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13 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
17 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
18 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
20 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
21 logged before the property drawer.
23 The following function will repair them:
25 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
26 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
27 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
28 Ignore non Org buffers."
29 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
31 (goto-char (point-min))
32 (let ((case-fold-search t)
33 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
34 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
38 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
40 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
42 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
43 (when (and (< (point) end)
44 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
46 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
48 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
50 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
52 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
53 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
55 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
57 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
58 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
61 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
62 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
67 :CATEGORY: some category
70 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
72 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~,
73 ~org-show-entry-below~ and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist.
74 Instead, visibility is controlled through a single variable:
75 ~org-show-context-detail~, which see.
77 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
79 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
80 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
82 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
83 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
85 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
87 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
88 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
90 *** Functions signature changes
92 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
93 docstring for more information.
95 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
96 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
97 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
98 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
99 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
102 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
104 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
105 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~
106 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
107 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
108 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
110 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
112 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
113 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
115 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
117 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
118 without changing the headline.
120 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
122 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
123 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
124 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
127 *** Hierarchies of tags
128 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
129 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
130 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
132 The following in-buffer definition:
134 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
135 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
136 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
139 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
148 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
149 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
151 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
153 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
154 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
155 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
157 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
158 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
159 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
160 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
161 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
163 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
169 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
172 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
173 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
176 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
179 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
181 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
182 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
183 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
186 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
187 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
188 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
190 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
193 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
194 is also used as a filter.
196 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
197 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
198 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
199 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
202 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
203 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
205 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
207 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
209 *** Babel: support for Processing language
211 New ob-processing.el library.
213 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
214 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
215 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
217 Check the documentation for more.
219 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
221 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'
222 The new behaviour is the following:
224 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
225 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
228 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
231 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
233 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
235 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
237 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
238 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
240 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
242 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
243 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
246 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
248 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
249 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
250 ~org-drawers~ variable.
252 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
254 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
255 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
256 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
257 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
259 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
261 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
262 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
263 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
266 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
268 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
271 *** New option in ASCII export
273 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
274 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
276 *** New blocks in ASCII export
278 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
279 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
281 *** More back-end specific publishing options
283 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
284 increased. See manual for details.
286 *** Export inline source blocks
288 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
289 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
290 in the output, depending on the parameters.
292 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
294 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
296 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
298 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
300 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
302 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
303 more features. See docstring for details.
305 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
307 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
309 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
310 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
312 *** Various improvements on radio tables
314 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
315 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
316 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
317 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
318 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
319 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
321 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
323 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
324 source blocks exported by the minted package.
326 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
328 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
329 would throw an error. A new variable
330 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
331 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
332 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
336 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
339 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
341 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
342 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
344 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
346 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
348 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
350 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
351 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
352 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
354 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
356 See docstring for more information.
358 *** Export unnumbered headlines
360 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
361 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
362 property is inherited by children.
364 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
366 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
367 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
368 keys, to sort a table.
370 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
372 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
375 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
377 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
380 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
382 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
383 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
385 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
387 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
388 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
390 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
392 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
393 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
396 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
398 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
399 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
401 *** New entities family: "\_ "
403 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
404 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
405 leading spaces within table cells.
407 *** New MathJax configuration options
409 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
410 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
412 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
414 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
415 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
416 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
418 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
419 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
420 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
421 keywords and properties.
423 *** Viewport support in html export
425 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
426 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
428 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
430 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
433 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
435 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
436 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
437 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
439 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
441 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
442 added to headline text.
444 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
446 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
448 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
450 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
451 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
454 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
456 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
457 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
459 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
461 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
462 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
463 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
465 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
467 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
469 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
471 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
472 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
474 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
476 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
480 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
482 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
484 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
486 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
487 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
488 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
489 accessible from the export dispatcher.
491 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
493 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
495 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
497 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
498 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
500 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
502 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
505 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
507 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
508 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
511 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
513 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
516 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
517 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
519 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
521 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use
522 a body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
525 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
527 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
528 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
529 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
530 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
531 this variable locally.
533 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
535 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
536 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
537 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
538 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
539 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
541 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
543 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
544 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
547 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
549 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
551 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
553 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
555 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
557 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
559 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
561 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
562 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
563 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
564 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
566 *** Removed comment-related filters
568 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
569 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
573 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
575 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
577 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
579 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
580 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
582 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
584 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
585 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
588 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
590 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
591 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
593 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
595 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
597 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
599 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
600 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
601 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
602 particular test failure was introduced.
604 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
606 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
607 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
608 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
609 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
611 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
613 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
614 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
616 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
618 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
619 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~
622 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
624 This helps spotting wrong links.
628 ** Incompatible changes
629 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
630 This may require two changes in user config.
632 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
633 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
634 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
636 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
638 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
639 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
640 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
642 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
643 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
645 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
649 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
651 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
653 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
654 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
655 option keywords like :html-include-style.
657 So you need to replace
659 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
663 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
665 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
666 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
668 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
670 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
671 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
672 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
674 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
675 the other optional arguments accordingly.
677 *** Export back-ends are now structures
679 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
680 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
681 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
684 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
686 ** Important bugfixes
688 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
689 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
691 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
693 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
694 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
695 separator starting a TOTO match string.
698 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
700 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
702 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
705 - Support for .pgf files
706 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
707 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
708 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
709 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
710 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
711 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
712 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
714 *** New functions for paragraph motion
716 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
717 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
718 in a paragraph-like way.
720 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
722 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
723 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
724 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
725 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
726 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
728 *** Anonymous export back-ends
730 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
731 which can then be passed to export functions like
732 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
734 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
735 registering a new back-end.
737 *** New agenda fortnight view
739 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
740 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
743 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
745 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
746 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
748 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
749 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
750 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
752 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
753 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
755 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
756 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
757 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
758 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
759 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
762 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
764 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
766 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
768 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
770 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
772 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
774 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
776 If you set this to the following
778 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
780 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
782 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
784 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
786 ** New contributed packages
788 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
789 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
792 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
793 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
797 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
799 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
800 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
801 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
802 the same with example blocks.
804 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
811 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
813 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
816 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
817 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
818 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
820 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
821 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
822 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
823 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
824 detailed explanations.
826 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
827 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
828 function has been called already.
830 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
833 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
835 ** Incompatible changes
837 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
839 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
841 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
842 you will have to update them.
844 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
846 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
847 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
849 **** New export engine
851 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
852 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
853 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
854 /all/ export back-ends.
856 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
857 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
858 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
859 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
860 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
862 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
863 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
865 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
866 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
867 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
868 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
870 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
872 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
874 should now be written
876 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
878 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
879 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
880 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
882 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
884 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
886 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
889 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
890 remember templates into capture templates.
892 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
894 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
895 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
897 **** Note for third-party developers
899 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
900 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
901 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
903 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
906 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
908 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
909 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
910 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
912 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
913 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
914 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
917 - org-colview-xemacs.el
924 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
925 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
926 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
928 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
929 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
931 ** New packages in core
933 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
935 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
937 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
939 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
941 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
943 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
944 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
946 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
948 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
950 ** New packages in contrib
952 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
954 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
956 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
959 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
961 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
962 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
964 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
967 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
969 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
971 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
973 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
975 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
976 for starting headlines.
978 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
980 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
981 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
982 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
983 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
985 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
987 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
989 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
991 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
992 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
995 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
996 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
999 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1001 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1002 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1005 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1006 conversion from Org files to groff.
1008 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1010 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1012 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1014 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1015 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1022 **** New export generic options
1024 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1025 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1027 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1029 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1030 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1031 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1032 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1034 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1035 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1036 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1037 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1038 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1039 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1040 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1041 contains time-stamps.
1043 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1044 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1045 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1047 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1049 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1051 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1053 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1055 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1056 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1057 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1058 *** Structure editing
1060 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1061 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1063 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1064 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1066 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1068 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1069 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1070 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1071 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1074 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1076 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1077 _words__= will preserve markup.
1079 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1081 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1082 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1083 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1085 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1087 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1088 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1090 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1092 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1093 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1094 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1095 forward and backward.
1097 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1098 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1100 Now Org will sort this list
1102 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1103 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1107 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1108 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1110 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1111 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1112 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1114 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1115 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1116 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1118 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1121 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1123 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1124 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1125 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1127 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1129 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1130 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1131 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1132 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1134 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1136 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1137 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1138 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1139 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1140 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1142 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1144 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1145 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1146 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1148 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1149 *** Scheduled/deadline
1151 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1153 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1154 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1155 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1156 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1158 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1159 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1160 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1161 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1163 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1164 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1165 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1166 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1167 control this globally or per agenda.
1169 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1171 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1173 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1175 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1176 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1178 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1180 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1181 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1182 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1184 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1185 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1186 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1188 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1189 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1191 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1194 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1196 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1197 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1198 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1200 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1202 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1203 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1204 only show their description, not the full links.
1207 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1209 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1210 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1211 want to build a list of appointments.
1213 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1214 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1216 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1218 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1220 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1221 time value (i.e. appointments).
1223 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1225 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1227 | Strategy | Explanations |
1228 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1229 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1230 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1231 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1232 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1233 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1234 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1235 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1236 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1237 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1238 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1240 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1242 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1243 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1244 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1246 These new options are available:
1248 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1249 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1250 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1251 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1253 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1254 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1255 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1257 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1258 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1259 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1260 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1261 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1262 non-tagged headlines.
1264 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1266 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1267 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1268 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1269 that take only =N= minutes.
1271 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1273 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1274 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1275 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1277 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1279 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1280 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1282 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1284 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1285 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1287 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1290 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1292 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1293 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1294 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1296 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1297 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1299 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1301 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1302 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1304 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1306 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1308 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1309 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1312 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1314 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1315 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1316 asks for a confirmation.
1318 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1320 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1321 the mark of the entry at point.
1323 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1324 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1326 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1328 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1329 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1332 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1334 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1335 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1337 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1339 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1340 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1342 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1344 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1345 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1346 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1347 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1349 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1351 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1352 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1353 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1355 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1357 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1358 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1359 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1360 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1362 Read the full docstring for details.
1364 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1366 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1369 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1372 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1374 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1375 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1378 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1380 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1381 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1383 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1385 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1386 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1387 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1388 check against the name of the buffer.
1391 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1392 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1393 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1396 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1397 agenda views, and for filtering.
1399 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1403 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1405 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1406 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1407 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1409 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1410 as if the protocol was not known.
1412 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1414 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1416 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1417 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1418 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1421 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1423 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1424 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1425 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1427 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1429 When storing a link to a headline like
1431 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1433 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1434 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1435 there is no description.
1438 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1440 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1441 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1442 those other formulas.
1444 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1446 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1447 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1448 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1451 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1453 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1454 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1455 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1458 **** New lookup functions
1460 There are now three lookup functions:
1462 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1463 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1464 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1466 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1467 *** Startup keywords
1469 These new startup keywords are now available:
1471 | Startup keyword | Option |
1472 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1473 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1474 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1475 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1476 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1477 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1478 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1479 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1480 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1484 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1486 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1487 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1488 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1489 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1491 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1493 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1494 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1495 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1498 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1499 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1501 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1503 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1504 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1506 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1508 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1509 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1510 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1512 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1513 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1514 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1515 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1516 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1517 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1518 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1521 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1523 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1525 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1527 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1528 same target than the block at point.
1530 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1532 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1533 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1534 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1536 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1537 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1540 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1542 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1543 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1544 manual for a usage example.
1546 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1548 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1549 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1550 collecting blocks for tangling.
1552 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1553 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1555 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1556 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1557 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1558 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1560 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1561 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1564 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1565 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1566 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1567 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1571 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1572 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1573 - [[doc:org-export-html-table-tag][org-export-html-table-tag]] is replaced by [[doc:org-html-table-default-attributes][org-html-table-default-attributes]]
1574 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1575 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1576 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1577 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1578 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1579 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1580 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1581 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1582 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1583 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1584 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1585 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1586 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1587 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1588 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1589 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1593 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1595 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1597 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1599 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1601 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1602 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1603 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1604 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1605 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1606 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1607 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1608 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1610 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1612 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1613 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1615 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1617 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1618 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1619 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1623 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1625 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1626 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1629 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1630 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1631 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1632 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1633 agenda type to this variable.
1635 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1638 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1639 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1640 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1641 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1643 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1645 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1646 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1647 invisible) blocked tasks.
1649 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1651 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1652 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1654 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1656 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1657 ** No GPL manual anymore
1659 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1660 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1662 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1664 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1666 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1667 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1668 in most environments.
1672 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1674 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1676 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1677 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1680 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1681 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1682 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1685 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1687 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1689 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1690 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1691 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1692 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1693 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1694 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1695 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1696 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1697 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1698 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1699 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1700 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1701 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1702 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1703 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1705 ** New package and Babel language
1707 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1709 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1711 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1712 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1714 ** Incompatible changes
1716 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1717 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1719 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1722 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1723 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1724 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1726 ** New features and user-visible changes
1730 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1731 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1732 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1733 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1735 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1736 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1738 See the docstrings for more details.
1740 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1741 on =org-element.el=.
1743 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1745 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1746 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1747 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1748 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1750 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1752 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1753 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1754 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1755 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1757 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1759 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1761 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1763 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1766 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1767 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1769 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1770 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1771 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1774 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1777 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1778 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1779 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1781 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1782 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1783 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1788 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1790 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1791 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1792 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1793 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1795 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1796 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1797 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1798 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1799 generating new ones.
1801 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1804 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1806 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1807 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1810 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1811 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1812 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1815 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1816 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1817 details on how to use this.
1819 **** Changes in bulk actions
1821 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1822 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1824 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1825 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1826 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1827 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1828 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1830 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1831 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1833 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1834 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1837 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1839 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1841 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1843 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1844 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1846 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1848 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1849 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1850 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1851 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1854 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1856 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1859 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1860 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1861 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1862 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1863 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1866 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1868 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1870 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1872 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1873 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1874 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1875 filters and category filters.
1877 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1878 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1881 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1882 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1883 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1888 **** Inserting links
1890 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1891 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1892 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1895 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1896 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1897 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1898 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1900 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1903 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1905 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1906 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1907 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1908 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1910 **** New link type =help=
1912 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1914 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1915 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1916 you go back to the same buffer.
1918 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1920 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1921 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1924 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1926 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1928 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1930 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1932 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1934 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1938 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1940 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1941 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1942 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1943 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1945 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1947 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1948 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1949 all headlines in the region.
1951 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1953 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1955 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1956 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1958 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1960 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1962 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1964 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1966 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1968 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1969 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1970 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1975 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1977 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1979 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1981 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1982 clocked entry, if any.
1984 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1986 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1988 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1990 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1991 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1994 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1995 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1996 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2000 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2002 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2005 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2007 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2008 cells in clockreport.
2010 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2011 time cells in clockreport.
2014 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2016 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2017 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2019 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2020 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2022 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2023 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2024 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2025 space in the frame title.
2029 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2031 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2032 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2033 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2034 don't want to see temporarily.
2036 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2038 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2040 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2042 There are these new entities:
2044 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2045 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2046 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2047 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2048 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2049 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2051 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2052 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2053 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2055 The face is back to a normal height.
2059 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2060 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2062 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2063 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2065 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2067 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2068 block will use its value as the column format.
2070 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2072 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2074 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2076 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2078 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2079 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2080 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2081 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2083 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2087 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2089 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2091 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2093 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2095 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2096 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2097 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2099 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2101 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2102 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2103 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2107 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2109 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2110 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2111 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2112 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2114 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2116 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2117 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2120 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2121 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2122 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2125 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2126 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2127 more details on how to use this.
2129 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2130 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2132 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2133 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2136 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2138 See the manual for more explanations.
2140 **** More control over empty lines
2142 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2143 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2146 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2148 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2152 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2154 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2155 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2156 available) to print beautiful tables.
2158 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2160 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2161 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2164 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2166 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2167 in the #+DATE option.
2169 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2171 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2173 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2174 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2176 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2177 More languages are always welcome.
2179 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2181 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2182 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2184 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2185 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2186 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2187 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2188 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2189 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2191 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2192 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2196 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2198 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2201 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2203 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2204 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2206 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2208 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2210 It used to exports the results of the code.
2214 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2215 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2217 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2218 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2220 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2222 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2223 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2224 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2226 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2227 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2229 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2230 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2231 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2234 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2236 This will increment the effort value.
2238 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2240 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2242 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2243 attach symbolic links.
2245 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2247 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2249 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2250 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2252 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2254 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2256 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2257 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2258 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2260 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2262 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2263 all top level list items.
2265 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2267 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2269 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2270 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2272 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2274 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2276 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2277 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2278 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2279 first headline in the region.
2281 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2283 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2286 ** Important bug fixes
2288 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2290 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2291 perform completion with meaningful values.
2293 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2295 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2296 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2297 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2299 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2300 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2302 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2303 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2306 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2307 the code and the license to your needs.
2309 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2310 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2314 ** Incompatible changes
2316 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2318 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2320 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2322 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2323 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2324 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2325 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2328 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2330 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2331 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2332 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2334 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2336 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2337 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2339 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2341 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2343 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2344 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2345 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2346 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2347 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2349 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2350 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2351 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2352 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2353 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2354 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2356 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2357 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2358 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2361 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2364 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2365 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2366 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2367 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2369 The two new variables are:
2371 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2372 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2373 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2374 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2375 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2376 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2377 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2379 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2380 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2383 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2386 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2387 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2388 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2389 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2391 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2392 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2393 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2394 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2397 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2398 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2399 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2400 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2401 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2402 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2405 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2406 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2407 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2408 applies to the following packages:
2426 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2427 you are using, you can remove it from
2428 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2429 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2432 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2433 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2434 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2435 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2436 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2439 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2441 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2442 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2443 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2446 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2448 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2450 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2452 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2454 ** Important new features
2456 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2458 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2460 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2461 for more information on how to customize it.
2463 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2465 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2466 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2467 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2468 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2470 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2471 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2472 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2474 To switch over to the new system:
2478 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2480 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2481 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2482 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2483 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2484 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2486 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2488 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2491 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2494 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2496 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2497 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2498 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2499 with using both system in parallel.
2503 *** New Org libraries
2504 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2506 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2508 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2510 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2512 To use, put the following in your init file:
2515 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2518 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2519 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2520 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2521 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2522 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2523 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2524 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2525 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2526 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2529 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2531 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2532 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2534 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2536 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2537 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2538 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2541 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2542 call function to do something special with text links.
2544 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2546 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2548 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2549 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2550 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2553 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2555 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2557 *** New Babel libraries
2559 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2560 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2561 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2562 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2563 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2564 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2565 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2567 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2571 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2573 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2574 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2575 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2576 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2577 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2578 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2580 The key new functions are
2582 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2583 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2584 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2586 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2587 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2589 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2590 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2592 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2593 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2595 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2597 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2598 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2599 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2601 **** Modified link escaping
2603 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2605 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2606 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2607 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2608 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2611 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2612 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2613 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2614 : percent escaped links are solved.
2616 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2618 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2620 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2621 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2623 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2625 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2627 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2628 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2629 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2630 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2631 string to be executed.
2633 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2634 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2638 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2639 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2642 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2646 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2648 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2649 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2650 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2651 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2653 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2654 will work on the current entry.
2656 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2657 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2659 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2661 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2663 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2666 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2667 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2672 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2674 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2675 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2676 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2678 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2680 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2681 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2682 entries using a function.
2684 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2685 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2686 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2688 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2690 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2691 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2692 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2694 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2696 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2697 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2698 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2699 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2700 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2701 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2703 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2707 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2709 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2710 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2712 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2713 docstring of these variable for details about available
2716 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2717 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2718 formatting string will insert a string.
2720 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2722 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2723 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2724 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2725 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2726 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2727 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2728 C-e u=, respectively.
2730 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2731 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2732 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2733 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2734 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2737 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2739 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2740 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2742 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2744 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2745 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2747 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2749 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2750 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2751 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2752 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2753 section]] in the manual for more details.
2755 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2756 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2757 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2762 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2764 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2765 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2766 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2767 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2768 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2770 **** New logging support for refiling
2772 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2773 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2776 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2780 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2782 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2786 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2788 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2789 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2791 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2793 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2794 the displayed in the buffer.
2796 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2798 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2800 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2801 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2803 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2804 |--------+--------+---------|
2805 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2806 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2808 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2811 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2814 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2816 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2818 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2819 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2826 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2827 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2830 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2832 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2834 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2835 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2837 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2841 **** Improved handling of lists
2843 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2845 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2846 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2847 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2850 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2851 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2852 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2854 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2855 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2856 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2857 `org-list-export-context'.
2859 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2860 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2861 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2863 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2864 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2865 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2866 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2867 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2869 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2870 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2871 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2873 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2875 *** Inline display of linked images
2877 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2878 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2879 that have no description part will be inlined.
2881 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2883 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2884 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2886 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2888 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2890 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2891 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2892 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2893 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2894 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2895 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2897 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2898 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2899 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2902 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2903 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2904 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2905 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2906 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2907 properties or in tables.
2909 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2910 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2911 names, and rownames across all languages.
2913 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2915 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2917 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2918 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2919 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2921 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2923 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2924 request by Scott Otterson.
2926 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2928 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2929 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2930 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2931 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2932 superscripts, see the variable
2933 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2935 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2937 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2939 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2940 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2941 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2942 following new faces:
2944 =org-document-title=
2946 =org-document-info-keyword=
2948 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2949 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2951 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2953 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2955 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2956 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2957 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2958 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2959 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2960 property is affected by this setting.
2962 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2963 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2965 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2967 Requested by Michael Brand.
2969 **** Better level cycling function
2971 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2972 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2973 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2974 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2976 **** Adaptive filling
2978 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2979 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2980 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2981 comments to be filled correctly.
2983 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2985 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2987 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2989 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2991 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2992 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2994 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2998 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3000 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3001 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3002 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3003 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3005 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3007 **** Localized clock tables
3009 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3010 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3011 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3012 available translated strings.
3014 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3016 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3017 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3018 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3019 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3021 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3023 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3025 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3026 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3027 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3028 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3031 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3035 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3037 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3038 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3040 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3042 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3044 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3045 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3046 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3049 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3052 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3054 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3055 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3060 org-table-current-line
3064 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3066 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3067 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3070 This was requested by Tom.
3072 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3074 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3075 example by viewing from the agenda.
3077 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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