1404 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
1405 use a format string that will be interpreted by
1406 `format-time-string', for example:
1408 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
1410 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
1411 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
1412 included) have changed this.
1414 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
1415 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
1416 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
1417 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
1418 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
1419 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
1420 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
1426 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
1428 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
1430 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
1432 - Sorting can be done by priority.
1434 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
1436 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1438 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
1440 ** Incompatible changes
1442 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
1443 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
1445 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1449 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
1450 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
1451 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
1453 A Here is a configuration example:
1455 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
1456 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
1457 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
1458 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
1461 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
1462 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
1464 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
1465 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
1466 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
1467 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
1468 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
1469 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
1470 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
1471 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
1472 states, just like you also do for tags.
1474 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
1475 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
1477 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
1478 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
1479 switch the entry to that state.
1481 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
1482 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
1483 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
1486 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
1488 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
1489 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
1490 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
1491 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
1493 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
1494 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
1496 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
1497 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
1498 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
1499 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
1500 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
1502 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
1503 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
1504 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
1507 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
1508 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
1509 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
1510 the file will simply be skipped.
1520 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
1521 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
1522 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
1523 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
1524 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
1525 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
1526 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
1527 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
1530 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
1531 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
1532 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
1533 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
1534 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
1535 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
1536 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
1537 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
1538 the special locations.
1540 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
1543 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
1546 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
1547 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
1548 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
1550 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
1551 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
1552 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
1558 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
1560 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
1562 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
1564 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
1566 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
1568 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
1570 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
1572 - Global values for selected properties.
1579 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
1580 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
1581 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
1582 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
1583 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
1584 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
1585 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
1586 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
1588 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
1589 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
1590 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
1591 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
1592 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
1593 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
1594 currently how to handle the new link types for
1597 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
1598 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
1599 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
1600 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
1603 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
1604 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
1605 The syntax is like this
1607 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
1609 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
1612 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
1614 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
1615 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
1616 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
1618 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
1621 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
1622 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
1623 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
1624 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
1627 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
1628 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
1629 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
1630 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
1631 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
1632 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
1635 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
1636 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
1637 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
1640 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
1641 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
1642 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
1643 `org-global-properties', like this:
1645 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
1647 Buffer-local values are set like this:
1649 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
1651 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
1652 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
1653 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
1654 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
1655 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
1656 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
1664 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
1665 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
1666 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
1667 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
1669 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
1670 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
1671 this stuff into the drawer.
1672 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1674 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
1675 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
1677 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
1678 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
1680 - Lots of minor fixes.
1684 ** Incompatible Changes
1686 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
1687 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
1688 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
1692 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
1693 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
1694 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
1696 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
1697 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
1698 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
1699 know if we need to make this customizable.
1701 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
1702 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
1703 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
1704 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
1705 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
1707 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
1716 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
1719 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
1720 compute their value from the children's values.
1722 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
1723 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
1726 ** Incompatible Changes
1728 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
1729 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
1730 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
1731 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
1736 - Improvements for properties:
1738 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
1739 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
1741 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
1742 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
1743 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
1744 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
1745 typos when entering properties.
1747 - Improvements for column view.
1749 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
1750 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
1753 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
1754 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
1755 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
1756 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
1759 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
1760 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
1763 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
1764 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
1765 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
1767 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
1768 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
1769 beginning of a line. So
1771 : * This is a level 1 headline
1772 : *this is bold text*
1774 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
1775 available in orgstruct-mode.
1781 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
1782 structure editing commands into any other mode.
1784 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
1785 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
1786 open if explicitly asked.
1788 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
1790 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
1791 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
1794 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
1795 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
1798 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
1800 ** Incompatible changes
1802 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
1803 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
1804 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
1805 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
1806 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
1807 that this is the better convention.
1811 *** Orgstruct minor mode
1813 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
1814 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
1815 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
1816 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
1817 easily create lists.
1819 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
1820 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
1821 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
1822 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
1823 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
1824 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
1825 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
1826 minor modes have assigned to them.
1828 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
1829 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
1830 the promised implementation.
1834 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
1835 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
1836 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
1837 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
1838 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
1841 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
1843 you can then create drawers like this:
1846 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
1847 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
1850 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
1851 contains properties of an entry (see below).
1853 *** Properties and Column View
1855 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
1856 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
1857 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
1858 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
1859 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
1860 a property drawer and inserting a line like
1862 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
1864 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
1865 program using properties, use the functions
1866 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
1867 and `org-entry-delete'.
1869 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
1872 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
1873 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
1874 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
1875 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
1876 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
1877 after the headline, outside the drawer.
1879 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
1882 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
1884 will find entries that
1887 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
1888 - are TODO status WAITING.
1890 So here is an entry that will match:
1892 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
1897 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
1898 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
1901 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
1903 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
1904 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
1905 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
1906 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
1907 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
1908 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
1909 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
1910 can set up different property columns on different levels
1911 of an outline tree. For example:
1915 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
1919 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
1922 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
1924 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
1927 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
1930 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
1931 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
1933 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
1934 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
1935 will get a different table than if you do it in the
1936 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
1937 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
1938 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
1941 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
1942 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
1944 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
1945 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
1946 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
1947 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
1948 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
1949 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
1951 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
1952 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
1955 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
1957 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
1959 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
1960 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
1961 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
1963 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
1964 Any suggestions for better defaults?
1965 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
1966 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
1971 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
1972 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
1973 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
1974 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
1975 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
1976 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
1977 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
1980 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
1981 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
1982 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
1983 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
1984 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
1991 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
1993 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
1994 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
1995 constants can now be set with a line like:
1997 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
2001 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
2002 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
2005 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
2007 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
2011 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
2012 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
2013 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
2014 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
2021 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
2022 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
2023 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
2024 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
2026 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
2027 See manual section 3.5.3.
2029 - New options for turning off footnotes.
2030 This was a request from Ignotus.
2031 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
2033 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
2034 default. This was a request from Micheal.
2035 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
2039 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
2040 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
2041 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
2042 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
2043 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
2049 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
2050 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
2052 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
2054 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
2056 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
2058 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
2060 ** Incompatible changes
2062 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
2063 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
2064 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
2065 with the xemacs version. For example:
2067 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
2069 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
2070 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
2071 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
2072 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
2073 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
2077 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
2078 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
2079 interval on a single day. For example
2081 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
2083 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
2084 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
2085 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
2086 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
2088 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
2091 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
2092 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
2096 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
2098 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
2099 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
2100 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
2101 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
2102 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
2103 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
2104 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
2105 using localization features may not work correctly in the
2106 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
2107 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
2108 stick to the ASCII characters.
2110 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
2111 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
2112 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
2113 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
2114 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
2116 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
2118 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
2119 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
2120 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
2122 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
2123 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
2124 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
2125 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
2126 if we can agree on this:
2128 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
2129 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
2130 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
2131 out to a previous level. For example
2139 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
2148 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
2149 using promotion and demotion functions.
2155 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
2156 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
2158 ** Incompatible changes
2160 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
2164 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
2165 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
2166 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
2167 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
2168 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
2169 column where the character is specified). You may also use
2170 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
2172 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
2173 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2174 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
2175 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2176 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
2177 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
2178 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
2180 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
2181 never exported, but can be used to place column group
2182 information into the table. In this table, we create a
2183 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
2184 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
2187 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
2188 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
2189 wherever you want a vertical line:
2191 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
2192 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2193 : | / | < | < | | < | |
2195 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
2196 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
2198 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
2199 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
2200 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
2201 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
2202 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
2203 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
2204 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
2205 behavior we had before.
2207 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
2209 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
2210 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
2211 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
2212 special characters in other languages as along as your
2213 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
2214 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
2215 out how to do this in XEmacs.
2221 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
2225 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
2227 [1]This is a footnote
2229 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
2230 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
2232 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
2234 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
2235 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
2238 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
2244 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
2245 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
2247 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
2248 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
2249 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
2250 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
2252 ** Incompatible Changes
2254 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
2255 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
2259 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
2260 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
2262 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
2264 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
2265 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
2266 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
2267 collect your credit, let me know!
2269 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
2270 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
2272 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
2273 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
2275 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
2276 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
2277 would in the diary. For example
2279 * Birthdays and similar stuff
2281 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
2283 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
2284 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
2286 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
2288 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
2289 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
2290 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
2291 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
2292 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
2293 put in a few categories, and then turned off
2294 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
2295 faster agenda display.
2297 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
2298 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
2299 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
2300 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
2301 to Raman for this idea.
2303 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
2304 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
2305 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
2308 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
2309 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
2310 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
2314 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
2316 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
2317 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
2319 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
2320 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
2321 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
2322 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
2325 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
2326 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
2328 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
2329 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
2330 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
2331 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
2333 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
2334 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
2335 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
2336 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
2338 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
2339 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
2346 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
2347 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
2348 further processing in scripts.
2350 ** Incompatible Changes
2352 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
2353 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
2357 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
2358 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
2359 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
2360 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
2363 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
2364 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
2365 that have associated file names and exports the views to
2366 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
2367 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
2368 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
2369 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
2370 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
2372 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
2373 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
2374 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
2375 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
2377 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
2378 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
2379 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
2381 - Quite a few bug fixes.
2391 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
2393 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
2395 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
2397 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
2399 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
2401 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
2403 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
2407 ** Incompatible changes
2409 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
2410 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
2413 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
2414 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
2415 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
2416 `org-disputed-keys'.
2418 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
2419 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
2420 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
2424 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
2425 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
2426 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
2427 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
2428 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
2429 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
2430 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
2431 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
2432 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
2433 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
2434 Scott fro bringing this up again.
2436 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
2437 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
2438 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
2439 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
2441 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
2442 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
2444 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
2445 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
2446 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
2447 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
2449 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
2450 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
2451 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
2452 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
2453 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
2454 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
2455 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
2456 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
2458 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
2460 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
2461 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
2462 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
2463 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
2464 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
2465 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
2466 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
2469 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
2470 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
2471 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
2472 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
2473 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
2474 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
2477 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
2478 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
2479 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
2480 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
2481 indicates a non-stuck project.
2483 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
2484 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
2485 please let me know if you find problems.
2487 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
2488 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
2494 ** Incompatible changes
2498 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
2499 exported HTML. These are the variables
2500 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
2501 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
2504 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
2505 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
2506 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
2508 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
2509 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
2510 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
2511 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
2512 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
2513 that are scanned for the agenda.
2521 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
2522 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
2523 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
2525 ** Incompatible changes
2527 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
2531 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
2533 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
2535 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
2537 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
2538 list (and which is also works!)
2540 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
2541 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
2543 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
2544 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
2545 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
2546 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
2547 toward using the latter.
2549 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
2550 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
2551 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
2552 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
2554 (setq org-todo-keywords
2555 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
2556 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
2557 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
2558 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
2561 If your setting has this new structure,
2562 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
2563 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
2564 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
2565 interpretation from the other variable still works.
2567 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
2568 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
2569 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
2570 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
2571 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
2574 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
2575 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
2576 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
2577 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
2578 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
2579 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
2580 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
2582 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
2583 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
2584 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
2585 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
2586 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
2588 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
2589 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
2590 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
2591 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
2592 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
2593 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
2594 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
2595 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
2596 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
2603 This time the changes affect the following areas:
2605 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
2606 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
2607 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
2608 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
2609 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
2610 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
2613 ** Incompatible changes
2615 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
2616 over several lines, like
2619 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
2622 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
2623 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
2624 See below for details.
2626 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
2627 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
2628 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
2629 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
2634 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
2635 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
2638 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
2639 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
2640 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
2642 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
2643 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
2644 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
2645 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
2646 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
2647 where you want to be.
2649 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
2650 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
2651 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
2654 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
2655 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
2657 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
2658 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
2660 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
2662 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
2663 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
2664 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
2665 new in-buffer option
2669 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
2670 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
2671 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
2672 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
2674 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
2675 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
2676 can be done by setting the variable
2677 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
2679 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
2685 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
2687 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
2688 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
2689 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
2690 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
2691 terminate all levels of plain list items.
2693 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
2695 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
2696 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
2699 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
2700 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
2701 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
2702 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
2703 are logging all state changes.
2705 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
2710 - Priority handling in the tags view
2711 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
2712 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
2713 - Improvements to the formula editor.
2714 - C-j does better indentation.
2718 - Priority handling in the tags view
2720 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
2721 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
2723 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
2725 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
2726 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
2727 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
2729 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
2731 - Changes in the spreadsheet
2733 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
2734 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
2735 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
2736 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
2737 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
2738 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
2739 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
2741 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
2744 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
2746 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
2748 + There is now a menu with commands.
2750 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
2751 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
2753 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
2754 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
2756 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
2757 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
2761 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
2762 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
2763 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
2765 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
2766 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
2771 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
2772 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
2773 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
2774 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
2776 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
2777 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
2778 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
2788 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
2789 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
2790 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
2792 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
2793 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
2794 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
2795 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
2796 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
2797 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
2798 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
2800 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
2801 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
2802 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
2804 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
2806 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
2807 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
2809 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
2810 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
2812 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
2813 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
2814 levels. For example:
2816 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
2818 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
2819 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
2820 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
2823 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
2824 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
2825 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
2826 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
2828 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
2829 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
2838 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
2839 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
2840 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
2841 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
2843 ** Detailed description of changes
2845 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
2846 any table in any mode.
2848 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
2849 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
2850 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
2851 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
2852 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
2853 inside the same file, in a block comment.
2855 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
2856 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
2857 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
2858 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
2859 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
2861 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
2862 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
2863 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
2864 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
2865 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
2866 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
2867 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
2870 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
2871 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
2872 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
2873 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
2874 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
2875 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
2876 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
2877 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
2878 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
2879 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
2880 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
2881 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
2883 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
2884 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
2885 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
2886 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
2892 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
2893 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
2894 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
2895 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
2896 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
2898 ** Detailed description of changes
2900 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
2901 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
2902 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
2904 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
2906 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
2907 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
2909 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
2911 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
2912 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
2913 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
2915 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
2916 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
2917 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
2919 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
2920 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
2921 to Raman for this excellent idea.
2923 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
2924 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
2926 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
2928 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
2929 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
2930 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
2931 remember.el work like this as well).
2932 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
2933 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
2934 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
2935 new template, but the old context information. This is
2936 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
2939 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
2940 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
2941 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
2942 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
2943 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
2944 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
2945 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
2946 without interaction.
2948 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
2949 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
2950 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
2951 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
2952 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
2953 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
2955 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
2956 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
2957 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
2958 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
2960 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
2961 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
2962 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
2963 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
2964 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
2965 them would require special hooks. Comments?
2971 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
2972 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
2974 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
2975 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
2976 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
2977 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
2978 + Incompatible changes
2979 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
2980 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
2981 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
2982 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
2983 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
2984 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
2985 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
2989 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
2990 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
2991 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
2992 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
2993 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
2994 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
2995 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
2996 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
3000 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
3001 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
3002 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
3003 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
3004 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
3005 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
3006 - Empty entries go full circle.
3007 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
3012 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
3015 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
3016 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
3017 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
3018 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
3019 another, dedicated frame.
3020 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
3021 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
3024 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
3025 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
3026 - Changes in Agenda buffer
3027 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
3028 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
3029 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
3030 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
3031 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
3032 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
3033 use regular expressions.
3034 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
3035 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
3036 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
3040 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
3041 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
3042 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
3049 - Improvements to fast tag selection
3050 + show status also in target line.
3051 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
3052 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
3053 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
3057 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
3058 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
3059 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
3060 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
3064 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
3065 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
3070 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
3071 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
3072 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
3076 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
3077 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
3078 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
3079 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
3080 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
3081 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
3082 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
3083 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
3084 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
3085 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
3086 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
3091 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
3092 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
3093 - File links can contain environment variables.
3094 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
3098 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
3099 each block created by a different agenda command.
3100 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
3101 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
3102 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
3103 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
3104 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
3105 upon the agenda type.
3106 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
3107 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
3108 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
3109 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
3110 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
3111 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
3112 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
3113 - More minor bug fixes.
3116 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
3117 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
3118 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
3122 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
3123 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
3124 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
3128 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
3131 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
3132 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
3133 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
3141 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
3142 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
3144 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
3145 LaTeX environment and math.
3148 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
3150 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
3151 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
3152 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
3156 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
3157 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
3160 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
3161 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
3162 and will not lead to conflicts.
3163 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
3167 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
3168 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
3169 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
3170 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
3171 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
3172 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
3173 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
3179 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
3180 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
3183 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
3184 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
3185 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
3186 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
3187 directories for different export types.
3188 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
3189 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
3196 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
3197 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
3198 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
3199 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
3200 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
3201 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
3202 relative and absolute paths.
3203 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
3204 - Bug and typo fixes.
3208 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
3209 contains a description or not.
3210 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
3211 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
3212 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
3213 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
3214 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
3215 for all available exporters.
3216 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
3222 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
3223 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
3224 end of the HTML file.
3225 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
3226 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
3227 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
3228 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
3234 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
3235 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
3236 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
3237 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
3247 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
3248 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
3251 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
3252 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
3253 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
3254 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
3255 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
3256 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
3257 - New structure for the customization tree.
3262 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
3266 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
3267 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
3268 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
3269 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
3270 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
3275 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
3276 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
3277 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
3278 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
3282 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
3283 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
3286 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
3287 - Various small bug fixes
3290 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
3291 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
3292 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
3293 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
3294 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
3295 argument to `C-c C-v'.
3296 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
3297 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
3298 next buffer change due to editing).
3301 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
3302 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
3303 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
3304 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
3307 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
3308 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
3309 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
3310 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
3311 - Changes to the HTML exporter
3312 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
3313 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
3314 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
3315 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
3316 - support for cascading style sheets.
3317 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
3318 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
3325 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
3329 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
3332 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
3333 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
3334 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
3335 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
3336 and are not linked to the calendar.
3337 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
3338 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
3339 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
3340 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
3343 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
3344 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
3345 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
3346 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
3347 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
3350 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
3351 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
3352 - Named fields and columns in tables.
3353 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
3356 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
3357 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
3360 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
3361 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
3362 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
3363 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
3364 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
3365 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
3369 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
3370 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
3371 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
3372 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
3373 - Archiving of finished tasks.
3374 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
3375 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
3376 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
3377 - Improved html export of tables.
3378 - Various clean-up changes.
3381 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
3385 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
3386 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
3390 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
3391 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
3395 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
3396 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
3397 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
3400 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
3401 - New startup option `content'.
3402 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
3403 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
3404 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
3407 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
3408 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
3409 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
3410 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
3411 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
3412 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
3415 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
3416 table shape when typing in fields.
3417 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
3418 into arbitrary major modes.
3419 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
3420 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
3421 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
3424 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
3425 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
3426 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
3428 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
3429 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
3430 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
3431 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
3432 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
3434 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
3435 - Sorting fully configurable.
3436 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
3437 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
3441 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
3442 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
3443 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
3444 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
3445 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
3446 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
3447 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
3450 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
3451 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
3452 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
3453 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
3454 - Priorities for TODO items.
3455 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
3456 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
3457 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
3462 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
3463 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
3464 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
3465 `org-todo-interpretation'.
3466 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
3467 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
3468 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
3469 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
3470 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
3471 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
3472 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
3473 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
3474 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
3475 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
3476 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
3479 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
3480 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
3481 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
3482 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
3483 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
3484 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
3485 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
3486 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
3487 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
3488 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
3489 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
3490 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
3493 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
3494 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
3495 - Date ranges introduced.
3496 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
3497 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
3498 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
3499 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
3500 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
3501 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
3502 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
3505 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
3506 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
3507 - Fully automatic table editor.
3508 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
3509 - Other link system changes
3510 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
3511 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
3512 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
3513 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
3514 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
3515 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
3516 Please re-read the manual section about links.
3518 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
3519 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
3520 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
3521 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
3522 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
3523 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
3525 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
3529 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
3530 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
3531 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
3532 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
3536 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents