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5 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of user-visible changes
6 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
7 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
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13 * Version 6.07 (in preparation)
18 ** Incompatible changes
20 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
22 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
23 remember process is now interpreted differently:
25 :C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
26 :C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
27 :C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
28 :C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
29 : in its new location.
31 This was requested by John Wiegley.
34 *** Capturing column view is now on `C-c C-x i'
36 The reason for this change was that `C-c C-x r' is also used
37 as a tty key replacement.
41 *** Secondary filtering of agenda views.
43 You can now easily and interactively filter an existing
44 agenda view with respect to a tag. This command is executed
45 with the =/= key in the agenda. You will be prompted for a
46 tag selection key, and all entries that do not contain or
47 inherit the corresponding tag will be hidden. With a prefix
48 argument, the opposite filter is applied: entries that
49 do have the tag will be hidden.
51 This operation only /hides/ lines in the agenda buffer, it
52 des not remove them. Therefore, changing the secondary
53 filtering does not require a new search and is therefore very
56 If you press TAB at the tag selection prompt, you will be
57 switched to a completion interface to select a tag. This is
58 useful when you want to select a tag that does not have a
59 direct access character.
61 A double =/ /= will restore the original agenda view by
62 unhiding any hidden lines.
64 This functionality was John Wiegley's idea. It is a simpler
65 implementation of some of the query-editing features proposed
66 and implemented some time ago by Christopher League (see the
67 file contrib/lisp/org-interactive-query.el).
69 *** Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
71 The command @<code>C-c '@</code> (that is =C-c= followed by a
72 single quote) can now also be used to switch to a special
73 editing mode for fixed-width sections. The default mode is
74 =artist-mode= which allows you to create ASCII drawings.
76 It works like this: Enter the editing mode with
77 @<code>C-c '@</code>. An indirect buffer will be created and
78 narrowed to the fixed-width region. Edit the drawing, and
79 press @<code>C-c '@</code> again to exit.
81 Lines in a fixed-width region should be preceded by a colon
82 followed by at least one space. These will be removed during
83 editing, and then added back when you exit the editing mode.
85 Using the command in an empty line will create a new
88 This exciting new feature arose from a discussion involving
89 Scott Otterson, Sebastian Rose and Will Henney.
90 *** /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org.
92 You can run it by simple calling org-plot/gnuplot.
93 Documentation is not yet included with Org, please refer to
94 http://github.com/eschulte/org-plot/tree/master until we have
95 moved the docs into Org or Worg.
97 Thanks to Eric Schulte for this great contribution.
99 *** Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
101 You may now use tags to select parts of a document for
102 inclusion into the export, and to exclude other parts. This
103 behavior is governed by two new variables:
104 =org-export-select-tags= and =org-export-exclude-tags=.
105 These default to =("export")= and =("noexport")=, but can be
106 changed, even to include a list of several tags.
108 Org first checks if any of the /select/ tags is present in
109 the buffer. All trees that do not carry one of these tags
110 will be excluded. If a selected tree is a subtree, the
111 heading hierarchy above it will also be selected for export,
112 but not the text below those headings. If none of the select
113 tags is found, the whole buffer will be selected for export.
114 Finally, all subtrees that are marked by any of the /exclude/
115 tags will be removed from the export buffer.
117 You may set these tags with in-buffer options
118 =EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS= and =EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS=.
120 This useful feature was a request by Richard G Rigley.
122 *** New interpretation of prefix arguments when exiting remember
124 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
125 remember process is now interpreted differently:
127 :C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
128 :C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
129 :C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
130 :C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
131 : in its new location.
133 This was requested by John Wiegley.
135 *** Yanking inserts folded subtrees
137 If the kill is a subtree or a sequence of subtrees, yanking
138 them with =C-y= will leave all the subtrees in a folded
139 state. This basically means, that kill and yank are now
140 much more useful in moving stuff around in your outline. If
141 you do not like this, customize the variable
142 =org-yank-folded-subtrees=.
144 Right now, I am only binding =C-y= to this new function,
145 should I modify all bindings of yank? Do we need to amend
148 This feature was requested by John Wiegley.
150 *** Prefix arg 0 to S-RET disables integer increment during copy
152 This was a request by Chris Randle.
154 *** Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
156 If you attach formulas and plotting instructions to a table
157 capturing column view, these extra lines will now survive an
158 update of the column view capture, and any formulas will be
159 re-applied to the captured table. This works be keeping any
160 continuous block of comments before and after the actual
163 *** In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
165 If a property value is a time stamp, S-left and S-right can
166 now be used to shift this date around.
168 This was a request by Chris Randle.
170 *** The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
172 This was a request by Peter Frings.
174 *** Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
176 Numerical and alphanumerical sorting now skips any TODO
177 keyword or priority cookie when constructing the comparison
178 string. This was a request by Wanrong Lin.
180 *** Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
182 You can now define a sorting strategy for agenda entries that
183 does look at the TODO state of the entries. Sorting by TODO
184 entry does first separate the non-done from the done states.
185 Within each class, the entries are sorted not alphabetically,
186 but in definition order. So if you have a sequence of TODO
187 entries defined, the entries will be sorted according to the
188 position of the keyword in this sequence.
190 This follows an idea and sample implementation by Christian
193 *** New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
195 This was a request by Richard G Rigley.
197 *** Remember templates for gnus links can now use the :to escape.
199 Thanks to Tommy Lindgren for a patch to this effect.
201 *** The file specification in a remember template may now be a function
203 Thanks to Gregory Sullivan for a patch to this effect.
205 *** It is now possible to define filters for column view
207 The filter can modify the value that will be displayed in a
208 column, for example it can cut out a part of a time stamp.
209 For more information, look at the variable
210 =org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function=.
216 - New, more CSS-like setup for HTML style information
217 - Attributes in hyperlinks, for example alt and title for images
218 - Simplified way to specify file links
219 - Modified behavior of time stamps in iCalendar export
220 - New way to compare times during a property search
221 - New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
222 - New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
223 - New option :index-style for org-publish
224 - New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
226 ** Incompatible changes
228 *** New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
230 The timestamp directory now uses SHA1 hashed versions of the
231 path to each publishing file. This should be a consistent
232 and system-independent way to handle things. The change
233 means that your next publishing command will publish each and
234 every file again, but just once, until new time stamps are in
239 *** New setup for HTML style information
241 In order to create a more CSS-like setup of the HTML style
242 information, the following changes have been made:
243 - The default style has moved to a constant,
244 =org-export-html-style-default= and should not be changed
246 - The default of the variable =org-export-html-style= is now
247 just the empty string. This variable should receive
248 settings that are Org-wide. When using org-publish, this
249 variable is associated with the =:style= property and can
250 be used to establish project-wide settings.
251 - There is a new variable =org-export-html-style-extra= that
252 should be used for file-local settings. Org-publish can, if
253 necessary, access this variable with the =:style-extra=
255 - When a file is published, the values of
256 - org-export-html-style-default
257 - org-export-html-style
258 - org-export-html-style-extra
259 are all inserted into the HTML header, in the given
262 This follows a proposal by Rustom Mody.
264 *** Attributes in hyperlinks
266 You can now set attributes in hyperlinks that will be used
267 when publishing to HTML. For example, if you want to use the
268 ALT and TITLE attributes of an inlined image, here is who to
271 : [[./img/a.jpg{{alt="This is image A" title="Image with no action"}}]]
273 Thanks to Charles Chen for this idea.
275 *** Simplified way to specify file links
277 In a link, you can now leave out the "file:" prefix if you
278 write an absolute file name like =/Users/dominik/.emacs= or
279 =~/.emacs=, or if you write a relative file name by using
280 =./= or =../= to start the file path. You cannot write a
281 plain file name, because plain text is interpreted as an
284 So for example, a link to an image /A.jpg/ with a thumbnail
285 /B.jpg/ can now be written like
288 [[./A.jpg][./B.jpg] ]
291 *** Changes in iCalendar export
293 Deadline and scheduling time stamps are now treated
294 differently in iCalendar export. The default behavior is now
297 - a DEADLINE that appears in an entry that is a TODO item is
298 used as the item's DUE date. Therefore, such a deadline
299 will no longer show up in the calendar.
301 - a DEADLINE that appears in an item that is *not* a TODO
302 item is exported as an EVENT and will show up in the
305 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in a TODO item will be used as the
306 items DTSTART. Therefore, such a timestamp will not show
309 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in an item that is not a TODO has no
310 effect on iCalendar export at all. It will be ignored.
312 Of course this would not be Emacs if you could not configure
313 exactly what you want. Take a look at the variables
314 =org-icalendar-use-deadlines= and
315 =org-icalendar-use-scheduled= if you want to go back to the
316 old behavior or even do something completely different.
318 Thanks to Karen Cooke for triggering this change.
320 *** New way to compare times during a property search
322 If the comparison value in a property search is a string that
323 is enclosed in angular brackets, a time comparison will be
326 : +DEADLINE>="<2008-12-24 15:20>"
328 looks for entries with a deadline on or after that time.
329 Special allowed values are "<now>" (with time) and "<today>"
332 This is based on a request by Manish.
334 *** New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
336 When set, a link pointing to a directory will actually open
337 the index.org file in that directory. This is a good setting
338 inside a publishing project. When not set, you get a
339 finder/explorer window for that directory, or dired,
340 depending on system and setup.
342 This follows a request by Richard Riley.
344 *** New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
346 These parameters specify prefixes for each line of included
347 text. :prefix1 is only for the first line, :prefix for all
350 This follows a proposal by Richard Riley.
352 *** New option :index-style for org-publish
354 This option can be used to switch the style of the index
355 produced by org-publish. Can be `list' (index is just an
356 itemized list of the titles of the files involved) or `tree'
357 (the directory structure of the source files is reflected in
358 the index). The default is `tree'.
360 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for the patch.
362 *** In the Agenda, inclusion of archives can now be toggled
363 - Pressing =v= will toggle inclusion of trees with the
364 ARCHIVE tag, this includes obviously the archive sibling.
365 - Pressing `C-u v' will include trees with ARCHIVE tag, and
366 will also include all archive files that are currently
367 associated with your agenda files.
369 This was triggered by a proposal by Manuel Hermenegildo.
373 If I were to name my releases, this one would be called "Adam".
374 Adam, you definitely owe me a beer :-). And I owe you one, too -
375 thanks for all the great ideas.
379 - Use cursor position in agenda for remember, scheduling and deadlines
380 - New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
381 - Remember templates can be filed to beginning/end of a file
382 - Visiting a filed remember buffer immediately
383 - BBDB anniversaries are now links
384 - Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
385 - The format of section numbers in exported files is configurable
386 - Direct, single key access to allowed values in column view
387 - New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
388 - Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK line
390 ** Incompatible changes
392 *** `C-c C-x C-k' now calls `org-mark-entry-for-agenda-action'
393 It used to call =org-cut-special=, but that is also at bound
394 to the key =C-c C-x C-w=.
397 *** Making use of the cursor position in the agenda
399 The date at the cursor in the agenda (and also in the
400 calendar) can now be used to schedule entries, or to set the
401 date in a remember template correctly. It is also designed
402 to make it easier to move an entry to a date picked in the
403 agenda. Thanks to Thomas Baumann for starting the thread
404 that led to this development.
406 **** Calling remember with the cursor date in the agenda
408 If you want to use the date at the agenda cursor in a
409 remember template, start remember from the agenda with the
410 keys =k r=. While the template is being filled in, the
411 default date for all time stamps, and also for all
412 interactive escapes like =%^t= is now the date at the cursor
413 in the agenda. The exact same command can also be used from
414 the calendar if you prefer that.
416 **** Picking a date for scheduling/deadline in the agenda
418 You may now pick the date for scheduling an item or for
419 setting a deadline in the agenda, where you have the best
420 overview over free time slots. This is a two step process.
422 1. First you pick the entry that should be acted upon. In
423 the agenda, you use the keys =k m=. In an org-mode file,
424 this is on =C-c C-x C-k=.
426 2. Then you find the agenda date you want to apply. When the
427 cursor is anywhere in the block belonging to that date,
428 press =k s= to schedule, or =k d= to put a deadline. The
429 agenda is not updated immediately, press =r= if you want
430 it to show the affected entry in the right place.
432 *** New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
434 Org has sophisticated mapping capabilities to find all
435 entries satisfying certain criteria. Internally, this
436 functionality is used to produce agenda views, but there is
437 also an API that can be used to execute arbitrary functions
438 for each or selected entries. The main entry point for this
442 -- Function: org-map-entries func &optional match scope &rest skip
443 Call FUNC at each headline selected by MATCH in SCOPE.
445 FUNC is a function or a lisp form. The function will be
446 called without arguments, with the cursor positioned at
447 the beginning of the headline. The return values of all
448 calls to the function will be collected and returned as
451 MATCH is a tags/property/todo match as it is used in the
452 agenda tags view. Only headlines that are matched by
453 this query will be considered during the iteration.
454 When MATCH is nil or t, all headlines will be visited by
457 SCOPE determines the scope of this command, it can
458 specify a file, all agenda files, the current tree and
461 The remaining args are treated as settings for the
462 skipping facilities of the scanner.
465 The function given to that mapping routine can really do anything
466 you like. Here is a simple example that will turn all entries in
467 the current file with a tag =TOMORROW= into TODO entries with the
468 keyword =UPCOMING=. Entries in comment trees and in archive
469 trees will be ignored.
471 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
473 '(org-todo "UPCOMING")
474 "+TOMORROW" 'file 'archive 'comment)
477 The following example counts the number of entries with TODO
478 keyword =WAITING=, in all agenda files.
480 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
481 (length (org-map-entries t "/+WAITING" nil 'agenda))
484 *** Changes in Remember templates
486 **** Remember templates can now use the cursor date in the agenda
487 Use =k r= to start remember from the agenda, with enforcing
488 the cursor date as default for any time stamps created by
491 **** Filing remember templates to the beginning or end of a file
492 You may now set the heading part of a remember template
493 definition to `top' or `bottom'. The template will then be
494 filed as a level 1 entry to the beginning or end of the
495 target file, respectively. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
498 **** You can jump to the location of a note immediately after filing it
499 Just include the =%&= escape anywhere in the template. An
500 interesting combination now is to use =%!%&=, which will
501 immediately file and visit the note, which is equivalent to
502 generating the note directly in the target location. Thanks
503 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
505 *** BBDB anniversaries are now links.
506 If you are using =%%(bbdb-anniversaries)= to list
507 anniversaries in the agenda, you can now directly access the
508 entry that triggered a listed anniversary from the agenda.
509 Just click the anniversary - it is a link now. Thanks to
510 Thomas Baumann for a patch to this effect.
512 *** Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
514 =org-agenda-columns-remove-prefix-from-item=. Thanks to Adam
515 Spiers for this proposal.
517 *** The format of section number in exported files is configurable
519 See the new variable `org-export-section-number-format'.
520 Thanks to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
522 *** Direct access to allowed values in column view
524 In column view, if you press a key 1-9 or 0, the
525 corresponding values from the list of allowed values for that
526 field at point will be directly selected. Thanks to Levin Du
527 for this proposal and a patch to this effect.
529 *** New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
530 The new hook `org-before-save-iCalendar-file-hook' runs just
531 before the buffer with a created iCalendar export is saved.
532 This is what I settled for after a long discussion with Adam
533 Spiers about doing some special filtering automatically.
535 *** Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK lines
536 When turning on log mode in the agenda with =l=, clock lines
537 will now also list the end time, not only the starting time.
538 Thanks to Tian Qiu for bringing this up again.
539 *** Fixes and additions for org-publish
540 - the :include and :index-title properties in org-publish
541 work now as advertized
542 - the #+TITLE of a page will be used in the index
543 - new :completion-function property can define a hook to be
544 run after publishing a file.
546 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for a patch to this effect.
552 - Statistics cookies [/] and [%] for TODO entries
553 - Editing source code example in the proper mode
554 - iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
555 - New properties for customizing subtree export
557 ** Incompatible changes
559 - The default of the variable `org-tags-match-list-sublevels' is
560 now `t'. The main reason for this is that it is easier to
561 explain in the manual and will lead to fewer surprises.
563 - The former CONTRIB directory is now called "contrib". This was
564 already the case in the git distribution, but the tar and zip
565 archives still did this wrong.
569 *** Statistics for TODO entries
571 The [/] and [%] cookies have already provided statistics for
572 checkboxes. Now they do the same also for TODO entries. If a
573 headline contains either cookie, changing the TODO state of any
574 direct child will trigger an update of this cookie. Children
575 that are neither TODO nor DONE are ignored.
577 There have already been requests to automatically switch the
578 parent headline to DONE when all children are done. I am not
579 making this a default feature, because one needs to make many
580 decisions about which keyword to use, etc. Instead of a complex
581 customization variable, I am providing a hook that can be used.
582 This hook will be called each time a TODO statistics cookie is
583 updated, with the cursor in the corresponding line. Each
584 function in the hook will receive two arguments, the number of
585 done entries, and the number of not-done entries, and you can use
586 the hook to change the state of the headline. Here is an example
589 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
590 (defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
591 "Switch entry to DONE when all sub-entries are done, to TODO otherwise."
592 (let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging
593 (org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
595 (add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
598 *** Editing source code example in the proper mode
600 If you are writing a document with source code examples, you can
601 include these examples into a =#+BEGIN_SRC lang ... #+END_SRC= or
602 (with the org-mtags module loaded) a =<src...= structure. =lang=
603 stands for the Emacs mode used for editing the language, this
604 could be =emacs-lisp= for Emacs Lisp mode examples, or =org= for
605 Org mode examples. You can now use the key "C-c '" (that is C-c
606 followed by the single quote) to edit the example in its native
607 mode. This works by creating an indirect buffer, narrowing it to
608 the example and setting the appropriate mode. You need to exit
609 editing by pressing "C-c '" again. This is important, because
610 lines that have syntactic meaning in Org will be quoted by
611 calling this command.
613 "C-c '" also edits include files, the setupfile in a =#+setufile=
614 line, and all those little foreign snippets like:
617 ,#+HTML: this code can be edited in html-mode
623 ,#+LaTeX: this code can be edited in latex-mode
630 ,Here we can edit in fortran-mode
634 *** iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
636 This is necessary for synchronization services. The UIDs are
637 created using the the org-id.el module which is now part of the
638 Org core. If you set the variable
640 : (setq org-icalendar-store-UID t)
642 then all created UIDs will be stored in the entry as an =:ID:=
643 property. This is off by default because it creates lots of
644 property drawers even if you only play with iCalendar export.
645 But if you plan to use synchronization, you really need to turn
648 Diary sexp entries do not yet receive proper persistent UIDs,
649 because they are transformed to iCalendar format by icalendar.el
650 which creates fresh UIDs each time, based on the current time.
652 An interesting aspect of Org is that a single outline node can
653 give rise to multiple iCalendar entries (as a timestamp, a
654 deadline, a scheduled item, and as a TODO item). Therefore, Org
655 adds prefixes "TS-", "DL-" "CS-", and "TD-" to the UID during
656 iCalendar export, depending on what triggered the inclusion of
657 the entry. In this way the UID remains unique, but a
658 synchronization program can still figure out from which entry all
659 the different instances originate.
661 *** New properties for customizing subtree export.
663 When exporting a subtree by selecting it before calling the
664 export command, you can now use the properties =EXPORT_TITLE=,
665 =EXPORT_TEXT=, and =EXPORT_OPTIONS= to overrule the global
666 =#+TITLE=, =#+TEXT=, and =#+OPTIONS= settings. You can also set
667 an export file name with =EXPORT_FILE_NAME= that will overrule
668 the file name derived from the buffer's file name. As far as the
669 options are concerned, the global =#+OPTIONS= will still be read,
670 and only the options you give in the property will be
671 overwritten. For example:
677 , :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ct.html
678 , :EXPORT_TITLE: Steve's collected computer tricks
679 , :EXPORT_OPTIONS: h:2 toc:nil
683 *** New way to define tags for an entire file.
685 Tags that are defined in a line like
686 : #+FILETAGS: work urgent
687 are inherited by all entries in the file.
689 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for this proposal.
695 - Description lists are now supported natively
696 - Block quotes for export
697 - Fontified code examples in HTML export
698 - Include files for export
699 - Text before the first headline is now exported by default
700 - In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
701 - The in-buffer settings keywords may now be lower case
702 - Completion of structure elements
703 - Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
704 - Clock task history, moving entries with the running clock
705 - BBDB anniversaries much faster
706 - New contrib files: org-eval.el and org-mtags.el
708 ** Incompatible changes
710 - The text before the first headline is now exported by default
712 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
713 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
714 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
715 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
716 value on a per-file basis with
724 *** Description lists are now supported natively
726 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
727 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
728 separated by " :: ". For example
730 : Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
731 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
732 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
733 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
734 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
735 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
736 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
737 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
738 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
742 Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
743 - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
744 - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
745 - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
746 - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
747 - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
748 natural constants and units into a buffer.
749 - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
750 running IDL and WAVE CL files.
752 This works now in the HTML exporter, we still need to supoort
753 it with the LaTeX and ASCII exporters.
755 *** Block quotes for export
757 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
761 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
762 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
769 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
770 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
773 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
775 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
776 fontified in an Emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
777 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
781 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
788 In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
789 looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
790 interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
791 http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
793 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
799 The string after the =BEGIN_SRC= is the name of the major emacs
800 mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
801 "-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
802 writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
803 "org" as the language identifier - in fact, I have used just
804 that in the example above.
806 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
807 /htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
808 backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
810 *** Include files for export
814 : #+INCLUDE "file" markup lang
816 will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
817 of publishing. FILE should be surrounded by double quotes, this
818 is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
819 MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
820 or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
821 mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
823 : Here is my /.emacs/ file:
824 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
826 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
828 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
829 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
830 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
831 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
832 value on a per-file basis with
837 *** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
839 If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
840 files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
841 point to that file from each file that should read it. If
842 you write in a buffer
844 : #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
846 then this file will be scanned for in-buffer options like
847 =#+STARTUP=, =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
849 *** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
851 From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
852 =#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
853 other in-buffer keywords.
855 *** Completion of structure elements
856 As a new experimental feature, Org now supports completion of
857 structural elements like =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= in a special way.
858 It work by typing, for example "<e" and then pressing TAB, on
859 an otherwise empty line. "<e" will expand into a complete
860 EXAMPLE template, with the cursor positioned in the middle.
861 Currently supported templates are:
874 This is an experimental feature, please comment! See also
875 below under /org-mtags.el/.
877 *** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
879 When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
880 is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
881 =org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
882 buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
883 scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
884 such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
885 its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
888 - folded :: Fold the subtree
889 - children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
890 headlines of all direct children
891 - content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
893 - all :: Show the entire subtree
895 For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
896 is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
897 right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
898 changes in my current working version. The start of this section
899 currently looks like this:
904 , :VISIBILITY: content
909 This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
911 The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
912 visibility of the buffer.
914 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
916 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
917 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
919 - =C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u C-u I= from the agenda) will
920 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
921 - =C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u I= from the agenda) will offer a
922 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
923 for selection. =d= selects the default task, =i= selects
924 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
925 being clocked. =1=,... selects a recent task. When you
926 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
927 - You can use =C-u C-c C-x C-j= to jump to any of these
930 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
931 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
932 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
933 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
934 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
935 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
936 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
938 *** BBDB anniversaries much faster
940 =bbdb-anniversaries= is now much faster, thanks to a new
941 approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
942 Baumann for a patch to this effect.
944 *** New files in the contrib directory
946 Do people think any of these should become core?
948 - org-eval.el :: This new module allows to include the result
949 of the evaluation of Lisp code (and other scripting
950 languages) into the buffer, similar to the =<lisp>= tag
951 of [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/emacs-wiki.html#Lisp-Tricks][Emacs Wiki]] and [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/muse/Embedded-Lisp.html#Embedded-Lisp][Muse]].
952 - org-mtags.el :: This new modules allows you to use
953 Muse-like tags for some structure definitions in Org.
954 For example, instead of
962 In fact, I myself find these easier to type and to look
963 at. Also, it will allow you to more easily move text
964 and files back and forth between Org and Muse. For a
965 list of supported structure elements, see the commentary
966 in the file [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git?a=blob_plain;f=contrib/lisp/org-mtags.el;hb=HEAD][commentary in the file org-mtags.el]].
968 If you load this module and use the "<i" etc completion
969 described above, the Muse form will automatically be
973 Many bug fixes again. Will this ever stop?
979 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
980 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
981 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
982 - New operators for property searches
983 - Search commands can now include archive files.
984 - Clock tables can include the archive files
985 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
989 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
991 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
992 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
993 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
994 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
995 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
996 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
998 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
1000 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
1001 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
1002 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
1003 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
1004 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
1005 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
1006 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
1007 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
1008 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
1009 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
1010 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
1011 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
1012 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
1015 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
1017 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
1018 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
1019 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
1020 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
1021 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
1022 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
1023 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
1024 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
1025 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
1027 *** New operators for property searches
1029 Property searches can now choose a number of different
1030 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
1031 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
1033 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
1034 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
1035 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
1037 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
1038 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
1040 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
1041 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
1042 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
1043 match" or "does not match", respectively.
1045 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
1047 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
1049 If the value of the customization variable
1050 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
1051 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
1052 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
1053 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
1054 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
1057 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
1059 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
1060 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
1061 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
1062 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
1063 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
1065 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
1067 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
1068 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
1069 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
1070 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
1071 be functions, so that more general transformations are
1072 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
1073 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
1077 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
1078 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
1079 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
1083 - The Org distribution has a new structure
1084 - New system for selecting modules to load
1085 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
1086 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
1087 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
1088 - Export commands can be done in the background
1089 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
1090 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
1091 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
1092 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
1093 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
1094 - And some more small fixes and improvements
1096 ** Incompatible changes
1098 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
1100 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
1101 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
1102 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
1103 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
1104 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
1105 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
1109 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
1111 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
1112 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
1113 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
1114 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
1115 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
1116 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
1120 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
1121 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
1122 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
1123 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
1124 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
1125 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
1126 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
1127 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
1130 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
1132 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
1133 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
1134 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
1135 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
1136 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
1137 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
1138 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
1139 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
1142 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
1143 buffer you can simply use "A".
1145 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
1147 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
1149 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
1150 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
1151 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
1152 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
1155 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
1156 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
1157 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
1158 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
1159 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
1160 visibility both locally and globally.
1162 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
1163 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
1164 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
1166 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
1168 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
1169 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
1170 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
1171 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
1172 JavaScript program is served from
1173 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
1174 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
1175 to be independent of the existence and stability of
1176 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
1177 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
1178 using something like
1180 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
1182 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
1184 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
1185 together with org-info.js.
1187 *** Export improvements
1189 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
1190 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
1191 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
1194 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
1195 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
1196 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
1197 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
1198 this less system dependent in the future.
1200 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
1202 *** Improvements to clocktable
1204 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
1205 when trying to specify the time block that should be
1206 considered when constructing the table.
1208 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
1211 | :block | meaning |
1212 |--------------+-----------------------|
1213 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
1214 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
1215 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
1216 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
1218 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
1219 | thisweek | The current week |
1220 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
1221 | thismonth | The current month |
1222 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
1223 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
1226 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
1227 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
1228 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
1229 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
1230 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
1231 will switch to the following week.
1233 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
1234 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
1235 a request from Bernt Hansen.
1237 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
1238 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
1239 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
1240 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
1241 configure the variable
1242 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
1243 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
1244 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
1246 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
1248 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
1249 the form =W08= for week 8.
1251 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
1252 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
1253 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
1254 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
1255 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
1256 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
1257 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
1258 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
1259 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
1260 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
1261 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
1263 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
1264 specify an ISO week. For example
1266 : w4 Monday of week 4
1267 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
1268 : w4-5 Same as above
1269 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
1270 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
1272 So far I have not implemented the effect of
1273 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
1274 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
1275 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
1276 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
1277 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
1278 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
1281 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
1282 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
1283 test extensively and report back.
1285 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
1287 *** Improvements in Search View
1289 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
1290 only in TODO entries.
1292 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
1293 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
1294 also match in "Nasim's".
1299 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
1300 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
1301 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
1302 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
1303 this excellent proposal.
1305 The regexp option is also implemented for
1306 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
1307 properties for inheritance my name.
1309 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
1310 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
1311 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
1312 if and only if the setting in
1313 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
1316 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
1317 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
1318 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
1319 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
1320 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
1321 customize them freely.
1323 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
1324 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
1325 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
1326 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
1327 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
1328 default date, not switch to today.
1330 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
1331 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
1333 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
1334 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
1336 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
1337 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
1338 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
1340 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
1343 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
1344 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
1345 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
1347 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
1348 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
1349 initial region if set.
1351 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
1354 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1356 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
1357 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
1358 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
1359 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
1360 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
1361 file name to which the export should go, and a local
1362 format. For example:
1365 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
1366 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
1369 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1371 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
1372 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
1373 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
1374 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
1376 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1383 - New keyword search agenda view
1385 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1387 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1389 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
1391 - Granularity while editing time stamps
1393 - New repeaters mechanisms
1395 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1397 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1399 - =M-RET= splits lines again
1403 ** Incompatible changes
1405 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
1406 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
1411 *** New keyword search agenda view
1413 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
1414 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
1415 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
1416 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
1417 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
1418 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
1419 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
1420 example, the search string
1422 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
1424 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
1425 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
1426 which are also not matched by the regular expression
1427 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
1428 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
1429 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
1430 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
1431 (possibly sub-) heading.
1433 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
1434 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
1436 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
1437 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
1440 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
1441 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
1442 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
1444 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1446 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
1447 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
1449 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
1450 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
1451 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
1453 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
1454 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
1455 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
1456 to cover contributed extensions as well.
1458 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1460 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
1461 last element defines the contexts in which the template
1462 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
1463 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
1464 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
1465 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
1466 function, the template will be offered only if the function
1467 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
1468 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
1471 One possible application for this would be to have several
1472 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
1473 the right one based on context. For example, think of
1474 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
1475 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
1476 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
1478 : (setq org-remember-templates
1479 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
1480 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
1482 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
1484 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
1486 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
1487 + In a table, add a hline as before
1488 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
1489 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
1490 + In a headline, turn it into an item
1491 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
1492 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
1493 item markers from all lines.
1495 Based on proposals by Bastien.
1497 - `C-c *' has now more functions
1498 + in a table, recompute, as before
1499 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
1500 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
1501 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
1502 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
1503 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
1505 Based on proposals by Bastien.
1507 *** Changes related to time stamps
1509 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
1510 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
1511 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
1512 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
1513 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
1514 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
1515 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
1516 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
1517 specify the number of minutes to shift.
1519 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1521 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
1522 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
1524 :** TODO Call Father
1525 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
1526 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
1527 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
1528 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
1529 : and marked it done on Saturday.
1530 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
1531 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
1532 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
1535 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
1537 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1539 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
1540 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
1543 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
1544 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
1545 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
1546 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
1547 the previous content.
1549 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1551 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
1552 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
1553 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
1555 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
1559 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
1560 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
1561 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
1562 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
1565 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
1566 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
1567 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
1570 - There are three new hooks:
1572 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
1573 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
1574 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
1578 ** Incompatible changes
1580 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
1581 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
1582 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
1586 *** Changes to logging progress
1588 There is now more control over which state changes are being
1589 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
1590 sections in the manual. Basically:
1592 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
1593 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
1594 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
1595 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
1596 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
1597 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
1598 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
1599 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
1601 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
1602 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
1603 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
1604 : when leaving this state. This is great for
1605 : getting a record when switching *back* from
1607 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
1608 : Here we not even define a fast access
1609 : character, but just the logging stuff.
1611 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
1615 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
1616 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
1617 of the line) before the current line.
1619 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
1620 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
1621 create a new line below the current one.
1625 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
1626 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
1633 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1635 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1636 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
1638 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
1640 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1641 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1642 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1644 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
1646 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
1648 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
1652 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
1654 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
1656 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
1658 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
1660 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
1662 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
1664 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
1666 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
1670 ** Incompatible Changes
1672 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1673 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1674 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1678 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1680 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1681 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
1683 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
1684 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
1686 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
1687 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
1688 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
1689 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
1690 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
1691 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
1694 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
1695 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
1698 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
1699 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
1700 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
1702 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1703 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1704 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
1705 variable does select the interface that is used to select
1706 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
1707 Possible values are:
1709 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
1711 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
1712 path to select a location.
1713 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
1716 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
1717 they are always current.
1719 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
1720 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
1721 special also because it only matches in headline. This
1722 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
1723 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
1724 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
1725 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
1726 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
1728 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
1729 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
1730 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
1731 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
1732 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
1733 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
1734 interface. Comments?
1739 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
1740 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
1741 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
1742 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
1743 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
1745 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
1746 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
1748 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
1749 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
1751 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
1752 headline up to the tags.
1753 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
1755 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
1757 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
1758 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
1759 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
1760 request by Austin Frank.
1762 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
1763 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
1764 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
1766 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
1767 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
1768 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
1769 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
1771 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
1772 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
1773 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
1774 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
1775 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
1776 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
1777 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
1778 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
1779 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
1780 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
1781 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
1784 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
1785 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
1786 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
1787 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
1795 will file is with the following property
1797 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
1799 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
1800 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
1801 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
1803 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
1804 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
1813 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
1815 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
1817 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
1819 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
1821 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
1823 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
1825 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
1827 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
1829 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1833 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
1834 entries in a subtree. For example
1836 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
1838 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
1839 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
1840 request by Bernt Hansen.
1842 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
1843 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
1844 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
1845 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
1846 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
1847 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
1848 interactively select the filing location (file and
1849 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
1850 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
1851 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
1852 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
1853 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
1855 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
1856 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
1857 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
1858 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
1859 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
1862 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
1863 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
1864 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
1865 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
1866 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
1867 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
1868 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
1871 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
1872 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
1873 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
1876 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
1877 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
1878 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
1879 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
1880 explain here, complex.
1882 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
1883 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
1884 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
1886 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
1887 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
1888 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
1890 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1902 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
1903 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
1904 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
1905 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
1906 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
1907 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
1908 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
1909 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
1910 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
1911 subtree motion commands.
1913 - Plain lists items work the same.
1915 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
1916 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
1917 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
1920 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
1921 let me know about any problems.
1925 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
1926 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
1927 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
1928 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
1929 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
1931 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
1932 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
1933 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
1934 history variable. For example:
1936 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
1938 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
1939 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
1940 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
1941 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
1942 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
1943 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
1944 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
1945 by Bastien and Adam.
1947 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
1948 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
1949 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
1950 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1954 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
1955 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
1958 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
1959 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
1960 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
1961 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
1962 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
1963 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
1969 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
1971 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
1972 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
1973 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
1974 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
1975 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
1976 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
1977 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
1978 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
1981 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
1982 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
1983 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
1984 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
1986 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
1987 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
1988 the new scope. If you like you can display an agenda view
1989 and then watch it change in various scopes.
1991 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
1992 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
1993 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
1994 select a new restriction.
1996 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
1998 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
2000 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
2002 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
2003 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
2005 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
2006 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
2007 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
2010 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
2011 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
2012 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
2014 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
2015 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
2016 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
2017 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
2018 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
2024 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
2025 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
2026 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
2028 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
2029 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
2030 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
2039 + Remember and related stuff
2040 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
2041 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
2042 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
2043 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
2045 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
2046 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
2047 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
2048 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
2049 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
2050 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
2051 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
2053 + Properties and Column view
2054 - More control over which properties use inheritance
2055 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
2056 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
2057 - New currency summary type {$}
2059 + The date/time prompt
2060 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
2061 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
2062 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
2065 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
2066 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
2069 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
2072 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
2073 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
2074 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
2075 - Support for pabbrev-mode
2076 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
2078 ** Incompatible changes
2080 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
2081 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
2082 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
2084 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
2085 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
2086 prompted, like this:
2088 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
2090 : (org-remember ?n))
2092 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
2093 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
2095 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
2097 : (org-remember nil ?n))
2099 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
2100 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
2104 *** Remember and related stuff
2106 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
2107 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
2108 application might be to put a note or task captured with
2109 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
2110 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
2111 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
2112 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
2113 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
2114 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
2115 definitions. For example:
2117 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
2119 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
2122 : (setq org-refile-targets
2123 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
2125 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
2126 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
2127 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
2128 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
2131 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
2132 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
2134 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
2135 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
2136 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
2137 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
2138 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
2140 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
2141 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
2143 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
2145 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
2146 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
2147 : %[..] include file
2149 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
2151 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
2152 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
2153 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
2156 : (require 'remember)
2157 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
2158 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
2159 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
2161 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
2162 provide a default for templates without a file, and
2163 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
2165 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
2167 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
2169 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
2171 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
2172 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
2173 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
2174 the default in Org-mode.
2176 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
2177 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
2178 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
2179 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
2181 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
2182 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
2183 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
2184 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
2185 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
2187 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
2188 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
2189 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
2190 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
2193 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
2194 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
2195 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
2196 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
2197 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
2199 *** Properties and Column view
2201 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
2202 property names that should be treated with inheritance
2205 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
2206 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
2207 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
2208 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
2209 discussion around this issue.
2211 - Summary type improvements in column view.
2212 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
2213 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
2214 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
2215 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
2216 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
2217 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
2218 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
2220 *** The date/time prompt
2222 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
2225 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
2226 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
2227 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
2228 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
2229 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
2231 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
2232 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
2233 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
2234 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
2235 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
2236 entered month is before the current, for example if you
2237 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
2238 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
2239 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
2241 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
2242 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
2243 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
2244 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
2245 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
2247 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
2249 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
2250 list of newly performed conversions:
2252 | Org | Description | HTML |
2253 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
2254 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
2255 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
2256 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
2257 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
2259 You can turn this globally on or off with
2260 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
2261 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
2262 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
2263 William Henney for relevant inputs.
2265 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
2266 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
2270 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
2271 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
2272 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
2273 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
2274 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
2275 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
2277 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
2279 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
2280 export by setting it either globally
2281 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
2282 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
2283 the list of available classes and their sectioning
2284 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
2285 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
2288 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
2289 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
2290 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
2292 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
2293 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
2295 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
2296 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
2299 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
2300 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
2301 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
2308 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
2309 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
2310 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
2312 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
2313 the values of constants and properties are no longer
2314 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
2315 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
2316 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
2318 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
2319 with extension matched by the new variable
2320 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
2329 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2330 + All known bugs fixed.
2331 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
2332 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
2333 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
2335 - The agenda dispatcher
2336 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
2337 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
2339 - Sorting improvements
2340 + User-defined sorting keys.
2341 + Sorting by properties.
2342 + Sorting of plain lists.
2344 - HTML <div> structure
2347 + New variables, several of them.
2348 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
2349 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
2350 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
2351 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
2355 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2357 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
2358 (at least I hope so...).
2360 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
2361 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
2363 + global, i.e. for the entire file
2364 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
2365 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
2367 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
2368 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
2369 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
2373 : :ID: planning-overview
2379 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
2383 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
2384 be prompted for the ID.
2386 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
2387 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
2388 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
2389 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
2390 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
2393 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
2395 *** The agenda dispatcher
2397 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
2398 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
2399 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
2400 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
2401 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
2402 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
2403 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
2404 them to custom commands.
2406 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
2407 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
2408 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
2409 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
2411 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
2412 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
2413 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
2414 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
2415 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
2417 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
2418 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
2421 *** Sorting improvements
2423 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
2424 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
2426 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
2427 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
2429 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
2432 - Plain lists can be sorted.
2434 *** HTML <div> structure
2436 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
2438 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
2439 "table-of-contents".
2441 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
2442 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
2444 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
2445 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
2447 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
2448 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
2450 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
2451 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
2455 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
2456 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
2457 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
2460 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
2462 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
2464 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
2465 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
2466 your properties will not be folded away.
2467 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
2469 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
2470 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
2471 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
2473 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
2474 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
2475 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
2476 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
2477 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
2479 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
2480 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
2481 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
2482 a proposal by Bastien.
2484 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
2485 request by Wanrong Lin.
2487 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
2488 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
2489 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
2495 - Remember templates can now have name.
2496 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
2497 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
2498 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
2499 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
2500 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
2501 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
2502 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
2503 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
2504 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
2505 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
2507 ** Incompatible Changes
2509 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
2513 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
2514 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
2515 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
2516 the name start with the selection character, for example if
2517 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
2518 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
2520 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
2521 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
2522 change). Thanks to Bastien.
2524 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
2525 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
2527 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
2528 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
2529 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
2530 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
2532 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
2533 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
2534 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
2536 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
2537 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
2538 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
2539 Wiegley for a patch.
2541 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
2542 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
2543 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
2544 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
2545 with full completion support.
2547 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
2548 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
2549 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
2551 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
2552 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
2555 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
2556 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
2557 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
2558 well tested yet, please check it out.
2566 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
2567 - Command to jump to the running clock
2568 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
2569 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
2570 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
2571 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2572 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
2573 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
2574 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
2575 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
2576 - Better tag alignment in agenda
2578 ** Incompatible changes
2580 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
2581 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
2583 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
2584 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
2585 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
2587 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
2588 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
2591 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2596 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
2597 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
2600 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
2603 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
2606 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
2607 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
2608 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
2609 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
2610 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
2612 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
2613 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
2614 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
2615 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
2617 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
2618 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
2619 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
2620 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
2621 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
2622 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
2623 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
2624 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
2625 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
2627 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
2628 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
2629 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
2630 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
2631 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
2632 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
2633 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
2634 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
2635 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
2637 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
2638 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
2639 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
2640 being prompted for a template, like this:
2642 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
2644 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
2646 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2647 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
2648 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
2649 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
2651 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
2652 (also `s' does this).
2654 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
2655 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
2658 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
2659 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
2660 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
2662 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
2663 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
2664 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
2666 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
2667 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
2668 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
2669 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
2677 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
2678 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
2679 - CSV support when importing a table.
2680 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
2681 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
2682 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
2683 - Modifications to priority cycling.
2684 - Modifications to computations in column view.
2685 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
2690 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
2691 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
2694 : * Tree with special properties
2696 : :CATEGORY: Examples
2697 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
2700 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
2701 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
2702 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
2703 *single* default for the file which is then locally
2704 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
2705 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
2706 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
2707 encourage you to stop using them.
2709 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
2710 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
2711 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
2712 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
2716 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
2717 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
2718 | file | the full current buffer |
2719 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
2720 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
2721 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
2722 | agenda | all agenda files |
2724 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
2725 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
2726 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
2727 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
2730 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
2731 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
2732 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
2733 basic input it works.
2735 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
2736 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
2737 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
2738 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2740 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
2741 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
2744 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
2745 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
2747 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2749 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
2750 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
2751 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
2752 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
2753 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
2755 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
2756 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
2757 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
2758 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
2759 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
2762 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
2763 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
2764 of all the children's values each time you enter column
2765 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
2766 the children has that particular property defined, the
2767 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
2768 items under such an entry without getting the property value
2769 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
2770 is a better way of doing things.
2772 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
2773 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
2774 testing is appreciated.
2776 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
2777 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
2778 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
2779 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
2781 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
2782 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
2783 links in square or angular brackets.
2791 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
2794 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
2795 agenda can be configured.
2797 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
2799 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
2801 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
2803 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2805 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2806 inherited from the outline faces.
2808 ** Incompatible Changes
2810 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2811 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2812 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2813 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
2814 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
2819 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
2820 switching to that state. With the setting
2822 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
2823 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
2825 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
2828 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
2829 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
2830 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
2831 own function. Configure the new variable
2832 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
2833 this development with a patch.
2835 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2836 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2837 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2838 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
2839 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
2840 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
2841 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
2843 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
2844 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
2845 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
2846 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
2847 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
2848 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
2849 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
2851 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
2852 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
2855 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2856 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
2857 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
2858 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
2859 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
2860 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
2861 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
2863 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2864 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
2865 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
2866 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
2867 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
2868 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
2869 match the current org-mode faces.
2871 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
2875 ** Incompatible changes
2877 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
2881 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
2882 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
2883 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
2885 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
2887 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
2888 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
2889 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
2890 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
2891 command fall back to cycling.
2893 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
2894 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
2895 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
2896 interface anyway, set the variable
2897 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
2898 others for input on this issue.
2900 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
2901 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
2902 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
2904 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
2905 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
2907 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
2908 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
2910 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
2912 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
2913 use a format string that will be interpreted by
2914 `format-time-string', for example:
2916 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
2918 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
2919 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
2920 included) have changed this.
2922 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
2923 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
2924 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
2925 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
2926 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
2927 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
2928 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
2934 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
2936 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
2938 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
2940 - Sorting can be done by priority.
2942 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
2944 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2946 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
2948 ** Incompatible changes
2950 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
2951 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
2953 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2957 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
2958 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
2959 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
2961 A Here is a configuration example:
2963 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
2964 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
2965 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
2966 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
2969 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
2970 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
2972 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
2973 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
2974 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
2975 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
2976 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
2977 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
2978 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
2979 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
2980 states, just like you also do for tags.
2982 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
2983 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
2985 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
2986 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
2987 switch the entry to that state.
2989 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
2990 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
2991 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
2994 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
2996 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
2997 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
2998 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
2999 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
3001 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
3002 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
3004 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
3005 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
3006 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
3007 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
3008 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
3010 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
3011 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
3012 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
3015 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
3016 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
3017 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
3018 the file will simply be skipped.
3028 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
3029 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
3030 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
3031 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
3032 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
3033 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
3034 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
3035 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
3038 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
3039 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
3040 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
3041 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
3042 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
3043 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
3044 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
3045 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
3046 the special locations.
3048 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
3051 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
3054 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
3055 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
3056 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
3058 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
3059 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
3060 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
3066 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
3068 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
3070 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
3072 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
3074 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
3076 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
3078 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
3080 - Global values for selected properties.
3087 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
3088 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
3089 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
3090 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
3091 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
3092 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
3093 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
3094 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
3096 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
3097 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
3098 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
3099 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
3100 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
3101 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
3102 currently how to handle the new link types for
3105 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
3106 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
3107 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
3108 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
3111 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
3112 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
3113 The syntax is like this
3115 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
3117 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
3120 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
3122 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
3123 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
3124 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
3126 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
3129 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
3130 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
3131 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
3132 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
3135 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
3136 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
3137 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
3138 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
3139 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
3140 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
3143 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
3144 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
3145 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
3148 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
3149 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
3150 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
3151 `org-global-properties', like this:
3153 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
3155 Buffer-local values are set like this:
3157 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
3159 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
3160 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
3161 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
3162 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
3163 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
3164 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
3172 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
3173 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
3174 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
3175 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
3177 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
3178 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
3179 this stuff into the drawer.
3180 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
3182 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
3183 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
3185 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
3186 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
3188 - Lots of minor fixes.
3192 ** Incompatible Changes
3194 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
3195 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
3196 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
3200 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
3201 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
3202 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
3204 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
3205 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
3206 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
3207 know if we need to make this customizable.
3209 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
3210 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
3211 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
3212 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
3213 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
3215 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
3224 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
3227 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
3228 compute their value from the children's values.
3230 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
3231 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
3234 ** Incompatible Changes
3236 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
3237 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
3238 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
3239 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
3244 - Improvements for properties:
3246 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
3247 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
3249 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
3250 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
3251 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
3252 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
3253 typos when entering properties.
3255 - Improvements for column view.
3257 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
3258 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
3261 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
3262 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
3263 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
3264 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
3267 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
3268 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
3271 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
3272 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
3273 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
3275 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
3276 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
3277 beginning of a line. So
3279 : * This is a level 1 headline
3280 : *this is bold text*
3282 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
3283 available in orgstruct-mode.
3289 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
3290 structure editing commands into any other mode.
3292 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
3293 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
3294 open if explicitly asked.
3296 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
3298 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
3299 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
3302 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
3303 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
3306 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
3308 ** Incompatible changes
3310 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
3311 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
3312 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
3313 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
3314 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
3315 that this is the better convention.
3319 *** Orgstruct minor mode
3321 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
3322 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
3323 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
3324 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
3325 easily create lists.
3327 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
3328 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
3329 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
3330 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
3331 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
3332 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
3333 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
3334 minor modes have assigned to them.
3336 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
3337 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
3338 the promised implementation.
3342 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
3343 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
3344 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
3345 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
3346 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
3349 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
3351 you can then create drawers like this:
3354 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
3355 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
3358 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
3359 contains properties of an entry (see below).
3361 *** Properties and Column View
3363 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
3364 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
3365 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
3366 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
3367 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
3368 a property drawer and inserting a line like
3370 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
3372 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
3373 program using properties, use the functions
3374 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
3375 and `org-entry-delete'.
3377 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
3380 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
3381 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
3382 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
3383 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
3384 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
3385 after the headline, outside the drawer.
3387 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
3390 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
3392 will find entries that
3395 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
3396 - are TODO status WAITING.
3398 So here is an entry that will match:
3400 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
3405 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
3406 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
3409 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
3411 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
3412 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
3413 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
3414 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
3415 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
3416 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
3417 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
3418 can set up different property columns on different levels
3419 of an outline tree. For example:
3423 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
3427 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
3430 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
3432 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
3435 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
3438 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
3439 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
3441 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
3442 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
3443 will get a different table than if you do it in the
3444 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
3445 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
3446 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
3449 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
3450 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
3452 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
3453 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
3454 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
3455 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
3456 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
3457 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
3459 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
3460 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
3463 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
3465 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
3467 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
3468 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
3469 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
3471 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
3472 Any suggestions for better defaults?
3473 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
3474 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
3479 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
3480 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
3481 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
3482 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
3483 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
3484 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
3485 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
3488 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
3489 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
3490 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
3491 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
3492 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
3499 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
3501 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
3502 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
3503 constants can now be set with a line like:
3505 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
3509 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
3510 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
3513 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
3515 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
3519 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
3520 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
3521 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
3522 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
3529 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
3530 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
3531 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
3532 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
3534 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
3535 See manual section 3.5.3.
3537 - New options for turning off footnotes.
3538 This was a request from Ignotus.
3539 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
3541 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
3542 default. This was a request from Micheal.
3543 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
3547 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
3548 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
3549 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
3550 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
3551 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
3557 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
3558 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
3560 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
3562 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
3564 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
3566 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
3568 ** Incompatible changes
3570 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
3571 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
3572 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
3573 with the xemacs version. For example:
3575 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
3577 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
3578 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
3579 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
3580 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
3581 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
3585 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
3586 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
3587 interval on a single day. For example
3589 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
3591 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
3592 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
3593 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
3594 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
3596 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
3599 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
3600 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
3604 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
3606 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
3607 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
3608 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
3609 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
3610 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
3611 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
3612 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
3613 using localization features may not work correctly in the
3614 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
3615 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
3616 stick to the ASCII characters.
3618 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
3619 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
3620 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
3621 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
3622 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
3624 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
3626 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
3627 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
3628 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
3630 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
3631 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
3632 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
3633 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
3634 if we can agree on this:
3636 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
3637 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
3638 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
3639 out to a previous level. For example
3647 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
3656 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
3657 using promotion and demotion functions.
3663 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
3664 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
3666 ** Incompatible changes
3668 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
3672 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
3673 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
3674 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
3675 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
3676 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
3677 column where the character is specified). You may also use
3678 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
3680 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
3681 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3682 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
3683 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3684 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
3685 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
3686 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
3688 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
3689 never exported, but can be used to place column group
3690 information into the table. In this table, we create a
3691 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
3692 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
3695 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
3696 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
3697 wherever you want a vertical line:
3699 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
3700 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3701 : | / | < | < | | < | |
3703 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
3704 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
3706 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
3707 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
3708 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
3709 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
3710 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
3711 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
3712 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
3713 behavior we had before.
3715 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
3717 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
3718 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
3719 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
3720 special characters in other languages as along as your
3721 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
3722 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
3723 out how to do this in XEmacs.
3729 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
3733 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
3735 [1]This is a footnote
3737 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
3738 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
3740 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
3742 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
3743 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
3746 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
3752 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
3753 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
3755 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
3756 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
3757 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
3758 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
3760 ** Incompatible Changes
3762 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
3763 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
3767 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
3768 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
3770 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
3772 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
3773 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
3774 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
3775 collect your credit, let me know!
3777 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
3778 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
3780 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
3781 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
3783 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
3784 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
3785 would in the diary. For example
3787 * Birthdays and similar stuff
3789 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
3791 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
3792 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
3794 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
3796 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
3797 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
3798 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
3799 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
3800 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
3801 put in a few categories, and then turned off
3802 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
3803 faster agenda display.
3805 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
3806 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
3807 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
3808 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
3809 to Raman for this idea.
3811 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
3812 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
3813 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
3816 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
3817 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
3818 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
3822 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
3824 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
3825 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
3827 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
3828 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
3829 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
3830 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
3833 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
3834 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
3836 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
3837 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
3838 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
3839 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
3841 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
3842 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
3843 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
3844 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
3846 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
3847 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
3854 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
3855 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
3856 further processing in scripts.
3858 ** Incompatible Changes
3860 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
3861 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
3865 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
3866 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
3867 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
3868 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
3871 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
3872 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
3873 that have associated file names and exports the views to
3874 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
3875 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
3876 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
3877 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
3878 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
3880 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
3881 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
3882 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
3883 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
3885 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
3886 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
3887 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
3889 - Quite a few bug fixes.
3899 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
3901 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
3903 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
3905 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
3907 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
3909 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
3911 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
3915 ** Incompatible changes
3917 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
3918 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
3921 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
3922 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
3923 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
3924 `org-disputed-keys'.
3926 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
3927 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
3928 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
3932 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
3933 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
3934 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
3935 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
3936 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
3937 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
3938 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
3939 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
3940 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
3941 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
3942 Scott fro bringing this up again.
3944 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
3945 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
3946 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
3947 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
3949 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
3950 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
3952 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
3953 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
3954 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
3955 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
3957 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
3958 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
3959 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
3960 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
3961 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
3962 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
3963 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
3964 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
3966 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
3968 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
3969 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
3970 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
3971 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
3972 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
3973 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
3974 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
3977 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
3978 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
3979 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
3980 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
3981 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
3982 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
3985 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
3986 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
3987 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
3988 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
3989 indicates a non-stuck project.
3991 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
3992 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
3993 please let me know if you find problems.
3995 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
3996 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
4002 ** Incompatible changes
4006 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
4007 exported HTML. These are the variables
4008 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
4009 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
4012 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
4013 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
4014 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
4016 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
4017 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
4018 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
4019 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
4020 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
4021 that are scanned for the agenda.
4029 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
4030 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
4031 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
4033 ** Incompatible changes
4035 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
4039 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
4041 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
4043 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
4045 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
4046 list (and which is also works!)
4048 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
4049 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
4051 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
4052 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
4053 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
4054 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
4055 toward using the latter.
4057 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
4058 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
4059 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
4060 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
4062 (setq org-todo-keywords
4063 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
4064 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
4065 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
4066 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
4069 If your setting has this new structure,
4070 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
4071 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
4072 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
4073 interpretation from the other variable still works.
4075 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
4076 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
4077 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
4078 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
4079 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
4082 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
4083 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
4084 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
4085 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
4086 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
4087 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
4088 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
4090 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
4091 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
4092 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
4093 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
4094 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
4096 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
4097 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
4098 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
4099 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
4100 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
4101 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
4102 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
4103 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
4104 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
4111 This time the changes affect the following areas:
4113 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
4114 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
4115 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
4116 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
4117 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
4118 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
4121 ** Incompatible changes
4123 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
4124 over several lines, like
4127 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
4130 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
4131 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
4132 See below for details.
4134 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
4135 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
4136 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
4137 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
4142 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
4143 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
4146 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
4147 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
4148 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
4150 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
4151 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
4152 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
4153 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
4154 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
4155 where you want to be.
4157 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
4158 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
4159 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
4162 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
4163 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
4165 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
4166 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
4168 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
4170 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
4171 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
4172 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
4173 new in-buffer option
4177 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
4178 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
4179 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
4180 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
4182 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
4183 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
4184 can be done by setting the variable
4185 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
4187 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
4193 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
4195 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
4196 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
4197 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
4198 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
4199 terminate all levels of plain list items.
4201 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
4203 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
4204 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
4207 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
4208 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
4209 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
4210 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
4211 are logging all state changes.
4213 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
4218 - Priority handling in the tags view
4219 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
4220 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
4221 - Improvements to the formula editor.
4222 - C-j does better indentation.
4226 - Priority handling in the tags view
4228 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
4229 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
4231 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
4233 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
4234 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
4235 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
4237 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
4239 - Changes in the spreadsheet
4241 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
4242 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
4243 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
4244 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
4245 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
4246 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
4247 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
4249 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
4252 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
4254 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
4256 + There is now a menu with commands.
4258 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
4259 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
4261 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
4262 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
4264 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
4265 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
4269 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
4270 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
4271 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
4273 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
4274 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
4279 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
4280 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
4281 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
4282 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
4284 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
4285 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
4286 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
4296 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
4297 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
4298 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
4300 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
4301 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
4302 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
4303 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
4304 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
4305 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
4306 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
4308 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
4309 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
4310 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
4312 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
4314 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
4315 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
4317 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
4318 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
4320 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
4321 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
4322 levels. For example:
4324 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
4326 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
4327 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
4328 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
4331 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
4332 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
4333 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
4334 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
4336 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
4337 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
4346 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
4347 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
4348 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
4349 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
4351 ** Detailed description of changes
4353 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
4354 any table in any mode.
4356 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
4357 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
4358 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
4359 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
4360 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
4361 inside the same file, in a block comment.
4363 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
4364 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
4365 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
4366 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
4367 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
4369 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
4370 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
4371 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
4372 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
4373 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
4374 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
4375 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
4378 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
4379 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
4380 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
4381 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
4382 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
4383 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
4384 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
4385 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
4386 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
4387 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
4388 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
4389 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
4391 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
4392 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
4393 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
4394 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
4400 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
4401 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
4402 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
4403 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
4404 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
4406 ** Detailed description of changes
4408 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
4409 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
4410 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
4412 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
4414 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
4415 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
4417 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
4419 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
4420 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
4421 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
4423 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
4424 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
4425 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
4427 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
4428 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
4429 to Raman for this excellent idea.
4431 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
4432 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
4434 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
4436 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
4437 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
4438 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
4439 remember.el work like this as well).
4440 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
4441 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
4442 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
4443 new template, but the old context information. This is
4444 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
4447 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
4448 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
4449 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
4450 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
4451 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
4452 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
4453 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
4454 without interaction.
4456 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
4457 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
4458 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
4459 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
4460 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
4461 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
4463 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
4464 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
4465 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
4466 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
4468 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
4469 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
4470 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
4471 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
4472 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
4473 them would require special hooks. Comments?
4479 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
4480 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
4482 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
4483 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
4484 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
4485 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
4486 + Incompatible changes
4487 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
4488 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
4489 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
4490 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
4491 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
4492 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
4493 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
4497 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
4498 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
4499 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
4500 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
4501 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
4502 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
4503 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
4504 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
4508 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
4509 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
4510 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
4511 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
4512 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
4513 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
4514 - Empty entries go full circle.
4515 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
4520 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
4523 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
4524 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
4525 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
4526 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
4527 another, dedicated frame.
4528 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
4529 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
4532 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
4533 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
4534 - Changes in Agenda buffer
4535 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
4536 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
4537 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
4538 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
4539 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
4540 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
4541 use regular expressions.
4542 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
4543 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
4544 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
4548 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
4549 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
4550 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
4557 - Improvements to fast tag selection
4558 + show status also in target line.
4559 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
4560 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
4561 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
4565 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
4566 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
4567 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
4568 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
4572 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
4573 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
4578 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
4579 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
4580 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
4584 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
4585 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
4586 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
4587 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
4588 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
4589 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
4590 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
4591 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
4592 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
4593 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
4594 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
4599 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
4600 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
4601 - File links can contain environment variables.
4602 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
4606 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
4607 each block created by a different agenda command.
4608 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
4609 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
4610 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
4611 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
4612 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
4613 upon the agenda type.
4614 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
4615 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
4616 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
4617 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
4618 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
4619 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
4620 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
4621 - More minor bug fixes.
4624 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
4625 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
4626 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
4630 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
4631 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
4632 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
4636 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
4639 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
4640 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
4641 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
4649 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
4650 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
4652 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
4653 LaTeX environment and math.
4656 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
4658 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
4659 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
4660 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
4664 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
4665 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
4668 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
4669 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
4670 and will not lead to conflicts.
4671 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
4675 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
4676 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
4677 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
4678 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
4679 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
4680 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
4681 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
4687 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
4688 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
4691 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
4692 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
4693 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
4694 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
4695 directories for different export types.
4696 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
4697 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
4704 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
4705 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
4706 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
4707 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
4708 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
4709 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
4710 relative and absolute paths.
4711 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
4712 - Bug and typo fixes.
4716 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
4717 contains a description or not.
4718 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
4719 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
4720 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
4721 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
4722 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
4723 for all available exporters.
4724 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
4730 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
4731 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
4732 end of the HTML file.
4733 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
4734 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
4735 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
4736 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
4742 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
4743 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
4744 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
4745 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
4755 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
4756 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
4759 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
4760 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
4761 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
4762 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
4763 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
4764 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
4765 - New structure for the customization tree.
4770 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
4774 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
4775 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
4776 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
4777 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
4778 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
4783 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
4784 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
4785 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
4786 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
4790 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
4791 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
4794 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
4795 - Various small bug fixes
4798 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
4799 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
4800 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
4801 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
4802 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
4803 argument to `C-c C-v'.
4804 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
4805 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
4806 next buffer change due to editing).
4809 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
4810 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
4811 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
4812 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
4815 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
4816 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
4817 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
4818 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
4819 - Changes to the HTML exporter
4820 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
4821 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
4822 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
4823 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
4824 - support for cascading style sheets.
4825 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
4826 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
4833 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
4837 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
4840 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
4841 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
4842 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
4843 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
4844 and are not linked to the calendar.
4845 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
4846 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
4847 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
4848 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
4851 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
4852 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
4853 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
4854 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
4855 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
4858 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
4859 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
4860 - Named fields and columns in tables.
4861 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
4864 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
4865 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
4868 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
4869 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
4870 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
4871 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
4872 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
4873 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
4877 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
4878 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
4879 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
4880 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
4881 - Archiving of finished tasks.
4882 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
4883 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
4884 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
4885 - Improved html export of tables.
4886 - Various clean-up changes.
4889 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
4893 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
4894 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
4898 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
4899 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
4903 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
4904 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
4905 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
4908 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
4909 - New startup option `content'.
4910 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
4911 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
4912 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
4915 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
4916 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
4917 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
4918 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
4919 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
4920 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
4923 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
4924 table shape when typing in fields.
4925 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
4926 into arbitrary major modes.
4927 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
4928 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
4929 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
4932 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
4933 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
4934 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
4936 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
4937 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
4938 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
4939 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
4940 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
4942 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
4943 - Sorting fully configurable.
4944 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
4945 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
4949 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
4950 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
4951 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
4952 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
4953 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
4954 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
4955 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
4958 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
4959 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
4960 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
4961 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
4962 - Priorities for TODO items.
4963 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
4964 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
4965 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
4970 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
4971 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
4972 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
4973 `org-todo-interpretation'.
4974 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
4975 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
4976 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
4977 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
4978 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
4979 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
4980 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
4981 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
4982 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
4983 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
4984 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
4987 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
4988 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
4989 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
4990 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
4991 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
4992 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
4993 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
4994 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
4995 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
4996 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
4997 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
4998 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
5001 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
5002 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
5003 - Date ranges introduced.
5004 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
5005 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
5006 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
5007 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
5008 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
5009 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
5010 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
5013 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
5014 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
5015 - Fully automatic table editor.
5016 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
5017 - Other link system changes
5018 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
5019 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
5020 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
5021 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
5022 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
5023 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
5024 Please re-read the manual section about links.
5026 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
5027 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
5028 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
5029 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
5030 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
5031 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
5033 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
5037 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
5038 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
5039 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
5040 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
5044 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents