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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
14 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
15 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
17 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
18 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
19 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
20 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after
21 a headline and its planning line, when applicable.
23 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
24 logged before the property drawer. The following function will repair
27 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
28 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
29 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
30 Ignore non Org buffers."
31 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
33 (goto-char (point-min))
34 (let ((case-fold-search t)
35 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
36 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
40 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
42 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
44 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
45 (when (and (< (point) end)
46 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
48 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
50 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
52 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
54 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
55 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
57 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
58 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
59 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
61 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
62 docstring for more information.
63 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
64 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
65 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
66 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
68 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
69 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
70 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
71 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
72 accessible from the export dispatcher.
74 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
75 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
78 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
79 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
80 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
81 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
82 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
83 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
84 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
85 this variable locally.
86 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
87 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
88 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
89 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
90 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
91 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
92 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
93 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
94 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
97 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
98 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
99 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
100 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
101 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
102 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
104 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
105 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
106 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
107 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
109 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
110 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
111 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
112 ~org-drawers~ variable.
113 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
114 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
115 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
116 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
117 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
118 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
119 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
121 *** New option in ASCII export
122 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
123 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
124 *** New blocks in ASCII export
125 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
126 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
127 *** More back-end specific publishing options
128 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
129 increased. See manual for details.
130 *** Export inline source blocks
131 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
132 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
133 in the output, depending on the parameters.
134 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
135 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
136 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
137 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
138 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
139 more features. See docstring for details.
140 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
141 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
142 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
143 *** Improve radio tables
144 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
145 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
146 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
147 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
148 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
149 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
150 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
151 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
152 source blocks exported by the minted package.
153 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
154 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
155 would throw an error. A new variable
156 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
157 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
158 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
160 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
162 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
163 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
164 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
165 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
166 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
167 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
168 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
169 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
170 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
171 *** Export unnumbered headlines
172 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
173 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
174 property is inherited by children.
176 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
177 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
178 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
179 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
180 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
181 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
182 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
183 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
185 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
186 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
187 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
188 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
189 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
190 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
191 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
192 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
193 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
194 particular test failure was introduced.
197 ** Incompatible changes
198 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
199 This may require two changes in user config.
201 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
202 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
203 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
205 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
207 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
208 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
209 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
211 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
212 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
214 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
218 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
220 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
222 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
223 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
224 option keywords like :html-include-style.
226 So you need to replace
228 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
232 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
234 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
235 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
237 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
239 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
240 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
241 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
243 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
244 the other optional arguments accordingly.
246 *** Export back-ends are now structures
248 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
249 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
250 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
253 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
255 ** Important bugfixes
257 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
258 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
260 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
262 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
263 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
264 separator starting a TOTO match string.
267 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
269 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
271 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
274 - Support for .pgf files
275 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
276 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
277 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
278 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
279 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
280 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
281 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
283 *** New functions for paragraph motion
285 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
286 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
287 in a paragraph-like way.
289 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
291 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
292 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
293 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
294 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
295 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
297 *** Anonymous export back-ends
299 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
300 which can then be passed to export functions like
301 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
303 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
304 registering a new back-end.
306 *** New agenda fortnight view
308 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
309 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
312 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
314 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
315 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
317 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
318 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
319 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
321 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
322 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
324 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
325 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
326 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
327 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
328 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
331 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
333 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
335 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
337 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
339 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
341 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
343 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
345 If you set this to the following
347 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
349 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
351 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
353 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
355 ** New contributed packages
357 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
358 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
361 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
362 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
366 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
368 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
369 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
370 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
371 the same with example blocks.
373 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
380 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
382 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
385 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
386 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
387 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
389 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
390 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
391 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
392 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
393 detailed explanations.
395 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
396 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
397 function has been called already.
399 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
402 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
404 ** Incompatible changes
406 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
408 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
410 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
411 you will have to update them.
413 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
415 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
416 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
418 **** New export engine
420 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
421 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
422 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
423 /all/ export back-ends.
425 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
426 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
427 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
428 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
429 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
431 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
432 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
434 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
435 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
436 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
437 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
439 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
441 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
443 should now be written
445 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
447 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
448 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
449 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
451 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
453 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
455 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
458 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
459 remember templates into capture templates.
461 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
463 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
464 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
466 **** Note for third-party developers
468 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
469 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
470 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
472 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
475 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
477 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
478 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
479 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
481 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
482 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
483 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
486 - org-colview-xemacs.el
493 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
494 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
495 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
497 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
498 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
500 ** New packages in core
502 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
504 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
506 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
508 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
510 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
512 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
513 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
515 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
517 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
519 ** New packages in contrib
521 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
523 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
525 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
528 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
530 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
531 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
533 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
536 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
538 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
540 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
542 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
544 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
545 for starting headlines.
547 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
549 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
550 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
551 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
552 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
554 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
556 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
558 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
560 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
561 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
564 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
565 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
568 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
570 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
571 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
574 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
575 conversion from Org files to groff.
577 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
579 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
581 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
583 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
584 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
591 **** New export generic options
593 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
594 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
596 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
598 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
599 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
600 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
601 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
603 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
604 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
605 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
606 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
607 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
608 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
609 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
610 contains time-stamps.
612 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
613 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
614 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
616 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
618 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
620 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
622 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
624 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
625 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
626 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
627 *** Structure editing
629 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
630 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
632 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
633 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
635 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
637 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
638 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
639 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
640 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
643 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
645 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
646 _words__= will preserve markup.
648 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
650 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
651 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
652 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
654 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
656 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
657 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
659 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
661 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
662 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
663 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
664 forward and backward.
666 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
667 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
669 Now Org will sort this list
671 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
672 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
676 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
677 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
679 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
680 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
681 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
683 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
684 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
685 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
687 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
690 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
692 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
693 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
694 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
696 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
698 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
699 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
700 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
701 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
703 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
705 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
706 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
707 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
708 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
709 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
711 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
713 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
714 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
715 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
717 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
718 *** Scheduled/deadline
720 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
722 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
723 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
724 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
725 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
727 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
728 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
729 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
730 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
732 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
733 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
734 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
735 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
736 control this globally or per agenda.
738 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
740 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
742 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
744 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
745 *** Calendar, diary and appts
747 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
749 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
750 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
751 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
753 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
754 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
755 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
757 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
758 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
760 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
763 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
765 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
766 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
767 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
769 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
771 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
772 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
773 only show their description, not the full links.
776 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
778 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
779 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
780 want to build a list of appointments.
782 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
783 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
785 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
787 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
789 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
790 time value (i.e. appointments).
792 **** New agenda sorting strategies
794 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
796 | Strategy | Explanations |
797 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
798 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
799 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
800 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
801 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
802 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
803 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
804 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
805 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
806 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
807 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
809 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
811 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
812 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
813 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
815 These new options are available:
817 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
818 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
819 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
820 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
822 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
823 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
824 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
826 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
827 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
828 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
829 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
830 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
831 non-tagged headlines.
833 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
835 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
836 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
837 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
838 that take only =N= minutes.
840 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
842 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
843 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
844 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
846 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
848 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
849 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
851 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
853 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
854 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
856 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
859 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
861 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
862 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
863 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
865 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
866 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
868 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
870 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
871 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
873 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
875 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
877 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
878 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
881 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
883 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
884 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
885 asks for a confirmation.
887 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
889 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
890 the mark of the entry at point.
892 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
893 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
895 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
897 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
898 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
901 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
903 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
904 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
906 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
908 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
909 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
911 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
913 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
914 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
915 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
916 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
918 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
920 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
921 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
922 repeated beyond the current deadline.
924 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
926 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
927 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
928 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
929 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
931 Read the full docstring for details.
933 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
935 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
938 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
941 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
943 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
944 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
947 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
949 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
950 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
952 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
954 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
955 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
956 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
957 check against the name of the buffer.
960 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
961 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
962 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
965 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
966 agenda views, and for filtering.
968 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
972 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
974 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
975 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
976 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
978 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
979 as if the protocol was not known.
981 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
983 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
985 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
986 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
987 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
990 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
992 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
993 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
994 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
996 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
998 When storing a link to a headline like
1000 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1002 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1003 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1004 there is no description.
1007 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1009 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1010 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1011 those other formulas.
1013 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1015 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1016 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1017 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1020 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1022 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1023 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1024 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1027 **** New lookup functions
1029 There are now three lookup functions:
1031 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1032 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1033 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1035 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1036 *** Startup keywords
1038 These new startup keywords are now available:
1040 | Startup keyword | Option |
1041 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1042 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1043 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1044 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1045 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1046 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1047 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1048 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1049 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1053 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1055 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1056 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1057 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1058 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1060 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1062 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1063 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1064 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1067 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1068 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1070 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1072 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1073 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1075 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1077 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1078 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1079 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1081 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1082 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1083 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1084 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1085 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1086 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1087 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1090 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1092 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1094 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1096 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1097 same target than the block at point.
1099 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1101 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1102 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1103 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1105 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1106 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1109 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1111 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1112 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1113 manual for a usage example.
1115 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1117 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1118 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1119 collecting blocks for tangling.
1121 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1122 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1124 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1125 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1126 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1127 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1129 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1130 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1133 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1134 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1135 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1136 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1140 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1141 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1142 - [[doc:org-export-html-table-tag][org-export-html-table-tag]] is replaced by [[doc:org-html-table-default-attributes][org-html-table-default-attributes]]
1143 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1144 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1145 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1146 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1147 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1148 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1149 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1150 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1151 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1152 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1153 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1154 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1155 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1156 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1157 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1158 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1162 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1164 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1166 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1168 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1170 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1171 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1172 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1173 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1174 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1175 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1176 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1177 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1179 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1181 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1182 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1184 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1186 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1187 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1188 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1192 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1194 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1195 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1198 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1199 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1200 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1201 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1202 agenda type to this variable.
1204 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1207 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1208 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1209 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1210 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1212 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1214 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1215 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1216 invisible) blocked tasks.
1218 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1220 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1221 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1223 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1225 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1226 ** No GPL manual anymore
1228 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1229 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1231 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1233 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1235 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1236 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1237 in most environments.
1241 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1243 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1245 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1246 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1249 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1250 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1251 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1254 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1256 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1258 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1259 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1260 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1261 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1262 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1263 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1264 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1265 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1266 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1267 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1268 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1269 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1270 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1271 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1272 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1274 ** New package and Babel language
1276 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1278 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1280 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1281 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1283 ** Incompatible changes
1285 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1286 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1288 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1291 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1292 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1293 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1295 ** New features and user-visible changes
1299 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1300 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1301 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1302 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1304 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1305 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1307 See the docstrings for more details.
1309 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1310 on =org-element.el=.
1312 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1314 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1315 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1316 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1317 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1319 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1321 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1322 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1323 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1324 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1326 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1328 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1330 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1332 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1335 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1336 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1338 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1339 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1340 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1343 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1346 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1347 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1348 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1350 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1351 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1352 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1357 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1359 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1360 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1361 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1362 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1364 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1365 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1366 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1367 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1368 generating new ones.
1370 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1373 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1375 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1376 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1379 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1380 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1381 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1384 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1385 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1386 details on how to use this.
1388 **** Changes in bulk actions
1390 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1391 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1393 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1394 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1395 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1396 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1397 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1399 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1400 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1402 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1403 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1406 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1408 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1410 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1412 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1413 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1415 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1417 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1418 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1419 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1420 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1423 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1425 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1428 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1429 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1430 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1431 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1432 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1435 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1437 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1439 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1441 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1442 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1443 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1444 filters and category filters.
1446 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1447 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1450 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1451 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1452 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1457 **** Inserting links
1459 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1460 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1461 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1464 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1465 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1466 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1467 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1469 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1472 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1474 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1475 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1476 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1477 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1479 **** New link type =help=
1481 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1483 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1484 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1485 you go back to the same buffer.
1487 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1489 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1490 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1493 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1495 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1497 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1499 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1501 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1503 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1507 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1509 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1510 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1511 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1512 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1514 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1516 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1517 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1518 all headlines in the region.
1520 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1522 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1524 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1525 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1527 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1529 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1531 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1533 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1535 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1537 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1538 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1539 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1544 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1546 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1548 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1550 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1551 clocked entry, if any.
1553 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1555 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1557 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1559 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1560 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1563 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1564 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1565 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1569 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1571 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1574 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1576 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1577 cells in clockreport.
1579 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1580 time cells in clockreport.
1583 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1585 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1586 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1588 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1589 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1591 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1592 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1593 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1594 space in the frame title.
1598 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1600 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1601 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1602 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1603 don't want to see temporarily.
1605 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1607 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1609 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1611 There are these new entities:
1613 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1614 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1615 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1616 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1617 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1618 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1620 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1621 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1622 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1624 The face is back to a normal height.
1628 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1629 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1631 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1632 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1634 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1636 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1637 block will use its value as the column format.
1639 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1641 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1643 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1645 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1647 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1648 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1649 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1650 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1652 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1656 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1658 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1660 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1662 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1664 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1665 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1666 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1668 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1670 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1671 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1672 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1676 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1678 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1679 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1680 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1681 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1683 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1685 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1686 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1689 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1690 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1691 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1694 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1695 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1696 more details on how to use this.
1698 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1699 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1701 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1702 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1705 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1707 See the manual for more explanations.
1709 **** More control over empty lines
1711 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1712 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1715 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1717 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1721 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1723 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1724 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1725 available) to print beautiful tables.
1727 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1729 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1730 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1733 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1735 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1736 in the #+DATE option.
1738 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1740 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1742 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1743 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1745 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1746 More languages are always welcome.
1748 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1750 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1751 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1753 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1754 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1755 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1756 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1757 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1758 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1760 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1761 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1765 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1767 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1770 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1772 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1773 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1775 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1777 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1779 It used to exports the results of the code.
1783 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1784 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1786 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1787 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1789 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1791 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1792 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1793 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
1795 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
1796 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
1798 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
1799 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
1800 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
1803 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
1805 This will increment the effort value.
1807 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
1809 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
1811 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
1812 attach symbolic links.
1814 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
1816 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
1818 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
1819 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
1821 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
1823 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
1825 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
1826 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
1827 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
1829 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
1831 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
1832 all top level list items.
1834 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
1836 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
1838 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
1839 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
1841 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
1843 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
1845 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
1846 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
1847 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
1848 first headline in the region.
1850 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
1852 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
1855 ** Important bug fixes
1857 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
1859 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
1860 perform completion with meaningful values.
1862 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
1864 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
1865 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
1866 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1868 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
1869 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
1871 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
1872 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
1875 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
1876 the code and the license to your needs.
1878 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
1879 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
1883 ** Incompatible changes
1885 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
1887 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
1889 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
1891 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
1892 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
1893 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
1894 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
1897 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
1899 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
1900 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
1901 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
1903 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
1905 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
1906 =org-agenda-span= instead.
1908 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
1910 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
1912 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
1913 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
1914 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
1915 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
1916 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
1918 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
1919 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
1920 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
1921 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
1922 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
1923 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
1925 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1926 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
1927 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
1930 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
1933 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
1934 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
1935 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
1936 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
1938 The two new variables are:
1940 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
1941 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
1942 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
1943 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
1944 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
1945 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
1946 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
1948 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
1949 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
1952 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
1955 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
1956 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
1957 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
1958 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
1960 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
1961 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
1962 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
1963 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
1966 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
1967 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
1968 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
1969 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
1970 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
1971 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
1974 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
1975 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
1976 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
1977 applies to the following packages:
1995 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
1996 you are using, you can remove it from
1997 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
1998 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2001 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2002 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2003 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2004 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2005 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2008 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2010 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2011 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2012 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2015 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2017 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2019 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2021 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2023 ** Important new features
2025 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2027 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2029 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2030 for more information on how to customize it.
2032 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2034 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2035 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2036 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2037 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2039 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2040 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2041 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2043 To switch over to the new system:
2047 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2049 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2050 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2051 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2052 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2053 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2055 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2057 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2060 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2063 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2065 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2066 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2067 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2068 with using both system in parallel.
2072 *** New Org libraries
2073 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2075 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2077 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2079 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2081 To use, put the following in your init file:
2084 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2087 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2088 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2089 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2090 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2091 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2092 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2093 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2094 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2095 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2098 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2100 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2101 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2103 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2105 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2106 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2107 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2110 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2111 call function to do something special with text links.
2113 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2115 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2117 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2118 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2119 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2122 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2124 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2126 *** New Babel libraries
2128 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2129 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2130 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2131 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2132 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2133 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2134 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2136 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2140 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2142 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2143 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2144 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2145 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2146 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2147 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2149 The key new functions are
2151 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2152 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2153 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2155 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2156 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2158 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2159 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2161 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2162 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2164 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2166 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2167 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2168 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2170 **** Modified link escaping
2172 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2174 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2175 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2176 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2177 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2180 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2181 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2182 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2183 : percent escaped links are solved.
2185 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2187 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2189 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2190 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2192 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2194 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2196 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2197 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2198 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2199 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2200 string to be executed.
2202 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2203 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2207 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2208 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2211 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2215 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2217 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2218 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2219 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2220 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2222 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2223 will work on the current entry.
2225 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2226 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2228 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2230 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2232 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2235 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2236 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2241 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2243 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2244 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2245 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2247 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2249 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2250 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2251 entries using a function.
2253 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2254 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2255 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2257 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2259 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2260 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2261 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2263 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2265 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2266 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2267 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2268 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2269 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2270 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2272 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2276 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2278 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2279 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2281 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2282 docstring of these variable for details about available
2285 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2286 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2287 formatting string will insert a string.
2289 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2291 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2292 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2293 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2294 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2295 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2296 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2297 C-e u=, respectively.
2299 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2300 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2301 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2302 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2303 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2306 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2308 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2309 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2311 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2313 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2314 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2316 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2318 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2319 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2320 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2321 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2322 section]] in the manual for more details.
2324 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2325 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2326 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2331 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2333 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2334 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2335 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2336 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2337 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2339 **** New logging support for refiling
2341 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2342 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2345 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2349 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2351 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2355 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2357 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2358 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2360 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2362 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2363 the displayed in the buffer.
2365 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2367 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2369 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2370 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2372 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2373 |--------+--------+---------|
2374 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2375 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2377 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2380 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2383 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2385 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2387 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2388 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2395 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2396 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2399 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2401 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2403 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2404 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2406 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2410 **** Improved handling of lists
2412 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2414 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2415 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2416 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2419 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2420 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2421 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2423 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2424 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2425 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2426 `org-list-export-context'.
2428 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2429 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2430 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2432 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2433 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2434 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2435 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2436 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2438 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2439 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2440 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2442 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2444 *** Inline display of linked images
2446 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2447 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2448 that have no description part will be inlined.
2450 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2452 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2453 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2455 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2457 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2459 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2460 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2461 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2462 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2463 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2464 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2466 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2467 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2468 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2471 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2472 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2473 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2474 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2475 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2476 properties or in tables.
2478 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2479 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2480 names, and rownames across all languages.
2482 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2484 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2486 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2487 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2488 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2490 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2492 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2493 request by Scott Otterson.
2495 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2497 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2498 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2499 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2500 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2501 superscripts, see the variable
2502 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2504 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2506 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2508 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2509 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2510 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2511 following new faces:
2513 =org-document-title=
2515 =org-document-info-keyword=
2517 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2518 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2520 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2522 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2524 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2525 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2526 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2527 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2528 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2529 property is affected by this setting.
2531 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2532 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2534 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2536 Requested by Michael Brand.
2538 **** Better level cycling function
2540 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2541 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2542 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2543 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2545 **** Adaptive filling
2547 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2548 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2549 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2550 comments to be filled correctly.
2552 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2554 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2556 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2558 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2560 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2561 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2563 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2567 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2569 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2570 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2571 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2572 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2574 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2576 **** Localized clock tables
2578 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2579 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2580 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2581 available translated strings.
2583 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2585 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2586 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2587 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2588 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2590 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2592 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2594 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2595 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2596 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2597 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2600 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2604 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2606 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2607 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2609 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2611 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2613 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2614 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2615 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2618 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2621 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2623 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2624 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2629 org-table-current-line
2633 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2635 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2636 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2639 This was requested by Tom.
2641 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2643 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2644 example by viewing from the agenda.
2646 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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