1 # -*- mode: org; org-export-publishing-directory: "tmp"; fill-column: 65 -*-
3 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of user-visible changes
4 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
5 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
6 #+OPTIONS: H:3 num:nil toc:t \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:{} *:t TeX:t LaTeX:nil
7 #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info toc:1 path:org-info.js
9 #+LINK_HOME: http://orgmode.org
15 *** Description lists are now supported natively
17 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
18 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
19 separated by " :: ". For example
21 : Free software by Carsten Dominik
22 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
23 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
24 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
25 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
26 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
27 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
28 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
29 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
30 : - CHAIN :: A tool for running a code with
31 : different sets of parameters
32 : - MPP :: A preprocessor tool for creating MPEG
33 : and other movie streams
34 : - Dirabbrev :: Using abbreviations for directories
36 : - PSFIXBB :: fixing the BoundingBox in postscript files
37 : - TFMT :: A table formatting tool
39 *** Blockquotes for export
41 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
44 : Everything shound be made as simple as possible,
45 : but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
48 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
50 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
51 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
53 - `C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i' (or `C-u C-u I' from the agenda) will
54 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
55 - `C-u C-c C-x C-i' (or `C-u I' from the agenda) will offer a
56 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
57 for selection. `d' selects the default task, `i' selects
58 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
59 being clocked. `1',... selects a recent task. When you
60 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
62 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
63 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
64 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
65 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
66 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
67 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
68 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
70 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
72 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
73 fontified in an emacs buffer, and export the result to HTML.
74 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
77 : #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
78 : (defun org-xor (a b)
83 The string after the BEGIN_SRC is the name of the major emacs
84 mode that should be used to fontify the code example.
86 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
87 /htmlize.el/ package. For other backends, such structures are
94 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
95 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
96 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
97 - New operators for property searches
98 - Search commands can now include archive files.
99 - Clock tables can include the archive files
100 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
104 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
106 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
107 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
108 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
109 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
110 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
111 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
113 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
115 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
116 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
117 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
118 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
119 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
120 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
121 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
122 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
123 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
124 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
125 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
126 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
127 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
130 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
132 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
133 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
134 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
135 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
136 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
137 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
138 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
139 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
140 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
142 *** New operators for property searches
144 Property searches can now choose a number of different
145 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
146 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
148 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
149 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
150 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
152 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
153 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
155 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
156 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
157 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
158 match" or "does not match", respectively.
160 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
162 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
164 If the value of the customization variable
165 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
166 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
167 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
168 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
169 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
172 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
174 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
175 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
176 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
177 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
178 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
180 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
182 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
183 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
184 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
185 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
186 be functions, so that more general transformations are
187 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
188 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
192 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
193 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
194 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
198 - The Org distribution has a new structure
199 - New system for selecting modules to load
200 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
201 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
202 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
203 - Export commands can be done in the background
204 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
205 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
206 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
207 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
208 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
209 - And some more small fixes and improvements
211 ** Incompatible changes
213 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
215 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
216 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
217 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
218 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
219 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
220 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
224 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
226 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
227 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
228 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
229 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
230 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
231 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
235 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
236 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
237 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
238 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
239 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
240 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
241 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
242 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
245 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
247 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
248 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
249 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
250 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
251 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
252 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
253 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
254 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
257 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
258 buffer you can simply use "A".
260 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
262 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
264 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
265 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
266 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
267 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
270 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
271 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
272 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
273 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
274 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
275 visibility both locally and globally.
277 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
278 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
279 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
281 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
283 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
284 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
285 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
286 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
287 JavaScript program is served from
288 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
289 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
290 to be independent of the existence and stability of
291 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
292 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
295 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
297 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
299 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
300 together with org-info.js.
302 *** Export improvements
304 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
305 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
306 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
309 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
310 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
311 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
312 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
313 this less system dependent in the future.
315 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
317 *** Improvements to clocktable
319 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
320 when trying to specify the time block that should be
321 considered when constructing the table.
323 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
327 |--------------+-----------------------|
328 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
329 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
330 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
331 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
333 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
334 | thisweek | The current week |
335 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
336 | thismonth | The current month |
337 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
338 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
341 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
342 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
343 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
344 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
345 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
346 will switch to the following week.
348 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
349 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
350 a request from Bernt Hansen.
352 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
353 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
354 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
355 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
356 configure the variable
357 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
358 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
359 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
361 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
363 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
364 the form =W08= for week 8.
366 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
367 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
368 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
369 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
370 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
371 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
372 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
373 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
374 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
375 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
376 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
378 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
379 specify an ISO week. For example
381 : w4 Monday of week 4
382 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
384 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
385 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
387 So far I have not implemented the effect of
388 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
389 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
390 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
391 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
392 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
393 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
396 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
397 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
398 test extensively and report back.
400 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
402 *** Improvements in Search View
404 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
405 only in TODO entries.
407 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
408 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
409 also match in "Nasim's".
414 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
415 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
416 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
417 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
418 this excellent proposal.
420 The regexp option is also implemented for
421 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
422 properties for inheritance my name.
424 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
425 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
426 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
427 if and only if the setting in
428 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
431 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
432 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
433 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
434 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
435 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
436 customize them freely.
438 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
439 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
440 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
441 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
442 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
443 default date, not switch to today.
445 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
446 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
448 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
449 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
451 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
452 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
453 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
455 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
458 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
459 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
460 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
462 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
463 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
464 initial region if set.
466 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
469 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
471 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
472 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
473 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
474 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
475 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
476 file name to which the export should go, and a local
480 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
481 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
484 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
486 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
487 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
488 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
489 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
491 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
498 - New keyword search agenda view
500 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
502 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
504 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
506 - Granularity while editing time stamps
508 - New repeaters mechanisms
510 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
512 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
514 - =M-RET= splits lines again
518 ** Incompatible changes
520 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
521 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
526 *** New keyword search agenda view
528 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
529 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
530 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
531 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
532 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
533 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
534 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
535 example, the search string
537 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
539 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
540 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
541 which are also not matched by the regular expression
542 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
543 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
544 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
545 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
546 (possibly sub-) heading.
548 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
549 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
551 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
552 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
555 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
556 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
557 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
559 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
561 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
562 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
564 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
565 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
566 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
568 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
569 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
570 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
571 to cover contributed extensions as well.
573 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
575 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
576 last element defines the contexts in which the template
577 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
578 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
579 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
580 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
581 function, the template will be offered only if the function
582 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
583 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
586 One possible application for this would be to have several
587 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
588 the right one based on context. For example, think of
589 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
590 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
591 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
593 : (setq org-remember-templates
594 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
595 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
597 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
599 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
601 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
602 + In a table, add a hline as before
603 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
604 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
605 + In a headline, turn it into an item
606 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
607 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
608 item markers from all lines.
610 Based on proposals by Bastien.
612 - `C-c *' has now more functions
613 + in a table, recompute, as before
614 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
615 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
616 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
617 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
618 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
620 Based on proposals by Bastien.
622 *** Changes related to time stamps
624 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
625 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
626 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
627 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
628 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
629 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
630 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
631 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
632 specify the number of minutes to shift.
634 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
636 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
637 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
640 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
641 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
642 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
643 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
644 : and marked it done on Saturday.
645 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
646 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
647 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
650 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
652 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
654 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
655 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
658 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
659 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
660 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
661 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
662 the previous content.
664 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
666 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
667 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
668 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
670 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
674 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
675 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
676 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
677 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
680 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
681 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
682 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
685 - There are three new hooks:
687 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
688 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
689 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
693 ** Incompatible changes
695 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
696 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
697 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
701 *** Changes to logging progress
703 There is now more control over which state changes are being
704 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
705 sections in the manual. Basically:
707 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
708 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
709 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
710 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
711 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
712 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
713 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
714 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
716 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
717 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
718 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
719 : when leaving this state. This is great for
720 : getting a record when switching *back* from
722 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
723 : Here we not even define a fast access
724 : character, but just the logging stuff.
726 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
730 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
731 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
732 of the line) before the current line.
734 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
735 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
736 create a new line below the current one.
740 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
741 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
748 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
750 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
751 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
753 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
755 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
756 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
757 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
759 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
761 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
763 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
767 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
769 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
771 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
773 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
775 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
777 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
779 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
781 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
785 ** Incompatible Changes
787 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
788 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
789 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
793 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
795 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
796 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
798 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
799 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
801 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
802 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
803 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
804 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
805 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
806 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
809 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
810 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
813 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
814 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
815 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
817 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
818 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
819 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
820 variable does select the interface that is used to select
821 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
824 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
826 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
827 path to select a location.
828 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
831 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
832 they are always current.
834 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
835 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
836 special also because it only matches in headline. This
837 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
838 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
839 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
840 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
841 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
843 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
844 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
845 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
846 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
847 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
848 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
854 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
855 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
856 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
857 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
858 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
860 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
861 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
863 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
864 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
866 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
867 headline up to the tags.
868 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
870 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
872 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
873 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
874 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
875 request by Austin Frank.
877 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
878 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
879 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
881 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
882 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
883 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
884 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
886 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
887 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
888 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
889 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
890 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
891 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
892 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
893 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
894 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
895 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
896 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
899 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
900 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
901 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
902 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
910 will file is with the following property
912 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
914 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
915 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
916 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
918 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
919 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
928 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
930 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
932 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
934 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
936 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
938 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
940 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
942 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
944 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
948 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
949 entries in a subtree. For example
951 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
953 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
954 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
955 request by Bernt Hansen.
957 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
958 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
959 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
960 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
961 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
962 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
963 interactively select the filing location (file and
964 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
965 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
966 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
967 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
968 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
970 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
971 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
972 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
973 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
974 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
977 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
978 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
979 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
980 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
981 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
982 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
983 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
986 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
987 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
988 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
991 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
992 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
993 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
994 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
995 explain here, complex.
997 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
998 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
999 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
1001 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
1002 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
1003 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
1005 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1017 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
1018 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
1019 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
1020 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
1021 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
1022 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
1023 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
1024 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
1025 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
1026 subtree motion commands.
1028 - Plain lists items work the same.
1030 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
1031 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
1032 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
1035 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
1036 let me know about any problems.
1040 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
1041 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
1042 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
1043 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
1044 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
1046 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
1047 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
1048 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
1049 history variable. For example:
1051 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
1053 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
1054 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
1055 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
1056 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
1057 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
1058 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
1059 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
1060 by Bastien and Adam.
1062 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
1063 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
1064 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
1065 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1069 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
1070 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
1073 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
1074 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
1075 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
1076 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
1077 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
1078 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
1084 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
1086 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
1087 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
1088 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
1089 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
1090 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
1091 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
1092 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
1093 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
1096 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
1097 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
1098 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
1099 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
1101 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
1102 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
1103 the new scope. TO if you like you can display an agenda view
1104 and then watch it change in various scopes.
1106 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
1107 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
1108 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
1109 select a new restriction.
1111 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
1113 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
1115 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
1117 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
1118 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
1120 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
1121 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
1122 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
1125 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
1126 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
1127 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
1129 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
1130 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
1131 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
1132 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
1133 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
1139 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
1140 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
1141 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
1143 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
1144 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
1145 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
1154 + Remember and related stuff
1155 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
1156 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
1157 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
1158 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
1160 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1161 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
1162 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1163 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
1164 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
1165 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
1166 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
1168 + Properties and Column view
1169 - More control over which properties use inheritance
1170 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
1171 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
1172 - New currency summary type {$}
1174 + The date/time prompt
1175 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
1176 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
1177 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
1180 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
1181 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
1184 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
1187 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
1188 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
1189 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
1190 - Support for pabbrev-mode
1191 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
1193 ** Incompatible changes
1195 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
1196 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
1197 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
1199 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
1200 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
1201 prompted, like this:
1203 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1205 : (org-remember ?n))
1207 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
1208 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
1210 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1212 : (org-remember nil ?n))
1214 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
1215 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
1219 *** Remember and related stuff
1221 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
1222 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
1223 application might be to put a note or task captured with
1224 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
1225 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
1226 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
1227 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
1228 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
1229 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
1230 definitions. For example:
1232 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
1234 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
1237 : (setq org-refile-targets
1238 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
1240 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
1241 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
1242 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
1243 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
1246 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
1247 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
1249 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
1250 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
1251 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
1252 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
1253 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
1255 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
1256 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
1258 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
1260 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
1261 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
1262 : %[..] include file
1264 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
1266 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
1267 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
1268 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
1271 : (require 'remember)
1272 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
1273 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
1274 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
1276 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
1277 provide a default for templates without a file, and
1278 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
1280 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1282 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
1284 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1286 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
1287 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
1288 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
1289 the default in Org-mode.
1291 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
1292 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
1293 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
1294 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
1296 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
1297 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
1298 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
1299 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
1300 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
1302 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
1303 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
1304 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
1305 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
1308 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
1309 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
1310 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
1311 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
1312 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
1314 *** Properties and Column view
1316 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
1317 property names that should be treated with inheritance
1320 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
1321 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
1322 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
1323 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
1324 discussion around this issue.
1326 - Summary type improvements in column view.
1327 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
1328 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
1329 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
1330 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
1331 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
1332 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
1333 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
1335 *** The date/time prompt
1337 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
1340 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
1341 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
1342 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
1343 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
1344 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
1346 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
1347 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
1348 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
1349 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
1350 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
1351 entered month is before the current, for example if you
1352 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
1353 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
1354 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
1356 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
1357 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
1358 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
1359 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
1360 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1362 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
1364 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
1365 list of newly performed conversions:
1367 | Org | Description | HTML |
1368 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
1369 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
1370 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
1371 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
1372 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
1374 You can turn this globally on or off with
1375 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
1376 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
1377 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
1378 William Henney for relevant inputs.
1380 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
1381 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
1385 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
1386 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
1387 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
1388 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
1389 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
1390 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
1392 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
1394 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
1395 export by setting it either globally
1396 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
1397 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
1398 the list of available classes and their sectioning
1399 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
1400 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
1403 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
1404 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
1405 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
1407 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
1408 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
1410 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
1411 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
1414 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
1415 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
1416 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
1423 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
1424 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
1425 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
1427 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
1428 the values of constants and properties are no longer
1429 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
1430 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
1431 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
1433 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
1434 with extension matched by the new variable
1435 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
1444 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
1445 + All known bugs fixed.
1446 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
1447 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
1448 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
1450 - The agenda dispatcher
1451 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
1452 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
1454 - Sorting improvements
1455 + User-defined sorting keys.
1456 + Sorting by properties.
1457 + Sorting of plain lists.
1459 - HTML <div> structure
1462 + New variables, several of them.
1463 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
1464 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
1465 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
1466 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
1470 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
1472 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
1473 (at least I hope so...).
1475 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
1476 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
1478 + global, i.e. for the entire file
1479 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
1480 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
1482 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
1483 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
1484 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
1488 : :ID: planning-overview
1494 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
1498 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
1499 be prompted for the ID.
1501 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
1502 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
1503 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
1504 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
1505 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
1508 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
1510 *** The agenda dispatcher
1512 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
1513 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
1514 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
1515 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
1516 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
1517 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
1518 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
1519 them to custom commands.
1521 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
1522 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
1523 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
1524 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
1526 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
1527 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
1528 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
1529 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
1530 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
1532 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
1533 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
1536 *** Sorting improvements
1538 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
1539 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
1541 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
1542 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
1544 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
1547 - Plain lists can be sorted.
1549 *** HTML <div> structure
1551 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
1553 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
1554 "table-of-contents".
1556 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
1557 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
1559 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
1560 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
1562 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
1563 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
1565 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
1566 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
1570 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
1571 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
1572 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
1575 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
1577 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
1579 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
1580 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
1581 your properties will not be folded away.
1582 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
1584 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
1585 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
1586 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
1588 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
1589 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
1590 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
1591 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
1592 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
1594 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
1595 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
1596 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
1597 a proposal by Bastien.
1599 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
1600 request by Wanrong Lin.
1602 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
1603 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
1604 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
1610 - Remember templates can now have name.
1611 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
1612 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
1613 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
1614 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
1615 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1616 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
1617 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
1618 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
1619 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
1620 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
1622 ** Incompatible Changes
1624 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
1628 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
1629 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
1630 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
1631 the name start with the selection character, for example if
1632 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
1633 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
1635 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
1636 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
1637 change). Thanks to Bastien.
1639 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
1640 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
1642 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
1643 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
1644 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
1645 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
1647 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
1648 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
1649 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
1651 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1652 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
1653 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
1654 Wiegley for a patch.
1656 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
1657 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
1658 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
1659 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
1660 with full completion support.
1662 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
1663 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
1664 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
1666 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
1667 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
1670 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
1671 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
1672 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
1673 well tested yet, please check it out.
1681 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
1682 - Command to jump to the running clock
1683 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
1684 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
1685 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
1686 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1687 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
1688 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
1689 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
1690 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
1691 - Better tag alignment in agenda
1693 ** Incompatible changes
1695 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
1696 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
1698 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
1699 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
1700 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
1702 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
1703 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
1706 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1711 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
1712 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
1715 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
1718 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
1721 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
1722 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
1723 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
1724 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
1725 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
1727 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
1728 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
1729 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
1730 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
1732 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
1733 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
1734 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
1735 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
1736 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
1737 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
1738 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
1739 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
1740 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
1742 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
1743 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
1744 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
1745 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
1746 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
1747 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
1748 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
1749 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
1750 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
1752 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
1753 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
1754 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
1755 being prompted for a template, like this:
1757 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
1759 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
1761 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1762 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
1763 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
1764 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
1766 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
1767 (also `s' does this).
1769 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
1770 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
1773 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
1774 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
1775 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
1777 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
1778 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
1779 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
1781 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
1782 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
1783 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
1784 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
1792 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
1793 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
1794 - CSV support when importing a table.
1795 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
1796 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
1797 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
1798 - Modifications to priority cycling.
1799 - Modifications to computations in column view.
1800 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
1805 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
1806 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
1809 : * Tree with special properties
1811 : :CATEGORY: Examples
1812 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
1815 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
1816 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
1817 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
1818 *single* default for the file which is then locally
1819 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
1820 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
1821 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
1822 encourage you to stop using them.
1824 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
1825 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
1826 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
1827 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
1831 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
1832 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
1833 | file | the full current buffer |
1834 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
1835 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
1836 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
1837 | agenda | all agenda files |
1839 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
1840 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
1841 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
1842 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
1845 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
1846 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
1847 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
1848 basic input it works.
1850 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
1851 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
1852 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
1853 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1855 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
1856 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
1859 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
1860 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
1862 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1864 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
1865 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
1866 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
1867 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
1868 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
1870 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
1871 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
1872 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
1873 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
1874 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
1877 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
1878 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
1879 of all the children's values each time you enter column
1880 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
1881 the children has that particular property defined, the
1882 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
1883 items under such an entry without getting the property value
1884 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
1885 is a better way of doing things.
1887 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
1888 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
1889 testing is appreciated.
1891 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
1892 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
1893 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
1894 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
1896 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
1897 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
1898 links in square or angular brackets.
1906 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
1909 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
1910 agenda can be configured.
1912 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
1914 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
1916 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
1918 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1920 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1921 inherited from the outline faces.
1923 ** Incompatible Changes
1925 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1926 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1927 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1928 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
1929 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
1934 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
1935 switching to that state. With the setting
1937 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
1938 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
1940 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
1943 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
1944 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
1945 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
1946 own function. Configure the new variable
1947 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
1948 this development with a patch.
1950 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
1951 t, in order to better match the original intent of
1952 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
1953 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
1954 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
1955 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
1956 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
1958 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
1959 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
1960 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
1961 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
1962 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
1963 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
1964 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
1966 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
1967 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
1970 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
1971 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
1972 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
1973 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
1974 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
1975 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
1976 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
1978 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
1979 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
1980 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
1981 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
1982 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
1983 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
1984 match the current org-mode faces.
1986 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
1990 ** Incompatible changes
1992 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
1996 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
1997 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
1998 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
2000 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
2002 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
2003 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
2004 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
2005 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
2006 command fall back to cycling.
2008 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
2009 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
2010 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
2011 interface anyway, set the variable
2012 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
2013 others for input on this issue.
2015 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
2016 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
2017 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
2019 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
2020 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
2022 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
2023 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
2025 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
2027 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
2028 use a format string that will be interpreted by
2029 `format-time-string', for example:
2031 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
2033 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
2034 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
2035 included) have changed this.
2037 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
2038 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
2039 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
2040 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
2041 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
2042 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
2043 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
2049 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
2051 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
2053 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
2055 - Sorting can be done by priority.
2057 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
2059 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2061 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
2063 ** Incompatible changes
2065 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
2066 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
2068 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2072 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
2073 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
2074 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
2076 A Here is a configuration example:
2078 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
2079 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
2080 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
2081 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
2084 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
2085 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
2087 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
2088 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
2089 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
2090 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
2091 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
2092 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
2093 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
2094 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
2095 states, just like you also do for tags.
2097 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
2098 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
2100 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
2101 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
2102 switch the entry to that state.
2104 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
2105 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
2106 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
2109 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
2111 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
2112 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
2113 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
2114 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
2116 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
2117 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
2119 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
2120 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
2121 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
2122 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
2123 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
2125 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
2126 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
2127 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
2130 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
2131 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
2132 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
2133 the file will simply be skipped.
2143 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
2144 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
2145 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
2146 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
2147 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
2148 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
2149 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
2150 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
2153 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
2154 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
2155 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
2156 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
2157 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
2158 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
2159 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
2160 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
2161 the special locations.
2163 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
2166 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
2169 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
2170 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
2171 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
2173 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
2174 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
2175 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
2181 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
2183 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
2185 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
2187 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
2189 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
2191 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
2193 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
2195 - Global values for selected properties.
2202 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
2203 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
2204 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
2205 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
2206 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
2207 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
2208 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
2209 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
2211 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
2212 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
2213 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
2214 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
2215 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
2216 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
2217 currently how to handle the new link types for
2220 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
2221 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
2222 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
2223 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
2226 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
2227 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
2228 The syntax is like this
2230 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
2232 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
2235 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
2237 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
2238 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
2239 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
2241 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
2244 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
2245 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
2246 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
2247 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
2250 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
2251 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
2252 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
2253 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
2254 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
2255 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
2258 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
2259 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
2260 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
2263 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
2264 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
2265 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
2266 `org-global-properties', like this:
2268 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
2270 Buffer-local values are set like this:
2272 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
2274 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
2275 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
2276 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
2277 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
2278 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
2279 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
2287 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
2288 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
2289 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
2290 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
2292 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
2293 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
2294 this stuff into the drawer.
2295 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2297 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
2298 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
2300 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
2301 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
2303 - Lots of minor fixes.
2307 ** Incompatible Changes
2309 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
2310 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
2311 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
2315 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
2316 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
2317 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
2319 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
2320 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
2321 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
2322 know if we need to make this customizable.
2324 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
2325 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
2326 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
2327 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
2328 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
2330 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
2339 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
2342 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
2343 compute their value from the children's values.
2345 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
2346 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
2349 ** Incompatible Changes
2351 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
2352 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
2353 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
2354 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
2359 - Improvements for properties:
2361 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
2362 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
2364 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
2365 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
2366 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
2367 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
2368 typos when entering properties.
2370 - Improvements for column view.
2372 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
2373 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
2376 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
2377 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
2378 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
2379 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
2382 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
2383 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
2386 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
2387 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
2388 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
2390 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
2391 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
2392 beginning of a line. So
2394 : * This is a level 1 headline
2395 : *this is bold text*
2397 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
2398 available in orgstruct-mode.
2404 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
2405 structure editing commands into any other mode.
2407 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
2408 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
2409 open if explicitly asked.
2411 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
2413 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
2414 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
2417 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
2418 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
2421 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
2423 ** Incompatible changes
2425 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
2426 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
2427 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
2428 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
2429 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
2430 that this is the better convention.
2434 *** Orgstruct minor mode
2436 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
2437 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
2438 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
2439 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
2440 easily create lists.
2442 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
2443 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
2444 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
2445 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
2446 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
2447 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
2448 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
2449 minor modes have assigned to them.
2451 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
2452 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
2453 the promised implementation.
2457 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
2458 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
2459 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
2460 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
2461 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
2464 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
2466 you can then create drawers like this:
2469 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
2470 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
2473 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
2474 contains properties of an entry (see below).
2476 *** Properties and Column View
2478 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
2479 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
2480 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
2481 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
2482 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
2483 a property drawer and inserting a line like
2485 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
2487 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
2488 program using properties, use the functions
2489 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
2490 and `org-entry-delete'.
2492 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
2495 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
2496 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
2497 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
2498 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
2499 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
2500 after the headline, outside the drawer.
2502 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
2505 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
2507 will find entries that
2510 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
2511 - are TODO status WAITING.
2513 So here is an entry that will match:
2515 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
2520 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
2521 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
2524 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
2526 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
2527 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
2528 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
2529 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
2530 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
2531 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
2532 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
2533 can set up different property columns on different levels
2534 of an outline tree. For example:
2538 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
2542 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
2545 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
2547 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
2550 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
2553 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
2554 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
2556 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
2557 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
2558 will get a different table than if you do it in the
2559 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
2560 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
2561 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
2564 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
2565 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
2567 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
2568 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
2569 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
2570 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
2571 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
2572 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
2574 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
2575 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
2578 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
2580 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
2582 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
2583 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
2584 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
2586 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
2587 Any suggestions for better defaults?
2588 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
2589 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
2594 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
2595 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
2596 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
2597 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
2598 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
2599 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
2600 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
2603 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
2604 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
2605 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
2606 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
2607 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
2614 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
2616 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
2617 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
2618 constants can now be set with a line like:
2620 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
2624 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
2625 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
2628 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
2630 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
2634 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
2635 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
2636 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
2637 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
2644 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
2645 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
2646 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
2647 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
2649 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
2650 See manual section 3.5.3.
2652 - New options for turning off footnotes.
2653 This was a request from Ignotus.
2654 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
2656 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
2657 default. This was a request from Micheal.
2658 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
2662 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
2663 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
2664 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
2665 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
2666 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
2672 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
2673 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
2675 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
2677 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
2679 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
2681 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
2683 ** Incompatible changes
2685 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
2686 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
2687 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
2688 with the xemacs version. For example:
2690 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
2692 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
2693 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
2694 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
2695 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
2696 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
2700 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
2701 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
2702 interval on a single day. For example
2704 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
2706 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
2707 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
2708 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
2709 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
2711 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
2714 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
2715 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
2719 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
2721 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
2722 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
2723 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
2724 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
2725 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
2726 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
2727 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
2728 using localization features may not work correctly in the
2729 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
2730 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
2731 stick to the ASCII characters.
2733 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
2734 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
2735 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
2736 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
2737 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
2739 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
2741 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
2742 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
2743 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
2745 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
2746 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
2747 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
2748 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
2749 if we can agree on this:
2751 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
2752 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
2753 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
2754 out to a previous level. For example
2762 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
2771 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
2772 using promotion and demotion functions.
2778 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
2779 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
2781 ** Incompatible changes
2783 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
2787 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
2788 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
2789 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
2790 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
2791 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
2792 column where the character is specified). You may also use
2793 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
2795 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
2796 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2797 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
2798 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2799 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
2800 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
2801 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
2803 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
2804 never exported, but can be used to place column group
2805 information into the table. In this table, we create a
2806 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
2807 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
2810 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
2811 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
2812 wherever you want a vertical line:
2814 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
2815 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2816 : | / | < | < | | < | |
2818 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
2819 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
2821 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
2822 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
2823 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
2824 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
2825 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
2826 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
2827 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
2828 behavior we had before.
2830 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
2832 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
2833 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
2834 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
2835 special characters in other languages as along as your
2836 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
2837 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
2838 out how to do this in XEmacs.
2844 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
2848 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
2850 [1]This is a footnote
2852 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
2853 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
2855 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
2857 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
2858 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
2861 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
2867 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
2868 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
2870 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
2871 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
2872 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
2873 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
2875 ** Incompatible Changes
2877 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
2878 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
2882 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
2883 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
2885 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
2887 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
2888 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
2889 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
2890 collect your credit, let me know!
2892 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
2893 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
2895 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
2896 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
2898 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
2899 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
2900 would in the diary. For example
2902 * Birthdays and similar stuff
2904 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
2906 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
2907 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
2909 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
2911 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
2912 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
2913 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
2914 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
2915 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
2916 put in a few categories, and then turned off
2917 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
2918 faster agenda display.
2920 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
2921 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
2922 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
2923 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
2924 to Raman for this idea.
2926 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
2927 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
2928 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
2931 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
2932 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
2933 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
2937 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
2939 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
2940 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
2942 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
2943 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
2944 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
2945 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
2948 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
2949 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
2951 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
2952 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
2953 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
2954 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
2956 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
2957 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
2958 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
2959 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
2961 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
2962 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
2969 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
2970 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
2971 further processing in scripts.
2973 ** Incompatible Changes
2975 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
2976 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
2980 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
2981 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
2982 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
2983 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
2986 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
2987 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
2988 that have associated file names and exports the views to
2989 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
2990 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
2991 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
2992 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
2993 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
2995 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
2996 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
2997 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
2998 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
3000 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
3001 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
3002 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
3004 - Quite a few bug fixes.
3014 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
3016 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
3018 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
3020 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
3022 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
3024 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
3026 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
3030 ** Incompatible changes
3032 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
3033 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
3036 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
3037 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
3038 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
3039 `org-disputed-keys'.
3041 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
3042 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
3043 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
3047 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
3048 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
3049 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
3050 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
3051 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
3052 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
3053 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
3054 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
3055 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
3056 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
3057 Scott fro bringing this up again.
3059 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
3060 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
3061 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
3062 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
3064 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
3065 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
3067 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
3068 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
3069 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
3070 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
3072 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
3073 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
3074 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
3075 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
3076 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
3077 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
3078 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
3079 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
3081 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
3083 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
3084 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
3085 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
3086 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
3087 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
3088 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
3089 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
3092 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
3093 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
3094 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
3095 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
3096 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
3097 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
3100 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
3101 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
3102 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
3103 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
3104 indicates a non-stuck project.
3106 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
3107 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
3108 please let me know if you find problems.
3110 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
3111 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
3117 ** Incompatible changes
3121 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
3122 exported HTML. These are the variables
3123 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
3124 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
3127 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
3128 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
3129 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
3131 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
3132 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
3133 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
3134 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
3135 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
3136 that are scanned for the agenda.
3144 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
3145 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
3146 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
3148 ** Incompatible changes
3150 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
3154 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
3156 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
3158 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
3160 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
3161 list (and which is also works!)
3163 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
3164 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
3166 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
3167 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
3168 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
3169 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
3170 toward using the latter.
3172 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
3173 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
3174 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
3175 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
3177 (setq org-todo-keywords
3178 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
3179 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
3180 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
3181 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
3184 If your setting has this new structure,
3185 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
3186 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
3187 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
3188 interpretation from the other variable still works.
3190 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
3191 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
3192 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
3193 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
3194 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
3197 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
3198 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
3199 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
3200 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
3201 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
3202 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
3203 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
3205 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
3206 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
3207 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
3208 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
3209 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
3211 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
3212 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
3213 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
3214 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
3215 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
3216 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
3217 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
3218 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
3219 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
3226 This time the changes affect the following areas:
3228 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
3229 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
3230 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
3231 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
3232 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
3233 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
3236 ** Incompatible changes
3238 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
3239 over several lines, like
3242 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
3245 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
3246 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
3247 See below for details.
3249 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
3250 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
3251 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
3252 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
3257 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
3258 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
3261 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
3262 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
3263 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
3265 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
3266 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
3267 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
3268 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
3269 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
3270 where you want to be.
3272 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
3273 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
3274 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
3277 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
3278 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
3280 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
3281 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
3283 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
3285 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
3286 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
3287 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
3288 new in-buffer option
3292 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
3293 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
3294 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
3295 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
3297 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
3298 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
3299 can be done by setting the variable
3300 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
3302 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
3308 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
3310 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
3311 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
3312 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
3313 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
3314 terminate all levels of plain list items.
3316 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
3318 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
3319 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
3322 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
3323 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
3324 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
3325 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
3326 are logging all state changes.
3328 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
3333 - Priority handling in the tags view
3334 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
3335 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
3336 - Improvements to the formula editor.
3337 - C-j does better indentation.
3341 - Priority handling in the tags view
3343 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
3344 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
3346 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
3348 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
3349 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
3350 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
3352 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
3354 - Changes in the spreadsheet
3356 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
3357 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
3358 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
3359 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
3360 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
3361 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
3362 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
3364 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
3367 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
3369 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
3371 + There is now a menu with commands.
3373 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
3374 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
3376 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
3377 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
3379 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
3380 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
3384 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
3385 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
3386 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
3388 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
3389 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
3394 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
3395 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
3396 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
3397 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
3399 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
3400 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
3401 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
3411 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
3412 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
3413 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
3415 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
3416 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
3417 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
3418 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
3419 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
3420 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
3421 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
3423 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
3424 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
3425 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
3427 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
3429 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
3430 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
3432 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
3433 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
3435 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
3436 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
3437 levels. For example:
3439 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
3441 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
3442 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
3443 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
3446 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
3447 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
3448 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
3449 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
3451 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
3452 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
3461 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
3462 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
3463 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
3464 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
3466 ** Detailed description of changes
3468 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
3469 any table in any mode.
3471 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
3472 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
3473 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
3474 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
3475 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
3476 inside the same file, in a block comment.
3478 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
3479 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
3480 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
3481 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
3482 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
3484 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
3485 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
3486 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
3487 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
3488 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
3489 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
3490 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
3493 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
3494 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
3495 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
3496 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
3497 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
3498 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
3499 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
3500 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
3501 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
3502 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
3503 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
3504 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
3506 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
3507 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
3508 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
3509 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
3515 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
3516 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
3517 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
3518 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
3519 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
3521 ** Detailed description of changes
3523 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
3524 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
3525 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
3527 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
3529 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
3530 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
3532 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
3534 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
3535 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
3536 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
3538 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
3539 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
3540 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
3542 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
3543 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
3544 to Raman for this excellent idea.
3546 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
3547 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
3549 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
3551 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
3552 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
3553 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
3554 remember.el work like this as well).
3555 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
3556 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
3557 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
3558 new template, but the old context information. This is
3559 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
3562 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
3563 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
3564 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
3565 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
3566 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
3567 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
3568 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
3569 without interaction.
3571 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
3572 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
3573 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
3574 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
3575 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
3576 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
3578 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
3579 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
3580 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
3581 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
3583 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
3584 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
3585 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
3586 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
3587 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
3588 them would require special hooks. Comments?
3594 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
3595 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
3597 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
3598 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
3599 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
3600 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
3601 + Incompatible changes
3602 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
3603 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
3604 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
3605 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
3606 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
3607 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
3608 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
3612 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
3613 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
3614 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
3615 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
3616 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
3617 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
3618 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
3619 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
3623 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
3624 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
3625 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
3626 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
3627 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
3628 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
3629 - Empty entries go full circle.
3630 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
3635 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
3638 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
3639 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
3640 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
3641 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
3642 another, dedicated frame.
3643 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
3644 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
3647 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
3648 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
3649 - Changes in Agenda buffer
3650 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
3651 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
3652 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
3653 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
3654 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
3655 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
3656 use regular expressions.
3657 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
3658 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
3659 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
3663 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
3664 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
3665 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
3672 - Improvements to fast tag selection
3673 + show status also in target line.
3674 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
3675 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
3676 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
3680 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
3681 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
3682 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
3683 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
3687 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
3688 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
3693 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
3694 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
3695 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
3699 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
3700 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
3701 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
3702 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
3703 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
3704 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
3705 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
3706 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
3707 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
3708 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
3709 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
3714 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
3715 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
3716 - File links can contain environment variables.
3717 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
3721 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
3722 each block created by a different agenda command.
3723 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
3724 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
3725 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
3726 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
3727 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
3728 upon the agenda type.
3729 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
3730 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
3731 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
3732 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
3733 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
3734 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
3735 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
3736 - More minor bug fixes.
3739 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
3740 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
3741 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
3745 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
3746 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
3747 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
3751 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
3754 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
3755 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
3756 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
3764 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
3765 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
3767 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
3768 LaTeX environment and math.
3771 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
3773 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
3774 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
3775 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
3779 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
3780 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
3783 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
3784 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
3785 and will not lead to conflicts.
3786 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
3790 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
3791 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
3792 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
3793 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
3794 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
3795 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
3796 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
3802 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
3803 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
3806 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
3807 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
3808 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
3809 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
3810 directories for different export types.
3811 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
3812 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
3819 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
3820 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
3821 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
3822 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
3823 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
3824 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
3825 relative and absolute paths.
3826 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
3827 - Bug and typo fixes.
3831 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
3832 contains a description or not.
3833 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
3834 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
3835 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
3836 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
3837 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
3838 for all available exporters.
3839 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
3845 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
3846 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
3847 end of the HTML file.
3848 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
3849 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
3850 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
3851 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
3857 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
3858 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
3859 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
3860 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
3870 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
3871 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
3874 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
3875 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
3876 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
3877 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
3878 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
3879 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
3880 - New structure for the customization tree.
3885 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
3889 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
3890 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
3891 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
3892 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
3893 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
3898 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
3899 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
3900 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
3901 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
3905 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
3906 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
3909 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
3910 - Various small bug fixes
3913 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
3914 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
3915 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
3916 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
3917 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
3918 argument to `C-c C-v'.
3919 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
3920 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
3921 next buffer change due to editing).
3924 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
3925 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
3926 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
3927 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
3930 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
3931 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
3932 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
3933 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
3934 - Changes to the HTML exporter
3935 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
3936 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
3937 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
3938 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
3939 - support for cascading style sheets.
3940 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
3941 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
3948 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
3952 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
3955 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
3956 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
3957 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
3958 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
3959 and are not linked to the calendar.
3960 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
3961 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
3962 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
3963 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
3966 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
3967 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
3968 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
3969 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
3970 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
3973 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
3974 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
3975 - Named fields and columns in tables.
3976 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
3979 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
3980 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
3983 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
3984 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
3985 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
3986 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
3987 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
3988 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
3992 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
3993 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
3994 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
3995 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
3996 - Archiving of finished tasks.
3997 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
3998 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
3999 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
4000 - Improved html export of tables.
4001 - Various clean-up changes.
4004 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
4008 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
4009 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
4013 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
4014 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
4018 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
4019 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
4020 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
4023 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
4024 - New startup option `content'.
4025 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
4026 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
4027 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
4030 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
4031 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
4032 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
4033 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
4034 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
4035 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
4038 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
4039 table shape when typing in fields.
4040 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
4041 into arbitrary major modes.
4042 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
4043 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
4044 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
4047 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
4048 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
4049 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
4051 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
4052 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
4053 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
4054 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
4055 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
4057 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
4058 - Sorting fully configurable.
4059 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
4060 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
4064 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
4065 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
4066 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
4067 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
4068 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
4069 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
4070 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
4073 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
4074 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
4075 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
4076 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
4077 - Priorities for TODO items.
4078 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
4079 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
4080 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
4085 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
4086 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
4087 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
4088 `org-todo-interpretation'.
4089 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
4090 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
4091 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
4092 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
4093 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
4094 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
4095 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
4096 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
4097 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
4098 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
4099 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
4102 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
4103 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
4104 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
4105 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
4106 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
4107 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
4108 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
4109 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
4110 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
4111 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
4112 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
4113 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
4116 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
4117 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
4118 - Date ranges introduced.
4119 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
4120 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
4121 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
4122 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
4123 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
4124 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
4125 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
4128 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
4129 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
4130 - Fully automatic table editor.
4131 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
4132 - Other link system changes
4133 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
4134 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
4135 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
4136 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
4137 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
4138 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
4139 Please re-read the manual section about links.
4141 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
4142 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
4143 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
4144 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
4145 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
4146 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
4148 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
4152 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
4153 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
4154 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
4155 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
4159 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents