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3 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of User-visible changes
4 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
5 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
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10 ** Incompatible changes
14 *** New keyword search agenda view
16 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
17 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. The
18 search knows the boundaries of an entry, and it can use
19 simple Boolean logic. For example, the search string
21 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
23 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
24 @code{computer} and @code{wifi}, but not the keyword
25 @code{ethernet}, and which are also not matched by the
26 regular expression @code{8\.11[bg]}, meaning to exclude both
27 8.11b and 8.11g. If the first character of the search string
28 is an asteriks, the search will only look at headlines -
29 otherwise it will look at the headine and the text below it,
30 up to the next (possibly sub-) heading.
32 If find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
33 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
36 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
37 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))))
39 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
41 The new development model already starts to pay off, a number
42 of interesting extensions are now part of the distribution.
43 Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
45 Interesting for developers may be that there is a file
46 org-id.el which implements global ID's for org-mode entries.
47 These can be used in dependency implementations, for
52 - M-RET can again be used to split a line so tha the rest of
53 the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do this
54 in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the old
57 Customize the variable `org-M-RET-may-split-line' if you
58 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
59 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
65 ** Incompatible changes
67 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
68 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
69 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
73 *** Changes to logging progress
75 There is now more control over which state changes are being
76 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
77 sections in the manual. Basically:
79 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
80 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
81 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
82 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
83 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
84 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
85 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
86 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
88 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
89 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
90 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
91 : when leaving this state. This is great for
92 : getting a record when switching *back* from
94 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
95 : Here we not even define a fast access
96 : character, but just the logging stuff.
98 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
102 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
103 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
104 of the line) before the current line.
106 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
107 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
108 create a new line below the current one.
112 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
113 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
120 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
122 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
123 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
125 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
127 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
128 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
129 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
131 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
133 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
135 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
139 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
141 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
143 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
145 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
147 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
149 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
151 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
153 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
157 ** Incompatible Changes
159 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
160 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
161 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
165 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
167 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
168 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
170 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
171 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
173 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
174 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
175 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
176 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
177 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
178 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
181 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
182 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
185 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
186 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
187 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
189 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
190 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
191 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
192 variable does select the interface that is used to select
193 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
196 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
198 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
199 path to select a location.
200 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
203 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
204 they are always current.
206 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
207 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
208 special also because it only matches in headline. This
209 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
210 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
211 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
212 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
213 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
215 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
216 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
217 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
218 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
219 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
220 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
226 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
227 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
228 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
229 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
230 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
232 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
233 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
235 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
236 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
238 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
239 headline up to the tags.
240 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
242 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
244 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
245 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
246 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
247 request by Austin Frank.
249 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
250 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
251 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
253 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
254 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
255 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
256 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
258 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
259 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
260 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
261 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
262 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
263 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
264 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
265 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
266 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
267 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
268 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
271 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
272 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
273 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
274 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
282 will file is with the following property
284 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
286 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
287 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
288 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
290 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
291 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
300 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
302 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
304 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
306 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
308 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
310 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
312 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
314 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
316 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
320 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
321 entries in a subtree. For example
323 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
325 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
326 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
327 request by Bernt Hansen.
329 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
330 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
331 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
332 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
333 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
334 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
335 interactively select the filing location (file and
336 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
337 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
338 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
339 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
340 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
342 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
343 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
344 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
345 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
346 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
349 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
350 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
351 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
352 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
353 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
354 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
355 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
358 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
359 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
360 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
363 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
364 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
365 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
366 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
367 explain here, complex.
369 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
370 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
371 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
373 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
374 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
375 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
377 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
389 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
390 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
391 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
392 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
393 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
394 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
395 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
396 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
397 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
398 subtree motion commands.
400 - Plain lists items work the same.
402 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
403 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
404 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
407 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
408 let me know about any problems.
412 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
413 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
414 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
415 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
416 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
418 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
419 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
420 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
421 history variable. For example:
423 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
425 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
426 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
427 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
428 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
429 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
430 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
431 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
434 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
435 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
436 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
437 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
441 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
442 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
445 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
446 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
447 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
448 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
449 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
450 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
456 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
458 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
459 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
460 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
461 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
462 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
463 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
464 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
465 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
468 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
469 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
470 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
471 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
473 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
474 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
475 the new scope. TO if you like you can display an agenda view
476 and then watch it change in various scopes.
478 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
479 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
480 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
481 select a new restriction.
483 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
485 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
487 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
489 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
490 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
492 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
493 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
494 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
497 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
498 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
499 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
501 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
502 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
503 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
504 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
505 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
511 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
512 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
513 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
515 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
516 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
517 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
526 + Remember and related stuff
527 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
528 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
529 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
530 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
532 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
533 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
534 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
535 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
536 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
537 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
538 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
540 + Properties and Column view
541 - More control over which properties use inheritance
542 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
543 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
544 - New currency summary type {$}
546 + The date/time prompt
547 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
548 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
549 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
552 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
553 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
556 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
559 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
560 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
561 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
562 - Support for pabbrev-mode
563 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
565 ** Incompatible changes
567 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
568 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
569 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
571 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
572 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
575 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
579 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
580 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
582 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
584 : (org-remember nil ?n))
586 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
587 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
591 *** Remember and related stuff
593 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
594 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
595 application might be to put a note or task captured with
596 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
597 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
598 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
599 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
600 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
601 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
602 definitions. For example:
604 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
606 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
609 : (setq org-refile-targets
610 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
612 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
613 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
614 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
615 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
618 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
619 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
621 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
622 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
623 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
624 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
625 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
627 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
628 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
630 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
632 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
633 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
636 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
638 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
639 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
640 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
643 : (require 'remember)
644 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
645 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
646 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
648 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
649 provide a default for templates without a file, and
650 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
652 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
654 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
656 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
658 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
659 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
660 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
661 the default in Org-mode.
663 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
664 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
665 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
666 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
668 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
669 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
670 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
671 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
672 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
674 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
675 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
676 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
677 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
680 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
681 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
682 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
683 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
684 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
686 *** Properties and Column view
688 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
689 property names that should be treated with inheritance
692 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
693 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
694 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
695 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
696 discussion around this issue.
698 - Summary type improvements in column view.
699 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
700 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
701 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
702 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
703 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
704 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
705 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
707 *** The date/time prompt
709 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
712 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
713 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
714 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
715 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
716 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
718 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
719 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
720 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
721 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
722 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
723 entered month is before the current, for example if you
724 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
725 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
726 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
728 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
729 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
730 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
731 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
732 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
734 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
736 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
737 list of newly performed conversions:
739 | Org | Description | HTML |
740 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
741 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
742 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
743 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
744 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
746 You can turn this globally on or off with
747 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
748 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
749 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
750 William Henney for relevant inputs.
752 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
753 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
757 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
758 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
759 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
760 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
761 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
762 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
764 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
766 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
767 export by setting it either globally
768 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
769 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
770 the list of available classes and their sectioning
771 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
772 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
775 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
776 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
777 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
779 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
780 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
782 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
783 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
786 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
787 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
788 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
795 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
796 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
797 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
799 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
800 the values of constants and properties are no longer
801 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
802 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
803 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
805 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
806 with extension matched by the new variable
807 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
816 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
817 + All known bugs fixed.
818 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
819 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
820 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
822 - The agenda dispatcher
823 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
824 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
826 - Sorting improvements
827 + User-defined sorting keys.
828 + Sorting by properties.
829 + Sorting of plain lists.
831 - HTML <div> structure
834 + New variables, several of them.
835 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
836 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
837 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
838 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
842 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
844 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
845 (at least I hope so...).
847 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
848 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
850 + global, i.e. for the entire file
851 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
852 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
854 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
855 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
856 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
860 : :ID: planning-overview
866 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
870 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
871 be prompted for the ID.
873 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
874 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
875 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
876 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
877 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
880 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
882 *** The agenda dispatcher
884 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
885 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
886 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
887 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
888 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
889 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
890 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
891 them to custom commands.
893 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
894 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
895 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
896 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
898 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
899 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
900 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
901 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
902 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
904 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
905 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
908 *** Sorting improvements
910 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
911 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
913 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
914 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
916 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
919 - Plain lists can be sorted.
921 *** HTML <div> structure
923 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
925 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
928 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
929 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
931 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
932 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
934 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
935 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
937 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
938 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
942 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
943 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
944 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
947 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
949 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
951 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
952 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
953 your properties will not be folded away.
954 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
956 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
957 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
958 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
960 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
961 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
962 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
963 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
964 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
966 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
967 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
968 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
969 a proposal by Bastien.
971 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
972 request by Wanrong Lin.
974 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
975 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
976 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
982 - Remember templates can now have name.
983 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
984 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
985 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
986 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
987 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
988 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
989 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
990 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
991 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
992 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
994 ** Incompatible Changes
996 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
1000 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
1001 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
1002 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
1003 the name start with the selection character, for example if
1004 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
1005 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
1007 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
1008 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
1009 change). Thanks to Bastien.
1011 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
1012 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
1014 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
1015 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
1016 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
1017 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
1019 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
1020 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
1021 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
1023 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1024 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
1025 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
1026 Wiegley for a patch.
1028 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
1029 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
1030 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
1031 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
1032 with full completion support.
1034 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
1035 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
1036 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
1038 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
1039 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
1042 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
1043 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
1044 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
1045 well tested yet, please check it out.
1053 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
1054 - Command to jump to the running clock
1055 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
1056 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
1057 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
1058 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1059 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
1060 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
1061 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
1062 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
1063 - Better tag alignment in agenda
1065 ** Incompatible changes
1067 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
1068 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
1070 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
1071 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
1072 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
1074 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
1075 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
1078 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1083 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
1084 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
1087 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
1090 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
1093 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
1094 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
1095 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
1096 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
1097 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
1099 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
1100 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
1101 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
1102 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
1104 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
1105 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
1106 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
1107 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
1108 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
1109 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
1110 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
1111 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
1112 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
1114 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
1115 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
1116 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
1117 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
1118 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
1119 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
1120 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
1121 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
1122 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
1124 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
1125 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
1126 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
1127 being prompted for a template, like this:
1129 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
1131 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
1133 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1134 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
1135 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
1136 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
1138 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
1139 (also `s' does this).
1141 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
1142 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
1145 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
1146 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
1147 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
1149 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
1150 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
1151 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
1153 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
1154 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
1155 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
1156 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
1164 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
1165 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
1166 - CSV support when importing a table.
1167 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
1168 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
1169 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
1170 - Modifications to priority cycling.
1171 - Modifications to computations in column view.
1172 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
1177 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
1178 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
1181 : * Tree with special properties
1183 : :CATEGORY: Examples
1184 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
1187 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
1188 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
1189 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
1190 *single* default for the file which is then locally
1191 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
1192 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
1193 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
1194 encourage you to stop using them.
1196 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
1197 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
1198 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
1199 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
1203 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
1204 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
1205 | file | the full current buffer |
1206 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
1207 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
1208 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
1209 | agenda | all agenda files |
1211 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
1212 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
1213 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
1214 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
1217 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
1218 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
1219 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
1220 basic input it works.
1222 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
1223 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
1224 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
1225 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1227 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
1228 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
1231 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
1232 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
1234 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1236 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
1237 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
1238 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
1239 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
1240 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
1242 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
1243 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
1244 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
1245 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
1246 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
1249 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
1250 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
1251 of all the children's values each time you enter column
1252 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
1253 the children has that particular property defined, the
1254 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
1255 items under such an entry without getting the property value
1256 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
1257 is a better way of doing things.
1259 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
1260 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
1261 testing is appreciated.
1263 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
1264 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
1265 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
1266 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
1268 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
1269 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
1270 links in square or angular brackets.
1278 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
1281 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
1282 agenda can be configured.
1284 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
1286 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
1288 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
1290 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1292 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1293 inherited from the outline faces.
1295 ** Incompatible Changes
1297 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1298 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1299 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1300 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
1301 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
1306 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
1307 switching to that state. With the setting
1309 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
1310 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
1312 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
1315 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
1316 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
1317 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
1318 own function. Configure the new variable
1319 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
1320 this development with a patch.
1322 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1323 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1324 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1325 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
1326 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
1327 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
1328 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
1330 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
1331 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
1332 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
1333 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
1334 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
1335 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
1336 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
1338 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
1339 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
1342 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1343 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
1344 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
1345 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
1346 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
1347 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
1348 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
1350 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1351 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
1352 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
1353 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
1354 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
1355 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
1356 match the current org-mode faces.
1358 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
1362 ** Incompatible changes
1364 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
1368 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
1369 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
1370 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
1372 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
1374 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
1375 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
1376 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
1377 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
1378 command fall back to cycling.
1380 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
1381 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
1382 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
1383 interface anyway, set the variable
1384 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
1385 others for input on this issue.
1387 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
1388 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
1389 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
1391 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
1392 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
1394 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
1395 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
1397 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
1399 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
1400 use a format string that will be interpreted by
1401 `format-time-string', for example:
1403 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
1405 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
1406 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
1407 included) have changed this.
1409 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
1410 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
1411 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
1412 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
1413 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
1414 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
1415 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
1421 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
1423 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
1425 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
1427 - Sorting can be done by priority.
1429 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
1431 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1433 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
1435 ** Incompatible changes
1437 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
1438 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
1440 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
1444 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
1445 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
1446 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
1448 A Here is a configuration example:
1450 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
1451 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
1452 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
1453 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
1456 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
1457 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
1459 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
1460 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
1461 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
1462 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
1463 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
1464 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
1465 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
1466 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
1467 states, just like you also do for tags.
1469 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
1470 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
1472 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
1473 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
1474 switch the entry to that state.
1476 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
1477 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
1478 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
1481 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
1483 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
1484 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
1485 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
1486 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
1488 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
1489 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
1491 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
1492 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
1493 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
1494 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
1495 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
1497 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
1498 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
1499 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
1502 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
1503 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
1504 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
1505 the file will simply be skipped.
1515 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
1516 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
1517 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
1518 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
1519 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
1520 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
1521 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
1522 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
1525 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
1526 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
1527 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
1528 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
1529 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
1530 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
1531 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
1532 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
1533 the special locations.
1535 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
1538 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
1541 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
1542 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
1543 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
1545 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
1546 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
1547 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
1553 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
1555 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
1557 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
1559 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
1561 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
1563 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
1565 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
1567 - Global values for selected properties.
1574 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
1575 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
1576 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
1577 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
1578 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
1579 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
1580 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
1581 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
1583 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
1584 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
1585 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
1586 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
1587 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
1588 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
1589 currently how to handle the new link types for
1592 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
1593 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
1594 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
1595 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
1598 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
1599 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
1600 The syntax is like this
1602 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
1604 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
1607 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
1609 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
1610 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
1611 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
1613 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
1616 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
1617 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
1618 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
1619 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
1622 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
1623 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
1624 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
1625 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
1626 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
1627 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
1630 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
1631 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
1632 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
1635 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
1636 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
1637 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
1638 `org-global-properties', like this:
1640 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
1642 Buffer-local values are set like this:
1644 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
1646 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
1647 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
1648 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
1649 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
1650 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
1651 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
1659 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
1660 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
1661 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
1662 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
1664 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
1665 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
1666 this stuff into the drawer.
1667 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1669 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
1670 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
1672 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
1673 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
1675 - Lots of minor fixes.
1679 ** Incompatible Changes
1681 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
1682 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
1683 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
1687 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
1688 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
1689 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
1691 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
1692 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
1693 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
1694 know if we need to make this customizable.
1696 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
1697 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
1698 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
1699 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
1700 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
1702 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
1711 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
1714 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
1715 compute their value from the children's values.
1717 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
1718 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
1721 ** Incompatible Changes
1723 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
1724 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
1725 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
1726 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
1731 - Improvements for properties:
1733 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
1734 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
1736 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
1737 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
1738 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
1739 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
1740 typos when entering properties.
1742 - Improvements for column view.
1744 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
1745 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
1748 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
1749 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
1750 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
1751 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
1754 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
1755 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
1758 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
1759 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
1760 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
1762 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
1763 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
1764 beginning of a line. So
1766 : * This is a level 1 headline
1767 : *this is bold text*
1769 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
1770 available in orgstruct-mode.
1776 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
1777 structure editing commands into any other mode.
1779 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
1780 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
1781 open if explicitly asked.
1783 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
1785 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
1786 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
1789 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
1790 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
1793 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
1795 ** Incompatible changes
1797 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
1798 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
1799 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
1800 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
1801 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
1802 that this is the better convention.
1806 *** Orgstruct minor mode
1808 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
1809 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
1810 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
1811 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
1812 easily create lists.
1814 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
1815 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
1816 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
1817 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
1818 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
1819 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
1820 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
1821 minor modes have assigned to them.
1823 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
1824 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
1825 the promised implementation.
1829 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
1830 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
1831 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
1832 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
1833 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
1836 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
1838 you can then create drawers like this:
1841 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
1842 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
1845 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
1846 contains properties of an entry (see below).
1848 *** Properties and Column View
1850 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
1851 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
1852 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
1853 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
1854 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
1855 a property drawer and inserting a line like
1857 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
1859 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
1860 program using properties, use the functions
1861 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
1862 and `org-entry-delete'.
1864 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
1867 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
1868 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
1869 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
1870 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
1871 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
1872 after the headline, outside the drawer.
1874 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
1877 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
1879 will find entries that
1882 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
1883 - are TODO status WAITING.
1885 So here is an entry that will match:
1887 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
1892 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
1893 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
1896 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
1898 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
1899 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
1900 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
1901 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
1902 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
1903 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
1904 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
1905 can set up different property columns on different levels
1906 of an outline tree. For example:
1910 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
1914 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
1917 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
1919 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
1922 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
1925 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
1926 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
1928 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
1929 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
1930 will get a different table than if you do it in the
1931 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
1932 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
1933 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
1936 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
1937 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
1939 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
1940 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
1941 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
1942 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
1943 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
1944 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
1946 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
1947 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
1950 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
1952 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
1954 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
1955 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
1956 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
1958 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
1959 Any suggestions for better defaults?
1960 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
1961 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
1966 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
1967 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
1968 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
1969 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
1970 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
1971 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
1972 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
1975 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
1976 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
1977 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
1978 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
1979 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
1986 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
1988 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
1989 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
1990 constants can now be set with a line like:
1992 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
1996 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
1997 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
2000 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
2002 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
2006 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
2007 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
2008 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
2009 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
2016 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
2017 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
2018 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
2019 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
2021 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
2022 See manual section 3.5.3.
2024 - New options for turning off footnotes.
2025 This was a request from Ignotus.
2026 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
2028 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
2029 default. This was a request from Micheal.
2030 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
2034 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
2035 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
2036 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
2037 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
2038 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
2044 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
2045 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
2047 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
2049 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
2051 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
2053 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
2055 ** Incompatible changes
2057 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
2058 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
2059 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
2060 with the xemacs version. For example:
2062 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
2064 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
2065 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
2066 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
2067 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
2068 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
2072 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
2073 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
2074 interval on a single day. For example
2076 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
2078 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
2079 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
2080 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
2081 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
2083 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
2086 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
2087 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
2091 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
2093 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
2094 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
2095 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
2096 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
2097 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
2098 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
2099 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
2100 using localization features may not work correctly in the
2101 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
2102 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
2103 stick to the ASCII characters.
2105 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
2106 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
2107 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
2108 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
2109 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
2111 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
2113 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
2114 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
2115 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
2117 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
2118 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
2119 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
2120 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
2121 if we can agree on this:
2123 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
2124 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
2125 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
2126 out to a previous level. For example
2134 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
2143 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
2144 using promotion and demotion functions.
2150 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
2151 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
2153 ** Incompatible changes
2155 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
2159 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
2160 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
2161 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
2162 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
2163 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
2164 column where the character is specified). You may also use
2165 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
2167 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
2168 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2169 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
2170 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2171 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
2172 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
2173 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
2175 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
2176 never exported, but can be used to place column group
2177 information into the table. In this table, we create a
2178 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
2179 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
2182 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
2183 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
2184 wherever you want a vertical line:
2186 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
2187 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2188 : | / | < | < | | < | |
2190 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
2191 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
2193 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
2194 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
2195 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
2196 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
2197 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
2198 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
2199 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
2200 behavior we had before.
2202 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
2204 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
2205 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
2206 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
2207 special characters in other languages as along as your
2208 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
2209 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
2210 out how to do this in XEmacs.
2216 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
2220 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
2222 [1]This is a footnote
2224 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
2225 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
2227 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
2229 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
2230 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
2233 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
2239 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
2240 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
2242 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
2243 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
2244 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
2245 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
2247 ** Incompatible Changes
2249 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
2250 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
2254 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
2255 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
2257 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
2259 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
2260 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
2261 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
2262 collect your credit, let me know!
2264 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
2265 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
2267 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
2268 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
2270 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
2271 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
2272 would in the diary. For example
2274 * Birthdays and similar stuff
2276 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
2278 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
2279 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
2281 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
2283 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
2284 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
2285 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
2286 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
2287 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
2288 put in a few categories, and then turned off
2289 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
2290 faster agenda display.
2292 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
2293 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
2294 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
2295 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
2296 to Raman for this idea.
2298 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
2299 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
2300 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
2303 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
2304 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
2305 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
2309 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
2311 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
2312 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
2314 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
2315 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
2316 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
2317 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
2320 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
2321 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
2323 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
2324 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
2325 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
2326 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
2328 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
2329 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
2330 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
2331 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
2333 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
2334 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
2341 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
2342 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
2343 further processing in scripts.
2345 ** Incompatible Changes
2347 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
2348 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
2352 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
2353 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
2354 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
2355 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
2358 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
2359 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
2360 that have associated file names and exports the views to
2361 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
2362 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
2363 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
2364 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
2365 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
2367 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
2368 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
2369 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
2370 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
2372 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
2373 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
2374 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
2376 - Quite a few bug fixes.
2386 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
2388 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
2390 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
2392 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
2394 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
2396 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
2398 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
2402 ** Incompatible changes
2404 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
2405 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
2408 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
2409 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
2410 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
2411 `org-disputed-keys'.
2413 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
2414 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
2415 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
2419 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
2420 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
2421 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
2422 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
2423 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
2424 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
2425 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
2426 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
2427 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
2428 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
2429 Scott fro bringing this up again.
2431 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
2432 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
2433 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
2434 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
2436 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
2437 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
2439 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
2440 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
2441 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
2442 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
2444 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
2445 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
2446 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
2447 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
2448 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
2449 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
2450 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
2451 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
2453 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
2455 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
2456 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
2457 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
2458 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
2459 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
2460 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
2461 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
2464 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
2465 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
2466 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
2467 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
2468 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
2469 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
2472 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
2473 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
2474 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
2475 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
2476 indicates a non-stuck project.
2478 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
2479 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
2480 please let me know if you find problems.
2482 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
2483 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
2489 ** Incompatible changes
2493 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
2494 exported HTML. These are the variables
2495 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
2496 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
2499 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
2500 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
2501 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
2503 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
2504 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
2505 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
2506 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
2507 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
2508 that are scanned for the agenda.
2516 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
2517 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
2518 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
2520 ** Incompatible changes
2522 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
2526 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
2528 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
2530 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
2532 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
2533 list (and which is also works!)
2535 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
2536 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
2538 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
2539 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
2540 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
2541 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
2542 toward using the latter.
2544 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
2545 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
2546 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
2547 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
2549 (setq org-todo-keywords
2550 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
2551 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
2552 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
2553 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
2556 If your setting has this new structure,
2557 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
2558 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
2559 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
2560 interpretation from the other variable still works.
2562 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
2563 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
2564 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
2565 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
2566 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
2569 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
2570 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
2571 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
2572 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
2573 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
2574 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
2575 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
2577 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
2578 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
2579 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
2580 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
2581 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
2583 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
2584 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
2585 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
2586 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
2587 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
2588 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
2589 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
2590 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
2591 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
2598 This time the changes affect the following areas:
2600 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
2601 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
2602 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
2603 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
2604 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
2605 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
2608 ** Incompatible changes
2610 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
2611 over several lines, like
2614 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
2617 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
2618 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
2619 See below for details.
2621 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
2622 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
2623 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
2624 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
2629 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
2630 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
2633 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
2634 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
2635 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
2637 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
2638 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
2639 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
2640 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
2641 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
2642 where you want to be.
2644 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
2645 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
2646 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
2649 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
2650 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
2652 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
2653 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
2655 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
2657 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
2658 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
2659 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
2660 new in-buffer option
2664 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
2665 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
2666 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
2667 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
2669 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
2670 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
2671 can be done by setting the variable
2672 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
2674 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
2680 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
2682 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
2683 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
2684 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
2685 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
2686 terminate all levels of plain list items.
2688 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
2690 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
2691 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
2694 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
2695 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
2696 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
2697 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
2698 are logging all state changes.
2700 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
2705 - Priority handling in the tags view
2706 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
2707 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
2708 - Improvements to the formula editor.
2709 - C-j does better indentation.
2713 - Priority handling in the tags view
2715 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
2716 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
2718 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
2720 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
2721 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
2722 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
2724 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
2726 - Changes in the spreadsheet
2728 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
2729 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
2730 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
2731 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
2732 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
2733 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
2734 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
2736 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
2739 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
2741 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
2743 + There is now a menu with commands.
2745 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
2746 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
2748 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
2749 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
2751 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
2752 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
2756 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
2757 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
2758 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
2760 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
2761 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
2766 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
2767 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
2768 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
2769 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
2771 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
2772 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
2773 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
2783 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
2784 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
2785 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
2787 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
2788 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
2789 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
2790 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
2791 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
2792 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
2793 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
2795 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
2796 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
2797 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
2799 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
2801 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
2802 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
2804 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
2805 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
2807 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
2808 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
2809 levels. For example:
2811 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
2813 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
2814 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
2815 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
2818 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
2819 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
2820 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
2821 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
2823 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
2824 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
2833 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
2834 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
2835 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
2836 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
2838 ** Detailed description of changes
2840 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
2841 any table in any mode.
2843 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
2844 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
2845 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
2846 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
2847 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
2848 inside the same file, in a block comment.
2850 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
2851 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
2852 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
2853 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
2854 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
2856 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
2857 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
2858 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
2859 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
2860 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
2861 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
2862 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
2865 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
2866 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
2867 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
2868 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
2869 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
2870 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
2871 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
2872 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
2873 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
2874 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
2875 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
2876 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
2878 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
2879 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
2880 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
2881 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
2887 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
2888 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
2889 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
2890 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
2891 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
2893 ** Detailed description of changes
2895 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
2896 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
2897 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
2899 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
2901 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
2902 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
2904 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
2906 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
2907 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
2908 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
2910 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
2911 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
2912 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
2914 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
2915 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
2916 to Raman for this excellent idea.
2918 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
2919 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
2921 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
2923 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
2924 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
2925 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
2926 remember.el work like this as well).
2927 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
2928 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
2929 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
2930 new template, but the old context information. This is
2931 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
2934 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
2935 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
2936 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
2937 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
2938 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
2939 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
2940 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
2941 without interaction.
2943 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
2944 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
2945 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
2946 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
2947 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
2948 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
2950 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
2951 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
2952 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
2953 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
2955 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
2956 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
2957 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
2958 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
2959 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
2960 them would require special hooks. Comments?
2966 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
2967 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
2969 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
2970 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
2971 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
2972 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
2973 + Incompatible changes
2974 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
2975 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
2976 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
2977 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
2978 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
2979 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
2980 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
2984 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
2985 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
2986 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
2987 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
2988 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
2989 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
2990 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
2991 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
2995 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
2996 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
2997 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
2998 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
2999 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
3000 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
3001 - Empty entries go full circle.
3002 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
3007 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
3010 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
3011 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
3012 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
3013 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
3014 another, dedicated frame.
3015 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
3016 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
3019 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
3020 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
3021 - Changes in Agenda buffer
3022 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
3023 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
3024 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
3025 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
3026 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
3027 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
3028 use regular expressions.
3029 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
3030 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
3031 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
3035 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
3036 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
3037 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
3044 - Improvements to fast tag selection
3045 + show status also in target line.
3046 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
3047 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
3048 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
3052 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
3053 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
3054 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
3055 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
3059 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
3060 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
3065 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
3066 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
3067 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
3071 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
3072 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
3073 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
3074 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
3075 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
3076 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
3077 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
3078 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
3079 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
3080 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
3081 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
3086 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
3087 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
3088 - File links can contain environment variables.
3089 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
3093 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
3094 each block created by a different agenda command.
3095 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
3096 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
3097 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
3098 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
3099 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
3100 upon the agenda type.
3101 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
3102 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
3103 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
3104 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
3105 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
3106 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
3107 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
3108 - More minor bug fixes.
3111 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
3112 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
3113 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
3117 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
3118 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
3119 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
3123 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
3126 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
3127 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
3128 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
3136 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
3137 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
3139 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
3140 LaTeX environment and math.
3143 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
3145 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
3146 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
3147 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
3151 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
3152 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
3155 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
3156 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
3157 and will not lead to conflicts.
3158 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
3162 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
3163 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
3164 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
3165 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
3166 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
3167 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
3168 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
3174 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
3175 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
3178 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
3179 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
3180 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
3181 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
3182 directories for different export types.
3183 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
3184 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
3191 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
3192 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
3193 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
3194 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
3195 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
3196 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
3197 relative and absolute paths.
3198 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
3199 - Bug and typo fixes.
3203 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
3204 contains a description or not.
3205 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
3206 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
3207 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
3208 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
3209 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
3210 for all available exporters.
3211 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
3217 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
3218 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
3219 end of the HTML file.
3220 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
3221 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
3222 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
3223 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
3229 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
3230 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
3231 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
3232 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
3242 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
3243 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
3246 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
3247 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
3248 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
3249 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
3250 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
3251 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
3252 - New structure for the customization tree.
3257 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
3261 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
3262 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
3263 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
3264 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
3265 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
3270 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
3271 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
3272 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
3273 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
3277 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
3278 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
3281 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
3282 - Various small bug fixes
3285 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
3286 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
3287 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
3288 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
3289 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
3290 argument to `C-c C-v'.
3291 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
3292 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
3293 next buffer change due to editing).
3296 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
3297 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
3298 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
3299 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
3302 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
3303 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
3304 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
3305 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
3306 - Changes to the HTML exporter
3307 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
3308 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
3309 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
3310 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
3311 - support for cascading style sheets.
3312 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
3313 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
3320 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
3324 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
3327 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
3328 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
3329 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
3330 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
3331 and are not linked to the calendar.
3332 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
3333 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
3334 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
3335 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
3338 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
3339 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
3340 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
3341 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
3342 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
3345 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
3346 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
3347 - Named fields and columns in tables.
3348 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
3351 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
3352 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
3355 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
3356 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
3357 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
3358 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
3359 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
3360 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
3364 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
3365 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
3366 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
3367 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
3368 - Archiving of finished tasks.
3369 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
3370 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
3371 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
3372 - Improved html export of tables.
3373 - Various clean-up changes.
3376 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
3380 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
3381 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
3385 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
3386 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
3390 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
3391 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
3392 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
3395 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
3396 - New startup option `content'.
3397 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
3398 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
3399 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
3402 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
3403 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
3404 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
3405 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
3406 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
3407 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
3410 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
3411 table shape when typing in fields.
3412 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
3413 into arbitrary major modes.
3414 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
3415 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
3416 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
3419 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
3420 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
3421 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
3423 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
3424 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
3425 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
3426 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
3427 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
3429 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
3430 - Sorting fully configurable.
3431 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
3432 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
3436 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
3437 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
3438 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
3439 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
3440 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
3441 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
3442 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
3445 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
3446 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
3447 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
3448 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
3449 - Priorities for TODO items.
3450 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
3451 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
3452 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
3457 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
3458 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
3459 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
3460 `org-todo-interpretation'.
3461 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
3462 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
3463 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
3464 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
3465 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
3466 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
3467 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
3468 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
3469 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
3470 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
3471 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
3474 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
3475 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
3476 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
3477 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
3478 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
3479 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
3480 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
3481 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
3482 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
3483 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
3484 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
3485 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
3488 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
3489 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
3490 - Date ranges introduced.
3491 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
3492 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
3493 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
3494 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
3495 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
3496 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
3497 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
3500 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
3501 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
3502 - Fully automatic table editor.
3503 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
3504 - Other link system changes
3505 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
3506 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
3507 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
3508 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
3509 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
3510 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
3511 Please re-read the manual section about links.
3513 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
3514 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
3515 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
3516 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
3517 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
3518 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
3520 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
3524 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
3525 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
3526 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
3527 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
3531 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents