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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)
20 ** It is now possible to define filters for column view
21 The filter can modify the value that will be displayed in a
22 column, for example it can cut out a part of a time stamp.
23 For more information, look at the variable
24 =org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function=.
30 - New, more CSS-like setup for HTML style information
31 - Attributes in hyperlinks, for example alt and title for images
32 - Simplified way to specify file links
33 - Modified behavior of time stamps in iCalendar export
34 - New way to compare times during a property search
35 - New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
36 - New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
37 - New option :index-style for org-publish
38 - New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
40 ** Incompatible changes
42 *** New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
44 The timestamp directory now uses SHA1 hashed versions of the
45 path to each publishing file. This should be a consistent
46 and system-independent way to handle things. The change
47 means that your next publishing command will publish each and
48 every file again, but just once, until new time stamps are in
53 *** New setup for HTML style information
55 In order to create a more CSS-like setup of the HTML style
56 information, the following changes have been made:
57 - The default style has moved to a constant,
58 =org-export-html-style-default= and should not be changed
60 - The default of the variable =org-export-html-style= is now
61 just the empty string. This variable should receive
62 settings that are Org-wide. When using org-publish, this
63 variable is associated with the =:style= property and can
64 be used to establish project-wide settings.
65 - There is a new variable =org-export-html-style-extra= that
66 should be used for file-local settings. Org-publish can, if
67 necessary, access this variable with the =:style-extra=
69 - When a file is published, the values of
70 - org-export-html-style-default
71 - org-export-html-style
72 - org-export-html-style-extra
73 are all inserted into the HTML header, in the given
76 This follows a proposal by Rustom Mody.
78 *** Attributes in hyperlinks
80 You can now set attributes in hyperlinks that will be used
81 when publishing to HTML. For example, if you want to use the
82 ALT and TITLE attributes of an inlined image, here is who to
85 : [[./img/a.jpg{{alt="This is image A" title="Image with no action"}}]]
87 Thanks to Charles Chen for this idea.
89 *** Simplified way to specify file links
91 In a link, you can now leave out the "file:" prefix if you
92 write an absolute file name like =/Users/dominik/.emacs= or
93 =~/.emacs=, or if you write a relative file name by using
94 =./= or =../= to start the file path. You cannot write a
95 plain file name, because plain text is interpreted as an
98 So for example, a link to an image /A.jpg/ with a thumbnail
99 /B.jpg/ can now be written like
102 [[./A.jpg][./B.jpg] ]
105 *** Changes in iCalendar export
107 Deadline and scheduling time stamps are now treated
108 differently in iCalendar export. The default behavior is now
111 - a DEADLINE that appears in an entry that is a TODO item is
112 used as the item's DUE date. Therefore, such a deadline
113 will no longer show up in the calendar.
115 - a DEADLINE that appears in an item that is *not* a TODO
116 item is exported as an EVENT and will show up in the
119 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in a TODO item will be used as the
120 items DTSTART. Therefore, such a timestamp will not show
123 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in an item that is not a TODO has no
124 effect on iCalendar export at all. It will be ignored.
126 Of course this would not be Emacs if you could not configure
127 exactly what you want. Take a look at the variables
128 =org-icalendar-use-deadlines= and
129 =org-icalendar-use-scheduled= if you want to go back to the
130 old behavior or even do something completely different.
132 Thanks to Karen Cooke for triggering this change.
134 *** New way to compare times during a property search
136 If the comparison value in a property search is a string that
137 is enclosed in angular brackets, a time comparison will be
140 : +DEADLINE>="<2008-12-24 15:20>"
142 looks for entries with a deadline on or after that time.
143 Special allowed values are "<now>" (with time) and "<today>"
146 This is based on a request by Manish.
148 *** New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
150 When set, a link pointing to a directory will actually open
151 the index.org file in that directory. This is a good setting
152 inside a publishing project. When not set, you get a
153 finder/explorer window for that directory, or dired,
154 depending on system and setup.
156 This follows a request by Richard Riley.
158 *** New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
160 These parameters specify prefixes for each line of included
161 text. :prefix1 is only for the first line, :prefix for all
164 This follows a proposal by Richard Riley.
166 *** New option :index-style for org-publish
168 This option can be used to switch the style of the index
169 produced by org-publish. Can be `list' (index is just an
170 itemized list of the titles of the files involved) or `tree'
171 (the directory structure of the source files is reflected in
172 the index). The default is `tree'.
174 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for the patch.
178 If I were to name my releases, this one would be called "Adam".
179 Adam, you definitely owe me a beer :-). And I owe you one, too -
180 thanks for all the great ideas.
184 - Use cursor position in agenda for remember, scheduling and deadlines
185 - New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
186 - Remember templates can be filed to beginning/end of a file
187 - Visiting a filed remember buffer immediately
188 - BBDB anniversaries are now links
189 - Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
190 - The format of section numbers in exported files is configurable
191 - Direct, single key access to allowed values in column view
192 - New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
193 - Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK line
195 ** Incompatible changes
197 *** `C-c C-x C-k' now calls `org-mark-entry-for-agenda-action'
198 It used to call =org-cut-special=, but that is also at bound
199 to the key =C-c C-x C-w=.
202 *** Making use of the cursor position in the agenda
204 The date at the cursor in the agenda (and also in the
205 calendar) can now be used to schedule entries, or to set the
206 date in a remember template correctly. It is also designed
207 to make it easier to move an entry to a date picked in the
208 agenda. Thanks to Thomas Baumann for starting the thread
209 that led to this development.
211 **** Calling remember with the cursor date in the agenda
213 If you want to use the date at the agenda cursor in a
214 remember template, start remember from the agenda with the
215 keys =k r=. While the template is being filled in, the
216 default date for all time stamps, and also for all
217 interactive escapes like =%^t= is now the date at the cursor
218 in the agenda. The exact same command can also be used from
219 the calendar if you prefer that.
221 **** Picking a date for scheduling/deadline in the agenda
223 You may now pick the date for scheduling an item or for
224 setting a deadline in the agenda, where you have the best
225 overview over free time slots. This is a two step process.
227 1. First you pick the entry that should be acted upon. In
228 the agenda, you use the keys =k m=. In an org-mode file,
229 this is on =C-c C-x C-k=.
231 2. Then you find the agenda date you want to apply. When the
232 cursor is anywhere in the block belonging to that date,
233 press =k s= to schedule, or =k d= to put a deadline. The
234 agenda is not updated immediately, press =r= if you want
235 it to show the affected entry in the right place.
237 *** New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
239 Org has sophisticated mapping capabilities to find all
240 entries satisfying certain criteria. Internally, this
241 functionality is used to produce agenda views, but there is
242 also an API that can be used to execute arbitrary functions
243 for each or selected entries. The main entry point for this
247 -- Function: org-map-entries func &optional match scope &rest skip
248 Call FUNC at each headline selected by MATCH in SCOPE.
250 FUNC is a function or a lisp form. The function will be
251 called without arguments, with the cursor positioned at
252 the beginning of the headline. The return values of all
253 calls to the function will be collected and returned as
256 MATCH is a tags/property/todo match as it is used in the
257 agenda tags view. Only headlines that are matched by
258 this query will be considered during the iteration.
259 When MATCH is nil or t, all headlines will be visited by
262 SCOPE determines the scope of this command, it can
263 specify a file, all agenda files, the current tree and
266 The remaining args are treated as settings for the
267 skipping facilities of the scanner.
270 The function given to that mapping routine can really do anything
271 you like. Here is a simple example that will turn all entries in
272 the current file with a tag =TOMORROW= into TODO entries with the
273 keyword =UPCOMING=. Entries in comment trees and in archive
274 trees will be ignored.
276 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
278 '(org-todo "UPCOMING")
279 "+TOMORROW" 'file 'archive 'comment)
282 The following example counts the number of entries with TODO
283 keyword =WAITING=, in all agenda files.
285 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
286 (length (org-map-entries t "/+WAITING" nil 'agenda))
289 *** Changes in Remember templates
291 **** Remember templates can now use the cursor date in the agenda
292 Use =k r= to start remember from the agenda, with enforcing
293 the cursor date as default for any time stamps created by
296 **** Filing remember templates to the beginning or end of a file
297 You may now set the heading part of a remember template
298 definition to `top' or `bottom'. The template will then be
299 filed as a level 1 entry to the beginning or end of the
300 target file, respectively. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
303 **** You can jump to the location of a note immediately after filing it
304 Just include the =%&= escape anywhere in the template. An
305 interesting combination now is to use =%!%&=, which will
306 immediately file and visit the note, which is equivalent to
307 generating the note directly in the target location. Thanks
308 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
310 *** BBDB anniversaries are now links.
311 If you are using =%%(bbdb-anniversaries)= to list
312 anniversaries in the agenda, you can now directly access the
313 entry that triggered a listed anniversary from the agenda.
314 Just click the anniversary - it is a link now. Thanks to
315 Thomas Baumann for a patch to this effect.
317 *** Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
319 =org-agenda-columns-remove-prefix-from-item=. Thanks to Adam
320 Spiers for this proposal.
322 *** The format of section number in exported files is configurable
324 See the new variable `org-export-section-number-format'.
325 Thanks to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
327 *** Direct access to allowed values in column view
329 In column view, if you press a key 1-9 or 0, the
330 corresponding values from the list of allowed values for that
331 field at point will be directly selected. Thanks to Levin Du
332 for this proposal and a patch to this effect.
334 *** New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
335 The new hook `org-before-save-iCalendar-file-hook' runs just
336 before the buffer with a created iCalendar export is saved.
337 This is what I settled for after a long discussion with Adam
338 Spiers about doing some special filtering automatically.
340 *** Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK lines
341 When turning on log mode in the agenda with =l=, clock lines
342 will now also list the end time, not only the starting time.
343 Thanks to Tian Qiu for bringing this up again.
348 - Statistics cookies [/] and [%] for TODO entries
349 - Editing source code example in the proper mode
350 - iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
351 - New properties for customizing subtree export
353 ** Incompatible changes
355 - The default of the variable `org-tags-match-list-sublevels' is
356 now `t'. The main reason for this is that it is easier to
357 explain in the manual and will lead to fewer surprises.
359 - The former CONTRIB directory is now called "contrib". This was
360 already the case in the git distribution, but the tar and zip
361 archives still did this wrong.
365 *** Statistics for TODO entries
367 The [/] and [%] cookies have already provided statistics for
368 checkboxes. Now they do the same also for TODO entries. If a
369 headline contains either cookie, changing the TODO state of any
370 direct child will trigger an update of this cookie. Children
371 that are neither TODO nor DONE are ignored.
373 There have already been requests to automatically switch the
374 parent headline to DONE when all children are done. I am not
375 making this a default feature, because one needs to make many
376 decisions about which keyword to use, etc. Instead of a complex
377 customization variable, I am providing a hook that can be used.
378 This hook will be called each time a TODO statistics cookie is
379 updated, with the cursor in the corresponding line. Each
380 function in the hook will receive two arguments, the number of
381 done entries, and the number of not-done entries, and you can use
382 the hook to change the state of the headline. Here is an example
385 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
386 (defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
387 "Switch entry to DONE when all sub-entries are done, to TODO otherwise."
388 (let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging
389 (org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
391 (add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
394 *** Editing source code example in the proper mode
396 If you are writing a document with source code examples, you can
397 include these examples into a =#+BEGIN_SRC lang ... #+END_SRC= or
398 (with the org-mtags module loaded) a =<src...= structure. =lang=
399 stands for the Emacs mode used for editing the language, this
400 could be =emacs-lisp= for Emacs Lisp mode examples, or =org= for
401 Org mode examples. You can now use the key "C-c '" (that is C-c
402 followed by the single quote) to edit the example in its native
403 mode. This works by creating an indirect buffer, narrowing it to
404 the example and setting the appropriate mode. You need to exit
405 editing by pressing "C-c '" again. This is important, because
406 lines that have syntactic meaning in Org will be quoted by
407 calling this command.
409 "C-c '" also edits include files, the setupfile in a =#+setufile=
410 line, and all those little foreign snippets like:
413 ,#+HTML: this code can be edited in html-mode
419 ,#+LaTeX: this code can be edited in latex-mode
426 ,Here we can edit in fortran-mode
430 *** iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
432 This is necessary for synchronization services. The UIDs are
433 created using the the org-id.el module which is now part of the
434 Org core. If you set the variable
436 : (setq org-icalendar-store-UID t)
438 then all created UIDs will be stored in the entry as an =:ID:=
439 property. This is off by default because it creates lots of
440 property drawers even if you only play with iCalendar export.
441 But if you plan to use synchronization, you really need to turn
444 Diary sexp entries do not yet receive proper persistent UIDs,
445 because they are transformed to iCalendar format by icalendar.el
446 which creates fresh UIDs each time, based on the current time.
448 An interesting aspect of Org is that a single outline node can
449 give rise to multiple iCalendar entries (as a timestamp, a
450 deadline, a scheduled item, and as a TODO item). Therefore, Org
451 adds prefixes "TS-", "DL-" "CS-", and "TD-" to the UID during
452 iCalendar export, depending on what triggered the inclusion of
453 the entry. In this way the UID remains unique, but a
454 synchronization program can still figure out from which entry all
455 the different instances originate.
457 *** New properties for customizing subtree export.
459 When exporting a subtree by selecting it before calling the
460 export command, you can now use the properties =EXPORT_TITLE=,
461 =EXPORT_TEXT=, and =EXPORT_OPTIONS= to overrule the global
462 =#+TITLE=, =#+TEXT=, and =#+OPTIONS= settings. You can also set
463 an export file name with =EXPORT_FILE_NAME= that will overrule
464 the file name derived from the buffer's file name. As far as the
465 options are concerned, the global =#+OPTIONS= will still be read,
466 and only the options you give in the property will be
467 overwritten. For example:
473 , :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ct.html
474 , :EXPORT_TITLE: Steve's collected computer tricks
475 , :EXPORT_OPTIONS: h:2 toc:nil
483 - Description lists are now supported natively
484 - Block quotes for export
485 - Fontified code examples in HTML export
486 - Include files for export
487 - Text before the first headline is now exported by default
488 - In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
489 - The in-buffer settings keywords may now be lower case
490 - Completion of structure elements
491 - Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
492 - Clock task history, moving entries with the running clock
493 - BBDB anniversaries much faster
494 - New contrib files: org-eval.el and org-mtags.el
496 ** Incompatible changes
498 - The text before the first headline is now exported by default
500 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
501 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
502 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
503 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
504 value on a per-file basis with
512 *** Description lists are now supported natively
514 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
515 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
516 separated by " :: ". For example
518 : Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
519 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
520 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
521 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
522 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
523 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
524 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
525 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
526 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
530 Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
531 - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
532 - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
533 - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
534 - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
535 - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
536 natural constants and units into a buffer.
537 - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
538 running IDL and WAVE CL files.
540 This works now in the HTML exporter, we still need to supoort
541 it with the LaTeX and ASCII exporters.
543 *** Block quotes for export
545 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
549 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
550 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
557 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
558 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
561 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
563 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
564 fontified in an Emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
565 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
569 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
576 In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
577 looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
578 interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
579 http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
581 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
587 The string after the =BEGIN_SRC= is the name of the major emacs
588 mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
589 "-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
590 writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
591 "org" as the language identifier - in fact, I have used just
592 that in the example above.
594 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
595 /htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
596 backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
598 *** Include files for export
602 : #+INCLUDE "file" markup lang
604 will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
605 of publishing. FILE should be surrounded by double quotes, this
606 is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
607 MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
608 or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
609 mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
611 : Here is my /.emacs/ file:
612 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
614 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
616 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
617 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
618 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
619 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
620 value on a per-file basis with
625 *** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
627 If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
628 files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
629 point to that file from each file that should read it. If
630 you write in a buffer
632 : #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
634 then this file will be scanned for in-buffer options like
635 =#+STARTUP=, =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
637 *** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
639 From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
640 =#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
641 other in-buffer keywords.
643 *** Completion of structure elements
644 As a new experimental feature, Org now supports completion of
645 structural elements like =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= in a special way.
646 It work by typing, for example "<e" and then pressing TAB, on
647 an otherwise empty line. "<e" will expand into a complete
648 EXAMPLE template, with the cursor positioned in the middle.
649 Currently supported templates are:
662 This is an experimental feature, please comment! See also
663 below under /org-mtags.el/.
665 *** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
667 When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
668 is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
669 =org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
670 buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
671 scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
672 such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
673 its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
676 - folded :: Fold the subtree
677 - children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
678 headlines of all direct children
679 - content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
681 - all :: Show the entire subtree
683 For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
684 is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
685 right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
686 changes in my current working version. The start of this section
687 currently looks like this:
692 , :VISIBILITY: content
697 This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
699 The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
700 visibility of the buffer.
702 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
704 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
705 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
707 - =C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u C-u I= from the agenda) will
708 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
709 - =C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u I= from the agenda) will offer a
710 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
711 for selection. =d= selects the default task, =i= selects
712 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
713 being clocked. =1=,... selects a recent task. When you
714 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
715 - You can use =C-u C-c C-x C-j= to jump to any of these
718 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
719 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
720 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
721 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
722 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
723 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
724 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
726 *** BBDB anniversaries much faster
728 =bbdb-anniversaries= is now much faster, thanks to a new
729 approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
730 Baumann for a patch to this effect.
732 *** New files in the contrib directory
734 Do people think any of these should become core?
736 - org-eval.el :: This new module allows to include the result
737 of the evaluation of Lisp code (and other scripting
738 languages) into the buffer, similar to the =<lisp>= tag
739 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]].
740 - org-mtags.el :: This new modules allows you to use
741 Muse-like tags for some structure definitions in Org.
742 For example, instead of
750 In fact, I myself find these easier to type and to look
751 at. Also, it will allow you to more easily move text
752 and files back and forth between Org and Muse. For a
753 list of supported structure elements, see the commentary
754 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]].
756 If you load this module and use the "<i" etc completion
757 described above, the Muse form will automatically be
761 Many bug fixes again. Will this ever stop?
767 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
768 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
769 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
770 - New operators for property searches
771 - Search commands can now include archive files.
772 - Clock tables can include the archive files
773 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
777 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
779 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
780 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
781 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
782 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
783 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
784 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
786 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
788 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
789 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
790 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
791 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
792 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
793 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
794 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
795 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
796 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
797 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
798 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
799 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
800 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
803 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
805 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
806 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
807 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
808 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
809 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
810 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
811 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
812 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
813 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
815 *** New operators for property searches
817 Property searches can now choose a number of different
818 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
819 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
821 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
822 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
823 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
825 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
826 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
828 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
829 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
830 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
831 match" or "does not match", respectively.
833 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
835 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
837 If the value of the customization variable
838 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
839 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
840 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
841 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
842 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
845 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
847 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
848 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
849 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
850 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
851 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
853 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
855 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
856 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
857 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
858 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
859 be functions, so that more general transformations are
860 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
861 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
865 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
866 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
867 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
871 - The Org distribution has a new structure
872 - New system for selecting modules to load
873 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
874 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
875 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
876 - Export commands can be done in the background
877 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
878 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
879 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
880 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
881 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
882 - And some more small fixes and improvements
884 ** Incompatible changes
886 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
888 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
889 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
890 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
891 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
892 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
893 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
897 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
899 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
900 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
901 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
902 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
903 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
904 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
908 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
909 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
910 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
911 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
912 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
913 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
914 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
915 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
918 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
920 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
921 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
922 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
923 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
924 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
925 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
926 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
927 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
930 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
931 buffer you can simply use "A".
933 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
935 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
937 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
938 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
939 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
940 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
943 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
944 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
945 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
946 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
947 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
948 visibility both locally and globally.
950 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
951 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
952 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
954 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
956 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
957 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
958 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
959 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
960 JavaScript program is served from
961 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
962 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
963 to be independent of the existence and stability of
964 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
965 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
968 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
970 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
972 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
973 together with org-info.js.
975 *** Export improvements
977 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
978 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
979 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
982 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
983 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
984 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
985 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
986 this less system dependent in the future.
988 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
990 *** Improvements to clocktable
992 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
993 when trying to specify the time block that should be
994 considered when constructing the table.
996 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
1000 |--------------+-----------------------|
1001 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
1002 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
1003 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
1004 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
1006 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
1007 | thisweek | The current week |
1008 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
1009 | thismonth | The current month |
1010 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
1011 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
1014 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
1015 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
1016 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
1017 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
1018 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
1019 will switch to the following week.
1021 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
1022 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
1023 a request from Bernt Hansen.
1025 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
1026 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
1027 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
1028 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
1029 configure the variable
1030 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
1031 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
1032 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
1034 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
1036 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
1037 the form =W08= for week 8.
1039 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
1040 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
1041 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
1042 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
1043 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
1044 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
1045 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
1046 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
1047 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
1048 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
1049 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
1051 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
1052 specify an ISO week. For example
1054 : w4 Monday of week 4
1055 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
1056 : w4-5 Same as above
1057 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
1058 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
1060 So far I have not implemented the effect of
1061 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
1062 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
1063 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
1064 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
1065 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
1066 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
1069 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
1070 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
1071 test extensively and report back.
1073 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
1075 *** Improvements in Search View
1077 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
1078 only in TODO entries.
1080 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
1081 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
1082 also match in "Nasim's".
1087 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
1088 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
1089 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
1090 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
1091 this excellent proposal.
1093 The regexp option is also implemented for
1094 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
1095 properties for inheritance my name.
1097 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
1098 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
1099 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
1100 if and only if the setting in
1101 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
1104 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
1105 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
1106 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
1107 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
1108 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
1109 customize them freely.
1111 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
1112 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
1113 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
1114 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
1115 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
1116 default date, not switch to today.
1118 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
1119 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
1121 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
1122 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
1124 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
1125 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
1126 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
1128 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
1131 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
1132 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
1133 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
1135 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
1136 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
1137 initial region if set.
1139 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
1142 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1144 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
1145 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
1146 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
1147 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
1148 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
1149 file name to which the export should go, and a local
1150 format. For example:
1153 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
1154 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
1157 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1159 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
1160 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
1161 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
1162 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
1164 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1171 - New keyword search agenda view
1173 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1175 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1177 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
1179 - Granularity while editing time stamps
1181 - New repeaters mechanisms
1183 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1185 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1187 - =M-RET= splits lines again
1191 ** Incompatible changes
1193 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
1194 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
1199 *** New keyword search agenda view
1201 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
1202 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
1203 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
1204 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
1205 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
1206 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
1207 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
1208 example, the search string
1210 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
1212 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
1213 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
1214 which are also not matched by the regular expression
1215 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
1216 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
1217 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
1218 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
1219 (possibly sub-) heading.
1221 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
1222 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
1224 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
1225 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
1228 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
1229 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
1230 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
1232 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1234 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
1235 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
1237 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
1238 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
1239 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
1241 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
1242 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
1243 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
1244 to cover contributed extensions as well.
1246 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1248 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
1249 last element defines the contexts in which the template
1250 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
1251 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
1252 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
1253 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
1254 function, the template will be offered only if the function
1255 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
1256 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
1259 One possible application for this would be to have several
1260 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
1261 the right one based on context. For example, think of
1262 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
1263 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
1264 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
1266 : (setq org-remember-templates
1267 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
1268 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
1270 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
1272 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
1274 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
1275 + In a table, add a hline as before
1276 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
1277 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
1278 + In a headline, turn it into an item
1279 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
1280 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
1281 item markers from all lines.
1283 Based on proposals by Bastien.
1285 - `C-c *' has now more functions
1286 + in a table, recompute, as before
1287 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
1288 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
1289 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
1290 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
1291 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
1293 Based on proposals by Bastien.
1295 *** Changes related to time stamps
1297 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
1298 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
1299 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
1300 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
1301 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
1302 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
1303 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
1304 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
1305 specify the number of minutes to shift.
1307 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1309 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
1310 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
1312 :** TODO Call Father
1313 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
1314 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
1315 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
1316 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
1317 : and marked it done on Saturday.
1318 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
1319 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
1320 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
1323 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
1325 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1327 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
1328 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
1331 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
1332 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
1333 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
1334 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
1335 the previous content.
1337 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1339 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
1340 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
1341 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
1343 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
1347 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
1348 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
1349 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
1350 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
1353 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
1354 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
1355 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
1358 - There are three new hooks:
1360 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
1361 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
1362 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
1366 ** Incompatible changes
1368 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
1369 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
1370 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
1374 *** Changes to logging progress
1376 There is now more control over which state changes are being
1377 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
1378 sections in the manual. Basically:
1380 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
1381 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
1382 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
1383 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
1384 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
1385 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
1386 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
1387 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
1389 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
1390 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
1391 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
1392 : when leaving this state. This is great for
1393 : getting a record when switching *back* from
1395 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
1396 : Here we not even define a fast access
1397 : character, but just the logging stuff.
1399 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
1403 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
1404 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
1405 of the line) before the current line.
1407 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
1408 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
1409 create a new line below the current one.
1413 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
1414 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
1421 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1423 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1424 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
1426 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
1428 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1429 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1430 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1432 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
1434 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
1436 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
1440 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
1442 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
1444 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
1446 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
1448 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
1450 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
1452 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
1454 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
1458 ** Incompatible Changes
1460 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1461 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1462 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1466 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1468 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1469 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
1471 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
1472 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
1474 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
1475 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
1476 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
1477 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
1478 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
1479 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
1482 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
1483 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
1486 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
1487 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
1488 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
1490 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1491 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1492 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
1493 variable does select the interface that is used to select
1494 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
1495 Possible values are:
1497 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
1499 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
1500 path to select a location.
1501 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
1504 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
1505 they are always current.
1507 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
1508 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
1509 special also because it only matches in headline. This
1510 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
1511 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
1512 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
1513 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
1514 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
1516 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
1517 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
1518 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
1519 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
1520 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
1521 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
1522 interface. Comments?
1527 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
1528 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
1529 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
1530 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
1531 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
1533 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
1534 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
1536 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
1537 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
1539 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
1540 headline up to the tags.
1541 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
1543 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
1545 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
1546 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
1547 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
1548 request by Austin Frank.
1550 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
1551 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
1552 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
1554 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
1555 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
1556 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
1557 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
1559 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
1560 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
1561 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
1562 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
1563 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
1564 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
1565 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
1566 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
1567 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
1568 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
1569 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
1572 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
1573 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
1574 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
1575 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
1583 will file is with the following property
1585 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
1587 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
1588 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
1589 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
1591 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
1592 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
1601 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
1603 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
1605 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
1607 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
1609 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
1611 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
1613 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
1615 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
1617 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1621 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
1622 entries in a subtree. For example
1624 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
1626 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
1627 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
1628 request by Bernt Hansen.
1630 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
1631 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
1632 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
1633 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
1634 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
1635 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
1636 interactively select the filing location (file and
1637 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
1638 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
1639 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
1640 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
1641 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
1643 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
1644 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
1645 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
1646 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
1647 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
1650 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
1651 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
1652 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
1653 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
1654 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
1655 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
1656 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
1659 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
1660 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
1661 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
1664 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
1665 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
1666 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
1667 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
1668 explain here, complex.
1670 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
1671 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
1672 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
1674 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
1675 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
1676 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
1678 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1690 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
1691 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
1692 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
1693 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
1694 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
1695 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
1696 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
1697 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
1698 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
1699 subtree motion commands.
1701 - Plain lists items work the same.
1703 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
1704 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
1705 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
1708 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
1709 let me know about any problems.
1713 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
1714 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
1715 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
1716 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
1717 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
1719 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
1720 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
1721 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
1722 history variable. For example:
1724 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
1726 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
1727 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
1728 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
1729 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
1730 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
1731 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
1732 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
1733 by Bastien and Adam.
1735 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
1736 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
1737 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
1738 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1742 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
1743 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
1746 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
1747 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
1748 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
1749 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
1750 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
1751 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
1757 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
1759 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
1760 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
1761 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
1762 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
1763 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
1764 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
1765 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
1766 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
1769 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
1770 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
1771 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
1772 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
1774 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
1775 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
1776 the new scope. If you like you can display an agenda view
1777 and then watch it change in various scopes.
1779 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
1780 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
1781 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
1782 select a new restriction.
1784 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
1786 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
1788 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
1790 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
1791 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
1793 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
1794 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
1795 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
1798 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
1799 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
1800 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
1802 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
1803 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
1804 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
1805 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
1806 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
1812 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
1813 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
1814 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
1816 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
1817 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
1818 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
1827 + Remember and related stuff
1828 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
1829 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
1830 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
1831 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
1833 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1834 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
1835 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1836 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
1837 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
1838 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
1839 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
1841 + Properties and Column view
1842 - More control over which properties use inheritance
1843 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
1844 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
1845 - New currency summary type {$}
1847 + The date/time prompt
1848 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
1849 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
1850 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
1853 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
1854 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
1857 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
1860 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
1861 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
1862 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
1863 - Support for pabbrev-mode
1864 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
1866 ** Incompatible changes
1868 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
1869 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
1870 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
1872 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
1873 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
1874 prompted, like this:
1876 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1878 : (org-remember ?n))
1880 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
1881 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
1883 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1885 : (org-remember nil ?n))
1887 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
1888 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
1892 *** Remember and related stuff
1894 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
1895 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
1896 application might be to put a note or task captured with
1897 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
1898 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
1899 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
1900 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
1901 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
1902 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
1903 definitions. For example:
1905 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
1907 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
1910 : (setq org-refile-targets
1911 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
1913 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
1914 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
1915 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
1916 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
1919 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
1920 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
1922 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
1923 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
1924 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
1925 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
1926 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
1928 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
1929 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
1931 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
1933 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
1934 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
1935 : %[..] include file
1937 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
1939 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
1940 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
1941 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
1944 : (require 'remember)
1945 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
1946 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
1947 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
1949 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
1950 provide a default for templates without a file, and
1951 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
1953 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1955 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
1957 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1959 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
1960 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
1961 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
1962 the default in Org-mode.
1964 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
1965 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
1966 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
1967 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
1969 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
1970 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
1971 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
1972 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
1973 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
1975 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
1976 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
1977 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
1978 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
1981 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
1982 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
1983 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
1984 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
1985 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
1987 *** Properties and Column view
1989 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
1990 property names that should be treated with inheritance
1993 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
1994 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
1995 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
1996 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
1997 discussion around this issue.
1999 - Summary type improvements in column view.
2000 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
2001 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
2002 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
2003 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
2004 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
2005 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
2006 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
2008 *** The date/time prompt
2010 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
2013 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
2014 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
2015 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
2016 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
2017 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
2019 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
2020 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
2021 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
2022 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
2023 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
2024 entered month is before the current, for example if you
2025 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
2026 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
2027 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
2029 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
2030 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
2031 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
2032 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
2033 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
2035 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
2037 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
2038 list of newly performed conversions:
2040 | Org | Description | HTML |
2041 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
2042 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
2043 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
2044 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
2045 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
2047 You can turn this globally on or off with
2048 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
2049 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
2050 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
2051 William Henney for relevant inputs.
2053 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
2054 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
2058 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
2059 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
2060 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
2061 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
2062 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
2063 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
2065 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
2067 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
2068 export by setting it either globally
2069 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
2070 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
2071 the list of available classes and their sectioning
2072 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
2073 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
2076 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
2077 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
2078 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
2080 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
2081 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
2083 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
2084 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
2087 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
2088 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
2089 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
2096 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
2097 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
2098 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
2100 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
2101 the values of constants and properties are no longer
2102 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
2103 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
2104 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
2106 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
2107 with extension matched by the new variable
2108 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
2117 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2118 + All known bugs fixed.
2119 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
2120 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
2121 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
2123 - The agenda dispatcher
2124 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
2125 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
2127 - Sorting improvements
2128 + User-defined sorting keys.
2129 + Sorting by properties.
2130 + Sorting of plain lists.
2132 - HTML <div> structure
2135 + New variables, several of them.
2136 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
2137 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
2138 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
2139 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
2143 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2145 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
2146 (at least I hope so...).
2148 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
2149 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
2151 + global, i.e. for the entire file
2152 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
2153 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
2155 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
2156 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
2157 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
2161 : :ID: planning-overview
2167 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
2171 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
2172 be prompted for the ID.
2174 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
2175 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
2176 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
2177 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
2178 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
2181 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
2183 *** The agenda dispatcher
2185 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
2186 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
2187 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
2188 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
2189 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
2190 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
2191 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
2192 them to custom commands.
2194 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
2195 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
2196 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
2197 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
2199 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
2200 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
2201 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
2202 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
2203 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
2205 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
2206 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
2209 *** Sorting improvements
2211 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
2212 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
2214 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
2215 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
2217 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
2220 - Plain lists can be sorted.
2222 *** HTML <div> structure
2224 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
2226 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
2227 "table-of-contents".
2229 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
2230 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
2232 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
2233 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
2235 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
2236 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
2238 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
2239 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
2243 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
2244 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
2245 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
2248 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
2250 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
2252 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
2253 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
2254 your properties will not be folded away.
2255 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
2257 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
2258 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
2259 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
2261 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
2262 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
2263 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
2264 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
2265 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
2267 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
2268 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
2269 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
2270 a proposal by Bastien.
2272 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
2273 request by Wanrong Lin.
2275 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
2276 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
2277 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
2283 - Remember templates can now have name.
2284 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
2285 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
2286 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
2287 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
2288 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
2289 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
2290 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
2291 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
2292 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
2293 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
2295 ** Incompatible Changes
2297 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
2301 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
2302 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
2303 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
2304 the name start with the selection character, for example if
2305 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
2306 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
2308 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
2309 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
2310 change). Thanks to Bastien.
2312 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
2313 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
2315 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
2316 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
2317 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
2318 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
2320 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
2321 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
2322 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
2324 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
2325 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
2326 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
2327 Wiegley for a patch.
2329 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
2330 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
2331 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
2332 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
2333 with full completion support.
2335 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
2336 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
2337 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
2339 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
2340 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
2343 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
2344 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
2345 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
2346 well tested yet, please check it out.
2354 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
2355 - Command to jump to the running clock
2356 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
2357 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
2358 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
2359 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2360 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
2361 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
2362 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
2363 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
2364 - Better tag alignment in agenda
2366 ** Incompatible changes
2368 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
2369 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
2371 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
2372 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
2373 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
2375 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
2376 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
2379 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2384 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
2385 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
2388 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
2391 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
2394 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
2395 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
2396 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
2397 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
2398 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
2400 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
2401 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
2402 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
2403 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
2405 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
2406 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
2407 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
2408 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
2409 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
2410 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
2411 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
2412 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
2413 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
2415 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
2416 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
2417 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
2418 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
2419 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
2420 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
2421 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
2422 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
2423 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
2425 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
2426 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
2427 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
2428 being prompted for a template, like this:
2430 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
2432 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
2434 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2435 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
2436 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
2437 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
2439 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
2440 (also `s' does this).
2442 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
2443 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
2446 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
2447 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
2448 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
2450 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
2451 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
2452 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
2454 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
2455 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
2456 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
2457 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
2465 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
2466 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
2467 - CSV support when importing a table.
2468 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
2469 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
2470 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
2471 - Modifications to priority cycling.
2472 - Modifications to computations in column view.
2473 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
2478 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
2479 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
2482 : * Tree with special properties
2484 : :CATEGORY: Examples
2485 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
2488 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
2489 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
2490 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
2491 *single* default for the file which is then locally
2492 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
2493 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
2494 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
2495 encourage you to stop using them.
2497 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
2498 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
2499 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
2500 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
2504 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
2505 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
2506 | file | the full current buffer |
2507 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
2508 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
2509 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
2510 | agenda | all agenda files |
2512 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
2513 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
2514 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
2515 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
2518 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
2519 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
2520 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
2521 basic input it works.
2523 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
2524 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
2525 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
2526 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2528 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
2529 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
2532 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
2533 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
2535 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2537 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
2538 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
2539 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
2540 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
2541 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
2543 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
2544 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
2545 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
2546 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
2547 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
2550 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
2551 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
2552 of all the children's values each time you enter column
2553 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
2554 the children has that particular property defined, the
2555 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
2556 items under such an entry without getting the property value
2557 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
2558 is a better way of doing things.
2560 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
2561 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
2562 testing is appreciated.
2564 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
2565 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
2566 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
2567 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
2569 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
2570 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
2571 links in square or angular brackets.
2579 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
2582 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
2583 agenda can be configured.
2585 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
2587 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
2589 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
2591 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2593 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2594 inherited from the outline faces.
2596 ** Incompatible Changes
2598 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2599 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2600 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2601 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
2602 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
2607 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
2608 switching to that state. With the setting
2610 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
2611 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
2613 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
2616 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
2617 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
2618 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
2619 own function. Configure the new variable
2620 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
2621 this development with a patch.
2623 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2624 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2625 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2626 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
2627 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
2628 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
2629 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
2631 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
2632 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
2633 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
2634 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
2635 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
2636 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
2637 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
2639 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
2640 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
2643 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2644 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
2645 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
2646 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
2647 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
2648 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
2649 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
2651 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2652 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
2653 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
2654 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
2655 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
2656 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
2657 match the current org-mode faces.
2659 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
2663 ** Incompatible changes
2665 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
2669 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
2670 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
2671 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
2673 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
2675 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
2676 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
2677 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
2678 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
2679 command fall back to cycling.
2681 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
2682 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
2683 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
2684 interface anyway, set the variable
2685 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
2686 others for input on this issue.
2688 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
2689 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
2690 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
2692 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
2693 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
2695 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
2696 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
2698 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
2700 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
2701 use a format string that will be interpreted by
2702 `format-time-string', for example:
2704 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
2706 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
2707 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
2708 included) have changed this.
2710 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
2711 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
2712 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
2713 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
2714 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
2715 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
2716 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
2722 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
2724 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
2726 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
2728 - Sorting can be done by priority.
2730 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
2732 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2734 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
2736 ** Incompatible changes
2738 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
2739 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
2741 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2745 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
2746 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
2747 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
2749 A Here is a configuration example:
2751 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
2752 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
2753 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
2754 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
2757 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
2758 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
2760 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
2761 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
2762 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
2763 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
2764 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
2765 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
2766 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
2767 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
2768 states, just like you also do for tags.
2770 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
2771 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
2773 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
2774 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
2775 switch the entry to that state.
2777 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
2778 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
2779 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
2782 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
2784 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
2785 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
2786 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
2787 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
2789 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
2790 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
2792 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
2793 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
2794 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
2795 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
2796 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
2798 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
2799 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
2800 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
2803 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
2804 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
2805 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
2806 the file will simply be skipped.
2816 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
2817 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
2818 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
2819 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
2820 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
2821 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
2822 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
2823 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
2826 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
2827 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
2828 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
2829 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
2830 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
2831 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
2832 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
2833 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
2834 the special locations.
2836 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
2839 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
2842 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
2843 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
2844 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
2846 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
2847 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
2848 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
2854 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
2856 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
2858 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
2860 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
2862 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
2864 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
2866 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
2868 - Global values for selected properties.
2875 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
2876 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
2877 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
2878 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
2879 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
2880 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
2881 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
2882 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
2884 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
2885 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
2886 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
2887 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
2888 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
2889 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
2890 currently how to handle the new link types for
2893 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
2894 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
2895 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
2896 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
2899 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
2900 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
2901 The syntax is like this
2903 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
2905 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
2908 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
2910 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
2911 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
2912 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
2914 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
2917 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
2918 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
2919 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
2920 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
2923 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
2924 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
2925 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
2926 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
2927 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
2928 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
2931 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
2932 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
2933 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
2936 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
2937 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
2938 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
2939 `org-global-properties', like this:
2941 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
2943 Buffer-local values are set like this:
2945 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
2947 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
2948 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
2949 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
2950 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
2951 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
2952 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
2960 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
2961 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
2962 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
2963 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
2965 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
2966 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
2967 this stuff into the drawer.
2968 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2970 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
2971 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
2973 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
2974 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
2976 - Lots of minor fixes.
2980 ** Incompatible Changes
2982 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
2983 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
2984 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
2988 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
2989 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
2990 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
2992 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
2993 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
2994 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
2995 know if we need to make this customizable.
2997 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
2998 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
2999 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
3000 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
3001 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
3003 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
3012 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
3015 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
3016 compute their value from the children's values.
3018 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
3019 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
3022 ** Incompatible Changes
3024 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
3025 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
3026 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
3027 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
3032 - Improvements for properties:
3034 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
3035 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
3037 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
3038 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
3039 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
3040 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
3041 typos when entering properties.
3043 - Improvements for column view.
3045 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
3046 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
3049 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
3050 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
3051 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
3052 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
3055 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
3056 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
3059 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
3060 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
3061 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
3063 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
3064 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
3065 beginning of a line. So
3067 : * This is a level 1 headline
3068 : *this is bold text*
3070 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
3071 available in orgstruct-mode.
3077 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
3078 structure editing commands into any other mode.
3080 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
3081 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
3082 open if explicitly asked.
3084 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
3086 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
3087 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
3090 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
3091 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
3094 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
3096 ** Incompatible changes
3098 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
3099 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
3100 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
3101 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
3102 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
3103 that this is the better convention.
3107 *** Orgstruct minor mode
3109 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
3110 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
3111 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
3112 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
3113 easily create lists.
3115 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
3116 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
3117 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
3118 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
3119 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
3120 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
3121 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
3122 minor modes have assigned to them.
3124 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
3125 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
3126 the promised implementation.
3130 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
3131 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
3132 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
3133 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
3134 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
3137 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
3139 you can then create drawers like this:
3142 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
3143 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
3146 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
3147 contains properties of an entry (see below).
3149 *** Properties and Column View
3151 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
3152 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
3153 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
3154 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
3155 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
3156 a property drawer and inserting a line like
3158 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
3160 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
3161 program using properties, use the functions
3162 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
3163 and `org-entry-delete'.
3165 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
3168 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
3169 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
3170 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
3171 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
3172 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
3173 after the headline, outside the drawer.
3175 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
3178 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
3180 will find entries that
3183 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
3184 - are TODO status WAITING.
3186 So here is an entry that will match:
3188 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
3193 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
3194 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
3197 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
3199 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
3200 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
3201 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
3202 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
3203 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
3204 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
3205 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
3206 can set up different property columns on different levels
3207 of an outline tree. For example:
3211 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
3215 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
3218 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
3220 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
3223 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
3226 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
3227 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
3229 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
3230 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
3231 will get a different table than if you do it in the
3232 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
3233 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
3234 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
3237 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
3238 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
3240 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
3241 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
3242 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
3243 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
3244 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
3245 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
3247 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
3248 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
3251 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
3253 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
3255 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
3256 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
3257 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
3259 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
3260 Any suggestions for better defaults?
3261 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
3262 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
3267 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
3268 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
3269 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
3270 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
3271 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
3272 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
3273 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
3276 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
3277 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
3278 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
3279 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
3280 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
3287 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
3289 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
3290 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
3291 constants can now be set with a line like:
3293 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
3297 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
3298 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
3301 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
3303 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
3307 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
3308 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
3309 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
3310 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
3317 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
3318 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
3319 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
3320 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
3322 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
3323 See manual section 3.5.3.
3325 - New options for turning off footnotes.
3326 This was a request from Ignotus.
3327 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
3329 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
3330 default. This was a request from Micheal.
3331 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
3335 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
3336 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
3337 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
3338 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
3339 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
3345 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
3346 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
3348 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
3350 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
3352 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
3354 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
3356 ** Incompatible changes
3358 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
3359 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
3360 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
3361 with the xemacs version. For example:
3363 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
3365 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
3366 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
3367 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
3368 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
3369 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
3373 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
3374 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
3375 interval on a single day. For example
3377 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
3379 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
3380 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
3381 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
3382 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
3384 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
3387 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
3388 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
3392 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
3394 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
3395 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
3396 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
3397 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
3398 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
3399 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
3400 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
3401 using localization features may not work correctly in the
3402 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
3403 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
3404 stick to the ASCII characters.
3406 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
3407 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
3408 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
3409 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
3410 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
3412 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
3414 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
3415 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
3416 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
3418 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
3419 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
3420 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
3421 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
3422 if we can agree on this:
3424 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
3425 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
3426 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
3427 out to a previous level. For example
3435 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
3444 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
3445 using promotion and demotion functions.
3451 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
3452 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
3454 ** Incompatible changes
3456 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
3460 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
3461 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
3462 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
3463 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
3464 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
3465 column where the character is specified). You may also use
3466 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
3468 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
3469 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3470 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
3471 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3472 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
3473 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
3474 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
3476 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
3477 never exported, but can be used to place column group
3478 information into the table. In this table, we create a
3479 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
3480 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
3483 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
3484 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
3485 wherever you want a vertical line:
3487 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
3488 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3489 : | / | < | < | | < | |
3491 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
3492 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
3494 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
3495 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
3496 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
3497 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
3498 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
3499 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
3500 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
3501 behavior we had before.
3503 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
3505 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
3506 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
3507 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
3508 special characters in other languages as along as your
3509 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
3510 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
3511 out how to do this in XEmacs.
3517 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
3521 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
3523 [1]This is a footnote
3525 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
3526 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
3528 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
3530 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
3531 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
3534 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
3540 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
3541 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
3543 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
3544 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
3545 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
3546 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
3548 ** Incompatible Changes
3550 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
3551 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
3555 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
3556 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
3558 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
3560 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
3561 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
3562 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
3563 collect your credit, let me know!
3565 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
3566 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
3568 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
3569 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
3571 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
3572 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
3573 would in the diary. For example
3575 * Birthdays and similar stuff
3577 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
3579 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
3580 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
3582 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
3584 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
3585 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
3586 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
3587 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
3588 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
3589 put in a few categories, and then turned off
3590 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
3591 faster agenda display.
3593 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
3594 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
3595 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
3596 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
3597 to Raman for this idea.
3599 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
3600 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
3601 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
3604 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
3605 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
3606 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
3610 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
3612 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
3613 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
3615 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
3616 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
3617 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
3618 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
3621 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
3622 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
3624 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
3625 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
3626 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
3627 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
3629 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
3630 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
3631 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
3632 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
3634 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
3635 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
3642 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
3643 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
3644 further processing in scripts.
3646 ** Incompatible Changes
3648 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
3649 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
3653 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
3654 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
3655 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
3656 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
3659 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
3660 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
3661 that have associated file names and exports the views to
3662 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
3663 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
3664 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
3665 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
3666 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
3668 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
3669 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
3670 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
3671 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
3673 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
3674 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
3675 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
3677 - Quite a few bug fixes.
3687 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
3689 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
3691 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
3693 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
3695 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
3697 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
3699 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
3703 ** Incompatible changes
3705 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
3706 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
3709 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
3710 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
3711 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
3712 `org-disputed-keys'.
3714 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
3715 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
3716 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
3720 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
3721 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
3722 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
3723 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
3724 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
3725 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
3726 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
3727 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
3728 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
3729 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
3730 Scott fro bringing this up again.
3732 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
3733 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
3734 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
3735 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
3737 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
3738 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
3740 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
3741 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
3742 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
3743 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
3745 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
3746 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
3747 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
3748 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
3749 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
3750 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
3751 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
3752 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
3754 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
3756 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
3757 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
3758 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
3759 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
3760 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
3761 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
3762 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
3765 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
3766 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
3767 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
3768 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
3769 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
3770 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
3773 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
3774 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
3775 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
3776 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
3777 indicates a non-stuck project.
3779 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
3780 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
3781 please let me know if you find problems.
3783 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
3784 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
3790 ** Incompatible changes
3794 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
3795 exported HTML. These are the variables
3796 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
3797 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
3800 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
3801 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
3802 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
3804 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
3805 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
3806 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
3807 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
3808 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
3809 that are scanned for the agenda.
3817 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
3818 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
3819 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
3821 ** Incompatible changes
3823 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
3827 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
3829 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
3831 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
3833 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
3834 list (and which is also works!)
3836 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
3837 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
3839 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
3840 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
3841 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
3842 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
3843 toward using the latter.
3845 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
3846 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
3847 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
3848 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
3850 (setq org-todo-keywords
3851 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
3852 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
3853 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
3854 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
3857 If your setting has this new structure,
3858 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
3859 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
3860 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
3861 interpretation from the other variable still works.
3863 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
3864 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
3865 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
3866 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
3867 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
3870 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
3871 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
3872 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
3873 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
3874 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
3875 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
3876 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
3878 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
3879 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
3880 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
3881 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
3882 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
3884 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
3885 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
3886 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
3887 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
3888 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
3889 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
3890 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
3891 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
3892 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
3899 This time the changes affect the following areas:
3901 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
3902 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
3903 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
3904 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
3905 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
3906 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
3909 ** Incompatible changes
3911 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
3912 over several lines, like
3915 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
3918 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
3919 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
3920 See below for details.
3922 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
3923 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
3924 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
3925 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
3930 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
3931 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
3934 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
3935 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
3936 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
3938 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
3939 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
3940 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
3941 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
3942 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
3943 where you want to be.
3945 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
3946 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
3947 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
3950 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
3951 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
3953 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
3954 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
3956 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
3958 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
3959 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
3960 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
3961 new in-buffer option
3965 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
3966 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
3967 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
3968 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
3970 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
3971 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
3972 can be done by setting the variable
3973 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
3975 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
3981 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
3983 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
3984 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
3985 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
3986 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
3987 terminate all levels of plain list items.
3989 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
3991 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
3992 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
3995 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
3996 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
3997 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
3998 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
3999 are logging all state changes.
4001 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
4006 - Priority handling in the tags view
4007 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
4008 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
4009 - Improvements to the formula editor.
4010 - C-j does better indentation.
4014 - Priority handling in the tags view
4016 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
4017 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
4019 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
4021 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
4022 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
4023 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
4025 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
4027 - Changes in the spreadsheet
4029 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
4030 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
4031 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
4032 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
4033 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
4034 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
4035 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
4037 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
4040 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
4042 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
4044 + There is now a menu with commands.
4046 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
4047 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
4049 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
4050 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
4052 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
4053 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
4057 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
4058 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
4059 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
4061 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
4062 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
4067 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
4068 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
4069 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
4070 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
4072 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
4073 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
4074 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
4084 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
4085 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
4086 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
4088 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
4089 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
4090 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
4091 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
4092 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
4093 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
4094 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
4096 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
4097 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
4098 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
4100 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
4102 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
4103 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
4105 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
4106 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
4108 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
4109 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
4110 levels. For example:
4112 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
4114 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
4115 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
4116 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
4119 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
4120 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
4121 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
4122 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
4124 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
4125 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
4134 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
4135 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
4136 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
4137 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
4139 ** Detailed description of changes
4141 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
4142 any table in any mode.
4144 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
4145 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
4146 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
4147 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
4148 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
4149 inside the same file, in a block comment.
4151 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
4152 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
4153 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
4154 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
4155 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
4157 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
4158 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
4159 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
4160 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
4161 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
4162 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
4163 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
4166 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
4167 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
4168 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
4169 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
4170 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
4171 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
4172 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
4173 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
4174 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
4175 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
4176 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
4177 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
4179 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
4180 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
4181 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
4182 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
4188 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
4189 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
4190 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
4191 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
4192 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
4194 ** Detailed description of changes
4196 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
4197 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
4198 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
4200 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
4202 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
4203 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
4205 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
4207 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
4208 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
4209 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
4211 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
4212 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
4213 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
4215 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
4216 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
4217 to Raman for this excellent idea.
4219 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
4220 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
4222 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
4224 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
4225 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
4226 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
4227 remember.el work like this as well).
4228 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
4229 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
4230 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
4231 new template, but the old context information. This is
4232 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
4235 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
4236 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
4237 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
4238 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
4239 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
4240 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
4241 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
4242 without interaction.
4244 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
4245 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
4246 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
4247 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
4248 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
4249 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
4251 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
4252 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
4253 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
4254 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
4256 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
4257 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
4258 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
4259 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
4260 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
4261 them would require special hooks. Comments?
4267 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
4268 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
4270 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
4271 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
4272 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
4273 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
4274 + Incompatible changes
4275 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
4276 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
4277 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
4278 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
4279 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
4280 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
4281 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
4285 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
4286 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
4287 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
4288 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
4289 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
4290 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
4291 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
4292 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
4296 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
4297 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
4298 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
4299 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
4300 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
4301 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
4302 - Empty entries go full circle.
4303 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
4308 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
4311 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
4312 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
4313 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
4314 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
4315 another, dedicated frame.
4316 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
4317 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
4320 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
4321 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
4322 - Changes in Agenda buffer
4323 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
4324 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
4325 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
4326 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
4327 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
4328 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
4329 use regular expressions.
4330 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
4331 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
4332 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
4336 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
4337 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
4338 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
4345 - Improvements to fast tag selection
4346 + show status also in target line.
4347 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
4348 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
4349 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
4353 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
4354 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
4355 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
4356 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
4360 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
4361 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
4366 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
4367 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
4368 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
4372 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
4373 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
4374 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
4375 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
4376 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
4377 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
4378 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
4379 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
4380 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
4381 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
4382 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
4387 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
4388 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
4389 - File links can contain environment variables.
4390 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
4394 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
4395 each block created by a different agenda command.
4396 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
4397 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
4398 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
4399 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
4400 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
4401 upon the agenda type.
4402 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
4403 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
4404 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
4405 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
4406 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
4407 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
4408 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
4409 - More minor bug fixes.
4412 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
4413 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
4414 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
4418 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
4419 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
4420 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
4424 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
4427 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
4428 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
4429 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
4437 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
4438 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
4440 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
4441 LaTeX environment and math.
4444 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
4446 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
4447 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
4448 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
4452 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
4453 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
4456 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
4457 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
4458 and will not lead to conflicts.
4459 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
4463 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
4464 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
4465 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
4466 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
4467 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
4468 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
4469 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
4475 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
4476 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
4479 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
4480 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
4481 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
4482 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
4483 directories for different export types.
4484 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
4485 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
4492 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
4493 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
4494 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
4495 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
4496 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
4497 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
4498 relative and absolute paths.
4499 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
4500 - Bug and typo fixes.
4504 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
4505 contains a description or not.
4506 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
4507 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
4508 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
4509 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
4510 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
4511 for all available exporters.
4512 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
4518 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
4519 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
4520 end of the HTML file.
4521 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
4522 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
4523 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
4524 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
4530 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
4531 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
4532 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
4533 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
4543 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
4544 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
4547 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
4548 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
4549 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
4550 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
4551 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
4552 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
4553 - New structure for the customization tree.
4558 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
4562 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
4563 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
4564 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
4565 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
4566 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
4571 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
4572 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
4573 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
4574 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
4578 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
4579 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
4582 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
4583 - Various small bug fixes
4586 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
4587 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
4588 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
4589 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
4590 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
4591 argument to `C-c C-v'.
4592 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
4593 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
4594 next buffer change due to editing).
4597 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
4598 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
4599 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
4600 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
4603 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
4604 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
4605 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
4606 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
4607 - Changes to the HTML exporter
4608 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
4609 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
4610 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
4611 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
4612 - support for cascading style sheets.
4613 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
4614 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
4621 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
4625 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
4628 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
4629 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
4630 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
4631 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
4632 and are not linked to the calendar.
4633 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
4634 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
4635 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
4636 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
4639 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
4640 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
4641 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
4642 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
4643 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
4646 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
4647 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
4648 - Named fields and columns in tables.
4649 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
4652 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
4653 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
4656 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
4657 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
4658 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
4659 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
4660 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
4661 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
4665 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
4666 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
4667 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
4668 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
4669 - Archiving of finished tasks.
4670 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
4671 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
4672 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
4673 - Improved html export of tables.
4674 - Various clean-up changes.
4677 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
4681 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
4682 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
4686 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
4687 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
4691 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
4692 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
4693 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
4696 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
4697 - New startup option `content'.
4698 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
4699 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
4700 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
4703 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
4704 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
4705 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
4706 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
4707 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
4708 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
4711 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
4712 table shape when typing in fields.
4713 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
4714 into arbitrary major modes.
4715 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
4716 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
4717 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
4720 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
4721 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
4722 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
4724 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
4725 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
4726 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
4727 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
4728 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
4730 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
4731 - Sorting fully configurable.
4732 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
4733 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
4737 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
4738 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
4739 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
4740 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
4741 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
4742 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
4743 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
4746 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
4747 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
4748 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
4749 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
4750 - Priorities for TODO items.
4751 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
4752 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
4753 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
4758 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
4759 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
4760 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
4761 `org-todo-interpretation'.
4762 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
4763 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
4764 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
4765 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
4766 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
4767 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
4768 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
4769 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
4770 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
4771 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
4772 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
4775 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
4776 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
4777 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
4778 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
4779 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
4780 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
4781 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
4782 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
4783 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
4784 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
4785 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
4786 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
4789 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
4790 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
4791 - Date ranges introduced.
4792 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
4793 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
4794 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
4795 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
4796 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
4797 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
4798 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
4801 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
4802 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
4803 - Fully automatic table editor.
4804 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
4805 - Other link system changes
4806 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
4807 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
4808 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
4809 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
4810 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
4811 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
4812 Please re-read the manual section about links.
4814 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
4815 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
4816 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
4817 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
4818 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
4819 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
4821 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
4825 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
4826 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
4827 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
4828 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
4832 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents