1 Org-mode list of User-visible changes
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4 Author: Carsten Dominik <carsten at orgmode dot org>
5 Date: 2008/01/28 09:04:09
23 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
24 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
25 + when called without prefix argment, the command does its
26 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
27 + when called with a single C-u pefix, these commands can be
28 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
29 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
30 template and then Emacs jumpt to the default target
31 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
32 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
34 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
35 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
38 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
39 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
40 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
42 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
43 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
44 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
45 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
46 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
47 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
50 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
51 introduced only in 5.19 is obsolete. Please use
52 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
53 variable does select the interface that is used to select
54 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
57 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
59 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
60 path to select a location.
61 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
64 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
65 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
66 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
67 request by Austin Frank.
69 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
70 they are always current.
74 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
75 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
76 special also because it only matches in headline. This goes
77 some way toward saving org-goto from being removed from
78 Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and sorry
79 that it took me o long to ut it in. If you prefer to use
80 single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
81 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
83 - The clock table accepts a new parameter `:step'. This
84 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
85 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
86 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [blog].
88 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
89 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
90 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
91 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
92 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue sheduled
93 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
94 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
95 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
96 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
97 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
98 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
101 - Archving a subtree now creates an additional property,
102 `ARCHIVE_OLPATH'. This property contains the "path" in the
103 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
104 original file. For example, archiving `Fix the door' in the
112 will file is with the following property
114 :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
116 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
117 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
118 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
126 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
128 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
130 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
132 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
134 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
136 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
138 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
140 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
142 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
147 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
148 entries in a subtree. For example
150 #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
152 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
153 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
154 request by Bernt Hansen.
156 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
157 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
158 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
159 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
160 pressing `C-c C-c' in the `*Remember*' buffer. But if you
161 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
162 interactively select the filing location (file and
163 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
164 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
165 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
166 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
167 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
169 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
170 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
171 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
172 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
173 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
176 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
177 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
178 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
179 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
180 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
181 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
182 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
185 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
186 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
187 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
190 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
191 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
192 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
193 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
194 explain here, complex.
196 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
197 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
198 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
200 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
201 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
202 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
204 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
220 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
221 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
222 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
223 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
224 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
225 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
226 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
227 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
228 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
229 subtree motion commands.
231 - Plain lists items work the same.
233 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
234 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
235 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
238 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
239 let me know about any problems.
244 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
245 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
246 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
247 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
248 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
250 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
251 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
252 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
253 history variable. For example:
255 %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
257 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
258 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
259 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
260 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
261 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
262 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
263 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
266 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
267 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
268 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
269 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
274 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
275 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
278 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
279 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
280 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
281 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
282 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
283 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
291 Restriction lock on agenda scope
292 --------------------------------
294 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
295 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
296 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
297 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
298 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
299 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
300 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
301 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
304 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
305 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
306 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
307 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
309 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
310 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
311 the new scope. TO if you like you can display an agenda view
312 and then watch it change in various scopes.
314 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
315 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
316 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
317 select a new restriction.
319 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
321 Imenu and Speedbar support
322 --------------------------
324 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
326 (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
327 (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
329 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
330 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
331 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
334 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
335 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
336 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
338 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
339 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
340 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
341 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
342 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
350 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
351 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
352 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
354 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
355 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
356 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
367 + Remember and related stuff
368 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
369 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
370 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
371 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
373 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
374 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
375 - You may finally emphasize a single character like `*a*'.
376 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
377 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
378 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
379 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
381 + Properties and Column view
382 - More control over which properties use inheritance
383 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
384 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
385 - New currency summary type {$}
387 + The date/time prompt
388 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
389 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
390 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
393 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
394 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
397 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
400 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
401 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
402 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
403 - Support for pabbrev-mode
404 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
409 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
410 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
411 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
413 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
414 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
417 (defun my-remember-template-n ()
421 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
422 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
424 (defun my-remember-template-n ()
426 (org-remember nil ?n))
428 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
429 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
434 Remember and related stuff
435 --------------------------
437 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
438 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
439 application might be to put a note or task captured with
440 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
441 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
442 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
443 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
444 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
445 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
446 definitions. For example:
448 (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
450 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
453 (setq org-refile-targets
454 '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
456 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
457 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
458 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
459 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
462 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
463 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
465 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
466 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
467 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
468 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
469 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
471 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
472 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
474 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
476 %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
477 %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
480 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
482 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
483 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
484 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
488 (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
489 (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
490 (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
492 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
493 provide a default for templates without a file, and
494 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
496 Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
497 ----------------------------
499 - Stacked emphasis like `*/bold italic/*' is no longer allowed.
501 - You may finally emphasize a single character like `*a*'.
503 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
504 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
505 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
506 the default in Org-mode.
508 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
509 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
510 you can write `=quoted *xxx* a_x = b='. This and the following
511 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
513 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
514 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
515 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
516 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
517 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
519 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
520 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
521 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
522 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
525 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
526 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
527 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
528 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
529 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
531 Properties and Column view
532 --------------------------
534 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
535 property names that should be treated with inheritance
538 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
539 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
540 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
541 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
542 discussion around this issue.
544 - Summary type improvements in column view.
545 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
546 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
547 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
548 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
549 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
550 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
551 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
556 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
559 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
560 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
561 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
562 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
563 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
565 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
566 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
567 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
568 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
569 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
570 entered month is before the current, for example if you
571 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
572 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
573 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
575 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
576 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
577 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
578 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
579 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
581 Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
582 --------------------------------------
584 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
585 list of newly performed conversions:
588 -----+------------------------------------+----------
589 `\\-' double backslash followed by minus ­
590 `--' two dashes (minuses) –
591 `---' three dashes (minuses) —
592 `...' three dots …
594 You can turn this globally on or off with
595 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
596 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
597 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
598 William Henney for relevant inputs.
600 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
601 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
606 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
607 g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
608 because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
609 G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
610 e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
611 `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
613 Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
614 ---------------------------------------
616 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
617 export by setting it either globally
618 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
619 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
620 the list of available classes and their sectioning
621 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
622 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
625 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
626 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
627 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
629 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
630 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
632 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
633 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
636 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
637 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
638 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
647 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
648 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
649 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
651 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
652 the values of constants and properties are no longer
653 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
654 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
655 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
657 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
658 with extension matched by the new variable
659 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
670 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
671 + All known bugs fixed.
672 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
673 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
674 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
676 - The agenda dispatcher
677 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
678 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
680 - Sorting improvements
681 + User-defined sorting keys.
682 + Sorting by properties.
683 + Sorting of plain lists.
685 - HTML <div> structure
688 + New variables, several of them.
689 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
690 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
691 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
692 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
697 Bug fixes and improvements in column view
698 -----------------------------------------
700 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
701 (at least I hope so...).
703 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
704 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
706 + global, i.e. for the entire file
707 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
708 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
710 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
711 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
712 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
716 :ID: planning-overview
722 #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
726 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
727 be prompted for the ID.
729 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
730 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
731 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
732 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
733 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
736 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
738 The agenda dispatcher
739 ---------------------
741 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
742 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
743 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
744 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
745 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
746 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
747 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
748 them to custom commands.
750 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
751 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
752 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
753 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
755 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
756 '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
757 ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
758 ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
759 ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
761 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
762 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
768 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
769 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
771 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
772 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
774 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
777 - Plain lists can be sorted.
782 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
784 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
787 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
788 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
790 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
791 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
793 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
794 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
796 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
797 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
802 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
803 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
804 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
807 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
809 #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
811 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
812 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
813 your properties will not be folded away.
814 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
816 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
817 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
818 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
820 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
821 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
822 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
823 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
824 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
826 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
827 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
828 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
829 a proposal by Bastien.
831 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
832 request by Wanrong Lin.
834 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
835 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
836 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
844 - Remember templates can now have name.
845 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
846 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
847 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
848 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
849 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
850 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
851 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
852 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
853 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
854 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
859 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
864 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
865 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
866 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
867 the name start with the selection character, for example if
868 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
869 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
871 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
872 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
873 change). Thanks to Bastien.
875 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
876 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
878 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
879 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
880 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
881 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
883 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
884 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
885 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
887 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
888 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
889 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
892 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
893 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
894 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
895 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
896 with full completion support.
898 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
899 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
900 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
902 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
903 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
906 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
907 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
908 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
909 well tested yet, please check it out.
919 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
920 - Command to jump to the running clock
921 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
922 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
923 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
924 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
925 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
926 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
927 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
928 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
929 - Better tag alignment in agenda
934 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
935 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
937 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
938 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
939 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
941 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
942 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
945 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
951 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
952 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
955 :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
958 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
961 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
962 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
963 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
964 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
965 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
967 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
968 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
969 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
970 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
972 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
973 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
974 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
975 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
976 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
977 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
978 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
979 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
980 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
982 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
983 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
984 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
985 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
986 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
987 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
988 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
989 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
990 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
992 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
993 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
994 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
995 being prompted for a template, like this:
997 (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
999 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
1001 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1002 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
1003 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
1004 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
1006 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
1007 (also `s' does this).
1009 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
1010 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
1013 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
1014 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
1015 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
1017 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
1018 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
1019 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
1021 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
1022 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
1023 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
1024 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
1034 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
1035 - The clocktable has a new `:scope' parameter.
1036 - CSV support when importing a table.
1037 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
1038 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
1039 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
1040 - Modifications to priority cycling.
1041 - Modifications to computations in column view.
1042 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
1048 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
1049 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
1052 * Tree with special properties
1055 :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
1058 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
1059 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
1060 of the `#+CATEGORY' and `#+ARCHIVE' lines is now to set a
1061 *single* default for the file which is then locally
1062 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
1063 if I remember correctly. Multiple `#+' lines still work
1064 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
1065 encourage you to stop using them.
1067 - The clocktable has a new `:scope' parameter that determines
1068 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
1069 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
1070 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
1074 ---------+-------------------------------------------------
1075 nil the current buffer or narrowed region
1076 file the full current buffer
1077 subtree the subtree where the clocktable is located
1078 treeN the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3
1079 tree the surrounding level 1 tree
1080 agenda all agenda files
1082 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
1083 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
1084 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
1085 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
1088 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
1089 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
1090 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
1091 basic input it works.
1093 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
1094 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
1095 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
1096 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1098 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
1099 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
1102 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
1103 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
1105 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1107 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
1108 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
1109 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
1110 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
1111 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
1113 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
1114 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
1115 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
1116 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
1117 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
1120 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
1121 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
1122 of all the children's values each time you enter column
1123 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
1124 the children has that particular property defined, the
1125 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
1126 items under such an entry without getting the property value
1127 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
1128 is a better way of doing things.
1130 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
1131 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
1132 testing is appreciated.
1134 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
1135 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
1136 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
1137 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
1139 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
1140 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
1141 links in square or angular brackets.
1151 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
1154 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
1155 agenda can be configured.
1157 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
1159 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
1161 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
1163 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1165 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1166 inherited from the outline faces.
1168 Incompatible Changes
1169 ====================
1171 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1172 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1173 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1174 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
1175 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
1181 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
1182 switching to that state. With the setting
1184 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
1185 #+STARTUP: lognotestate
1187 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
1190 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
1191 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
1192 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
1193 own function. Configure the new variable
1194 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
1195 this development with a patch.
1197 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1198 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1199 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1200 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
1201 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
1202 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
1203 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
1205 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
1206 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
1207 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
1208 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
1209 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
1210 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
1211 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
1213 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
1214 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
1217 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1218 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
1219 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
1220 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
1221 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
1222 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
1223 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
1225 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1226 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
1227 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
1228 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
1229 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
1230 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
1231 match the current org-mode faces.
1233 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
1238 Incompatible changes
1239 ====================
1241 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
1246 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
1247 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
1248 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
1250 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
1252 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
1253 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
1254 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
1255 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
1256 command fall back to cycling.
1258 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
1259 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
1260 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
1261 interface anyway, set the variable
1262 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
1263 others for input on this issue.
1265 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
1266 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
1267 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
1269 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
1270 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
1272 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
1273 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
1275 #+DATE: 15 November 2003
1277 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
1278 use a format string that will be interpreted by
1279 `format-time-string', for example:
1283 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
1284 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
1285 included) have changed this.
1287 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
1288 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
1289 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
1290 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
1291 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
1292 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
1293 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
1301 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
1303 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
1305 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
1307 - Sorting can be done by priority.
1309 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
1311 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1313 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
1315 Incompatible changes
1316 ====================
1318 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
1319 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
1321 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1326 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
1327 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
1328 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
1330 A Here is a configuration example:
1332 (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
1333 '(("TODO" . org-warning)
1334 ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
1335 ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
1338 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
1339 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
1341 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
1342 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
1343 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
1344 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
1345 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
1346 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
1347 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
1348 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
1349 states, just like you also do for tags.
1351 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
1352 #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
1354 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
1355 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
1356 switch the entry to that state.
1358 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
1359 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
1360 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
1363 (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
1365 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
1366 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
1367 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
1368 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
1370 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
1371 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
1373 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
1374 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
1375 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
1376 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
1377 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
1379 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
1380 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
1381 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
1384 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
1385 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
1386 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
1387 the file will simply be skipped.
1400 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
1401 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
1402 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
1403 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
1404 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
1405 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
1406 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
1407 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
1410 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
1411 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
1412 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
1413 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
1414 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
1415 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
1416 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
1417 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
1418 the special locations.
1420 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
1423 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
1426 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
1427 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
1428 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
1430 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
1431 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
1432 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
1440 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
1442 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
1444 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
1446 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
1448 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
1450 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
1452 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
1454 - Global values for selected properties.
1462 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
1463 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
1464 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
1465 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
1466 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
1467 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
1468 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
1469 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
1471 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
1472 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
1473 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
1474 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
1475 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
1476 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
1477 currently how to handle the new link types for
1480 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
1481 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
1482 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
1483 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
1486 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
1487 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
1488 The syntax is like this
1490 DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
1492 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
1495 DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
1497 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
1498 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
1499 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
1501 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
1504 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
1505 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
1506 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
1507 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
1510 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
1511 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
1512 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
1513 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
1514 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
1515 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
1518 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
1519 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
1520 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
1523 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
1524 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
1525 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
1526 `org-global-properties', like this:
1528 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
1530 Buffer-local values are set like this:
1532 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
1534 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
1535 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
1536 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
1537 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
1538 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
1539 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
1549 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
1550 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
1551 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
1552 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
1554 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
1555 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
1556 this stuff into the drawer.
1557 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1559 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
1560 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
1562 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
1563 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
1565 - Lots of minor fixes.
1570 Incompatible Changes
1571 ====================
1573 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
1574 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
1575 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
1580 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
1581 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
1582 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
1584 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
1585 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
1586 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
1587 know if we need to make this customizable.
1589 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
1590 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
1591 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
1592 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
1593 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
1595 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
1606 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
1609 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
1610 compute their value from the children's values.
1612 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
1613 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
1616 Incompatible Changes
1617 ====================
1619 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
1620 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
1621 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
1622 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
1628 - Improvements for properties:
1630 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
1631 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
1633 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
1634 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
1635 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
1636 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
1637 typos when entering properties.
1639 - Improvements for column view.
1641 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
1642 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
1645 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
1646 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
1647 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
1648 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
1651 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
1652 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
1655 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
1656 from [omni outliner] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
1657 accurately [reproduced by Org-mode].
1659 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
1660 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
1661 beginning of a line. So
1663 * This is a level 1 headline
1666 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
1667 available in orgstruct-mode.
1675 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
1676 structure editing commands into any other mode.
1678 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
1679 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
1680 open if explicitly asked.
1682 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
1684 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
1685 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
1688 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
1689 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
1692 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
1694 Incompatible changes
1695 ====================
1697 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
1698 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
1699 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
1700 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
1701 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
1702 that this is the better convention.
1707 Orgstruct minor mode
1708 --------------------
1710 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
1711 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
1712 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
1713 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
1714 easily create lists.
1716 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
1717 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
1718 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
1719 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
1720 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
1721 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
1722 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
1723 minor modes have assigned to them.
1725 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
1726 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
1727 the promised implementation.
1732 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
1733 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
1734 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
1735 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
1736 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
1739 (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
1741 you can then create drawers like this:
1744 here is some stuff that remains hidden
1745 unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
1748 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
1749 contains properties of an entry (see below).
1751 Properties and Column View
1752 --------------------------
1754 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
1755 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
1756 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
1757 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
1758 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
1759 a property drawer and inserting a line like
1761 :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
1763 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
1764 program using properties, use the functions
1765 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
1766 and `org-entry-delete'.
1768 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
1771 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
1772 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
1773 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
1774 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
1775 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
1776 after the headline, outside the drawer.
1778 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
1781 LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
1783 will find entries that
1786 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
1787 - are TODO status WAITING.
1789 So here is an entry that will match:
1791 *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
1796 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
1797 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
1800 ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
1802 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
1803 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
1804 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
1805 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
1806 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
1807 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
1808 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
1809 can set up different property columns on different levels
1810 of an outline tree. For example:
1814 :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
1818 :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
1821 Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
1823 Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
1826 :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
1829 Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
1830 Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
1832 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
1833 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
1834 will get a different table than if you do it in the
1835 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
1836 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
1837 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
1840 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
1841 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
1843 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
1844 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
1845 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
1846 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
1847 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
1848 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
1850 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
1851 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
1854 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
1856 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
1858 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
1859 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
1860 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
1862 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
1863 Any suggestions for better defaults?
1864 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
1865 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
1871 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
1872 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
1873 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
1874 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
1875 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
1876 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
1877 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
1880 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
1881 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
1882 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
1883 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
1884 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
1891 #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
1893 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
1894 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
1895 constants can now be set with a line like:
1897 #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
1902 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
1903 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
1906 ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
1908 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
1912 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
1913 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
1914 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
1915 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
1924 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
1925 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
1926 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
1927 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
1929 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
1930 See manual section 3.5.3.
1932 - New options for turning off footnotes.
1933 This was a request from Ignotus.
1934 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
1936 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
1937 default. This was a request from Micheal.
1938 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
1942 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
1943 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
1944 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
1945 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
1946 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
1954 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
1955 <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
1957 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
1959 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
1961 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
1963 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
1965 Incompatible changes
1966 ====================
1968 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
1969 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
1970 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
1971 with the xemacs version. For example:
1973 mv org_xemacs.el org.el
1975 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
1976 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
1977 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
1978 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
1979 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
1984 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
1985 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
1986 interval on a single day. For example
1988 <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
1990 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
1991 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
1992 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
1993 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
1995 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
1998 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
1999 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
2003 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
2005 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
2006 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
2007 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
2008 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
2009 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
2010 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
2011 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
2012 using localization features may not work correctly in the
2013 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
2014 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
2015 stick to the ASCII characters.
2017 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
2018 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
2019 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
2020 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
2021 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
2023 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
2025 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
2026 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
2027 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
2029 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
2030 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
2031 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
2032 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
2033 if we can agree on this:
2035 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
2036 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
2037 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
2038 out to a previous level. For example
2046 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
2055 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
2056 using promotion and demotion functions.
2064 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
2065 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
2067 Incompatible changes
2068 ====================
2070 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
2075 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
2076 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
2077 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
2078 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
2079 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
2080 column where the character is specified). You may also use
2081 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
2083 | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
2084 |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2085 | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
2086 | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2087 | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
2088 | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
2089 #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
2091 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
2092 never exported, but can be used to place column group
2093 information into the table. In this table, we create a
2094 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
2095 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
2098 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
2099 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
2100 wherever you want a vertical line:
2102 | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
2103 |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2104 | / | < | < | | < | |
2106 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
2107 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
2109 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
2110 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
2111 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
2112 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
2113 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
2114 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
2115 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
2116 behavior we had before.
2118 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
2120 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
2121 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
2122 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
2123 special characters in other languages as along as your
2124 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
2125 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
2126 out how to do this in XEmacs.
2134 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
2139 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
2141 [1]This is a footnote
2143 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
2144 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
2146 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
2148 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
2149 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
2152 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
2160 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
2161 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
2163 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
2164 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
2165 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
2166 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
2168 Incompatible Changes
2169 ====================
2171 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
2172 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
2177 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
2178 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
2180 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
2182 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
2183 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
2184 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
2185 collect your credit, let me know!
2187 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
2188 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
2190 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
2191 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
2193 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
2194 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
2195 would in the diary. For example
2197 * Birthdays and similar stuff
2199 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
2201 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
2202 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
2204 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
2206 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
2207 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
2208 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
2209 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
2210 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
2211 put in a few categories, and then turned off
2212 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
2213 faster agenda display.
2215 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
2216 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
2217 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
2218 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
2219 to Raman for this idea.
2221 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
2222 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
2223 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
2226 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
2227 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
2228 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
2232 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
2234 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
2235 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
2237 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
2238 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
2239 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
2240 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
2243 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
2244 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
2246 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
2247 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
2248 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
2249 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
2251 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
2252 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
2253 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
2254 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
2256 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
2257 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
2266 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
2267 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
2268 further processing in scripts.
2270 Incompatible Changes
2271 ====================
2273 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
2274 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
2279 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
2280 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
2281 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
2282 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
2285 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
2286 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
2287 that have associated file names and exports the views to
2288 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
2289 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
2290 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
2291 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
2292 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
2294 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
2295 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
2296 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
2297 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
2299 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
2300 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
2301 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
2303 - Quite a few bug fixes.
2316 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
2318 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
2320 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
2322 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
2324 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
2326 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
2328 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
2332 Incompatible changes
2333 ====================
2335 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
2336 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
2339 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
2340 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
2341 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
2342 `org-disputed-keys'.
2344 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
2345 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
2346 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
2351 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
2352 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
2353 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
2354 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
2355 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
2356 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
2357 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
2358 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
2359 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
2360 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
2361 Scott fro bringing this up again.
2363 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
2364 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
2365 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
2366 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
2368 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
2369 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
2371 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
2372 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
2373 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
2374 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
2376 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
2377 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
2378 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
2379 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
2380 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
2381 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
2382 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
2383 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
2385 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
2387 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
2388 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
2389 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
2390 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
2391 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
2392 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
2393 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
2396 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
2397 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
2398 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
2399 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
2400 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
2401 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
2404 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
2405 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
2406 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
2407 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
2408 indicates a non-stuck project.
2410 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
2411 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
2412 please let me know if you find problems.
2414 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
2415 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
2423 Incompatible changes
2424 ====================
2429 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
2430 exported HTML. These are the variables
2431 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
2432 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
2435 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
2436 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
2437 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
2439 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
2440 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
2441 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
2442 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
2443 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
2444 that are scanned for the agenda.
2454 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
2455 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
2456 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
2458 Incompatible changes
2459 ====================
2461 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
2466 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
2468 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
2470 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
2472 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
2473 list (and which is also works!)
2475 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
2476 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
2478 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
2479 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
2480 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
2481 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
2482 toward using the latter.
2484 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
2485 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
2486 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
2487 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
2489 (setq org-todo-keywords
2490 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
2491 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
2492 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
2493 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
2496 If your setting has this new structure,
2497 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
2498 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
2499 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
2500 interpretation from the other variable still works.
2502 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
2503 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
2504 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
2505 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
2506 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
2509 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
2510 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
2511 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
2512 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
2513 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
2514 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
2515 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
2517 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
2518 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
2519 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
2520 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
2521 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
2523 Command Old TTY New TTY
2524 org-..... Main Key Replacement Replacement
2525 -------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------
2526 shiftleft S-left C-c C-x left C-c left
2527 shiftright S-right C-c C-x right C-c right
2528 shiftup S-up C-c C-x up C-c up
2529 shiftdown S-down C-c C-x down C-c down
2530 shiftcontrolleft C-S-left C-c C-x left
2531 shiftcontrolright C-s-right C-c C-x right
2540 This time the changes affect the following areas:
2542 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
2543 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
2544 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
2545 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
2546 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
2547 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
2550 Incompatible changes
2551 ====================
2553 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
2554 over several lines, like
2557 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
2560 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
2561 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
2562 See below for details.
2564 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
2565 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
2566 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
2567 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
2573 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
2574 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
2577 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
2578 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
2579 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
2581 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
2582 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
2583 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
2584 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
2585 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
2586 where you want to be.
2588 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
2589 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
2590 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
2593 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
2594 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
2596 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
2597 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
2599 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
2601 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
2602 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
2603 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
2604 new in-buffer option
2608 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
2609 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
2610 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
2611 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
2613 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
2614 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
2615 can be done by setting the variable
2616 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
2618 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
2624 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
2626 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
2627 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
2628 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
2629 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
2630 terminate all levels of plain list items.
2632 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
2634 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
2635 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
2638 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
2639 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
2640 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
2641 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
2642 are logging all state changes.
2644 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
2651 - Priority handling in the tags view
2652 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
2653 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
2654 - Improvements to the formula editor.
2655 - C-j does better indentation.
2660 - Priority handling in the tags view
2662 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
2663 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
2665 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
2667 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
2668 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
2669 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
2671 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
2673 - Changes in the spreadsheet
2675 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
2676 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
2677 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
2678 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
2679 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
2680 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
2681 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
2683 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
2686 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
2688 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
2690 + There is now a menu with commands.
2692 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
2693 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
2695 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
2696 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
2698 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
2699 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
2703 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
2704 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
2705 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
2707 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
2708 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
2714 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
2715 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
2716 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
2717 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
2719 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
2720 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
2721 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
2733 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
2734 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
2735 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
2737 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
2738 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
2739 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
2740 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
2741 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
2742 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
2743 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
2745 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
2746 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
2747 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
2749 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
2751 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
2752 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
2754 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
2755 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
2757 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
2758 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
2759 levels. For example:
2761 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
2763 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
2764 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
2765 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
2768 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
2769 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
2770 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
2771 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
2773 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
2774 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
2785 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
2786 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
2787 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
2788 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
2790 Detailed description of changes
2791 ===============================
2793 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
2794 any table in any mode.
2796 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
2797 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
2798 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
2799 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
2800 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
2801 inside the same file, in a block comment.
2803 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
2804 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
2805 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
2806 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
2807 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
2809 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
2810 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
2811 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
2812 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
2813 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
2814 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
2815 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
2818 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
2819 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
2820 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
2821 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
2822 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
2823 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
2824 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
2825 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
2826 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
2827 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
2828 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
2829 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
2831 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
2832 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
2833 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
2834 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
2842 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
2843 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
2844 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
2845 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
2846 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
2848 Detailed description of changes
2849 ===============================
2851 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
2852 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
2853 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
2855 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
2857 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
2858 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
2860 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
2862 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
2863 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
2864 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
2866 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
2867 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
2868 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
2870 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
2871 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
2872 to Raman for this excellent idea.
2874 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
2875 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
2877 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
2879 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
2880 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
2881 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
2882 remember.el work like this as well).
2883 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
2884 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
2885 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
2886 new template, but the old context information. This is
2887 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
2890 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
2891 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
2892 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
2893 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
2894 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
2895 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
2896 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
2897 without interaction.
2899 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
2900 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
2901 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
2902 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
2903 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
2904 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
2906 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
2907 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
2908 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
2909 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
2911 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
2912 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
2913 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
2914 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
2915 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
2916 them would require special hooks. Comments?
2924 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
2925 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
2927 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
2928 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
2929 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
2930 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
2931 + Incompatible changes
2932 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
2933 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
2934 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
2935 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
2936 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
2937 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
2938 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
2943 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
2944 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
2945 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
2946 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
2947 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
2948 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
2949 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
2950 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
2955 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
2956 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
2957 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
2958 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
2959 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
2960 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
2961 - Empty entries go full circle.
2962 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
2968 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
2972 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
2973 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
2974 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
2975 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
2976 another, dedicated frame.
2977 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
2978 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
2982 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
2983 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
2984 - Changes in Agenda buffer
2985 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
2986 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
2987 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
2988 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
2989 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
2990 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
2991 use regular expressions.
2992 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
2993 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
2994 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
2999 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
3000 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
3001 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
3010 - Improvements to fast tag selection
3011 + show status also in target line.
3012 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
3013 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
3014 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
3019 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
3020 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
3021 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
3022 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
3027 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
3028 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
3034 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
3035 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
3036 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
3041 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
3042 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
3043 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
3044 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
3045 - [bracket links] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
3046 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
3047 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
3048 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
3049 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
3050 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
3051 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
3057 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
3058 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
3059 - File links can contain environment variables.
3060 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
3065 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
3066 each block created by a different agenda command.
3067 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
3068 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
3069 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
3070 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
3071 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
3072 upon the agenda type.
3073 - The handling of `[mailto:'] links can be customized, see the new
3074 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
3075 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
3076 like [mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy].
3077 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
3078 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
3079 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
3080 - More minor bug fixes.
3084 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
3085 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
3086 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
3091 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
3092 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
3093 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
3098 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
3102 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
3103 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
3104 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
3114 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
3115 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
3117 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
3118 LaTeX environment and math.
3122 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
3124 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
3125 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
3126 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
3131 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
3132 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
3136 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
3137 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
3138 and will not lead to conflicts.
3139 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
3144 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
3145 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
3146 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
3147 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
3148 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
3149 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
3150 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
3158 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
3159 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
3163 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
3164 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
3165 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
3166 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
3167 directories for different export types.
3168 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
3169 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
3178 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
3179 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
3180 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
3181 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
3182 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
3183 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
3184 relative and absolute paths.
3185 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
3186 - Bug and typo fixes.
3191 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
3192 contains a description or not.
3193 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
3194 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
3195 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
3196 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
3197 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
3198 for all available exporters.
3199 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
3207 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
3208 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
3209 end of the HTML file.
3210 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
3211 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
3212 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
3213 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
3221 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
3222 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
3223 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
3224 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
3237 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
3238 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
3242 - Links use now the [description] format by default.
3243 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
3244 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
3245 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
3246 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
3247 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
3248 - New structure for the customization tree.
3254 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
3259 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
3260 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
3261 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
3262 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
3263 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
3268 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
3269 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
3270 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
3271 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
3276 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
3277 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
3281 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
3282 - Various small bug fixes
3286 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
3287 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
3288 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
3289 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
3290 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
3291 argument to `C-c C-v'.
3292 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
3293 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
3294 next buffer change due to editing).
3298 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
3299 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
3300 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
3301 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
3305 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
3306 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
3307 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
3308 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
3309 - Changes to the HTML exporter
3310 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
3311 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
3312 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
3313 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
3314 - support for cascading style sheets.
3315 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
3316 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
3325 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
3330 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
3334 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
3335 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
3336 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
3337 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
3338 and are not linked to the calendar.
3339 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
3340 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
3341 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
3342 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
3346 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
3347 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
3348 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
3349 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
3350 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
3354 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
3355 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
3356 - Named fields and columns in tables.
3357 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
3361 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
3362 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
3366 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
3367 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
3368 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
3369 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
3370 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
3371 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
3376 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
3377 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
3378 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
3379 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
3380 - Archiving of finished tasks.
3381 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
3382 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
3383 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
3384 - Improved html export of tables.
3385 - Various clean-up changes.
3389 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
3394 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
3395 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
3400 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
3401 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
3406 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
3407 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
3408 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
3412 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
3413 - New startup option `content'.
3414 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
3415 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
3416 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
3420 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
3421 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
3422 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
3423 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
3424 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
3425 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
3429 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
3430 table shape when typing in fields.
3431 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
3432 into arbitrary major modes.
3433 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
3434 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
3435 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
3439 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
3440 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
3441 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
3443 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
3444 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
3445 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
3446 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
3447 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
3449 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
3450 - Sorting fully configurable.
3451 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
3452 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
3457 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
3458 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
3459 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
3460 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
3461 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
3462 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
3463 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
3467 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
3468 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
3469 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
3470 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
3471 - Priorities for TODO items.
3472 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
3473 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
3474 - File links can contain line numbers, like [file:/usr/etc/config:255]
3480 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
3481 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
3482 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
3483 `org-todo-interpretation'.
3484 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
3485 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
3486 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
3487 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
3488 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
3489 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
3490 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
3491 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
3492 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
3493 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
3494 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
3498 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
3499 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
3500 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
3501 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
3502 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
3503 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
3504 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
3505 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
3506 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
3507 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
3508 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
3509 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
3513 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
3514 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
3515 - Date ranges introduced.
3516 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
3517 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
3518 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "[shell:ls] *.org"
3519 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
3520 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
3521 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
3522 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
3526 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
3527 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
3528 - Fully automatic table editor.
3529 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
3530 - Other link system changes
3531 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
3532 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
3533 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
3534 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
3535 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
3536 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
3537 Please re-read the manual section about links.
3539 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
3540 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
3541 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
3542 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
3543 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
3544 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
3546 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
3551 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
3552 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
3553 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
3554 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
3559 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents