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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
14 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
15 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
17 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
18 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
19 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
20 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after
21 a headline and its planning line, when applicable.
23 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
24 logged before the property drawer. The following function will repair
27 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
28 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
29 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
30 Ignore non Org buffers."
31 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
33 (goto-char (point-min))
34 (let ((case-fold-search t)
35 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
36 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
40 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
42 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
44 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
45 (when (and (< (point) end)
46 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
48 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
50 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
52 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
54 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
55 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
57 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
58 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
59 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
61 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
62 docstring for more information.
63 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
64 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
65 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
66 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
68 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
69 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
70 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
71 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
72 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
73 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
74 accessible from the export dispatcher.
75 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
76 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
78 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
79 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
82 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
83 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
84 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
85 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
86 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
87 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
88 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
89 this variable locally.
90 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
91 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
92 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
93 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
94 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
95 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
96 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
97 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
98 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
101 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
102 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
103 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
104 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
105 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
106 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
108 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
109 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
110 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
111 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
113 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
114 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
115 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
116 ~org-drawers~ variable.
117 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
118 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
119 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
120 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
121 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
122 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
123 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
125 *** New option in ASCII export
126 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
127 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
128 *** New blocks in ASCII export
129 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
130 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
131 *** More back-end specific publishing options
132 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
133 increased. See manual for details.
134 *** Export inline source blocks
135 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
136 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
137 in the output, depending on the parameters.
138 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
139 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
140 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
141 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
142 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
143 more features. See docstring for details.
144 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
145 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
146 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
147 *** Improve radio tables
148 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
149 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
150 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
151 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
152 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
153 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
154 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
155 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
156 source blocks exported by the minted package.
157 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
158 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
159 would throw an error. A new variable
160 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
161 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
162 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
164 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
166 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
167 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
168 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
169 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
170 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
171 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
172 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
173 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
174 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
175 *** Export unnumbered headlines
176 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
177 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
178 property is inherited by children.
179 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
180 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
181 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
182 keys, to sort a table.
183 *** Countdown timers can now be paused.
184 ~org-timer-pause-time~ wil now pause and restart both relative and
187 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
188 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
189 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
190 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
191 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
192 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
193 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
194 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
196 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
197 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
198 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
199 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
200 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
201 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
202 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
203 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
204 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
205 particular test failure was introduced.
208 ** Incompatible changes
209 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
210 This may require two changes in user config.
212 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
213 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
214 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
216 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
218 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
219 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
220 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
222 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
223 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
225 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
229 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
231 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
233 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
234 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
235 option keywords like :html-include-style.
237 So you need to replace
239 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
243 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
245 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
246 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
248 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
250 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
251 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
252 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
254 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
255 the other optional arguments accordingly.
257 *** Export back-ends are now structures
259 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
260 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
261 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
264 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
266 ** Important bugfixes
268 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
269 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
271 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
273 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
274 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
275 separator starting a TOTO match string.
278 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
280 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
282 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
285 - Support for .pgf files
286 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
287 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
288 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
289 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
290 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
291 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
292 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
294 *** New functions for paragraph motion
296 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
297 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
298 in a paragraph-like way.
300 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
302 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
303 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
304 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
305 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
306 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
308 *** Anonymous export back-ends
310 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
311 which can then be passed to export functions like
312 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
314 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
315 registering a new back-end.
317 *** New agenda fortnight view
319 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
320 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
323 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
325 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
326 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
328 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
329 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
330 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
332 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
333 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
335 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
336 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
337 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
338 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
339 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
342 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
344 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
346 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
348 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
350 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
352 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
354 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
356 If you set this to the following
358 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
360 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
362 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
364 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
366 ** New contributed packages
368 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
369 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
372 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
373 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
377 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
379 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
380 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
381 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
382 the same with example blocks.
384 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
391 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
393 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
396 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
397 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
398 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
400 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
401 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
402 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
403 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
404 detailed explanations.
406 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
407 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
408 function has been called already.
410 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
413 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
415 ** Incompatible changes
417 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
419 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
421 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
422 you will have to update them.
424 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
426 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
427 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
429 **** New export engine
431 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
432 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
433 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
434 /all/ export back-ends.
436 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
437 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
438 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
439 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
440 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
442 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
443 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
445 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
446 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
447 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
448 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
450 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
452 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
454 should now be written
456 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
458 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
459 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
460 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
462 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
464 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
466 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
469 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
470 remember templates into capture templates.
472 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
474 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
475 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
477 **** Note for third-party developers
479 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
480 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
481 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
483 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
486 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
488 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
489 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
490 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
492 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
493 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
494 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
497 - org-colview-xemacs.el
504 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
505 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
506 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
508 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
509 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
511 ** New packages in core
513 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
515 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
517 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
519 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
521 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
523 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
524 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
526 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
528 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
530 ** New packages in contrib
532 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
534 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
536 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
539 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
541 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
542 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
544 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
547 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
549 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
551 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
553 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
555 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
556 for starting headlines.
558 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
560 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
561 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
562 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
563 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
565 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
567 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
569 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
571 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
572 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
575 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
576 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
579 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
581 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
582 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
585 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
586 conversion from Org files to groff.
588 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
590 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
592 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
594 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
595 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
602 **** New export generic options
604 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
605 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
607 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
609 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
610 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
611 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
612 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
614 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
615 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
616 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
617 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
618 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
619 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
620 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
621 contains time-stamps.
623 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
624 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
625 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
627 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
629 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
631 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
633 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
635 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
636 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
637 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
638 *** Structure editing
640 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
641 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
643 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
644 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
646 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
648 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
649 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
650 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
651 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
654 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
656 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
657 _words__= will preserve markup.
659 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
661 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
662 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
663 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
665 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
667 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
668 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
670 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
672 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
673 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
674 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
675 forward and backward.
677 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
678 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
680 Now Org will sort this list
682 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
683 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
687 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
688 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
690 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
691 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
692 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
694 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
695 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
696 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
698 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
701 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
703 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
704 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
705 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
707 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
709 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
710 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
711 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
712 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
714 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
716 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
717 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
718 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
719 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
720 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
722 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
724 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
725 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
726 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
728 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
729 *** Scheduled/deadline
731 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
733 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
734 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
735 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
736 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
738 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
739 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
740 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
741 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
743 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
744 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
745 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
746 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
747 control this globally or per agenda.
749 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
751 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
753 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
755 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
756 *** Calendar, diary and appts
758 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
760 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
761 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
762 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
764 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
765 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
766 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
768 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
769 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
771 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
774 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
776 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
777 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
778 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
780 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
782 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
783 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
784 only show their description, not the full links.
787 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
789 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
790 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
791 want to build a list of appointments.
793 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
794 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
796 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
798 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
800 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
801 time value (i.e. appointments).
803 **** New agenda sorting strategies
805 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
807 | Strategy | Explanations |
808 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
809 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
810 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
811 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
812 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
813 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
814 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
815 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
816 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
817 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
818 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
820 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
822 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
823 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
824 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
826 These new options are available:
828 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
829 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
830 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
831 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
833 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
834 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
835 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
837 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
838 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
839 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
840 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
841 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
842 non-tagged headlines.
844 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
846 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
847 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
848 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
849 that take only =N= minutes.
851 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
853 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
854 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
855 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
857 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
859 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
860 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
862 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
864 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
865 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
867 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
870 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
872 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
873 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
874 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
876 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
877 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
879 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
881 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
882 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
884 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
886 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
888 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
889 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
892 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
894 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
895 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
896 asks for a confirmation.
898 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
900 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
901 the mark of the entry at point.
903 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
904 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
906 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
908 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
909 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
912 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
914 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
915 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
917 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
919 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
920 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
922 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
924 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
925 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
926 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
927 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
929 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
931 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
932 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
933 repeated beyond the current deadline.
935 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
937 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
938 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
939 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
940 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
942 Read the full docstring for details.
944 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
946 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
949 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
952 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
954 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
955 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
958 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
960 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
961 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
963 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
965 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
966 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
967 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
968 check against the name of the buffer.
971 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
972 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
973 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
976 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
977 agenda views, and for filtering.
979 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
983 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
985 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
986 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
987 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
989 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
990 as if the protocol was not known.
992 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
994 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
996 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
997 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
998 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1001 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1003 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1004 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1005 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1007 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1009 When storing a link to a headline like
1011 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1013 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1014 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1015 there is no description.
1018 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1020 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1021 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1022 those other formulas.
1024 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1026 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1027 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1028 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1031 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1033 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1034 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1035 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1038 **** New lookup functions
1040 There are now three lookup functions:
1042 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1043 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1044 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1046 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1047 *** Startup keywords
1049 These new startup keywords are now available:
1051 | Startup keyword | Option |
1052 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1053 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1054 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1055 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1056 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1057 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1058 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1059 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1060 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1064 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1066 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1067 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1068 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1069 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1071 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1073 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1074 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1075 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1078 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1079 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1081 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1083 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1084 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1086 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1088 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1089 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1090 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1092 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1093 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1094 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1095 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1096 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1097 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1098 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1101 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1103 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1105 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1107 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1108 same target than the block at point.
1110 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1112 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1113 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1114 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1116 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1117 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1120 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1122 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1123 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1124 manual for a usage example.
1126 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1128 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1129 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1130 collecting blocks for tangling.
1132 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1133 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1135 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1136 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1137 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1138 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1140 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1141 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1144 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1145 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1146 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1147 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1151 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1152 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1153 - [[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]]
1154 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1155 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1156 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1157 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1158 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1159 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1160 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1161 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1162 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1163 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1164 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1165 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1166 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1167 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1168 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1169 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1173 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1175 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1177 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1179 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1181 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1182 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1183 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1184 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1185 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1186 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1187 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1188 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1190 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1192 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1193 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1195 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1197 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1198 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1199 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1203 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1205 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1206 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1209 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1210 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1211 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1212 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1213 agenda type to this variable.
1215 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1218 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1219 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1220 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1221 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1223 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1225 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1226 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1227 invisible) blocked tasks.
1229 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1231 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1232 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1234 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1236 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1237 ** No GPL manual anymore
1239 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1240 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1242 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1244 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1246 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1247 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1248 in most environments.
1252 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1254 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1256 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1257 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1260 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1261 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1262 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1265 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1267 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1269 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1270 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1271 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1272 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1273 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1274 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1275 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1276 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1277 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1278 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1279 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1280 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1281 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1282 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1283 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1285 ** New package and Babel language
1287 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1289 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1291 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1292 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1294 ** Incompatible changes
1296 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1297 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1299 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1302 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1303 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1304 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1306 ** New features and user-visible changes
1310 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1311 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1312 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1313 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1315 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1316 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1318 See the docstrings for more details.
1320 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1321 on =org-element.el=.
1323 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1325 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1326 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1327 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1328 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1330 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1332 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1333 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1334 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1335 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1337 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1339 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1341 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1343 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1346 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1347 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1349 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1350 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1351 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1354 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1357 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1358 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1359 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1361 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1362 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1363 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1368 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1370 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1371 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1372 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1373 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1375 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1376 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1377 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1378 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1379 generating new ones.
1381 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1384 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1386 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1387 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1390 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1391 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1392 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1395 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1396 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1397 details on how to use this.
1399 **** Changes in bulk actions
1401 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1402 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1404 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1405 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1406 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1407 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1408 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1410 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1411 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1413 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1414 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1417 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1419 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1421 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1423 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1424 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1426 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1428 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1429 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1430 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1431 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1434 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1436 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1439 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1440 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1441 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1442 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1443 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1446 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1448 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1450 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1452 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1453 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1454 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1455 filters and category filters.
1457 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1458 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1461 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1462 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1463 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1468 **** Inserting links
1470 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1471 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1472 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1475 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1476 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1477 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1478 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1480 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1483 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1485 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1486 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1487 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1488 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1490 **** New link type =help=
1492 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1494 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1495 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1496 you go back to the same buffer.
1498 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1500 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1501 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1504 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1506 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1508 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1510 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1512 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1514 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1518 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1520 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1521 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1522 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1523 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1525 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1527 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1528 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1529 all headlines in the region.
1531 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1533 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1535 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1536 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1538 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1540 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1542 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1544 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1546 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1548 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1549 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1550 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1555 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1557 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1559 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1561 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1562 clocked entry, if any.
1564 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1566 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1568 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1570 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1571 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1574 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1575 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1576 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1580 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1582 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1585 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1587 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1588 cells in clockreport.
1590 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1591 time cells in clockreport.
1594 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1596 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1597 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1599 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1600 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1602 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1603 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1604 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1605 space in the frame title.
1609 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1611 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1612 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1613 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1614 don't want to see temporarily.
1616 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1618 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1620 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1622 There are these new entities:
1624 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1625 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1626 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1627 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1628 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1629 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1631 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1632 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1633 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1635 The face is back to a normal height.
1639 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1640 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1642 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1643 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1645 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1647 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1648 block will use its value as the column format.
1650 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1652 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1654 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1656 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1658 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1659 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1660 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1661 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1663 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1667 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1669 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1671 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1673 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1675 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1676 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1677 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1679 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1681 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1682 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1683 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1687 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1689 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1690 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1691 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1692 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1694 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1696 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1697 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1700 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1701 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1702 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1705 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1706 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1707 more details on how to use this.
1709 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1710 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1712 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1713 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1716 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1718 See the manual for more explanations.
1720 **** More control over empty lines
1722 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1723 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1726 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1728 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1732 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1734 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1735 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1736 available) to print beautiful tables.
1738 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1740 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1741 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1744 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1746 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1747 in the #+DATE option.
1749 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1751 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1753 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1754 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1756 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1757 More languages are always welcome.
1759 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1761 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1762 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1764 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1765 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1766 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1767 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1768 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1769 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1771 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1772 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1776 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1778 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1781 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1783 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1784 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1786 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1788 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1790 It used to exports the results of the code.
1794 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1795 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1797 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1798 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1800 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1802 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1803 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1804 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
1806 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
1807 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
1809 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
1810 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
1811 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
1814 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
1816 This will increment the effort value.
1818 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
1820 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
1822 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
1823 attach symbolic links.
1825 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
1827 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
1829 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
1830 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
1832 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
1834 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
1836 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
1837 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
1838 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
1840 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
1842 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
1843 all top level list items.
1845 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
1847 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
1849 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
1850 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
1852 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
1854 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
1856 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
1857 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
1858 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
1859 first headline in the region.
1861 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
1863 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
1866 ** Important bug fixes
1868 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
1870 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
1871 perform completion with meaningful values.
1873 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
1875 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
1876 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
1877 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1879 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
1880 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
1882 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
1883 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
1886 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
1887 the code and the license to your needs.
1889 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
1890 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
1894 ** Incompatible changes
1896 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
1898 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
1900 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
1902 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
1903 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
1904 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
1905 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
1908 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
1910 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
1911 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
1912 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
1914 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
1916 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
1917 =org-agenda-span= instead.
1919 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
1921 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
1923 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
1924 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
1925 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
1926 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
1927 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
1929 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
1930 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
1931 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
1932 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
1933 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
1934 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
1936 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1937 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
1938 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
1941 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
1944 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
1945 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
1946 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
1947 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
1949 The two new variables are:
1951 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
1952 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
1953 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
1954 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
1955 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
1956 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
1957 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
1959 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
1960 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
1963 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
1966 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
1967 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
1968 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
1969 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
1971 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
1972 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
1973 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
1974 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
1977 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
1978 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
1979 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
1980 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
1981 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
1982 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
1985 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
1986 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
1987 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
1988 applies to the following packages:
2006 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2007 you are using, you can remove it from
2008 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2009 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2012 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2013 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2014 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2015 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2016 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2019 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2021 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2022 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2023 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2026 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2028 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2030 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2032 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2034 ** Important new features
2036 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2038 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2040 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2041 for more information on how to customize it.
2043 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2045 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2046 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2047 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2048 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2050 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2051 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2052 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2054 To switch over to the new system:
2058 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2060 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2061 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2062 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2063 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2064 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2066 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2068 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2071 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2074 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2076 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2077 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2078 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2079 with using both system in parallel.
2083 *** New Org libraries
2084 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2086 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2088 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2090 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2092 To use, put the following in your init file:
2095 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2098 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2099 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2100 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2101 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2102 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2103 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2104 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2105 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2106 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2109 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2111 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2112 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2114 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2116 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2117 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2118 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2121 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2122 call function to do something special with text links.
2124 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2126 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2128 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2129 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2130 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2133 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2135 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2137 *** New Babel libraries
2139 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2140 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2141 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2142 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2143 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2144 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2145 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2147 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2151 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2153 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2154 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2155 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2156 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2157 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2158 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2160 The key new functions are
2162 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2163 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2164 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2166 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2167 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2169 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2170 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2172 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2173 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2175 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2177 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2178 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2179 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2181 **** Modified link escaping
2183 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2185 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2186 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2187 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2188 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2191 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2192 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2193 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2194 : percent escaped links are solved.
2196 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2198 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2200 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2201 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2203 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2205 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2207 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2208 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2209 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2210 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2211 string to be executed.
2213 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2214 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2218 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2219 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2222 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2226 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2228 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2229 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2230 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2231 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2233 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2234 will work on the current entry.
2236 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2237 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2239 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2241 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2243 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2246 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2247 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2252 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2254 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2255 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2256 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2258 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2260 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2261 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2262 entries using a function.
2264 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2265 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2266 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2268 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2270 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2271 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2272 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2274 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2276 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2277 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2278 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2279 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2280 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2281 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2283 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2287 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2289 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2290 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2292 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2293 docstring of these variable for details about available
2296 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2297 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2298 formatting string will insert a string.
2300 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2302 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2303 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2304 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2305 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2306 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2307 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2308 C-e u=, respectively.
2310 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2311 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2312 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2313 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2314 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2317 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2319 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2320 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2322 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2324 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2325 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2327 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2329 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2330 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2331 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2332 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2333 section]] in the manual for more details.
2335 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2336 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2337 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2342 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2344 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2345 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2346 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2347 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2348 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2350 **** New logging support for refiling
2352 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2353 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2356 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2360 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2362 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2366 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2368 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2369 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2371 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2373 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2374 the displayed in the buffer.
2376 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2378 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2380 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2381 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2383 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2384 |--------+--------+---------|
2385 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2386 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2388 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2391 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2394 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2396 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2398 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2399 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2406 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2407 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2410 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2412 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2414 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2415 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2417 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2421 **** Improved handling of lists
2423 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2425 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2426 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2427 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2430 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2431 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2432 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2434 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2435 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2436 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2437 `org-list-export-context'.
2439 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2440 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2441 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2443 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2444 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2445 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2446 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2447 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2449 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2450 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2451 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2453 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2455 *** Inline display of linked images
2457 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2458 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2459 that have no description part will be inlined.
2461 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2463 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2464 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2466 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2468 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2470 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2471 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2472 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2473 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2474 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2475 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2477 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2478 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2479 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2482 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2483 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2484 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2485 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2486 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2487 properties or in tables.
2489 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2490 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2491 names, and rownames across all languages.
2493 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2495 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2497 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2498 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2499 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2501 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2503 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2504 request by Scott Otterson.
2506 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2508 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2509 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2510 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2511 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2512 superscripts, see the variable
2513 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2515 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2517 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2519 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2520 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2521 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2522 following new faces:
2524 =org-document-title=
2526 =org-document-info-keyword=
2528 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2529 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2531 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2533 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2535 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2536 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2537 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2538 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2539 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2540 property is affected by this setting.
2542 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2543 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2545 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2547 Requested by Michael Brand.
2549 **** Better level cycling function
2551 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2552 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2553 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2554 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2556 **** Adaptive filling
2558 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2559 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2560 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2561 comments to be filled correctly.
2563 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2565 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2567 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2569 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2571 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2572 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2574 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2578 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2580 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2581 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2582 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2583 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2585 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2587 **** Localized clock tables
2589 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2590 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2591 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2592 available translated strings.
2594 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2596 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2597 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2598 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2599 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2601 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2603 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2605 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2606 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2607 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2608 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2611 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2615 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2617 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2618 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2620 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2622 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2624 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2625 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2626 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2629 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2632 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2634 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2635 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2640 org-table-current-line
2644 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2646 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2647 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2650 This was requested by Tom.
2652 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2654 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2655 example by viewing from the agenda.
2657 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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