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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** New syntax for export blocks
14 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
15 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
18 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
31 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
34 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
40 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
43 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
44 using previous syntax:
46 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
47 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
48 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
49 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
50 (let ((case-fold-search t)
51 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
52 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
53 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
56 (goto-char (point-min))
57 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
59 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
60 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
61 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
63 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
64 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
67 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
68 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
70 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
71 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
72 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
73 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
74 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
75 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
78 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~
79 and ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to
83 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
84 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
85 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
86 constructs are now unsupported.
88 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them
90 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
91 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
92 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
93 consider using =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
95 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
97 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
98 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
99 S-expressions. Replacing a S-expresion with an appropriate function
100 is straightforward. For example
106 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
107 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can obtain time via =vc=
108 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
109 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
110 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
111 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
112 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
113 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
114 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
115 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
127 should be written instead
132 :header-args: :exports code
133 :header-args: :var a=1 b=2
134 :header-args+: :var c=3
138 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
139 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
141 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
143 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
146 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
147 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
150 Old-style links such as
151 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
152 continue to be supported.
154 If you have defined your own handler functions for
155 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
156 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
157 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into
161 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
162 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
163 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
164 entries are added to last in the date tree.
165 *** New ~vbar~ entity
166 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionnally as a =|=,
167 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
168 a HTML derived export back-end.
170 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
171 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
173 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
174 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
175 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
177 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
178 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
179 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
180 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
183 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
184 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
185 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
186 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
187 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
188 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
189 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
190 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
191 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
192 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
193 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
194 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
195 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
196 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
198 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
199 ;; this will export with line number 20
200 (message "This is line 21")
202 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
203 ;; This will be listed as line 31
204 (message "This is line 32")
207 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
208 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
209 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
211 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
212 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
213 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
214 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width
215 of 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
217 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
218 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
219 **** Support for Stan language
220 New ob-stan.el library.
222 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
224 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
226 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
227 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
229 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
231 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
232 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
233 that does not end in ".stan".
235 For more information and usage examples, visit
236 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
237 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
238 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
239 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
250 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
251 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
252 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
253 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
264 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
265 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the
268 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
269 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
270 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
271 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
281 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
290 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
291 using the :file property, e.g.:
293 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
295 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
296 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
298 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
299 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
303 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needss
304 additional setup in addition to plantuml. See
305 [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for details and setup information.
306 *** Rewrite of radio lists
307 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
308 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
309 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
311 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
312 Used like org-bbdb-anniversaries, it provides a few days warning
313 for upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
314 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
315 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
316 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
318 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
319 *** Support for ISO week trees
320 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
321 by ISO week and not by month.
328 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
330 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
331 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
332 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
333 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
334 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
336 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
338 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
339 pWhen called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
340 buffer unconditionally.
341 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
342 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
343 **** Allow custom summaries
344 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
345 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
346 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
347 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
349 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
350 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
351 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
353 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
354 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~
355 allows to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any
356 upper case character (or character class), the search is case
357 sensitive. Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
358 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
359 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
361 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
362 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
363 possible to specify per-languages faces. See the manual for details.
364 *** Links are now customizable
365 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
366 etc... Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
368 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
369 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
370 *** ~org-show-children~
371 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
374 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
375 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
376 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
377 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
378 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
379 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
380 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
381 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
382 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
383 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
384 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
385 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
386 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
388 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
389 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
390 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
391 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
392 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
394 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
395 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
397 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
398 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
400 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
401 The affected functions are:
404 - ~org-remove-if-not~
409 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
410 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
411 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
414 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
415 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
416 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
417 let those libraries operate.
418 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
419 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
421 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
422 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
424 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
425 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
426 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
427 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
428 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
429 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
431 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
433 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
434 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
435 current projet. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
438 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
439 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
442 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
443 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
444 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
445 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
446 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
447 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
449 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
450 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
451 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
452 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
454 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
455 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
456 to the article's original group.
458 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
459 The calling convention has changed.
460 *** HTML export table row customization changes
461 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
462 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
463 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
464 called with 6 parameters.
465 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
466 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
467 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
468 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
469 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
470 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
471 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
472 the end of the string.
473 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
474 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
475 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
476 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
478 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
480 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
481 For most folks this file does not exist.
482 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
484 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
486 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other =gnu.org= manuals.
487 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
488 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
489 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
490 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
491 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
492 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
493 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
494 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
496 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
497 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
498 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
499 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
502 ** Incompatible changes
504 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
506 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
507 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
509 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
510 logged before the property drawer.
512 The following function will repair them:
514 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
515 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
516 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
517 Ignore non Org buffers."
518 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
519 (org-with-wide-buffer
520 (goto-char (point-min))
521 (let ((case-fold-search t)
522 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
523 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
527 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
529 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
531 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
532 (when (and (< (point) end)
533 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
535 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
536 (eq (org-element-type
537 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
539 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
541 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
542 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
545 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
547 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
548 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
549 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
550 into account when exporting.
552 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
553 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
555 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
557 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
558 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
561 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
562 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
567 :CATEGORY: some category
571 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
573 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
574 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
575 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
578 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
580 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
581 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
583 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
584 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
586 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
588 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
589 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
591 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
593 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
594 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~ respectively,
595 rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these functions. The Org
596 version of these functions skips over inline tasks (and even-level
597 headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
599 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
601 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
602 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
604 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
606 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
607 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
608 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
610 *** Functions signature changes
612 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
613 docstring for more information.
615 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
616 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
617 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
618 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
619 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
622 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
623 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
625 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
628 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
631 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
634 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
636 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
637 without changing the headline.
639 *** Hierarchies of tags
640 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
641 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
642 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
644 The following in-buffer definition:
646 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
647 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
648 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
651 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
660 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
661 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
663 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
665 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
666 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
667 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
669 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
670 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
671 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: {
672 } can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the
673 given tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
675 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
681 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
684 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
685 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
688 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
691 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
693 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
694 regular expression matches for P@.+. Good for example if tags for a
695 certain project is tagged with a common project-identifier,
698 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
699 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filter all of the related tags.
700 Exception if filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
702 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
705 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
706 is also used as a filter.
708 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
709 Now uses the argument arg and optional argument exclude instead of
710 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
711 makes more sense than strip now. The term narrowing is changed to
714 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
715 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
717 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
719 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
721 *** Babel: support for Processing language
723 New ob-processing.el library.
725 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
726 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
727 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
729 Check the documentation for more.
731 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
733 *** New behaviour for `org-toggle-latex-fragment'
734 The new behaviour is the following:
736 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument
737 when point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the
740 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
743 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
745 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
747 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
749 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
750 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
752 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
754 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
755 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
758 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
760 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
761 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
762 ~org-drawers~ variable.
764 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
766 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
767 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
768 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
769 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
771 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
773 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
774 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
775 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
778 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
780 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
783 *** New option in ASCII export
785 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
786 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
788 *** New blocks in ASCII export
790 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
791 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
793 *** More back-end specific publishing options
795 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
796 increased. See manual for details.
798 *** Export inline source blocks
800 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
801 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
802 in the output, depending on the parameters.
804 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
806 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
808 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
810 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
812 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
814 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
815 more features. See docstring for details.
817 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
819 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
821 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
822 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
824 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
826 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
828 : This sentence is false.
831 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
833 *** Various improvements on radio tables
835 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
836 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
837 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
838 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
839 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
840 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
842 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
844 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
845 source blocks exported by the minted package.
847 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
849 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
850 would throw an error. A new variable
851 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
852 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
853 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
857 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
860 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
862 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
863 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
865 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
867 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
869 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
871 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
872 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
873 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
875 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
877 See docstring for more information.
879 *** Export unnumbered headlines
881 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
882 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
883 property is inherited by children.
885 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
887 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
888 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
889 keys, to sort a table.
891 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
893 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
896 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
898 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
901 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
903 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
904 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
906 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
908 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
909 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
911 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
913 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
914 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
917 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
919 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
920 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
922 *** New entities family: "\_ "
924 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
925 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
926 leading spaces within table cells.
928 *** New MathJax configuration options
930 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
931 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
933 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
935 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
936 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
937 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
939 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
940 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
941 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
942 keywords and properties.
944 *** Viewport support in html export
946 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
947 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
949 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
951 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
954 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
956 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
957 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in
958 a dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
960 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
962 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
963 added to headline text.
965 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
967 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See manual for details.
969 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
971 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
972 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
975 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
977 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
978 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
980 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
982 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for
983 the number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original
984 subtree and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
986 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
988 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
990 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
992 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
993 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
995 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
997 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1001 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1003 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1005 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1007 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1008 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1009 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1010 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1012 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1014 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1016 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1018 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1019 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1021 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1023 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1026 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1028 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1029 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1032 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1034 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1037 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1038 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1040 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1042 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1043 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1046 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1048 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1049 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1051 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1053 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
1054 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
1055 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
1056 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
1057 this variable locally.
1059 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1061 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1062 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1063 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1064 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1065 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1067 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1069 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1070 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1073 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1075 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1077 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1079 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1081 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1083 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1085 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1087 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1088 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1089 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1090 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1092 *** Removed comment-related filters
1094 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1095 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1099 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1101 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1103 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1105 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1106 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1108 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1110 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1111 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1114 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1116 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1117 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1119 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1121 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1123 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1125 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1126 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1127 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1128 particular test failure was introduced.
1130 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1132 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1133 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
1134 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
1135 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1137 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1139 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1140 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1142 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1144 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1145 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~
1148 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1150 This helps spotting wrong links.
1153 ** Incompatible changes
1154 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1155 This may require two changes in user config.
1157 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1158 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1159 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1161 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1163 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1164 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1165 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1167 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1168 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1170 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1174 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1176 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1178 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1179 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1180 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1182 So you need to replace
1184 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1188 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1190 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1191 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1193 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1195 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1196 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1197 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1199 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1200 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1202 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1204 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1205 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1206 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1209 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1211 ** Important bugfixes
1213 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1214 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1216 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1218 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1219 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1220 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1223 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1225 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1227 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1229 - Support SVG images
1230 - Support for .pgf files
1231 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1232 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1233 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1234 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1235 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1236 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1237 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1239 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1241 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1242 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1243 in a paragraph-like way.
1245 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1247 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1248 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1249 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1250 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1251 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1253 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1255 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1256 which can then be passed to export functions like
1257 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1259 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1260 registering a new back-end.
1262 *** New agenda fortnight view
1264 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1265 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1268 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1270 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1271 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1273 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1274 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1275 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1277 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1278 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1280 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1281 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1282 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1283 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1284 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1287 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1289 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1291 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1293 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1295 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1297 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1299 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1301 If you set this to the following
1303 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
1305 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
1307 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
1309 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
1311 ** New contributed packages
1313 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
1314 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
1317 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
1318 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
1322 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
1324 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
1325 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
1326 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
1327 the same with example blocks.
1329 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
1336 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
1338 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
1341 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
1342 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
1343 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
1345 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
1346 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
1347 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
1348 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
1349 detailed explanations.
1351 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
1352 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
1353 function has been called already.
1355 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
1358 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
1360 ** Incompatible changes
1362 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
1364 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
1366 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
1367 you will have to update them.
1369 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
1371 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
1372 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
1374 **** New export engine
1376 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
1377 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
1378 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
1379 /all/ export back-ends.
1381 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
1382 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
1383 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
1384 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
1385 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
1387 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
1388 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
1390 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
1391 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
1392 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
1393 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
1395 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
1397 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
1399 should now be written
1401 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
1403 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
1404 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
1405 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
1407 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
1409 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
1411 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
1414 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
1415 remember templates into capture templates.
1417 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
1419 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
1420 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
1422 **** Note for third-party developers
1424 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
1425 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
1426 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
1428 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
1431 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
1433 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
1434 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
1435 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
1437 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
1438 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
1439 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
1442 - org-colview-xemacs.el
1443 - org-mac-message.el
1449 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
1450 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
1451 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
1453 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
1454 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
1456 ** New packages in core
1458 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
1460 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
1462 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
1464 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
1466 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
1468 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
1469 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
1471 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
1473 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
1475 ** New packages in contrib
1477 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
1479 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
1481 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
1484 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
1486 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
1487 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
1489 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
1492 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1494 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1496 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1498 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1500 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1501 for starting headlines.
1503 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1505 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1506 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1507 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1508 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1510 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1512 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1514 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1516 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1517 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1520 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1521 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1524 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1526 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1527 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1530 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1531 conversion from Org files to groff.
1533 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1535 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
1537 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
1539 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
1540 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
1547 **** New export generic options
1549 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
1550 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
1552 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
1554 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
1555 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
1556 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
1557 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
1559 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
1560 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
1561 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
1562 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
1563 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
1564 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
1565 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
1566 contains time-stamps.
1568 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
1569 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
1570 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
1572 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
1574 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
1576 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
1578 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
1580 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
1581 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
1582 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
1583 *** Structure editing
1585 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
1586 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
1588 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
1589 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
1591 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
1593 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
1594 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
1595 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
1596 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
1599 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
1601 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
1602 _words__= will preserve markup.
1604 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
1606 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
1607 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
1608 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
1610 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
1612 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
1613 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
1615 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
1617 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
1618 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
1619 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
1620 forward and backward.
1622 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
1623 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
1625 Now Org will sort this list
1627 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1628 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1632 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
1633 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
1635 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
1636 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
1637 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
1639 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
1640 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
1641 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
1643 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
1646 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
1648 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
1649 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
1650 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
1652 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
1654 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
1655 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
1656 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
1657 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
1659 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
1661 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
1662 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
1663 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
1664 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
1665 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
1667 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
1669 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
1670 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
1671 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
1673 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
1674 *** Scheduled/deadline
1676 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
1678 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
1679 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
1680 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
1681 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
1683 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
1684 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
1685 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
1686 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
1688 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
1689 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
1690 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
1691 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
1692 control this globally or per agenda.
1694 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
1696 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
1698 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
1700 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
1701 *** Calendar, diary and appts
1703 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
1705 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
1706 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
1707 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
1709 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1710 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
1711 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
1713 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
1714 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
1716 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
1719 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
1721 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
1722 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
1723 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
1725 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
1727 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
1728 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
1729 only show their description, not the full links.
1732 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
1734 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
1735 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
1736 want to build a list of appointments.
1738 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
1739 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
1741 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
1743 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
1745 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
1746 time value (i.e. appointments).
1748 **** New agenda sorting strategies
1750 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
1752 | Strategy | Explanations |
1753 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
1754 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
1755 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
1756 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
1757 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
1758 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
1759 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
1760 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
1761 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
1762 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
1763 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
1765 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
1767 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
1768 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
1769 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
1771 These new options are available:
1773 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
1774 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
1775 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
1776 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
1778 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
1779 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
1780 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
1782 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
1783 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
1784 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
1785 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
1786 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
1787 non-tagged headlines.
1789 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
1791 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
1792 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
1793 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
1794 that take only =N= minutes.
1796 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
1798 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
1799 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
1800 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
1802 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
1804 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
1805 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
1807 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
1809 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
1810 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
1812 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
1815 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
1817 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
1818 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
1819 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
1821 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
1822 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
1824 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
1826 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
1827 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
1829 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
1831 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
1833 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
1834 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
1837 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
1839 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
1840 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
1841 asks for a confirmation.
1843 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
1845 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
1846 the mark of the entry at point.
1848 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
1849 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
1851 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
1853 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
1854 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
1857 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
1859 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
1860 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
1862 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
1864 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
1865 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
1867 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
1869 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
1870 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
1871 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
1872 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
1874 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1876 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
1877 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
1878 repeated beyond the current deadline.
1880 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
1882 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
1883 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
1884 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
1885 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
1887 Read the full docstring for details.
1889 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
1891 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
1894 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
1897 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
1899 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
1900 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
1903 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
1905 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
1906 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
1908 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
1910 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1911 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
1912 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
1913 check against the name of the buffer.
1916 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
1917 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
1918 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
1921 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
1922 agenda views, and for filtering.
1924 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1928 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1930 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1931 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1932 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1934 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1935 as if the protocol was not known.
1937 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1939 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1941 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1942 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1943 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1946 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1948 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1949 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1950 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1952 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1954 When storing a link to a headline like
1956 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1958 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1959 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1960 there is no description.
1963 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1965 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1966 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1967 those other formulas.
1969 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1971 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1972 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1973 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1976 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1978 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1979 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1980 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1983 **** New lookup functions
1985 There are now three lookup functions:
1987 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1988 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1989 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1991 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1992 *** Startup keywords
1994 These new startup keywords are now available:
1996 | Startup keyword | Option |
1997 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1998 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1999 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2000 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2001 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2002 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2003 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2004 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2005 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2009 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2011 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2012 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2013 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2014 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2016 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2018 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2019 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2020 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2023 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2024 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2026 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2028 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2029 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2031 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2033 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2034 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2035 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2037 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2038 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2039 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2040 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2041 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2042 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2043 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2046 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2048 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2050 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2052 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2053 same target than the block at point.
2055 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2057 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2058 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2059 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2061 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2062 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2065 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2067 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2068 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2069 manual for a usage example.
2071 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2073 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2074 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2075 collecting blocks for tangling.
2077 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2078 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2080 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2081 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2082 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2083 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2085 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2086 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2089 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2090 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2091 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2092 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2096 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2097 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2098 - [[doc:org-export-html-table-tag][org-export-html-table-tag]] is replaced by [[doc:org-html-table-default-attributes][org-html-table-default-attributes]]
2099 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2100 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2101 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2102 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2103 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2104 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2105 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2106 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2107 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2108 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2109 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2110 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2111 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2112 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2113 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
2114 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2118 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2120 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2122 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2124 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2126 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2127 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2128 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2129 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2130 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2131 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2132 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2133 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2135 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2137 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2138 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2140 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2142 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2143 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2144 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2148 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2150 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2151 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2154 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2155 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2156 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2157 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2158 agenda type to this variable.
2160 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2163 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2164 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2165 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2166 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2168 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2170 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2171 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2172 invisible) blocked tasks.
2174 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2176 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2177 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2179 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2181 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2182 ** No GPL manual anymore
2184 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2185 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2187 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2189 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2191 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2192 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2193 in most environments.
2197 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2199 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2201 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2202 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2205 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2206 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2207 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2210 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2212 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2214 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2215 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2216 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2217 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2218 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2219 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2220 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2221 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2222 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2223 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2224 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2225 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2226 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2227 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2228 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2230 ** New package and Babel language
2232 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2234 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2236 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2237 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2239 ** Incompatible changes
2241 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2242 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2244 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2247 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2248 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2249 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2251 ** New features and user-visible changes
2255 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2256 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2257 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2258 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2260 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2261 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2263 See the docstrings for more details.
2265 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2266 on =org-element.el=.
2268 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2270 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2271 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2272 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2273 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2275 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2277 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2278 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2279 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2280 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2282 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2284 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2286 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2288 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2291 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2292 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2294 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2295 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2296 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2299 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
2302 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
2303 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
2304 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
2306 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
2307 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
2308 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
2313 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
2315 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
2316 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
2317 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
2318 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
2320 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
2321 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
2322 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
2323 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
2324 generating new ones.
2326 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
2329 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2331 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2332 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
2335 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2336 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
2337 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
2340 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
2341 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
2342 details on how to use this.
2344 **** Changes in bulk actions
2346 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
2347 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
2349 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
2350 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
2351 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
2352 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
2353 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
2355 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
2356 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
2358 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
2359 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
2362 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
2364 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
2366 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
2368 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
2369 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
2371 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
2373 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
2374 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
2375 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
2376 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
2379 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2381 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
2384 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
2385 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
2386 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
2387 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
2388 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
2391 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
2393 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
2395 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
2397 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
2398 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
2399 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
2400 filters and category filters.
2402 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
2403 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
2406 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
2407 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
2408 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
2413 **** Inserting links
2415 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
2416 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
2417 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
2420 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
2421 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
2422 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
2423 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
2425 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
2428 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
2430 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
2431 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
2432 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
2433 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
2435 **** New link type =help=
2437 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
2439 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
2440 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
2441 you go back to the same buffer.
2443 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
2445 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
2446 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
2449 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
2451 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
2453 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
2455 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
2457 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
2459 **** RET now follows time stamps links
2463 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
2465 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
2466 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
2467 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
2468 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
2470 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
2472 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
2473 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
2474 all headlines in the region.
2476 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
2478 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
2480 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
2481 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
2483 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
2485 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
2487 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
2489 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
2491 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
2493 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2494 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2495 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2500 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2502 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2504 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2506 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2507 clocked entry, if any.
2509 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2511 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2513 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2515 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2516 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2519 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2520 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2521 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2525 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2527 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2530 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2532 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2533 cells in clockreport.
2535 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
2536 time cells in clockreport.
2539 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
2541 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
2542 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
2544 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
2545 in the mode line and/or frame title.
2547 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
2548 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
2549 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
2550 space in the frame title.
2554 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
2556 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
2557 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
2558 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
2559 don't want to see temporarily.
2561 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
2563 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
2565 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2567 There are these new entities:
2569 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
2570 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
2571 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
2572 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
2573 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
2574 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
2576 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
2577 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
2578 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
2580 The face is back to a normal height.
2584 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
2585 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
2587 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
2588 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
2590 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
2592 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
2593 block will use its value as the column format.
2595 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
2597 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
2599 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
2601 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
2603 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
2604 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
2605 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
2606 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
2608 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
2612 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
2614 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
2616 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
2618 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
2620 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
2621 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
2622 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
2624 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
2626 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
2627 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
2628 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
2632 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
2634 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
2635 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
2636 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
2637 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
2639 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
2641 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2642 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
2645 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2646 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
2647 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
2650 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
2651 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
2652 more details on how to use this.
2654 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
2655 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
2657 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
2658 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
2661 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
2663 See the manual for more explanations.
2665 **** More control over empty lines
2667 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
2668 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
2671 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
2673 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
2677 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
2679 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
2680 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
2681 available) to print beautiful tables.
2683 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
2685 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
2686 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
2689 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
2691 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
2692 in the #+DATE option.
2694 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
2696 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
2698 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
2699 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
2701 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
2702 More languages are always welcome.
2704 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
2706 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
2707 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
2709 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
2710 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
2711 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
2712 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
2713 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
2714 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
2716 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
2717 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
2721 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
2723 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
2726 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
2728 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
2729 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
2731 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
2733 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
2735 It used to exports the results of the code.
2739 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
2740 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
2742 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
2743 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
2745 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
2747 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
2748 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
2749 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
2751 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
2752 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
2754 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
2755 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
2756 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
2759 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
2761 This will increment the effort value.
2763 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
2765 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
2767 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
2768 attach symbolic links.
2770 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
2772 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
2774 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
2775 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
2777 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
2779 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
2781 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
2782 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
2783 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
2785 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
2787 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
2788 all top level list items.
2790 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
2792 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
2794 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
2795 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
2797 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
2799 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
2801 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
2802 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
2803 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
2804 first headline in the region.
2806 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
2808 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
2811 ** Important bug fixes
2813 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
2815 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
2816 perform completion with meaningful values.
2818 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
2820 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
2821 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
2822 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
2824 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
2825 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
2827 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
2828 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
2831 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
2832 the code and the license to your needs.
2834 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
2835 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
2839 ** Incompatible changes
2841 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
2843 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
2845 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
2847 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
2848 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
2849 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
2850 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
2853 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
2855 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
2856 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
2857 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
2859 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
2861 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
2862 =org-agenda-span= instead.
2864 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
2866 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
2868 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
2869 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
2870 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
2871 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
2872 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
2874 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
2875 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
2876 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
2877 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
2878 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
2879 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
2881 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
2882 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
2883 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
2886 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
2889 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
2890 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
2891 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
2892 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
2894 The two new variables are:
2896 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
2897 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
2898 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
2899 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
2900 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
2901 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
2902 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
2904 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
2905 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
2908 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
2911 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
2912 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
2913 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
2914 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
2916 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
2917 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
2918 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
2919 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
2922 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
2923 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
2924 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2925 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2926 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2927 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2930 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2931 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2932 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2933 applies to the following packages:
2951 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2952 you are using, you can remove it from
2953 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2954 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2957 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2958 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2959 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2960 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2961 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2964 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2966 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2967 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2968 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2971 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2973 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2975 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2977 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2979 ** Important new features
2981 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2983 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2985 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2986 for more information on how to customize it.
2988 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2990 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2991 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2992 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2993 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2995 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2996 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2997 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2999 To switch over to the new system:
3003 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3005 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3006 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3007 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3008 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3009 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3011 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3013 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3016 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3019 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3021 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3022 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3023 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3024 with using both system in parallel.
3028 *** New Org libraries
3029 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3031 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3033 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3035 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3037 To use, put the following in your init file:
3040 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3043 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3044 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3045 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3046 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3047 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3048 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3049 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3050 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3051 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3054 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3056 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3057 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3059 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3061 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3062 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3063 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3066 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3067 call function to do something special with text links.
3069 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3071 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3073 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3074 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3075 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3078 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3080 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3082 *** New Babel libraries
3084 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3085 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3086 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3087 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3088 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3089 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3090 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3092 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3096 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3098 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3099 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3100 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3101 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3102 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3103 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3105 The key new functions are
3107 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3108 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3109 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3111 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3112 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3114 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3115 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3117 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3118 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3120 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3122 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3123 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3124 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3126 **** Modified link escaping
3128 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3130 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3131 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3132 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3133 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3136 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3137 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3138 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3139 : percent escaped links are solved.
3141 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3143 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3145 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3146 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3148 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3150 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3152 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3153 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3154 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3155 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3156 string to be executed.
3158 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3159 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3163 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3164 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3167 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3171 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3173 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3174 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3175 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3176 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3178 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3179 will work on the current entry.
3181 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3182 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3184 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3186 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3188 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3191 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3192 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3197 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3199 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3200 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3201 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3203 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3205 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3206 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3207 entries using a function.
3209 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3210 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3211 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3213 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3215 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3216 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3217 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3219 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3221 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3222 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3223 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3224 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3225 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3226 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3228 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3232 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3234 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3235 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3237 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3238 docstring of these variable for details about available
3241 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3242 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3243 formatting string will insert a string.
3245 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3247 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3248 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3249 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3250 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3251 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3252 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3253 C-e u=, respectively.
3255 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3256 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3257 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3258 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3259 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3262 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3264 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3265 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3267 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3269 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3270 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3272 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3274 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3275 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3276 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3277 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3278 section]] in the manual for more details.
3280 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3281 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3282 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3287 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3289 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3290 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3291 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3292 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3293 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3295 **** New logging support for refiling
3297 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3298 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3301 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
3305 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
3307 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
3311 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
3313 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
3314 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
3316 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
3318 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
3319 the displayed in the buffer.
3321 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
3323 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
3325 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
3326 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
3328 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
3329 |--------+--------+---------|
3330 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
3331 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
3333 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
3336 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
3339 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
3341 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
3343 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
3344 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
3351 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
3352 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
3355 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
3357 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
3359 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
3360 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
3362 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
3366 **** Improved handling of lists
3368 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
3370 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
3371 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
3372 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
3375 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
3376 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
3377 counters like [@c] or [@W].
3379 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
3380 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
3381 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
3382 `org-list-export-context'.
3384 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
3385 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
3386 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
3388 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
3389 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
3390 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
3391 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
3392 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
3394 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
3395 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
3396 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
3398 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
3400 *** Inline display of linked images
3402 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
3403 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
3404 that have no description part will be inlined.
3406 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
3408 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
3409 from 1, you can now do it like this:
3411 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
3413 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
3415 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
3416 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
3417 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
3418 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
3419 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
3420 into account all header arguments, and variables.
3422 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
3423 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
3424 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
3427 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
3428 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
3429 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
3430 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
3431 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
3432 properties or in tables.
3434 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
3435 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
3436 names, and rownames across all languages.
3438 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
3440 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
3442 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
3443 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
3444 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
3446 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
3448 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
3449 request by Scott Otterson.
3451 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
3453 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
3454 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
3455 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
3456 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
3457 superscripts, see the variable
3458 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
3460 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
3462 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
3464 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
3465 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
3466 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
3467 following new faces:
3469 =org-document-title=
3471 =org-document-info-keyword=
3473 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
3474 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
3476 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
3478 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
3480 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
3481 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
3482 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
3483 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
3484 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
3485 property is affected by this setting.
3487 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
3488 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
3490 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
3492 Requested by Michael Brand.
3494 **** Better level cycling function
3496 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3497 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3498 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3499 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3501 **** Adaptive filling
3503 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3504 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3505 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3506 comments to be filled correctly.
3508 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3510 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3512 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3514 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3516 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3517 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3519 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3523 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3525 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3526 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3527 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3528 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3530 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3532 **** Localized clock tables
3534 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3535 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
3536 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
3537 available translated strings.
3539 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
3541 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
3542 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
3543 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
3544 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
3546 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
3548 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
3550 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
3551 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
3552 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
3553 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
3556 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
3560 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
3562 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
3563 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
3565 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
3567 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
3569 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
3570 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
3571 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
3574 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
3577 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
3579 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
3580 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
3585 org-table-current-line
3589 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
3591 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
3592 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
3595 This was requested by Tom.
3597 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
3599 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
3600 example by viewing from the agenda.
3602 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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