1 # -*- mode: org; org-export-publishing-directory: "tmp"; fill-column: 65 -*-
3 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of user-visible changes
4 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
5 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
6 #+OPTIONS: H:3 num:nil toc:nil \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:{} *:t TeX:t LaTeX:nil
7 #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info toc:1 path:org-info.js tdepth:2 ftoc:t
9 #+LINK_HOME: http://orgmode.org
18 ** Incompatible changes
20 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
22 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
23 buffer before the first headine. From now on, the default it to
24 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
25 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
26 value on a per-file basis with
32 *** Description lists are now supported natively
34 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
35 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
36 separated by " :: ". For example
38 : Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
39 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
40 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
41 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
42 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
43 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
44 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
45 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
46 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
50 Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
51 - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
52 - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
53 - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
54 - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
55 - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
56 natural constants and units into a buffer.
57 - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
58 running IDL and WAVE CL files.
60 *** Blockquotes for export
62 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
65 : Everything shound be made as simple as possible,
66 : but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
69 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
71 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
72 fontified in an emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
73 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
76 : #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
77 : (defun org-xor (a b)
82 In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
83 looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
84 interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
85 http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
87 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
93 The string after the BEGIN_SRC is the name of the major emacs
94 mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
95 "-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
96 writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
97 "org" as the language identifier.
99 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
100 /htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
101 backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
103 *** Include files for export
107 : #+INCLUDE: "file" markup lang
109 will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
110 of publishing. FILE ahould be surrounded by double quotes, this
111 is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
112 MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
113 or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
114 mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
116 : Here is my /.emacs/ file:
117 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
119 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
121 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
122 buffer before the first headine. From now on, the default it to
123 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
124 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
125 value on a per-file basis with
130 *** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
132 If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
133 files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
134 point to that file from each file that should read it. If
135 you write in a buffer
137 : #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
139 then this file will be scanned in-buffer options like =#+STARTUP=,
140 =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
142 *** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
144 From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
145 =#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
146 other in-buffer keywords.
148 *** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
150 When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
151 is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
152 =org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
153 buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
154 scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
155 such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
156 its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
159 - folded :: Fold the subtree
160 - children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
161 headlines of all direct children
162 - content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
164 - all :: Show the entire subtree
166 For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
167 is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
168 right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
169 changes in my current working version. The start of this section
170 currently looks like this:
175 , :VISIBILITY: content
180 This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
182 The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
183 visibility of the buffer.
185 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
187 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
188 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
190 - `C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i' (or `C-u C-u I' from the agenda) will
191 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
192 - `C-u C-c C-x C-i' (or `C-u I' from the agenda) will offer a
193 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
194 for selection. `d' selects the default task, `i' selects
195 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
196 being clocked. `1',... selects a recent task. When you
197 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
198 - You can use `C-u C-c C-x C-j' to jump to any of these
201 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
202 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
203 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
204 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
205 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
206 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
207 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
209 *** BBDB anniversaries much faster
211 `bbdb-anniversaries' is now much faster, thanks to a new
212 approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
213 Baumann for a patch to this effect.
215 *** New file in the contrib directory: org-eval.el
217 This module allowes to include the result of the evaluation
218 of Lisp code into the buffer, similar to the Muse <lisp> tag.
221 Will this ever stop??????
227 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
228 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
229 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
230 - New operators for property searches
231 - Search commands can now include archive files.
232 - Clock tables can include the archive files
233 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
237 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
239 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
240 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
241 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
242 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
243 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
244 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
246 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
248 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
249 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
250 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
251 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
252 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
253 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
254 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
255 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
256 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
257 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
258 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
259 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
260 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
263 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
265 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
266 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
267 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
268 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
269 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
270 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
271 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
272 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
273 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
275 *** New operators for property searches
277 Property searches can now choose a number of different
278 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
279 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
281 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
282 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
283 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
285 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
286 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
288 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
289 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
290 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
291 match" or "does not match", respectively.
293 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
295 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
297 If the value of the customization variable
298 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
299 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
300 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
301 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
302 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
305 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
307 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
308 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
309 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
310 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
311 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
313 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
315 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
316 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
317 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
318 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
319 be functions, so that more general transformations are
320 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
321 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
325 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
326 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
327 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
331 - The Org distribution has a new structure
332 - New system for selecting modules to load
333 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
334 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
335 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
336 - Export commands can be done in the background
337 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
338 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
339 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
340 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
341 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
342 - And some more small fixes and improvements
344 ** Incompatible changes
346 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
348 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
349 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
350 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
351 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
352 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
353 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
357 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
359 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
360 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
361 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
362 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
363 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
364 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
368 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
369 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
370 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
371 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
372 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
373 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
374 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
375 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
378 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
380 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
381 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
382 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
383 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
384 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
385 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
386 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
387 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
390 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
391 buffer you can simply use "A".
393 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
395 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
397 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
398 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
399 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
400 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
403 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
404 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
405 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
406 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
407 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
408 visibility both locally and globally.
410 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
411 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
412 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
414 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
416 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
417 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
418 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
419 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
420 JavaScript program is served from
421 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
422 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
423 to be independent of the existence and stability of
424 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
425 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
428 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
430 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
432 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
433 together with org-info.js.
435 *** Export improvements
437 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
438 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
439 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
442 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
443 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
444 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
445 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
446 this less system dependent in the future.
448 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
450 *** Improvements to clocktable
452 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
453 when trying to specify the time block that should be
454 considered when constructing the table.
456 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
460 |--------------+-----------------------|
461 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
462 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
463 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
464 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
466 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
467 | thisweek | The current week |
468 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
469 | thismonth | The current month |
470 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
471 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
474 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
475 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
476 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
477 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
478 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
479 will switch to the following week.
481 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
482 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
483 a request from Bernt Hansen.
485 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
486 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
487 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
488 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
489 configure the variable
490 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
491 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
492 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
494 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
496 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
497 the form =W08= for week 8.
499 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
500 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
501 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
502 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
503 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
504 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
505 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
506 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
507 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
508 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
509 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
511 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
512 specify an ISO week. For example
514 : w4 Monday of week 4
515 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
517 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
518 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
520 So far I have not implemented the effect of
521 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
522 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
523 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
524 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
525 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
526 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
529 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
530 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
531 test extensively and report back.
533 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
535 *** Improvements in Search View
537 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
538 only in TODO entries.
540 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
541 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
542 also match in "Nasim's".
547 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
548 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
549 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
550 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
551 this excellent proposal.
553 The regexp option is also implemented for
554 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
555 properties for inheritance my name.
557 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
558 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
559 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
560 if and only if the setting in
561 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
564 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
565 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
566 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
567 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
568 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
569 customize them freely.
571 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
572 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
573 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
574 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
575 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
576 default date, not switch to today.
578 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
579 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
581 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
582 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
584 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
585 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
586 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
588 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
591 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
592 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
593 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
595 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
596 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
597 initial region if set.
599 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
602 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
604 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
605 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
606 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
607 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
608 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
609 file name to which the export should go, and a local
613 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
614 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
617 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
619 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
620 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
621 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
622 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
624 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
631 - New keyword search agenda view
633 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
635 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
637 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
639 - Granularity while editing time stamps
641 - New repeaters mechanisms
643 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
645 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
647 - =M-RET= splits lines again
651 ** Incompatible changes
653 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
654 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
659 *** New keyword search agenda view
661 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
662 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
663 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
664 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
665 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
666 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
667 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
668 example, the search string
670 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
672 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
673 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
674 which are also not matched by the regular expression
675 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
676 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
677 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
678 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
679 (possibly sub-) heading.
681 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
682 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
684 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
685 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
688 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
689 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
690 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
692 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
694 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
695 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
697 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
698 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
699 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
701 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
702 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
703 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
704 to cover contributed extensions as well.
706 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
708 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
709 last element defines the contexts in which the template
710 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
711 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
712 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
713 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
714 function, the template will be offered only if the function
715 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
716 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
719 One possible application for this would be to have several
720 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
721 the right one based on context. For example, think of
722 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
723 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
724 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
726 : (setq org-remember-templates
727 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
728 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
730 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
732 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
734 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
735 + In a table, add a hline as before
736 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
737 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
738 + In a headline, turn it into an item
739 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
740 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
741 item markers from all lines.
743 Based on proposals by Bastien.
745 - `C-c *' has now more functions
746 + in a table, recompute, as before
747 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
748 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
749 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
750 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
751 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
753 Based on proposals by Bastien.
755 *** Changes related to time stamps
757 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
758 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
759 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
760 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
761 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
762 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
763 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
764 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
765 specify the number of minutes to shift.
767 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
769 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
770 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
773 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
774 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
775 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
776 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
777 : and marked it done on Saturday.
778 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
779 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
780 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
783 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
785 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
787 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
788 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
791 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
792 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
793 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
794 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
795 the previous content.
797 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
799 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
800 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
801 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
803 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
807 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
808 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
809 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
810 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
813 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
814 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
815 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
818 - There are three new hooks:
820 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
821 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
822 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
826 ** Incompatible changes
828 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
829 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
830 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
834 *** Changes to logging progress
836 There is now more control over which state changes are being
837 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
838 sections in the manual. Basically:
840 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
841 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
842 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
843 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
844 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
845 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
846 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
847 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
849 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
850 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
851 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
852 : when leaving this state. This is great for
853 : getting a record when switching *back* from
855 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
856 : Here we not even define a fast access
857 : character, but just the logging stuff.
859 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
863 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
864 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
865 of the line) before the current line.
867 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
868 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
869 create a new line below the current one.
873 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
874 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
881 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
883 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
884 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
886 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
888 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
889 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
890 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
892 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
894 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
896 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
900 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
902 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
904 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
906 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
908 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
910 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
912 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
914 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
918 ** Incompatible Changes
920 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
921 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
922 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
926 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
928 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
929 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
931 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
932 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
934 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
935 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
936 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
937 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
938 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
939 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
942 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
943 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
946 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
947 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
948 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
950 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
951 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
952 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
953 variable does select the interface that is used to select
954 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
957 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
959 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
960 path to select a location.
961 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
964 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
965 they are always current.
967 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
968 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
969 special also because it only matches in headline. This
970 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
971 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
972 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
973 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
974 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
976 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
977 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
978 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
979 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
980 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
981 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
987 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
988 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
989 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
990 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
991 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
993 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
994 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
996 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
997 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
999 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
1000 headline up to the tags.
1001 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
1003 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
1005 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
1006 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
1007 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
1008 request by Austin Frank.
1010 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
1011 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
1012 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
1014 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
1015 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
1016 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
1017 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
1019 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
1020 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
1021 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
1022 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
1023 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
1024 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
1025 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
1026 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
1027 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
1028 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
1029 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
1032 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
1033 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
1034 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
1035 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
1043 will file is with the following property
1045 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
1047 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
1048 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
1049 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
1051 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
1052 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
1061 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
1063 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
1065 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
1067 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
1069 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
1071 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
1073 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
1075 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
1077 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1081 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
1082 entries in a subtree. For example
1084 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
1086 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
1087 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
1088 request by Bernt Hansen.
1090 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
1091 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
1092 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
1093 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
1094 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
1095 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
1096 interactively select the filing location (file and
1097 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
1098 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
1099 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
1100 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
1101 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
1103 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
1104 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
1105 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
1106 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
1107 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
1110 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
1111 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
1112 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
1113 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
1114 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
1115 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
1116 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
1119 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
1120 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
1121 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
1124 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
1125 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
1126 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
1127 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
1128 explain here, complex.
1130 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
1131 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
1132 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
1134 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
1135 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
1136 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
1138 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1150 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
1151 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
1152 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
1153 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
1154 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
1155 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
1156 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
1157 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
1158 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
1159 subtree motion commands.
1161 - Plain lists items work the same.
1163 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
1164 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
1165 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
1168 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
1169 let me know about any problems.
1173 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
1174 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
1175 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
1176 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
1177 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
1179 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
1180 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
1181 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
1182 history variable. For example:
1184 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
1186 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
1187 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
1188 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
1189 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
1190 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
1191 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
1192 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
1193 by Bastien and Adam.
1195 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
1196 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
1197 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
1198 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1202 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
1203 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
1206 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
1207 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
1208 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
1209 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
1210 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
1211 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
1217 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
1219 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
1220 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
1221 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
1222 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
1223 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
1224 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
1225 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
1226 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
1229 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
1230 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
1231 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
1232 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
1234 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
1235 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
1236 the new scope. TO if you like you can display an agenda view
1237 and then watch it change in various scopes.
1239 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
1240 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
1241 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
1242 select a new restriction.
1244 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
1246 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
1248 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
1250 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
1251 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
1253 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
1254 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
1255 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
1258 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
1259 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
1260 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
1262 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
1263 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
1264 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
1265 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
1266 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
1272 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
1273 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
1274 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
1276 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
1277 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
1278 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
1287 + Remember and related stuff
1288 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
1289 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
1290 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
1291 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
1293 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1294 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
1295 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1296 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
1297 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
1298 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
1299 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
1301 + Properties and Column view
1302 - More control over which properties use inheritance
1303 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
1304 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
1305 - New currency summary type {$}
1307 + The date/time prompt
1308 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
1309 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
1310 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
1313 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
1314 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
1317 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
1320 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
1321 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
1322 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
1323 - Support for pabbrev-mode
1324 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
1326 ** Incompatible changes
1328 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
1329 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
1330 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
1332 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
1333 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
1334 prompted, like this:
1336 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1338 : (org-remember ?n))
1340 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
1341 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
1343 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1345 : (org-remember nil ?n))
1347 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
1348 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
1352 *** Remember and related stuff
1354 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
1355 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
1356 application might be to put a note or task captured with
1357 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
1358 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
1359 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
1360 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
1361 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
1362 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
1363 definitions. For example:
1365 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
1367 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
1370 : (setq org-refile-targets
1371 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
1373 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
1374 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
1375 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
1376 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
1379 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
1380 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
1382 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
1383 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
1384 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
1385 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
1386 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
1388 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
1389 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
1391 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
1393 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
1394 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
1395 : %[..] include file
1397 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
1399 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
1400 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
1401 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
1404 : (require 'remember)
1405 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
1406 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
1407 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
1409 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
1410 provide a default for templates without a file, and
1411 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
1413 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1415 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
1417 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1419 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
1420 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
1421 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
1422 the default in Org-mode.
1424 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
1425 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
1426 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
1427 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
1429 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
1430 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
1431 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
1432 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
1433 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
1435 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
1436 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
1437 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
1438 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
1441 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
1442 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
1443 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
1444 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
1445 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
1447 *** Properties and Column view
1449 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
1450 property names that should be treated with inheritance
1453 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
1454 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
1455 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
1456 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
1457 discussion around this issue.
1459 - Summary type improvements in column view.
1460 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
1461 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
1462 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
1463 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
1464 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
1465 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
1466 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
1468 *** The date/time prompt
1470 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
1473 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
1474 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
1475 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
1476 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
1477 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
1479 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
1480 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
1481 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
1482 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
1483 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
1484 entered month is before the current, for example if you
1485 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
1486 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
1487 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
1489 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
1490 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
1491 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
1492 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
1493 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1495 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
1497 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
1498 list of newly performed conversions:
1500 | Org | Description | HTML |
1501 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
1502 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
1503 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
1504 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
1505 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
1507 You can turn this globally on or off with
1508 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
1509 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
1510 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
1511 William Henney for relevant inputs.
1513 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
1514 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
1518 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
1519 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
1520 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
1521 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
1522 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
1523 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
1525 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
1527 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
1528 export by setting it either globally
1529 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
1530 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
1531 the list of available classes and their sectioning
1532 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
1533 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
1536 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
1537 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
1538 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
1540 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
1541 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
1543 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
1544 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
1547 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
1548 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
1549 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
1556 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
1557 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
1558 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
1560 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
1561 the values of constants and properties are no longer
1562 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
1563 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
1564 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
1566 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
1567 with extension matched by the new variable
1568 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
1577 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
1578 + All known bugs fixed.
1579 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
1580 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
1581 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
1583 - The agenda dispatcher
1584 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
1585 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
1587 - Sorting improvements
1588 + User-defined sorting keys.
1589 + Sorting by properties.
1590 + Sorting of plain lists.
1592 - HTML <div> structure
1595 + New variables, several of them.
1596 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
1597 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
1598 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
1599 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
1603 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
1605 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
1606 (at least I hope so...).
1608 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
1609 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
1611 + global, i.e. for the entire file
1612 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
1613 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
1615 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
1616 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
1617 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
1621 : :ID: planning-overview
1627 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
1631 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
1632 be prompted for the ID.
1634 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
1635 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
1636 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
1637 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
1638 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
1641 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
1643 *** The agenda dispatcher
1645 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
1646 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
1647 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
1648 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
1649 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
1650 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
1651 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
1652 them to custom commands.
1654 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
1655 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
1656 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
1657 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
1659 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
1660 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
1661 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
1662 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
1663 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
1665 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
1666 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
1669 *** Sorting improvements
1671 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
1672 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
1674 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
1675 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
1677 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
1680 - Plain lists can be sorted.
1682 *** HTML <div> structure
1684 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
1686 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
1687 "table-of-contents".
1689 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
1690 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
1692 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
1693 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
1695 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
1696 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
1698 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
1699 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
1703 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
1704 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
1705 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
1708 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
1710 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
1712 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
1713 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
1714 your properties will not be folded away.
1715 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
1717 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
1718 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
1719 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
1721 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
1722 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
1723 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
1724 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
1725 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
1727 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
1728 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
1729 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
1730 a proposal by Bastien.
1732 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
1733 request by Wanrong Lin.
1735 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
1736 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
1737 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
1743 - Remember templates can now have name.
1744 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
1745 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
1746 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
1747 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
1748 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1749 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
1750 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
1751 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
1752 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
1753 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
1755 ** Incompatible Changes
1757 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
1761 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
1762 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
1763 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
1764 the name start with the selection character, for example if
1765 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
1766 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
1768 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
1769 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
1770 change). Thanks to Bastien.
1772 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
1773 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
1775 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
1776 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
1777 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
1778 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
1780 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
1781 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
1782 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
1784 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1785 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
1786 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
1787 Wiegley for a patch.
1789 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
1790 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
1791 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
1792 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
1793 with full completion support.
1795 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
1796 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
1797 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
1799 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
1800 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
1803 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
1804 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
1805 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
1806 well tested yet, please check it out.
1814 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
1815 - Command to jump to the running clock
1816 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
1817 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
1818 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
1819 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1820 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
1821 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
1822 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
1823 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
1824 - Better tag alignment in agenda
1826 ** Incompatible changes
1828 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
1829 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
1831 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
1832 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
1833 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
1835 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
1836 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
1839 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1844 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
1845 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
1848 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
1851 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
1854 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
1855 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
1856 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
1857 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
1858 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
1860 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
1861 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
1862 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
1863 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
1865 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
1866 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
1867 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
1868 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
1869 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
1870 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
1871 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
1872 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
1873 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
1875 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
1876 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
1877 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
1878 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
1879 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
1880 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
1881 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
1882 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
1883 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
1885 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
1886 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
1887 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
1888 being prompted for a template, like this:
1890 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
1892 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
1894 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1895 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
1896 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
1897 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
1899 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
1900 (also `s' does this).
1902 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
1903 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
1906 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
1907 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
1908 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
1910 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
1911 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
1912 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
1914 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
1915 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
1916 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
1917 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
1925 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
1926 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
1927 - CSV support when importing a table.
1928 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
1929 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
1930 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
1931 - Modifications to priority cycling.
1932 - Modifications to computations in column view.
1933 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
1938 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
1939 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
1942 : * Tree with special properties
1944 : :CATEGORY: Examples
1945 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
1948 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
1949 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
1950 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
1951 *single* default for the file which is then locally
1952 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
1953 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
1954 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
1955 encourage you to stop using them.
1957 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
1958 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
1959 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
1960 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
1964 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
1965 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
1966 | file | the full current buffer |
1967 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
1968 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
1969 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
1970 | agenda | all agenda files |
1972 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
1973 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
1974 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
1975 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
1978 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
1979 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
1980 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
1981 basic input it works.
1983 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
1984 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
1985 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
1986 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1988 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
1989 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
1992 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
1993 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
1995 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
1997 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
1998 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
1999 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
2000 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
2001 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
2003 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
2004 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
2005 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
2006 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
2007 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
2010 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
2011 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
2012 of all the children's values each time you enter column
2013 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
2014 the children has that particular property defined, the
2015 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
2016 items under such an entry without getting the property value
2017 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
2018 is a better way of doing things.
2020 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
2021 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
2022 testing is appreciated.
2024 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
2025 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
2026 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
2027 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
2029 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
2030 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
2031 links in square or angular brackets.
2039 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
2042 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
2043 agenda can be configured.
2045 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
2047 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
2049 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
2051 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2053 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2054 inherited from the outline faces.
2056 ** Incompatible Changes
2058 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2059 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2060 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2061 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
2062 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
2067 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
2068 switching to that state. With the setting
2070 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
2071 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
2073 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
2076 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
2077 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
2078 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
2079 own function. Configure the new variable
2080 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
2081 this development with a patch.
2083 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2084 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2085 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2086 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
2087 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
2088 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
2089 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
2091 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
2092 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
2093 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
2094 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
2095 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
2096 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
2097 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
2099 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
2100 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
2103 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2104 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
2105 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
2106 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
2107 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
2108 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
2109 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
2111 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2112 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
2113 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
2114 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
2115 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
2116 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
2117 match the current org-mode faces.
2119 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
2123 ** Incompatible changes
2125 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
2129 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
2130 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
2131 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
2133 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
2135 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
2136 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
2137 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
2138 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
2139 command fall back to cycling.
2141 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
2142 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
2143 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
2144 interface anyway, set the variable
2145 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
2146 others for input on this issue.
2148 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
2149 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
2150 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
2152 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
2153 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
2155 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
2156 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
2158 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
2160 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
2161 use a format string that will be interpreted by
2162 `format-time-string', for example:
2164 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
2166 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
2167 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
2168 included) have changed this.
2170 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
2171 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
2172 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
2173 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
2174 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
2175 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
2176 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
2182 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
2184 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
2186 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
2188 - Sorting can be done by priority.
2190 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
2192 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2194 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
2196 ** Incompatible changes
2198 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
2199 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
2201 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2205 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
2206 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
2207 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
2209 A Here is a configuration example:
2211 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
2212 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
2213 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
2214 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
2217 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
2218 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
2220 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
2221 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
2222 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
2223 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
2224 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
2225 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
2226 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
2227 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
2228 states, just like you also do for tags.
2230 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
2231 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
2233 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
2234 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
2235 switch the entry to that state.
2237 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
2238 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
2239 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
2242 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
2244 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
2245 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
2246 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
2247 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
2249 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
2250 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
2252 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
2253 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
2254 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
2255 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
2256 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
2258 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
2259 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
2260 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
2263 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
2264 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
2265 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
2266 the file will simply be skipped.
2276 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
2277 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
2278 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
2279 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
2280 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
2281 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
2282 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
2283 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
2286 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
2287 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
2288 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
2289 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
2290 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
2291 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
2292 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
2293 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
2294 the special locations.
2296 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
2299 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
2302 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
2303 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
2304 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
2306 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
2307 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
2308 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
2314 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
2316 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
2318 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
2320 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
2322 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
2324 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
2326 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
2328 - Global values for selected properties.
2335 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
2336 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
2337 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
2338 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
2339 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
2340 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
2341 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
2342 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
2344 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
2345 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
2346 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
2347 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
2348 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
2349 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
2350 currently how to handle the new link types for
2353 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
2354 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
2355 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
2356 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
2359 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
2360 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
2361 The syntax is like this
2363 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
2365 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
2368 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
2370 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
2371 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
2372 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
2374 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
2377 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
2378 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
2379 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
2380 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
2383 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
2384 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
2385 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
2386 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
2387 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
2388 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
2391 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
2392 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
2393 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
2396 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
2397 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
2398 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
2399 `org-global-properties', like this:
2401 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
2403 Buffer-local values are set like this:
2405 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
2407 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
2408 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
2409 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
2410 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
2411 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
2412 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
2420 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
2421 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
2422 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
2423 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
2425 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
2426 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
2427 this stuff into the drawer.
2428 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2430 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
2431 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
2433 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
2434 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
2436 - Lots of minor fixes.
2440 ** Incompatible Changes
2442 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
2443 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
2444 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
2448 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
2449 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
2450 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
2452 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
2453 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
2454 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
2455 know if we need to make this customizable.
2457 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
2458 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
2459 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
2460 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
2461 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
2463 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
2472 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
2475 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
2476 compute their value from the children's values.
2478 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
2479 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
2482 ** Incompatible Changes
2484 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
2485 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
2486 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
2487 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
2492 - Improvements for properties:
2494 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
2495 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
2497 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
2498 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
2499 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
2500 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
2501 typos when entering properties.
2503 - Improvements for column view.
2505 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
2506 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
2509 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
2510 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
2511 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
2512 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
2515 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
2516 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
2519 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
2520 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
2521 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
2523 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
2524 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
2525 beginning of a line. So
2527 : * This is a level 1 headline
2528 : *this is bold text*
2530 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
2531 available in orgstruct-mode.
2537 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
2538 structure editing commands into any other mode.
2540 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
2541 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
2542 open if explicitly asked.
2544 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
2546 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
2547 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
2550 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
2551 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
2554 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
2556 ** Incompatible changes
2558 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
2559 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
2560 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
2561 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
2562 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
2563 that this is the better convention.
2567 *** Orgstruct minor mode
2569 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
2570 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
2571 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
2572 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
2573 easily create lists.
2575 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
2576 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
2577 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
2578 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
2579 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
2580 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
2581 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
2582 minor modes have assigned to them.
2584 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
2585 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
2586 the promised implementation.
2590 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
2591 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
2592 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
2593 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
2594 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
2597 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
2599 you can then create drawers like this:
2602 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
2603 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
2606 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
2607 contains properties of an entry (see below).
2609 *** Properties and Column View
2611 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
2612 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
2613 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
2614 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
2615 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
2616 a property drawer and inserting a line like
2618 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
2620 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
2621 program using properties, use the functions
2622 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
2623 and `org-entry-delete'.
2625 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
2628 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
2629 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
2630 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
2631 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
2632 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
2633 after the headline, outside the drawer.
2635 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
2638 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
2640 will find entries that
2643 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
2644 - are TODO status WAITING.
2646 So here is an entry that will match:
2648 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
2653 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
2654 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
2657 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
2659 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
2660 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
2661 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
2662 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
2663 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
2664 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
2665 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
2666 can set up different property columns on different levels
2667 of an outline tree. For example:
2671 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
2675 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
2678 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
2680 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
2683 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
2686 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
2687 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
2689 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
2690 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
2691 will get a different table than if you do it in the
2692 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
2693 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
2694 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
2697 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
2698 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
2700 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
2701 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
2702 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
2703 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
2704 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
2705 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
2707 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
2708 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
2711 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
2713 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
2715 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
2716 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
2717 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
2719 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
2720 Any suggestions for better defaults?
2721 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
2722 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
2727 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
2728 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
2729 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
2730 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
2731 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
2732 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
2733 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
2736 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
2737 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
2738 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
2739 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
2740 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
2747 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
2749 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
2750 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
2751 constants can now be set with a line like:
2753 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
2757 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
2758 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
2761 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
2763 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
2767 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
2768 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
2769 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
2770 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
2777 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
2778 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
2779 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
2780 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
2782 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
2783 See manual section 3.5.3.
2785 - New options for turning off footnotes.
2786 This was a request from Ignotus.
2787 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
2789 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
2790 default. This was a request from Micheal.
2791 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
2795 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
2796 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
2797 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
2798 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
2799 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
2805 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
2806 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
2808 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
2810 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
2812 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
2814 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
2816 ** Incompatible changes
2818 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
2819 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
2820 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
2821 with the xemacs version. For example:
2823 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
2825 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
2826 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
2827 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
2828 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
2829 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
2833 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
2834 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
2835 interval on a single day. For example
2837 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
2839 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
2840 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
2841 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
2842 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
2844 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
2847 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
2848 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
2852 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
2854 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
2855 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
2856 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
2857 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
2858 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
2859 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
2860 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
2861 using localization features may not work correctly in the
2862 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
2863 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
2864 stick to the ASCII characters.
2866 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
2867 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
2868 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
2869 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
2870 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
2872 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
2874 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
2875 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
2876 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
2878 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
2879 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
2880 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
2881 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
2882 if we can agree on this:
2884 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
2885 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
2886 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
2887 out to a previous level. For example
2895 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
2904 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
2905 using promotion and demotion functions.
2911 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
2912 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
2914 ** Incompatible changes
2916 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
2920 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
2921 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
2922 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
2923 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
2924 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
2925 column where the character is specified). You may also use
2926 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
2928 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
2929 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2930 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
2931 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2932 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
2933 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
2934 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
2936 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
2937 never exported, but can be used to place column group
2938 information into the table. In this table, we create a
2939 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
2940 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
2943 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
2944 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
2945 wherever you want a vertical line:
2947 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
2948 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2949 : | / | < | < | | < | |
2951 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
2952 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
2954 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
2955 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
2956 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
2957 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
2958 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
2959 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
2960 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
2961 behavior we had before.
2963 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
2965 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
2966 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
2967 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
2968 special characters in other languages as along as your
2969 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
2970 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
2971 out how to do this in XEmacs.
2977 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
2981 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
2983 [1]This is a footnote
2985 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
2986 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
2988 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
2990 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
2991 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
2994 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
3000 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
3001 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
3003 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
3004 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
3005 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
3006 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
3008 ** Incompatible Changes
3010 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
3011 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
3015 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
3016 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
3018 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
3020 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
3021 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
3022 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
3023 collect your credit, let me know!
3025 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
3026 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
3028 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
3029 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
3031 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
3032 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
3033 would in the diary. For example
3035 * Birthdays and similar stuff
3037 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
3039 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
3040 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
3042 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
3044 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
3045 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
3046 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
3047 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
3048 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
3049 put in a few categories, and then turned off
3050 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
3051 faster agenda display.
3053 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
3054 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
3055 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
3056 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
3057 to Raman for this idea.
3059 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
3060 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
3061 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
3064 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
3065 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
3066 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
3070 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
3072 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
3073 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
3075 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
3076 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
3077 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
3078 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
3081 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
3082 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
3084 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
3085 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
3086 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
3087 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
3089 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
3090 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
3091 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
3092 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
3094 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
3095 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
3102 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
3103 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
3104 further processing in scripts.
3106 ** Incompatible Changes
3108 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
3109 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
3113 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
3114 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
3115 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
3116 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
3119 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
3120 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
3121 that have associated file names and exports the views to
3122 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
3123 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
3124 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
3125 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
3126 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
3128 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
3129 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
3130 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
3131 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
3133 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
3134 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
3135 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
3137 - Quite a few bug fixes.
3147 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
3149 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
3151 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
3153 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
3155 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
3157 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
3159 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
3163 ** Incompatible changes
3165 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
3166 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
3169 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
3170 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
3171 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
3172 `org-disputed-keys'.
3174 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
3175 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
3176 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
3180 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
3181 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
3182 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
3183 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
3184 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
3185 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
3186 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
3187 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
3188 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
3189 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
3190 Scott fro bringing this up again.
3192 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
3193 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
3194 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
3195 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
3197 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
3198 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
3200 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
3201 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
3202 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
3203 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
3205 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
3206 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
3207 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
3208 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
3209 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
3210 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
3211 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
3212 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
3214 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
3216 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
3217 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
3218 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
3219 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
3220 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
3221 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
3222 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
3225 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
3226 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
3227 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
3228 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
3229 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
3230 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
3233 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
3234 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
3235 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
3236 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
3237 indicates a non-stuck project.
3239 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
3240 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
3241 please let me know if you find problems.
3243 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
3244 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
3250 ** Incompatible changes
3254 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
3255 exported HTML. These are the variables
3256 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
3257 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
3260 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
3261 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
3262 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
3264 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
3265 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
3266 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
3267 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
3268 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
3269 that are scanned for the agenda.
3277 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
3278 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
3279 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
3281 ** Incompatible changes
3283 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
3287 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
3289 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
3291 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
3293 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
3294 list (and which is also works!)
3296 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
3297 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
3299 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
3300 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
3301 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
3302 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
3303 toward using the latter.
3305 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
3306 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
3307 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
3308 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
3310 (setq org-todo-keywords
3311 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
3312 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
3313 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
3314 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
3317 If your setting has this new structure,
3318 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
3319 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
3320 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
3321 interpretation from the other variable still works.
3323 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
3324 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
3325 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
3326 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
3327 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
3330 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
3331 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
3332 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
3333 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
3334 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
3335 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
3336 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
3338 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
3339 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
3340 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
3341 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
3342 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
3344 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
3345 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
3346 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
3347 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
3348 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
3349 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
3350 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
3351 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
3352 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
3359 This time the changes affect the following areas:
3361 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
3362 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
3363 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
3364 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
3365 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
3366 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
3369 ** Incompatible changes
3371 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
3372 over several lines, like
3375 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
3378 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
3379 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
3380 See below for details.
3382 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
3383 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
3384 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
3385 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
3390 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
3391 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
3394 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
3395 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
3396 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
3398 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
3399 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
3400 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
3401 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
3402 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
3403 where you want to be.
3405 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
3406 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
3407 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
3410 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
3411 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
3413 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
3414 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
3416 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
3418 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
3419 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
3420 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
3421 new in-buffer option
3425 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
3426 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
3427 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
3428 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
3430 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
3431 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
3432 can be done by setting the variable
3433 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
3435 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
3441 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
3443 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
3444 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
3445 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
3446 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
3447 terminate all levels of plain list items.
3449 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
3451 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
3452 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
3455 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
3456 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
3457 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
3458 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
3459 are logging all state changes.
3461 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
3466 - Priority handling in the tags view
3467 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
3468 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
3469 - Improvements to the formula editor.
3470 - C-j does better indentation.
3474 - Priority handling in the tags view
3476 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
3477 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
3479 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
3481 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
3482 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
3483 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
3485 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
3487 - Changes in the spreadsheet
3489 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
3490 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
3491 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
3492 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
3493 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
3494 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
3495 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
3497 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
3500 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
3502 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
3504 + There is now a menu with commands.
3506 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
3507 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
3509 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
3510 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
3512 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
3513 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
3517 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
3518 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
3519 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
3521 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
3522 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
3527 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
3528 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
3529 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
3530 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
3532 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
3533 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
3534 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
3544 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
3545 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
3546 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
3548 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
3549 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
3550 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
3551 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
3552 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
3553 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
3554 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
3556 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
3557 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
3558 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
3560 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
3562 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
3563 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
3565 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
3566 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
3568 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
3569 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
3570 levels. For example:
3572 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
3574 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
3575 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
3576 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
3579 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
3580 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
3581 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
3582 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
3584 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
3585 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
3594 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
3595 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
3596 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
3597 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
3599 ** Detailed description of changes
3601 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
3602 any table in any mode.
3604 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
3605 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
3606 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
3607 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
3608 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
3609 inside the same file, in a block comment.
3611 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
3612 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
3613 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
3614 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
3615 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
3617 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
3618 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
3619 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
3620 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
3621 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
3622 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
3623 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
3626 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
3627 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
3628 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
3629 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
3630 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
3631 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
3632 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
3633 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
3634 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
3635 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
3636 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
3637 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
3639 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
3640 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
3641 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
3642 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
3648 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
3649 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
3650 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
3651 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
3652 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
3654 ** Detailed description of changes
3656 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
3657 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
3658 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
3660 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
3662 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
3663 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
3665 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
3667 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
3668 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
3669 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
3671 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
3672 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
3673 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
3675 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
3676 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
3677 to Raman for this excellent idea.
3679 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
3680 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
3682 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
3684 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
3685 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
3686 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
3687 remember.el work like this as well).
3688 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
3689 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
3690 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
3691 new template, but the old context information. This is
3692 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
3695 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
3696 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
3697 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
3698 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
3699 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
3700 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
3701 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
3702 without interaction.
3704 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
3705 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
3706 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
3707 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
3708 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
3709 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
3711 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
3712 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
3713 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
3714 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
3716 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
3717 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
3718 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
3719 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
3720 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
3721 them would require special hooks. Comments?
3727 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
3728 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
3730 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
3731 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
3732 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
3733 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
3734 + Incompatible changes
3735 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
3736 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
3737 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
3738 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
3739 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
3740 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
3741 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
3745 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
3746 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
3747 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
3748 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
3749 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
3750 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
3751 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
3752 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
3756 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
3757 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
3758 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
3759 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
3760 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
3761 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
3762 - Empty entries go full circle.
3763 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
3768 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
3771 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
3772 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
3773 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
3774 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
3775 another, dedicated frame.
3776 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
3777 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
3780 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
3781 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
3782 - Changes in Agenda buffer
3783 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
3784 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
3785 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
3786 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
3787 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
3788 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
3789 use regular expressions.
3790 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
3791 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
3792 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
3796 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
3797 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
3798 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
3805 - Improvements to fast tag selection
3806 + show status also in target line.
3807 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
3808 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
3809 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
3813 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
3814 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
3815 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
3816 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
3820 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
3821 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
3826 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
3827 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
3828 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
3832 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
3833 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
3834 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
3835 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
3836 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
3837 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
3838 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
3839 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
3840 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
3841 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
3842 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
3847 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
3848 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
3849 - File links can contain environment variables.
3850 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
3854 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
3855 each block created by a different agenda command.
3856 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
3857 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
3858 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
3859 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
3860 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
3861 upon the agenda type.
3862 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
3863 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
3864 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
3865 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
3866 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
3867 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
3868 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
3869 - More minor bug fixes.
3872 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
3873 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
3874 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
3878 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
3879 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
3880 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
3884 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
3887 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
3888 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
3889 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
3897 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
3898 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
3900 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
3901 LaTeX environment and math.
3904 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
3906 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
3907 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
3908 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
3912 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
3913 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
3916 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
3917 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
3918 and will not lead to conflicts.
3919 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
3923 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
3924 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
3925 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
3926 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
3927 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
3928 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
3929 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
3935 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
3936 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
3939 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
3940 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
3941 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
3942 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
3943 directories for different export types.
3944 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
3945 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
3952 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
3953 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
3954 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
3955 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
3956 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
3957 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
3958 relative and absolute paths.
3959 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
3960 - Bug and typo fixes.
3964 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
3965 contains a description or not.
3966 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
3967 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
3968 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
3969 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
3970 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
3971 for all available exporters.
3972 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
3978 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
3979 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
3980 end of the HTML file.
3981 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
3982 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
3983 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
3984 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
3990 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
3991 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
3992 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
3993 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
4003 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
4004 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
4007 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
4008 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
4009 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
4010 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
4011 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
4012 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
4013 - New structure for the customization tree.
4018 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
4022 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
4023 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
4024 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
4025 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
4026 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
4031 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
4032 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
4033 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
4034 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
4038 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
4039 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
4042 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
4043 - Various small bug fixes
4046 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
4047 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
4048 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
4049 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
4050 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
4051 argument to `C-c C-v'.
4052 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
4053 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
4054 next buffer change due to editing).
4057 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
4058 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
4059 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
4060 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
4063 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
4064 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
4065 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
4066 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
4067 - Changes to the HTML exporter
4068 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
4069 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
4070 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
4071 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
4072 - support for cascading style sheets.
4073 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
4074 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
4081 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
4085 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
4088 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
4089 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
4090 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
4091 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
4092 and are not linked to the calendar.
4093 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
4094 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
4095 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
4096 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
4099 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
4100 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
4101 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
4102 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
4103 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
4106 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
4107 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
4108 - Named fields and columns in tables.
4109 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
4112 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
4113 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
4116 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
4117 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
4118 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
4119 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
4120 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
4121 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
4125 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
4126 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
4127 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
4128 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
4129 - Archiving of finished tasks.
4130 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
4131 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
4132 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
4133 - Improved html export of tables.
4134 - Various clean-up changes.
4137 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
4141 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
4142 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
4146 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
4147 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
4151 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
4152 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
4153 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
4156 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
4157 - New startup option `content'.
4158 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
4159 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
4160 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
4163 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
4164 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
4165 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
4166 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
4167 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
4168 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
4171 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
4172 table shape when typing in fields.
4173 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
4174 into arbitrary major modes.
4175 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
4176 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
4177 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
4180 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
4181 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
4182 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
4184 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
4185 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
4186 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
4187 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
4188 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
4190 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
4191 - Sorting fully configurable.
4192 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
4193 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
4197 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
4198 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
4199 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
4200 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
4201 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
4202 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
4203 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
4206 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
4207 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
4208 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
4209 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
4210 - Priorities for TODO items.
4211 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
4212 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
4213 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
4218 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
4219 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
4220 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
4221 `org-todo-interpretation'.
4222 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
4223 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
4224 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
4225 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
4226 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
4227 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
4228 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
4229 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
4230 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
4231 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
4232 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
4235 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
4236 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
4237 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
4238 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
4239 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
4240 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
4241 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
4242 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
4243 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
4244 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
4245 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
4246 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
4249 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
4250 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
4251 - Date ranges introduced.
4252 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
4253 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
4254 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
4255 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
4256 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
4257 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
4258 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
4261 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
4262 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
4263 - Fully automatic table editor.
4264 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
4265 - Other link system changes
4266 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
4267 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
4268 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
4269 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
4270 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
4271 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
4272 Please re-read the manual section about links.
4274 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
4275 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
4276 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
4277 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
4278 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
4279 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
4281 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
4285 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
4286 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
4287 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
4288 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
4292 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents