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14 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** =align= STARTUP value no longer narrow table columns
17 Columns narrowing (or shrinking) is now dynamic. See [[*Dynamically
18 narrow table columns]] for details. In particular, it is decoupled from
21 If you need to automatically shrink columns upon opening an Org
22 document, use =shrink= value instead, or in addition to align:
25 ,#+STARTUP: align shrink
29 *** Exclude unnumbered headlines from table of contents
30 Set their =UNNUMBERED= property to the special =notoc= value. See
32 *** ~org-archive~ functions update status cookies
34 Archiving headers through ~org-archive-subtree~ and
35 ~org-archive-to-archive-sibling~ such as the ones listed below:
43 Will update the status cookie in the top level header.
45 *** Disable =org-agenda-overriding-header= by setting to empty string
47 The ~org-agenda-overriding-header~ inserted into agenda views can now
48 be disabled by setting it to an empty string.
50 *** Dynamically narrow table columns
52 With ~C-c TAB~, it is now possible to narrow a column to the width
53 specified by a width cookie in the column, or to 1 character if there
54 is no such cookie. The same keybinding expands a narrowed column to
57 Editing the column automatically expands the whole column to its full
60 *** =org-columns-summary-types= entries can take an optional COLLECT function
62 You can use this to make collection of a property from an entry
63 conditional on another entry. E.g. given this configuration:
65 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
66 (defun custom/org-collect-confirmed (property)
67 "Return `PROPERTY' for `CONFIRMED' entries"
68 (let ((prop (org-entry-get nil property))
69 (confirmed (org-entry-get nil "CONFIRMED")))
70 (if (and prop (string= "[X]" confirmed))
74 (setq org-columns-summary-types
75 '(("X+" org-columns--summary-sum
76 custom/org-collect-confirmed)))
79 You can have a file =bananas.org= containing:
82 ,#+columns: %ITEM %CONFIRMED %Bananas{+} %Bananas(Confirmed Bananas){X+}
98 ... and when going to the top of that file and entering column view
99 you should expect to see something like:
101 | ITEM | CONFIRMED | Bananas | Confirmed Bananas |
102 |-----------------+-----------+---------+-------------------|
103 | All shipments | | 11 | 4 |
104 | Shipment 1 | [X] | 4 | 4 |
105 | Shipment 2 | [ ] | 7 | 7 |
113 *** ~org-export-excluded-from-toc-p~
115 See docstring for details.
119 *** ~org-publish-resolve-external-link~ accepts a new optional argument.
120 *** ~org-irc.el~ now supports exporting =irc:= links properly
122 Previously, irc links were exported by ~ox-md~ and ~ox-html~ as normal
123 file links, which lead to them being broken in web browsers. Now both
124 of these exporters will properly export to =irc:= links, which will
125 open properly in irc clients from web browsers.
129 ** Incompatible changes
131 *** Variables relative to clocksum duration are obsolete
133 ~org-time-clocksum-format~, ~org-time-clocksum-use-fractional~ and
134 ~org-time-clocksum-fractional-format~ are obsolete. If you changed
135 them, consider modifying ~org-duration-format~ instead.
137 Variable ~org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations~ is also obsolete.
138 Consider setting ~org-duration-units~ instead.
140 *** ~org-at-timestamp-p~ optional argument accepts different values
142 See docstrings for the allowed values. For backward compatibility,
143 ~(org-at-timestamp-p t)~ is still supported, but should be updated
146 *** ~org-capture-templates~ no longer accepts S-expressions as file names
148 Since functions are allowed there, a straightforward way to migrate
155 : (file (lambda () (sexp)))
157 *** Deleted contributed packages
159 =org-ebib.el, =org-bullets.el= and =org-mime.el= have been deleted
160 from the contrib/ directory.
162 You can now find them here :
164 - https://github.com/joostkremers/ebib
165 - https://github.com/sabof/org-bullets
166 - https://github.com/org-mime/org-mime
168 *** Change ~org-texinfo-classes~ value
169 The value cannot support functions to create sectioning commands
170 anymore. Also, the sectioning commands should include commands for
171 appendices. See the docstring for more information.
172 *** Removal of ~:sitemap-sans-extension~
174 The publishing property is no longer recognized, as a consequence of
175 changes to site-map generation.
177 You can get the same functionality by setting ~:sitemap-format-entry~
181 (lambda (entry style project)
182 (cond ((not (directory-name-p entry))
183 (format "[[file:%s][%s]]"
184 (file-name-sans-extension entry)
185 (org-publish-find-title entry project)))
186 ((eq style 'tree) (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name entry)))
190 *** Change signature for ~:sitemap-function~
192 ~:sitemap-function~ now expects to be called with two arguments. See
193 ~org-publish-project-alist~ for details.
195 *** Change signature for some properties in ~org-list-to-generic~
197 ~:istart~, ~:icount~, ~:iend~ and ~:isep~ now expect the type of the
198 list as their first argument.
200 *** Change signature for ~org-get-repeater~
201 The optional argument is now a string to extract the repeater from.
202 See docstring for details.
204 *** Change signature for ~org-time-string-to-time~
205 See docstring for changes.
207 *** Change order of items in ~org-agenda-time-grid~
208 ~org-agenda-time-grid~ gained an extra item to allow users to customize
209 the string displayed after times in the agenda. See docstring for
212 *** ~tags-todo~ custom searches now include DONE keywords
214 Use "/!" markup when filtering TODO keywords to get only not-done TODO
217 *** ~org-split-string~ returns ~("")~ when called on an empty string
218 It used to return nil.
219 *** Removal of =ob-scala.el=
221 See [[https://github.com/ensime/emacs-scala-mode/issues/114][this github issue]].
223 You can use =ob-scala.el= as packaged in scala-mode, available from the
227 *** iCalendar export uses inheritance for TIMEZONE and LOCATION properties
228 Both these properties can be inherited during iCalendar export,
229 depending on the value of ~org-use-property-inheritance~.
230 *** iCalendar export respects a TIMEZONE property
231 Set the TIMEZONE property on an entry to specify a time zone for that
232 entry only during iCalendar export. The property value should be
233 specified as in "Europe/London".
234 *** ~org-attach~ can move directory contents
235 When setting a new directory for an entry, org-attach offers to move
236 files over from the old directory. Using a prefix arg will reset the
237 directory to old, ID based one.
238 *** New Org duration library
239 This new library implements tools to read and print time durations in
240 various formats (e.g., "H:MM", or "1d 2h 3min"...).
242 See ~org-duration-to-minutes~ and ~org-duration-from-minutes~
246 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~
247 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~
248 **** New variable : ~org-deadline-past-days~
249 See docstring for details.
250 **** Binding C-c C-x < for ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
251 **** New auto-align default setting for =org-agenda-tags-column=
253 =org-agenda-tags-column= can now be set to =auto=, which will
254 automatically align tags to the right edge of the window. This is now
256 *** New value for ~org-publish-sitemap-sort-folders~
258 The new ~ignore~ value effectively allows toggling inclusion of
259 directories in published site-maps.
263 **** Scheme: support for tables
264 **** Scheme: new variable: ~org-babel-scheme-null-to~
266 This new custom option allows to use a empty list or null symbol to
267 format the table output, initially assigned to ~hlines~.
269 **** Scheme: new header ~:prologue~
271 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
272 developers to prepend code to the scheme block being processed.
274 Multiple ~:prologue~ headers can be added each of them using a string
275 with the content to be added.
277 The scheme blocks are prepared by surrounding the code in the block
278 with a let form. The content of the ~:prologue~ headers are prepended
279 before this let form.
281 **** Support for hledger accounting reports added
282 **** Clojure: new setting ~org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout~
284 Creation of a new setting to specify the Cider timeout. By setting
285 the =org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout= setting option. The value
286 is in seconds and if set to =nil= then no timeout will occur.
287 **** Clojure: new header ~:show-process~
289 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
290 developers to output the process of an ongoing process into a new
293 You can tell Org Babel to output the process of a running code block.
295 To show that output you only have to specify the =:show-process=
296 option in the code block's header like this:
299 ,#+BEGIN_SRC clojure :results output :show-process t
306 If =:show-process= is specified that way, then when you will run the
307 code using =C-c C-c= a new window will open in Emacs. Everything that
308 is output by the REPL will immediately be added to that new window.
310 When the processing of the code is finished, then the window and its
311 buffer will be closed and the results will be reported in the
314 Note that the =:results= parameter's behavior is *not* changed. If
315 =silent= is specified, then no result will be displayed. If =output=
316 is specified then all the output from the window will appears in the
317 results section. If =value= is specified, then only the last returned
318 value of the code will be displayed in the results section.
320 **** Maxima: new headers ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~
321 Babel options ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~ have been implemented for
322 Maxima src blocks which prepend and append, respectively, the given
323 code strings. This can be useful for specifying formatting settings
324 which would add clutter to exported code. For instance, you can use
325 this ~:prologue "fpprintprec: 2; linel: 50;"~ for presenting Maxima
326 results in a beamer presentation.
327 **** PlantUML: add support for header arguments
329 [[http://plantuml.com/][Plantuml]] source blocks now support the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/prologue.html#prologue][~:prologue~]], [[http://orgmode.org/manual/epilogue.html#epilogue][~:epilogue~]] and
330 [[http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] header arguments.
332 **** SQL: new engine added ~sqsh~
334 A new engine was added to support ~sqsh~ command line utility for use
335 against Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase SQL server.
337 More information on ~sqsh~ can be found here: [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqsh/][sourceforge/sqsh]]
339 To use ~sqsh~ in an *sql* =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
342 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine sqsh :dbhost my_host :dbuser master :dbpassword pass :database support
348 **** SQL: new engine added =vertica=
350 A new engine was added to support vsql command line utility for use
353 More information on =vsql= can be found here: [[https://my.vertica.com/docs/7.2.x/HTML/index.htm#Authoring/ConnectingToHPVertica/vsql/UsingVsql.htm][my.vertica.com]]
355 To use =vertica= in an sql =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
358 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine vertica :dbhost my_host :dbuser dbadmin :dbpassword pw :database vmart
362 **** C++: New header ~:namespaces~
364 The new ~:namespaces~ export option can be used to specify namespaces
365 to be used within a C++ org source block. Its usage is similar to
366 ~:includes~, in that it can accept multiple, space-separated
367 namespaces to use. This header is equivalent to adding ~using
368 namespace <name>;~ in the source block. Here is a "Hello World" in C++
372 ,#+BEGIN_SRC C++ :results output :namespaces std :includes <iostream>
373 cout << "Hello World" << endl;
377 **** Support for Vala language
379 [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala][Vala]] language blocks support two special header arguments:
381 - ~:flags~ passes arguments to the compiler
382 - ~:cmdline~ passes commandline arguments to the generated executable
384 Support for [[http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] does not exist yet, also there is no [[http://orgmode.org/manual/session.html#session][~:session~]]
385 support because Vala is a compiled language.
387 The Vala compiler binary can be changed via the ~defcustom~
388 ~org-babel-vala-compiler~.
390 *** New ~function~ scope argument for the Clock Table
391 Added a nullary function that returns a list of files as a possible
392 argument for the scope of the clock table.
394 **** Implement vernacular table of contents in Markdown exporter
395 Global table of contents are generated using vanilla Markdown syntax
396 instead of HTML. Also #+TOC keyword, including local table of
397 contents, are now supported.
398 **** Add Slovenian translations
399 **** Implement ~org-export-insert-image-links~
400 This new function is meant to be used in back-ends supporting images
401 as descriptions of links, a.k.a. image links. See its docstring for
403 **** New macro : ~{{{n}}}~
404 This macro creates and increment multiple counters in a document. See
406 **** Add global macros through ~org-export-global-macros~
407 With this variable, one can define macros available for all documents.
408 **** New keyword ~#+EXPORT_FILE_NAME~
409 Similarly to ~:EXPORT_FILE_NAME:~ property, this keyword allows the
410 user to specify the name of the output file upon exporting the
411 document. This also has an effect on publishing.
412 **** Horizontal rules are no longer ignored in LaTeX table math mode
413 **** Use ~compilation-mode~ for compilation output
414 **** Plain lists accept a new ~:separator~ attribute in Texinfo
416 The new ~:separator~ attribute splits a tag from a description list
417 item into multiple parts. This allows to have two-column tables with
418 multiple entries in the first column. See manual for more details.
420 **** ~latex-environment~ elements support ~caption~ keywords for LaTeX export
421 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit LaTeX environments
423 Using ~C-c '~ on a LaTeX environment opens a sub-editing buffer. By
424 default, major mode in that buffer is ~latex-mode~, but it can be
425 changed by configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~.
427 *** ~org-list-to-generic~ includes a new property: ~:ifmt~
429 ~:ifmt~ is a function to be called on the body of each item. See
430 ~org-list-to-generic~ documentation for details.
432 *** New variable : ~org-bibtex-headline-format-function~
433 This allow to use a different title than entry title.
435 *** ~org-attach~ supports attaching files from URLs
437 Using ~C-c C-a u~ prompts for a URL pointing to a file to be attached
440 *** New option for ~org-refile-use-outline-path~
441 ~org-refile-use-outline-path~ now supports the setting ~buffer-name~,
442 which causes refile targets to be prefixed with the buffer’s
443 name. This is particularly useful when used in conjunction with
446 *** ~org-file-contents~ now allows the FILE argument to be a URL.
447 This allows ~#+SETUPFILE:~ to accept a URL instead of a local file
448 path. The URL contents are auto-downloaded and saved to a temporary
449 cache ~org--file-cache~. A new optional argument ~NOCACHE~ is added
450 to ~org-file-contents~.
452 *** ~org-mode-restart~ now resets the newly added ~org--file-cache~.
453 Using ~C-c C-c~ on any keyword (like ~#+SETUPFILE~) will reset the
456 *** New option : ~org-table-duration-hour-zero-padding~
457 This variable allow computed durations in tables to be zero-padded.
459 *** New mode switch for table formulas : =U=
460 This mode omits seconds in durations.
466 This feature has been removed. Use a custom agenda view, possibly
467 narrowed to current buffer to achieve a similar functionality.
469 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
471 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
473 *** ~org-agenda-skip-subtree-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
475 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
477 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches-in-subtree~ is obsolete
479 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
481 *** ~org-minutes-to-clocksum-string~ is obsolete
483 Use ~org-duration-from-minutes~ instead.
485 *** ~org-hh:mm-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
487 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
489 *** ~org-duration-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
491 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
493 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-cached-article-number~ is removed.
495 This function relied on ~nnimap-group-overview-filename~, which was
496 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
500 *** ~org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all~ is removed.
502 For an equivalent to a ~nil~ value, set
503 ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~ to nil and
504 ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~ to ~t~.
506 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-query-article-no-from-file~ is removed.
508 This variable has no effect, as it was relying on a function that was
509 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
511 *** ~org-usenet-links-prefer-google~ is obsolete.
513 Use ~org-gnus-prefer-web-links~ instead.
515 *** ~org-publish-sitemap-file-entry-format~ is deprecated
517 One can provide new ~:sitemap-format-entry~ property for a function
518 equivalent to the removed format string.
520 *** ~org-enable-table-editor~ is removed.
522 Setting it to a ~nil~ value broke some other features (e.g., speed
525 *** ~org-export-use-babel~ cannot be set to ~inline-only~
527 The variable is now a boolean.
529 *** ~org-texinfo-def-table-markup~ is obsolete
531 Use ~org-texinfo-table-default-markup~ instead.
535 *** ~org-publish-find-property~
537 This function can be used as a tool to format entries in a site-map,
538 in addition to ~org-publish-find-title~ and ~org-publish-find-date~.
540 *** ~org-list-to-org~
542 It is the reciprocal of ~org-list-to-lisp~, which see.
544 *** ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
546 Call ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock~ from the agenda.
550 *** The Library of Babel now on Worg
552 The library-of-babel.org used to be accessible from the =doc/=
553 directory, distributed with Org’s core. It is now accessible
554 from the Worg community-driven documentation [[http://orgmode.org/worg/library-of-babel.html][here]].
556 If you want to contribute to it, please see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html][how to contribute]].
558 *** Allow multiple columns view
560 Columns view is not limited to a single buffer anymore.
561 *** Org Attach obeys ~dired-dwim-target~
563 When a Dired buffer is opened next to the Org document being edited,
564 the prompt for file to attach can start in the Dired buffer's
565 directory if `dired-dwim-target' in non-nil.
567 *** ~org-fill-paragraph~ can now fill a whole region
568 *** More specific anniversary descriptions
570 Anniversary descriptions (used in the agenda view, for instance)
571 include the point in time, when the anniversary appears. This is,
572 in its most general form, just the date of the anniversary. Or
573 more specific terms, like "today", "tomorrow" or "in n days" are
574 used to describe the time span.
576 This feature allows to automatically change the description of an
577 anniversary, depending on if it occurs in the next few days or
578 far away in the future.
580 *** Computed dates in tables appear as inactive time stamps
582 *** Save point before opening a file with an unknown search option
584 When following a file link with a search option (e.g., =::#custom-id=)
585 that doesn't exist in the target file, save position before raising an
586 error. As a consequence, it is possible to jump back to the original
587 document with ~org-mark-ring-goto~ (default binding =C-c &=).
589 *** ~org-get-heading~ accepts two more optional arguments
591 See docstring for details.
593 *** New option ~org-babel-uppercase-example-markers~
595 This variable is a ~defcustom~ and replaces the variable
596 ~org-babel-capitalize-example-region-markers~, which is a ~defvar~ and
598 *** =INCLUDE= keywords in commented trees are now ignored.
599 *** Default value for ~org-texinfo-text-markup-alist~ changed.
601 Now ~=...=~ markup uses ~@samp{}~ instead of ~@verb{}~. You can use
602 ~@verb{}~ again by customizing the variable.
603 *** Texinfo exports example blocks as ~@example~
604 *** Texinfo exports inline src blocks as ~@code{}~
605 *** Texinfo default table markup is ~@asis~
606 It used to be ~@samp~ but ~@asis~ is neutral and, therefore, more
607 suitable as a default value.
608 *** Texinfo default process includes ~--no-split~ option
609 *** New entities : ~\dollar~ and ~\USD~
610 *** ~org-parse-time-string~ accepts a new optional argument
611 =ZONE= specifies the current time zone.
612 *** ~org-time-string-to-seconds~ now accepts an optional =ZONE= argument
613 *** Support for date style URLs in =org-protocol://open-source=
614 URLs like =https://cool-blog.com/2017/05/20/cool-post/= are
615 covered by rewrite rules.
617 *** Add (C) =COMMENT= support to ~org-structure-template-alist~
621 ** Incompatible changes
623 *** Emacs 23 support has been dropped
625 From now on, Org expects at least Emacs 24.3, although Emacs 24.4 or
628 *** XEmacs support has been dropped
630 Incomplete compatibility layer with XEmacs has been removed. If you
631 want to take over maintenance of this compatibility, please contact
634 *** New syntax for export blocks
636 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
637 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
640 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
653 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
656 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
662 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
665 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
666 using previous syntax:
668 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
669 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
670 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
672 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
673 (let ((case-fold-search t)
674 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
675 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
676 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
678 (org-with-wide-buffer
679 (goto-char (point-min))
680 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
682 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
683 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
684 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
686 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
687 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
690 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
691 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
693 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
694 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
695 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
696 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
697 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
698 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
701 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~ and
702 ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to be
707 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
709 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
710 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
711 constructs are now unsupported.
713 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them into
716 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
718 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
719 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
720 consider using the =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
722 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
725 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
727 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
728 S-expressions. Replacing an S-expression with an appropriate function
729 is straightforward. For example
735 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
737 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can get time via =vc=
739 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
740 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
742 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
744 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
745 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
746 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
748 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
750 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
762 should be written instead
767 :header-args: :exports code
768 :header-args+: :var a=1 b=2
769 :header-args+: :var c=3
773 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
774 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
778 *** ~org-eww~ has been moved into core
779 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
781 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
784 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
785 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
788 Old-style links such as
789 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
790 continue to be supported.
792 If you have defined your own handler functions for
793 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
794 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
795 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into property
798 *** New Org linter library
800 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
802 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
804 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
805 entries are added to last in the date tree.
807 *** New ~vbar~ entity
809 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionally as a =|=,
810 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
811 a HTML derived export back-end.
815 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
817 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
820 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
822 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
823 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
825 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
827 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
828 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
829 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
832 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
834 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
835 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
837 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
839 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
840 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
841 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
842 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
844 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
846 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
847 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
848 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
851 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
853 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
854 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
855 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
856 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
857 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
860 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
861 ;; this will export with line number 20
862 (message "This is line 21")
864 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
865 ;; This will be listed as line 31
866 (message "This is line 32")
870 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
872 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
873 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
876 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
878 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
879 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
880 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width of
881 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
883 **** Markdown footnote export customization
885 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
886 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
887 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
888 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
892 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
894 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
896 **** Support for Lua language
897 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
899 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
901 **** Support for Stan language
903 New ob-stan.el library.
905 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
907 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
909 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
910 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
912 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
914 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
915 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
916 that does not end in ".stan".
918 For more information and usage examples, visit
919 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
921 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
923 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
924 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
936 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
938 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
939 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
940 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
951 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
952 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the properties.
954 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
955 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
957 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
959 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
960 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
962 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
964 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
974 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
983 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
984 using the :file property, e.g.:
986 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
988 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
989 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
991 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
992 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
996 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needs additional
997 setup in addition to plantuml. See [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for
998 details and setup information.
1000 *** Rewrite of radio lists
1002 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
1003 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
1004 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
1007 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
1009 Used like ~org-bbdb-anniversaries~, it provides a few days warning for
1010 upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
1012 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
1014 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
1015 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
1017 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
1019 *** Support for ISO week trees
1021 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
1022 by ISO week and not by month.
1029 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
1031 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
1032 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
1034 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
1036 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
1037 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
1039 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
1043 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
1045 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
1046 buffer unconditionally.
1048 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
1050 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
1052 **** Allow custom summaries
1054 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
1055 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
1057 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
1059 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
1062 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
1063 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
1065 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
1068 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
1070 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~ allows
1071 to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any upper case
1072 character (or character class), the search is case sensitive.
1073 Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
1075 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
1077 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
1080 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
1082 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
1083 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
1084 the manual for details.
1086 *** Links are now customizable
1088 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
1089 etc. Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
1093 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
1095 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
1097 *** ~org-show-children~
1099 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
1101 ** Removed functions
1103 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
1105 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
1107 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
1109 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
1111 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
1113 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
1115 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
1117 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
1119 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
1121 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
1123 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
1125 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
1126 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
1128 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
1130 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
1132 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
1134 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
1135 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
1137 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
1139 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
1141 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
1143 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
1145 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
1147 The affected functions are:
1150 - ~org-remove-if-not~
1155 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
1156 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
1157 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
1161 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
1163 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
1164 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
1165 let those libraries operate.
1167 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
1169 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
1172 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1174 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
1177 *** Add Icelandic smart quotes
1178 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
1179 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
1181 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
1182 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
1183 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
1184 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
1186 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1187 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
1189 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
1190 current project. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
1193 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
1195 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
1198 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
1200 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
1201 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
1202 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
1203 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
1204 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
1206 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
1207 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
1208 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
1209 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
1211 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
1213 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
1214 to the article's original group.
1216 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
1218 The calling convention has changed.
1220 *** HTML export table row customization changes
1222 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
1223 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
1224 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
1225 called with 6 parameters.
1227 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
1228 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
1230 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
1232 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
1234 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
1235 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
1236 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
1237 the end of the string.
1239 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
1241 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
1242 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
1243 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
1245 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1247 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
1248 For most folks this file does not exist.
1249 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
1251 : <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1253 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other
1256 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
1258 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
1259 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
1260 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
1261 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
1262 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
1263 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
1264 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
1267 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
1269 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
1272 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
1274 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
1275 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
1276 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
1278 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
1279 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
1281 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
1282 indication letter was solely J.
1284 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
1286 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
1287 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
1288 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
1290 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
1292 The experimental variable used to be more or less confidential, as
1295 *** New ~:format~ property to parsed links
1297 It defines the format of the original link. Possible values are:
1298 ~plain~, ~bracket~ and ~angle~.
1302 ** Incompatible changes
1304 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
1306 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
1307 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
1309 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
1310 logged before the property drawer.
1312 The following function will repair them:
1314 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1315 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
1316 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
1317 Ignore non Org buffers."
1318 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
1319 (org-with-wide-buffer
1320 (goto-char (point-min))
1321 (let ((case-fold-search t)
1322 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
1323 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
1327 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
1329 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
1331 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
1332 (when (and (< (point) end)
1333 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
1335 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
1336 (eq (org-element-type
1337 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
1339 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
1341 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
1342 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
1345 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
1347 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
1348 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
1349 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
1350 into account when exporting.
1352 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
1353 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
1355 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
1357 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
1358 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
1361 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
1362 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
1367 :CATEGORY: some category
1371 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
1373 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
1374 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
1375 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
1378 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
1380 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
1381 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
1383 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
1384 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
1386 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
1388 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
1389 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
1391 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
1393 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
1394 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~
1395 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
1396 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
1397 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
1399 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
1401 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
1402 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
1404 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
1406 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
1407 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
1408 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
1410 *** Functions signature changes
1412 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
1413 docstring for more information.
1415 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
1416 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
1417 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
1418 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
1419 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
1424 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
1426 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical
1427 scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
1429 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
1432 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
1435 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
1436 :lexical '((x . 42))
1438 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
1440 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
1441 without changing the headline.
1443 *** Hierarchies of tags
1445 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
1446 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
1447 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
1449 The following in-buffer definition:
1452 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
1453 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
1454 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
1457 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
1467 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
1468 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
1470 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
1472 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
1474 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
1475 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
1477 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
1478 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
1479 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: { }
1480 can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the given
1481 tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
1483 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
1489 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
1492 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
1494 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
1497 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
1500 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
1502 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
1503 regular expression matches for P@.+. This is good for example for
1504 projects tagged with a common identifier, i.e. P@2014_OrgTags.
1506 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
1508 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filters all of the related tags.
1509 Except if a filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
1511 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
1514 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
1515 is also used as a filter.
1517 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
1519 Now uses the argument ARG and optional argument exclude instead of
1520 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
1521 makes more sense than strip now. The term "narrowing" is changed to
1524 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
1525 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
1527 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
1529 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
1531 *** Babel: support for Processing language
1533 New ob-processing.el library.
1535 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
1536 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
1537 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
1539 Check the documentation for more details.
1541 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
1543 *** New behaviour for ~org-toggle-latex-fragment~
1545 The new behaviour is the following:
1547 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument when
1548 point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the whole
1551 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
1554 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
1556 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
1558 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1560 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
1561 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
1563 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1565 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
1566 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
1569 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
1571 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
1572 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
1573 ~org-drawers~ variable.
1575 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
1577 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
1578 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
1579 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
1580 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
1582 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
1584 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
1585 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
1586 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
1589 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
1591 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch in
1594 *** New option in ASCII export
1596 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting ~org-ascii-list-margin~
1597 variable to an appropriate integer.
1599 *** New blocks in ASCII export
1601 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT=
1602 blocks. See documentation for details.
1604 *** More back-end specific publishing options
1606 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
1607 increased. See manual for details.
1609 *** Export inline source blocks
1611 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
1612 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
1613 in the output, depending on the parameters.
1615 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
1617 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
1619 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
1621 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
1623 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
1625 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
1626 more features. See docstring for details.
1628 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
1630 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
1632 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
1633 document, before wrapping it within the template.
1635 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
1637 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
1639 : This sentence is false.
1642 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
1644 *** Various improvements on radio tables
1646 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
1647 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
1648 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are new
1649 parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
1650 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
1651 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
1653 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
1655 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction
1656 with source blocks exported by the minted package.
1658 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
1660 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
1661 would throw an error. A new variable ~org-table-formula-create-columns~
1662 was added to adjust this behavior. It is now possible to silently add
1663 new columns, to do so with a warning or to explicitly ask the user
1668 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
1671 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
1673 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
1674 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
1676 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
1678 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
1680 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
1682 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is now
1683 deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
1684 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
1686 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1688 See the docstring for more information.
1690 *** Export unnumbered headlines
1692 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
1693 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
1694 property is inherited by children.
1696 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
1698 It is now possible to specify a function, both programmatically,
1699 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~ keys,
1702 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
1704 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See manual
1707 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
1709 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
1712 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
1714 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
1715 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
1717 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
1719 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
1720 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
1722 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
1724 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
1725 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
1728 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
1730 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
1731 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
1733 *** New entities family: "\_ "
1735 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
1736 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
1737 leading spaces within table cells.
1739 *** New MathJax configuration options
1741 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
1742 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
1744 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
1746 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
1747 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
1748 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
1750 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
1751 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
1752 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
1753 keywords and properties.
1755 *** Viewport support in html export
1757 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
1758 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
1760 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
1762 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
1765 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
1767 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
1768 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in a
1769 dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
1771 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
1773 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
1774 added to headline text.
1776 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
1778 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See the manual for details.
1780 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1782 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1783 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1786 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1788 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1789 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1791 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1793 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for the
1794 number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original subtree
1795 and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1797 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1799 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1801 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1803 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1804 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1806 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1808 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1810 ** Removed functions
1812 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1814 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1816 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1818 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1819 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1820 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1821 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1823 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1825 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1827 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1829 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1830 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1832 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1834 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1837 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1839 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1840 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1844 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1846 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1849 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1850 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1852 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1854 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1855 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1858 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1860 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1861 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1863 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1865 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name= at
1866 the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the value
1867 of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=. To chose
1868 a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind this
1871 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1873 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1874 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1875 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1876 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1877 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1879 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1881 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1882 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1885 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1887 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1889 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1891 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1893 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1895 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1897 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1899 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1900 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1901 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1902 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1904 *** Removed comment-related filters
1906 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1907 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1912 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1914 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1916 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1918 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1919 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1921 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1923 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1924 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1927 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1929 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1930 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1932 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1934 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1936 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1938 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1939 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1940 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1941 particular test failure was introduced.
1943 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1945 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1946 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as well
1947 as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~ when
1948 ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1950 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1952 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1953 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1955 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1957 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1958 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~ now.
1960 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1962 This helps spotting wrong links.
1966 ** Incompatible changes
1967 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1968 This may require two changes in user config.
1970 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1971 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1972 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1974 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1976 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1977 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1978 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1980 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1981 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1983 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1987 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1989 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1991 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1992 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1993 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1995 So you need to replace
1997 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
2001 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
2003 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
2004 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
2006 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
2008 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
2009 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
2010 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
2012 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
2013 the other optional arguments accordingly.
2015 *** Export back-ends are now structures
2017 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
2018 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
2019 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
2022 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
2024 ** Important bugfixes
2026 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
2027 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
2029 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
2031 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
2032 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
2033 separator starting a TOTO match string.
2036 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
2038 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
2040 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
2042 - Support SVG images
2043 - Support for .pgf files
2044 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
2045 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
2046 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
2047 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
2048 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
2049 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
2050 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
2052 *** New functions for paragraph motion
2054 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
2055 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
2056 in a paragraph-like way.
2058 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2060 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
2061 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
2062 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
2063 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
2064 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
2066 *** Anonymous export back-ends
2068 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
2069 which can then be passed to export functions like
2070 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
2072 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
2073 registering a new back-end.
2075 *** New agenda fortnight view
2077 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
2078 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
2081 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
2083 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
2084 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
2086 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
2087 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
2088 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
2090 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
2091 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
2093 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
2094 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
2095 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
2096 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
2097 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
2100 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
2102 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
2104 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
2106 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
2108 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
2110 See [[https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
2112 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
2114 If you set this to the following
2116 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
2118 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
2120 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
2122 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
2124 ** New contributed packages
2126 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
2127 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
2130 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
2131 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
2135 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
2137 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
2138 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
2139 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
2140 the same with example blocks.
2142 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
2149 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
2151 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
2154 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
2155 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
2156 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
2158 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
2159 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
2160 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
2161 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
2162 detailed explanations.
2164 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
2165 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
2166 function has been called already.
2168 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
2171 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
2173 ** Incompatible changes
2175 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
2177 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
2179 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
2180 you will have to update them.
2182 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
2184 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
2185 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
2187 **** New export engine
2189 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
2190 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
2191 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
2192 /all/ export back-ends.
2194 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
2195 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
2196 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
2197 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
2198 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
2200 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
2201 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
2203 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
2204 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
2205 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
2206 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
2208 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
2210 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
2212 should now be written
2214 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
2216 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
2217 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
2218 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
2220 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
2222 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
2224 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
2227 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
2228 remember templates into capture templates.
2230 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
2232 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
2233 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
2235 **** Note for third-party developers
2237 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
2238 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
2239 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
2241 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
2244 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
2246 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
2247 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
2248 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
2250 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
2251 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
2252 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
2255 - org-colview-xemacs.el
2256 - org-mac-message.el
2262 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
2263 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
2264 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
2266 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
2267 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
2269 ** New packages in core
2271 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
2273 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
2275 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
2277 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
2279 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
2281 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
2282 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
2284 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2286 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
2288 ** New packages in contrib
2290 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
2292 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
2294 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
2297 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
2299 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
2300 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
2302 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
2305 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
2307 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
2309 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
2311 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
2313 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
2314 for starting headlines.
2316 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
2318 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
2319 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
2320 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
2321 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
2323 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
2325 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
2327 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
2329 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
2330 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2333 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
2334 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2337 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
2339 The [[https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
2340 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
2343 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
2344 conversion from Org files to groff.
2346 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
2348 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
2350 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
2352 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
2353 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
2360 **** New export generic options
2362 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
2363 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
2365 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
2367 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
2368 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
2369 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
2370 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
2372 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
2373 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
2374 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
2375 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
2376 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
2377 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
2378 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
2379 contains time-stamps.
2381 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
2382 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
2383 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
2385 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
2387 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
2389 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
2391 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
2393 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
2394 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
2395 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
2396 *** Structure editing
2398 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
2399 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
2401 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
2402 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
2404 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
2406 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
2407 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
2408 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
2409 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
2412 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
2414 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
2415 _words__= will preserve markup.
2417 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
2419 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
2420 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
2421 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
2423 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
2425 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
2426 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
2428 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
2430 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
2431 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
2432 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
2433 forward and backward.
2435 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
2436 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
2438 Now Org will sort this list
2440 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2441 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2445 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2446 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2448 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
2449 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
2450 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
2452 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
2453 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
2454 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
2456 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
2459 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
2461 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
2462 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
2463 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
2465 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
2467 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
2468 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
2469 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
2470 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
2472 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
2474 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
2475 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
2476 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
2477 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
2478 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
2480 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
2482 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
2483 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
2484 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
2486 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
2487 *** Scheduled/deadline
2489 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
2491 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
2492 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
2493 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
2494 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
2496 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
2497 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
2498 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
2499 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
2501 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
2502 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
2503 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
2504 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
2505 control this globally or per agenda.
2507 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
2509 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
2511 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
2513 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
2514 *** Calendar, diary and appts
2516 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
2518 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
2519 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
2520 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
2522 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2523 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
2524 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
2526 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
2527 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
2529 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
2532 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
2534 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
2535 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
2536 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
2538 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
2540 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
2541 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
2542 only show their description, not the full links.
2545 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
2547 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
2548 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
2549 want to build a list of appointments.
2551 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
2552 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
2554 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
2556 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
2558 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
2559 time value (i.e. appointments).
2561 **** New agenda sorting strategies
2563 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
2565 | Strategy | Explanations |
2566 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
2567 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
2568 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
2569 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
2570 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
2571 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
2572 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
2573 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
2574 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
2575 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
2576 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
2578 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
2580 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
2581 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
2582 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
2584 These new options are available:
2586 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
2587 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
2588 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
2589 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
2591 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
2592 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
2593 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
2595 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
2596 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
2597 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
2598 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
2599 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
2600 non-tagged headlines.
2602 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
2604 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
2605 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
2606 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
2607 that take only =N= minutes.
2609 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
2611 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
2612 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
2613 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
2615 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
2617 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
2618 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
2620 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
2622 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
2623 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
2625 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
2628 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
2630 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
2631 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
2632 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
2634 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
2635 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
2637 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
2639 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
2640 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
2642 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
2644 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
2646 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
2647 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
2650 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
2652 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
2653 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
2654 asks for a confirmation.
2656 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
2658 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
2659 the mark of the entry at point.
2661 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
2662 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
2664 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
2666 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
2667 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
2670 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
2672 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
2673 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
2675 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
2677 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
2678 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
2680 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
2682 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
2683 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
2684 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
2685 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
2687 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2689 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
2690 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
2691 repeated beyond the current deadline.
2693 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
2695 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
2696 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
2697 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
2698 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
2700 Read the full docstring for details.
2702 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
2704 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
2707 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
2710 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
2712 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
2713 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
2716 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
2718 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
2719 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
2721 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
2723 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2724 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
2725 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
2726 check against the name of the buffer.
2729 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
2730 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
2731 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
2734 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
2735 agenda views, and for filtering.
2737 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
2741 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
2743 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
2744 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
2745 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
2747 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
2748 as if the protocol was not known.
2750 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
2752 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
2754 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
2755 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
2756 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
2759 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
2761 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
2762 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
2763 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
2765 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
2767 When storing a link to a headline like
2769 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
2771 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
2772 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
2773 there is no description.
2776 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
2778 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
2779 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
2780 those other formulas.
2782 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2784 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2785 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2786 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2789 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2791 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2792 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2793 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2796 **** New lookup functions
2798 There are now three lookup functions:
2800 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2801 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2802 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2804 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2805 *** Startup keywords
2807 These new startup keywords are now available:
2809 | Startup keyword | Option |
2810 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2811 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2812 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2813 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2814 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2815 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2816 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2817 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2818 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2822 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2824 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2825 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2826 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2827 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2829 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2831 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2832 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2833 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2836 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2837 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2839 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2841 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2842 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2844 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2846 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2847 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2848 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2850 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2851 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2852 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2853 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2854 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2855 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2856 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2859 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2861 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2863 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2865 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2866 same target than the block at point.
2868 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2870 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2871 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2872 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2874 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2875 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2878 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2880 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2881 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2882 manual for a usage example.
2884 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2886 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2887 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2888 collecting blocks for tangling.
2890 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2891 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2893 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2894 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2895 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2896 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2898 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2899 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2902 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2903 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2904 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2905 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2909 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2910 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2911 - [[doc:org-export-html-table-tag][org-export-html-table-tag]] is replaced by [[doc:org-html-table-default-attributes][org-html-table-default-attributes]]
2912 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2913 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2914 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2915 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2916 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2917 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2918 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2919 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2920 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2921 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2922 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2923 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2924 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2925 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2926 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports OS X versions up to 10.8
2927 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2931 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2933 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2935 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2937 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2939 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2940 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2941 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2942 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2943 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2944 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2945 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2946 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2948 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2950 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2951 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2953 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2955 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2956 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2957 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2961 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2963 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2964 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2967 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2968 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2969 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2970 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2971 agenda type to this variable.
2973 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2976 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2977 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2978 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2979 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2981 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2983 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2984 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2985 invisible) blocked tasks.
2987 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2989 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2990 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2992 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2994 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2995 ** No GPL manual anymore
2997 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2998 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
3000 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
3002 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
3004 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
3005 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
3006 in most environments.
3010 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
3012 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
3014 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3015 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
3018 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
3019 available through https://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
3020 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
3023 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
3025 ** Overview of the new keybindings
3027 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
3028 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
3029 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
3030 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
3031 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
3032 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
3033 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
3034 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
3035 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
3036 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
3037 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
3038 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
3039 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
3040 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
3041 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
3043 ** New package and Babel language
3045 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
3047 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
3049 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
3050 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
3052 ** Incompatible changes
3054 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
3055 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
3057 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
3060 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
3061 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
3062 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
3064 ** New features and user-visible changes
3068 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
3069 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
3070 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
3071 core and many core functions rely on this package.
3073 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
3074 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
3076 See the docstrings for more details.
3078 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
3079 on =org-element.el=.
3081 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
3083 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
3084 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
3085 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
3086 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
3088 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
3090 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
3091 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
3092 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
3093 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
3095 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
3097 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
3099 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
3101 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
3104 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
3105 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
3107 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
3108 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
3109 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
3112 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
3115 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
3116 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
3117 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
3119 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
3120 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
3121 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
3126 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
3128 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
3129 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
3130 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
3131 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
3133 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
3134 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
3135 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
3136 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
3137 generating new ones.
3139 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
3142 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
3144 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3145 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
3148 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3149 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
3150 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
3153 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
3154 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
3155 details on how to use this.
3157 **** Changes in bulk actions
3159 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
3160 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
3162 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
3163 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
3164 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
3165 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
3166 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
3168 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
3169 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
3171 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
3172 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
3175 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
3177 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
3179 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
3181 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
3182 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
3184 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
3186 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
3187 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
3188 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
3189 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
3192 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
3194 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
3197 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
3198 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
3199 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
3200 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
3201 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
3204 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
3206 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
3208 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
3210 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
3211 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
3212 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
3213 filters and category filters.
3215 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
3216 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
3219 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
3220 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
3221 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
3226 **** Inserting links
3228 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
3229 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
3230 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
3233 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
3234 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
3235 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
3236 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
3238 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
3241 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
3243 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
3244 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
3245 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
3246 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
3248 **** New link type =help=
3250 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
3252 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
3253 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
3254 you go back to the same buffer.
3256 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
3258 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
3259 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
3262 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
3264 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
3266 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
3268 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
3270 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
3272 **** RET now follows time stamps links
3276 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
3278 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
3279 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
3280 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
3281 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
3283 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
3285 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
3286 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
3287 all headlines in the region.
3289 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
3291 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
3293 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
3294 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
3296 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
3298 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
3300 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
3302 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
3304 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
3306 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
3307 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
3308 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
3313 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
3315 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
3317 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
3319 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
3320 clocked entry, if any.
3322 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
3324 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
3326 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
3328 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
3329 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
3332 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
3333 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
3334 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
3338 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
3340 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
3343 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
3345 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
3346 cells in clockreport.
3348 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
3349 time cells in clockreport.
3352 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
3354 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
3355 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
3357 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
3358 in the mode line and/or frame title.
3360 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
3361 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
3362 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
3363 space in the frame title.
3367 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
3369 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
3370 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
3371 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
3372 don't want to see temporarily.
3374 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
3376 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
3378 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
3380 There are these new entities:
3382 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
3383 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
3384 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
3385 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
3386 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
3387 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
3389 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
3390 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
3391 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
3393 The face is back to a normal height.
3397 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
3398 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
3400 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
3401 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
3403 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
3405 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
3406 block will use its value as the column format.
3408 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
3410 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
3412 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
3414 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
3416 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
3417 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
3418 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
3419 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
3421 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
3425 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
3427 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
3429 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
3431 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
3433 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
3434 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
3435 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
3437 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
3439 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
3440 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
3441 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
3445 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
3447 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
3448 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
3449 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
3450 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
3452 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
3454 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3455 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
3458 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3459 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
3460 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
3463 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
3464 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
3465 more details on how to use this.
3467 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
3468 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
3470 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
3471 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
3474 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
3476 See the manual for more explanations.
3478 **** More control over empty lines
3480 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
3481 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
3484 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
3486 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
3490 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
3492 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
3493 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
3494 available) to print beautiful tables.
3496 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
3498 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
3499 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
3502 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
3504 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
3505 in the #+DATE option.
3507 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
3509 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
3511 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
3512 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
3514 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
3515 More languages are always welcome.
3517 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
3519 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
3520 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
3522 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
3523 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
3524 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
3525 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
3526 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
3527 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
3529 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
3530 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
3534 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
3536 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
3539 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
3541 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
3542 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
3544 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
3546 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
3548 It used to exports the results of the code.
3552 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
3553 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
3555 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
3556 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
3558 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
3560 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
3561 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
3562 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
3564 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
3565 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
3567 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
3568 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
3569 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
3572 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
3574 This will increment the effort value.
3576 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
3578 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
3580 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
3581 attach symbolic links.
3583 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
3585 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
3587 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
3588 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
3590 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
3592 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
3594 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
3595 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
3596 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
3598 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
3600 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
3601 all top level list items.
3603 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
3605 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
3607 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
3608 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
3610 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
3612 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
3614 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
3615 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
3616 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
3617 first headline in the region.
3619 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
3621 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
3624 ** Important bug fixes
3626 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
3628 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
3629 perform completion with meaningful values.
3631 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
3633 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
3634 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
3635 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3637 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
3638 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
3640 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
3641 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
3644 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
3645 the code and the license to your needs.
3647 See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
3648 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
3652 ** Incompatible changes
3654 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
3656 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
3658 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
3660 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
3661 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
3662 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
3663 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
3666 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
3668 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
3669 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
3670 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
3672 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
3674 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
3675 =org-agenda-span= instead.
3677 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
3679 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
3681 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
3682 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
3683 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
3684 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
3685 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
3687 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
3688 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
3689 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
3690 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
3691 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
3692 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
3694 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
3695 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
3696 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
3699 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
3702 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
3703 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
3704 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
3705 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
3707 The two new variables are:
3709 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
3710 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
3711 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
3712 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
3713 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
3714 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
3715 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
3717 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
3718 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
3721 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
3724 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
3725 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
3726 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
3727 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
3729 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
3730 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
3731 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
3732 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
3735 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
3736 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
3737 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
3738 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
3739 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
3740 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
3743 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
3744 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
3745 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
3746 applies to the following packages:
3764 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
3765 you are using, you can remove it from
3766 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
3767 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
3770 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
3771 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
3772 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
3773 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
3774 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
3777 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
3779 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
3780 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3781 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3784 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3786 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3788 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3790 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3792 ** Important new features
3794 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3796 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3798 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3799 for more information on how to customize it.
3801 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3803 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3804 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3805 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3806 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3808 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3809 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3810 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3812 To switch over to the new system:
3816 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3818 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3819 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3820 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3821 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3822 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3824 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3826 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3829 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3832 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3834 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3835 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3836 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3837 with using both system in parallel.
3841 *** New Org libraries
3842 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3844 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3846 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3848 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3850 To use, put the following in your init file:
3853 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3856 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3857 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3858 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3859 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3860 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3861 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3862 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3863 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3864 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3867 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3869 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3870 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3872 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3874 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3875 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3876 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3879 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3880 call function to do something special with text links.
3882 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3884 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3886 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3887 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3888 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3891 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3893 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3895 *** New Babel libraries
3897 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3898 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3899 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3900 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3901 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3902 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3903 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3905 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3909 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3911 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3912 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3913 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3914 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3915 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3916 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3918 The key new functions are
3920 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3921 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3922 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3924 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3925 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3927 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3928 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3930 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3931 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3933 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3935 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3936 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3937 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3939 **** Modified link escaping
3941 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3943 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3944 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3945 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3946 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3949 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3950 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3951 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3952 : percent escaped links are solved.
3954 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3956 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3958 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3959 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3961 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3963 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3965 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3966 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3967 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3968 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3969 string to be executed.
3971 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3972 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3976 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3977 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3980 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3984 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3986 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3987 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3988 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3989 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3991 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3992 will work on the current entry.
3994 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3995 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3997 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3999 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
4001 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
4004 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
4005 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
4010 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
4012 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
4013 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
4014 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
4016 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
4018 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
4019 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
4020 entries using a function.
4022 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
4023 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
4024 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
4026 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
4028 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
4029 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
4030 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
4032 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
4034 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
4035 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
4036 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
4037 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
4038 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
4039 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
4041 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
4045 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
4047 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
4048 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
4050 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
4051 docstring of these variable for details about available
4054 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
4055 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
4056 formatting string will insert a string.
4058 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
4060 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
4061 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
4062 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
4063 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
4064 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
4065 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
4066 C-e u=, respectively.
4068 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
4069 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
4070 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
4071 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
4072 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
4075 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
4077 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
4078 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
4080 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
4082 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
4083 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
4085 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
4087 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
4088 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
4089 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
4090 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
4091 section]] in the manual for more details.
4093 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
4094 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
4095 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
4100 **** Refile targets can now be cached
4102 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
4103 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
4104 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
4105 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
4106 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
4108 **** New logging support for refiling
4110 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
4111 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
4114 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
4118 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
4120 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
4124 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
4126 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
4127 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
4129 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
4131 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
4132 the displayed in the buffer.
4134 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
4136 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
4138 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
4139 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
4141 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
4142 |--------+--------+---------|
4143 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
4144 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
4146 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
4149 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
4152 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
4154 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
4156 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
4157 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
4164 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
4165 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
4168 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
4170 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
4172 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
4173 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
4175 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
4179 **** Improved handling of lists
4181 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
4183 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
4184 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
4185 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
4188 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
4189 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
4190 counters like [@c] or [@W].
4192 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
4193 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
4194 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
4195 `org-list-export-context'.
4197 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
4198 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
4199 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
4201 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
4202 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
4203 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
4204 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
4205 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
4207 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
4208 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
4209 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
4211 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
4213 *** Inline display of linked images
4215 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
4216 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
4217 that have no description part will be inlined.
4219 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
4221 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
4222 from 1, you can now do it like this:
4224 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
4226 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
4228 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
4229 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
4230 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
4231 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
4232 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
4233 into account all header arguments, and variables.
4235 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
4236 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
4237 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
4240 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
4241 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
4242 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
4243 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
4244 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
4245 properties or in tables.
4247 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
4248 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
4249 names, and rownames across all languages.
4251 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
4253 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
4255 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
4256 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
4257 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
4259 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
4261 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
4262 request by Scott Otterson.
4264 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
4266 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
4267 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
4268 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
4269 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
4270 superscripts, see the variable
4271 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
4273 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
4275 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
4277 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
4278 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
4279 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
4280 following new faces:
4282 =org-document-title=
4284 =org-document-info-keyword=
4286 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
4287 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
4289 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
4291 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
4293 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
4294 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
4295 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
4296 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
4297 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
4298 property is affected by this setting.
4300 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
4301 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
4303 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
4305 Requested by Michael Brand.
4307 **** Better level cycling function
4309 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
4310 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
4311 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
4312 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
4314 **** Adaptive filling
4316 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
4317 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
4318 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
4319 comments to be filled correctly.
4321 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
4323 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
4325 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
4327 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
4329 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
4330 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
4332 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
4336 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
4338 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
4339 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
4340 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
4341 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
4343 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
4345 **** Localized clock tables
4347 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
4348 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
4349 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
4350 available translated strings.
4352 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
4354 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
4355 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
4356 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
4357 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
4359 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
4361 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
4363 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
4364 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
4365 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
4366 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
4369 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
4373 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
4375 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
4376 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
4378 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
4380 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
4382 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
4383 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
4384 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
4387 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
4390 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
4392 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
4393 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
4398 org-table-current-line
4402 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
4404 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
4405 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
4408 This was requested by Tom.
4410 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
4412 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
4413 example by viewing from the agenda.
4415 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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