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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** New syntax for export blocks
14 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
15 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
18 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
31 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
34 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
40 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
43 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
44 using previous syntax:
46 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
47 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
48 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
49 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
50 (let ((case-fold-search t)
51 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
52 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
53 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
56 (goto-char (point-min))
57 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
59 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
60 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
61 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
63 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
64 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
67 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
68 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
70 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
71 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
72 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
73 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
74 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
75 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
78 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~
79 and ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to
83 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
84 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
85 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
86 constructs are now unsupported.
88 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them
90 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
91 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
92 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
93 consider using =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
95 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
97 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
98 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
99 S-expressions. Replacing a S-expresion with an appropriate function
100 is straightforward. For example
106 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
107 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can obtain time via =vc=
108 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
109 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
110 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
111 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
112 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
113 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
114 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
115 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
127 should be written instead
132 :header-args: :exports code
133 :header-args: :var a=1 b=2
134 :header-args+: :var c=3
138 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
139 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
141 *** ~org-eww~ is moved into core
142 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
144 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
147 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
148 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
151 Old-style links such as
152 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
153 continue to be supported.
155 If you have defined your own handler functions for
156 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
157 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
158 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into
162 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
163 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
164 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
165 entries are added to last in the date tree.
166 *** New ~vbar~ entity
167 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionnally as a =|=,
168 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
169 a HTML derived export back-end.
171 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
172 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
174 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
175 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
176 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
178 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
179 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
180 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
181 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
184 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
185 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
186 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
187 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
188 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
189 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
190 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
191 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
192 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
193 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
194 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
195 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
197 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
198 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
199 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
200 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
201 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
202 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
204 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
205 ;; this will export with line number 20
206 (message "This is line 21")
208 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
209 ;; This will be listed as line 31
210 (message "This is line 32")
213 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
214 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
215 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
217 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
218 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
219 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
220 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width
221 of 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
222 **** Markdown footnote export customization
223 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
224 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
225 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
226 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
228 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
229 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
230 **** Support for Lua language
231 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
232 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
233 **** Support for Stan language
234 New ob-stan.el library.
236 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
238 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
240 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
241 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
243 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
245 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
246 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
247 that does not end in ".stan".
249 For more information and usage examples, visit
250 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
251 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
252 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
253 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
264 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
265 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
266 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
267 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
278 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
279 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the
282 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
283 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
284 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
285 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
295 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
304 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
305 using the :file property, e.g.:
307 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
309 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
310 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
312 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
313 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
317 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needss
318 additional setup in addition to plantuml. See
319 [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for details and setup information.
320 *** Rewrite of radio lists
321 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
322 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
323 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
325 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
326 Used like org-bbdb-anniversaries, it provides a few days warning
327 for upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
328 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
329 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
330 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
332 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
333 *** Support for ISO week trees
334 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
335 by ISO week and not by month.
342 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
344 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
345 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
346 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
347 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
348 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
350 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
352 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
353 pWhen called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
354 buffer unconditionally.
355 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
356 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
357 **** Allow custom summaries
358 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
359 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
360 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
361 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
363 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
364 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
365 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
367 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
368 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~
369 allows to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any
370 upper case character (or character class), the search is case
371 sensitive. Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
372 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
373 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
375 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
376 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
377 possible to specify per-languages faces. See the manual for details.
378 *** Links are now customizable
379 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
380 etc... Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
382 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
383 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
384 *** ~org-show-children~
385 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
388 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
389 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
390 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
391 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
392 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
393 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
394 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
395 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
396 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
397 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
398 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
399 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
400 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
402 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
403 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
404 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
405 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
406 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
408 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
409 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
411 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
412 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
414 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
415 The affected functions are:
418 - ~org-remove-if-not~
423 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
424 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
425 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
428 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
429 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
430 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
431 let those libraries operate.
432 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
433 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
435 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
436 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
438 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
439 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
440 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
441 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
442 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
443 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
445 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
447 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
448 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
449 current projet. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
452 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
453 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
456 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
457 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
458 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
459 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
460 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
461 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
463 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
464 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
465 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
466 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
468 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
469 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
470 to the article's original group.
472 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
473 The calling convention has changed.
474 *** HTML export table row customization changes
475 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
476 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
477 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
478 called with 6 parameters.
479 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
480 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
481 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
482 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
483 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
484 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
485 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
486 the end of the string.
487 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
488 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
489 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
490 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
492 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
494 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
495 For most folks this file does not exist.
496 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
498 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
500 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other =gnu.org= manuals.
501 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
502 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
503 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
504 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
505 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
506 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
507 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
508 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
510 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
511 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
513 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
514 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
515 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
516 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
517 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
518 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
519 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
520 indication letter was solely J.
524 ** Incompatible changes
526 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
528 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
529 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
531 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
532 logged before the property drawer.
534 The following function will repair them:
536 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
537 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
538 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
539 Ignore non Org buffers."
540 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
541 (org-with-wide-buffer
542 (goto-char (point-min))
543 (let ((case-fold-search t)
544 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
545 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
549 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
551 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
553 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
554 (when (and (< (point) end)
555 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
557 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
558 (eq (org-element-type
559 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
561 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
563 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
564 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
567 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
569 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
570 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
571 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
572 into account when exporting.
574 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
575 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
577 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
579 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
580 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
583 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
584 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
589 :CATEGORY: some category
593 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
595 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
596 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
597 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
600 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
602 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
603 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
605 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
606 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
608 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
610 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
611 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
613 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
615 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
616 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~ respectively,
617 rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these functions. The Org
618 version of these functions skips over inline tasks (and even-level
619 headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
621 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
623 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
624 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
626 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
628 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
629 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
630 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
632 *** Functions signature changes
634 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
635 docstring for more information.
637 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
638 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
639 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
640 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
641 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
644 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
645 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
647 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
650 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
653 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
656 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
658 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
659 without changing the headline.
661 *** Hierarchies of tags
662 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
663 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
664 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
666 The following in-buffer definition:
668 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
669 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
670 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
673 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
682 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
683 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
685 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
687 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
688 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
689 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
691 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
692 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
693 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
694 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
695 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
697 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
703 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
706 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
707 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
710 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
713 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
715 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
716 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
717 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
720 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
721 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
722 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
724 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
727 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
728 is also used as a filter.
730 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
731 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
732 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
733 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
736 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
737 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
739 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
741 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
743 *** Babel: support for Processing language
745 New ob-processing.el library.
747 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
748 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
749 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
751 Check the documentation for more.
753 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
755 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'
756 The new behaviour is the following:
758 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
759 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
762 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
765 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
767 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
769 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
771 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
772 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
774 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
776 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
777 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
780 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
782 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
783 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
784 ~org-drawers~ variable.
786 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
788 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
789 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
790 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
791 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
793 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
795 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
796 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
797 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
800 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
802 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
805 *** New option in ASCII export
807 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
808 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
810 *** New blocks in ASCII export
812 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
813 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
815 *** More back-end specific publishing options
817 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
818 increased. See manual for details.
820 *** Export inline source blocks
822 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
823 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
824 in the output, depending on the parameters.
826 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
828 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
830 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
832 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
834 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
836 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
837 more features. See docstring for details.
839 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
841 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
843 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
844 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
846 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
848 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
850 : This sentence is false.
853 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
855 *** Various improvements on radio tables
857 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
858 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
859 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
860 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
861 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
862 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
864 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
866 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
867 source blocks exported by the minted package.
869 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
871 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
872 would throw an error. A new variable
873 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
874 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
875 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
879 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
882 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
884 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
885 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
887 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
889 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
891 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
893 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
894 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
895 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
897 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
899 See docstring for more information.
901 *** Export unnumbered headlines
903 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
904 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
905 property is inherited by children.
907 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
909 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
910 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
911 keys, to sort a table.
913 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
915 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
918 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
920 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
923 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
925 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
926 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
928 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
930 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
931 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
933 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
935 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
936 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
939 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
941 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
942 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
944 *** New entities family: "\_ "
946 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
947 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
948 leading spaces within table cells.
950 *** New MathJax configuration options
952 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
953 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
955 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
957 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
958 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
959 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
961 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
962 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
963 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
964 keywords and properties.
966 *** Viewport support in html export
968 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
969 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
971 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
973 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
976 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
978 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
979 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
980 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
982 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
984 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
985 added to headline text.
987 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
989 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
991 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
993 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
994 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
997 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
999 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1000 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1002 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1004 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
1005 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
1006 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1008 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1010 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1012 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1014 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1015 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1017 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1019 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1021 ** Removed functions
1023 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1025 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1027 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1029 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1030 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1031 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1032 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1034 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1036 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1038 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1040 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1041 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1043 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1045 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1048 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1050 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1051 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1054 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1056 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1059 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1060 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1062 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1064 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1065 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1068 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1070 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1071 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1073 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1075 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
1076 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
1077 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
1078 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
1079 this variable locally.
1081 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1083 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1084 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1085 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1086 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1087 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1089 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1091 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1092 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1095 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1097 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1099 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1101 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1103 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1105 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1107 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1109 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1110 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1111 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1112 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1114 *** Removed comment-related filters
1116 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1117 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1121 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1123 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1125 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1127 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1128 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1130 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1132 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1133 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1136 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1138 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1139 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1141 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1143 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1145 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1147 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1148 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1149 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1150 particular test failure was introduced.
1152 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1154 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1155 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
1156 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
1157 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1159 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1161 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1162 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1164 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1166 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1167 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~
1170 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1172 This helps spotting wrong links.
1175 ** Incompatible changes
1176 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1177 This may require two changes in user config.
1179 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1180 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1181 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1183 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1185 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1186 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1187 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1189 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1190 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1192 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1196 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1198 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1200 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1201 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1202 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1204 So you need to replace
1206 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1210 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1212 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1213 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1215 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1217 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1218 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1219 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1221 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1222 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1224 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1226 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1227 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1228 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1231 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1233 ** Important bugfixes
1235 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1236 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1238 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1240 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1241 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1242 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1245 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1247 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1249 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1251 - Support SVG images
1252 - Support for .pgf files
1253 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1254 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1255 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1256 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1257 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1258 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1259 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1261 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1263 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1264 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1265 in a paragraph-like way.
1267 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1269 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1270 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1271 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1272 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1273 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1275 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1277 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1278 which can then be passed to export functions like
1279 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1281 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1282 registering a new back-end.
1284 *** New agenda fortnight view
1286 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1287 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1290 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1292 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1293 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1295 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1296 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1297 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1299 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1300 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1302 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1303 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1304 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1305 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1306 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1309 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1311 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1313 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1315 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1317 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1319 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1321 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1323 If you set this to the following
1325 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
1327 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
1329 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
1331 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
1333 ** New contributed packages
1335 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
1336 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
1339 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
1340 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
1344 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
1346 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
1347 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
1348 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
1349 the same with example blocks.
1351 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
1358 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
1360 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
1363 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
1364 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
1365 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
1367 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
1368 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
1369 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
1370 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
1371 detailed explanations.
1373 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
1374 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
1375 function has been called already.
1377 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
1380 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
1382 ** Incompatible changes
1384 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
1386 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
1388 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
1389 you will have to update them.
1391 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
1393 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
1394 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
1396 **** New export engine
1398 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
1399 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
1400 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
1401 /all/ export back-ends.
1403 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
1404 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
1405 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
1406 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
1407 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
1409 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
1410 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
1412 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
1413 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
1414 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
1415 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
1417 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
1419 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
1421 should now be written
1423 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
1425 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
1426 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
1427 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
1429 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
1431 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
1433 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
1436 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
1437 remember templates into capture templates.
1439 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
1441 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
1442 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
1444 **** Note for third-party developers
1446 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
1447 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
1448 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
1450 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
1453 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
1455 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
1456 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
1457 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
1459 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
1460 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
1461 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
1464 - org-colview-xemacs.el
1465 - org-mac-message.el
1471 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
1472 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
1473 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
1475 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
1476 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
1478 ** New packages in core
1480 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
1482 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
1484 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
1486 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
1488 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
1490 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
1491 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
1493 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
1495 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
1497 ** New packages in contrib
1499 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
1501 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
1503 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
1506 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
1508 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
1509 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
1511 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
1514 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1516 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1518 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1520 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1522 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1523 for starting headlines.
1525 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1527 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1528 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1529 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1530 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1532 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1534 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1536 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1538 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1539 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1542 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1543 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1546 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1548 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1549 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1552 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1553 conversion from Org files to groff.
1555 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1557 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1559 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1561 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1562 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1569 **** New export generic options
1571 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1572 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1574 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1576 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1577 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1578 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1579 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1581 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1582 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1583 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1584 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1585 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1586 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1587 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1588 contains time-stamps.
1590 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1591 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1592 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1594 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1596 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1598 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1600 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1602 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1603 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1604 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1605 *** Structure editing
1607 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1608 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1610 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1611 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1613 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1615 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1616 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1617 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1618 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1621 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1623 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1624 _words__= will preserve markup.
1626 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1628 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1629 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1630 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1632 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1634 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1635 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1637 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1639 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1640 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1641 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1642 forward and backward.
1644 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1645 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1647 Now Org will sort this list
1649 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1650 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1654 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1655 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1657 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1658 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1659 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1661 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1662 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1663 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1665 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1668 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1670 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1671 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1672 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1674 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1676 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1677 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1678 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1679 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1681 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1683 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1684 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1685 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1686 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1687 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1689 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1691 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1692 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1693 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1695 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1696 *** Scheduled/deadline
1698 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1700 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1701 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1702 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1703 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1705 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1706 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1707 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1708 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1710 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1711 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1712 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1713 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1714 control this globally or per agenda.
1716 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1718 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1720 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1722 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1723 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1725 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1727 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1728 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1729 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1731 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1732 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1733 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1735 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1736 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1738 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1741 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1743 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1744 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1745 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1747 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1749 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1750 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1751 only show their description, not the full links.
1754 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1756 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1757 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1758 want to build a list of appointments.
1760 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1761 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1763 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1765 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1767 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1768 time value (i.e. appointments).
1770 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1772 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1774 | Strategy | Explanations |
1775 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1776 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1777 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1778 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1779 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1780 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1781 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1782 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1783 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1784 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1785 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1787 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1789 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1790 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1791 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1793 These new options are available:
1795 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1796 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1797 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1798 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1800 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1801 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1802 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1804 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1805 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1806 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1807 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1808 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1809 non-tagged headlines.
1811 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1813 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1814 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1815 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1816 that take only =N= minutes.
1818 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1820 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1821 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1822 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1824 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1826 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1827 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1829 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1831 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1832 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1834 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1837 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1839 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1840 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1841 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1843 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1844 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1846 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1848 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1849 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1851 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1853 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1855 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1856 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1859 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1861 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1862 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1863 asks for a confirmation.
1865 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1867 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1868 the mark of the entry at point.
1870 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1871 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1873 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1875 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1876 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1879 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1881 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1882 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1884 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1886 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1887 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1889 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1891 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1892 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1893 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1894 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1896 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1898 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1899 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1900 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1902 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1904 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1905 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1906 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1907 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1909 Read the full docstring for details.
1911 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1913 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1916 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1919 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1921 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1922 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1925 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1927 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1928 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1930 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1932 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1933 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1934 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1935 check against the name of the buffer.
1938 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1939 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1940 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1943 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1944 agenda views, and for filtering.
1946 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1950 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1952 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1953 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1954 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1956 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1957 as if the protocol was not known.
1959 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1961 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1963 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1964 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1965 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1968 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1970 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1971 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1972 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1974 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1976 When storing a link to a headline like
1978 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1980 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1981 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1982 there is no description.
1985 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1987 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1988 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1989 those other formulas.
1991 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1993 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1994 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1995 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1998 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2000 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2001 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2002 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2005 **** New lookup functions
2007 There are now three lookup functions:
2009 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2010 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2011 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2013 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2014 *** Startup keywords
2016 These new startup keywords are now available:
2018 | Startup keyword | Option |
2019 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2020 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2021 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2022 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2023 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2024 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2025 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2026 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2027 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2031 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2033 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2034 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2035 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2036 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2038 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2040 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2041 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2042 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2045 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2046 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2048 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2050 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2051 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2053 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2055 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2056 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2057 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2059 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2060 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2061 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2062 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2063 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2064 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2065 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2068 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2070 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2072 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2074 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2075 same target than the block at point.
2077 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2079 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2080 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2081 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2083 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2084 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2087 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2089 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2090 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2091 manual for a usage example.
2093 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2095 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2096 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2097 collecting blocks for tangling.
2099 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2100 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2102 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2103 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2104 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2105 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2107 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2108 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2111 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2112 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2113 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2114 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2118 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2119 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2120 - [[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]]
2121 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2122 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2123 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2124 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2125 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2126 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2127 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2128 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2129 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2130 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2131 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2132 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2133 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2134 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2135 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
2136 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2140 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2142 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2144 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2146 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2148 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2149 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2150 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2151 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2152 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2153 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2154 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2155 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2157 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2159 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2160 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2162 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2164 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2165 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2166 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2170 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2172 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2173 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2176 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2177 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2178 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2179 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2180 agenda type to this variable.
2182 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2185 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2186 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2187 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2188 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2190 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2192 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2193 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2194 invisible) blocked tasks.
2196 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2198 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2199 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2201 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2203 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2204 ** No GPL manual anymore
2206 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2207 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2209 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2211 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2213 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2214 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2215 in most environments.
2219 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2221 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2223 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2224 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2227 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2228 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2229 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2232 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2234 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2236 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2237 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2238 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2239 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2240 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2241 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2242 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2243 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2244 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2245 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2246 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2247 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2248 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2249 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2250 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2252 ** New package and Babel language
2254 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2256 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2258 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2259 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2261 ** Incompatible changes
2263 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2264 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2266 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2269 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2270 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2271 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2273 ** New features and user-visible changes
2277 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2278 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2279 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2280 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2282 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2283 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2285 See the docstrings for more details.
2287 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2288 on =org-element.el=.
2290 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2292 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2293 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2294 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2295 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2297 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2299 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2300 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2301 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2302 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2304 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2306 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2308 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2310 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2313 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2314 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2316 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2317 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2318 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2321 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
2324 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
2325 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
2326 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
2328 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
2329 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
2330 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
2335 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
2337 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
2338 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
2339 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
2340 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
2342 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
2343 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
2344 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
2345 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
2346 generating new ones.
2348 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
2351 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2353 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2354 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
2357 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2358 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
2359 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
2362 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
2363 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
2364 details on how to use this.
2366 **** Changes in bulk actions
2368 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
2369 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
2371 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
2372 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
2373 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
2374 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
2375 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
2377 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
2378 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
2380 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
2381 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
2384 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
2386 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
2388 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
2390 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
2391 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
2393 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
2395 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
2396 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
2397 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
2398 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
2401 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2403 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
2406 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
2407 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
2408 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
2409 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
2410 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
2413 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
2415 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
2417 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
2419 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
2420 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
2421 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
2422 filters and category filters.
2424 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
2425 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
2428 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
2429 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
2430 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
2435 **** Inserting links
2437 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
2438 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
2439 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
2442 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
2443 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
2444 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
2445 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
2447 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
2450 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
2452 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
2453 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
2454 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
2455 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
2457 **** New link type =help=
2459 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
2461 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
2462 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
2463 you go back to the same buffer.
2465 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
2467 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
2468 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
2471 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
2473 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
2475 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
2477 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
2479 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
2481 **** RET now follows time stamps links
2485 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
2487 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
2488 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
2489 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
2490 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
2492 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
2494 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
2495 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
2496 all headlines in the region.
2498 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
2500 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
2502 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
2503 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
2505 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
2507 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
2509 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
2511 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
2513 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
2515 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2516 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2517 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2522 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2524 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2526 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2528 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2529 clocked entry, if any.
2531 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2533 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2535 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2537 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2538 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2541 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2542 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2543 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2547 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2549 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2552 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2554 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2555 cells in clockreport.
2557 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2558 time cells in clockreport.
2561 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2563 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2564 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2566 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2567 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2569 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2570 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2571 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2572 space in the frame title.
2576 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2578 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2579 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2580 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2581 don't want to see temporarily.
2583 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2585 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2587 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2589 There are these new entities:
2591 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2592 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2593 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2594 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2595 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2596 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2598 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2599 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2600 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2602 The face is back to a normal height.
2606 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2607 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2609 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2610 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2612 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2614 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2615 block will use its value as the column format.
2617 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2619 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2621 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2623 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2625 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2626 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2627 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2628 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2630 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2634 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2636 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2638 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2640 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2642 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2643 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2644 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2646 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2648 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2649 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2650 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2654 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2656 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2657 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2658 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2659 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2661 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2663 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2664 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2667 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2668 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2669 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2672 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2673 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2674 more details on how to use this.
2676 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2677 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2679 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2680 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2683 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2685 See the manual for more explanations.
2687 **** More control over empty lines
2689 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2690 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2693 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2695 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2699 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2701 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2702 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2703 available) to print beautiful tables.
2705 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2707 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2708 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2711 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2713 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2714 in the #+DATE option.
2716 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2718 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2720 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2721 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2723 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2724 More languages are always welcome.
2726 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2728 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2729 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2731 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2732 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2733 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2734 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2735 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2736 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2738 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2739 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2743 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2745 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2748 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2750 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2751 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2753 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2755 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2757 It used to exports the results of the code.
2761 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2762 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2764 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2765 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2767 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2769 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2770 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2771 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2773 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2774 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2776 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2777 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2778 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2781 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2783 This will increment the effort value.
2785 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2787 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2789 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2790 attach symbolic links.
2792 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2794 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2796 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2797 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2799 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2801 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2803 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2804 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2805 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2807 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2809 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2810 all top level list items.
2812 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2814 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2816 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2817 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2819 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2821 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2823 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2824 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2825 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2826 first headline in the region.
2828 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2830 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2833 ** Important bug fixes
2835 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2837 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2838 perform completion with meaningful values.
2840 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2842 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2843 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2844 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2846 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2847 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2849 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2850 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2853 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2854 the code and the license to your needs.
2856 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2857 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2861 ** Incompatible changes
2863 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2865 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2867 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2869 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2870 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2871 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2872 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2875 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2877 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2878 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2879 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2881 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2883 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2884 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2886 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2888 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2890 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2891 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2892 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2893 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2894 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2896 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2897 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2898 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2899 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2900 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2901 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2903 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2904 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2905 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2908 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2911 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2912 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2913 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2914 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2916 The two new variables are:
2918 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2919 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2920 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2921 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2922 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2923 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2924 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2926 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2927 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2930 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2933 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2934 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2935 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2936 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2938 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2939 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2940 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2941 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2944 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2945 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2946 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2947 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2948 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2949 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2952 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2953 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2954 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2955 applies to the following packages:
2973 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2974 you are using, you can remove it from
2975 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2976 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2979 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2980 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2981 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2982 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2983 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2986 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2988 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2989 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2990 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2993 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2995 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2997 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2999 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3001 ** Important new features
3003 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3005 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3007 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3008 for more information on how to customize it.
3010 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3012 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3013 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3014 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3015 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3017 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3018 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3019 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3021 To switch over to the new system:
3025 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3027 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3028 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3029 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3030 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3031 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3033 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3035 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3038 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3041 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3043 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3044 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3045 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3046 with using both system in parallel.
3050 *** New Org libraries
3051 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3053 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3055 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3057 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3059 To use, put the following in your init file:
3062 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3065 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3066 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3067 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3068 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3069 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3070 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3071 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3072 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3073 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3076 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3078 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3079 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3081 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3083 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3084 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3085 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3088 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3089 call function to do something special with text links.
3091 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3093 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3095 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3096 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3097 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3100 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3102 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3104 *** New Babel libraries
3106 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3107 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3108 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3109 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3110 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3111 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3112 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3114 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3118 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3120 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3121 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3122 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3123 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3124 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3125 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3127 The key new functions are
3129 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3130 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3131 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3133 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3134 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3136 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3137 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3139 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3140 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3142 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3144 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3145 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3146 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3148 **** Modified link escaping
3150 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3152 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3153 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3154 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3155 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3158 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3159 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3160 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3161 : percent escaped links are solved.
3163 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3165 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3167 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3168 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3170 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3172 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3174 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3175 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3176 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3177 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3178 string to be executed.
3180 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3181 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3185 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3186 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3189 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3193 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3195 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3196 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3197 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3198 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3200 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3201 will work on the current entry.
3203 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3204 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3206 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3208 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3210 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3213 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3214 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3219 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3221 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3222 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3223 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3225 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3227 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3228 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3229 entries using a function.
3231 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3232 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3233 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3235 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3237 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3238 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3239 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3241 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3243 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3244 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3245 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3246 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3247 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3248 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3250 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3254 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3256 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3257 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3259 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3260 docstring of these variable for details about available
3263 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3264 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3265 formatting string will insert a string.
3267 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3269 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3270 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3271 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3272 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3273 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3274 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3275 C-e u=, respectively.
3277 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3278 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3279 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3280 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3281 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3284 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3286 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3287 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3289 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3291 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3292 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3294 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3296 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3297 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3298 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3299 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3300 section]] in the manual for more details.
3302 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3303 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3304 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3309 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3311 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3312 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3313 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3314 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3315 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3317 **** New logging support for refiling
3319 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3320 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3323 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
3327 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
3329 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
3333 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
3335 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
3336 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
3338 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
3340 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
3341 the displayed in the buffer.
3343 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
3345 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
3347 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
3348 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
3350 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
3351 |--------+--------+---------|
3352 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
3353 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
3355 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
3358 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
3361 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
3363 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
3365 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
3366 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
3373 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
3374 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
3377 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
3379 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
3381 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
3382 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
3384 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
3388 **** Improved handling of lists
3390 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
3392 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
3393 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
3394 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
3397 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
3398 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
3399 counters like [@c] or [@W].
3401 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
3402 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
3403 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
3404 `org-list-export-context'.
3406 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
3407 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
3408 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
3410 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
3411 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
3412 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
3413 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
3414 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
3416 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
3417 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
3418 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
3420 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
3422 *** Inline display of linked images
3424 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
3425 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
3426 that have no description part will be inlined.
3428 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
3430 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
3431 from 1, you can now do it like this:
3433 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
3435 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
3437 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
3438 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
3439 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
3440 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
3441 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
3442 into account all header arguments, and variables.
3444 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
3445 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
3446 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
3449 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
3450 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
3451 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
3452 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
3453 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
3454 properties or in tables.
3456 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
3457 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
3458 names, and rownames across all languages.
3460 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
3462 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
3464 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
3465 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
3466 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
3468 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
3470 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
3471 request by Scott Otterson.
3473 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
3475 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
3476 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
3477 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
3478 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
3479 superscripts, see the variable
3480 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
3482 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
3484 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
3486 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
3487 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
3488 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
3489 following new faces:
3491 =org-document-title=
3493 =org-document-info-keyword=
3495 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
3496 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
3498 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
3500 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
3502 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
3503 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
3504 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
3505 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
3506 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
3507 property is affected by this setting.
3509 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
3510 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
3512 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
3514 Requested by Michael Brand.
3516 **** Better level cycling function
3518 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3519 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3520 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3521 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3523 **** Adaptive filling
3525 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3526 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3527 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3528 comments to be filled correctly.
3530 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3532 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3534 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3536 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3538 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3539 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3541 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3545 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3547 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3548 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3549 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3550 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3552 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3554 **** Localized clock tables
3556 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3557 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3558 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3559 available translated strings.
3561 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3563 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3564 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3565 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3566 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3568 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3570 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3572 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3573 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3574 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3575 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3578 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3582 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3584 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3585 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3587 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3589 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3591 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3592 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3593 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3596 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3599 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3601 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3602 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3607 org-table-current-line
3611 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3613 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3614 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3617 This was requested by Tom.
3619 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3621 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3622 example by viewing from the agenda.
3624 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
3628 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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