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3 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of User-visible changes
4 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
5 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
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12 ** Incompatible Changes
14 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
15 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
16 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
17 variable does select the interface that is used to select
18 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
23 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
25 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
26 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
27 + when called without prefix argment, the command does its
28 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
29 + when called with a single C-u pefix, these commands can be
30 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
31 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
32 template and then Emacs jumpt to the default target
33 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
34 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
36 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
37 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
40 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
41 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
42 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
44 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
45 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
46 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
47 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
48 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
49 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
52 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
53 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
54 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
55 variable does select the interface that is used to select
56 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
59 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
61 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
62 path to select a location.
63 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
66 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
67 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
68 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
69 request by Austin Frank.
71 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
72 they are always current.
76 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
77 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
78 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
79 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
80 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
82 - There is a new variabls `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
83 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
85 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
86 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
88 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
89 headline up to the tags.
90 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
92 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
94 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it ill now show up
95 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
96 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
98 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
99 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
100 special also because it only matches in headline. This goes
101 some way toward saving org-goto from being removed from
102 Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and sorry
103 that it took me o long to ut it in. If you prefer to use
104 single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
105 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
107 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
108 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
109 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
110 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
112 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
113 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
114 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
115 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
116 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue sheduled
117 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
118 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
119 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
120 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
121 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
122 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
125 - Archving a subtree now creates an additional property,
126 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
127 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
128 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
136 will file is with the following property
138 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
140 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
141 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
142 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
144 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
145 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
154 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
156 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
158 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
160 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
162 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
164 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
166 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
168 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
170 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
174 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
175 entries in a subtree. For example
177 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
179 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
180 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
181 request by Bernt Hansen.
183 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
184 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
185 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
186 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
187 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
188 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
189 interactively select the filing location (file and
190 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
191 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
192 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
193 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
194 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
196 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
197 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
198 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
199 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
200 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
203 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
204 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
205 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
206 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
207 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
208 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
209 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
212 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
213 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
214 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
217 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
218 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
219 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
220 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
221 explain here, complex.
223 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
224 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
225 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
227 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
228 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
229 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
231 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
243 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
244 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
245 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
246 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
247 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
248 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
249 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
250 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
251 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
252 subtree motion commands.
254 - Plain lists items work the same.
256 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
257 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
258 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
261 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
262 let me know about any problems.
266 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
267 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
268 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
269 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
270 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
272 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
273 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
274 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
275 history variable. For example:
277 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
279 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
280 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
281 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
282 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
283 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
284 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
285 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
288 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
289 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
290 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
291 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
295 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
296 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
299 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
300 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
301 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
302 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
303 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
304 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
310 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
312 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
313 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
314 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
315 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
316 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
317 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
318 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
319 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
322 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
323 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
324 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
325 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
327 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
328 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
329 the new scope. TO if you like you can display an agenda view
330 and then watch it change in various scopes.
332 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
333 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
334 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
335 select a new restriction.
337 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
339 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
341 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
343 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
344 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
346 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
347 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
348 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
351 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
352 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
353 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
355 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
356 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
357 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
358 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
359 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
365 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
366 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
367 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
369 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
370 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
371 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
380 + Remember and related stuff
381 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
382 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
383 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
384 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
386 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
387 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
388 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
389 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
390 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
391 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
392 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
394 + Properties and Column view
395 - More control over which properties use inheritance
396 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
397 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
398 - New currency summary type {$}
400 + The date/time prompt
401 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
402 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
403 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
406 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
407 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
410 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
413 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
414 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
415 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
416 - Support for pabbrev-mode
417 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
419 ** Incompatible changes
421 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
422 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
423 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
425 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
426 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
429 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
433 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
434 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
436 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
438 : (org-remember nil ?n))
440 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
441 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
445 *** Remember and related stuff
447 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
448 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
449 application might be to put a note or task captured with
450 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
451 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
452 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
453 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
454 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
455 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
456 definitions. For example:
458 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
460 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
463 : (setq org-refile-targets
464 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
466 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
467 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
468 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
469 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
472 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
473 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
475 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
476 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
477 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
478 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
479 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
481 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
482 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
484 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
486 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
487 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
490 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
492 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
493 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
494 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
497 : (require 'remember)
498 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
499 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
500 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
502 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
503 provide a default for templates without a file, and
504 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
506 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
508 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
510 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
512 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
513 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
514 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
515 the default in Org-mode.
517 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
518 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
519 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
520 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
522 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
523 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
524 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
525 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
526 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
528 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
529 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
530 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
531 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
534 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
535 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
536 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
537 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
538 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
540 *** Properties and Column view
542 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
543 property names that should be treated with inheritance
546 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
547 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
548 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
549 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
550 discussion around this issue.
552 - Summary type improvements in column view.
553 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
554 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
555 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
556 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
557 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
558 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
559 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
561 *** The date/time prompt
563 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
566 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
567 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
568 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
569 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
570 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
572 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
573 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
574 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
575 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
576 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
577 entered month is before the current, for example if you
578 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
579 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
580 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
582 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
583 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
584 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
585 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
586 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
588 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
590 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
591 list of newly performed conversions:
593 | Org | Description | HTML |
594 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
595 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
596 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
597 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
598 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
600 You can turn this globally on or off with
601 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
602 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
603 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
604 William Henney for relevant inputs.
606 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
607 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
611 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
612 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
613 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
614 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
615 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
616 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
618 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
620 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
621 export by setting it either globally
622 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
623 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
624 the list of available classes and their sectioning
625 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
626 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
629 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
630 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
631 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
633 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
634 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
636 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
637 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
640 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
641 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
642 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
649 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
650 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
651 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
653 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
654 the values of constants and properties are no longer
655 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
656 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
657 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
659 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
660 with extension matched by the new variable
661 `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.
696 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
698 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
699 (at least I hope so...).
701 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
702 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
704 + global, i.e. for the entire file
705 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
706 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
708 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
709 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
710 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
714 : :ID: planning-overview
720 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
724 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
725 be prompted for the ID.
727 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
728 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
729 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
730 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
731 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
734 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
736 *** The agenda dispatcher
738 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
739 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
740 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
741 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
742 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
743 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
744 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
745 them to custom commands.
747 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
748 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
749 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
750 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
752 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
753 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
754 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
755 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
756 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
758 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
759 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
762 *** Sorting improvements
764 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
765 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
767 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
768 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
770 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
773 - Plain lists can be sorted.
775 *** HTML <div> structure
777 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
779 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
782 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
783 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
785 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
786 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
788 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
789 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
791 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
792 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
796 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
797 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
798 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
801 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
803 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
805 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
806 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
807 your properties will not be folded away.
808 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
810 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
811 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
812 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
814 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
815 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
816 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
817 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
818 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
820 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
821 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
822 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
823 a proposal by Bastien.
825 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
826 request by Wanrong Lin.
828 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
829 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
830 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
836 - Remember templates can now have name.
837 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
838 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
839 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
840 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
841 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
842 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
843 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
844 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
845 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
846 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
848 ** Incompatible Changes
850 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
854 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
855 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
856 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
857 the name start with the selection character, for example if
858 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
859 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
861 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
862 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
863 change). Thanks to Bastien.
865 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
866 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
868 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
869 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
870 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
871 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
873 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
874 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
875 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
877 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
878 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
879 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
882 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
883 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
884 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
885 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
886 with full completion support.
888 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
889 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
890 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
892 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
893 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
896 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
897 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
898 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
899 well tested yet, please check it out.
907 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
908 - Command to jump to the running clock
909 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
910 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
911 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
912 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
913 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
914 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
915 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
916 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
917 - Better tag alignment in agenda
919 ** Incompatible changes
921 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
922 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
924 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
925 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
926 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
928 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
929 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
932 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
937 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
938 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
941 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
944 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
947 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
948 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
949 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
950 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
951 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
953 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
954 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
955 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
956 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
958 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
959 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
960 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
961 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
962 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
963 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
964 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
965 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
966 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
968 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
969 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
970 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
971 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
972 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
973 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
974 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
975 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
976 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
978 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
979 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
980 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
981 being prompted for a template, like this:
983 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
985 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
987 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
988 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
989 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
990 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
992 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
993 (also `s' does this).
995 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
996 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
999 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
1000 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
1001 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
1003 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
1004 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
1005 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
1007 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
1008 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
1009 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
1010 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
1018 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
1019 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
1020 - CSV support when importing a table.
1021 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
1022 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
1023 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
1024 - Modifications to priority cycling.
1025 - Modifications to computations in column view.
1026 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
1031 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
1032 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
1035 : * Tree with special properties
1037 : :CATEGORY: Examples
1038 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
1041 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
1042 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
1043 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
1044 *single* default for the file which is then locally
1045 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
1046 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
1047 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
1048 encourage you to stop using them.
1050 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
1051 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
1052 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
1053 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
1057 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
1058 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
1059 | file | the full current buffer |
1060 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
1061 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
1062 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
1063 | agenda | all agenda files |
1065 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
1066 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
1067 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
1068 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
1071 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
1072 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
1073 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
1074 basic input it works.
1076 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
1077 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
1078 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
1079 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1081 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
1082 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
1085 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
1086 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
1088 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1090 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
1091 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
1092 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
1093 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
1094 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
1096 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
1097 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
1098 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
1099 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
1100 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
1103 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
1104 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
1105 of all the children's values each time you enter column
1106 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
1107 the children has that particular property defined, the
1108 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
1109 items under such an entry without getting the property value
1110 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
1111 is a better way of doing things.
1113 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
1114 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
1115 testing is appreciated.
1117 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
1118 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
1119 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
1120 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
1122 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
1123 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
1124 links in square or angular brackets.
1132 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
1135 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
1136 agenda can be configured.
1138 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
1140 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
1142 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
1144 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1146 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1147 inherited from the outline faces.
1149 ** Incompatible Changes
1151 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1152 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1153 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1154 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
1155 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
1160 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
1161 switching to that state. With the setting
1163 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
1164 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
1166 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
1169 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
1170 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
1171 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
1172 own function. Configure the new variable
1173 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
1174 this development with a patch.
1176 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1177 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1178 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1179 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
1180 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
1181 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
1182 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
1184 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
1185 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
1186 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
1187 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
1188 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
1189 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
1190 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
1192 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
1193 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
1196 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1197 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
1198 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
1199 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
1200 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
1201 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
1202 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
1204 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1205 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
1206 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
1207 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
1208 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
1209 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
1210 match the current org-mode faces.
1212 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
1216 ** Incompatible changes
1218 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
1222 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
1223 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
1224 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
1226 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
1228 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
1229 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
1230 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
1231 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
1232 command fall back to cycling.
1234 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
1235 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
1236 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
1237 interface anyway, set the variable
1238 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
1239 others for input on this issue.
1241 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
1242 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
1243 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
1245 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
1246 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
1248 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
1249 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
1251 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
1253 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
1254 use a format string that will be interpreted by
1255 `format-time-string', for example:
1257 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
1259 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
1260 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
1261 included) have changed this.
1263 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
1264 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
1265 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
1266 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
1267 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
1268 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
1269 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
1275 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
1277 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
1279 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
1281 - Sorting can be done by priority.
1283 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
1285 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1287 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
1289 ** Incompatible changes
1291 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
1292 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
1294 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1298 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
1299 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
1300 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
1302 A Here is a configuration example:
1304 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
1305 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
1306 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
1307 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
1310 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
1311 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
1313 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
1314 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
1315 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
1316 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
1317 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
1318 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
1319 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
1320 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
1321 states, just like you also do for tags.
1323 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
1324 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
1326 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
1327 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
1328 switch the entry to that state.
1330 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
1331 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
1332 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
1335 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
1337 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
1338 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
1339 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
1340 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
1342 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
1343 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
1345 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
1346 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
1347 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
1348 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
1349 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
1351 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
1352 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
1353 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
1356 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
1357 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
1358 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
1359 the file will simply be skipped.
1369 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
1370 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
1371 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
1372 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
1373 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
1374 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
1375 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
1376 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
1379 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
1380 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
1381 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
1382 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
1383 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
1384 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
1385 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
1386 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
1387 the special locations.
1389 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
1392 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
1395 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
1396 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
1397 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
1399 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
1400 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
1401 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
1407 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
1409 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
1411 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
1413 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
1415 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
1417 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
1419 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
1421 - Global values for selected properties.
1428 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
1429 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
1430 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
1431 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
1432 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
1433 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
1434 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
1435 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
1437 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
1438 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
1439 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
1440 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
1441 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
1442 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
1443 currently how to handle the new link types for
1446 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
1447 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
1448 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
1449 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
1452 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
1453 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
1454 The syntax is like this
1456 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
1458 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
1461 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
1463 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
1464 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
1465 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
1467 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
1470 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
1471 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
1472 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
1473 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
1476 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
1477 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
1478 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
1479 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
1480 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
1481 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
1484 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
1485 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
1486 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
1489 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
1490 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
1491 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
1492 `org-global-properties', like this:
1494 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
1496 Buffer-local values are set like this:
1498 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
1500 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
1501 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
1502 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
1503 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
1504 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
1505 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
1513 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
1514 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
1515 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
1516 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
1518 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
1519 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
1520 this stuff into the drawer.
1521 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1523 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
1524 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
1526 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
1527 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
1529 - Lots of minor fixes.
1533 ** Incompatible Changes
1535 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
1536 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
1537 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
1541 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
1542 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
1543 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
1545 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
1546 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
1547 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
1548 know if we need to make this customizable.
1550 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
1551 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
1552 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
1553 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
1554 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
1556 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
1565 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
1568 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
1569 compute their value from the children's values.
1571 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
1572 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
1575 ** Incompatible Changes
1577 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
1578 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
1579 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
1580 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
1585 - Improvements for properties:
1587 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
1588 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
1590 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
1591 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
1592 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
1593 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
1594 typos when entering properties.
1596 - Improvements for column view.
1598 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
1599 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
1602 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
1603 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
1604 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
1605 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
1608 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
1609 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
1612 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
1613 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
1614 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
1616 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
1617 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
1618 beginning of a line. So
1620 : * This is a level 1 headline
1621 : *this is bold text*
1623 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
1624 available in orgstruct-mode.
1630 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
1631 structure editing commands into any other mode.
1633 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
1634 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
1635 open if explicitly asked.
1637 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
1639 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
1640 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
1643 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
1644 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
1647 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
1649 ** Incompatible changes
1651 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
1652 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
1653 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
1654 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
1655 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
1656 that this is the better convention.
1660 *** Orgstruct minor mode
1662 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
1663 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
1664 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
1665 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
1666 easily create lists.
1668 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
1669 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
1670 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
1671 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
1672 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
1673 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
1674 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
1675 minor modes have assigned to them.
1677 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
1678 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
1679 the promised implementation.
1683 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
1684 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
1685 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
1686 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
1687 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
1690 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
1692 you can then create drawers like this:
1695 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
1696 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
1699 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
1700 contains properties of an entry (see below).
1702 *** Properties and Column View
1704 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
1705 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
1706 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
1707 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
1708 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
1709 a property drawer and inserting a line like
1711 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
1713 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
1714 program using properties, use the functions
1715 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
1716 and `org-entry-delete'.
1718 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
1721 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
1722 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
1723 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
1724 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
1725 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
1726 after the headline, outside the drawer.
1728 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
1731 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
1733 will find entries that
1736 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
1737 - are TODO status WAITING.
1739 So here is an entry that will match:
1741 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
1746 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
1747 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
1750 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
1752 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
1753 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
1754 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
1755 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
1756 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
1757 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
1758 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
1759 can set up different property columns on different levels
1760 of an outline tree. For example:
1764 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
1768 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
1771 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
1773 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
1776 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
1779 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
1780 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
1782 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
1783 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
1784 will get a different table than if you do it in the
1785 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
1786 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
1787 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
1790 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
1791 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
1793 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
1794 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
1795 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
1796 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
1797 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
1798 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
1800 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
1801 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
1804 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
1806 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
1808 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
1809 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
1810 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
1812 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
1813 Any suggestions for better defaults?
1814 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
1815 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
1820 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
1821 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
1822 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
1823 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
1824 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
1825 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
1826 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
1829 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
1830 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
1831 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
1832 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
1833 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
1840 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
1842 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
1843 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
1844 constants can now be set with a line like:
1846 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
1850 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
1851 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
1854 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
1856 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
1860 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
1861 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
1862 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
1863 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
1870 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
1871 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
1872 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
1873 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
1875 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
1876 See manual section 3.5.3.
1878 - New options for turning off footnotes.
1879 This was a request from Ignotus.
1880 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
1882 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
1883 default. This was a request from Micheal.
1884 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
1888 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
1889 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
1890 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
1891 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
1892 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
1898 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
1899 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
1901 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
1903 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
1905 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
1907 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
1909 ** Incompatible changes
1911 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
1912 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
1913 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
1914 with the xemacs version. For example:
1916 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
1918 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
1919 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
1920 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
1921 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
1922 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
1926 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
1927 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
1928 interval on a single day. For example
1930 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
1932 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
1933 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
1934 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
1935 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
1937 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
1940 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
1941 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
1945 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
1947 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
1948 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
1949 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
1950 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
1951 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
1952 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
1953 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
1954 using localization features may not work correctly in the
1955 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
1956 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
1957 stick to the ASCII characters.
1959 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
1960 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
1961 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
1962 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
1963 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
1965 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
1967 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
1968 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
1969 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
1971 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
1972 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
1973 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
1974 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
1975 if we can agree on this:
1977 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
1978 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
1979 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
1980 out to a previous level. For example
1988 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
1997 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
1998 using promotion and demotion functions.
2004 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
2005 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
2007 ** Incompatible changes
2009 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
2013 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
2014 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
2015 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
2016 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
2017 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
2018 column where the character is specified). You may also use
2019 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
2021 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
2022 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2023 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
2024 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2025 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
2026 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
2027 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
2029 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
2030 never exported, but can be used to place column group
2031 information into the table. In this table, we create a
2032 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
2033 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
2036 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
2037 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
2038 wherever you want a vertical line:
2040 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
2041 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2042 : | / | < | < | | < | |
2044 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
2045 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
2047 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
2048 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
2049 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
2050 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
2051 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
2052 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
2053 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
2054 behavior we had before.
2056 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
2058 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
2059 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
2060 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
2061 special characters in other languages as along as your
2062 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
2063 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
2064 out how to do this in XEmacs.
2070 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
2074 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
2076 [1]This is a footnote
2078 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
2079 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
2081 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
2083 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
2084 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
2087 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
2093 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
2094 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
2096 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
2097 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
2098 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
2099 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
2101 ** Incompatible Changes
2103 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
2104 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
2108 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
2109 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
2111 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
2113 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
2114 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
2115 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
2116 collect your credit, let me know!
2118 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
2119 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
2121 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
2122 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
2124 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
2125 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
2126 would in the diary. For example
2128 * Birthdays and similar stuff
2130 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
2132 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
2133 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
2135 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
2137 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
2138 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
2139 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
2140 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
2141 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
2142 put in a few categories, and then turned off
2143 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
2144 faster agenda display.
2146 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
2147 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
2148 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
2149 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
2150 to Raman for this idea.
2152 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
2153 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
2154 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
2157 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
2158 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
2159 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
2163 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
2165 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
2166 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
2168 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
2169 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
2170 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
2171 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
2174 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
2175 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
2177 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
2178 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
2179 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
2180 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
2182 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
2183 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
2184 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
2185 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
2187 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
2188 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
2195 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
2196 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
2197 further processing in scripts.
2199 ** Incompatible Changes
2201 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
2202 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
2206 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
2207 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
2208 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
2209 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
2212 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
2213 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
2214 that have associated file names and exports the views to
2215 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
2216 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
2217 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
2218 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
2219 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
2221 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
2222 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
2223 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
2224 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
2226 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
2227 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
2228 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
2230 - Quite a few bug fixes.
2240 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
2242 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
2244 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
2246 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
2248 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
2250 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
2252 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
2256 ** Incompatible changes
2258 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
2259 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
2262 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
2263 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
2264 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
2265 `org-disputed-keys'.
2267 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
2268 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
2269 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
2273 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
2274 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
2275 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
2276 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
2277 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
2278 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
2279 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
2280 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
2281 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
2282 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
2283 Scott fro bringing this up again.
2285 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
2286 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
2287 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
2288 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
2290 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
2291 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
2293 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
2294 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
2295 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
2296 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
2298 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
2299 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
2300 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
2301 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
2302 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
2303 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
2304 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
2305 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
2307 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
2309 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
2310 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
2311 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
2312 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
2313 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
2314 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
2315 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
2318 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
2319 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
2320 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
2321 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
2322 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
2323 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
2326 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
2327 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
2328 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
2329 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
2330 indicates a non-stuck project.
2332 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
2333 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
2334 please let me know if you find problems.
2336 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
2337 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
2343 ** Incompatible changes
2347 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
2348 exported HTML. These are the variables
2349 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
2350 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
2353 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
2354 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
2355 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
2357 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
2358 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
2359 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
2360 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
2361 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
2362 that are scanned for the agenda.
2370 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
2371 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
2372 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
2374 ** Incompatible changes
2376 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
2380 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
2382 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
2384 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
2386 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
2387 list (and which is also works!)
2389 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
2390 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
2392 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
2393 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
2394 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
2395 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
2396 toward using the latter.
2398 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
2399 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
2400 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
2401 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
2403 (setq org-todo-keywords
2404 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
2405 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
2406 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
2407 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
2410 If your setting has this new structure,
2411 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
2412 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
2413 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
2414 interpretation from the other variable still works.
2416 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
2417 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
2418 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
2419 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
2420 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
2423 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
2424 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
2425 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
2426 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
2427 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
2428 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
2429 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
2431 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
2432 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
2433 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
2434 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
2435 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
2437 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
2438 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
2439 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
2440 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
2441 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
2442 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
2443 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
2444 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
2445 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
2452 This time the changes affect the following areas:
2454 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
2455 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
2456 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
2457 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
2458 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
2459 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
2462 ** Incompatible changes
2464 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
2465 over several lines, like
2468 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
2471 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
2472 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
2473 See below for details.
2475 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
2476 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
2477 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
2478 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
2483 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
2484 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
2487 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
2488 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
2489 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
2491 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
2492 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
2493 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
2494 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
2495 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
2496 where you want to be.
2498 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
2499 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
2500 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
2503 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
2504 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
2506 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
2507 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
2509 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
2511 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
2512 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
2513 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
2514 new in-buffer option
2518 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
2519 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
2520 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
2521 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
2523 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
2524 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
2525 can be done by setting the variable
2526 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
2528 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
2534 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
2536 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
2537 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
2538 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
2539 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
2540 terminate all levels of plain list items.
2542 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
2544 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
2545 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
2548 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
2549 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
2550 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
2551 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
2552 are logging all state changes.
2554 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
2559 - Priority handling in the tags view
2560 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
2561 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
2562 - Improvements to the formula editor.
2563 - C-j does better indentation.
2567 - Priority handling in the tags view
2569 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
2570 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
2572 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
2574 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
2575 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
2576 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
2578 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
2580 - Changes in the spreadsheet
2582 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
2583 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
2584 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
2585 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
2586 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
2587 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
2588 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
2590 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
2593 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
2595 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
2597 + There is now a menu with commands.
2599 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
2600 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
2602 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
2603 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
2605 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
2606 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
2610 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
2611 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
2612 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
2614 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
2615 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
2620 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
2621 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
2622 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
2623 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
2625 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
2626 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
2627 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
2637 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
2638 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
2639 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
2641 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
2642 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
2643 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
2644 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
2645 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
2646 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
2647 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
2649 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
2650 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
2651 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
2653 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
2655 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
2656 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
2658 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
2659 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
2661 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
2662 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
2663 levels. For example:
2665 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
2667 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
2668 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
2669 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
2672 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
2673 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
2674 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
2675 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
2677 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
2678 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
2687 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
2688 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
2689 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
2690 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
2692 ** Detailed description of changes
2694 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
2695 any table in any mode.
2697 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
2698 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
2699 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
2700 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
2701 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
2702 inside the same file, in a block comment.
2704 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
2705 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
2706 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
2707 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
2708 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
2710 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
2711 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
2712 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
2713 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
2714 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
2715 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
2716 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
2719 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
2720 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
2721 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
2722 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
2723 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
2724 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
2725 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
2726 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
2727 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
2728 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
2729 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
2730 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
2732 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
2733 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
2734 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
2735 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
2741 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
2742 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
2743 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
2744 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
2745 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
2747 ** Detailed description of changes
2749 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
2750 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
2751 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
2753 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
2755 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
2756 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
2758 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
2760 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
2761 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
2762 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
2764 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
2765 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
2766 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
2768 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
2769 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
2770 to Raman for this excellent idea.
2772 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
2773 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
2775 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
2777 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
2778 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
2779 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
2780 remember.el work like this as well).
2781 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
2782 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
2783 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
2784 new template, but the old context information. This is
2785 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
2788 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
2789 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
2790 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
2791 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
2792 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
2793 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
2794 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
2795 without interaction.
2797 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
2798 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
2799 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
2800 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
2801 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
2802 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
2804 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
2805 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
2806 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
2807 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
2809 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
2810 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
2811 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
2812 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
2813 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
2814 them would require special hooks. Comments?
2820 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
2821 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
2823 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
2824 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
2825 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
2826 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
2827 + Incompatible changes
2828 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
2829 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
2830 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
2831 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
2832 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
2833 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
2834 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
2838 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
2839 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
2840 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
2841 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
2842 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
2843 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
2844 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
2845 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
2849 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
2850 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
2851 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
2852 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
2853 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
2854 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
2855 - Empty entries go full circle.
2856 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
2861 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
2864 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
2865 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
2866 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
2867 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
2868 another, dedicated frame.
2869 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
2870 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
2873 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
2874 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
2875 - Changes in Agenda buffer
2876 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
2877 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
2878 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
2879 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
2880 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
2881 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
2882 use regular expressions.
2883 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
2884 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
2885 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
2889 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
2890 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
2891 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
2898 - Improvements to fast tag selection
2899 + show status also in target line.
2900 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
2901 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
2902 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
2906 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
2907 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
2908 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
2909 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
2913 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
2914 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
2919 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
2920 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
2921 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
2925 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
2926 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
2927 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
2928 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
2929 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
2930 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
2931 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
2932 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
2933 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
2934 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
2935 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
2940 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
2941 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
2942 - File links can contain environment variables.
2943 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
2947 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
2948 each block created by a different agenda command.
2949 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
2950 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
2951 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
2952 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
2953 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
2954 upon the agenda type.
2955 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
2956 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
2957 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
2958 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
2959 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
2960 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
2961 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
2962 - More minor bug fixes.
2965 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
2966 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
2967 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
2971 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
2972 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
2973 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
2977 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
2980 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
2981 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
2982 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
2990 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
2991 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
2993 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
2994 LaTeX environment and math.
2997 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
2999 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
3000 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
3001 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
3005 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
3006 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
3009 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
3010 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
3011 and will not lead to conflicts.
3012 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
3016 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
3017 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
3018 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
3019 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
3020 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
3021 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
3022 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
3028 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
3029 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
3032 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
3033 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
3034 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
3035 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
3036 directories for different export types.
3037 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
3038 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
3045 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
3046 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
3047 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
3048 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
3049 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
3050 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
3051 relative and absolute paths.
3052 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
3053 - Bug and typo fixes.
3057 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
3058 contains a description or not.
3059 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
3060 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
3061 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
3062 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
3063 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
3064 for all available exporters.
3065 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
3071 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
3072 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
3073 end of the HTML file.
3074 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
3075 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
3076 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
3077 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
3083 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
3084 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
3085 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
3086 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
3096 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
3097 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
3100 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
3101 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
3102 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
3103 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
3104 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
3105 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
3106 - New structure for the customization tree.
3111 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
3115 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
3116 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
3117 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
3118 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
3119 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
3124 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
3125 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
3126 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
3127 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
3131 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
3132 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
3135 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
3136 - Various small bug fixes
3139 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
3140 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
3141 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
3142 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
3143 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
3144 argument to `C-c C-v'.
3145 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
3146 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
3147 next buffer change due to editing).
3150 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
3151 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
3152 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
3153 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
3156 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
3157 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
3158 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
3159 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
3160 - Changes to the HTML exporter
3161 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
3162 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
3163 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
3164 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
3165 - support for cascading style sheets.
3166 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
3167 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
3174 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
3178 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
3181 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
3182 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
3183 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
3184 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
3185 and are not linked to the calendar.
3186 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
3187 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
3188 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
3189 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
3192 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
3193 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
3194 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
3195 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
3196 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
3199 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
3200 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
3201 - Named fields and columns in tables.
3202 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
3205 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
3206 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
3209 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
3210 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
3211 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
3212 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
3213 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
3214 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
3218 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
3219 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
3220 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
3221 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
3222 - Archiving of finished tasks.
3223 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
3224 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
3225 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
3226 - Improved html export of tables.
3227 - Various clean-up changes.
3230 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
3234 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
3235 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
3239 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
3240 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
3244 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
3245 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
3246 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
3249 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
3250 - New startup option `content'.
3251 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
3252 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
3253 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
3256 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
3257 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
3258 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
3259 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
3260 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
3261 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
3264 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
3265 table shape when typing in fields.
3266 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
3267 into arbitrary major modes.
3268 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
3269 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
3270 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
3273 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
3274 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
3275 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
3277 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
3278 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
3279 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
3280 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
3281 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
3283 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
3284 - Sorting fully configurable.
3285 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
3286 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
3290 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
3291 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
3292 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
3293 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
3294 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
3295 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
3296 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
3299 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
3300 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
3301 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
3302 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
3303 - Priorities for TODO items.
3304 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
3305 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
3306 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
3311 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
3312 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
3313 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
3314 `org-todo-interpretation'.
3315 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
3316 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
3317 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
3318 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
3319 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
3320 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
3321 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
3322 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
3323 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
3324 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
3325 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
3328 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
3329 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
3330 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
3331 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
3332 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
3333 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
3334 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
3335 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
3336 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
3337 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
3338 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
3339 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
3342 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
3343 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
3344 - Date ranges introduced.
3345 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
3346 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
3347 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
3348 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
3349 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
3350 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
3351 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
3354 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
3355 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
3356 - Fully automatic table editor.
3357 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
3358 - Other link system changes
3359 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
3360 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
3361 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
3362 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
3363 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
3364 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
3365 Please re-read the manual section about links.
3367 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
3368 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
3369 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
3370 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
3371 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
3372 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
3374 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
3378 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
3379 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
3380 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
3381 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
3385 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents