1 # -*- mode: org; org-export-publishing-directory: "tmp"; fill-column: 65 -*-
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 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
11 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
12 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
16 - The Org distribution has a new structure
17 - New system for selecting modules to load
18 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
19 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
20 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
21 - Export commands can be done in the background
22 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
23 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
24 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
25 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
26 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
27 - And some more small fixes and improvements
29 ** Incompatible changes
31 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
33 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
34 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
35 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
36 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
37 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
38 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
42 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
44 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
45 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
46 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
47 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
48 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
49 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
53 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
54 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
55 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
56 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
57 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
58 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
59 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
60 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
63 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
65 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
66 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
67 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
68 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
69 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
70 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
71 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
72 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
75 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
76 buffer you can simply use "A".
78 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
80 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
82 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
83 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
84 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
85 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
88 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
89 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
90 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
91 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
92 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
93 visibility both locally and globally.
95 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
96 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
97 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
99 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
101 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
102 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
103 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
104 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
105 JavaScript program is served from
106 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
107 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
108 to be independent of the existence and stability of
109 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
110 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
113 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
115 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
117 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
118 together with org-info.js.
120 *** Export improvements
122 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
123 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
124 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
127 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
128 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
129 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
130 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
131 this less system dependent in the future.
133 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
135 *** Improvements to clocktable
137 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
138 when trying to specify the time block that should be
139 considered when constructing the table.
141 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
145 |--------------+-----------------------|
146 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
147 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
148 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
149 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
151 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
152 | thisweek | The current week |
153 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
154 | thismonth | The current month |
155 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
156 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
159 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
160 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
161 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
162 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
163 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
164 will switch to the following week.
166 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
167 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
168 a request from Bernt Hansen.
170 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
171 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
172 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
173 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
174 configure the variable
175 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
176 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
177 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
179 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
181 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
182 the form =W08= for week 8.
184 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
185 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
186 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
187 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
188 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
189 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
190 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
191 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
192 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
193 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
194 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
196 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
197 specify an ISO week. For example
199 : w4 Monday of week 4
200 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
202 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
203 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
205 So far I have not implemented the effect of
206 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
207 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
208 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
209 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
210 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
211 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
214 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
215 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
216 test extensively and report back.
218 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
220 *** Improvements in Search View
222 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
223 only in TODO entries.
225 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
226 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
227 also match in "Nasim's".
232 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
233 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
234 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
235 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
236 this excellent proposal.
238 The regexp option is also implemented for
239 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
240 properties for inheritance my name.
242 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
243 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
244 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
245 if and only if the setting in
246 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
249 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
250 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
251 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
252 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
253 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
254 customize them freely.
256 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
257 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
258 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
259 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
260 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
261 default date, not switch to today.
263 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
264 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
266 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
267 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
269 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
270 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
271 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
273 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
276 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
277 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
278 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
280 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
281 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
282 initial region if set.
284 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
287 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
289 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
290 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
291 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
292 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
293 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
294 file name to which the export should go, and a local
298 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
299 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
302 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
304 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
305 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
306 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
307 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
309 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
316 - New keyword search agenda view
318 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
320 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
322 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
324 - Granularity while editing time stamps
326 - New repeaters mechanisms
328 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
330 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
332 - =M-RET= splits lines again
336 ** Incompatible changes
338 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
339 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
344 *** New keyword search agenda view
346 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
347 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
348 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
349 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
350 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
351 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
352 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
353 example, the search string
355 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
357 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
358 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
359 which are also not matched by the regular expression
360 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
361 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
362 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
363 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
364 (possibly sub-) heading.
366 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
367 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
369 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
370 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
373 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
374 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
375 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
377 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
379 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
380 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
382 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
383 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
384 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
386 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
387 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
388 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
389 to cover contributed extensions as well.
391 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
393 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
394 last element defines the contexts in which the template
395 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
396 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
397 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
398 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
399 function, the template will be offered only if the function
400 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
401 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
404 One possible application for this would be to have several
405 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
406 the right one based on context. For example, think of
407 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
408 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
409 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
411 : (setq org-remember-templates
412 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
413 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
415 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
417 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
419 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
420 + In a table, add a hline as before
421 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
422 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
423 + In a headline, turn it into an item
424 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
425 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
426 item markers from all lines.
428 Based on proposals by Bastien.
430 - `C-c *' has now more functions
431 + in a table, recompute, as before
432 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
433 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
434 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
435 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
436 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
438 Based on proposals by Bastien.
440 *** Changes related to time stamps
442 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
443 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
444 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
445 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
446 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
447 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
448 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
449 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
450 specify the number of minutes to shift.
452 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
454 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
455 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
458 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
459 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
460 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
461 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
462 : and marked it done on Saturday.
463 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
464 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
465 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
468 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
470 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
472 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
473 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
476 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
477 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
478 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
479 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
480 the previous content.
482 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
484 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
485 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
486 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
488 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
492 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
493 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
494 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
495 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
498 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
499 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
500 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
503 - There are three new hooks:
505 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
506 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
507 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
511 ** Incompatible changes
513 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
514 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
515 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
519 *** Changes to logging progress
521 There is now more control over which state changes are being
522 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
523 sections in the manual. Basically:
525 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
526 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
527 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
528 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
529 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
530 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
531 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
532 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
534 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
535 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
536 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
537 : when leaving this state. This is great for
538 : getting a record when switching *back* from
540 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
541 : Here we not even define a fast access
542 : character, but just the logging stuff.
544 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
548 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
549 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
550 of the line) before the current line.
552 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
553 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
554 create a new line below the current one.
558 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
559 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
566 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
568 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
569 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
571 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
573 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
574 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
575 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
577 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
579 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
581 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
585 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
587 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
589 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
591 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
593 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
595 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
597 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
599 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
603 ** Incompatible Changes
605 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
606 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
607 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
611 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
613 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
614 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
616 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
617 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
619 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
620 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
621 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
622 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
623 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
624 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
627 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
628 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
631 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
632 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
633 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
635 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
636 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
637 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
638 variable does select the interface that is used to select
639 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
642 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
644 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
645 path to select a location.
646 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
649 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
650 they are always current.
652 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
653 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
654 special also because it only matches in headline. This
655 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
656 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
657 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
658 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
659 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
661 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
662 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
663 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
664 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
665 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
666 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
672 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
673 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
674 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
675 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
676 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
678 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
679 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
681 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
682 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
684 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
685 headline up to the tags.
686 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
688 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
690 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
691 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
692 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
693 request by Austin Frank.
695 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
696 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
697 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
699 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
700 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
701 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
702 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
704 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
705 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
706 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
707 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
708 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
709 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
710 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
711 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
712 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
713 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
714 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
717 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
718 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
719 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
720 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
728 will file is with the following property
730 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
732 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
733 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
734 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
736 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
737 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
746 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
748 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
750 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
752 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
754 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
756 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
758 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
760 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
762 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
766 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
767 entries in a subtree. For example
769 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
771 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
772 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
773 request by Bernt Hansen.
775 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
776 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
777 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
778 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
779 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
780 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
781 interactively select the filing location (file and
782 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
783 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
784 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
785 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
786 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
788 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
789 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
790 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
791 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
792 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
795 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
796 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
797 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
798 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
799 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
800 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
801 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
804 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
805 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
806 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
809 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
810 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
811 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
812 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
813 explain here, complex.
815 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
816 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
817 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
819 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
820 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
821 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
823 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
835 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
836 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
837 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
838 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
839 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
840 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
841 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
842 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
843 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
844 subtree motion commands.
846 - Plain lists items work the same.
848 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
849 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
850 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
853 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
854 let me know about any problems.
858 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
859 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
860 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
861 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
862 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
864 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
865 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
866 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
867 history variable. For example:
869 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
871 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
872 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
873 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
874 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
875 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
876 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
877 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
880 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
881 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
882 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
883 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
887 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
888 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
891 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
892 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
893 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
894 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
895 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
896 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
902 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
904 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
905 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
906 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
907 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
908 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
909 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
910 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
911 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
914 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
915 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
916 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
917 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
919 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
920 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
921 the new scope. TO if you like you can display an agenda view
922 and then watch it change in various scopes.
924 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
925 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
926 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
927 select a new restriction.
929 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
931 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
933 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
935 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
936 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
938 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
939 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
940 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
943 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
944 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
945 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
947 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
948 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
949 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
950 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
951 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
957 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
958 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
959 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
961 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
962 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
963 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
972 + Remember and related stuff
973 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
974 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
975 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
976 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
978 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
979 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
980 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
981 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
982 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
983 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
984 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
986 + Properties and Column view
987 - More control over which properties use inheritance
988 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
989 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
990 - New currency summary type {$}
992 + The date/time prompt
993 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
994 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
995 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
998 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
999 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
1002 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
1005 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
1006 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
1007 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
1008 - Support for pabbrev-mode
1009 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
1011 ** Incompatible changes
1013 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
1014 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
1015 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
1017 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
1018 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
1019 prompted, like this:
1021 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1023 : (org-remember ?n))
1025 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
1026 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
1028 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1030 : (org-remember nil ?n))
1032 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
1033 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
1037 *** Remember and related stuff
1039 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
1040 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
1041 application might be to put a note or task captured with
1042 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
1043 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
1044 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
1045 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
1046 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
1047 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
1048 definitions. For example:
1050 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
1052 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
1055 : (setq org-refile-targets
1056 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
1058 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
1059 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
1060 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
1061 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
1064 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
1065 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
1067 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
1068 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
1069 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
1070 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
1071 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
1073 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
1074 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
1076 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
1078 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
1079 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
1080 : %[..] include file
1082 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
1084 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
1085 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
1086 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
1089 : (require 'remember)
1090 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
1091 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
1092 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
1094 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
1095 provide a default for templates without a file, and
1096 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
1098 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1100 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
1102 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1104 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
1105 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
1106 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
1107 the default in Org-mode.
1109 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
1110 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
1111 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
1112 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
1114 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
1115 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
1116 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
1117 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
1118 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
1120 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
1121 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
1122 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
1123 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
1126 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
1127 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
1128 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
1129 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
1130 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
1132 *** Properties and Column view
1134 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
1135 property names that should be treated with inheritance
1138 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
1139 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
1140 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
1141 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
1142 discussion around this issue.
1144 - Summary type improvements in column view.
1145 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
1146 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
1147 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
1148 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
1149 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
1150 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
1151 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
1153 *** The date/time prompt
1155 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
1158 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
1159 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
1160 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
1161 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
1162 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
1164 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
1165 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
1166 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
1167 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
1168 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
1169 entered month is before the current, for example if you
1170 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
1171 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
1172 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
1174 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
1175 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
1176 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
1177 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
1178 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1180 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
1182 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
1183 list of newly performed conversions:
1185 | Org | Description | HTML |
1186 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
1187 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
1188 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
1189 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
1190 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
1192 You can turn this globally on or off with
1193 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
1194 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
1195 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
1196 William Henney for relevant inputs.
1198 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
1199 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
1203 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
1204 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
1205 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
1206 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
1207 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
1208 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
1210 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
1212 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
1213 export by setting it either globally
1214 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
1215 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
1216 the list of available classes and their sectioning
1217 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
1218 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
1221 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
1222 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
1223 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
1225 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
1226 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
1228 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
1229 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
1232 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
1233 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
1234 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
1241 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
1242 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
1243 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
1245 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
1246 the values of constants and properties are no longer
1247 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
1248 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
1249 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
1251 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
1252 with extension matched by the new variable
1253 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
1262 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
1263 + All known bugs fixed.
1264 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
1265 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
1266 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
1268 - The agenda dispatcher
1269 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
1270 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
1272 - Sorting improvements
1273 + User-defined sorting keys.
1274 + Sorting by properties.
1275 + Sorting of plain lists.
1277 - HTML <div> structure
1280 + New variables, several of them.
1281 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
1282 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
1283 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
1284 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
1288 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
1290 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
1291 (at least I hope so...).
1293 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
1294 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
1296 + global, i.e. for the entire file
1297 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
1298 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
1300 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
1301 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
1302 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
1306 : :ID: planning-overview
1312 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
1316 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
1317 be prompted for the ID.
1319 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
1320 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
1321 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
1322 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
1323 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
1326 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
1328 *** The agenda dispatcher
1330 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
1331 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
1332 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
1333 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
1334 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
1335 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
1336 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
1337 them to custom commands.
1339 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
1340 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
1341 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
1342 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
1344 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
1345 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
1346 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
1347 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
1348 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
1350 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
1351 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
1354 *** Sorting improvements
1356 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
1357 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
1359 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
1360 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
1362 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
1365 - Plain lists can be sorted.
1367 *** HTML <div> structure
1369 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
1371 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
1372 "table-of-contents".
1374 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
1375 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
1377 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
1378 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
1380 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
1381 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
1383 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
1384 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
1388 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
1389 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
1390 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
1393 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
1395 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
1397 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
1398 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
1399 your properties will not be folded away.
1400 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
1402 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
1403 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
1404 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
1406 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
1407 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
1408 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
1409 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
1410 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
1412 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
1413 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
1414 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
1415 a proposal by Bastien.
1417 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
1418 request by Wanrong Lin.
1420 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
1421 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
1422 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
1428 - Remember templates can now have name.
1429 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
1430 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
1431 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
1432 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
1433 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1434 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
1435 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
1436 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
1437 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
1438 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
1440 ** Incompatible Changes
1442 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
1446 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
1447 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
1448 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
1449 the name start with the selection character, for example if
1450 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
1451 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
1453 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
1454 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
1455 change). Thanks to Bastien.
1457 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
1458 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
1460 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
1461 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
1462 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
1463 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
1465 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
1466 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
1467 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
1469 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1470 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
1471 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
1472 Wiegley for a patch.
1474 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
1475 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
1476 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
1477 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
1478 with full completion support.
1480 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
1481 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
1482 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
1484 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
1485 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
1488 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
1489 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
1490 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
1491 well tested yet, please check it out.
1499 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
1500 - Command to jump to the running clock
1501 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
1502 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
1503 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
1504 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1505 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
1506 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
1507 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
1508 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
1509 - Better tag alignment in agenda
1511 ** Incompatible changes
1513 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
1514 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
1516 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
1517 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
1518 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
1520 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
1521 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
1524 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1529 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
1530 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
1533 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
1536 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
1539 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
1540 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
1541 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
1542 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
1543 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
1545 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
1546 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
1547 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
1548 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
1550 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
1551 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
1552 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
1553 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
1554 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
1555 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
1556 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
1557 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
1558 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
1560 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
1561 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
1562 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
1563 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
1564 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
1565 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
1566 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
1567 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
1568 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
1570 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
1571 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
1572 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
1573 being prompted for a template, like this:
1575 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
1577 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
1579 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1580 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
1581 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
1582 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
1584 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
1585 (also `s' does this).
1587 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
1588 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
1591 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
1592 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
1593 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
1595 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
1596 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
1597 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
1599 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
1600 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
1601 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
1602 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
1610 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
1611 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
1612 - CSV support when importing a table.
1613 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
1614 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
1615 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
1616 - Modifications to priority cycling.
1617 - Modifications to computations in column view.
1618 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
1623 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
1624 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
1627 : * Tree with special properties
1629 : :CATEGORY: Examples
1630 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
1633 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
1634 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
1635 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
1636 *single* default for the file which is then locally
1637 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
1638 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
1639 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
1640 encourage you to stop using them.
1642 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
1643 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
1644 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
1645 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
1649 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
1650 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
1651 | file | the full current buffer |
1652 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
1653 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
1654 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
1655 | agenda | all agenda files |
1657 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
1658 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
1659 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
1660 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
1663 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
1664 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
1665 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
1666 basic input it works.
1668 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
1669 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
1670 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
1671 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1673 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
1674 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
1677 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
1678 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
1680 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1682 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
1683 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
1684 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
1685 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
1686 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
1688 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
1689 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
1690 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
1691 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
1692 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
1695 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
1696 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
1697 of all the children's values each time you enter column
1698 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
1699 the children has that particular property defined, the
1700 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
1701 items under such an entry without getting the property value
1702 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
1703 is a better way of doing things.
1705 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
1706 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
1707 testing is appreciated.
1709 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
1710 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
1711 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
1712 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
1714 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
1715 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
1716 links in square or angular brackets.
1724 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
1727 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
1728 agenda can be configured.
1730 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
1732 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
1734 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
1736 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1738 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1739 inherited from the outline faces.
1741 ** Incompatible Changes
1743 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1744 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1745 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1746 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
1747 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
1752 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
1753 switching to that state. With the setting
1755 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
1756 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
1758 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
1761 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
1762 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
1763 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
1764 own function. Configure the new variable
1765 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
1766 this development with a patch.
1768 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1769 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1770 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1771 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
1772 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
1773 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
1774 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
1776 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
1777 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
1778 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
1779 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
1780 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
1781 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
1782 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
1784 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
1785 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
1788 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1789 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
1790 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
1791 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
1792 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
1793 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
1794 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
1796 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1797 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
1798 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
1799 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
1800 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
1801 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
1802 match the current org-mode faces.
1804 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
1808 ** Incompatible changes
1810 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
1814 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
1815 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
1816 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
1818 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
1820 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
1821 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
1822 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
1823 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
1824 command fall back to cycling.
1826 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
1827 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
1828 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
1829 interface anyway, set the variable
1830 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
1831 others for input on this issue.
1833 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
1834 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
1835 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
1837 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
1838 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
1840 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
1841 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
1843 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
1845 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
1846 use a format string that will be interpreted by
1847 `format-time-string', for example:
1849 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
1851 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
1852 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
1853 included) have changed this.
1855 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
1856 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
1857 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
1858 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
1859 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
1860 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
1861 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
1867 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
1869 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
1871 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
1873 - Sorting can be done by priority.
1875 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
1877 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1879 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
1881 ** Incompatible changes
1883 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
1884 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
1886 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1890 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
1891 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
1892 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
1894 A Here is a configuration example:
1896 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
1897 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
1898 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
1899 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
1902 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
1903 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
1905 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
1906 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
1907 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
1908 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
1909 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
1910 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
1911 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
1912 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
1913 states, just like you also do for tags.
1915 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
1916 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
1918 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
1919 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
1920 switch the entry to that state.
1922 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
1923 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
1924 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
1927 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
1929 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
1930 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
1931 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
1932 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
1934 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
1935 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
1937 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
1938 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
1939 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
1940 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
1941 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
1943 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
1944 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
1945 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
1948 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
1949 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
1950 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
1951 the file will simply be skipped.
1961 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
1962 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
1963 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
1964 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
1965 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
1966 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
1967 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
1968 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
1971 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
1972 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
1973 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
1974 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
1975 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
1976 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
1977 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
1978 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
1979 the special locations.
1981 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
1984 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
1987 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
1988 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
1989 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
1991 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
1992 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
1993 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
1999 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
2001 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
2003 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
2005 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
2007 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
2009 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
2011 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
2013 - Global values for selected properties.
2020 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
2021 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
2022 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
2023 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
2024 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
2025 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
2026 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
2027 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
2029 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
2030 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
2031 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
2032 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
2033 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
2034 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
2035 currently how to handle the new link types for
2038 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
2039 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
2040 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
2041 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
2044 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
2045 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
2046 The syntax is like this
2048 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
2050 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
2053 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
2055 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
2056 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
2057 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
2059 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
2062 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
2063 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
2064 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
2065 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
2068 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
2069 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
2070 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
2071 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
2072 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
2073 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
2076 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
2077 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
2078 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
2081 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
2082 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
2083 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
2084 `org-global-properties', like this:
2086 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
2088 Buffer-local values are set like this:
2090 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
2092 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
2093 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
2094 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
2095 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
2096 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
2097 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
2105 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
2106 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
2107 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
2108 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
2110 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
2111 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
2112 this stuff into the drawer.
2113 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2115 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
2116 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
2118 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
2119 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
2121 - Lots of minor fixes.
2125 ** Incompatible Changes
2127 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
2128 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
2129 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
2133 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
2134 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
2135 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
2137 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
2138 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
2139 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
2140 know if we need to make this customizable.
2142 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
2143 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
2144 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
2145 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
2146 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
2148 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
2157 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
2160 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
2161 compute their value from the children's values.
2163 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
2164 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
2167 ** Incompatible Changes
2169 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
2170 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
2171 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
2172 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
2177 - Improvements for properties:
2179 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
2180 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
2182 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
2183 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
2184 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
2185 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
2186 typos when entering properties.
2188 - Improvements for column view.
2190 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
2191 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
2194 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
2195 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
2196 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
2197 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
2200 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
2201 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
2204 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
2205 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
2206 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
2208 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
2209 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
2210 beginning of a line. So
2212 : * This is a level 1 headline
2213 : *this is bold text*
2215 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
2216 available in orgstruct-mode.
2222 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
2223 structure editing commands into any other mode.
2225 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
2226 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
2227 open if explicitly asked.
2229 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
2231 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
2232 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
2235 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
2236 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
2239 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
2241 ** Incompatible changes
2243 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
2244 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
2245 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
2246 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
2247 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
2248 that this is the better convention.
2252 *** Orgstruct minor mode
2254 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
2255 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
2256 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
2257 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
2258 easily create lists.
2260 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
2261 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
2262 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
2263 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
2264 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
2265 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
2266 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
2267 minor modes have assigned to them.
2269 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
2270 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
2271 the promised implementation.
2275 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
2276 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
2277 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
2278 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
2279 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
2282 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
2284 you can then create drawers like this:
2287 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
2288 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
2291 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
2292 contains properties of an entry (see below).
2294 *** Properties and Column View
2296 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
2297 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
2298 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
2299 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
2300 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
2301 a property drawer and inserting a line like
2303 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
2305 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
2306 program using properties, use the functions
2307 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
2308 and `org-entry-delete'.
2310 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
2313 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
2314 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
2315 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
2316 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
2317 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
2318 after the headline, outside the drawer.
2320 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
2323 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
2325 will find entries that
2328 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
2329 - are TODO status WAITING.
2331 So here is an entry that will match:
2333 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
2338 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
2339 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
2342 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
2344 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
2345 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
2346 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
2347 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
2348 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
2349 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
2350 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
2351 can set up different property columns on different levels
2352 of an outline tree. For example:
2356 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
2360 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
2363 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
2365 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
2368 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
2371 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
2372 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
2374 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
2375 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
2376 will get a different table than if you do it in the
2377 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
2378 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
2379 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
2382 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
2383 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
2385 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
2386 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
2387 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
2388 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
2389 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
2390 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
2392 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
2393 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
2396 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
2398 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
2400 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
2401 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
2402 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
2404 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
2405 Any suggestions for better defaults?
2406 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
2407 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
2412 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
2413 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
2414 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
2415 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
2416 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
2417 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
2418 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
2421 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
2422 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
2423 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
2424 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
2425 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
2432 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
2434 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
2435 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
2436 constants can now be set with a line like:
2438 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
2442 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
2443 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
2446 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
2448 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
2452 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
2453 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
2454 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
2455 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
2462 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
2463 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
2464 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
2465 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
2467 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
2468 See manual section 3.5.3.
2470 - New options for turning off footnotes.
2471 This was a request from Ignotus.
2472 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
2474 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
2475 default. This was a request from Micheal.
2476 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
2480 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
2481 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
2482 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
2483 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
2484 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
2490 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
2491 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
2493 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
2495 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
2497 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
2499 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
2501 ** Incompatible changes
2503 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
2504 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
2505 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
2506 with the xemacs version. For example:
2508 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
2510 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
2511 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
2512 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
2513 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
2514 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
2518 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
2519 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
2520 interval on a single day. For example
2522 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
2524 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
2525 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
2526 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
2527 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
2529 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
2532 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
2533 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
2537 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
2539 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
2540 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
2541 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
2542 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
2543 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
2544 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
2545 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
2546 using localization features may not work correctly in the
2547 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
2548 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
2549 stick to the ASCII characters.
2551 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
2552 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
2553 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
2554 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
2555 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
2557 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
2559 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
2560 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
2561 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
2563 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
2564 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
2565 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
2566 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
2567 if we can agree on this:
2569 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
2570 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
2571 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
2572 out to a previous level. For example
2580 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
2589 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
2590 using promotion and demotion functions.
2596 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
2597 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
2599 ** Incompatible changes
2601 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
2605 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
2606 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
2607 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
2608 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
2609 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
2610 column where the character is specified). You may also use
2611 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
2613 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
2614 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2615 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
2616 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2617 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
2618 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
2619 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
2621 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
2622 never exported, but can be used to place column group
2623 information into the table. In this table, we create a
2624 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
2625 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
2628 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
2629 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
2630 wherever you want a vertical line:
2632 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
2633 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2634 : | / | < | < | | < | |
2636 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
2637 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
2639 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
2640 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
2641 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
2642 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
2643 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
2644 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
2645 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
2646 behavior we had before.
2648 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
2650 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
2651 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
2652 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
2653 special characters in other languages as along as your
2654 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
2655 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
2656 out how to do this in XEmacs.
2662 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
2666 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
2668 [1]This is a footnote
2670 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
2671 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
2673 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
2675 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
2676 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
2679 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
2685 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
2686 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
2688 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
2689 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
2690 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
2691 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
2693 ** Incompatible Changes
2695 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
2696 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
2700 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
2701 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
2703 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
2705 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
2706 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
2707 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
2708 collect your credit, let me know!
2710 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
2711 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
2713 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
2714 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
2716 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
2717 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
2718 would in the diary. For example
2720 * Birthdays and similar stuff
2722 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
2724 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
2725 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
2727 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
2729 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
2730 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
2731 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
2732 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
2733 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
2734 put in a few categories, and then turned off
2735 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
2736 faster agenda display.
2738 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
2739 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
2740 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
2741 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
2742 to Raman for this idea.
2744 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
2745 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
2746 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
2749 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
2750 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
2751 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
2755 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
2757 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
2758 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
2760 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
2761 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
2762 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
2763 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
2766 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
2767 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
2769 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
2770 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
2771 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
2772 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
2774 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
2775 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
2776 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
2777 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
2779 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
2780 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
2787 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
2788 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
2789 further processing in scripts.
2791 ** Incompatible Changes
2793 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
2794 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
2798 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
2799 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
2800 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
2801 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
2804 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
2805 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
2806 that have associated file names and exports the views to
2807 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
2808 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
2809 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
2810 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
2811 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
2813 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
2814 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
2815 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
2816 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
2818 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
2819 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
2820 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
2822 - Quite a few bug fixes.
2832 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
2834 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
2836 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
2838 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
2840 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
2842 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
2844 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
2848 ** Incompatible changes
2850 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
2851 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
2854 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
2855 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
2856 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
2857 `org-disputed-keys'.
2859 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
2860 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
2861 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
2865 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
2866 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
2867 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
2868 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
2869 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
2870 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
2871 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
2872 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
2873 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
2874 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
2875 Scott fro bringing this up again.
2877 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
2878 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
2879 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
2880 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
2882 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
2883 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
2885 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
2886 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
2887 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
2888 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
2890 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
2891 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
2892 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
2893 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
2894 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
2895 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
2896 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
2897 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
2899 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
2901 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
2902 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
2903 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
2904 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
2905 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
2906 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
2907 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
2910 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
2911 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
2912 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
2913 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
2914 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
2915 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
2918 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
2919 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
2920 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
2921 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
2922 indicates a non-stuck project.
2924 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
2925 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
2926 please let me know if you find problems.
2928 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
2929 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
2935 ** Incompatible changes
2939 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
2940 exported HTML. These are the variables
2941 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
2942 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
2945 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
2946 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
2947 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
2949 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
2950 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
2951 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
2952 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
2953 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
2954 that are scanned for the agenda.
2962 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
2963 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
2964 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
2966 ** Incompatible changes
2968 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
2972 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
2974 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
2976 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
2978 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
2979 list (and which is also works!)
2981 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
2982 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
2984 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
2985 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
2986 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
2987 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
2988 toward using the latter.
2990 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
2991 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
2992 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
2993 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
2995 (setq org-todo-keywords
2996 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
2997 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
2998 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
2999 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
3002 If your setting has this new structure,
3003 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
3004 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
3005 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
3006 interpretation from the other variable still works.
3008 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
3009 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
3010 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
3011 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
3012 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
3015 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
3016 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
3017 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
3018 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
3019 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
3020 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
3021 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
3023 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
3024 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
3025 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
3026 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
3027 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
3029 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
3030 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
3031 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
3032 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
3033 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
3034 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
3035 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
3036 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
3037 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
3044 This time the changes affect the following areas:
3046 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
3047 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
3048 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
3049 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
3050 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
3051 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
3054 ** Incompatible changes
3056 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
3057 over several lines, like
3060 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
3063 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
3064 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
3065 See below for details.
3067 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
3068 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
3069 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
3070 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
3075 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
3076 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
3079 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
3080 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
3081 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
3083 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
3084 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
3085 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
3086 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
3087 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
3088 where you want to be.
3090 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
3091 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
3092 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
3095 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
3096 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
3098 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
3099 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
3101 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
3103 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
3104 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
3105 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
3106 new in-buffer option
3110 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
3111 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
3112 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
3113 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
3115 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
3116 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
3117 can be done by setting the variable
3118 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
3120 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
3126 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
3128 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
3129 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
3130 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
3131 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
3132 terminate all levels of plain list items.
3134 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
3136 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
3137 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
3140 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
3141 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
3142 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
3143 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
3144 are logging all state changes.
3146 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
3151 - Priority handling in the tags view
3152 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
3153 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
3154 - Improvements to the formula editor.
3155 - C-j does better indentation.
3159 - Priority handling in the tags view
3161 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
3162 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
3164 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
3166 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
3167 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
3168 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
3170 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
3172 - Changes in the spreadsheet
3174 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
3175 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
3176 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
3177 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
3178 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
3179 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
3180 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
3182 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
3185 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
3187 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
3189 + There is now a menu with commands.
3191 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
3192 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
3194 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
3195 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
3197 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
3198 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
3202 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
3203 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
3204 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
3206 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
3207 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
3212 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
3213 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
3214 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
3215 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
3217 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
3218 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
3219 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
3229 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
3230 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
3231 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
3233 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
3234 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
3235 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
3236 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
3237 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
3238 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
3239 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
3241 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
3242 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
3243 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
3245 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
3247 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
3248 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
3250 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
3251 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
3253 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
3254 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
3255 levels. For example:
3257 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
3259 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
3260 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
3261 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
3264 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
3265 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
3266 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
3267 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
3269 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
3270 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
3279 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
3280 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
3281 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
3282 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
3284 ** Detailed description of changes
3286 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
3287 any table in any mode.
3289 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
3290 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
3291 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
3292 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
3293 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
3294 inside the same file, in a block comment.
3296 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
3297 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
3298 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
3299 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
3300 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
3302 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
3303 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
3304 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
3305 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
3306 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
3307 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
3308 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
3311 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
3312 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
3313 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
3314 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
3315 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
3316 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
3317 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
3318 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
3319 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
3320 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
3321 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
3322 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
3324 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
3325 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
3326 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
3327 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
3333 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
3334 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
3335 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
3336 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
3337 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
3339 ** Detailed description of changes
3341 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
3342 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
3343 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
3345 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
3347 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
3348 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
3350 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
3352 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
3353 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
3354 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
3356 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
3357 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
3358 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
3360 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
3361 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
3362 to Raman for this excellent idea.
3364 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
3365 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
3367 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
3369 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
3370 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
3371 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
3372 remember.el work like this as well).
3373 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
3374 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
3375 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
3376 new template, but the old context information. This is
3377 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
3380 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
3381 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
3382 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
3383 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
3384 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
3385 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
3386 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
3387 without interaction.
3389 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
3390 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
3391 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
3392 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
3393 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
3394 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
3396 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
3397 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
3398 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
3399 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
3401 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
3402 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
3403 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
3404 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
3405 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
3406 them would require special hooks. Comments?
3412 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
3413 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
3415 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
3416 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
3417 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
3418 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
3419 + Incompatible changes
3420 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
3421 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
3422 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
3423 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
3424 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
3425 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
3426 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
3430 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
3431 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
3432 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
3433 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
3434 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
3435 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
3436 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
3437 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
3441 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
3442 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
3443 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
3444 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
3445 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
3446 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
3447 - Empty entries go full circle.
3448 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
3453 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
3456 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
3457 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
3458 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
3459 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
3460 another, dedicated frame.
3461 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
3462 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
3465 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
3466 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
3467 - Changes in Agenda buffer
3468 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
3469 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
3470 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
3471 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
3472 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
3473 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
3474 use regular expressions.
3475 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
3476 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
3477 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
3481 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
3482 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
3483 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
3490 - Improvements to fast tag selection
3491 + show status also in target line.
3492 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
3493 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
3494 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
3498 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
3499 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
3500 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
3501 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
3505 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
3506 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
3511 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
3512 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
3513 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
3517 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
3518 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
3519 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
3520 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
3521 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
3522 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
3523 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
3524 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
3525 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
3526 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
3527 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
3532 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
3533 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
3534 - File links can contain environment variables.
3535 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
3539 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
3540 each block created by a different agenda command.
3541 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
3542 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
3543 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
3544 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
3545 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
3546 upon the agenda type.
3547 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
3548 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
3549 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
3550 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
3551 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
3552 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
3553 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
3554 - More minor bug fixes.
3557 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
3558 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
3559 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
3563 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
3564 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
3565 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
3569 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
3572 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
3573 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
3574 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
3582 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
3583 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
3585 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
3586 LaTeX environment and math.
3589 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
3591 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
3592 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
3593 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
3597 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
3598 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
3601 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
3602 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
3603 and will not lead to conflicts.
3604 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
3608 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
3609 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
3610 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
3611 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
3612 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
3613 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
3614 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
3620 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
3621 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
3624 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
3625 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
3626 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
3627 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
3628 directories for different export types.
3629 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
3630 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
3637 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
3638 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
3639 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
3640 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
3641 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
3642 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
3643 relative and absolute paths.
3644 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
3645 - Bug and typo fixes.
3649 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
3650 contains a description or not.
3651 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
3652 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
3653 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
3654 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
3655 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
3656 for all available exporters.
3657 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
3663 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
3664 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
3665 end of the HTML file.
3666 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
3667 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
3668 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
3669 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
3675 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
3676 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
3677 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
3678 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
3688 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
3689 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
3692 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
3693 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
3694 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
3695 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
3696 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
3697 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
3698 - New structure for the customization tree.
3703 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
3707 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
3708 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
3709 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
3710 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
3711 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
3716 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
3717 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
3718 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
3719 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
3723 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
3724 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
3727 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
3728 - Various small bug fixes
3731 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
3732 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
3733 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
3734 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
3735 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
3736 argument to `C-c C-v'.
3737 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
3738 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
3739 next buffer change due to editing).
3742 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
3743 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
3744 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
3745 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
3748 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
3749 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
3750 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
3751 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
3752 - Changes to the HTML exporter
3753 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
3754 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
3755 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
3756 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
3757 - support for cascading style sheets.
3758 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
3759 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
3766 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
3770 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
3773 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
3774 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
3775 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
3776 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
3777 and are not linked to the calendar.
3778 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
3779 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
3780 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
3781 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
3784 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
3785 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
3786 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
3787 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
3788 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
3791 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
3792 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
3793 - Named fields and columns in tables.
3794 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
3797 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
3798 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
3801 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
3802 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
3803 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
3804 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
3805 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
3806 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
3810 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
3811 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
3812 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
3813 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
3814 - Archiving of finished tasks.
3815 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
3816 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
3817 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
3818 - Improved html export of tables.
3819 - Various clean-up changes.
3822 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
3826 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
3827 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
3831 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
3832 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
3836 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
3837 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
3838 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
3841 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
3842 - New startup option `content'.
3843 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
3844 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
3845 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
3848 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
3849 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
3850 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
3851 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
3852 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
3853 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
3856 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
3857 table shape when typing in fields.
3858 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
3859 into arbitrary major modes.
3860 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
3861 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
3862 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
3865 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
3866 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
3867 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
3869 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
3870 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
3871 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
3872 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
3873 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
3875 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
3876 - Sorting fully configurable.
3877 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
3878 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
3882 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
3883 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
3884 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
3885 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
3886 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
3887 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
3888 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
3891 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
3892 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
3893 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
3894 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
3895 - Priorities for TODO items.
3896 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
3897 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
3898 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
3903 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
3904 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
3905 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
3906 `org-todo-interpretation'.
3907 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
3908 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
3909 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
3910 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
3911 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
3912 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
3913 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
3914 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
3915 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
3916 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
3917 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
3920 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
3921 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
3922 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
3923 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
3924 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
3925 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
3926 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
3927 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
3928 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
3929 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
3930 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
3931 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
3934 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
3935 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
3936 - Date ranges introduced.
3937 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
3938 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
3939 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
3940 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
3941 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
3942 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
3943 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
3946 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
3947 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
3948 - Fully automatic table editor.
3949 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
3950 - Other link system changes
3951 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
3952 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
3953 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
3954 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
3955 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
3956 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
3957 Please re-read the manual section about links.
3959 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
3960 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
3961 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
3962 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
3963 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
3964 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
3966 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
3970 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
3971 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
3972 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
3973 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
3977 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents