1 # -*- mode: org; org-export-publishing-directory: "tmp"; fill-column: 65 -*-
5 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of user-visible changes
6 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
7 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
8 #+OPTIONS: H:3 num:nil toc:nil \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:{} *:t TeX:t LaTeX:nil
9 #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info toc:1 path:org-info.js tdepth:2 ftoc:t
11 #+LINK_HOME: http://orgmode.org
16 *** Source code example editing expanded.
18 The editing of source code in the proper major mode has been
19 expanded. It works now inside all kinds of constructs, for
23 ,#+HTML: this code can be edited in html-mode
29 ,#+LaTeX: this code can be edited in latex-mode
36 ,Here we can edit in fortran-mode
40 In addition to that, the syntax that is used by Emacs Muse (<src>
41 or <example> tags, even <literal> and <lisp>) works as well - in
42 fact, I think you can call `org-edit-src-code' directly from
43 Muse. Hey, if you guys bind it to "C-c '" in Muse mode as well,
44 this could be a nice convergence.
53 - Statistics cookies [/] and [%] for TODO entries
54 - Editing source code example in the proper mode
55 - iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
56 - New properties for customizing subtree export
58 ** Incompatible changes
60 - The default of the variable `org-tags-match-list-sublevels' is
61 now `t'. The main reason for this is that it is easier to
62 explain in the manual and will lead to fewer surprises.
64 - The former CONTRIB directory is now called "contrib". This was
65 already the case in the git distribution, but the tar and zip
66 archives still did this wrong.
70 *** Statistics for TODO entries
72 The [/] and [%] cookies have already provided statistics for
73 checkboxes. Now they do the same also for TODO entries. If a
74 headline contains either cookie, changing the TODO state of any
75 direct child will trigger an update of this cookie. Children
76 that are neither TODO nor DONE are ignored.
78 There have already been requests to automatically switch the
79 parent headline to DONE when all children are done. I am not
80 making this a default feature, because one needs to make many
81 decisions about which keyword to use, etc. Instead of a complex
82 customization variable, I am providing a hook that can be used.
83 This hook will be called each time a TODO statistics cookie is
84 updated, with the cursor in the corresponding line. Each
85 function in the hook will receive two arguments, the number of
86 done entries, and the number of not-done entries, and you can use
87 the hook to change the state of the headline. Here is an example
90 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
91 (defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
92 "Switch entry to DONE when all sub-entries are done, to TODO otherwise."
93 (let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging
94 (org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
96 (add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
99 *** Editing source code example in the proper mode
101 If you are writing a document with source code examples, you can
102 include these examples into a =#+BEGIN_SRC lang ... #+END_SRC= or
103 (with the org-mtags module loaded) a =<src...= structure. =lang=
104 stands for the Emacs mode used for editing the language, this
105 could be =emacs-lisp= for Emacs Lisp mode examples, or =org= for
106 Org mode examples. You can now use the key "C-c '" (that is C-c
107 followed by the single quote) to edit the example in its native
108 mode. This works by creating an indirect buffer, narrowing it to
109 the example and setting the appropriate mode. You need to exit
110 editing by pressing "C-c '" again. This is important, because
111 lines that have syntactic meaning in Org will be quoted by
112 calling this command.
114 *** iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
116 This is necessary for synchronization services. The UIDs are
117 created using the the org-id.el module which is now part of the
118 Or core. If you set the variable
120 : (setq org-icalendar-store-UID t)
122 then all created UIDs will be stored in the entry as an =:ID:=
123 property. This is off by default because it creates lots of
124 property drawers even if you only play with iCalendar export.
125 But if you plan to use synchronization, you really need to turn
128 Diary sexp entries do not yet receive proper persistent UIDs,
129 because they are transformed to iCalendar format by icalendar.el
130 which creates fresh UIDs each time, based on the current time.
132 An interesting aspect of Org is that a single outline node can
133 give rise to multiple iCalendar entries (as a timestamp, a
134 deadline, a scheduled item, and as a TODO item). Therefore, Org
135 adds prefixes "TS-", "DL-" "CS-", and "TD-" to the UID during
136 iCalendar export, depending on what triggered the inclusion of
137 the entry. In this way the UID remains unique, but a
138 synchronization program can still figure out from which entry all
139 the different instances originate.
141 *** New properties for customizing subtree export.
143 When exporting a subtree by selecting it before calling the
144 export command, you can now use the properties =EXPORT_TITLE=,
145 =EXPORT_TEXT=, and =EXPORT_OPTIONS= to overrule the global
146 =#+TITLE=, =#+TEXT=, and =#+OPTIONS= settings. You can also set
147 an export file name with =EXPORT_FILE_NAME= that will overrule
148 the file name derived from the buffer's file name. As far as the
149 options are concerned, the global =#+OPTIONS= will still be read,
150 and only the options you give in the property will be
151 overwritten. For example:
157 , :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ct.html
158 , :EXPORT_TITLE: Steve's collected computer tricks
159 , :EXPORT_OPTIONS: h:2 toc:nil
167 - Description lists are now supported natively
168 - Block quotes for export
169 - Fontified code examples in HTML export
170 - Include files for export
171 - Text before the first headline is now exported by default
172 - In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
173 - The in-buffer settings keywords may now be lower case
174 - Completion of structure elements
175 - Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
176 - Clock task history, moving entries with the running clock
177 - BBDB anniversaries much faster
178 - New contrib files: org-eval.el and org-mtags.el
180 ** Incompatible changes
182 - The text before the first headline is now exported by default
184 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
185 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
186 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
187 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
188 value on a per-file basis with
196 *** Description lists are now supported natively
198 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
199 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
200 separated by " :: ". For example
202 : Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
203 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
204 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
205 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
206 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
207 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
208 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
209 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
210 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
214 Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
215 - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
216 - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
217 - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
218 - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
219 - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
220 natural constants and units into a buffer.
221 - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
222 running IDL and WAVE CL files.
224 This works now in the HTML exporter, we still need to supoort
225 it with the LaTeX and ASCII exporters.
227 *** Block quotes for export
229 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
233 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
234 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
241 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
242 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
245 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
247 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
248 fontified in an Emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
249 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
253 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
260 In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
261 looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
262 interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
263 http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
265 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
271 The string after the =BEGIN_SRC= is the name of the major emacs
272 mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
273 "-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
274 writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
275 "org" as the language identifier - in fact, I have used just
276 that in the example above.
278 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
279 /htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
280 backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
282 *** Include files for export
286 : #+INCLUDE "file" markup lang
288 will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
289 of publishing. FILE should be surrounded by double quotes, this
290 is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
291 MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
292 or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
293 mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
295 : Here is my /.emacs/ file:
296 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
298 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
300 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
301 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
302 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
303 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
304 value on a per-file basis with
309 *** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
311 If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
312 files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
313 point to that file from each file that should read it. If
314 you write in a buffer
316 : #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
318 then this file will be scanned for in-buffer options like
319 =#+STARTUP=, =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
321 *** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
323 From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
324 =#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
325 other in-buffer keywords.
327 *** Completion of structure elements
328 As a new experimental feature, Org now supports completion of
329 structural elements like =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= in a special way.
330 It work by typing, for example "<e" and then pressing TAB, on
331 an otherwise empty line. "<e" will expand into a complete
332 EXAMPLE template, with the cursor positioned in the middle.
333 Currently supported templates are:
346 This is an experimental feature, please comment! See also
347 below under /org-mtags.el/.
349 *** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
351 When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
352 is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
353 =org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
354 buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
355 scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
356 such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
357 its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
360 - folded :: Fold the subtree
361 - children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
362 headlines of all direct children
363 - content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
365 - all :: Show the entire subtree
367 For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
368 is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
369 right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
370 changes in my current working version. The start of this section
371 currently looks like this:
376 , :VISIBILITY: content
381 This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
383 The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
384 visibility of the buffer.
386 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
388 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
389 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
391 - =C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u C-u I= from the agenda) will
392 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
393 - =C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u I= from the agenda) will offer a
394 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
395 for selection. =d= selects the default task, =i= selects
396 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
397 being clocked. =1=,... selects a recent task. When you
398 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
399 - You can use =C-u C-c C-x C-j= to jump to any of these
402 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
403 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
404 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
405 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
406 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
407 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
408 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
410 *** BBDB anniversaries much faster
412 =bbdb-anniversaries= is now much faster, thanks to a new
413 approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
414 Baumann for a patch to this effect.
416 *** New files in the contrib directory
418 Do people think any of these should become core?
420 - org-eval.el :: This new module allows to include the result
421 of the evaluation of Lisp code (and other scripting
422 languages) into the buffer, similar to the =<lisp>= tag
423 of [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/emacs-wiki.html#Lisp-Tricks][Emacs Wiki]] and [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/muse/Embedded-Lisp.html#Embedded-Lisp][Muse]].
424 - org-mtags.el :: This new modules allows you to use
425 Muse-like tags for some structure definitions in Org.
426 For example, instead of
434 In fact, I myself find these easier to type and to look
435 at. Also, it will allow you to more easily move text
436 and files back and forth between Org and Muse. For a
437 list of supported structure elements, see the commentary
438 in the file [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git?a=blob_plain;f=contrib/lisp/org-mtags.el;hb=HEAD][commentary in the file org-mtags.el]].
440 If you load this module and use the "<i" etc completion
441 described above, the Muse form will automatically be
445 Many bug fixes again. Will this ever stop?
451 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
452 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
453 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
454 - New operators for property searches
455 - Search commands can now include archive files.
456 - Clock tables can include the archive files
457 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
461 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
463 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
464 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
465 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
466 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
467 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
468 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
470 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
472 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
473 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
474 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
475 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
476 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
477 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
478 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
479 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
480 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
481 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
482 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
483 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
484 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
487 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
489 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
490 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
491 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
492 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
493 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
494 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
495 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
496 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
497 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
499 *** New operators for property searches
501 Property searches can now choose a number of different
502 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
503 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
505 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
506 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
507 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
509 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
510 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
512 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
513 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
514 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
515 match" or "does not match", respectively.
517 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
519 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
521 If the value of the customization variable
522 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
523 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
524 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
525 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
526 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
529 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
531 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
532 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
533 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
534 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
535 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
537 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
539 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
540 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
541 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
542 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
543 be functions, so that more general transformations are
544 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
545 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
549 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
550 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
551 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
555 - The Org distribution has a new structure
556 - New system for selecting modules to load
557 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
558 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
559 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
560 - Export commands can be done in the background
561 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
562 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
563 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
564 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
565 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
566 - And some more small fixes and improvements
568 ** Incompatible changes
570 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
572 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
573 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
574 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
575 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
576 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
577 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
581 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
583 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
584 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
585 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
586 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
587 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
588 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
592 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
593 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
594 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
595 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
596 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
597 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
598 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
599 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
602 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
604 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
605 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
606 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
607 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
608 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
609 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
610 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
611 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
614 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
615 buffer you can simply use "A".
617 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
619 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
621 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
622 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
623 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
624 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
627 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
628 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
629 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
630 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
631 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
632 visibility both locally and globally.
634 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
635 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
636 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
638 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
640 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
641 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
642 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
643 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
644 JavaScript program is served from
645 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
646 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
647 to be independent of the existence and stability of
648 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
649 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
652 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
654 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
656 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
657 together with org-info.js.
659 *** Export improvements
661 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
662 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
663 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
666 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
667 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
668 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
669 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
670 this less system dependent in the future.
672 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
674 *** Improvements to clocktable
676 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
677 when trying to specify the time block that should be
678 considered when constructing the table.
680 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
684 |--------------+-----------------------|
685 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
686 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
687 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
688 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
690 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
691 | thisweek | The current week |
692 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
693 | thismonth | The current month |
694 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
695 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
698 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
699 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
700 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
701 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
702 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
703 will switch to the following week.
705 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
706 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
707 a request from Bernt Hansen.
709 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
710 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
711 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
712 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
713 configure the variable
714 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
715 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
716 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
718 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
720 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
721 the form =W08= for week 8.
723 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
724 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
725 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
726 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
727 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
728 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
729 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
730 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
731 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
732 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
733 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
735 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
736 specify an ISO week. For example
738 : w4 Monday of week 4
739 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
741 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
742 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
744 So far I have not implemented the effect of
745 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
746 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
747 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
748 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
749 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
750 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
753 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
754 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
755 test extensively and report back.
757 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
759 *** Improvements in Search View
761 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
762 only in TODO entries.
764 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
765 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
766 also match in "Nasim's".
771 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
772 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
773 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
774 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
775 this excellent proposal.
777 The regexp option is also implemented for
778 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
779 properties for inheritance my name.
781 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
782 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
783 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
784 if and only if the setting in
785 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
788 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
789 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
790 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
791 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
792 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
793 customize them freely.
795 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
796 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
797 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
798 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
799 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
800 default date, not switch to today.
802 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
803 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
805 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
806 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
808 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
809 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
810 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
812 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
815 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
816 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
817 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
819 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
820 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
821 initial region if set.
823 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
826 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
828 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
829 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
830 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
831 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
832 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
833 file name to which the export should go, and a local
837 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
838 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
841 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
843 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
844 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
845 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
846 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
848 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
855 - New keyword search agenda view
857 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
859 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
861 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
863 - Granularity while editing time stamps
865 - New repeaters mechanisms
867 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
869 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
871 - =M-RET= splits lines again
875 ** Incompatible changes
877 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
878 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
883 *** New keyword search agenda view
885 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
886 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
887 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
888 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
889 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
890 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
891 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
892 example, the search string
894 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
896 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
897 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
898 which are also not matched by the regular expression
899 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
900 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
901 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
902 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
903 (possibly sub-) heading.
905 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
906 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
908 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
909 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
912 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
913 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
914 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
916 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
918 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
919 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
921 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
922 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
923 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
925 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
926 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
927 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
928 to cover contributed extensions as well.
930 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
932 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
933 last element defines the contexts in which the template
934 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
935 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
936 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
937 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
938 function, the template will be offered only if the function
939 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
940 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
943 One possible application for this would be to have several
944 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
945 the right one based on context. For example, think of
946 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
947 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
948 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
950 : (setq org-remember-templates
951 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
952 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
954 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
956 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
958 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
959 + In a table, add a hline as before
960 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
961 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
962 + In a headline, turn it into an item
963 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
964 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
965 item markers from all lines.
967 Based on proposals by Bastien.
969 - `C-c *' has now more functions
970 + in a table, recompute, as before
971 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
972 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
973 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
974 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
975 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
977 Based on proposals by Bastien.
979 *** Changes related to time stamps
981 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
982 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
983 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
984 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
985 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
986 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
987 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
988 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
989 specify the number of minutes to shift.
991 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
993 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
994 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
997 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
998 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
999 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
1000 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
1001 : and marked it done on Saturday.
1002 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
1003 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
1004 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
1007 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
1009 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1011 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
1012 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
1015 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
1016 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
1017 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
1018 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
1019 the previous content.
1021 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1023 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
1024 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
1025 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
1027 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
1031 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
1032 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
1033 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
1034 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
1037 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
1038 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
1039 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
1042 - There are three new hooks:
1044 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
1045 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
1046 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
1050 ** Incompatible changes
1052 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
1053 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
1054 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
1058 *** Changes to logging progress
1060 There is now more control over which state changes are being
1061 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
1062 sections in the manual. Basically:
1064 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
1065 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
1066 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
1067 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
1068 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
1069 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
1070 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
1071 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
1073 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
1074 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
1075 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
1076 : when leaving this state. This is great for
1077 : getting a record when switching *back* from
1079 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
1080 : Here we not even define a fast access
1081 : character, but just the logging stuff.
1083 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
1087 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
1088 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
1089 of the line) before the current line.
1091 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
1092 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
1093 create a new line below the current one.
1097 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
1098 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
1105 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1107 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1108 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
1110 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
1112 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1113 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1114 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1116 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
1118 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
1120 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
1124 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
1126 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
1128 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
1130 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
1132 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
1134 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
1136 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
1138 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
1142 ** Incompatible Changes
1144 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1145 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1146 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1150 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1152 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1153 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
1155 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
1156 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
1158 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
1159 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
1160 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
1161 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
1162 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
1163 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
1166 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
1167 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
1170 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
1171 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
1172 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
1174 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1175 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1176 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
1177 variable does select the interface that is used to select
1178 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
1179 Possible values are:
1181 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
1183 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
1184 path to select a location.
1185 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
1188 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
1189 they are always current.
1191 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
1192 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
1193 special also because it only matches in headline. This
1194 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
1195 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
1196 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
1197 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
1198 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
1200 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
1201 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
1202 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
1203 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
1204 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
1205 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
1206 interface. Comments?
1211 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
1212 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
1213 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
1214 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
1215 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
1217 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
1218 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
1220 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
1221 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
1223 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
1224 headline up to the tags.
1225 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
1227 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
1229 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
1230 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
1231 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
1232 request by Austin Frank.
1234 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
1235 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
1236 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
1238 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
1239 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
1240 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
1241 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
1243 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
1244 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
1245 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
1246 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
1247 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
1248 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
1249 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
1250 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
1251 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
1252 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
1253 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
1256 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
1257 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
1258 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
1259 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
1267 will file is with the following property
1269 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
1271 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
1272 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
1273 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
1275 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
1276 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
1285 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
1287 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
1289 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
1291 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
1293 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
1295 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
1297 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
1299 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
1301 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1305 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
1306 entries in a subtree. For example
1308 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
1310 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
1311 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
1312 request by Bernt Hansen.
1314 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
1315 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
1316 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
1317 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
1318 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
1319 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
1320 interactively select the filing location (file and
1321 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
1322 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
1323 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
1324 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
1325 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
1327 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
1328 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
1329 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
1330 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
1331 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
1334 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
1335 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
1336 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
1337 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
1338 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
1339 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
1340 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
1343 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
1344 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
1345 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
1348 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
1349 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
1350 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
1351 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
1352 explain here, complex.
1354 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
1355 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
1356 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
1358 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
1359 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
1360 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
1362 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1374 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
1375 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
1376 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
1377 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
1378 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
1379 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
1380 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
1381 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
1382 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
1383 subtree motion commands.
1385 - Plain lists items work the same.
1387 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
1388 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
1389 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
1392 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
1393 let me know about any problems.
1397 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
1398 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
1399 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
1400 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
1401 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
1403 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
1404 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
1405 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
1406 history variable. For example:
1408 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
1410 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
1411 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
1412 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
1413 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
1414 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
1415 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
1416 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
1417 by Bastien and Adam.
1419 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
1420 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
1421 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
1422 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1426 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
1427 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
1430 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
1431 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
1432 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
1433 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
1434 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
1435 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
1441 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
1443 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
1444 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
1445 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
1446 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
1447 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
1448 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
1449 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
1450 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
1453 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
1454 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
1455 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
1456 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
1458 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
1459 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
1460 the new scope. If you like you can display an agenda view
1461 and then watch it change in various scopes.
1463 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
1464 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
1465 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
1466 select a new restriction.
1468 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
1470 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
1472 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
1474 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
1475 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
1477 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
1478 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
1479 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
1482 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
1483 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
1484 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
1486 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
1487 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
1488 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
1489 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
1490 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
1496 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
1497 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
1498 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
1500 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
1501 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
1502 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
1511 + Remember and related stuff
1512 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
1513 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
1514 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
1515 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
1517 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1518 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
1519 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1520 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
1521 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
1522 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
1523 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
1525 + Properties and Column view
1526 - More control over which properties use inheritance
1527 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
1528 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
1529 - New currency summary type {$}
1531 + The date/time prompt
1532 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
1533 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
1534 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
1537 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
1538 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
1541 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
1544 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
1545 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
1546 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
1547 - Support for pabbrev-mode
1548 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
1550 ** Incompatible changes
1552 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
1553 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
1554 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
1556 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
1557 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
1558 prompted, like this:
1560 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1562 : (org-remember ?n))
1564 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
1565 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
1567 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1569 : (org-remember nil ?n))
1571 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
1572 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
1576 *** Remember and related stuff
1578 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
1579 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
1580 application might be to put a note or task captured with
1581 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
1582 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
1583 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
1584 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
1585 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
1586 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
1587 definitions. For example:
1589 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
1591 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
1594 : (setq org-refile-targets
1595 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
1597 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
1598 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
1599 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
1600 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
1603 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
1604 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
1606 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
1607 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
1608 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
1609 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
1610 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
1612 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
1613 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
1615 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
1617 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
1618 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
1619 : %[..] include file
1621 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
1623 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
1624 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
1625 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
1628 : (require 'remember)
1629 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
1630 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
1631 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
1633 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
1634 provide a default for templates without a file, and
1635 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
1637 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1639 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
1641 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1643 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
1644 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
1645 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
1646 the default in Org-mode.
1648 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
1649 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
1650 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
1651 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
1653 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
1654 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
1655 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
1656 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
1657 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
1659 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
1660 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
1661 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
1662 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
1665 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
1666 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
1667 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
1668 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
1669 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
1671 *** Properties and Column view
1673 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
1674 property names that should be treated with inheritance
1677 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
1678 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
1679 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
1680 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
1681 discussion around this issue.
1683 - Summary type improvements in column view.
1684 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
1685 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
1686 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
1687 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
1688 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
1689 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
1690 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
1692 *** The date/time prompt
1694 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
1697 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
1698 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
1699 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
1700 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
1701 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
1703 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
1704 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
1705 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
1706 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
1707 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
1708 entered month is before the current, for example if you
1709 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
1710 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
1711 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
1713 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
1714 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
1715 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
1716 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
1717 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1719 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
1721 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
1722 list of newly performed conversions:
1724 | Org | Description | HTML |
1725 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
1726 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
1727 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
1728 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
1729 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
1731 You can turn this globally on or off with
1732 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
1733 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
1734 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
1735 William Henney for relevant inputs.
1737 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
1738 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
1742 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
1743 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
1744 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
1745 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
1746 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
1747 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
1749 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
1751 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
1752 export by setting it either globally
1753 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
1754 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
1755 the list of available classes and their sectioning
1756 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
1757 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
1760 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
1761 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
1762 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
1764 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
1765 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
1767 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
1768 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
1771 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
1772 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
1773 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
1780 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
1781 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
1782 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
1784 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
1785 the values of constants and properties are no longer
1786 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
1787 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
1788 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
1790 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
1791 with extension matched by the new variable
1792 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
1801 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
1802 + All known bugs fixed.
1803 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
1804 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
1805 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
1807 - The agenda dispatcher
1808 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
1809 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
1811 - Sorting improvements
1812 + User-defined sorting keys.
1813 + Sorting by properties.
1814 + Sorting of plain lists.
1816 - HTML <div> structure
1819 + New variables, several of them.
1820 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
1821 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
1822 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
1823 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
1827 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
1829 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
1830 (at least I hope so...).
1832 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
1833 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
1835 + global, i.e. for the entire file
1836 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
1837 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
1839 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
1840 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
1841 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
1845 : :ID: planning-overview
1851 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
1855 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
1856 be prompted for the ID.
1858 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
1859 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
1860 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
1861 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
1862 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
1865 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
1867 *** The agenda dispatcher
1869 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
1870 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
1871 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
1872 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
1873 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
1874 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
1875 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
1876 them to custom commands.
1878 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
1879 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
1880 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
1881 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
1883 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
1884 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
1885 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
1886 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
1887 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
1889 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
1890 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
1893 *** Sorting improvements
1895 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
1896 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
1898 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
1899 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
1901 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
1904 - Plain lists can be sorted.
1906 *** HTML <div> structure
1908 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
1910 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
1911 "table-of-contents".
1913 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
1914 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
1916 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
1917 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
1919 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
1920 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
1922 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
1923 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
1927 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
1928 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
1929 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
1932 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
1934 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
1936 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
1937 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
1938 your properties will not be folded away.
1939 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
1941 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
1942 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
1943 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
1945 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
1946 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
1947 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
1948 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
1949 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
1951 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
1952 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
1953 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
1954 a proposal by Bastien.
1956 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
1957 request by Wanrong Lin.
1959 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
1960 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
1961 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
1967 - Remember templates can now have name.
1968 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
1969 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
1970 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
1971 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
1972 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1973 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
1974 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
1975 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
1976 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
1977 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
1979 ** Incompatible Changes
1981 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
1985 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
1986 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
1987 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
1988 the name start with the selection character, for example if
1989 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
1990 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
1992 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
1993 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
1994 change). Thanks to Bastien.
1996 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
1997 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
1999 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
2000 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
2001 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
2002 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
2004 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
2005 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
2006 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
2008 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
2009 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
2010 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
2011 Wiegley for a patch.
2013 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
2014 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
2015 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
2016 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
2017 with full completion support.
2019 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
2020 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
2021 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
2023 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
2024 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
2027 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
2028 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
2029 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
2030 well tested yet, please check it out.
2038 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
2039 - Command to jump to the running clock
2040 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
2041 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
2042 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
2043 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2044 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
2045 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
2046 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
2047 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
2048 - Better tag alignment in agenda
2050 ** Incompatible changes
2052 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
2053 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
2055 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
2056 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
2057 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
2059 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
2060 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
2063 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2068 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
2069 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
2072 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
2075 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
2078 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
2079 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
2080 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
2081 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
2082 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
2084 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
2085 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
2086 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
2087 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
2089 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
2090 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
2091 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
2092 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
2093 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
2094 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
2095 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
2096 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
2097 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
2099 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
2100 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
2101 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
2102 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
2103 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
2104 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
2105 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
2106 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
2107 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
2109 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
2110 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
2111 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
2112 being prompted for a template, like this:
2114 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
2116 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
2118 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2119 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
2120 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
2121 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
2123 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
2124 (also `s' does this).
2126 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
2127 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
2130 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
2131 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
2132 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
2134 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
2135 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
2136 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
2138 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
2139 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
2140 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
2141 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
2149 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
2150 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
2151 - CSV support when importing a table.
2152 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
2153 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
2154 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
2155 - Modifications to priority cycling.
2156 - Modifications to computations in column view.
2157 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
2162 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
2163 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
2166 : * Tree with special properties
2168 : :CATEGORY: Examples
2169 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
2172 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
2173 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
2174 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
2175 *single* default for the file which is then locally
2176 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
2177 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
2178 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
2179 encourage you to stop using them.
2181 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
2182 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
2183 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
2184 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
2188 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
2189 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
2190 | file | the full current buffer |
2191 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
2192 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
2193 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
2194 | agenda | all agenda files |
2196 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
2197 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
2198 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
2199 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
2202 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
2203 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
2204 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
2205 basic input it works.
2207 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
2208 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
2209 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
2210 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2212 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
2213 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
2216 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
2217 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
2219 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2221 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
2222 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
2223 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
2224 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
2225 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
2227 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
2228 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
2229 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
2230 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
2231 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
2234 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
2235 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
2236 of all the children's values each time you enter column
2237 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
2238 the children has that particular property defined, the
2239 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
2240 items under such an entry without getting the property value
2241 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
2242 is a better way of doing things.
2244 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
2245 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
2246 testing is appreciated.
2248 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
2249 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
2250 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
2251 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
2253 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
2254 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
2255 links in square or angular brackets.
2263 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
2266 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
2267 agenda can be configured.
2269 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
2271 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
2273 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
2275 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2277 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2278 inherited from the outline faces.
2280 ** Incompatible Changes
2282 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2283 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2284 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2285 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
2286 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
2291 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
2292 switching to that state. With the setting
2294 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
2295 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
2297 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
2300 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
2301 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
2302 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
2303 own function. Configure the new variable
2304 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
2305 this development with a patch.
2307 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2308 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2309 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2310 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
2311 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
2312 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
2313 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
2315 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
2316 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
2317 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
2318 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
2319 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
2320 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
2321 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
2323 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
2324 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
2327 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2328 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
2329 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
2330 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
2331 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
2332 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
2333 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
2335 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2336 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
2337 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
2338 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
2339 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
2340 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
2341 match the current org-mode faces.
2343 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
2347 ** Incompatible changes
2349 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
2353 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
2354 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
2355 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
2357 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
2359 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
2360 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
2361 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
2362 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
2363 command fall back to cycling.
2365 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
2366 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
2367 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
2368 interface anyway, set the variable
2369 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
2370 others for input on this issue.
2372 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
2373 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
2374 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
2376 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
2377 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
2379 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
2380 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
2382 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
2384 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
2385 use a format string that will be interpreted by
2386 `format-time-string', for example:
2388 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
2390 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
2391 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
2392 included) have changed this.
2394 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
2395 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
2396 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
2397 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
2398 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
2399 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
2400 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
2406 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
2408 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
2410 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
2412 - Sorting can be done by priority.
2414 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
2416 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2418 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
2420 ** Incompatible changes
2422 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
2423 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
2425 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2429 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
2430 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
2431 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
2433 A Here is a configuration example:
2435 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
2436 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
2437 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
2438 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
2441 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
2442 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
2444 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
2445 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
2446 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
2447 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
2448 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
2449 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
2450 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
2451 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
2452 states, just like you also do for tags.
2454 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
2455 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
2457 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
2458 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
2459 switch the entry to that state.
2461 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
2462 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
2463 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
2466 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
2468 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
2469 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
2470 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
2471 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
2473 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
2474 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
2476 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
2477 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
2478 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
2479 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
2480 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
2482 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
2483 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
2484 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
2487 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
2488 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
2489 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
2490 the file will simply be skipped.
2500 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
2501 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
2502 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
2503 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
2504 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
2505 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
2506 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
2507 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
2510 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
2511 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
2512 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
2513 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
2514 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
2515 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
2516 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
2517 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
2518 the special locations.
2520 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
2523 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
2526 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
2527 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
2528 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
2530 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
2531 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
2532 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
2538 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
2540 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
2542 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
2544 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
2546 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
2548 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
2550 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
2552 - Global values for selected properties.
2559 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
2560 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
2561 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
2562 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
2563 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
2564 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
2565 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
2566 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
2568 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
2569 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
2570 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
2571 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
2572 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
2573 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
2574 currently how to handle the new link types for
2577 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
2578 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
2579 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
2580 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
2583 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
2584 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
2585 The syntax is like this
2587 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
2589 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
2592 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
2594 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
2595 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
2596 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
2598 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
2601 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
2602 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
2603 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
2604 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
2607 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
2608 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
2609 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
2610 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
2611 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
2612 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
2615 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
2616 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
2617 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
2620 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
2621 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
2622 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
2623 `org-global-properties', like this:
2625 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
2627 Buffer-local values are set like this:
2629 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
2631 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
2632 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
2633 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
2634 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
2635 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
2636 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
2644 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
2645 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
2646 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
2647 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
2649 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
2650 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
2651 this stuff into the drawer.
2652 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2654 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
2655 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
2657 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
2658 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
2660 - Lots of minor fixes.
2664 ** Incompatible Changes
2666 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
2667 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
2668 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
2672 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
2673 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
2674 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
2676 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
2677 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
2678 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
2679 know if we need to make this customizable.
2681 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
2682 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
2683 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
2684 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
2685 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
2687 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
2696 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
2699 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
2700 compute their value from the children's values.
2702 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
2703 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
2706 ** Incompatible Changes
2708 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
2709 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
2710 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
2711 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
2716 - Improvements for properties:
2718 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
2719 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
2721 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
2722 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
2723 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
2724 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
2725 typos when entering properties.
2727 - Improvements for column view.
2729 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
2730 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
2733 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
2734 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
2735 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
2736 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
2739 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
2740 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
2743 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
2744 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
2745 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
2747 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
2748 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
2749 beginning of a line. So
2751 : * This is a level 1 headline
2752 : *this is bold text*
2754 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
2755 available in orgstruct-mode.
2761 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
2762 structure editing commands into any other mode.
2764 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
2765 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
2766 open if explicitly asked.
2768 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
2770 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
2771 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
2774 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
2775 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
2778 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
2780 ** Incompatible changes
2782 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
2783 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
2784 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
2785 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
2786 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
2787 that this is the better convention.
2791 *** Orgstruct minor mode
2793 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
2794 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
2795 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
2796 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
2797 easily create lists.
2799 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
2800 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
2801 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
2802 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
2803 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
2804 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
2805 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
2806 minor modes have assigned to them.
2808 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
2809 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
2810 the promised implementation.
2814 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
2815 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
2816 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
2817 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
2818 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
2821 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
2823 you can then create drawers like this:
2826 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
2827 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
2830 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
2831 contains properties of an entry (see below).
2833 *** Properties and Column View
2835 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
2836 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
2837 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
2838 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
2839 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
2840 a property drawer and inserting a line like
2842 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
2844 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
2845 program using properties, use the functions
2846 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
2847 and `org-entry-delete'.
2849 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
2852 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
2853 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
2854 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
2855 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
2856 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
2857 after the headline, outside the drawer.
2859 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
2862 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
2864 will find entries that
2867 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
2868 - are TODO status WAITING.
2870 So here is an entry that will match:
2872 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
2877 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
2878 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
2881 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
2883 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
2884 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
2885 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
2886 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
2887 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
2888 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
2889 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
2890 can set up different property columns on different levels
2891 of an outline tree. For example:
2895 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
2899 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
2902 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
2904 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
2907 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
2910 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
2911 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
2913 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
2914 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
2915 will get a different table than if you do it in the
2916 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
2917 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
2918 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
2921 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
2922 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
2924 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
2925 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
2926 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
2927 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
2928 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
2929 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
2931 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
2932 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
2935 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
2937 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
2939 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
2940 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
2941 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
2943 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
2944 Any suggestions for better defaults?
2945 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
2946 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
2951 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
2952 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
2953 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
2954 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
2955 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
2956 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
2957 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
2960 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
2961 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
2962 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
2963 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
2964 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
2971 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
2973 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
2974 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
2975 constants can now be set with a line like:
2977 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
2981 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
2982 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
2985 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
2987 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
2991 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
2992 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
2993 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
2994 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
3001 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
3002 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
3003 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
3004 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
3006 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
3007 See manual section 3.5.3.
3009 - New options for turning off footnotes.
3010 This was a request from Ignotus.
3011 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
3013 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
3014 default. This was a request from Micheal.
3015 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
3019 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
3020 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
3021 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
3022 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
3023 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
3029 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
3030 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
3032 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
3034 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
3036 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
3038 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
3040 ** Incompatible changes
3042 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
3043 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
3044 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
3045 with the xemacs version. For example:
3047 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
3049 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
3050 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
3051 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
3052 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
3053 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
3057 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
3058 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
3059 interval on a single day. For example
3061 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
3063 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
3064 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
3065 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
3066 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
3068 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
3071 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
3072 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
3076 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
3078 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
3079 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
3080 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
3081 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
3082 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
3083 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
3084 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
3085 using localization features may not work correctly in the
3086 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
3087 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
3088 stick to the ASCII characters.
3090 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
3091 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
3092 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
3093 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
3094 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
3096 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
3098 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
3099 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
3100 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
3102 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
3103 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
3104 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
3105 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
3106 if we can agree on this:
3108 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
3109 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
3110 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
3111 out to a previous level. For example
3119 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
3128 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
3129 using promotion and demotion functions.
3135 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
3136 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
3138 ** Incompatible changes
3140 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
3144 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
3145 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
3146 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
3147 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
3148 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
3149 column where the character is specified). You may also use
3150 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
3152 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
3153 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3154 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
3155 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3156 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
3157 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
3158 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
3160 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
3161 never exported, but can be used to place column group
3162 information into the table. In this table, we create a
3163 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
3164 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
3167 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
3168 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
3169 wherever you want a vertical line:
3171 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
3172 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3173 : | / | < | < | | < | |
3175 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
3176 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
3178 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
3179 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
3180 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
3181 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
3182 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
3183 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
3184 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
3185 behavior we had before.
3187 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
3189 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
3190 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
3191 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
3192 special characters in other languages as along as your
3193 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
3194 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
3195 out how to do this in XEmacs.
3201 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
3205 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
3207 [1]This is a footnote
3209 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
3210 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
3212 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
3214 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
3215 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
3218 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
3224 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
3225 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
3227 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
3228 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
3229 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
3230 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
3232 ** Incompatible Changes
3234 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
3235 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
3239 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
3240 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
3242 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
3244 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
3245 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
3246 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
3247 collect your credit, let me know!
3249 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
3250 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
3252 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
3253 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
3255 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
3256 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
3257 would in the diary. For example
3259 * Birthdays and similar stuff
3261 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
3263 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
3264 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
3266 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
3268 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
3269 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
3270 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
3271 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
3272 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
3273 put in a few categories, and then turned off
3274 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
3275 faster agenda display.
3277 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
3278 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
3279 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
3280 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
3281 to Raman for this idea.
3283 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
3284 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
3285 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
3288 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
3289 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
3290 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
3294 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
3296 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
3297 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
3299 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
3300 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
3301 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
3302 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
3305 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
3306 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
3308 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
3309 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
3310 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
3311 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
3313 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
3314 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
3315 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
3316 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
3318 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
3319 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
3326 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
3327 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
3328 further processing in scripts.
3330 ** Incompatible Changes
3332 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
3333 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
3337 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
3338 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
3339 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
3340 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
3343 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
3344 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
3345 that have associated file names and exports the views to
3346 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
3347 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
3348 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
3349 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
3350 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
3352 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
3353 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
3354 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
3355 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
3357 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
3358 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
3359 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
3361 - Quite a few bug fixes.
3371 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
3373 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
3375 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
3377 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
3379 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
3381 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
3383 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
3387 ** Incompatible changes
3389 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
3390 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
3393 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
3394 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
3395 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
3396 `org-disputed-keys'.
3398 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
3399 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
3400 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
3404 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
3405 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
3406 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
3407 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
3408 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
3409 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
3410 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
3411 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
3412 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
3413 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
3414 Scott fro bringing this up again.
3416 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
3417 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
3418 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
3419 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
3421 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
3422 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
3424 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
3425 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
3426 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
3427 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
3429 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
3430 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
3431 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
3432 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
3433 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
3434 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
3435 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
3436 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
3438 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
3440 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
3441 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
3442 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
3443 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
3444 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
3445 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
3446 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
3449 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
3450 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
3451 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
3452 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
3453 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
3454 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
3457 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
3458 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
3459 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
3460 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
3461 indicates a non-stuck project.
3463 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
3464 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
3465 please let me know if you find problems.
3467 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
3468 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
3474 ** Incompatible changes
3478 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
3479 exported HTML. These are the variables
3480 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
3481 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
3484 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
3485 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
3486 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
3488 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
3489 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
3490 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
3491 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
3492 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
3493 that are scanned for the agenda.
3501 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
3502 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
3503 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
3505 ** Incompatible changes
3507 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
3511 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
3513 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
3515 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
3517 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
3518 list (and which is also works!)
3520 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
3521 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
3523 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
3524 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
3525 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
3526 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
3527 toward using the latter.
3529 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
3530 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
3531 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
3532 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
3534 (setq org-todo-keywords
3535 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
3536 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
3537 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
3538 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
3541 If your setting has this new structure,
3542 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
3543 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
3544 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
3545 interpretation from the other variable still works.
3547 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
3548 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
3549 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
3550 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
3551 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
3554 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
3555 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
3556 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
3557 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
3558 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
3559 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
3560 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
3562 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
3563 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
3564 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
3565 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
3566 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
3568 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
3569 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
3570 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
3571 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
3572 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
3573 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
3574 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
3575 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
3576 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
3583 This time the changes affect the following areas:
3585 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
3586 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
3587 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
3588 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
3589 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
3590 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
3593 ** Incompatible changes
3595 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
3596 over several lines, like
3599 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
3602 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
3603 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
3604 See below for details.
3606 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
3607 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
3608 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
3609 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
3614 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
3615 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
3618 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
3619 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
3620 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
3622 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
3623 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
3624 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
3625 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
3626 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
3627 where you want to be.
3629 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
3630 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
3631 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
3634 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
3635 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
3637 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
3638 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
3640 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
3642 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
3643 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
3644 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
3645 new in-buffer option
3649 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
3650 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
3651 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
3652 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
3654 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
3655 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
3656 can be done by setting the variable
3657 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
3659 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
3665 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
3667 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
3668 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
3669 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
3670 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
3671 terminate all levels of plain list items.
3673 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
3675 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
3676 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
3679 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
3680 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
3681 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
3682 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
3683 are logging all state changes.
3685 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
3690 - Priority handling in the tags view
3691 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
3692 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
3693 - Improvements to the formula editor.
3694 - C-j does better indentation.
3698 - Priority handling in the tags view
3700 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
3701 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
3703 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
3705 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
3706 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
3707 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
3709 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
3711 - Changes in the spreadsheet
3713 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
3714 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
3715 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
3716 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
3717 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
3718 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
3719 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
3721 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
3724 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
3726 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
3728 + There is now a menu with commands.
3730 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
3731 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
3733 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
3734 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
3736 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
3737 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
3741 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
3742 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
3743 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
3745 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
3746 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
3751 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
3752 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
3753 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
3754 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
3756 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
3757 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
3758 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
3768 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
3769 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
3770 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
3772 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
3773 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
3774 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
3775 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
3776 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
3777 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
3778 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
3780 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
3781 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
3782 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
3784 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
3786 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
3787 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
3789 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
3790 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
3792 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
3793 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
3794 levels. For example:
3796 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
3798 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
3799 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
3800 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
3803 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
3804 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
3805 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
3806 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
3808 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
3809 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
3818 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
3819 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
3820 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
3821 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
3823 ** Detailed description of changes
3825 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
3826 any table in any mode.
3828 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
3829 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
3830 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
3831 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
3832 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
3833 inside the same file, in a block comment.
3835 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
3836 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
3837 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
3838 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
3839 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
3841 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
3842 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
3843 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
3844 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
3845 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
3846 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
3847 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
3850 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
3851 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
3852 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
3853 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
3854 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
3855 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
3856 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
3857 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
3858 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
3859 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
3860 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
3861 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
3863 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
3864 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
3865 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
3866 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
3872 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
3873 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
3874 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
3875 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
3876 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
3878 ** Detailed description of changes
3880 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
3881 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
3882 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
3884 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
3886 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
3887 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
3889 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
3891 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
3892 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
3893 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
3895 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
3896 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
3897 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
3899 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
3900 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
3901 to Raman for this excellent idea.
3903 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
3904 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
3906 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
3908 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
3909 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
3910 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
3911 remember.el work like this as well).
3912 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
3913 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
3914 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
3915 new template, but the old context information. This is
3916 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
3919 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
3920 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
3921 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
3922 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
3923 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
3924 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
3925 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
3926 without interaction.
3928 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
3929 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
3930 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
3931 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
3932 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
3933 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
3935 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
3936 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
3937 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
3938 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
3940 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
3941 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
3942 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
3943 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
3944 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
3945 them would require special hooks. Comments?
3951 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
3952 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
3954 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
3955 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
3956 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
3957 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
3958 + Incompatible changes
3959 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
3960 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
3961 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
3962 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
3963 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
3964 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
3965 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
3969 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
3970 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
3971 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
3972 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
3973 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
3974 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
3975 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
3976 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
3980 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
3981 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
3982 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
3983 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
3984 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
3985 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
3986 - Empty entries go full circle.
3987 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
3992 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
3995 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
3996 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
3997 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
3998 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
3999 another, dedicated frame.
4000 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
4001 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
4004 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
4005 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
4006 - Changes in Agenda buffer
4007 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
4008 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
4009 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
4010 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
4011 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
4012 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
4013 use regular expressions.
4014 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
4015 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
4016 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
4020 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
4021 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
4022 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
4029 - Improvements to fast tag selection
4030 + show status also in target line.
4031 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
4032 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
4033 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
4037 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
4038 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
4039 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
4040 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
4044 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
4045 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
4050 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
4051 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
4052 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
4056 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
4057 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
4058 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
4059 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
4060 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
4061 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
4062 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
4063 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
4064 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
4065 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
4066 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
4071 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
4072 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
4073 - File links can contain environment variables.
4074 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
4078 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
4079 each block created by a different agenda command.
4080 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
4081 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
4082 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
4083 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
4084 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
4085 upon the agenda type.
4086 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
4087 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
4088 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
4089 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
4090 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
4091 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
4092 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
4093 - More minor bug fixes.
4096 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
4097 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
4098 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
4102 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
4103 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
4104 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
4108 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
4111 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
4112 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
4113 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
4121 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
4122 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
4124 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
4125 LaTeX environment and math.
4128 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
4130 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
4131 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
4132 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
4136 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
4137 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
4140 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
4141 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
4142 and will not lead to conflicts.
4143 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
4147 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
4148 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
4149 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
4150 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
4151 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
4152 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
4153 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
4159 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
4160 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
4163 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
4164 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
4165 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
4166 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
4167 directories for different export types.
4168 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
4169 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
4176 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
4177 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
4178 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
4179 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
4180 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
4181 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
4182 relative and absolute paths.
4183 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
4184 - Bug and typo fixes.
4188 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
4189 contains a description or not.
4190 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
4191 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
4192 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
4193 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
4194 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
4195 for all available exporters.
4196 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
4202 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
4203 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
4204 end of the HTML file.
4205 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
4206 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
4207 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
4208 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
4214 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
4215 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
4216 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
4217 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
4227 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
4228 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
4231 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
4232 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
4233 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
4234 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
4235 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
4236 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
4237 - New structure for the customization tree.
4242 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
4246 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
4247 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
4248 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
4249 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
4250 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
4255 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
4256 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
4257 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
4258 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
4262 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
4263 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
4266 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
4267 - Various small bug fixes
4270 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
4271 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
4272 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
4273 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
4274 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
4275 argument to `C-c C-v'.
4276 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
4277 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
4278 next buffer change due to editing).
4281 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
4282 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
4283 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
4284 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
4287 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
4288 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
4289 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
4290 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
4291 - Changes to the HTML exporter
4292 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
4293 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
4294 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
4295 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
4296 - support for cascading style sheets.
4297 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
4298 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
4305 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
4309 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
4312 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
4313 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
4314 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
4315 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
4316 and are not linked to the calendar.
4317 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
4318 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
4319 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
4320 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
4323 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
4324 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
4325 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
4326 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
4327 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
4330 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
4331 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
4332 - Named fields and columns in tables.
4333 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
4336 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
4337 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
4340 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
4341 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
4342 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
4343 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
4344 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
4345 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
4349 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
4350 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
4351 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
4352 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
4353 - Archiving of finished tasks.
4354 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
4355 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
4356 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
4357 - Improved html export of tables.
4358 - Various clean-up changes.
4361 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
4365 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
4366 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
4370 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
4371 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
4375 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
4376 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
4377 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
4380 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
4381 - New startup option `content'.
4382 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
4383 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
4384 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
4387 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
4388 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
4389 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
4390 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
4391 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
4392 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
4395 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
4396 table shape when typing in fields.
4397 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
4398 into arbitrary major modes.
4399 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
4400 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
4401 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
4404 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
4405 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
4406 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
4408 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
4409 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
4410 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
4411 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
4412 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
4414 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
4415 - Sorting fully configurable.
4416 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
4417 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
4421 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
4422 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
4423 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
4424 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
4425 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
4426 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
4427 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
4430 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
4431 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
4432 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
4433 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
4434 - Priorities for TODO items.
4435 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
4436 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
4437 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
4442 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
4443 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
4444 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
4445 `org-todo-interpretation'.
4446 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
4447 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
4448 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
4449 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
4450 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
4451 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
4452 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
4453 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
4454 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
4455 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
4456 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
4459 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
4460 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
4461 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
4462 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
4463 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
4464 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
4465 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
4466 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
4467 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
4468 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
4469 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
4470 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
4473 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
4474 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
4475 - Date ranges introduced.
4476 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
4477 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
4478 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
4479 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
4480 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
4481 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
4482 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
4485 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
4486 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
4487 - Fully automatic table editor.
4488 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
4489 - Other link system changes
4490 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
4491 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
4492 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
4493 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
4494 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
4495 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
4496 Please re-read the manual section about links.
4498 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
4499 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
4500 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
4501 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
4502 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
4503 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
4505 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
4509 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
4510 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
4511 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
4512 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
4516 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents