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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~
67 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
68 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
69 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~
70 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
71 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
72 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
74 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
75 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
76 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
77 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
78 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
79 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
80 accessible from the export dispatcher.
81 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
82 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
84 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
85 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
88 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
89 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
90 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
91 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
92 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
93 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
94 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
95 this variable locally.
96 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
97 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
98 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
99 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
100 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
101 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
102 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
103 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
104 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
107 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
108 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
109 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
110 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
111 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
112 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
114 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
115 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
116 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
117 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
119 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
120 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
121 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
122 ~org-drawers~ variable.
123 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
124 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
125 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
126 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
127 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
128 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
129 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
131 *** New option in ASCII export
132 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
133 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
134 *** New blocks in ASCII export
135 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
136 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
137 *** More back-end specific publishing options
138 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
139 increased. See manual for details.
140 *** Export inline source blocks
141 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
142 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
143 in the output, depending on the parameters.
144 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
145 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
146 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
147 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
148 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
149 more features. See docstring for details.
150 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
151 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
152 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
153 *** Improve radio tables
154 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
155 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
156 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
157 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
158 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
159 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
160 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
161 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
162 source blocks exported by the minted package.
163 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
164 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
165 would throw an error. A new variable
166 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
167 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
168 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
170 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
172 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
173 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
174 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
175 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
176 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
177 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
178 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
179 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
180 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
181 *** Export unnumbered headlines
182 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
183 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
184 property is inherited by children.
185 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
186 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
187 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
188 keys, to sort a table.
189 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
190 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
192 *** Countdown timers can now be paused.
193 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
196 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
197 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
198 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
199 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
200 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
201 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
202 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
203 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
205 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
206 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
207 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
208 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
209 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
210 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
211 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
212 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
213 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
214 particular test failure was introduced.
217 ** Incompatible changes
218 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
219 This may require two changes in user config.
221 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
222 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
223 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
225 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
227 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
228 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
229 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
231 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
232 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
234 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
238 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
240 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
242 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
243 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
244 option keywords like :html-include-style.
246 So you need to replace
248 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
252 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
254 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
255 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
257 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
259 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
260 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
261 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
263 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
264 the other optional arguments accordingly.
266 *** Export back-ends are now structures
268 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
269 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
270 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
273 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
275 ** Important bugfixes
277 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
278 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
280 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
282 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
283 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
284 separator starting a TOTO match string.
287 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
289 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
291 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
294 - Support for .pgf files
295 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
296 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
297 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
298 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
299 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
300 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
301 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
303 *** New functions for paragraph motion
305 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
306 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
307 in a paragraph-like way.
309 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
311 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
312 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
313 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
314 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
315 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
317 *** Anonymous export back-ends
319 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
320 which can then be passed to export functions like
321 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
323 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
324 registering a new back-end.
326 *** New agenda fortnight view
328 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
329 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
332 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
334 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
335 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
337 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
338 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
339 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
341 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
342 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
344 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
345 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
346 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
347 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
348 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
351 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
353 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
355 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
357 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
359 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
361 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
363 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
365 If you set this to the following
367 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
369 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
371 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
373 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
375 ** New contributed packages
377 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
378 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
381 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
382 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
386 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
388 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
389 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
390 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
391 the same with example blocks.
393 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
400 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
402 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
405 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
406 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
407 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
409 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
410 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
411 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
412 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
413 detailed explanations.
415 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
416 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
417 function has been called already.
419 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
422 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
424 ** Incompatible changes
426 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
428 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
430 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
431 you will have to update them.
433 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
435 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
436 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
438 **** New export engine
440 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
441 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
442 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
443 /all/ export back-ends.
445 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
446 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
447 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
448 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
449 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
451 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
452 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
454 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
455 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
456 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
457 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
459 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
461 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
463 should now be written
465 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
467 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
468 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
469 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
471 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
473 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
475 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
478 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
479 remember templates into capture templates.
481 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
483 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
484 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
486 **** Note for third-party developers
488 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
489 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
490 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
492 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
495 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
497 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
498 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
499 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
501 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
502 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
503 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
506 - org-colview-xemacs.el
513 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
514 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
515 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
517 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
518 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
520 ** New packages in core
522 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
524 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
526 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
528 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
530 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
532 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
533 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
535 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
537 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
539 ** New packages in contrib
541 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
543 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
545 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
548 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
550 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
551 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
553 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
556 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
558 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
560 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
562 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
564 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
565 for starting headlines.
567 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
569 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
570 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
571 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
572 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
574 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
576 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
578 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
580 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
581 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
584 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
585 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
588 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
590 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
591 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
594 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
595 conversion from Org files to groff.
597 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
599 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
601 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
603 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
604 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
611 **** New export generic options
613 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
614 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
616 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
618 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
619 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
620 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
621 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
623 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
624 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
625 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
626 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
627 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
628 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
629 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
630 contains time-stamps.
632 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
633 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
634 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
636 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
638 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
640 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
642 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
644 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
645 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
646 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
647 *** Structure editing
649 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
650 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
652 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
653 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
655 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
657 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
658 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
659 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
660 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
663 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
665 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
666 _words__= will preserve markup.
668 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
670 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
671 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
672 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
674 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
676 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
677 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
679 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
681 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
682 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
683 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
684 forward and backward.
686 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
687 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
689 Now Org will sort this list
691 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
692 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
696 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
697 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
699 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
700 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
701 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
703 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
704 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
705 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
707 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
710 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
712 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
713 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
714 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
716 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
718 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
719 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
720 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
721 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
723 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
725 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
726 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
727 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
728 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
729 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
731 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
733 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
734 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
735 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
737 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
738 *** Scheduled/deadline
740 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
742 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
743 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
744 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
745 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
747 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
748 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
749 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
750 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
752 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
753 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
754 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
755 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
756 control this globally or per agenda.
758 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
760 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
762 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
764 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
765 *** Calendar, diary and appts
767 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
769 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
770 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
771 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
773 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
774 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
775 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
777 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
778 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
780 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
783 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
785 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
786 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
787 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
789 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
791 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
792 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
793 only show their description, not the full links.
796 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
798 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
799 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
800 want to build a list of appointments.
802 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
803 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
805 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
807 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
809 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
810 time value (i.e. appointments).
812 **** New agenda sorting strategies
814 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
816 | Strategy | Explanations |
817 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
818 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
819 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
820 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
821 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
822 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
823 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
824 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
825 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
826 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
827 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
829 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
831 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
832 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
833 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
835 These new options are available:
837 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
838 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
839 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
840 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
842 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
843 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
844 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
846 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
847 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
848 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
849 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
850 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
851 non-tagged headlines.
853 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
855 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
856 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
857 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
858 that take only =N= minutes.
860 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
862 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
863 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
864 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
866 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
868 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
869 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
871 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
873 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
874 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
876 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
879 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
881 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
882 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
883 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
885 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
886 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
888 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
890 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
891 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
893 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
895 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
897 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
898 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
901 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
903 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
904 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
905 asks for a confirmation.
907 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
909 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
910 the mark of the entry at point.
912 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
913 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
915 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
917 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
918 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
921 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
923 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
924 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
926 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
928 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
929 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
931 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
933 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
934 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
935 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
936 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
938 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
940 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
941 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
942 repeated beyond the current deadline.
944 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
946 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
947 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
948 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
949 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
951 Read the full docstring for details.
953 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
955 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
958 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
961 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
963 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
964 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
967 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
969 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
970 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
972 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
974 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
975 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
976 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
977 check against the name of the buffer.
980 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
981 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
982 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
985 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
986 agenda views, and for filtering.
988 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
992 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
994 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
995 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
996 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
998 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
999 as if the protocol was not known.
1001 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1003 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1005 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1006 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1007 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1010 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1012 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1013 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1014 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1016 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1018 When storing a link to a headline like
1020 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1022 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1023 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1024 there is no description.
1027 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1029 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1030 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1031 those other formulas.
1033 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1035 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1036 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1037 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1040 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1042 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1043 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1044 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1047 **** New lookup functions
1049 There are now three lookup functions:
1051 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1052 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1053 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1055 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1056 *** Startup keywords
1058 These new startup keywords are now available:
1060 | Startup keyword | Option |
1061 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1062 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1063 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1064 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1065 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1066 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1067 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1068 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1069 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1073 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1075 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1076 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1077 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1078 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1080 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1082 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1083 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1084 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1087 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1088 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1090 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1092 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1093 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1095 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1097 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1098 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1099 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1101 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1102 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1103 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1104 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1105 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1106 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1107 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1110 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1112 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1114 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1116 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1117 same target than the block at point.
1119 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1121 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1122 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1123 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1125 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1126 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1129 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1131 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1132 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1133 manual for a usage example.
1135 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1137 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1138 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1139 collecting blocks for tangling.
1141 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1142 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1144 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1145 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1146 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1147 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1149 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1150 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1153 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1154 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1155 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1156 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1160 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1161 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1162 - [[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]]
1163 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1164 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1165 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1166 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1167 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1168 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1169 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1170 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1171 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1172 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1173 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1174 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1175 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1176 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1177 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1178 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1182 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1184 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1186 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1188 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1190 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1191 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1192 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1193 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1194 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1195 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1196 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1197 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1199 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1201 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1202 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1204 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1206 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1207 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1208 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1212 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1214 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1215 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1218 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1219 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1220 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1221 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1222 agenda type to this variable.
1224 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1227 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1228 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1229 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1230 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1232 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1234 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1235 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1236 invisible) blocked tasks.
1238 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1240 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1241 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1243 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1245 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1246 ** No GPL manual anymore
1248 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1249 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1251 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1253 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1255 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1256 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1257 in most environments.
1261 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1263 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1265 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1266 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1269 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1270 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1271 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1274 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1276 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1278 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1279 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1280 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1281 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1282 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1283 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1284 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1285 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1286 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1287 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1288 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1289 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1290 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1291 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1292 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1294 ** New package and Babel language
1296 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1298 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1300 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1301 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1303 ** Incompatible changes
1305 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1306 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1308 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1311 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1312 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1313 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1315 ** New features and user-visible changes
1319 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1320 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1321 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1322 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1324 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1325 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1327 See the docstrings for more details.
1329 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1330 on =org-element.el=.
1332 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1334 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1335 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1336 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1337 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1339 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1341 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1342 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1343 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1344 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1346 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1348 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1350 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1352 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1355 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1356 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1358 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1359 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1360 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1363 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1366 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1367 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1368 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1370 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1371 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1372 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1377 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1379 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1380 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1381 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1382 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1384 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1385 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1386 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1387 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1388 generating new ones.
1390 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1393 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1395 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1396 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1399 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1400 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1401 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1404 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1405 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1406 details on how to use this.
1408 **** Changes in bulk actions
1410 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1411 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1413 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1414 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1415 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1416 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1417 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1419 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1420 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1422 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1423 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1426 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1428 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1430 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1432 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1433 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1435 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1437 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1438 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1439 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1440 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1443 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1445 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1448 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1449 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1450 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1451 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1452 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1455 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1457 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1459 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1461 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1462 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1463 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1464 filters and category filters.
1466 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1467 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1470 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1471 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1472 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1477 **** Inserting links
1479 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1480 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1481 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1484 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1485 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1486 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1487 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1489 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1492 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1494 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1495 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1496 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1497 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1499 **** New link type =help=
1501 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1503 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1504 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1505 you go back to the same buffer.
1507 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1509 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1510 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1513 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1515 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1517 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1519 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1521 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1523 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1527 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1529 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1530 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1531 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1532 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1534 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1536 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1537 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1538 all headlines in the region.
1540 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1542 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1544 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1545 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1547 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1549 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1551 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1553 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1555 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1557 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1558 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1559 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1564 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1566 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1568 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1570 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1571 clocked entry, if any.
1573 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1575 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1577 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1579 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1580 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1583 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1584 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1585 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1589 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1591 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1594 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1596 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1597 cells in clockreport.
1599 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1600 time cells in clockreport.
1603 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1605 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1606 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1608 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1609 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1611 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1612 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1613 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1614 space in the frame title.
1618 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1620 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1621 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1622 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1623 don't want to see temporarily.
1625 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1627 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1629 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1631 There are these new entities:
1633 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1634 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1635 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1636 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1637 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1638 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1640 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1641 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1642 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1644 The face is back to a normal height.
1648 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1649 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1651 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1652 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1654 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1656 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1657 block will use its value as the column format.
1659 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1661 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1663 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1665 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1667 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1668 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1669 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1670 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1672 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1676 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1678 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1680 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1682 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1684 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1685 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1686 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1688 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1690 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1691 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1692 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1696 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1698 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1699 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1700 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1701 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1703 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1705 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1706 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1709 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1710 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1711 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1714 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1715 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1716 more details on how to use this.
1718 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1719 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1721 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1722 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1725 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1727 See the manual for more explanations.
1729 **** More control over empty lines
1731 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1732 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1735 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1737 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1741 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1743 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1744 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1745 available) to print beautiful tables.
1747 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1749 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1750 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1753 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1755 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1756 in the #+DATE option.
1758 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1760 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1762 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1763 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1765 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1766 More languages are always welcome.
1768 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1770 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1771 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1773 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1774 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1775 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1776 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1777 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1778 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1780 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1781 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1785 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1787 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1790 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1792 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1793 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1795 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1797 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1799 It used to exports the results of the code.
1803 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1804 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1806 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1807 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1809 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1811 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1812 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1813 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
1815 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
1816 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
1818 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
1819 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
1820 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
1823 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
1825 This will increment the effort value.
1827 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
1829 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
1831 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
1832 attach symbolic links.
1834 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
1836 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
1838 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
1839 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
1841 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
1843 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
1845 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
1846 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
1847 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
1849 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
1851 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
1852 all top level list items.
1854 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
1856 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
1858 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
1859 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
1861 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
1863 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
1865 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
1866 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
1867 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
1868 first headline in the region.
1870 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
1872 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
1875 ** Important bug fixes
1877 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
1879 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
1880 perform completion with meaningful values.
1882 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
1884 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
1885 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
1886 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1888 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
1889 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
1891 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
1892 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
1895 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
1896 the code and the license to your needs.
1898 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
1899 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
1903 ** Incompatible changes
1905 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
1907 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
1909 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
1911 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
1912 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
1913 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
1914 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
1917 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
1919 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
1920 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
1921 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
1923 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
1925 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
1926 =org-agenda-span= instead.
1928 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
1930 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
1932 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
1933 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
1934 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
1935 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
1936 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
1938 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
1939 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
1940 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
1941 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
1942 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
1943 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
1945 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1946 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
1947 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
1950 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
1953 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
1954 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
1955 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
1956 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
1958 The two new variables are:
1960 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
1961 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
1962 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
1963 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
1964 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
1965 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
1966 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
1968 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
1969 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
1972 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
1975 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
1976 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
1977 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
1978 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
1980 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
1981 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
1982 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
1983 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
1986 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
1987 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
1988 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
1989 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
1990 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
1991 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
1994 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
1995 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
1996 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
1997 applies to the following packages:
2015 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2016 you are using, you can remove it from
2017 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2018 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2021 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2022 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2023 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2024 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2025 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2028 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2030 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2031 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2032 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2035 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2037 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2039 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2041 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2043 ** Important new features
2045 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2047 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2049 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2050 for more information on how to customize it.
2052 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2054 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2055 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2056 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2057 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2059 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2060 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2061 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2063 To switch over to the new system:
2067 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2069 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2070 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2071 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2072 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2073 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2075 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2077 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2080 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2083 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2085 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2086 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2087 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2088 with using both system in parallel.
2092 *** New Org libraries
2093 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2095 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2097 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2099 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2101 To use, put the following in your init file:
2104 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2107 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2108 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2109 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2110 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2111 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2112 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2113 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2114 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2115 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2118 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2120 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2121 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2123 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2125 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2126 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2127 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2130 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2131 call function to do something special with text links.
2133 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2135 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2137 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2138 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2139 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2142 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2144 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2146 *** New Babel libraries
2148 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2149 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2150 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2151 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2152 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2153 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2154 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2156 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2160 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2162 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2163 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2164 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2165 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2166 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2167 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2169 The key new functions are
2171 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2172 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2173 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2175 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2176 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2178 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2179 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2181 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2182 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2184 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2186 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2187 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2188 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2190 **** Modified link escaping
2192 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2194 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2195 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2196 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2197 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2200 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2201 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2202 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2203 : percent escaped links are solved.
2205 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2207 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2209 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2210 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2212 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2214 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2216 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2217 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2218 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2219 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2220 string to be executed.
2222 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2223 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2227 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2228 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2231 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2235 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2237 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2238 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2239 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2240 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2242 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2243 will work on the current entry.
2245 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2246 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2248 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2250 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2252 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2255 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2256 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2261 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2263 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2264 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2265 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2267 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2269 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2270 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2271 entries using a function.
2273 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2274 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2275 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2277 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2279 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2280 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2281 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2283 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2285 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2286 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2287 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2288 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2289 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2290 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2292 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2296 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2298 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2299 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2301 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2302 docstring of these variable for details about available
2305 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2306 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2307 formatting string will insert a string.
2309 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2311 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2312 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2313 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2314 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2315 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2316 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2317 C-e u=, respectively.
2319 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2320 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2321 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2322 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2323 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2326 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2328 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2329 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2331 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2333 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2334 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2336 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2338 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2339 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2340 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2341 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2342 section]] in the manual for more details.
2344 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2345 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2346 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2351 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2353 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2354 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2355 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2356 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2357 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2359 **** New logging support for refiling
2361 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2362 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2365 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2369 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2371 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2375 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2377 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2378 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2380 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2382 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2383 the displayed in the buffer.
2385 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2387 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2389 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2390 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2392 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2393 |--------+--------+---------|
2394 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2395 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2397 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2400 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2403 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2405 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2407 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2408 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2415 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2416 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2419 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2421 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2423 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2424 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2426 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2430 **** Improved handling of lists
2432 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2434 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2435 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2436 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2439 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2440 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2441 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2443 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2444 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2445 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2446 `org-list-export-context'.
2448 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2449 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2450 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2452 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2453 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2454 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2455 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2456 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2458 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2459 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2460 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2462 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2464 *** Inline display of linked images
2466 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2467 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2468 that have no description part will be inlined.
2470 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2472 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2473 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2475 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2477 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2479 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2480 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2481 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2482 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2483 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2484 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2486 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2487 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2488 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2491 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2492 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2493 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2494 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2495 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2496 properties or in tables.
2498 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2499 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2500 names, and rownames across all languages.
2502 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2504 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2506 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2507 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2508 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2510 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2512 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2513 request by Scott Otterson.
2515 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2517 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2518 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2519 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2520 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2521 superscripts, see the variable
2522 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2524 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2526 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2528 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2529 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2530 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2531 following new faces:
2533 =org-document-title=
2535 =org-document-info-keyword=
2537 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2538 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2540 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2542 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2544 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2545 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2546 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2547 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2548 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2549 property is affected by this setting.
2551 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2552 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2554 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2556 Requested by Michael Brand.
2558 **** Better level cycling function
2560 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2561 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2562 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2563 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2565 **** Adaptive filling
2567 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2568 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2569 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2570 comments to be filled correctly.
2572 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2574 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2576 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2578 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2580 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2581 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2583 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2587 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2589 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2590 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2591 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2592 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2594 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2596 **** Localized clock tables
2598 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2599 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2600 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2601 available translated strings.
2603 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2605 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2606 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2607 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2608 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2610 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2612 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2614 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2615 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2616 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2617 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2620 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2624 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2626 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2627 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2629 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2631 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2633 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2634 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2635 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2638 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2641 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2643 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2644 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2649 org-table-current-line
2653 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2655 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2656 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2659 This was requested by Tom.
2661 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2663 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2664 example by viewing from the agenda.
2666 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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