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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** New syntax for export blocks
14 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
15 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
18 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
31 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
34 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
40 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
43 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
44 using previous syntax:
46 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
47 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
48 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
49 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
50 (let ((case-fold-search t)
51 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
52 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
53 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
56 (goto-char (point-min))
57 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
59 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
60 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
61 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
63 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
64 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
67 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
68 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
70 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
71 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
72 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
73 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
74 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
75 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
78 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~
79 and ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to
83 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
84 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
85 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
86 constructs are now unsupported.
88 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them
90 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
91 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
92 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
93 consider using =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
95 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
97 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
98 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
99 S-expressions. Replacing a S-expresion with an appropriate function
100 is straightforward. For example
106 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
107 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can obtain time via =vc=
108 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
109 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
110 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
111 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
112 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
113 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
114 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
115 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
127 should be written instead
132 :header-args: :exports code
133 :header-args: :var a=1 b=2
134 :header-args+: :var c=3
138 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
139 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
141 *** ~org-eww~ is moved into core
142 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
144 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
147 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
148 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
151 Old-style links such as
152 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
153 continue to be supported.
155 If you have defined your own handler functions for
156 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
157 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
158 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into
162 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
163 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
164 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
165 entries are added to last in the date tree.
166 *** New ~vbar~ entity
167 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionnally as a =|=,
168 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
169 a HTML derived export back-end.
171 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
172 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
174 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
175 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
176 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
178 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
179 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
180 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
181 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
184 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
185 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
186 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
187 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
188 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
189 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
190 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
191 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
192 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
193 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
194 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
195 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
197 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
198 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
199 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
200 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
201 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
202 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
204 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
205 ;; this will export with line number 20
206 (message "This is line 21")
208 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
209 ;; This will be listed as line 31
210 (message "This is line 32")
213 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
214 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
215 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
217 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
218 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
219 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
220 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width
221 of 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
222 **** Markdown footnote export customization
223 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
224 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
225 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
226 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
228 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
229 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
230 **** Support for Lua language
231 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
232 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
233 **** Support for Stan language
234 New ob-stan.el library.
236 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
238 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
240 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
241 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
243 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
245 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
246 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
247 that does not end in ".stan".
249 For more information and usage examples, visit
250 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
251 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
252 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
253 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
264 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
265 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
266 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
267 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
278 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
279 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the
282 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
283 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
284 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
285 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
295 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
304 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
305 using the :file property, e.g.:
307 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
309 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
310 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
312 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
313 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
317 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needss
318 additional setup in addition to plantuml. See
319 [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for details and setup information.
320 *** Rewrite of radio lists
321 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
322 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
323 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
325 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
326 Used like org-bbdb-anniversaries, it provides a few days warning
327 for upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
328 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
329 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
330 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
332 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
333 *** Support for ISO week trees
334 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
335 by ISO week and not by month.
342 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
344 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
345 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
346 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
347 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
348 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
350 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
352 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
353 pWhen called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
354 buffer unconditionally.
355 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
356 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
357 **** Allow custom summaries
358 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
359 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
360 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
361 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
363 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
364 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
365 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
367 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
368 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~
369 allows to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any
370 upper case character (or character class), the search is case
371 sensitive. Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
372 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
373 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
375 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
376 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
377 possible to specify per-languages faces. See the manual for details.
378 *** Links are now customizable
379 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
380 etc... Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
382 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
383 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
384 *** ~org-show-children~
385 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
388 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
389 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
390 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
391 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
392 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
393 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
394 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
395 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
396 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
397 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
398 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
399 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
400 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
402 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
403 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
404 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
405 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
406 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
408 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
409 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
411 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
412 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
414 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
415 The affected functions are:
418 - ~org-remove-if-not~
423 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
424 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
425 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
428 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
429 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
430 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
431 let those libraries operate.
432 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
433 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
435 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
436 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
438 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
439 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
440 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
441 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
442 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
443 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
445 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
447 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
448 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
449 current projet. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
452 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
453 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
456 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
457 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
458 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
459 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
460 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
461 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
463 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
464 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
465 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
466 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
468 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
469 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
470 to the article's original group.
472 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
473 The calling convention has changed.
474 *** HTML export table row customization changes
475 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
476 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
477 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
478 called with 6 parameters.
479 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
480 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
481 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
482 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
483 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
484 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
485 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
486 the end of the string.
487 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
488 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
489 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
490 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
492 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
494 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
495 For most folks this file does not exist.
496 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
498 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
500 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other =gnu.org= manuals.
501 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
502 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
503 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
504 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
505 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
506 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
507 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
508 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
510 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
511 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
513 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
514 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
515 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
516 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
517 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
518 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
519 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
520 indication letter was solely J.
521 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
522 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
523 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
524 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
527 ** Incompatible changes
529 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
531 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
532 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
534 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
535 logged before the property drawer.
537 The following function will repair them:
539 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
540 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
541 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
542 Ignore non Org buffers."
543 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
544 (org-with-wide-buffer
545 (goto-char (point-min))
546 (let ((case-fold-search t)
547 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
548 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
552 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
554 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
556 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
557 (when (and (< (point) end)
558 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
560 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
561 (eq (org-element-type
562 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
564 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
566 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
567 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
570 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
572 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
573 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
574 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
575 into account when exporting.
577 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
578 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
580 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
582 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
583 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
586 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
587 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
592 :CATEGORY: some category
596 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
598 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
599 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
600 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
603 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
605 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
606 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
608 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
609 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
611 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
613 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
614 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
616 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
618 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
619 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~ respectively,
620 rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these functions. The Org
621 version of these functions skips over inline tasks (and even-level
622 headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
624 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
626 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
627 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
629 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
631 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
632 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
633 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
635 *** Functions signature changes
637 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
638 docstring for more information.
640 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
641 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
642 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
643 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
644 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
647 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
648 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
650 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
653 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
656 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
659 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
661 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
662 without changing the headline.
664 *** Hierarchies of tags
665 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
666 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
667 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
669 The following in-buffer definition:
671 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
672 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
673 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
676 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
685 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
686 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
688 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
690 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
691 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
692 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
694 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
695 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
696 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
697 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
698 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
700 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
706 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
709 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
710 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
713 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
716 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
718 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
719 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
720 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
723 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
724 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
725 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
727 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
730 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
731 is also used as a filter.
733 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
734 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
735 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
736 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
739 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
740 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
742 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
744 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
746 *** Babel: support for Processing language
748 New ob-processing.el library.
750 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
751 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
752 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
754 Check the documentation for more.
756 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
758 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'
759 The new behaviour is the following:
761 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
762 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
765 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
768 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
770 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
772 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
774 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
775 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
777 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
779 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
780 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
783 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
785 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
786 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
787 ~org-drawers~ variable.
789 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
791 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
792 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
793 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
794 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
796 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
798 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
799 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
800 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
803 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
805 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
808 *** New option in ASCII export
810 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
811 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
813 *** New blocks in ASCII export
815 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
816 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
818 *** More back-end specific publishing options
820 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
821 increased. See manual for details.
823 *** Export inline source blocks
825 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
826 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
827 in the output, depending on the parameters.
829 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
831 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
833 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
835 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
837 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
839 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
840 more features. See docstring for details.
842 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
844 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
846 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
847 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
849 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
851 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
853 : This sentence is false.
856 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
858 *** Various improvements on radio tables
860 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
861 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
862 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
863 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
864 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
865 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
867 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
869 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
870 source blocks exported by the minted package.
872 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
874 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
875 would throw an error. A new variable
876 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
877 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
878 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
882 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
885 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
887 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
888 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
890 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
892 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
894 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
896 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
897 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
898 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
900 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
902 See docstring for more information.
904 *** Export unnumbered headlines
906 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
907 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
908 property is inherited by children.
910 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
912 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
913 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
914 keys, to sort a table.
916 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
918 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
921 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
923 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
926 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
928 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
929 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
931 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
933 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
934 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
936 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
938 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
939 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
942 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
944 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
945 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
947 *** New entities family: "\_ "
949 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
950 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
951 leading spaces within table cells.
953 *** New MathJax configuration options
955 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
956 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
958 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
960 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
961 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
962 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
964 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
965 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
966 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
967 keywords and properties.
969 *** Viewport support in html export
971 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
972 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
974 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
976 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
979 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
981 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
982 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
983 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
985 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
987 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
988 added to headline text.
990 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
992 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
994 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
996 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
997 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1000 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1002 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1003 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1005 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1007 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
1008 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
1009 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1011 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1013 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1015 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1017 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1018 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1020 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1022 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1024 ** Removed functions
1026 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1028 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1030 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1032 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1033 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1034 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1035 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1037 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1039 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1041 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1043 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1044 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1046 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1048 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1051 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1053 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1054 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1057 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1059 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1062 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1063 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1065 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1067 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1068 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1071 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1073 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1074 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1076 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1078 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
1079 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
1080 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
1081 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
1082 this variable locally.
1084 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1086 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1087 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1088 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1089 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1090 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1092 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1094 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1095 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1098 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1100 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1102 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1104 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1106 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1108 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1110 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1112 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1113 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1114 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1115 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1117 *** Removed comment-related filters
1119 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1120 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1124 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1126 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1128 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1130 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1131 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1133 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1135 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1136 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1139 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1141 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1142 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1144 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1146 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1148 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1150 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1151 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1152 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1153 particular test failure was introduced.
1155 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1157 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1158 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
1159 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
1160 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1162 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1164 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1165 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1167 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1169 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1170 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~
1173 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1175 This helps spotting wrong links.
1178 ** Incompatible changes
1179 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1180 This may require two changes in user config.
1182 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1183 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1184 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1186 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1188 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1189 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1190 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1192 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1193 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1195 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1199 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1201 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1203 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1204 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1205 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1207 So you need to replace
1209 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1213 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1215 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1216 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1218 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1220 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1221 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1222 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1224 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1225 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1227 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1229 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1230 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1231 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1234 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1236 ** Important bugfixes
1238 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1239 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1241 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1243 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1244 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1245 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1248 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1250 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1252 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1254 - Support SVG images
1255 - Support for .pgf files
1256 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1257 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1258 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1259 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1260 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1261 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1262 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1264 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1266 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1267 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1268 in a paragraph-like way.
1270 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1272 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1273 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1274 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1275 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1276 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1278 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1280 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1281 which can then be passed to export functions like
1282 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1284 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1285 registering a new back-end.
1287 *** New agenda fortnight view
1289 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1290 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1293 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1295 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1296 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1298 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1299 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1300 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1302 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1303 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1305 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1306 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1307 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1308 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1309 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1312 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1314 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1316 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1318 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1320 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1322 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1324 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1326 If you set this to the following
1328 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
1330 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
1332 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
1334 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
1336 ** New contributed packages
1338 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
1339 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
1342 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
1343 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
1347 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
1349 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
1350 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
1351 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
1352 the same with example blocks.
1354 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
1361 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
1363 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
1366 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
1367 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
1368 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
1370 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
1371 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
1372 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
1373 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
1374 detailed explanations.
1376 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
1377 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
1378 function has been called already.
1380 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
1383 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
1385 ** Incompatible changes
1387 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
1389 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
1391 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
1392 you will have to update them.
1394 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
1396 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
1397 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
1399 **** New export engine
1401 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
1402 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
1403 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
1404 /all/ export back-ends.
1406 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
1407 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
1408 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
1409 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
1410 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
1412 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
1413 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
1415 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
1416 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
1417 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
1418 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
1420 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
1422 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
1424 should now be written
1426 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
1428 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
1429 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
1430 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
1432 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
1434 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
1436 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
1439 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
1440 remember templates into capture templates.
1442 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
1444 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
1445 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
1447 **** Note for third-party developers
1449 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
1450 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
1451 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
1453 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
1456 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
1458 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
1459 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
1460 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
1462 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
1463 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
1464 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
1467 - org-colview-xemacs.el
1468 - org-mac-message.el
1474 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
1475 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
1476 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
1478 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
1479 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
1481 ** New packages in core
1483 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
1485 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
1487 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
1489 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
1491 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
1493 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
1494 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
1496 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
1498 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
1500 ** New packages in contrib
1502 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
1504 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
1506 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
1509 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
1511 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
1512 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
1514 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
1517 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1519 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1521 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1523 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1525 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1526 for starting headlines.
1528 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1530 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1531 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1532 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1533 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1535 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1537 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1539 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1541 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1542 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1545 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1546 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1549 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1551 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1552 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1555 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1556 conversion from Org files to groff.
1558 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1560 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1562 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1564 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1565 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1572 **** New export generic options
1574 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1575 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1577 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1579 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1580 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1581 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1582 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1584 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1585 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1586 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1587 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1588 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1589 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1590 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1591 contains time-stamps.
1593 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1594 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1595 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1597 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1599 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1601 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1603 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1605 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1606 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1607 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1608 *** Structure editing
1610 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1611 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1613 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1614 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1616 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1618 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1619 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1620 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1621 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1624 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1626 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1627 _words__= will preserve markup.
1629 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1631 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1632 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1633 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1635 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1637 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1638 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1640 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1642 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1643 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1644 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1645 forward and backward.
1647 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1648 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1650 Now Org will sort this list
1652 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1653 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1657 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1658 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1660 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1661 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1662 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1664 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1665 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1666 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1668 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1671 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1673 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1674 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1675 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1677 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1679 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1680 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1681 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1682 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1684 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1686 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1687 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1688 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1689 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1690 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1692 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1694 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1695 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1696 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1698 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1699 *** Scheduled/deadline
1701 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1703 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1704 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1705 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1706 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1708 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1709 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1710 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1711 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1713 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1714 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1715 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1716 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1717 control this globally or per agenda.
1719 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1721 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1723 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1725 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1726 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1728 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1730 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1731 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1732 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1734 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1735 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1736 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1738 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1739 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1741 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1744 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1746 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1747 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1748 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1750 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1752 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1753 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1754 only show their description, not the full links.
1757 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1759 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1760 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1761 want to build a list of appointments.
1763 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1764 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1766 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1768 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1770 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1771 time value (i.e. appointments).
1773 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1775 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1777 | Strategy | Explanations |
1778 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1779 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1780 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1781 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1782 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1783 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1784 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1785 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1786 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1787 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1788 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1790 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1792 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1793 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1794 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1796 These new options are available:
1798 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1799 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1800 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1801 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1803 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1804 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1805 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1807 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1808 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1809 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1810 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1811 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1812 non-tagged headlines.
1814 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1816 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1817 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1818 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1819 that take only =N= minutes.
1821 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1823 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1824 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1825 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1827 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1829 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1830 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1832 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1834 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1835 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1837 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1840 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1842 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1843 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1844 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1846 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1847 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1849 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1851 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1852 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1854 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1856 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1858 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1859 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1862 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1864 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1865 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1866 asks for a confirmation.
1868 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1870 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1871 the mark of the entry at point.
1873 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1874 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1876 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1878 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1879 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1882 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1884 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1885 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1887 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1889 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1890 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1892 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1894 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1895 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1896 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1897 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1899 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1901 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1902 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1903 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1905 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1907 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1908 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1909 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1910 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1912 Read the full docstring for details.
1914 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1916 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1919 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1922 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1924 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1925 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1928 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1930 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1931 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1933 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1935 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1936 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1937 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1938 check against the name of the buffer.
1941 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1942 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1943 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1946 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1947 agenda views, and for filtering.
1949 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1953 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1955 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1956 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1957 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1959 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1960 as if the protocol was not known.
1962 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1964 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1966 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1967 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1968 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1971 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1973 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1974 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1975 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1977 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1979 When storing a link to a headline like
1981 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1983 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1984 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1985 there is no description.
1988 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1990 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1991 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1992 those other formulas.
1994 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1996 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1997 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1998 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2001 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2003 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2004 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2005 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2008 **** New lookup functions
2010 There are now three lookup functions:
2012 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2013 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2014 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2016 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2017 *** Startup keywords
2019 These new startup keywords are now available:
2021 | Startup keyword | Option |
2022 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2023 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2024 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2025 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2026 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2027 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2028 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2029 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2030 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2034 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2036 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2037 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2038 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2039 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2041 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2043 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2044 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2045 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2048 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2049 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2051 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2053 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2054 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2056 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2058 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2059 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2060 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2062 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2063 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2064 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2065 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2066 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2067 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2068 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2071 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2073 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2075 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2077 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2078 same target than the block at point.
2080 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2082 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2083 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2084 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2086 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2087 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2090 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2092 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2093 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2094 manual for a usage example.
2096 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2098 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2099 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2100 collecting blocks for tangling.
2102 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2103 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2105 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2106 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2107 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2108 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2110 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2111 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2114 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2115 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2116 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2117 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2121 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2122 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2123 - [[doc:org-export-html-table-tag][org-export-html-table-tag]] is replaced by [[doc:org-html-table-default-attributes][org-html-table-default-attributes]]
2124 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2125 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2126 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2127 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2128 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2129 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2130 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2131 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2132 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2133 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2134 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2135 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2136 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2137 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2138 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
2139 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2143 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2145 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2147 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2149 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2151 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2152 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2153 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2154 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2155 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2156 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2157 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2158 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2160 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2162 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2163 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2165 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2167 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2168 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2169 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2173 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2175 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2176 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2179 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2180 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2181 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2182 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2183 agenda type to this variable.
2185 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2188 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2189 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2190 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2191 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2193 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2195 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2196 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2197 invisible) blocked tasks.
2199 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2201 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2202 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2204 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2206 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2207 ** No GPL manual anymore
2209 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2210 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2212 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2214 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2216 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2217 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2218 in most environments.
2222 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2224 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2226 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2227 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2230 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2231 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2232 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2235 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2237 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2239 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2240 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2241 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2242 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2243 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2244 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2245 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2246 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2247 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2248 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2249 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2250 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2251 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2252 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2253 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2255 ** New package and Babel language
2257 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2259 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2261 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2262 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2264 ** Incompatible changes
2266 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2267 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2269 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2272 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2273 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2274 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2276 ** New features and user-visible changes
2280 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2281 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2282 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2283 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2285 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2286 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2288 See the docstrings for more details.
2290 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2291 on =org-element.el=.
2293 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2295 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2296 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2297 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2298 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2300 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2302 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2303 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2304 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2305 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2307 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2309 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2311 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2313 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2316 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2317 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2319 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2320 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2321 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2324 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
2327 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
2328 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
2329 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
2331 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
2332 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
2333 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
2338 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
2340 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
2341 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
2342 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
2343 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
2345 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
2346 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
2347 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
2348 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
2349 generating new ones.
2351 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
2354 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2356 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2357 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
2360 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2361 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
2362 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
2365 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
2366 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
2367 details on how to use this.
2369 **** Changes in bulk actions
2371 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
2372 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
2374 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
2375 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
2376 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
2377 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
2378 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
2380 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
2381 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
2383 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
2384 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
2387 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
2389 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
2391 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
2393 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
2394 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
2396 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
2398 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
2399 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
2400 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
2401 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
2404 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2406 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
2409 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
2410 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
2411 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
2412 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
2413 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
2416 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
2418 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
2420 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
2422 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
2423 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
2424 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
2425 filters and category filters.
2427 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
2428 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
2431 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
2432 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
2433 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
2438 **** Inserting links
2440 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
2441 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
2442 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
2445 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
2446 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
2447 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
2448 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
2450 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
2453 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
2455 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
2456 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
2457 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
2458 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
2460 **** New link type =help=
2462 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
2464 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
2465 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
2466 you go back to the same buffer.
2468 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
2470 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
2471 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
2474 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
2476 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
2478 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
2480 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
2482 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
2484 **** RET now follows time stamps links
2488 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
2490 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
2491 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
2492 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
2493 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
2495 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
2497 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
2498 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
2499 all headlines in the region.
2501 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
2503 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
2505 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
2506 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
2508 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
2510 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
2512 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
2514 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
2516 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
2518 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2519 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2520 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2525 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2527 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2529 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2531 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2532 clocked entry, if any.
2534 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2536 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2538 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2540 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2541 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2544 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2545 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2546 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2550 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2552 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2555 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2557 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2558 cells in clockreport.
2560 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2561 time cells in clockreport.
2564 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2566 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2567 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2569 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2570 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2572 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2573 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2574 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2575 space in the frame title.
2579 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2581 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2582 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2583 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2584 don't want to see temporarily.
2586 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2588 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2590 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2592 There are these new entities:
2594 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2595 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2596 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2597 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2598 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2599 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2601 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2602 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2603 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2605 The face is back to a normal height.
2609 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2610 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2612 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2613 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2615 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2617 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2618 block will use its value as the column format.
2620 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2622 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2624 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2626 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2628 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2629 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2630 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2631 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2633 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2637 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2639 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2641 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2643 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2645 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2646 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2647 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2649 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2651 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2652 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2653 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2657 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2659 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2660 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2661 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2662 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2664 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2666 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2667 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2670 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2671 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2672 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2675 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2676 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2677 more details on how to use this.
2679 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2680 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2682 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2683 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2686 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2688 See the manual for more explanations.
2690 **** More control over empty lines
2692 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2693 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2696 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2698 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2702 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2704 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2705 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2706 available) to print beautiful tables.
2708 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2710 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2711 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2714 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2716 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2717 in the #+DATE option.
2719 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2721 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2723 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2724 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2726 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2727 More languages are always welcome.
2729 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2731 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2732 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2734 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2735 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2736 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2737 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2738 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2739 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2741 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2742 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2746 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2748 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2751 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2753 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2754 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2756 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2758 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2760 It used to exports the results of the code.
2764 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2765 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2767 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2768 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2770 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2772 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2773 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2774 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2776 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2777 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2779 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2780 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2781 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2784 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2786 This will increment the effort value.
2788 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2790 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2792 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2793 attach symbolic links.
2795 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2797 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2799 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2800 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2802 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2804 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2806 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2807 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2808 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2810 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2812 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2813 all top level list items.
2815 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2817 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2819 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2820 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2822 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2824 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2826 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2827 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2828 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2829 first headline in the region.
2831 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2833 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2836 ** Important bug fixes
2838 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2840 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2841 perform completion with meaningful values.
2843 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2845 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2846 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2847 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2849 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2850 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2852 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2853 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2856 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2857 the code and the license to your needs.
2859 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2860 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2864 ** Incompatible changes
2866 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2868 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2870 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2872 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2873 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2874 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2875 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2878 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2880 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2881 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2882 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2884 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2886 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2887 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2889 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2891 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2893 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2894 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2895 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2896 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2897 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2899 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2900 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2901 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2902 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2903 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2904 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2906 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2907 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2908 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2911 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2914 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2915 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2916 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2917 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2919 The two new variables are:
2921 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2922 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2923 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2924 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2925 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2926 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2927 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2929 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2930 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2933 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2936 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2937 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2938 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2939 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2941 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2942 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2943 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2944 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2947 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2948 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2949 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2950 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2951 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2952 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2955 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2956 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2957 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2958 applies to the following packages:
2976 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2977 you are using, you can remove it from
2978 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2979 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2982 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2983 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2984 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2985 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2986 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2989 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2991 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2992 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2993 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2996 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2998 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3000 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3002 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3004 ** Important new features
3006 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3008 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3010 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3011 for more information on how to customize it.
3013 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3015 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3016 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3017 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3018 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3020 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3021 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3022 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3024 To switch over to the new system:
3028 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3030 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3031 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3032 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3033 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3034 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3036 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3038 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3041 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3044 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3046 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3047 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3048 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3049 with using both system in parallel.
3053 *** New Org libraries
3054 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3056 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3058 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3060 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3062 To use, put the following in your init file:
3065 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3068 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3069 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3070 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3071 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3072 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3073 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3074 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3075 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3076 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3079 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3081 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3082 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3084 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3086 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3087 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3088 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3091 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3092 call function to do something special with text links.
3094 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3096 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3098 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3099 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3100 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3103 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3105 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3107 *** New Babel libraries
3109 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3110 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3111 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3112 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3113 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3114 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3115 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3117 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3121 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3123 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3124 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3125 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3126 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3127 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3128 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3130 The key new functions are
3132 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3133 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3134 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3136 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3137 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3139 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3140 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3142 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3143 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3145 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3147 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3148 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3149 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3151 **** Modified link escaping
3153 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3155 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3156 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3157 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3158 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3161 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3162 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3163 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3164 : percent escaped links are solved.
3166 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3168 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3170 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3171 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3173 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3175 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3177 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3178 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3179 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3180 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3181 string to be executed.
3183 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3184 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3188 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3189 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3192 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3196 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3198 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3199 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3200 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3201 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3203 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3204 will work on the current entry.
3206 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3207 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3209 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3211 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3213 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3216 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3217 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3222 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3224 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3225 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3226 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3228 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3230 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3231 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3232 entries using a function.
3234 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3235 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3236 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3238 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3240 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3241 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3242 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3244 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3246 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3247 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3248 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3249 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3250 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3251 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3253 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3257 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3259 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3260 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3262 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3263 docstring of these variable for details about available
3266 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3267 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3268 formatting string will insert a string.
3270 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3272 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3273 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3274 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3275 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3276 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3277 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3278 C-e u=, respectively.
3280 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3281 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3282 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3283 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3284 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3287 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3289 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3290 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3292 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3294 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3295 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3297 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3299 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3300 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3301 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3302 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3303 section]] in the manual for more details.
3305 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3306 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3307 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3312 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3314 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3315 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3316 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3317 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3318 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3320 **** New logging support for refiling
3322 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3323 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3326 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
3330 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
3332 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
3336 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
3338 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
3339 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
3341 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
3343 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
3344 the displayed in the buffer.
3346 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
3348 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
3350 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
3351 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
3353 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
3354 |--------+--------+---------|
3355 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
3356 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
3358 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
3361 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
3364 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
3366 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
3368 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
3369 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
3376 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
3377 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
3380 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
3382 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
3384 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
3385 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
3387 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
3391 **** Improved handling of lists
3393 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
3395 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
3396 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
3397 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
3400 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
3401 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
3402 counters like [@c] or [@W].
3404 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
3405 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
3406 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
3407 `org-list-export-context'.
3409 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
3410 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
3411 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
3413 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
3414 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
3415 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
3416 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
3417 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
3419 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
3420 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
3421 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
3423 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
3425 *** Inline display of linked images
3427 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
3428 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
3429 that have no description part will be inlined.
3431 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
3433 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
3434 from 1, you can now do it like this:
3436 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
3438 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
3440 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
3441 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
3442 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
3443 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
3444 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
3445 into account all header arguments, and variables.
3447 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
3448 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
3449 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
3452 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
3453 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
3454 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
3455 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
3456 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
3457 properties or in tables.
3459 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
3460 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
3461 names, and rownames across all languages.
3463 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
3465 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
3467 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
3468 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
3469 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
3471 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
3473 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
3474 request by Scott Otterson.
3476 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
3478 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
3479 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
3480 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
3481 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
3482 superscripts, see the variable
3483 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
3485 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
3487 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
3489 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
3490 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
3491 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
3492 following new faces:
3494 =org-document-title=
3496 =org-document-info-keyword=
3498 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
3499 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
3501 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
3503 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
3505 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
3506 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
3507 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
3508 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
3509 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
3510 property is affected by this setting.
3512 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
3513 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
3515 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
3517 Requested by Michael Brand.
3519 **** Better level cycling function
3521 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3522 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3523 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3524 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3526 **** Adaptive filling
3528 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3529 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3530 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3531 comments to be filled correctly.
3533 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3535 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3537 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3539 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3541 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3542 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3544 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3548 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3550 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3551 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3552 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3553 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3555 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3557 **** Localized clock tables
3559 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3560 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3561 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3562 available translated strings.
3564 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3566 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3567 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3568 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3569 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3571 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3573 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3575 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3576 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3577 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3578 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3581 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3585 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3587 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3588 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3590 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3592 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3594 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3595 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3596 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3599 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3602 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3604 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3605 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3610 org-table-current-line
3614 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3616 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3617 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3620 This was requested by Tom.
3622 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3624 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3625 example by viewing from the agenda.
3627 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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