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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
14 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after
15 a headline and its planning line, when applicable.
17 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
18 logged before the property drawer. The following function will repair
21 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
22 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
23 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
24 Ignore non Org buffers."
25 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
27 (goto-char (point-min))
28 (let ((case-fold-search t)
29 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
30 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
34 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
36 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
38 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
39 (when (and (< (point) end)
40 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
42 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
44 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
46 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
48 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
49 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
51 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
52 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
53 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
56 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use
57 node properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
62 :CATEGORY: some category
65 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
66 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~,
67 ~org-show-entry-below~ and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist.
68 Instead, visibility is controlled through a single variable:
69 ~org-show-context-detail~, which see.
70 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
71 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
72 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
74 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
75 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
76 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
77 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
78 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
80 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
81 docstring for more information.
82 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
83 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
84 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
85 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
86 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
87 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
88 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
89 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~
90 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
91 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
92 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
93 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
94 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
95 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
97 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
98 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
99 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
100 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
101 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
102 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
103 accessible from the export dispatcher.
104 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
105 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
106 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
107 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
108 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
109 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
110 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
113 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
114 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
117 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
118 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
119 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
120 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use
121 a body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
123 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
124 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
125 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
126 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
127 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
128 this variable locally.
129 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
130 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
131 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
132 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
133 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
134 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
135 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
136 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
137 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
139 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
140 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
141 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
142 This variable had no effect since Org 8.0.
143 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
144 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
145 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
146 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
147 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
148 *** Removed comment-related filters
149 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
150 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
153 *** Hierarchies of tags
154 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
155 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
156 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
158 The following in-buffer definition:
160 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
161 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
162 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
165 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
174 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
175 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
177 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
179 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
180 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
181 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
183 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
184 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
185 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
186 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
187 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
189 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
195 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
198 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
199 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
202 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
205 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
207 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
208 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
209 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
212 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
213 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
214 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
216 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
219 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
220 is also used as a filter.
222 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
223 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
224 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
225 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
228 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
229 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
231 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'.
232 The new behaviour is the following:
234 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
235 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
238 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
241 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
243 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
245 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
246 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
247 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
248 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
249 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
250 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
252 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
253 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
254 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
255 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
257 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
258 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
259 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
260 ~org-drawers~ variable.
261 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
262 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
263 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
264 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
265 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
266 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
267 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
269 *** New option in ASCII export
270 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
271 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
272 *** New blocks in ASCII export
273 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
274 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
275 *** More back-end specific publishing options
276 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
277 increased. See manual for details.
278 *** Export inline source blocks
279 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
280 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
281 in the output, depending on the parameters.
282 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
283 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
284 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
285 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
286 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
287 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
288 more features. See docstring for details.
289 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
290 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
291 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
292 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
293 *** Improve radio tables
294 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
295 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
296 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
297 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
298 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
299 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
300 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
301 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
302 source blocks exported by the minted package.
303 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
304 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
305 would throw an error. A new variable
306 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
307 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
308 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
310 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
312 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
313 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
314 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
315 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
316 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
317 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
318 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
319 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
320 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
321 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
322 See docstring for more information.
323 *** Export unnumbered headlines
324 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
325 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
326 property is inherited by children.
327 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
328 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
329 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
330 keys, to sort a table.
331 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
332 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
334 *** Countdown timers can now be paused.
335 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
337 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
338 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
339 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
340 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
341 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
342 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
343 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
344 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
345 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
346 *** New entities family: "\_ "
347 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
348 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
349 leading spaces within table cells.
350 *** New MathJax configuration options.
351 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
352 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
353 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
354 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
355 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
356 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
358 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
359 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
360 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
361 keywords and properties.
362 *** Viewport support in html export
363 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
364 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
365 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
366 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
368 *** Edit remotely a footnote definition
369 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
370 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
371 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
373 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
374 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
375 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
376 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
377 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
378 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
379 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
380 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
382 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
383 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
384 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
385 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
386 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
387 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
388 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
389 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
390 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
391 particular test failure was introduced.
392 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
393 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
394 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
395 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
396 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
397 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
398 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
399 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
402 ** Incompatible changes
403 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
404 This may require two changes in user config.
406 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
407 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
408 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
410 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
412 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
413 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
414 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
416 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
417 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
419 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
423 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
425 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
427 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
428 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
429 option keywords like :html-include-style.
431 So you need to replace
433 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
437 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
439 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
440 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
442 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
444 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
445 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
446 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
448 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
449 the other optional arguments accordingly.
451 *** Export back-ends are now structures
453 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
454 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
455 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
458 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
460 ** Important bugfixes
462 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
463 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
465 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
467 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
468 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
469 separator starting a TOTO match string.
472 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
474 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
476 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
479 - Support for .pgf files
480 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
481 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
482 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
483 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
484 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
485 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
486 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
488 *** New functions for paragraph motion
490 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
491 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
492 in a paragraph-like way.
494 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
496 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
497 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
498 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
499 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
500 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
502 *** Anonymous export back-ends
504 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
505 which can then be passed to export functions like
506 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
508 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
509 registering a new back-end.
511 *** New agenda fortnight view
513 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
514 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
517 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
519 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
520 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
522 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
523 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
524 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
526 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
527 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
529 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
530 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
531 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
532 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
533 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
536 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
538 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
540 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
542 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
544 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
546 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
548 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
550 If you set this to the following
552 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
554 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
556 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
558 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
560 ** New contributed packages
562 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
563 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
566 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
567 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
571 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
573 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
574 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
575 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
576 the same with example blocks.
578 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
585 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
587 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
590 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
591 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
592 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
594 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
595 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
596 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
597 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
598 detailed explanations.
600 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
601 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
602 function has been called already.
604 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
607 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
609 ** Incompatible changes
611 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
613 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
615 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
616 you will have to update them.
618 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
620 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
621 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
623 **** New export engine
625 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
626 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
627 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
628 /all/ export back-ends.
630 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
631 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
632 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
633 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
634 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
636 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
637 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
639 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
640 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
641 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
642 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
644 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
646 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
648 should now be written
650 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
652 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
653 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
654 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
656 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
658 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
660 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
663 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
664 remember templates into capture templates.
666 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
668 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
669 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
671 **** Note for third-party developers
673 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
674 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
675 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
677 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
680 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
682 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
683 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
684 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
686 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
687 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
688 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
691 - org-colview-xemacs.el
698 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
699 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
700 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
702 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
703 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
705 ** New packages in core
707 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
709 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
711 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
713 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
715 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
717 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
718 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
720 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
722 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
724 ** New packages in contrib
726 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
728 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
730 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
733 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
735 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
736 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
738 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
741 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
743 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
745 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
747 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
749 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
750 for starting headlines.
752 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
754 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
755 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
756 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
757 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
759 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
761 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
763 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
765 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
766 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
769 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
770 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
773 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
775 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
776 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
779 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
780 conversion from Org files to groff.
782 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
784 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
786 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
788 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
789 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
796 **** New export generic options
798 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
799 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
801 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
803 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
804 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
805 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
806 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
808 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
809 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
810 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
811 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
812 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
813 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
814 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
815 contains time-stamps.
817 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
818 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
819 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
821 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
823 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
825 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
827 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
829 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
830 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
831 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
832 *** Structure editing
834 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
835 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
837 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
838 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
840 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
842 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
843 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
844 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
845 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
848 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
850 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
851 _words__= will preserve markup.
853 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
855 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
856 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
857 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
859 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
861 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
862 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
864 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
866 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
867 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
868 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
869 forward and backward.
871 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
872 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
874 Now Org will sort this list
876 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
877 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
881 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
882 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
884 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
885 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
886 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
888 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
889 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
890 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
892 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
895 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
897 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
898 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
899 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
901 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
903 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
904 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
905 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
906 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
908 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
910 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
911 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
912 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
913 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
914 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
916 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
918 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
919 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
920 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
922 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
923 *** Scheduled/deadline
925 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
927 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
928 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
929 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
930 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
932 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
933 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
934 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
935 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
937 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
938 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
939 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
940 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
941 control this globally or per agenda.
943 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
945 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
947 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
949 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
950 *** Calendar, diary and appts
952 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
954 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
955 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
956 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
958 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
959 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
960 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
962 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
963 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
965 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
968 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
970 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
971 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
972 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
974 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
976 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
977 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
978 only show their description, not the full links.
981 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
983 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
984 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
985 want to build a list of appointments.
987 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
988 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
990 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
992 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
994 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
995 time value (i.e. appointments).
997 **** New agenda sorting strategies
999 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1001 | Strategy | Explanations |
1002 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1003 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1004 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1005 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1006 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1007 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1008 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1009 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1010 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1011 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1012 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1014 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1016 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1017 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1018 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1020 These new options are available:
1022 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1023 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1024 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1025 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1027 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1028 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1029 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1031 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1032 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1033 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1034 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1035 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1036 non-tagged headlines.
1038 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1040 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1041 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1042 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1043 that take only =N= minutes.
1045 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1047 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1048 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1049 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1051 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1053 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1054 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1056 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1058 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1059 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1061 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1064 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1066 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1067 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1068 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1070 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1071 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1073 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1075 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1076 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1078 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1080 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1082 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1083 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1086 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1088 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1089 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1090 asks for a confirmation.
1092 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1094 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1095 the mark of the entry at point.
1097 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1098 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1100 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1102 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1103 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1106 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1108 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1109 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1111 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1113 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1114 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1116 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1118 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1119 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1120 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1121 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1123 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1125 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1126 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1127 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1129 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1131 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1132 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1133 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1134 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1136 Read the full docstring for details.
1138 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1140 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1143 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1146 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1148 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1149 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1152 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1154 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1155 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1157 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1159 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1160 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1161 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1162 check against the name of the buffer.
1165 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1166 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1167 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1170 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1171 agenda views, and for filtering.
1173 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1177 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1179 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1180 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1181 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1183 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1184 as if the protocol was not known.
1186 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1188 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1190 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1191 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1192 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1195 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1197 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1198 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1199 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1201 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1203 When storing a link to a headline like
1205 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1207 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1208 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1209 there is no description.
1212 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1214 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1215 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1216 those other formulas.
1218 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1220 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1221 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1222 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1225 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1227 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1228 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1229 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1232 **** New lookup functions
1234 There are now three lookup functions:
1236 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1237 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1238 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1240 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1241 *** Startup keywords
1243 These new startup keywords are now available:
1245 | Startup keyword | Option |
1246 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1247 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1248 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1249 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1250 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1251 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1252 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1253 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1254 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1258 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1260 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1261 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1262 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1263 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1265 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1267 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1268 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1269 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1272 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1273 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1275 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1277 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1278 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1280 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1282 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1283 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1284 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1286 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1287 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1288 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1289 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1290 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1291 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1292 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1295 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1297 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1299 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1301 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1302 same target than the block at point.
1304 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1306 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1307 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1308 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1310 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1311 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1314 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1316 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1317 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1318 manual for a usage example.
1320 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1322 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1323 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1324 collecting blocks for tangling.
1326 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1327 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1329 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1330 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1331 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1332 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1334 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1335 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1338 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1339 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1340 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1341 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1345 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1346 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1347 - [[doc:org-export-html-table-tag][org-export-html-table-tag]] is replaced by [[doc:org-html-table-default-attributes][org-html-table-default-attributes]]
1348 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1349 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1350 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1351 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1352 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1353 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1354 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1355 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1356 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1357 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1358 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1359 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1360 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1361 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1362 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1363 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1367 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1369 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1371 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1373 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1375 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1376 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1377 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1378 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1379 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1380 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1381 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1382 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1384 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1386 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1387 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1389 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1391 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1392 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1393 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1397 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1399 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1400 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1403 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1404 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1405 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1406 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1407 agenda type to this variable.
1409 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1412 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1413 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1414 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1415 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1417 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1419 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1420 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1421 invisible) blocked tasks.
1423 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1425 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1426 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1428 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1430 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1431 ** No GPL manual anymore
1433 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1434 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1436 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1438 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1440 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1441 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1442 in most environments.
1446 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1448 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1450 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1451 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1454 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1455 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1456 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1459 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1461 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1463 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1464 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1465 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1466 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1467 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1468 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1469 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1470 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1471 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1472 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1473 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1474 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1475 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1476 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1477 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1479 ** New package and Babel language
1481 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1483 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1485 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1486 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1488 ** Incompatible changes
1490 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1491 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1493 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1496 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1497 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1498 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1500 ** New features and user-visible changes
1504 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1505 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1506 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1507 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1509 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1510 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1512 See the docstrings for more details.
1514 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1515 on =org-element.el=.
1517 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1519 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1520 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1521 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1522 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1524 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1526 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1527 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1528 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1529 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1531 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1533 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1535 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1537 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1540 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1541 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1543 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1544 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1545 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1548 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1551 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1552 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1553 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1555 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1556 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1557 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1562 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1564 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1565 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1566 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1567 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1569 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1570 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1571 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1572 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1573 generating new ones.
1575 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1578 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1580 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1581 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1584 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1585 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1586 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1589 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1590 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1591 details on how to use this.
1593 **** Changes in bulk actions
1595 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1596 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1598 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1599 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1600 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1601 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1602 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1604 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1605 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1607 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1608 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1611 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1613 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1615 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1617 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1618 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1620 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1622 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1623 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1624 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1625 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1628 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1630 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1633 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1634 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1635 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1636 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1637 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1640 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1642 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1644 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1646 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1647 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1648 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1649 filters and category filters.
1651 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1652 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1655 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1656 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1657 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1662 **** Inserting links
1664 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1665 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1666 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1669 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1670 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1671 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1672 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1674 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1677 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1679 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1680 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1681 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1682 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1684 **** New link type =help=
1686 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1688 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1689 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1690 you go back to the same buffer.
1692 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1694 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1695 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1698 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1700 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1702 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1704 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1706 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1708 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1712 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1714 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1715 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1716 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1717 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1719 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1721 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1722 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1723 all headlines in the region.
1725 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1727 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1729 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1730 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1732 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1734 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1736 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1738 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1740 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1742 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1743 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1744 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1749 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1751 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1753 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1755 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1756 clocked entry, if any.
1758 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1760 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1762 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1764 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1765 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1768 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1769 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1770 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1774 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1776 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1779 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1781 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1782 cells in clockreport.
1784 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1785 time cells in clockreport.
1788 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1790 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1791 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1793 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1794 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1796 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1797 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1798 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1799 space in the frame title.
1803 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1805 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1806 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1807 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1808 don't want to see temporarily.
1810 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1812 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1814 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1816 There are these new entities:
1818 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1819 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1820 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1821 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1822 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1823 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1825 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1826 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1827 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1829 The face is back to a normal height.
1833 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1834 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1836 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1837 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1839 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1841 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1842 block will use its value as the column format.
1844 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1846 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1848 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1850 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1852 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1853 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1854 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1855 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1857 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1861 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1863 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1865 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1867 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1869 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1870 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1871 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1873 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1875 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1876 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1877 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1881 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1883 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1884 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1885 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1886 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1888 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1890 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1891 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1894 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1895 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1896 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1899 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1900 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1901 more details on how to use this.
1903 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1904 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1906 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1907 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1910 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1912 See the manual for more explanations.
1914 **** More control over empty lines
1916 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1917 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1920 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1922 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1926 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1928 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1929 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1930 available) to print beautiful tables.
1932 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1934 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1935 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1938 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1940 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1941 in the #+DATE option.
1943 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1945 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1947 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1948 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1950 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1951 More languages are always welcome.
1953 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1955 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1956 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1958 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1959 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1960 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1961 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1962 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1963 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1965 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1966 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1970 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1972 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1975 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1977 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1978 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1980 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1982 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1984 It used to exports the results of the code.
1988 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1989 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1991 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1992 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1994 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1996 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1997 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1998 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2000 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2001 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2003 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2004 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2005 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2008 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2010 This will increment the effort value.
2012 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2014 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2016 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2017 attach symbolic links.
2019 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2021 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2023 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2024 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2026 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2028 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2030 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2031 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2032 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2034 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2036 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2037 all top level list items.
2039 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2041 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2043 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2044 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2046 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2048 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2050 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2051 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2052 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2053 first headline in the region.
2055 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2057 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2060 ** Important bug fixes
2062 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2064 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2065 perform completion with meaningful values.
2067 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2069 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2070 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2071 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2073 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2074 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2076 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2077 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2080 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2081 the code and the license to your needs.
2083 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2084 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2088 ** Incompatible changes
2090 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2092 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2094 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2096 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2097 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2098 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2099 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2102 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2104 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2105 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2106 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2108 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2110 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2111 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2113 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2115 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2117 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2118 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2119 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2120 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2121 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2123 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2124 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2125 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2126 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2127 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2128 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2130 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2131 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2132 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2135 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2138 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2139 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2140 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2141 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2143 The two new variables are:
2145 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2146 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2147 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2148 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2149 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2150 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2151 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2153 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2154 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2157 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2160 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2161 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2162 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2163 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2165 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2166 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2167 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2168 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2171 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2172 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2173 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2174 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2175 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2176 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2179 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2180 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2181 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2182 applies to the following packages:
2200 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2201 you are using, you can remove it from
2202 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2203 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2206 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2207 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2208 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2209 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2210 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2213 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2215 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2216 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2217 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2220 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2222 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2224 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2226 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2228 ** Important new features
2230 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2232 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2234 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2235 for more information on how to customize it.
2237 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2239 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2240 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2241 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2242 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2244 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2245 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2246 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2248 To switch over to the new system:
2252 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2254 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2255 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2256 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2257 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2258 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2260 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2262 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2265 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2268 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2270 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2271 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2272 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2273 with using both system in parallel.
2277 *** New Org libraries
2278 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2280 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2282 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2284 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2286 To use, put the following in your init file:
2289 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2292 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2293 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2294 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2295 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2296 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2297 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2298 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2299 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2300 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2303 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2305 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2306 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2308 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2310 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2311 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2312 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2315 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2316 call function to do something special with text links.
2318 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2320 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2322 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2323 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2324 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2327 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2329 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2331 *** New Babel libraries
2333 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2334 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2335 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2336 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2337 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2338 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2339 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2341 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2345 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2347 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2348 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2349 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2350 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2351 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2352 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2354 The key new functions are
2356 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2357 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2358 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2360 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2361 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2363 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2364 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2366 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2367 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2369 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2371 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2372 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2373 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2375 **** Modified link escaping
2377 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2379 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2380 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2381 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2382 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2385 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2386 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2387 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2388 : percent escaped links are solved.
2390 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2392 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2394 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2395 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2397 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2399 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2401 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2402 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2403 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2404 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2405 string to be executed.
2407 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2408 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2412 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2413 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2416 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2420 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2422 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2423 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2424 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2425 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2427 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2428 will work on the current entry.
2430 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2431 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2433 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2435 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2437 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2440 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2441 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2446 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2448 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2449 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2450 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2452 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2454 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2455 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2456 entries using a function.
2458 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2459 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2460 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2462 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2464 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2465 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2466 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2468 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2470 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2471 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2472 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2473 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2474 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2475 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2477 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2481 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2483 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2484 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2486 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2487 docstring of these variable for details about available
2490 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2491 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2492 formatting string will insert a string.
2494 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2496 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2497 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2498 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2499 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2500 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2501 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2502 C-e u=, respectively.
2504 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2505 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2506 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2507 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2508 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2511 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2513 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2514 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2516 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2518 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2519 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2521 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2523 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2524 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2525 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2526 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2527 section]] in the manual for more details.
2529 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2530 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2531 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2536 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2538 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2539 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2540 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2541 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2542 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2544 **** New logging support for refiling
2546 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2547 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2550 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2554 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2556 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2560 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2562 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2563 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2565 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2567 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2568 the displayed in the buffer.
2570 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2572 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2574 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2575 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2577 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2578 |--------+--------+---------|
2579 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2580 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2582 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2585 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2588 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2590 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2592 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2593 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2600 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2601 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2604 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2606 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2608 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2609 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2611 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2615 **** Improved handling of lists
2617 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2619 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2620 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2621 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2624 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2625 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2626 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2628 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2629 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2630 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2631 `org-list-export-context'.
2633 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2634 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2635 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2637 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2638 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2639 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2640 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2641 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2643 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2644 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2645 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2647 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2649 *** Inline display of linked images
2651 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2652 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2653 that have no description part will be inlined.
2655 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2657 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2658 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2660 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2662 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2664 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2665 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2666 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2667 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2668 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2669 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2671 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2672 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2673 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2676 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2677 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2678 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2679 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2680 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2681 properties or in tables.
2683 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2684 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2685 names, and rownames across all languages.
2687 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2689 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2691 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2692 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2693 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2695 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2697 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2698 request by Scott Otterson.
2700 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2702 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2703 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2704 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2705 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2706 superscripts, see the variable
2707 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2709 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2711 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2713 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2714 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2715 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2716 following new faces:
2718 =org-document-title=
2720 =org-document-info-keyword=
2722 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2723 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2725 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2727 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2729 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2730 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2731 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2732 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2733 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2734 property is affected by this setting.
2736 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2737 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2739 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2741 Requested by Michael Brand.
2743 **** Better level cycling function
2745 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2746 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2747 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2748 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2750 **** Adaptive filling
2752 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2753 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2754 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2755 comments to be filled correctly.
2757 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2759 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2761 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2763 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2765 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2766 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2768 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2772 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2774 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2775 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2776 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2777 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2779 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2781 **** Localized clock tables
2783 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2784 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2785 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2786 available translated strings.
2788 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2790 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2791 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2792 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2793 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2795 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2797 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2799 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2800 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2801 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2802 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2805 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2809 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2811 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2812 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2814 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2816 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2818 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2819 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2820 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2823 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2826 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2828 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2829 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2834 org-table-current-line
2838 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2840 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2841 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2844 This was requested by Tom.
2846 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2848 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2849 example by viewing from the agenda.
2851 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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