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5 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of user-visible changes
6 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
7 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
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20 *** Changes in iCalendar export
21 Deadline and scheduling time stamps are now treated
22 differently in iCalendar export. The default behavior is now
25 - a DEADLINE that appears in an entry that is a TODO item is
26 used as the item's DUE date. Therefore, such a deadline
27 will no longer show up in the calendar.
29 - a DEADLINE that appears in an item that is *not* a TODO
30 item is exported as an EVENT and will show up in the
33 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in a TODO item will be used as the
34 items DTSTART. Therefore, such a timestamp will not show
37 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in an item that is not a TODO has no
38 effect on iCalendar export at all. It will be ignored.
40 Of course this would not be Emacs if you could not configure
41 exactly what you want. Take a look at the variables
42 =org-icalendar-use-deadlines= and
43 =org-icalendar-use-scheduled= if you want to go back to the
44 old behavior or even do something completely different.
46 Thanks to Karen Cooke for triggering this change.
50 If I were to name my releases, this one would be called "Adam".
51 Adam, you definitely owe me a beer :-). And I owe you one, too -
52 thanks for all the great ideas.
56 - Use cursor position in agenda for remember, scheduling and deadlines
57 - New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
58 - Remember templates can be filed to beginning/end of a file
59 - Visiting a filed remember buffer immediately
60 - BBDB anniversaries are now links
61 - Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
62 - The format of section numbers in exported files is configurable
63 - Direct, single key access to allowed values in column view
64 - New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
65 - Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK line
67 ** Incompatible changes
69 *** `C-c C-x C-k' now calls `org-mark-entry-for-agenda-action'
70 It used to call =org-cut-special=, but that is also at bound
71 to the key =C-c C-x C-w=.
74 *** Making use of the cursor position in the agenda
76 The date at the cursor in the agenda (and also in the
77 calendar) can now be used to schedule entries, or to set the
78 date in a remember template correctly. It is also designed
79 to make it easier to move an entry to a date picked in the
80 agenda. Thanks to Thomas Baumann for starting the thread
81 that led to this development.
83 **** Calling remember with the cursor date in the agenda
85 If you want to use the date at the agenda cursor in a
86 remember template, start remember from the agenda with the
87 keys =k r=. While the template is being filled in, the
88 default date for all time stamps, and also for all
89 interactive escapes like =%^t= is now the date at the cursor
90 in the agenda. The exact same command can also be used from
91 the calendar if you prefer that.
93 **** Picking a date for scheduling/deadline in the agenda
95 You may now pick the date for scheduling an item or for
96 setting a deadline in the agenda, where you have the best
97 overview over free time slots. This is a two step process.
99 1. First you pick the entry that should be acted upon. In
100 the agenda, you use the keys =k m=. In an org-mode file,
101 this is on =C-c C-x C-k=.
103 2. Then you find the agenda date you want to apply. When the
104 cursor is anywhere in the block belonging to that date,
105 press =k s= to schedule, or =k d= to put a deadline. The
106 agenda is not updated immediately, press =r= if you want
107 it to show the affected entry in the right place.
109 *** New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
111 Org has sophisticated mapping capabilities to find all
112 entries satisfying certain criteria. Internally, this
113 functionality is used to produce agenda views, but there is
114 also an API that can be used to execute arbitrary functions
115 for each or selected entries. The main entry point for this
119 -- Function: org-map-entries func &optional match scope &rest skip
120 Call FUNC at each headline selected by MATCH in SCOPE.
122 FUNC is a function or a lisp form. The function will be
123 called without arguments, with the cursor positioned at
124 the beginning of the headline. The return values of all
125 calls to the function will be collected and returned as
128 MATCH is a tags/property/todo match as it is used in the
129 agenda tags view. Only headlines that are matched by
130 this query will be considered during the iteration.
131 When MATCH is nil or t, all headlines will be visited by
134 SCOPE determines the scope of this command, it can
135 specify a file, all agenda files, the current tree and
138 The remaining args are treated as settings for the
139 skipping facilities of the scanner.
142 The function given to that mapping routine can really do anything
143 you like. Here is a simple example that will turn all entries in
144 the current file with a tag =TOMORROW= into TODO entries with the
145 keyword =UPCOMING=. Entries in comment trees and in archive
146 trees will be ignored.
148 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
150 '(org-todo "UPCOMING")
151 "+TOMORROW" 'file 'archive 'comment)
154 The following example counts the number of entries with TODO
155 keyword =WAITING=, in all agenda files.
157 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
158 (length (org-map-entries t "/+WAITING" nil 'agenda))
161 *** Changes in Remember templates
163 **** Remember templates can now use the cursor date in the agenda
164 Use =k r= to start remember from the agenda, with enforcing
165 the cursor date as default for any time stamps created by
168 **** Filing remember templates to the beginning or end of a file
169 You may now set the heading part of a remember template
170 definition to `top' or `bottom'. The template will then be
171 filed as a level 1 entry to the beginning or end of the
172 target file, respectively. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
175 **** You can jump to the location of a note immediately after filing it
176 Just include the =%&= escape anywhere in the template. An
177 interesting combination now is to use =%!%&=, which will
178 immediately file and visit the note, which is equivalent to
179 generating the note directly in the target location. Thanks
180 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
182 *** BBDB anniversaries are now links.
183 If you are using =%%(bbdb-anniversaries)= to list
184 anniversaries in the agenda, you can now directly access the
185 entry that triggered a listed anniversary from the agenda.
186 Just click the anniversary - it is a link now. Thanks to
187 Thomas Baumann for a patch to this effect.
189 *** Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
191 =org-agenda-columns-remove-prefix-from-item=. Thanks to Adam
192 Spiers for this proposal.
194 *** The format of section number in exported files is configurable
196 See the new variable `org-export-section-number-format'.
197 Thanks to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
199 *** Direct access to allowed values in column view
201 In column view, if you press a key 1-9 or 0, the
202 corresponding values from the list of allowed values for that
203 field at point will be directly selected. Thanks to Levin Du
204 for this proposal and a patch to this effect.
206 *** New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
207 The new hook `org-before-save-iCalendar-file-hook' runs just
208 before the buffer with a created iCalendar export is saved.
209 This is what I settled for after a long discussion with Adam
210 Spiers about doing some special filtering automatically.
212 *** Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK lines
213 When turning on log mode in the agenda with =l=, clock lines
214 will now also list the end time, not only the starting time.
215 Thanks to Tian Qiu for bringing this up again.
220 - Statistics cookies [/] and [%] for TODO entries
221 - Editing source code example in the proper mode
222 - iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
223 - New properties for customizing subtree export
225 ** Incompatible changes
227 - The default of the variable `org-tags-match-list-sublevels' is
228 now `t'. The main reason for this is that it is easier to
229 explain in the manual and will lead to fewer surprises.
231 - The former CONTRIB directory is now called "contrib". This was
232 already the case in the git distribution, but the tar and zip
233 archives still did this wrong.
237 *** Statistics for TODO entries
239 The [/] and [%] cookies have already provided statistics for
240 checkboxes. Now they do the same also for TODO entries. If a
241 headline contains either cookie, changing the TODO state of any
242 direct child will trigger an update of this cookie. Children
243 that are neither TODO nor DONE are ignored.
245 There have already been requests to automatically switch the
246 parent headline to DONE when all children are done. I am not
247 making this a default feature, because one needs to make many
248 decisions about which keyword to use, etc. Instead of a complex
249 customization variable, I am providing a hook that can be used.
250 This hook will be called each time a TODO statistics cookie is
251 updated, with the cursor in the corresponding line. Each
252 function in the hook will receive two arguments, the number of
253 done entries, and the number of not-done entries, and you can use
254 the hook to change the state of the headline. Here is an example
257 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
258 (defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
259 "Switch entry to DONE when all sub-entries are done, to TODO otherwise."
260 (let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging
261 (org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
263 (add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
266 *** Editing source code example in the proper mode
268 If you are writing a document with source code examples, you can
269 include these examples into a =#+BEGIN_SRC lang ... #+END_SRC= or
270 (with the org-mtags module loaded) a =<src...= structure. =lang=
271 stands for the Emacs mode used for editing the language, this
272 could be =emacs-lisp= for Emacs Lisp mode examples, or =org= for
273 Org mode examples. You can now use the key "C-c '" (that is C-c
274 followed by the single quote) to edit the example in its native
275 mode. This works by creating an indirect buffer, narrowing it to
276 the example and setting the appropriate mode. You need to exit
277 editing by pressing "C-c '" again. This is important, because
278 lines that have syntactic meaning in Org will be quoted by
279 calling this command.
281 "C-c '" also edits include files, the setupfile in a =#+setufile=
282 line, and all those little foreign snippets like:
285 ,#+HTML: this code can be edited in html-mode
291 ,#+LaTeX: this code can be edited in latex-mode
298 ,Here we can edit in fortran-mode
302 *** iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
304 This is necessary for synchronization services. The UIDs are
305 created using the the org-id.el module which is now part of the
306 Org core. If you set the variable
308 : (setq org-icalendar-store-UID t)
310 then all created UIDs will be stored in the entry as an =:ID:=
311 property. This is off by default because it creates lots of
312 property drawers even if you only play with iCalendar export.
313 But if you plan to use synchronization, you really need to turn
316 Diary sexp entries do not yet receive proper persistent UIDs,
317 because they are transformed to iCalendar format by icalendar.el
318 which creates fresh UIDs each time, based on the current time.
320 An interesting aspect of Org is that a single outline node can
321 give rise to multiple iCalendar entries (as a timestamp, a
322 deadline, a scheduled item, and as a TODO item). Therefore, Org
323 adds prefixes "TS-", "DL-" "CS-", and "TD-" to the UID during
324 iCalendar export, depending on what triggered the inclusion of
325 the entry. In this way the UID remains unique, but a
326 synchronization program can still figure out from which entry all
327 the different instances originate.
329 *** New properties for customizing subtree export.
331 When exporting a subtree by selecting it before calling the
332 export command, you can now use the properties =EXPORT_TITLE=,
333 =EXPORT_TEXT=, and =EXPORT_OPTIONS= to overrule the global
334 =#+TITLE=, =#+TEXT=, and =#+OPTIONS= settings. You can also set
335 an export file name with =EXPORT_FILE_NAME= that will overrule
336 the file name derived from the buffer's file name. As far as the
337 options are concerned, the global =#+OPTIONS= will still be read,
338 and only the options you give in the property will be
339 overwritten. For example:
345 , :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ct.html
346 , :EXPORT_TITLE: Steve's collected computer tricks
347 , :EXPORT_OPTIONS: h:2 toc:nil
355 - Description lists are now supported natively
356 - Block quotes for export
357 - Fontified code examples in HTML export
358 - Include files for export
359 - Text before the first headline is now exported by default
360 - In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
361 - The in-buffer settings keywords may now be lower case
362 - Completion of structure elements
363 - Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
364 - Clock task history, moving entries with the running clock
365 - BBDB anniversaries much faster
366 - New contrib files: org-eval.el and org-mtags.el
368 ** Incompatible changes
370 - The text before the first headline is now exported by default
372 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
373 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
374 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
375 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
376 value on a per-file basis with
384 *** Description lists are now supported natively
386 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
387 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
388 separated by " :: ". For example
390 : Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
391 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
392 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
393 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
394 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
395 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
396 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
397 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
398 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
402 Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
403 - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
404 - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
405 - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
406 - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
407 - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
408 natural constants and units into a buffer.
409 - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
410 running IDL and WAVE CL files.
412 This works now in the HTML exporter, we still need to supoort
413 it with the LaTeX and ASCII exporters.
415 *** Block quotes for export
417 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
421 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
422 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
429 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
430 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
433 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
435 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
436 fontified in an Emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
437 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
441 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
448 In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
449 looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
450 interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
451 http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
453 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
459 The string after the =BEGIN_SRC= is the name of the major emacs
460 mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
461 "-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
462 writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
463 "org" as the language identifier - in fact, I have used just
464 that in the example above.
466 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
467 /htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
468 backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
470 *** Include files for export
474 : #+INCLUDE "file" markup lang
476 will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
477 of publishing. FILE should be surrounded by double quotes, this
478 is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
479 MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
480 or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
481 mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
483 : Here is my /.emacs/ file:
484 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
486 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
488 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
489 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
490 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
491 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
492 value on a per-file basis with
497 *** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
499 If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
500 files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
501 point to that file from each file that should read it. If
502 you write in a buffer
504 : #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
506 then this file will be scanned for in-buffer options like
507 =#+STARTUP=, =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
509 *** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
511 From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
512 =#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
513 other in-buffer keywords.
515 *** Completion of structure elements
516 As a new experimental feature, Org now supports completion of
517 structural elements like =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= in a special way.
518 It work by typing, for example "<e" and then pressing TAB, on
519 an otherwise empty line. "<e" will expand into a complete
520 EXAMPLE template, with the cursor positioned in the middle.
521 Currently supported templates are:
534 This is an experimental feature, please comment! See also
535 below under /org-mtags.el/.
537 *** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
539 When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
540 is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
541 =org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
542 buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
543 scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
544 such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
545 its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
548 - folded :: Fold the subtree
549 - children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
550 headlines of all direct children
551 - content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
553 - all :: Show the entire subtree
555 For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
556 is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
557 right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
558 changes in my current working version. The start of this section
559 currently looks like this:
564 , :VISIBILITY: content
569 This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
571 The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
572 visibility of the buffer.
574 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
576 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
577 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
579 - =C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u C-u I= from the agenda) will
580 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
581 - =C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u I= from the agenda) will offer a
582 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
583 for selection. =d= selects the default task, =i= selects
584 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
585 being clocked. =1=,... selects a recent task. When you
586 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
587 - You can use =C-u C-c C-x C-j= to jump to any of these
590 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
591 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
592 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
593 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
594 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
595 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
596 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
598 *** BBDB anniversaries much faster
600 =bbdb-anniversaries= is now much faster, thanks to a new
601 approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
602 Baumann for a patch to this effect.
604 *** New files in the contrib directory
606 Do people think any of these should become core?
608 - org-eval.el :: This new module allows to include the result
609 of the evaluation of Lisp code (and other scripting
610 languages) into the buffer, similar to the =<lisp>= tag
611 of [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/emacs-wiki.html#Lisp-Tricks][Emacs Wiki]] and [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/muse/Embedded-Lisp.html#Embedded-Lisp][Muse]].
612 - org-mtags.el :: This new modules allows you to use
613 Muse-like tags for some structure definitions in Org.
614 For example, instead of
622 In fact, I myself find these easier to type and to look
623 at. Also, it will allow you to more easily move text
624 and files back and forth between Org and Muse. For a
625 list of supported structure elements, see the commentary
626 in the file [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git?a=blob_plain;f=contrib/lisp/org-mtags.el;hb=HEAD][commentary in the file org-mtags.el]].
628 If you load this module and use the "<i" etc completion
629 described above, the Muse form will automatically be
633 Many bug fixes again. Will this ever stop?
639 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
640 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
641 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
642 - New operators for property searches
643 - Search commands can now include archive files.
644 - Clock tables can include the archive files
645 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
649 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
651 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
652 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
653 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
654 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
655 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
656 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
658 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
660 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
661 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
662 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
663 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
664 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
665 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
666 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
667 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
668 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
669 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
670 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
671 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
672 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
675 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
677 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
678 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
679 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
680 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
681 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
682 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
683 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
684 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
685 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
687 *** New operators for property searches
689 Property searches can now choose a number of different
690 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
691 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
693 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
694 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
695 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
697 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
698 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
700 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
701 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
702 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
703 match" or "does not match", respectively.
705 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
707 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
709 If the value of the customization variable
710 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
711 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
712 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
713 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
714 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
717 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
719 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
720 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
721 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
722 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
723 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
725 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
727 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
728 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
729 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
730 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
731 be functions, so that more general transformations are
732 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
733 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
737 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
738 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
739 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
743 - The Org distribution has a new structure
744 - New system for selecting modules to load
745 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
746 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
747 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
748 - Export commands can be done in the background
749 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
750 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
751 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
752 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
753 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
754 - And some more small fixes and improvements
756 ** Incompatible changes
758 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
760 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
761 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
762 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
763 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
764 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
765 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
769 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
771 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
772 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
773 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
774 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
775 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
776 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
780 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
781 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
782 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
783 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
784 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
785 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
786 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
787 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
790 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
792 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
793 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
794 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
795 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
796 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
797 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
798 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
799 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
802 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
803 buffer you can simply use "A".
805 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
807 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
809 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
810 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
811 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
812 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
815 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
816 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
817 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
818 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
819 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
820 visibility both locally and globally.
822 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
823 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
824 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
826 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
828 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
829 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
830 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
831 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
832 JavaScript program is served from
833 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
834 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
835 to be independent of the existence and stability of
836 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
837 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
840 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
842 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
844 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
845 together with org-info.js.
847 *** Export improvements
849 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
850 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
851 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
854 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
855 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
856 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
857 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
858 this less system dependent in the future.
860 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
862 *** Improvements to clocktable
864 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
865 when trying to specify the time block that should be
866 considered when constructing the table.
868 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
872 |--------------+-----------------------|
873 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
874 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
875 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
876 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
878 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
879 | thisweek | The current week |
880 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
881 | thismonth | The current month |
882 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
883 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
886 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
887 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
888 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
889 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
890 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
891 will switch to the following week.
893 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
894 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
895 a request from Bernt Hansen.
897 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
898 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
899 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
900 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
901 configure the variable
902 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
903 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
904 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
906 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
908 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
909 the form =W08= for week 8.
911 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
912 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
913 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
914 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
915 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
916 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
917 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
918 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
919 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
920 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
921 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
923 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
924 specify an ISO week. For example
926 : w4 Monday of week 4
927 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
929 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
930 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
932 So far I have not implemented the effect of
933 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
934 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
935 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
936 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
937 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
938 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
941 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
942 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
943 test extensively and report back.
945 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
947 *** Improvements in Search View
949 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
950 only in TODO entries.
952 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
953 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
954 also match in "Nasim's".
959 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
960 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
961 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
962 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
963 this excellent proposal.
965 The regexp option is also implemented for
966 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
967 properties for inheritance my name.
969 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
970 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
971 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
972 if and only if the setting in
973 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
976 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
977 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
978 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
979 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
980 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
981 customize them freely.
983 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
984 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
985 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
986 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
987 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
988 default date, not switch to today.
990 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
991 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
993 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
994 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
996 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
997 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
998 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
1000 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
1003 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
1004 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
1005 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
1007 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
1008 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
1009 initial region if set.
1011 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
1014 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1016 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
1017 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
1018 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
1019 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
1020 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
1021 file name to which the export should go, and a local
1022 format. For example:
1025 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
1026 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
1029 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1031 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
1032 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
1033 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
1034 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
1036 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
1043 - New keyword search agenda view
1045 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1047 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1049 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
1051 - Granularity while editing time stamps
1053 - New repeaters mechanisms
1055 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1057 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1059 - =M-RET= splits lines again
1063 ** Incompatible changes
1065 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
1066 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
1071 *** New keyword search agenda view
1073 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
1074 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
1075 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
1076 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
1077 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
1078 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
1079 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
1080 example, the search string
1082 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
1084 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
1085 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
1086 which are also not matched by the regular expression
1087 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
1088 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
1089 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
1090 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
1091 (possibly sub-) heading.
1093 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
1094 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
1096 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
1097 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
1100 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
1101 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
1102 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
1104 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
1106 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
1107 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
1109 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
1110 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
1111 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
1113 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
1114 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
1115 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
1116 to cover contributed extensions as well.
1118 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
1120 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
1121 last element defines the contexts in which the template
1122 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
1123 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
1124 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
1125 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
1126 function, the template will be offered only if the function
1127 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
1128 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
1131 One possible application for this would be to have several
1132 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
1133 the right one based on context. For example, think of
1134 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
1135 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
1136 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
1138 : (setq org-remember-templates
1139 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
1140 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
1142 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
1144 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
1146 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
1147 + In a table, add a hline as before
1148 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
1149 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
1150 + In a headline, turn it into an item
1151 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
1152 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
1153 item markers from all lines.
1155 Based on proposals by Bastien.
1157 - `C-c *' has now more functions
1158 + in a table, recompute, as before
1159 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
1160 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
1161 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
1162 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
1163 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
1165 Based on proposals by Bastien.
1167 *** Changes related to time stamps
1169 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
1170 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
1171 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
1172 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
1173 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
1174 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
1175 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
1176 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
1177 specify the number of minutes to shift.
1179 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1181 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
1182 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
1184 :** TODO Call Father
1185 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
1186 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
1187 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
1188 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
1189 : and marked it done on Saturday.
1190 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
1191 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
1192 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
1195 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
1197 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
1199 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
1200 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
1203 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
1204 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
1205 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
1206 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
1207 the previous content.
1209 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
1211 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
1212 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
1213 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
1215 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
1219 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
1220 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
1221 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
1222 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
1225 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
1226 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
1227 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
1230 - There are three new hooks:
1232 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
1233 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
1234 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
1238 ** Incompatible changes
1240 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
1241 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
1242 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
1246 *** Changes to logging progress
1248 There is now more control over which state changes are being
1249 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
1250 sections in the manual. Basically:
1252 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
1253 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
1254 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
1255 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
1256 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
1257 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
1258 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
1259 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
1261 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
1262 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
1263 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
1264 : when leaving this state. This is great for
1265 : getting a record when switching *back* from
1267 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
1268 : Here we not even define a fast access
1269 : character, but just the logging stuff.
1271 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
1275 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
1276 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
1277 of the line) before the current line.
1279 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
1280 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
1281 create a new line below the current one.
1285 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
1286 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
1293 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1295 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1296 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
1298 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
1300 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1301 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1302 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1304 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
1306 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
1308 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
1312 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
1314 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
1316 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
1318 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
1320 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
1322 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
1324 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
1326 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
1330 ** Incompatible Changes
1332 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1333 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1334 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
1338 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
1340 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
1341 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
1343 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
1344 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
1346 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
1347 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
1348 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
1349 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
1350 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
1351 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
1354 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
1355 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
1358 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
1359 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
1360 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
1362 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
1363 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
1364 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
1365 variable does select the interface that is used to select
1366 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
1367 Possible values are:
1369 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
1371 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
1372 path to select a location.
1373 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
1376 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
1377 they are always current.
1379 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
1380 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
1381 special also because it only matches in headline. This
1382 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
1383 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
1384 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
1385 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
1386 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
1388 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
1389 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
1390 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
1391 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
1392 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
1393 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
1394 interface. Comments?
1399 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
1400 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
1401 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
1402 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
1403 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
1405 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
1406 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
1408 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
1409 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
1411 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
1412 headline up to the tags.
1413 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
1415 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
1417 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
1418 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
1419 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
1420 request by Austin Frank.
1422 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
1423 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
1424 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
1426 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
1427 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
1428 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
1429 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
1431 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
1432 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
1433 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
1434 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
1435 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
1436 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
1437 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
1438 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
1439 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
1440 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
1441 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
1444 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
1445 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
1446 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
1447 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
1455 will file is with the following property
1457 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
1459 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
1460 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
1461 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
1463 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
1464 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
1473 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
1475 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
1477 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
1479 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
1481 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
1483 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
1485 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
1487 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
1489 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1493 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
1494 entries in a subtree. For example
1496 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
1498 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
1499 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
1500 request by Bernt Hansen.
1502 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
1503 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
1504 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
1505 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
1506 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
1507 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
1508 interactively select the filing location (file and
1509 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
1510 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
1511 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
1512 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
1513 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
1515 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
1516 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
1517 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
1518 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
1519 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
1522 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
1523 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
1524 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
1525 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
1526 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
1527 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
1528 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
1531 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
1532 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
1533 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
1536 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
1537 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
1538 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
1539 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
1540 explain here, complex.
1542 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
1543 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
1544 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
1546 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
1547 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
1548 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
1550 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1562 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
1563 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
1564 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
1565 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
1566 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
1567 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
1568 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
1569 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
1570 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
1571 subtree motion commands.
1573 - Plain lists items work the same.
1575 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
1576 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
1577 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
1580 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
1581 let me know about any problems.
1585 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
1586 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
1587 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
1588 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
1589 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
1591 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
1592 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
1593 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
1594 history variable. For example:
1596 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
1598 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
1599 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
1600 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
1601 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
1602 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
1603 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
1604 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
1605 by Bastien and Adam.
1607 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
1608 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
1609 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
1610 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1614 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
1615 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
1618 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
1619 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
1620 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
1621 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
1622 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
1623 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
1629 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
1631 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
1632 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
1633 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
1634 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
1635 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
1636 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
1637 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
1638 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
1641 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
1642 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
1643 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
1644 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
1646 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
1647 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
1648 the new scope. If you like you can display an agenda view
1649 and then watch it change in various scopes.
1651 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
1652 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
1653 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
1654 select a new restriction.
1656 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
1658 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
1660 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
1662 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
1663 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
1665 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
1666 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
1667 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
1670 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
1671 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
1672 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
1674 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
1675 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
1676 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
1677 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
1678 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
1684 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
1685 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
1686 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
1688 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
1689 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
1690 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
1699 + Remember and related stuff
1700 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
1701 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
1702 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
1703 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
1705 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1706 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
1707 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1708 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
1709 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
1710 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
1711 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
1713 + Properties and Column view
1714 - More control over which properties use inheritance
1715 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
1716 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
1717 - New currency summary type {$}
1719 + The date/time prompt
1720 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
1721 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
1722 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
1725 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
1726 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
1729 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
1732 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
1733 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
1734 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
1735 - Support for pabbrev-mode
1736 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
1738 ** Incompatible changes
1740 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
1741 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
1742 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
1744 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
1745 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
1746 prompted, like this:
1748 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1750 : (org-remember ?n))
1752 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
1753 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
1755 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1757 : (org-remember nil ?n))
1759 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
1760 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
1764 *** Remember and related stuff
1766 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
1767 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
1768 application might be to put a note or task captured with
1769 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
1770 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
1771 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
1772 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
1773 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
1774 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
1775 definitions. For example:
1777 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
1779 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
1782 : (setq org-refile-targets
1783 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
1785 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
1786 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
1787 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
1788 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
1791 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
1792 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
1794 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
1795 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
1796 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
1797 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
1798 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
1800 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
1801 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
1803 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
1805 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
1806 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
1807 : %[..] include file
1809 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
1811 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
1812 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
1813 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
1816 : (require 'remember)
1817 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
1818 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
1819 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
1821 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
1822 provide a default for templates without a file, and
1823 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
1825 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1827 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
1829 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1831 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
1832 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
1833 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
1834 the default in Org-mode.
1836 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
1837 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
1838 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
1839 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
1841 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
1842 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
1843 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
1844 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
1845 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
1847 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
1848 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
1849 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
1850 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
1853 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
1854 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
1855 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
1856 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
1857 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
1859 *** Properties and Column view
1861 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
1862 property names that should be treated with inheritance
1865 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
1866 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
1867 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
1868 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
1869 discussion around this issue.
1871 - Summary type improvements in column view.
1872 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
1873 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
1874 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
1875 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
1876 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
1877 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
1878 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
1880 *** The date/time prompt
1882 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
1885 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
1886 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
1887 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
1888 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
1889 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
1891 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
1892 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
1893 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
1894 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
1895 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
1896 entered month is before the current, for example if you
1897 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
1898 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
1899 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
1901 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
1902 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
1903 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
1904 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
1905 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1907 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
1909 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
1910 list of newly performed conversions:
1912 | Org | Description | HTML |
1913 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
1914 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
1915 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
1916 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
1917 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
1919 You can turn this globally on or off with
1920 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
1921 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
1922 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
1923 William Henney for relevant inputs.
1925 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
1926 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
1930 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
1931 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
1932 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
1933 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
1934 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
1935 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
1937 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
1939 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
1940 export by setting it either globally
1941 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
1942 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
1943 the list of available classes and their sectioning
1944 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
1945 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
1948 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
1949 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
1950 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
1952 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
1953 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
1955 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
1956 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
1959 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
1960 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
1961 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
1968 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
1969 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
1970 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
1972 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
1973 the values of constants and properties are no longer
1974 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
1975 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
1976 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
1978 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
1979 with extension matched by the new variable
1980 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
1989 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
1990 + All known bugs fixed.
1991 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
1992 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
1993 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
1995 - The agenda dispatcher
1996 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
1997 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
1999 - Sorting improvements
2000 + User-defined sorting keys.
2001 + Sorting by properties.
2002 + Sorting of plain lists.
2004 - HTML <div> structure
2007 + New variables, several of them.
2008 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
2009 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
2010 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
2011 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
2015 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
2017 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
2018 (at least I hope so...).
2020 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
2021 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
2023 + global, i.e. for the entire file
2024 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
2025 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
2027 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
2028 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
2029 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
2033 : :ID: planning-overview
2039 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
2043 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
2044 be prompted for the ID.
2046 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
2047 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
2048 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
2049 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
2050 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
2053 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
2055 *** The agenda dispatcher
2057 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
2058 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
2059 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
2060 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
2061 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
2062 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
2063 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
2064 them to custom commands.
2066 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
2067 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
2068 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
2069 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
2071 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
2072 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
2073 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
2074 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
2075 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
2077 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
2078 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
2081 *** Sorting improvements
2083 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
2084 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
2086 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
2087 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
2089 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
2092 - Plain lists can be sorted.
2094 *** HTML <div> structure
2096 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
2098 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
2099 "table-of-contents".
2101 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
2102 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
2104 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
2105 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
2107 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
2108 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
2110 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
2111 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
2115 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
2116 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
2117 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
2120 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
2122 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
2124 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
2125 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
2126 your properties will not be folded away.
2127 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
2129 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
2130 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
2131 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
2133 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
2134 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
2135 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
2136 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
2137 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
2139 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
2140 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
2141 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
2142 a proposal by Bastien.
2144 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
2145 request by Wanrong Lin.
2147 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
2148 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
2149 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
2155 - Remember templates can now have name.
2156 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
2157 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
2158 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
2159 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
2160 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
2161 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
2162 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
2163 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
2164 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
2165 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
2167 ** Incompatible Changes
2169 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
2173 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
2174 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
2175 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
2176 the name start with the selection character, for example if
2177 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
2178 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
2180 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
2181 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
2182 change). Thanks to Bastien.
2184 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
2185 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
2187 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
2188 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
2189 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
2190 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
2192 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
2193 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
2194 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
2196 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
2197 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
2198 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
2199 Wiegley for a patch.
2201 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
2202 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
2203 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
2204 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
2205 with full completion support.
2207 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
2208 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
2209 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
2211 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
2212 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
2215 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
2216 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
2217 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
2218 well tested yet, please check it out.
2226 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
2227 - Command to jump to the running clock
2228 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
2229 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
2230 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
2231 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2232 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
2233 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
2234 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
2235 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
2236 - Better tag alignment in agenda
2238 ** Incompatible changes
2240 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
2241 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
2243 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
2244 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
2245 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
2247 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
2248 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
2251 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2256 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
2257 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
2260 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
2263 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
2266 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
2267 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
2268 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
2269 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
2270 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
2272 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
2273 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
2274 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
2275 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
2277 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
2278 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
2279 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
2280 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
2281 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
2282 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
2283 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
2284 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
2285 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
2287 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
2288 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
2289 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
2290 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
2291 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
2292 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
2293 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
2294 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
2295 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
2297 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
2298 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
2299 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
2300 being prompted for a template, like this:
2302 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
2304 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
2306 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
2307 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
2308 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
2309 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
2311 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
2312 (also `s' does this).
2314 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
2315 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
2318 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
2319 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
2320 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
2322 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
2323 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
2324 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
2326 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
2327 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
2328 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
2329 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
2337 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
2338 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
2339 - CSV support when importing a table.
2340 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
2341 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
2342 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
2343 - Modifications to priority cycling.
2344 - Modifications to computations in column view.
2345 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
2350 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
2351 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
2354 : * Tree with special properties
2356 : :CATEGORY: Examples
2357 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
2360 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
2361 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
2362 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
2363 *single* default for the file which is then locally
2364 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
2365 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
2366 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
2367 encourage you to stop using them.
2369 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
2370 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
2371 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
2372 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
2376 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
2377 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
2378 | file | the full current buffer |
2379 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
2380 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
2381 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
2382 | agenda | all agenda files |
2384 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
2385 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
2386 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
2387 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
2390 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
2391 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
2392 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
2393 basic input it works.
2395 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
2396 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
2397 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
2398 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2400 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
2401 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
2404 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
2405 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
2407 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2409 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
2410 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
2411 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
2412 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
2413 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
2415 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
2416 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
2417 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
2418 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
2419 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
2422 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
2423 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
2424 of all the children's values each time you enter column
2425 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
2426 the children has that particular property defined, the
2427 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
2428 items under such an entry without getting the property value
2429 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
2430 is a better way of doing things.
2432 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
2433 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
2434 testing is appreciated.
2436 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
2437 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
2438 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
2439 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
2441 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
2442 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
2443 links in square or angular brackets.
2451 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
2454 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
2455 agenda can be configured.
2457 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
2459 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
2461 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
2463 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2465 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2466 inherited from the outline faces.
2468 ** Incompatible Changes
2470 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2471 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2472 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2473 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
2474 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
2479 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
2480 switching to that state. With the setting
2482 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
2483 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
2485 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
2488 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
2489 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
2490 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
2491 own function. Configure the new variable
2492 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
2493 this development with a patch.
2495 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2496 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2497 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2498 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
2499 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
2500 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
2501 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
2503 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
2504 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
2505 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
2506 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
2507 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
2508 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
2509 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
2511 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
2512 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
2515 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2516 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
2517 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
2518 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
2519 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
2520 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
2521 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
2523 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2524 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
2525 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
2526 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
2527 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
2528 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
2529 match the current org-mode faces.
2531 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
2535 ** Incompatible changes
2537 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
2541 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
2542 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
2543 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
2545 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
2547 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
2548 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
2549 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
2550 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
2551 command fall back to cycling.
2553 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
2554 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
2555 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
2556 interface anyway, set the variable
2557 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
2558 others for input on this issue.
2560 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
2561 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
2562 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
2564 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
2565 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
2567 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
2568 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
2570 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
2572 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
2573 use a format string that will be interpreted by
2574 `format-time-string', for example:
2576 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
2578 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
2579 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
2580 included) have changed this.
2582 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
2583 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
2584 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
2585 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
2586 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
2587 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
2588 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
2594 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
2596 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
2598 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
2600 - Sorting can be done by priority.
2602 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
2604 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2606 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
2608 ** Incompatible changes
2610 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
2611 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
2613 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2617 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
2618 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
2619 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
2621 A Here is a configuration example:
2623 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
2624 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
2625 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
2626 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
2629 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
2630 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
2632 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
2633 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
2634 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
2635 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
2636 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
2637 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
2638 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
2639 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
2640 states, just like you also do for tags.
2642 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
2643 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
2645 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
2646 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
2647 switch the entry to that state.
2649 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
2650 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
2651 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
2654 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
2656 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
2657 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
2658 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
2659 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
2661 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
2662 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
2664 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
2665 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
2666 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
2667 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
2668 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
2670 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
2671 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
2672 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
2675 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
2676 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
2677 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
2678 the file will simply be skipped.
2688 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
2689 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
2690 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
2691 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
2692 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
2693 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
2694 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
2695 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
2698 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
2699 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
2700 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
2701 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
2702 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
2703 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
2704 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
2705 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
2706 the special locations.
2708 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
2711 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
2714 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
2715 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
2716 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
2718 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
2719 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
2720 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
2726 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
2728 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
2730 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
2732 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
2734 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
2736 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
2738 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
2740 - Global values for selected properties.
2747 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
2748 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
2749 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
2750 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
2751 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
2752 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
2753 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
2754 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
2756 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
2757 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
2758 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
2759 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
2760 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
2761 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
2762 currently how to handle the new link types for
2765 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
2766 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
2767 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
2768 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
2771 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
2772 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
2773 The syntax is like this
2775 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
2777 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
2780 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
2782 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
2783 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
2784 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
2786 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
2789 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
2790 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
2791 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
2792 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
2795 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
2796 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
2797 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
2798 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
2799 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
2800 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
2803 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
2804 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
2805 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
2808 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
2809 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
2810 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
2811 `org-global-properties', like this:
2813 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
2815 Buffer-local values are set like this:
2817 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
2819 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
2820 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
2821 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
2822 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
2823 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
2824 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
2832 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
2833 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
2834 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
2835 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
2837 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
2838 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
2839 this stuff into the drawer.
2840 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2842 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
2843 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
2845 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
2846 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
2848 - Lots of minor fixes.
2852 ** Incompatible Changes
2854 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
2855 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
2856 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
2860 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
2861 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
2862 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
2864 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
2865 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
2866 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
2867 know if we need to make this customizable.
2869 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
2870 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
2871 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
2872 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
2873 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
2875 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
2884 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
2887 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
2888 compute their value from the children's values.
2890 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
2891 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
2894 ** Incompatible Changes
2896 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
2897 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
2898 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
2899 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
2904 - Improvements for properties:
2906 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
2907 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
2909 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
2910 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
2911 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
2912 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
2913 typos when entering properties.
2915 - Improvements for column view.
2917 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
2918 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
2921 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
2922 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
2923 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
2924 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
2927 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
2928 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
2931 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
2932 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
2933 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
2935 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
2936 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
2937 beginning of a line. So
2939 : * This is a level 1 headline
2940 : *this is bold text*
2942 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
2943 available in orgstruct-mode.
2949 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
2950 structure editing commands into any other mode.
2952 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
2953 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
2954 open if explicitly asked.
2956 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
2958 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
2959 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
2962 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
2963 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
2966 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
2968 ** Incompatible changes
2970 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
2971 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
2972 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
2973 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
2974 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
2975 that this is the better convention.
2979 *** Orgstruct minor mode
2981 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
2982 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
2983 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
2984 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
2985 easily create lists.
2987 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
2988 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
2989 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
2990 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
2991 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
2992 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
2993 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
2994 minor modes have assigned to them.
2996 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
2997 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
2998 the promised implementation.
3002 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
3003 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
3004 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
3005 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
3006 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
3009 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
3011 you can then create drawers like this:
3014 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
3015 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
3018 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
3019 contains properties of an entry (see below).
3021 *** Properties and Column View
3023 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
3024 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
3025 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
3026 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
3027 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
3028 a property drawer and inserting a line like
3030 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
3032 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
3033 program using properties, use the functions
3034 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
3035 and `org-entry-delete'.
3037 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
3040 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
3041 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
3042 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
3043 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
3044 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
3045 after the headline, outside the drawer.
3047 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
3050 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
3052 will find entries that
3055 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
3056 - are TODO status WAITING.
3058 So here is an entry that will match:
3060 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
3065 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
3066 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
3069 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
3071 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
3072 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
3073 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
3074 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
3075 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
3076 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
3077 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
3078 can set up different property columns on different levels
3079 of an outline tree. For example:
3083 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
3087 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
3090 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
3092 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
3095 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
3098 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
3099 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
3101 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
3102 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
3103 will get a different table than if you do it in the
3104 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
3105 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
3106 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
3109 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
3110 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
3112 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
3113 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
3114 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
3115 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
3116 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
3117 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
3119 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
3120 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
3123 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
3125 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
3127 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
3128 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
3129 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
3131 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
3132 Any suggestions for better defaults?
3133 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
3134 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
3139 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
3140 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
3141 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
3142 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
3143 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
3144 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
3145 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
3148 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
3149 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
3150 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
3151 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
3152 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
3159 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
3161 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
3162 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
3163 constants can now be set with a line like:
3165 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
3169 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
3170 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
3173 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
3175 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
3179 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
3180 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
3181 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
3182 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
3189 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
3190 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
3191 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
3192 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
3194 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
3195 See manual section 3.5.3.
3197 - New options for turning off footnotes.
3198 This was a request from Ignotus.
3199 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
3201 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
3202 default. This was a request from Micheal.
3203 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
3207 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
3208 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
3209 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
3210 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
3211 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
3217 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
3218 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
3220 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
3222 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
3224 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
3226 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
3228 ** Incompatible changes
3230 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
3231 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
3232 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
3233 with the xemacs version. For example:
3235 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
3237 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
3238 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
3239 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
3240 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
3241 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
3245 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
3246 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
3247 interval on a single day. For example
3249 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
3251 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
3252 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
3253 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
3254 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
3256 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
3259 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
3260 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
3264 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
3266 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
3267 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
3268 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
3269 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
3270 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
3271 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
3272 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
3273 using localization features may not work correctly in the
3274 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
3275 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
3276 stick to the ASCII characters.
3278 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
3279 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
3280 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
3281 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
3282 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
3284 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
3286 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
3287 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
3288 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
3290 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
3291 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
3292 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
3293 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
3294 if we can agree on this:
3296 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
3297 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
3298 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
3299 out to a previous level. For example
3307 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
3316 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
3317 using promotion and demotion functions.
3323 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
3324 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
3326 ** Incompatible changes
3328 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
3332 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
3333 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
3334 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
3335 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
3336 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
3337 column where the character is specified). You may also use
3338 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
3340 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
3341 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3342 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
3343 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3344 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
3345 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
3346 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
3348 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
3349 never exported, but can be used to place column group
3350 information into the table. In this table, we create a
3351 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
3352 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
3355 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
3356 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
3357 wherever you want a vertical line:
3359 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
3360 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
3361 : | / | < | < | | < | |
3363 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
3364 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
3366 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
3367 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
3368 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
3369 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
3370 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
3371 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
3372 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
3373 behavior we had before.
3375 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
3377 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
3378 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
3379 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
3380 special characters in other languages as along as your
3381 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
3382 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
3383 out how to do this in XEmacs.
3389 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
3393 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
3395 [1]This is a footnote
3397 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
3398 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
3400 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
3402 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
3403 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
3406 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
3412 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
3413 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
3415 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
3416 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
3417 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
3418 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
3420 ** Incompatible Changes
3422 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
3423 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
3427 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
3428 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
3430 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
3432 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
3433 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
3434 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
3435 collect your credit, let me know!
3437 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
3438 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
3440 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
3441 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
3443 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
3444 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
3445 would in the diary. For example
3447 * Birthdays and similar stuff
3449 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
3451 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
3452 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
3454 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
3456 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
3457 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
3458 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
3459 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
3460 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
3461 put in a few categories, and then turned off
3462 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
3463 faster agenda display.
3465 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
3466 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
3467 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
3468 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
3469 to Raman for this idea.
3471 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
3472 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
3473 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
3476 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
3477 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
3478 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
3482 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
3484 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
3485 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
3487 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
3488 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
3489 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
3490 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
3493 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
3494 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
3496 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
3497 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
3498 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
3499 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
3501 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
3502 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
3503 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
3504 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
3506 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
3507 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
3514 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
3515 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
3516 further processing in scripts.
3518 ** Incompatible Changes
3520 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
3521 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
3525 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
3526 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
3527 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
3528 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
3531 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
3532 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
3533 that have associated file names and exports the views to
3534 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
3535 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
3536 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
3537 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
3538 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
3540 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
3541 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
3542 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
3543 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
3545 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
3546 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
3547 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
3549 - Quite a few bug fixes.
3559 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
3561 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
3563 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
3565 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
3567 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
3569 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
3571 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
3575 ** Incompatible changes
3577 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
3578 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
3581 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
3582 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
3583 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
3584 `org-disputed-keys'.
3586 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
3587 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
3588 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
3592 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
3593 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
3594 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
3595 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
3596 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
3597 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
3598 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
3599 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
3600 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
3601 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
3602 Scott fro bringing this up again.
3604 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
3605 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
3606 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
3607 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
3609 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
3610 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
3612 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
3613 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
3614 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
3615 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
3617 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
3618 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
3619 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
3620 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
3621 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
3622 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
3623 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
3624 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
3626 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
3628 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
3629 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
3630 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
3631 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
3632 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
3633 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
3634 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
3637 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
3638 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
3639 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
3640 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
3641 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
3642 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
3645 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
3646 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
3647 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
3648 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
3649 indicates a non-stuck project.
3651 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
3652 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
3653 please let me know if you find problems.
3655 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
3656 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
3662 ** Incompatible changes
3666 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
3667 exported HTML. These are the variables
3668 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
3669 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
3672 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
3673 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
3674 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
3676 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
3677 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
3678 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
3679 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
3680 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
3681 that are scanned for the agenda.
3689 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
3690 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
3691 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
3693 ** Incompatible changes
3695 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
3699 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
3701 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
3703 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
3705 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
3706 list (and which is also works!)
3708 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
3709 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
3711 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
3712 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
3713 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
3714 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
3715 toward using the latter.
3717 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
3718 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
3719 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
3720 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
3722 (setq org-todo-keywords
3723 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
3724 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
3725 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
3726 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
3729 If your setting has this new structure,
3730 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
3731 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
3732 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
3733 interpretation from the other variable still works.
3735 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
3736 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
3737 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
3738 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
3739 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
3742 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
3743 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
3744 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
3745 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
3746 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
3747 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
3748 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
3750 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
3751 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
3752 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
3753 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
3754 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
3756 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
3757 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
3758 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
3759 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
3760 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
3761 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
3762 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
3763 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
3764 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
3771 This time the changes affect the following areas:
3773 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
3774 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
3775 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
3776 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
3777 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
3778 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
3781 ** Incompatible changes
3783 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
3784 over several lines, like
3787 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
3790 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
3791 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
3792 See below for details.
3794 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
3795 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
3796 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
3797 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
3802 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
3803 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
3806 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
3807 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
3808 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
3810 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
3811 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
3812 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
3813 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
3814 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
3815 where you want to be.
3817 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
3818 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
3819 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
3822 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
3823 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
3825 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
3826 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
3828 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
3830 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
3831 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
3832 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
3833 new in-buffer option
3837 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
3838 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
3839 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
3840 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
3842 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
3843 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
3844 can be done by setting the variable
3845 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
3847 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
3853 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
3855 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
3856 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
3857 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
3858 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
3859 terminate all levels of plain list items.
3861 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
3863 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
3864 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
3867 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
3868 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
3869 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
3870 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
3871 are logging all state changes.
3873 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
3878 - Priority handling in the tags view
3879 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
3880 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
3881 - Improvements to the formula editor.
3882 - C-j does better indentation.
3886 - Priority handling in the tags view
3888 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
3889 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
3891 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
3893 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
3894 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
3895 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
3897 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
3899 - Changes in the spreadsheet
3901 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
3902 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
3903 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
3904 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
3905 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
3906 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
3907 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
3909 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
3912 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
3914 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
3916 + There is now a menu with commands.
3918 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
3919 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
3921 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
3922 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
3924 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
3925 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
3929 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
3930 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
3931 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
3933 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
3934 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
3939 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
3940 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
3941 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
3942 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
3944 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
3945 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
3946 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
3956 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
3957 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
3958 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
3960 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
3961 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
3962 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
3963 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
3964 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
3965 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
3966 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
3968 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
3969 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
3970 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
3972 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
3974 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
3975 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
3977 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
3978 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
3980 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
3981 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
3982 levels. For example:
3984 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
3986 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
3987 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
3988 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
3991 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
3992 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
3993 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
3994 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
3996 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
3997 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
4006 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
4007 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
4008 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
4009 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
4011 ** Detailed description of changes
4013 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
4014 any table in any mode.
4016 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
4017 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
4018 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
4019 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
4020 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
4021 inside the same file, in a block comment.
4023 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
4024 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
4025 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
4026 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
4027 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
4029 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
4030 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
4031 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
4032 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
4033 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
4034 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
4035 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
4038 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
4039 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
4040 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
4041 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
4042 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
4043 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
4044 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
4045 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
4046 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
4047 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
4048 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
4049 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
4051 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
4052 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
4053 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
4054 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
4060 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
4061 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
4062 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
4063 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
4064 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
4066 ** Detailed description of changes
4068 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
4069 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
4070 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
4072 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
4074 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
4075 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
4077 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
4079 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
4080 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
4081 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
4083 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
4084 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
4085 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
4087 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
4088 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
4089 to Raman for this excellent idea.
4091 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
4092 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
4094 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
4096 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
4097 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
4098 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
4099 remember.el work like this as well).
4100 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
4101 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
4102 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
4103 new template, but the old context information. This is
4104 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
4107 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
4108 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
4109 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
4110 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
4111 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
4112 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
4113 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
4114 without interaction.
4116 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
4117 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
4118 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
4119 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
4120 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
4121 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
4123 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
4124 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
4125 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
4126 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
4128 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
4129 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
4130 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
4131 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
4132 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
4133 them would require special hooks. Comments?
4139 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
4140 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
4142 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
4143 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
4144 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
4145 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
4146 + Incompatible changes
4147 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
4148 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
4149 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
4150 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
4151 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
4152 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
4153 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
4157 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
4158 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
4159 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
4160 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
4161 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
4162 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
4163 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
4164 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
4168 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
4169 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
4170 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
4171 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
4172 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
4173 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
4174 - Empty entries go full circle.
4175 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
4180 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
4183 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
4184 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
4185 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
4186 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
4187 another, dedicated frame.
4188 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
4189 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
4192 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
4193 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
4194 - Changes in Agenda buffer
4195 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
4196 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
4197 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
4198 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
4199 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
4200 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
4201 use regular expressions.
4202 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
4203 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
4204 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
4208 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
4209 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
4210 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
4217 - Improvements to fast tag selection
4218 + show status also in target line.
4219 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
4220 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
4221 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
4225 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
4226 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
4227 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
4228 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
4232 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
4233 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
4238 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
4239 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
4240 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
4244 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
4245 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
4246 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
4247 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
4248 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
4249 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
4250 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
4251 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
4252 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
4253 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
4254 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
4259 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
4260 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
4261 - File links can contain environment variables.
4262 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
4266 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
4267 each block created by a different agenda command.
4268 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
4269 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
4270 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
4271 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
4272 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
4273 upon the agenda type.
4274 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
4275 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
4276 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
4277 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
4278 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
4279 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
4280 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
4281 - More minor bug fixes.
4284 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
4285 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
4286 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
4290 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
4291 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
4292 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
4296 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
4299 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
4300 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
4301 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
4309 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
4310 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
4312 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
4313 LaTeX environment and math.
4316 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
4318 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
4319 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
4320 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
4324 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
4325 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
4328 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
4329 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
4330 and will not lead to conflicts.
4331 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
4335 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
4336 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
4337 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
4338 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
4339 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
4340 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
4341 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
4347 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
4348 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
4351 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
4352 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
4353 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
4354 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
4355 directories for different export types.
4356 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
4357 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
4364 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
4365 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
4366 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
4367 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
4368 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
4369 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
4370 relative and absolute paths.
4371 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
4372 - Bug and typo fixes.
4376 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
4377 contains a description or not.
4378 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
4379 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
4380 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
4381 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
4382 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
4383 for all available exporters.
4384 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
4390 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
4391 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
4392 end of the HTML file.
4393 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
4394 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
4395 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
4396 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
4402 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
4403 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
4404 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
4405 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
4415 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
4416 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
4419 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
4420 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
4421 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
4422 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
4423 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
4424 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
4425 - New structure for the customization tree.
4430 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
4434 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
4435 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
4436 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
4437 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
4438 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
4443 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
4444 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
4445 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
4446 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
4450 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
4451 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
4454 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
4455 - Various small bug fixes
4458 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
4459 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
4460 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
4461 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
4462 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
4463 argument to `C-c C-v'.
4464 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
4465 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
4466 next buffer change due to editing).
4469 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
4470 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
4471 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
4472 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
4475 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
4476 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
4477 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
4478 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
4479 - Changes to the HTML exporter
4480 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
4481 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
4482 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
4483 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
4484 - support for cascading style sheets.
4485 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
4486 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
4493 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
4497 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
4500 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
4501 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
4502 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
4503 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
4504 and are not linked to the calendar.
4505 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
4506 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
4507 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
4508 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
4511 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
4512 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
4513 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
4514 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
4515 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
4518 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
4519 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
4520 - Named fields and columns in tables.
4521 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
4524 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
4525 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
4528 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
4529 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
4530 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
4531 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
4532 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
4533 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
4537 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
4538 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
4539 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
4540 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
4541 - Archiving of finished tasks.
4542 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
4543 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
4544 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
4545 - Improved html export of tables.
4546 - Various clean-up changes.
4549 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
4553 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
4554 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
4558 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
4559 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
4563 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
4564 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
4565 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
4568 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
4569 - New startup option `content'.
4570 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
4571 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
4572 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
4575 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
4576 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
4577 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
4578 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
4579 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
4580 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
4583 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
4584 table shape when typing in fields.
4585 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
4586 into arbitrary major modes.
4587 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
4588 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
4589 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
4592 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
4593 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
4594 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
4596 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
4597 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
4598 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
4599 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
4600 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
4602 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
4603 - Sorting fully configurable.
4604 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
4605 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
4609 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
4610 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
4611 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
4612 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
4613 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
4614 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
4615 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
4618 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
4619 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
4620 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
4621 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
4622 - Priorities for TODO items.
4623 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
4624 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
4625 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
4630 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
4631 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
4632 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
4633 `org-todo-interpretation'.
4634 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
4635 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
4636 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
4637 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
4638 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
4639 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
4640 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
4641 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
4642 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
4643 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
4644 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
4647 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
4648 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
4649 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
4650 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
4651 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
4652 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
4653 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
4654 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
4655 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
4656 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
4657 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
4658 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
4661 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
4662 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
4663 - Date ranges introduced.
4664 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
4665 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
4666 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
4667 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
4668 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
4669 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
4670 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
4673 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
4674 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
4675 - Fully automatic table editor.
4676 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
4677 - Other link system changes
4678 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
4679 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
4680 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
4681 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
4682 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
4683 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
4684 Please re-read the manual section about links.
4686 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
4687 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
4688 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
4689 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
4690 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
4691 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
4693 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
4697 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
4698 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
4699 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
4700 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
4704 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents