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5 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of user-visible changes
6 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
7 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
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22 - Improved behavior of conversion commands =C-c -= and =C-c *=
23 - Table formulas may now reference fields in other tables
24 - A final hline is imagined in each table, for the sake of references
25 - A tags-todo search can now ignore timestamped items
26 - =\par= can be used to force a paragraph break, also in footnotes
31 *** Improved behavior of conversion commands =C-c -= and =C-c *=
33 The conversion commands =C-c -= and =C-c *= are now better
34 behaved and therefore more useful, I hope.
36 If there is an active region, these commands will act on the
37 region, otherwise on the current line.
39 - C-c - :: This command turns headings or normal lines into
40 items, or items into normal lines. When there is a
41 region, everything depends on the first line of the
43 - if it is a item, turn all items in the region into
45 - if it is a headline, turn all headlines in the region
47 - if it is a normal line, turn all lines into items.
48 - special case: if there is no active region and the
49 current line is an item, cycle the bullet type of the
51 - C-c * :: This command turns items and normal lines into
52 headings, or headings into normal lines. When there is
53 a region, everything depends on the first line of the
55 - if it is a item, turn all items in the region into
57 - if it is a headline, turn all headlines in the region
59 - if it is a normal line, turn all lines into headlines.
61 *** Table formulas may now reference fields in other tables
63 You may now reference constants, fields and ranges from a
64 different table, either in the current file or even in a
65 different file. The syntax is
67 : remote(NAME-OR-ID,REF)
69 where /NAME/ can be the name of a table in the current file as
70 set by a =#+TBLNAME: NAME= line before the table. It can also be
71 the ID of an entry, even in a different file, and the reference
72 then refers to the first table in that entry. /REF/ is an
73 absolute field or range reference, valid in the referenced table.
74 Note that since there is no "current filed" for the remote table,
75 all row and column references must be absolute, not relative.
77 *** A final hline is imagined in each table, for the sake of references
79 Even if a table does not end with a hline (mine never do because I
80 think it is not pretty), for the sake of references you can
81 assume there is one. So in the following table
90 a reference like =@I$1..@II$2= will now work.
92 *** A tags-todo search can now ignore timestamped items
93 The variables =org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date=,
94 =org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date=, and
95 =org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date= make it possible to
96 exclude TODO entries which have this kind of planning info
97 associated with them. This is most useful for people who
98 schedule everything, and who use the TODO list mainly to find
99 things that are not yet scheduled. Thomas Morgan pointed out
100 that also the tags-todo search may serve exactly this
101 purpose, and that it might be good to have a way to make
102 these variables also apply to the tags-todo search. I can
103 see that, but could not convince myself to make this the
104 default. A new variable must be set to make this happen:
105 =org-agenda-tags-todo-honor-ignore-options=.
107 *** =\par= can be used to force a paragraph break, also in footnotes
109 The LaTeX idiom =\par= will insert a paragraph break at that
110 location. Normally you would simply leave an empty line to get
111 such a break, but this is useful for footnotes whose definitions
112 may not contain empty lines.
115 ** Incompatible changes
117 *** Short examples must have a space after the colon
119 Short literal examples can be created by preceding lines
120 with a colon. Such lines must now have a space after the
121 colon. I believe this is already general practice, but now
122 it must be like this. The only exception are lines what are
123 empty except for the colon.
127 *** Include files can now also process switches
129 The example and src switches like =-n= can now also be added
130 to include file statements:
132 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp -n -r
134 Thanks to Manish for pointing out that this was not yet
137 *** Examples can be exported to HTML as text areas
139 You can now specify a =-t= switch to an example or src block,
140 to make it export to HTML as a text area. To change the
141 defaults for height (number of lines in the example) and
142 width of this area (80), use the =-h= and =-w= switches.
144 Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for driving this development.
146 *** LaTeX_CLASS can be given as a property
148 When exporting a single subtree by selecting it as a region
149 before export, the LaTeX class for the export will be taken
150 from the =LaTeX_CLASS= property of the entry if present.
152 Thanks to Robert Goldman for this request.
154 *** Better handling of inlined images in different backends
156 Two new variables govern which kind of files can be inlined
157 during export. These are
158 =org-export-html-inline-image-extensions= and
159 =org-export-latex-inline-image-extensions=. Remember that
160 links are turned into an inline image if they are a pure link
161 with no description. HTML files can inline /.png/, /.jpg/,
162 and /.gif/ files, while LaTeX files, when processed with
163 /pdflatex/, can inline /.png/, /.jpg/, and /.pdf/ files.
164 These also represent the default settings for the new
165 variables. Note that this means that pure links to /.pdf/
166 files will be inlined - to avoid this for a particular link,
167 make sure that the link has a description part which is not
168 equal to the link part.
170 *** Links by ID now continue to work in HTML exported files
172 If you make links by ID, these links will now still work in
173 HTML exported files, provided that you keep the relative path
174 from link to target file the same.
176 Thanks to Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs for pushing this over
179 *** The relative timer can be paused
181 The new command `C-c C-x ,' will pause the relative timer.
182 When the relative timer is running, its value will be shown
183 in the mode line. To get rid of this display, you need to
184 really stop the timer with `C-u C-c C-x ,'.
186 Thanks to Alan Davis for driving this change.
188 *** The attachment directory may now be chosen by the user
190 Instead of using the automatic, unique directory related to
191 the entry ID, you can also use a chosen directory for the
192 attachments of an entry. This directory is specified by the
193 ATTACH_DIR property. You can use `C-c C-a s' to set this
196 Thanks to Jason Jackson for this proposal.
198 *** You can use a single attachment directory for a subtree
200 By setting the property ATTACH_DIR_INHERIT, you can now tell
201 Org that children of the entry should use the same directory
202 for attachments, unless a child explicitly defines its own
203 directory with the ATTACH_DIR property. You can use the
204 command `C-c C-a i' to set this property in an entry.
211 - Line numbers and references in literal examples
212 - New hooks for export preprocessing
213 - Capture column view into a different file
219 Org-mode now directly supports the creation of footnotes. In
220 contrast to the /footnote.el/ package, Org-mode's footnotes are
221 designed for work on a larger document, not only for one-off
222 documents like emails. The basic syntax is similar to the one
223 used by /footnote.el/, i.e. a footnote is defined in a paragraph
224 that is started by a footnote marker in square brackets in column
225 0, no indentation allowed. The footnote reference is simply the
226 marker in square brackets inside text. For example:
229 The Org homepage[fn:1] now looks a lot better than it used to.
231 [fn:1] The link is: http://orgmode.org
234 Org-mode extends the number-based syntax to /named/ footnotes and
235 optional inline definition. Using plain numbers as markers is
236 supported for backward compatibility, but not encouraged because
237 of possible conflicts with LaTeX syntax. Here are the valid
240 - [1] :: A plain numeric footnote marker.
242 - [fn:name] :: A named footnote reference, where `name' is a
243 unique label word or, for simplicity of automatic creation,
246 - [fn:: This is the inline definition of this footnote] :: A
247 LaTeX-like anonymous footnote where the definition is given
248 directly at the reference point.
250 - [fn:name: a definition] :: An inline definition of a footnote,
251 which also specifies a name for the note. Since Org allows
252 multiple references to the same note, you can then use use
253 `[fn:name]' to create additional references.
255 Footnote labels can be created automatically, or you create names
256 yourself. This is handled by the variable
257 =org-footnote-auto-label= and its corresponding =#+STARTUP=
258 keywords, see the docstring of that variable for details.
260 The following command handles footnotes:
262 - C-c C-x f :: The footnote action command. When the cursor is
263 on a footnote reference, jump to the definition. When it is
264 at a definition, jump to the (first) reference. Otherwise,
265 create a new footnote. Depending on the variable
266 `org-footnote-define-inline' (with associated =#+STARTUP=
267 options =fninline= and =nofninline=), the definitions will
268 be placed right into the text as part of the reference, or
269 separately into the location determined by the variable
270 =org-footnote-section=.
271 When this command is called with a prefix argument, a menu
272 of additional options is offered:
273 - s :: Sort the footnote definitions by reference sequence.
274 During editing, Org makes no effort to sort footnote
275 definitions into a particular sequence. If you want
276 them sorted, use this command, which will also move
277 entries according to =org-footnote-section=.
278 - n :: Normalize the footnotes by collecting all
279 definitions (including inline definitions) into a
280 special section, and then numbering them in
281 sequence. The references will then also be
282 numbers. This is meant to be the final step before
283 finishing a document (e.g. sending off an email).
284 The exporters do this automatically, and so could
285 something like `message-send-hook'.
286 - d :: Delete the footnote at point, and all references to it.
288 - C-c C-c :: If the cursor is on a footnote reference, jump to
289 the definition. If it is a the definition, jump back to the
290 reference. When called with a prefix argument at either
291 location, offer the same menu as `C-u C-c C-x f'.
293 - C-c C-o or mouse-1/2 :: Footnote labels are also links to the
294 corresponding definition/reference, and you can use the
295 usual commands to follow these links.
297 Org-mode's footnote support is designed so that it should also
298 work in buffers that are not in Org-mode, for example in email
299 messages. Just bind =org-footnote-action= to a global key like
302 The main trigger for this development came from a hook function
303 written by Paul Rivier, to implement named footnotes and to
304 convert them to numbered ones before export. Thanks, Paul!
306 Thanks also to Scot Becker for a thoughtful post bringing this
307 subject back onto the discussion table, and to Matt Lundin for
308 the idea of named footnotes and his prompt testing of the new
311 *** Line numbers and references in literal examples
313 Literal examples introduced with =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= or =#+BEGIN_SRC=
314 do now allow optional line numbering in the example.
315 Furthermore, links to specific code lines are supported, greatly
316 increasing Org-mode's utility for writing tutorials and other
319 Code references use special labels embedded directly into the
320 source code. Such labels look like "(ref:name)" and must be
321 unique within a document. Org-mode links with "(name)" in the
322 link part will be correctly interpreted, both while working with
323 an Org file (internal links), and while exporting to the
324 different backends. Line numbering and code references are
325 supported for all three major backends, HTML, LaTeX, and ASCII.
326 In the HTML backend, hovering the mouse over a link to a source
327 line will remote-highlight the referenced code line.
329 The options for the BEGIN lines are:
331 - -n :: Number the lines in the example
332 - +n :: Like -n, but continue numbering from where the previous
334 - -r :: Remove the coderef cookies from the example, and replace
335 links to this reference with line numbers. This option
336 takes only effect if either -n or +n are given as well.
337 If -r is not given, coderefs simply use the label name.
338 - -l "fmt" :: Define a local format for coderef labels, see the
339 variable =org-coderef-label-format= for details. Use this
340 of the default syntax causes conflicts with the code in the
341 code snippet you are using.
346 #+begin_src emacs-lisp -n -r
347 (defmacro org-unmodified (&rest body) (ref:def)
348 "Execute body without changing `buffer-modified-p'."
349 `(set-buffer-modified-p (ref:back)
350 (prog1 (buffer-modified-p) ,@body)))
352 [[(def)][Line (def)]] contains the macro name. Later at line [[(back)]],
356 When exported, this is translated to:
357 #+begin_src emacs-lisp -n -r
358 (defmacro org-unmodified (&rest body) (ref:def)
359 "Execute body without changing `buffer-modified-p'."
360 `(set-buffer-modified-p (ref:back)
361 (prog1 (buffer-modified-p) ,@body)))
363 [[(def)][Line (def)]] contains the macro name. Later at line [[(back)]],
366 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for proposing this feature set. Thanks
367 to Sebastian Rose for the key Javascript element that made the
368 remote highlighting possible.
370 *** New hooks for export preprocessing
371 The export preprocessor now runs more hooks, to allow
372 better-timed tweaking by user functions:
374 - =org-export-preprocess-hook= ::
375 Pretty much the first thing in the preprocessor. But org-mode
376 is already active in the preprocessing buffer.
378 - =org-export-preprocess-after-include-files-hook= ::
379 This is run after the contents of included files have been inserted.
381 - =org-export-preprocess-after-tree-selection-hook= ::
382 This is run after selection of trees to be exported has
383 happened. This selection includes tags-based selection, as
384 well as removal of commented and archived trees.
386 - =org-export-preprocess-before-backend-specifics-hook= ::
387 Hook run before backend-specific functions are called during preprocessing.
389 - =org-export-preprocess-final-hook= ::
390 Hook for preprocessing an export buffer. This is run as the
391 last thing in the preprocessing buffer, just before returning
392 the buffer string to the backend.
394 *** Capture column view into a different file
396 The :id parameter for the dynamic block capturing column view
397 can now truly be an ID that will also be found in a
398 different file. Also, it can be like =file:path/to/file=, to
399 capture the global column view from a different file.
401 Thanks to Francois Lagarde for his report that IDs outside
402 the current file would not work.
405 Cleanup of many small bugs, and one new feature.
409 *** References to last table row with special names
411 Fields in the last row of a table can now be referenced with
412 $LR1, $LR2, etc. These references can appear both on the
413 left hand side and right hand side of a formula.
417 This version reverses the introduction of @0 as a reference to
418 the last rwo in a table, because of a conflict with the use of
419 @0 for the current row.
424 - All known LaTeX export issues fixed
425 - Captions and attributes for figures and tables.
426 - Better implementation for entry IDs
427 - Spreadsheet references to the last table line.
428 - Old syntax for link attributes abandoned
430 ** Incompatible changes
431 *** Old syntax for link attributes abandoned
433 There used to be a syntax for setting link attributes for
434 HTML export by enclosing the attributes into double braces
435 and adding them to the link itself, like
438 [[./img/a.jpg{{alt="an image"}}] ]
441 This syntax is not longer supported, use instead
444 ,#+ATTR_HTML: alt="an image"
450 *** All known LaTeX export issues fixed
452 All the remaining issues with the LaTeX exporter have hopefully
453 been addressed in this release. In particular, this covers
454 quoting of special characters in tables and problems with
455 exporting files where the headline is in the first line, or with
458 *** Captions and attributes for figures and tables.
460 Tables, and Hyperlinks that represent inlined images, can now be
461 equipped with additional information that will be used during
462 export. The information will be taken from the following special
463 lines in the buffer and apply to the first following table or
466 - #+CAPTION: :: The caption of the image or table. This string
467 should be processed according to the export backend, but
468 this is not yet done.
470 - #+LABEL: :: A label to identify the figure/table for cross
471 references. For HTML export, this string will become the
472 ID for the ~<div class="figure">~ element that encapsulates
473 the image tag and the caption. For LaTeX export, this
474 string will be used as the argument of a ~\label{...}~
475 macro. These labels will be available for internal links
476 like ~[[label][Table] ]~.
478 - #+ATTR_HTML: :: Attributes for HTML export of image, to be
479 added as attributes into the ~<img...>~ tag. This string
480 will not be processed, so it should have immediately the
483 - #+ATTR_LaTeX: :: Attributes for LaTeX export of images and
485 For /images/, this string is directly inserted into
486 the optional argument of the ~\includegraphics[...]{file}~
487 command, to specify scaling, clipping and other options.
488 This string will not be processed, so it should have
489 immediately the right format, like =width=5cm,angle=90=.\\
490 For /tables/, this can currently contain the keyword
491 =longtable=, to request typesetting of the table using the
492 longtable package, which automatically distributes the table
493 over several pages if needed. Also, the attributes line may
494 contain an alignment string for the tabular environment, like
495 =longtable,align=l|lrl=
497 For LaTeX export, if either a caption or a label is given, the element
498 will be exported as a float, i.e. wrapped into a figure or table
501 *** Better implementation for entry IDs
503 Unique identifiers for entries can now be used more efficiently.
504 Internally, a hash array has replaced the alist used so far to
505 keep track of the files in which an ID is defined. This makes it
506 quite fast to find an entry by ID.
508 There is a new link type which looks like this:
511 id:GLOBALLY-UNIQUE-IDENTIFIER
514 This link points to a specific entry. When you move the entry to
515 a different file, for example if you move it to an archive
516 file, the link will continue to work.
518 The file /org-id.el/ contains an API that can be used to write
519 code using these identifiers, including creating IDs and finding
520 them wherever they are.
522 Org has its own method to create unique identifiers, but if the system
523 has /uuidgen/ command installed (Mac's and Linux systems generally
524 do), it will be used by default (a change compared to the earlier
525 implmentation, where you explicitdly had to opt for uuidgen). You can
526 also select the method by hand, using the variable =org-id-method=.
528 If the ID system ever gets confused about where a certain ID is, it
529 initiates a global scan of all agenda files with associated archives,
530 all files previously known containing any IDs, and all currently
531 visited Org-mode files to rebuild the hash. You can also initiate
532 this by hand: =M-x org-id-update-id-locations=. Running this command
533 will also dump into the =*Messages*= buffer information about any
534 duplicate IDs. These should not exist, and Org will never /make/ the
535 same ID twice, but if you /copy/ an entry with its properties,
536 duplicate IDs will inevitably be produced. Unfortunately, this is
537 unavoidable in a plain text system that allows you to edit the text in
538 arbitrary ways, and a portion of care on your side is needed to keep
541 The hash is stored in the file =~/.emacs.d/.org-id-locations=.
542 This is also a change from previous versions where the file was
543 =~/.org=id-locations=. Therefore, you can remove this old file
544 if you have it. I am not sure what will happen if the =.emacs.d=
545 directory does not exists in your setup, but in modern Emacsen, I
546 believe it should exist. If you do not want to use IDs across
547 files, you can avoid the overhead with tracking IDs by
548 customizing the variable =org-id-track-globally=. IDs can then
549 still be used for links inside a single file.
551 IDs will also be used when you create a new link to an Org-mode
552 buffer. If you use =org-store-link= (normally at =C-c l=) inside
553 en entry in an Org-mode buffer, and ID property will be created
554 if it does not exist, and the stored link will be an =id:= link.
555 If you prefer the much less secure linking to headline text, you
556 can configure the variable =org-link-to-org-use-id=. The default
557 setting for this variable is =create-if-interactive=, meaning
558 that an ID will be created when you store a link interactively,
559 but not if you happen to be in an Org-mode file while you create
560 a remember note (which usually has a link to the place where you
561 were when starting remember).
563 *** Spreadsheet references to the last table line.
565 You may now use =@0= to reference the last dataline in a table
566 in a stable way. This is useful in particular for automatically
567 generated tables like the ones using /org-collector.el/ by Eric
573 - New relative timer to support timed notes
574 - Special faces can be set for individual tags
575 - The agenda shows now all tags, including inherited ones.
576 - Exclude some tags from inheritance.
577 - More special values for time comparisons in property searches
578 - Control for exporting meta data
579 - Cut and Paste with hot links from w3m to Org
580 - LOCATION can be inherited for iCalendar export
581 - Relative row references crossing hlines now throw an error
583 ** Incompatible Changes
585 *** Relative row references crossing hlines now throw an error
587 Relative row references in tables look like this: "@-4" which
588 means the forth row above this one. These row references are
589 not allowed to cross horizontal separator lines (hlines). So
590 far, when a row reference violates this policy, Org would
591 silently choose the field just next to the hline.
593 Tassilo Horn pointed out that this kind of hidden magic is
594 actually confusing and may cause incorrect formulas, and I do
595 agree. Therefore, trying to cross a hline with a relative
596 reference will now throw an error.
598 If you need the old behavior, customize the variable
599 `org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline'.
603 *** New relative timer to support timed notes
605 Org now supports taking timed notes, useful for example while
606 watching a video, or during a meeting which is also recorded.
609 Insert a relative time into the buffer. The first time
610 you use this, the timer will be started. When called
611 with a prefix argument, the timer is reset to 0.
614 Insert a description list item with the current relative
615 time. With a prefix argument, first reset the timer to 0.
618 Once the time list has been initiated, you can also use the
619 normal item-creating command to insert the next timer item.
622 Reset the timer without inserting anything into the buffer.
623 By default, the timer is reset to 0. When called with a
624 =C-u= prefix, reset the timer to specific starting
625 offset. The user is prompted for the offset, with a
626 default taken from a timer string at point, if any, So this
627 can be used to restart taking notes after a break in the
628 process. When called with a double prefix argument
629 =C-c C-u=, change all timer strings in the active
630 region by a certain amount. This can be used to fix timer
631 strings if the timer was not started at exactly the right
634 Thanks to Alan Dove, Adam Spiers, and Alan Davis for
635 contributions to this idea.
637 *** Special faces can be set for individual tags
639 You may now use the variable =org-tag-faces= to define the
640 face used for specific tags, much in the same way as you can
641 do for TODO keywords.
643 Thanks to Samuel Wales for this proposal.
645 *** The agenda shows now all tags, including inherited ones.
647 This request has come up often, most recently it was
648 formulated by Tassilo Horn.
650 If you prefer the old behavior of only showing the local
651 tags, customize the variable =org-agenda-show-inherited-tags=.
653 *** Exclude some tags from inheritance.
655 So far, the only way to select tags for inheritance was to
656 allow it for all tags, or to do a positive selection using
657 one of the more complex settings for
658 `org-use-tag-inheritance'. It may actually be better to
659 allow inheritance for all but a few tags, which was difficult
660 to achieve with this methodology.
662 A new option, `org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance', allows to
663 specify an exclusion list for inherited tags.
665 *** More special values for time comparisons in property searches
667 In addition to =<now>=, =<today>=, =<yesterday>=, and
668 =<tomorrow>=, there are more special values accepted now in
669 time comparisons in property searches: You may use strings
670 like =<+3d>= or =<-2w>=, with units d, w, m, and y for day,
671 week, month, and year, respectively
673 Thanks to Linday Todd for this proposal.
675 *** Control for exporting meta data
677 All the metadata in a headline, i.e. the TODO keyword, the
678 priority cookie, and the tags, can now be excluded from
679 export with appropriate options:
681 | Variable | Publishing property | OPTIONS switch |
682 |-------------------------------+---------------------+----------------|
683 | org-export-with-todo-keywords | :todo-keywords | todo: |
684 | org-export-with-tags | :tags | tags: |
685 | org-export-with-priority | :priority | pri: |
687 *** Cut and Paste with hot links from w3m to Org
689 You can now use the key =C-c C-x M-w= in a w3m buffer with
690 HTML content to copy either the region or the entire file in
691 a special way. When you yank this text back into an Org-mode
692 buffer, all links from the w3m buffer will continue to work
695 For this to work you need to load the new file /org-w3m.el./
696 Please check your org-modules variable to make sure that this
699 Thanks for Richard Riley for the idea and to Andy Stewart for
702 *** LOCATION can be inherited for iCalendar export
704 The LOCATION property can now be inherited during iCalendar
705 export if you configure =org-use-property-inheritance= like
708 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
709 (setq org-use-property-inheritance '("LOCATION"))
716 - Keybindings in Remember buffers can be configured
717 - Support for ido completion
718 - New face for date lines in agenda column view
719 - Invisible targets become now anchors in headlines.
720 - New contributed file /org-exp-blocks.el/
721 - New contributed file /org-eval-light.el/
723 - BBDB links may use regular expressions.
724 - Link abbreviations can use %h to insert a url-encoded target value
725 - Improved XHTML compliance
729 *** Keybindings in Remember buffers can be configured
731 The remember buffers created with Org's extensions are in
732 Org-mode, which is nice to prepare snippets that will
733 actually be stored in Org-mode files. However, this makes it
734 hard to configure key bindings without modifying the Org-mode
735 keymap. There is now a minor mode active in these buffers,
736 `org-remember-mode', and its keymap org-remember-mode-map can
737 be used for key bindings. By default, this map only contains
738 the bindings for =C-c C-c= to store the note, and =C-c C-k=
739 to abort it. Use `org-remember-mode-hook' to define your own
742 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
744 'org-remember-mode-hook
746 (define-key org-remember-mode-map
747 "\C-x\C-s" 'org-remember-finalize)))
750 If you wish, you can also use this to free the =C-c C-c=
751 binding (by binding this key to nil in the minor mode map),
752 so that you can use =C-c C-c= again to set tags.
754 This modification is based on a request by Tim O'Callaghan.
756 *** Support for ido completion
758 You can now get the completion interface from /ido.el/ for
759 many of Org's internal completion commands by turning on the
760 variable =org-completion-use-ido=. =ido-mode= must also be
761 active before you can use this.
763 This change is based upon a request by Samuel Wales.
765 *** New face for date lines in agenda column view
767 When column view is active in the agenda, and when you have
768 summarizing properties, the date lines become normal column
769 lines and the separation between different days becomes
770 harder to see. If this bothers you, you can now customize
771 the face =org-agenda-column-dateline=.
773 This is based on a request by George Pearson.
775 *** Invisible targets become now anchors in headlines.
777 These anchors can be used to jump to a directly with an HTML
778 link, just like the =sec-xxx= IDs. For example, the
779 following will make a http link
780 =//domain/path-to-my-file.html#dummy= work:
787 This is based on a request by Matt Lundin.
789 *** New contributed file /org-exp-blocks.el/
791 This new file implements special export behavior of
792 user-defined blocks. The currently supported blocks are
794 - comment :: Comment blocks with author-specific markup
795 - ditaa :: conversion of ASCII art into pretty png files
796 using Stathis Sideris' /ditaa.jar/ program
797 - dot :: creation of graphs in the /dot/ language
798 - R :: Sweave type exporting using the R program
800 For more details and examples, see the file commentary in
803 Kudos to Eric Schulte for this new functionality, after
804 /org-plot.el/ already his second major contribution. Thanks
805 to Stathis for this excellent program, and for allowing us to
806 bundle it with Org-mode.
808 *** New contributed file /org-eval-light.el/
810 This module gives control over execution Emacs Lisp code
811 blocks included in a file.
813 Thanks to Eric Schulte also for this file.
817 You can now configure Org to understand many links created
818 with the Emacs Planner package, so you can cut text from
819 planner pages and paste them into Org-mode files without
820 having to re-write the links. Among other things, this means
821 that the command =org-open-at-point-global= which follows
822 links not only in Org-mode, but in arbitrary files like
823 source code files etc, will work also with links created by
824 planner. The following customization is needed to make all of
827 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
828 (setq org-link-translation-function
829 'org-translate-link-from-planner)
832 I guess an inverse translator could be written and integrated
835 *** BBDB links may use regular expressions.
837 This did work all along, but only now I have documented it.
839 *** =yank-pop= works again after yanking an outline tree
841 Samuel Wales had noticed that =org-yank= did mess up this
842 functionality. Now you can use =yank-pop= again, the only
843 restriction is that the so-yanked text will not be
844 pro/demoted or folded.
846 *** Link abbreviations can use %h to insert a url-encoded target value
848 Thanks to Steve Purcell for a patch to this effect.
850 *** Improved XHTML compliance
852 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this.
854 *** Many bug fixes again.
859 - A region of entries can now be refiled with a single command
860 - Fine-tuning the behavior of `org-yank'
861 - Formulas for clocktables
862 - Better implementation of footnotes for HTML export
863 - More languages for HTML export.
867 *** A region of entries can now be refiled with a single command
869 With =transient-make-mode= active (=zmacs-regions= under
870 XEmacs), you can now select a region of entries and refile
871 them all with a single =C-c C-w= command.
873 Thanks to Samuel Wales for this useful proposal.
875 *** Fine-tuning the behavior of =org-yank=
877 The behavior of Org's yanking command has been further
878 fine-tuned in order to avoid some of the small annoyances
881 - Calling =org-yank= with a prefix arg will stop any special
882 treatment and directly pass through to the normal =yank=
883 command. Therefore, you can now force a normal yank with
886 - Subtrees will only be folded after a yank if doing so will
887 now swallow any non-white characters after the yanked text.
888 This is, I think a really important change to make the
889 command work more sanely.
891 *** Formulas for clocktables
893 You can now add formulas to a clock table, either by hand, or
894 with a =:formula= parameter. These formulas can be used to
895 create additional columns with further analysis of the
898 Thanks to Jurgen Defurne for triggering this addition.
900 *** Better implementation of footnotes for HTML export
902 The footnote export in 6.11 really was not good enough. Now
903 it works fine. If you have customized
904 =footnote-section-tag=, make sure that your customization is
905 matched by =footnote-section-tag-regexp=.
907 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this change.
909 *** More languages for HTML export.
911 More languages are supported during HTML export. This is
912 only relevant for the few special words Org inserts, like
913 "Table of Contents", or "Footnotes". Also the encoding
914 issues with this feature seem to be solved now.
916 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing me to fix the encoding
923 - Yanking subtree with =C-y= now adjusts the tree level
924 - State changes can now be shown in the log mode in the agenda
925 - Footnote in HTML export are now collected at the end of the document
926 - HTML export now validates again as XHTML
927 - The clock can now be resumed after exiting and re-starting Emacs
928 - Clock-related data can be saved and resumed across Emacs sessions
929 - Following file links can now use C-u C-u to force use of an external app
930 - Inserting absolute files names now abbreviates links with "~"
931 - Links to attachment files
932 - Completed repeated tasks listed briefly in agenda
933 - Remove buffers created during publishing are removed
937 *** Yanking subtree with =C-y= now adjusts the tree level
938 When yanking a cut/copied subtree or a series of trees, the
939 normal yank key =C-y= now adjusts the level of the tree to
940 make it fit into the current outline position, without losing
941 its identity, and without swallowing other subtrees.
943 This uses the command =org-past-subtree=. An additional
944 change in that command has been implemented: Normally, this
945 command picks the right outline level from the surrounding
946 *visible* headlines, and uses the smaller one. So if the
947 cursor is between a level 4 and a level 3 headline, the tree
948 will be pasted as level 3. If the cursor is actually *at*
949 the beginning of a headline, the level of that headline will
950 be used. For example, lets say you have a tree like this:
956 ,(2)* Level one again
959 with (1) and (2) indicating possible cursor positions for the
960 insertion. When at (1), the tree will be pasted as level 2.
961 When at (2), it will be pasted as level 1.
963 If you do not want =C-y= to behave like this, configure the
964 variable =org-yank-adjusted-subtrees=.
966 Thanks to Samuel Wales for this idea and a partial implementation.
968 *** State changes can now be shown in the log mode in the agenda
970 If you configure the variable =org-agenda-log-mode-items=,
971 you can now request that all logged state changes be included
972 in the agenda when log mode is active. If you find this too
973 much for normal applications, you can also temporarily
974 request the inclusion of state changes by pressing =C-u l= in
977 This was a request by Hsiu-Khuern Tang.
979 You can also press `C-u C-u l' to get *only* log items in the
980 agenda, withour any timestamps/deadlines etc.
982 *** Footnote in HTML export are now collected at the end of the document
983 Previously, footnotes would be left in the document where
984 they are defined, now they are all collected and put into a
985 special =<div>= at the end of the document.
987 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for this request.
989 *** HTML export now validates again as XHTML.
991 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this cleanup.
993 *** The clock can now be resumed after exiting and re-starting Emacs
995 If the option =org-clock-in-resume= is t, and the first clock
996 line in an entry is unclosed, clocking into that task resumes
997 the clock from that time.
999 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
1001 *** Clock-related data can be saved and resumed across Emacs sessions
1003 The data saved include the contents of =org-clock-history=,
1004 and the running clock, if there is one.
1006 To use this, you will need to add to your .emacs
1008 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1009 (setq org-clock-persist t)
1010 (setq org-clock-in-resume t)
1011 (org-clock-persistence-insinuate)
1014 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
1016 *** Following file links can now use C-u C-u to force use of an external app.
1018 So far you could only bypass your setup in `org-file-apps'
1019 and force opening a file link in Emacs by using a =C-u= prefix arg
1020 with =C-c C-o=. Now you can call =C-u C-u C-c C-o= to force
1021 an external application. Which external application depends
1022 on your system. On Mac OS X and Windows, =open= is used. On
1023 a GNU/Linux system, the mailcap settings are used.
1025 This was a proposal by Samuel Wales.
1027 *** Inserting absolute files names now abbreviates links with "~".
1029 Inserting file links with =C-u C-c C-l= was buggy if the
1030 setting of `org-link-file-path-type' was `adaptive' (the
1031 default). Absolute file paths were not abbreviated relative
1032 to the users home directory. This bug has been fixed.
1034 Thanks to Matt Lundin for the report.
1036 *** Links to attachment files
1038 Even though one of the purposes of entry attachments was to
1039 reduce the number of links in an entry, one might still want
1040 to have the occasional link to one of those files. You can
1041 now use link abbreviations to set up a special link type that
1042 points to attachments in the current entry. Note that such
1043 links will only work from within the same entry that has the
1044 attachment, because the directory path is entry specific.
1045 Here is the setup you need:
1047 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1048 (setq org-link-abbrev-alist '(("att" . org-attach-expand-link)))
1051 After this, a link like this will work
1054 [[att:some-attached-file.txt]]
1056 This was a proposal by Lindsay Todd.
1058 *** Completed repeated tasks listed briefly in agenda
1060 When a repeating task, listed in the daily/weekly agenda under
1061 today's date, is completed from the agenda, it is listed as
1062 DONE in the agenda until the next update happens. After the
1063 next update, the task will have disappeared, of course,
1064 because the new date is no longer today.
1066 *** Remove buffers created during publishing are removed
1068 Buffers that are created during publishing are now deleted
1069 when the publishing is over. At least I hope it works like this.
1075 - Secondary agenda filtering is becoming a killer feature
1076 - Setting tags has now its own binding, =C-c C-q=
1077 - Todo state changes can trigger tag changes
1078 - C-RET will now always insert a new headline, never an item.
1079 - Customize org-mouse.el feature set to free up mouse events
1080 - New commands for export all the way to PDF (through LaTeX)
1081 - Some bug fixed for LaTeX export, more bugs remain.
1085 *** Enhancements to secondary agenda filtering
1087 This is, I believe, becoming a killer feature. It allows you
1088 to define fewer and more general custom agenda commands, and
1089 then to do the final narrowing to specific tasks you are
1090 looking for very quickly, much faster than calling a new
1093 If you have not tries this yet, you should!
1095 **** You can now refining the current filter by an additional criterion
1096 When filtering an existing agenda view with =/=, you can
1097 now narrow down the existing selection by an additional
1098 condition. Do do this, use =\= instead of =/= to add the
1099 additional criterion. You can also press =+= or =-= after
1100 =/= to add a positive or negative condition. A condition
1101 can be a TAG, or an effort estimate limit, see below.
1103 **** It is now possible to filter for effort estimates
1104 This means to filter the agenda for the value of the Effort
1105 property. For this you should best set up global allowed
1106 values for effort estimates, with
1108 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1109 (setq org-global-properties
1110 '(("Effort_ALL" . "0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00")))
1113 You may then select effort limits with single keys in the
1114 filter. It works like this: After =/= or =\=, first select
1115 the operator which you want to use to compare effort
1118 : < Select entries with effort smaller than or equal to the limit
1119 : > Select entries with effort larger than or equal to the limit
1120 : = Select entries with effort equal to the limit
1122 After that, you can press a single digit number which is
1123 used as an index to the allowed effort estimates.
1125 If you do not use digits to fast-select tags, you can even
1126 skip the operator, which will then default to
1127 `org-agenda-filter-effort-default-operator', which is by
1130 Thanks to Manish for the great idea to include fast effort
1131 filtering into the agenda filtering process.
1133 **** The mode line will show the active filter
1134 For example, if there is a filter in place that does select
1135 for HOME tags, against EMAIL tags, and for tasks with an
1136 estimated effort smaller than 30 minutes, the mode-line with
1137 show =+HOME-EMAIL+<0:30=
1139 **** The filter now persists when the agenda view is refreshed
1140 All normal refresh commands, including those that move the
1141 weekly agenda from one week to the next, now keep the
1142 current filter in place.
1144 You need to press =/ /= to turn off the filter. However,
1145 when you run a new agenda command, for example going from
1146 the weekly agenda to the TODO list, the filter will be
1149 *** Setting tags has now its own binding, =C-c C-q=
1151 You can still use =C-c C-c= on a headline, but the new
1152 binding should be considered as the main binding for this
1153 command. The reasons for this change are:
1155 - Using =C-c C-c= for tags is really out of line with other
1158 - I hate it in Remember buffers when I try to set tags and I
1159 cannot, because =C-c C-c= exits the buffer :-(
1161 - =C-c C-q= will also work when the cursor is somewhere down
1162 in the entry, it does not have to be on the headline.
1164 *** Todo state changes can trigger tag changes
1166 The new option =org-todo-state-tags-triggers= can be used to
1167 define automatic changes to tags when a TODO state changes.
1168 For example, the setting
1170 : (setq org-todo-state-tags-triggers
1171 : '((done ("Today" . nil) ("NEXT" . nil))
1172 : ("WAITING" ("Today" . t))))
1174 will make sure that any change to any of the DONE states will
1175 remove tags "Today" and "NEXT", while switching to the
1176 "WAITING" state will trigger the tag "Today" to be added.
1178 I use this mostly to get rid of TODAY and NEXT tags which I
1179 apply to select an entry for execution in the near future,
1180 which I often prefer to specific time scheduling.
1182 *** C-RET will now always insert a new headline, never an item.
1183 The new headline is inserted after the current subtree.
1185 Thanks to Peter Jones for patches to fine-tune this behavior.
1187 *** Customize org-mouse.el feature set
1188 There is a new variable =org-mouse-features= which gives you
1189 some control about what features of org-mouse you want to
1190 use. Turning off some of the feature will free up the
1191 corresponding mouse events, or will avoid activating special
1192 regions for mouse clicks. By default I have urned off the
1193 feature to use drag mouse events to move or promote/demote
1194 entries. You can of course turn them back on if you wish.
1196 This variable may still change in the future, allowing more
1197 fine-grained control.
1199 *** New commands for export to PDF
1201 This is using LaTeX export, and then processes it to PDF
1204 : C-c C-e p process to PDF.
1205 : C-c C-e d process to PDF, and open the file.
1208 - \usepackage{graphicx} is now part of the standard class
1210 - Several bugs fixed, but definitely not all of them :-(
1212 *** New option `org-log-state-notes-insert-after-drawers'
1214 Set this to =t= if you want state change notes to be inserted
1215 after any initial drawers, i.e drawers the immediately follow
1216 the headline and the planning line (the one with
1217 DEADLINE/SCHEDULED/CLOSED information).
1221 *** =org-file-apps= now uses regular expressions, see [[*%20org%20file%20apps%20now%20uses%20regular%20repressions%20instead%20of%20extensions][below]]
1225 *** =org-file-apps= now uses regular repressions instead of extensions
1226 Just like in =auto-mode-alist=, car's in the variable
1227 =org-file-apps= that are strings are now interpreted as
1228 regular expressions that are matched against a file name. So
1229 instead of "txt", you should now write "\\.txt\\'" to make
1230 sure the matching is done correctly (even though "txt" will
1231 be recognized and still be interpreted as an extension).
1233 There is now a shortcut to get many file types visited by
1234 Emacs. If org-file-apps contains `(auto-mode . emacs)', then
1235 any files that are matched by `auto-mode-alist' will be
1238 *** Changes to the attachment system
1240 - The default method to attach a file is now to copy it
1241 instead of moving it.
1242 - You can modify the default method using the variable
1243 `org-attach-method'. I believe that most Unix people want
1244 to set it to `ln' to create hard links.
1245 - The keys =c=, =m=, and =l= specifically select =copy=,
1246 =move=, or =link=, respectively, as the attachment method
1247 for a file, overruling `org-attach-method'.
1248 - To create a new attachment as an Emacs buffer, you have not
1249 now use =n= instead of =c=.
1250 - The file list is now always retrieved from the directory
1251 itself, not from the "Attachments" property. We still
1252 keep this property by default, but you can turn it off, by
1253 customizing the variable =org-attach-file-list-property=.
1257 ** Incompatible changes
1259 - Changes in the structure of IDs, see [[*The%20default%20structure%20of%20IDs%20has%20changed][here]] for details.
1261 - C-c C-a has been redefined, see [[*%20C%20c%20C%20a%20no%20longer%20calls%20show%20all][here]] for details.
1265 *** The default structure of IDs has changed
1267 IDs created by Org have changed a bit:
1268 - By default, there is no prefix on the ID. There used to be
1269 an "Org" prefix, but I now think this is not necessary.
1270 - IDs use only lower-case letters, no upper-case letters
1271 anymore. The reason for this is that IDs are now also used
1272 as directory names for org-attach, and some systems do not
1273 distinguish upper and lower case in the file system.
1274 - The ID string derived from the current time is now
1275 /reversed/ to become an ID. This assures that the first
1276 two letters of the ID change fast, so hat it makes sense to
1277 split them off to create subdirectories to balance load.
1278 - You can now set the `org-id-method' to `uuidgen' on systems
1281 *** =C-c C-a= no longer calls `show-all'
1283 The reason for this is that =C-c C-a= is now used for the
1284 attachment system. On the rare occasions that this command
1285 is needed, use =M-x show-all=, or =C-u C-u C-u TAB=.
1287 *** New attachment system
1289 You can now attach files to each node in the outline tree.
1290 This works by creating special directories based on the ID of
1291 an entry, and storing files in these directories. Org can
1292 keep track of changes to the attachments by automatically
1293 committing changes to git. See the manual for more
1296 Thanks to John Wiegley who contributed this fantastic new
1297 concept and wrote org-attach.el to implement it.
1299 *** New remember template escapes
1301 : %^{prop}p to insert a property
1302 : %k the heading of the item currently being clocked
1303 : %K a link to the heading of the item currently being clocked
1305 Also, when you exit remember with =C-2 C-c C-c=, the item
1306 will be filed as a child of the item currently being
1307 clocked. So the idea is, if you are working on something and
1308 think of a new task related to this or a new note to be
1309 added, you can use this to quickly add information to that
1312 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
1314 *** Clicking with mouse-2 on clock info in mode-line visits the clock.
1316 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
1318 *** New file in contrib: lisp/org-checklist.el
1320 This module deals with repeated tasks that have checkbox
1323 Thanks to James TD Smith for this contribution.
1325 *** New in-buffer setting #+STYLE
1327 It can be used to locally set the variable
1328 `org-export-html-style-extra'. Several such lines are
1329 allowed-, they will all be concatenated. For an example on
1330 how to use it, see the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-publish-html-tutorial.php][publishing tutorial]].
1336 - Filtering existing agenda views with respect to a tag
1337 - Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
1338 - /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org
1339 - Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
1340 - Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
1341 - Yanking inserts folded subtrees
1342 - Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
1343 - In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
1344 - The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
1345 - Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
1346 - Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
1347 - New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
1348 - Remember templates for gnus links can use the :to escape.
1349 - The file specification in a remember template may be a function
1350 - Categories in iCalendar export include local tags
1351 - It is possible to define filters for column view
1352 - Disabling integer increment during table Field copy
1353 - Capturing column view is on `C-c C-x i'
1354 - And tons of bugs fixed.
1357 ** Incompatible changes
1359 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes has changed
1361 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
1362 remember process is now interpreted differently:
1364 : C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
1365 : C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
1366 : in its new location.
1367 : C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
1368 : C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
1370 This was requested by John Wiegley.
1372 *** Capturing column view is now on `C-c C-x i'
1374 The reason for this change was that `C-c C-x r' is also used
1375 as a tty key replacement.
1377 *** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
1379 The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
1380 exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
1381 category is now the last category in this list. Configure
1382 the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
1385 This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
1389 *** Secondary filtering of agenda views.
1391 You can now easily and interactively filter an existing
1392 agenda view with respect to a tag. This command is executed
1393 with the =/= key in the agenda. You will be prompted for a
1394 tag selection key, and all entries that do not contain or
1395 inherit the corresponding tag will be hidden. With a prefix
1396 argument, the opposite filter is applied: entries that
1397 do have the tag will be hidden.
1399 This operation only /hides/ lines in the agenda buffer, it
1400 does not remove them. Changing the secondary filtering does
1401 not require a new search and is very fast.
1403 If you press TAB at the tag selection prompt, you will be
1404 switched to a completion interface to select a tag. This is
1405 useful when you want to select a tag that does not have a
1406 direct access character.
1408 A double =/ /= will restore the original agenda view by
1409 unhiding any hidden lines.
1411 This functionality was John Wiegley's idea. It is a simpler
1412 implementation of some of the query-editing features proposed
1413 and implemented some time ago by Christopher League (see the
1414 file contrib/lisp/org-interactive-query.el).
1416 *** Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
1418 The command @<code>C-c '@</code> (that is =C-c= followed by a
1419 single quote) can now also be used to switch to a special
1420 editing mode for fixed-width sections. The default mode is
1421 =artist-mode= which allows you to create ASCII drawings.
1423 It works like this: Enter the editing mode with
1424 @<code>C-c '@</code>. An indirect buffer will be created and
1425 narrowed to the fixed-width region. Edit the drawing, and
1426 press @<code>C-c '@</code> again to exit.
1428 Lines in a fixed-width region should be preceded by a colon
1429 followed by at least one space. These will be removed during
1430 editing, and then added back when you exit the editing mode.
1432 Using the command in an empty line will create a new
1435 This new feature arose from a discussion involving Scott
1436 Otterson, Sebastian Rose and Will Henney.
1438 *** /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org.
1440 You can run it by simple calling org-plot/gnuplot.
1441 Documentation is not yet included with Org, please refer to
1442 http://github.com/eschulte/org-plot/tree/master until we have
1443 moved the docs into Org or Worg.
1445 Thanks to Eric Schulte for this great contribution.
1447 *** Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
1449 You may now use tags to select parts of a document for
1450 inclusion into the export, and to exclude other parts. This
1451 behavior is governed by two new variables:
1452 =org-export-select-tags= and =org-export-exclude-tags=.
1453 These default to =("export")= and =("noexport")=, but can be
1454 changed, even to include a list of several tags.
1456 Org first checks if any of the /select/ tags is present in
1457 the buffer. If yes, all trees that do not carry one of these
1458 tags will be excluded. If a selected tree is a subtree, the
1459 heading hierarchy above it will also be selected for export,
1460 but not the text below those headings. If none of the select
1461 tags is found anywhere in the buffer, the whole buffer will
1462 be selected for export. Finally, all subtrees that are
1463 marked by any of the /exclude/ tags will be removed from the
1466 You may set these tags with in-buffer options
1467 =EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS= and =EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS=.
1469 I love this feature. Thanks to Richard G Riley for coming
1472 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
1474 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
1475 remember process is now interpreted differently:
1477 : C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
1478 : C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
1479 : in its new location.
1480 : C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
1481 : C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
1483 This was requested by John Wiegley.
1485 *** Yanking inserts folded subtrees
1487 If the kill is a subtree or a sequence of subtrees, yanking
1488 them with =C-y= will leave all the subtrees in a folded
1489 state. This basically means, that kill and yank are now
1490 much more useful in moving stuff around in your outline. If
1491 you do not like this, customize the variable
1492 =org-yank-folded-subtrees=.
1494 Right now, I am only binding =C-y= to this new function,
1495 should I modify all bindings of yank? Do we need to amend
1498 This feature was requested by John Wiegley.
1500 *** Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
1502 If you attach formulas and plotting instructions to a table
1503 capturing column view, these extra lines will now survive an
1504 update of the column view capture, and any formulas will be
1505 re-applied to the captured table. This works by keeping any
1506 continuous block of comments before and after the actual
1509 *** In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
1511 If a property value is a time stamp, S-left and S-right can
1512 now be used to shift this date around while in column view.
1514 This was a request by Chris Randle.
1516 *** The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
1518 This was a request by Peter Frings.
1520 *** Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
1522 Numerical and alphanumerical sorting now skips any TODO
1523 keyword or priority cookie when constructing the comparison
1524 string. This was a request by Wanrong Lin.
1526 *** Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
1528 You can now define a sorting strategy for agenda entries that
1529 does look at the TODO state of the entries. Sorting by TODO
1530 entry does first separate the non-done from the done states.
1531 Within each class, the entries are sorted not alphabetically,
1532 but in definition order. So if you have a sequence of TODO
1533 entries defined, the entries will be sorted according to the
1534 position of the keyword in this sequence.
1536 This follows an idea and sample implementation by Christian
1539 *** New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
1541 This was a request by Richard G Riley.
1543 *** Remember templates for gnus links can now use the :to escape.
1545 Thanks to Tommy Lindgren for a patch to this effect.
1546 *** The file specification in a remember template may now be a function
1548 Thanks to Gregory Sullivan for a patch to this effect.
1550 *** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
1552 The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
1553 exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
1554 category is now the last category in this list. Configure
1555 the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
1558 This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
1560 *** It is now possible to define filters for column view
1562 The filter can modify the value that will be displayed in a
1563 column, for example it can cut out a part of a time stamp.
1564 For more information, look at the variable
1565 =org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function=.
1567 *** Disabling integer increment during table field copy
1569 Prefix arg 0 to S-RET does the trick.
1571 This was a request by Chris Randle.
1576 For older Changes, see [[file:Changes_old.org]]