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13 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** Variables relative to clocksum duration are obsolete
17 ~org-time-clocksum-format~, ~org-time-clocksum-use-fractional~ and
18 ~org-time-clocksum-fractional-format~ are obsolete. If you changed
19 them, consider modifying ~org-duration-format~ instead.
21 Variable ~org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations~ is also obsolete.
22 Consider setting ~org-duration-units~ instead.
24 *** ~org-capture-templates~ no longer accepts S-expressions as file names
26 Since functions are allowed there, a straightforward way to migrate
33 : (file (lambda () (sexp)))
35 *** Deleted contributed packages
37 =org-ebib.el, =org-bullets.el= and =org-mime.el= have been deleted
38 from the contrib/ directory.
40 You can now find them here :
42 - https://github.com/joostkremers/ebib
43 - https://github.com/sabof/org-bullets
44 - https://github.com/org-mime/org-mime
46 *** Removal of ~:sitemap-sans-extension~
48 The publishing property is no longer recognized, as a consequence of
49 changes to site-map generation.
51 You can get the same functionality by setting ~:sitemap-format-entry~
55 (lambda (entry style project)
56 (cond ((not (directory-name-p entry))
57 (format "[[file:%s][%s]]"
58 (file-name-sans-extension entry)
59 (org-publish-find-title entry project)))
60 ((eq style 'tree) (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name entry)))
64 *** Change signature for ~:sitemap-function~
66 ~:sitemap-function~ now expects to be called with two arguments. See
67 ~org-publish-project-alist~ for details.
69 *** Change signature for some properties in ~org-list-to-generic~
71 ~:istart~, ~:icount~, ~:iend~ and ~:isep~ now expect the type of the
72 list as their first argument.
74 *** Change signature for ~org-get-repeater~
75 The optional argument is now a string to extract the repeater from.
76 See docstring for details.
79 *** New Org duration library
80 This new library implements tools to read and print time durations in
81 various formats (e.g., "H:MM", or "1d 2h 3min"...).
83 See ~org-duration-to-minutes~ and ~org-duration-from-minutes~
87 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~
88 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~
89 **** Binding C-c C-x < for ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
90 *** New value for ~org-publish-sitemap-sort-folders~
92 The new ~ignore~ value effectively allows toggling inclusion of
93 directories in published site-maps.
97 **** Clojure: new setting ~org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout~
99 Creation of a new setting to specify the Cider timeout. By setting
100 the =org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout= setting option. The value
101 is in seconds and if set to =nil= then no timeout will occur.
102 **** Clojure: new header ~:show-process~
104 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
105 developers to output the process of an ongoing process into a new
108 You can tell Org Babel to output the process of a running code block.
110 To show that output you only have to specify the =:show-process=
111 option in the code block's header like this:
114 ,#+BEGIN_SRC clojure :results output :show-process t
121 If =:show-process= is specified that way, then when you will run the
122 code using =C-c C-c= a new window will open in Emacs. Everything that
123 is output by the REPL will immediately be added to that new window.
125 When the processing of the code is finished, then the window and its
126 buffer will be closed and the results will be reported in the
129 Note that the =:results= parameter's behavior is *not* changed. If
130 =silent= is specified, then no result will be displayed. If =output=
131 is specified then all the output from the window will appears in the
132 results section. If =value= is specified, then only the last returned
133 value of the code will be displayed in the results section.
135 **** Maxima: new headers ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~
136 Babel options ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~ have been implemented for
137 Maxima src blocks which prepend and append, respectively, the given
138 code strings. This can be useful for specifying formatting settings
139 which would add clutter to exported code. For instance, you can use
140 this ~:prologue "fpprintprec: 2; linel: 50;"~ for presenting Maxima
141 results in a beamer presentation.
142 **** PlantUML: add support for header arguments
144 [[http://plantuml.com/][Plantuml]] source blocks now support the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/prologue.html#prologue][~:prologue~]], [[http://orgmode.org/manual/epilogue.html#epilogue][~:epilogue~]] and
145 [[http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] header arguments.
147 **** SQL: new engine added ~sqsh~
149 A new engine was added to support ~sqsh~ command line utility for use
150 against Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase SQL server.
152 More information on ~sqsh~ can be found here: [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqsh/][sourceforge/sqsh]]
154 To use ~sqsh~ in an *sql* =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
157 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine sqsh :dbhost my_host :dbuser master :dbpassword pass :database support
163 **** Add Slovanian translations
164 **** Implement ~org-export-insert-image-links~
165 This new function is meant to be used in back-ends supporting images
166 as descriptions of links, a.k.a. image links. See its docstring for
168 **** Add global macros through ~org-export-global-macros~
169 With this variable, one can define macros available for all documents.
170 **** New keyword ~#+EXPORT_FILE_NAME~
171 Simiralry to ~:EXPORT_FILE_NAME:~ property, this keyword allows the
172 user to specify the name of the output file upon exporting the
173 document. This also has an effect on publishing.
174 **** Horizontal rules are no longer ignored in LaTeX table math mode
176 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit LaTeX environments
178 Using ~C-c '~ on a LaTeX environment opens a sub-editing buffer. By
179 default, major mode in that buffer is ~latex-mode~, but it can be
180 changed by configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~.
182 *** ~org-list-to-generic~ includes a new property: ~:ifmt~
184 ~:ifmt~ is a function to be called on the body of each item. See
185 ~org-list-to-generic~ documentation for details.
187 *** New variable : ~org-bibtex-headline-format-function~
188 This allow to use a different title than entry title.
194 This feature has been removed. Use a custom agenda view, possibly
195 narrowed to current buffer to achieve a similar functionality.
197 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
199 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
201 *** ~org-agenda-skip-subtree-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
203 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
205 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches-in-subtree~ is obsolete
207 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
209 *** ~org-minutes-to-clocksum-string~ is obsolete
211 Use ~org-duration-from-minutes~ instead.
213 *** ~org-hh:mm-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
215 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
217 *** ~org-duration-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
219 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
223 *** ~org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all~ is removed.
225 For an equivalent to a ~nil~ value, set
226 ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~ to nil and
227 ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~ to ~t~.
229 *** ~org-publish-sitemap-file-entry-format~ is deprecated
231 One can provide new ~:sitemap-format-entry~ property for a function
232 equivalent to the removed format string.
236 *** ~org-publish-find-property~
238 This function can be used as a tool to format entries in a site-map,
239 in addition to ~org-publish-find-title~ and ~org-publish-find-date~.
241 *** ~org-list-to-org~
243 It is the reciprocal of ~org-list-to-lisp~, which see.
245 *** ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
247 Call ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock~ from the agenda.
251 *** Computed dates in tables appear as inactive time stamps
253 *** Save point before opening a file with an unknown search option
255 When following a file link with a search option (e.g., =::#custom-id=)
256 that doesn't exist in the target file, save positon before raising an
257 error. As a consequence, it is possible to jump back to the original
258 document with ~org-mark-ring-goto~ (default binding =C-c &=).
260 *** ~org-get-heading~ accepts two more optional arguments
262 See docstring for details.
264 *** New option ~org-babel-uppercase-example-markers~
266 This variable is a ~defcustom~ and replaces the variable
267 ~org-babel-capitalize-example-region-markers~, which is a ~defvar~ and
272 ** Incompatible changes
274 *** Emacs 23 support has been dropped
276 From now on, Org expects at least Emacs 24.3, although Emacs 24.4 or
279 *** XEmacs support has been dropped
281 Incomplete compatibility layer with XEmacs has been removed. If you
282 want to take over maintainance of this compatibility, please contact
285 *** New syntax for export blocks
287 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
288 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
291 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
304 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
307 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
313 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
316 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
317 using previous syntax:
319 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
320 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
321 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
323 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
324 (let ((case-fold-search t)
325 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
326 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
327 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
329 (org-with-wide-buffer
330 (goto-char (point-min))
331 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
333 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
334 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
335 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
337 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
338 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
341 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
342 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
344 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
345 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
346 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
347 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
348 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
349 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
352 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~ and
353 ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to be
358 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
360 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
361 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
362 constructs are now unsupported.
364 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them into
367 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
369 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
370 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
371 consider using the =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
373 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
376 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
378 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
379 S-expressions. Replacing a S-expresion with an appropriate function
380 is straightforward. For example
386 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
388 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can get time via =vc=
390 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
391 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
393 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
395 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
396 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
397 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
399 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
401 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
413 should be written instead
418 :header-args: :exports code
419 :header-args: :var a=1 b=2
420 :header-args+: :var c=3
424 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
425 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
429 *** ~org-eww~ has been moved into core
430 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
432 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
435 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
436 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
439 Old-style links such as
440 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
441 continue to be supported.
443 If you have defined your own handler functions for
444 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
445 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
446 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into property
449 *** New Org linter library
451 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
453 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
455 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
456 entries are added to last in the date tree.
458 *** New ~vbar~ entity
460 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionnally as a =|=,
461 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
462 a HTML derived export back-end.
466 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
468 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
471 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
473 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
474 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
476 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
478 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
479 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
480 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
483 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
485 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
486 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
488 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
490 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
491 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
492 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
493 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
495 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
497 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
498 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
499 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
502 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
504 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
505 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
506 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
507 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
508 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
511 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
512 ;; this will export with line number 20
513 (message "This is line 21")
515 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
516 ;; This will be listed as line 31
517 (message "This is line 32")
521 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
523 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
524 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
527 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
529 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
530 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
531 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width of
532 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
534 **** Markdown footnote export customization
536 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
537 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
538 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
539 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
543 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
545 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
547 **** Support for Lua language
548 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
550 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
552 **** Support for Stan language
554 New ob-stan.el library.
556 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
558 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
560 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
561 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
563 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
565 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
566 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
567 that does not end in ".stan".
569 For more information and usage examples, visit
570 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
572 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
574 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
575 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
587 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
589 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
590 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
591 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
602 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
603 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the properties.
605 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
606 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
608 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
610 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
611 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
613 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
615 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
625 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
634 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
635 using the :file property, e.g.:
637 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
639 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
640 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
642 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
643 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
647 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needs additional
648 setup in addition to plantuml. See [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for
649 details and setup information.
651 *** Rewrite of radio lists
653 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
654 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
655 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
658 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
660 Used like ~org-bbdb-anniversaries~, it provides a few days warning for
661 upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
663 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
665 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
666 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
668 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
670 *** Support for ISO week trees
672 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
673 by ISO week and not by month.
680 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
682 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
683 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
685 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
687 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
688 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
690 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
694 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
696 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
697 buffer unconditionally.
699 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
701 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
703 **** Allow custom summaries
705 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
706 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
708 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
710 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
713 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
714 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
716 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
719 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
721 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~ allows
722 to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any upper case
723 character (or character class), the search is case sensitive.
724 Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
726 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
728 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
731 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
733 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
734 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
735 the manual for details.
737 *** Links are now customizable
739 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
740 etc. Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
744 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
746 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
748 *** ~org-show-children~
750 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
754 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
756 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
758 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
760 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
762 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
764 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
766 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
768 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
770 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
772 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
774 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
776 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
777 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
779 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
781 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
783 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
785 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
786 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
788 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
790 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
792 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
794 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
796 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
798 The affected functions are:
801 - ~org-remove-if-not~
806 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
807 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
808 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
812 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
814 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
815 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
816 let those libraries operate.
818 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
820 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
823 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
825 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
828 *** Add Icelandic smart quotes
829 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
830 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
832 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
833 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
834 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
835 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
837 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
838 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
840 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
841 current projet. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
844 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
846 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
849 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
851 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
852 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
853 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
854 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
855 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
857 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
858 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
859 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
860 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
862 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
864 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
865 to the article's original group.
867 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
869 The calling convention has changed.
871 *** HTML export table row customization changes
873 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
874 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
875 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
876 called with 6 parameters.
878 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
879 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
881 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
883 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
885 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
886 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
887 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
888 the end of the string.
890 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
892 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
893 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
894 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
896 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
898 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
899 For most folks this file does not exist.
900 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
902 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
904 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other
907 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
909 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
910 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
911 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
912 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
913 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
914 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
915 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
918 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
920 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
923 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
925 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
926 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
927 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
929 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
930 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
932 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
933 indication letter was solely J.
935 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
937 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
938 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
939 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
941 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
943 The experimental variable used to be more or less confidential, as
946 *** New ~:format~ property to parsed links
948 It defines the format of the original link. Possible values are:
949 ~plain~, ~bracket~ and ~angle~.
953 ** Incompatible changes
955 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
957 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
958 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
960 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
961 logged before the property drawer.
963 The following function will repair them:
965 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
966 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
967 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
968 Ignore non Org buffers."
969 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
970 (org-with-wide-buffer
971 (goto-char (point-min))
972 (let ((case-fold-search t)
973 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
974 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
978 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
980 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
982 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
983 (when (and (< (point) end)
984 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
986 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
987 (eq (org-element-type
988 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
990 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
992 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
993 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
996 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
998 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
999 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
1000 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
1001 into account when exporting.
1003 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
1004 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
1006 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
1008 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
1009 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
1012 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
1013 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
1018 :CATEGORY: some category
1022 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
1024 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
1025 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
1026 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
1029 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
1031 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
1032 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
1034 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
1035 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
1037 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
1039 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
1040 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
1042 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
1044 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
1045 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~
1046 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
1047 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
1048 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
1050 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
1052 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
1053 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
1055 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
1057 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
1058 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
1059 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
1061 *** Functions signature changes
1063 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
1064 docstring for more information.
1066 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
1067 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
1068 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
1069 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
1070 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
1075 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
1077 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical
1078 scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
1080 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
1083 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
1086 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
1087 :lexical '((x . 42))
1089 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
1091 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
1092 without changing the headline.
1094 *** Hierarchies of tags
1096 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
1097 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
1098 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
1100 The following in-buffer definition:
1103 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
1104 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
1105 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
1108 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
1118 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
1119 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
1121 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
1123 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
1125 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
1126 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
1128 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
1129 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
1130 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: { }
1131 can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the given
1132 tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
1134 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
1140 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
1143 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
1145 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
1148 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
1151 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
1153 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
1154 regular expression matches for P@.+. This is good for example for
1155 projects tagged with a common identifier, i.e. P@2014_OrgTags.
1157 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
1159 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filters all of the related tags.
1160 Except if a filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
1162 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
1165 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
1166 is also used as a filter.
1168 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
1170 Now uses the argument ARG and optional argument exclude instead of
1171 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
1172 makes more sense than strip now. The term "narrowing" is changed to
1175 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
1176 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
1178 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
1180 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
1182 *** Babel: support for Processing language
1184 New ob-processing.el library.
1186 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
1187 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
1188 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
1190 Check the documentation for more details.
1192 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
1194 *** New behaviour for ~org-toggle-latex-fragment~
1196 The new behaviour is the following:
1198 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument when
1199 point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the whole
1202 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
1205 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
1207 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
1209 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1211 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
1212 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
1214 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1216 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
1217 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
1220 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
1222 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
1223 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
1224 ~org-drawers~ variable.
1226 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
1228 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
1229 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
1230 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
1231 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
1233 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
1235 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
1236 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
1237 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
1240 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
1242 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch in
1245 *** New option in ASCII export
1247 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting ~org-ascii-list-margin~
1248 variable to an appopriate integer.
1250 *** New blocks in ASCII export
1252 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT=
1253 blocks. See documentation for details.
1255 *** More back-end specific publishing options
1257 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
1258 increased. See manual for details.
1260 *** Export inline source blocks
1262 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
1263 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
1264 in the output, depending on the parameters.
1266 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
1268 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
1270 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
1272 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
1274 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
1276 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
1277 more features. See docstring for details.
1279 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
1281 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
1283 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
1284 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
1286 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
1288 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
1290 : This sentence is false.
1293 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
1295 *** Various improvements on radio tables
1297 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
1298 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
1299 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are new
1300 parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
1301 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
1302 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
1304 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
1306 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction
1307 with source blocks exported by the minted package.
1309 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
1311 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
1312 would throw an error. A new variable ~org-table-formula-create-columns~
1313 was added to adjust this behavior. It is now possible to silently add
1314 new columns, to do so with a warning or to explicitly ask the user
1319 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
1322 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
1324 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
1325 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
1327 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
1329 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
1331 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
1333 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is now
1334 deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
1335 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
1337 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1339 See the docstring for more information.
1341 *** Export unnumbered headlines
1343 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
1344 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
1345 property is inherited by children.
1347 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
1349 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
1350 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~ keys,
1353 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
1355 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See manual
1358 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
1360 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
1363 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
1365 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
1366 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
1368 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
1370 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
1371 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
1373 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
1375 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
1376 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
1379 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
1381 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
1382 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
1384 *** New entities family: "\_ "
1386 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
1387 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
1388 leading spaces within table cells.
1390 *** New MathJax configuration options
1392 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
1393 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
1395 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
1397 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
1398 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
1399 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
1401 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
1402 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
1403 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
1404 keywords and properties.
1406 *** Viewport support in html export
1408 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
1409 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
1411 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
1413 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
1416 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
1418 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
1419 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in a
1420 dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
1422 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
1424 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
1425 added to headline text.
1427 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
1429 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See the manual for details.
1431 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1433 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1434 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1437 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1439 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1440 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1442 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1444 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for the
1445 number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original subtree
1446 and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1448 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1450 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1452 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1454 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1455 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1457 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1459 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1461 ** Removed functions
1463 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1465 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1467 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1469 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1470 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1471 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1472 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1474 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1476 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1478 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1480 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1481 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1483 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1485 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1488 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1490 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1491 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1495 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1497 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1500 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1501 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1503 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1505 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1506 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1509 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1511 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1512 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1514 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1516 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name= at
1517 the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the value
1518 of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=. To chose
1519 a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind this
1522 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1524 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1525 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1526 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1527 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1528 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1530 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1532 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1533 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1536 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1538 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1540 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1542 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1544 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1546 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1548 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1550 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1551 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1552 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1553 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1555 *** Removed comment-related filters
1557 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1558 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1563 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1565 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1567 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1569 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1570 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1572 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1574 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1575 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1578 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1580 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1581 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1583 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1585 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1587 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1589 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1590 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1591 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1592 particular test failure was introduced.
1594 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1596 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1597 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as well
1598 as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~ when
1599 ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1601 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1603 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1604 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1606 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1608 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1609 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~ now.
1611 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1613 This helps spotting wrong links.
1617 ** Incompatible changes
1618 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1619 This may require two changes in user config.
1621 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1622 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1623 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1625 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1627 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1628 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1629 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1631 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1632 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1634 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1638 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1640 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1642 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1643 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1644 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1646 So you need to replace
1648 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1652 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1654 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1655 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1657 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1659 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1660 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1661 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1663 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1664 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1666 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1668 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1669 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1670 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1673 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1675 ** Important bugfixes
1677 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1678 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1680 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1682 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1683 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1684 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1687 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1689 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1691 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1693 - Support SVG images
1694 - Support for .pgf files
1695 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1696 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1697 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1698 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1699 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1700 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1701 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1703 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1705 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1706 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1707 in a paragraph-like way.
1709 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1711 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1712 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1713 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1714 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1715 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1717 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1719 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1720 which can then be passed to export functions like
1721 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1723 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1724 registering a new back-end.
1726 *** New agenda fortnight view
1728 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1729 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1732 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1734 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1735 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1737 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1738 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1739 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1741 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1742 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1744 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1745 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1746 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1747 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1748 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1751 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1753 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1755 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1757 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1759 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1761 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1763 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1765 If you set this to the following
1767 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
1769 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
1771 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
1773 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
1775 ** New contributed packages
1777 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
1778 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
1781 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
1782 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
1786 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
1788 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
1789 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
1790 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
1791 the same with example blocks.
1793 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
1800 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
1802 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
1805 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
1806 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
1807 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
1809 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
1810 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
1811 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
1812 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
1813 detailed explanations.
1815 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
1816 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
1817 function has been called already.
1819 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
1822 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
1824 ** Incompatible changes
1826 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
1828 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
1830 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
1831 you will have to update them.
1833 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
1835 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
1836 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
1838 **** New export engine
1840 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
1841 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
1842 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
1843 /all/ export back-ends.
1845 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
1846 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
1847 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
1848 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
1849 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
1851 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
1852 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
1854 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
1855 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
1856 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
1857 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
1859 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
1861 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
1863 should now be written
1865 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
1867 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
1868 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
1869 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
1871 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
1873 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
1875 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
1878 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
1879 remember templates into capture templates.
1881 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
1883 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
1884 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
1886 **** Note for third-party developers
1888 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
1889 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
1890 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
1892 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
1895 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
1897 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
1898 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
1899 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
1901 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
1902 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
1903 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
1906 - org-colview-xemacs.el
1907 - org-mac-message.el
1913 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
1914 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
1915 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
1917 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
1918 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
1920 ** New packages in core
1922 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
1924 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
1926 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
1928 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
1930 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
1932 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
1933 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
1935 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
1937 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
1939 ** New packages in contrib
1941 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
1943 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
1945 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
1948 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
1950 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
1951 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
1953 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
1956 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
1958 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
1960 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
1962 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
1964 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
1965 for starting headlines.
1967 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
1969 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
1970 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
1971 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
1972 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
1974 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
1976 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
1978 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
1980 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
1981 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1984 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
1985 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
1988 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
1990 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
1991 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
1994 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
1995 conversion from Org files to groff.
1997 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
1999 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
2001 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
2003 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
2004 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
2011 **** New export generic options
2013 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
2014 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
2016 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
2018 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
2019 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
2020 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
2021 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
2023 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
2024 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
2025 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
2026 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
2027 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
2028 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
2029 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
2030 contains time-stamps.
2032 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
2033 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
2034 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
2036 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
2038 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
2040 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
2042 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
2044 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
2045 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
2046 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
2047 *** Structure editing
2049 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
2050 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
2052 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
2053 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
2055 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
2057 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
2058 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
2059 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
2060 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
2063 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
2065 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
2066 _words__= will preserve markup.
2068 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
2070 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
2071 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
2072 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
2074 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
2076 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
2077 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
2079 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
2081 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
2082 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
2083 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
2084 forward and backward.
2086 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
2087 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
2089 Now Org will sort this list
2091 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2092 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2096 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2097 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2099 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
2100 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
2101 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
2103 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
2104 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
2105 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
2107 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
2110 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
2112 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
2113 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
2114 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
2116 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
2118 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
2119 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
2120 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
2121 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
2123 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
2125 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
2126 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
2127 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
2128 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
2129 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
2131 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
2133 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
2134 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
2135 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
2137 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
2138 *** Scheduled/deadline
2140 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
2142 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
2143 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
2144 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
2145 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
2147 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
2148 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
2149 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
2150 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
2152 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
2153 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
2154 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
2155 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
2156 control this globally or per agenda.
2158 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
2160 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
2162 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
2164 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
2165 *** Calendar, diary and appts
2167 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
2169 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
2170 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
2171 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
2173 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2174 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
2175 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
2177 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
2178 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
2180 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
2183 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
2185 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
2186 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
2187 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
2189 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
2191 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
2192 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
2193 only show their description, not the full links.
2196 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
2198 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
2199 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
2200 want to build a list of appointments.
2202 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
2203 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
2205 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
2207 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
2209 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
2210 time value (i.e. appointments).
2212 **** New agenda sorting strategies
2214 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
2216 | Strategy | Explanations |
2217 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
2218 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
2219 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
2220 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
2221 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
2222 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
2223 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
2224 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
2225 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
2226 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
2227 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
2229 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
2231 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
2232 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
2233 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
2235 These new options are available:
2237 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
2238 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
2239 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
2240 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
2242 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
2243 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
2244 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
2246 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
2247 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
2248 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
2249 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
2250 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
2251 non-tagged headlines.
2253 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
2255 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
2256 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
2257 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
2258 that take only =N= minutes.
2260 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
2262 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
2263 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
2264 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
2266 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
2268 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
2269 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
2271 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
2273 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
2274 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
2276 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
2279 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
2281 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
2282 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
2283 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
2285 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
2286 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
2288 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
2290 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
2291 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
2293 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
2295 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
2297 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
2298 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
2301 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
2303 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
2304 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
2305 asks for a confirmation.
2307 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
2309 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
2310 the mark of the entry at point.
2312 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
2313 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
2315 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
2317 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
2318 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
2321 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
2323 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
2324 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
2326 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
2328 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
2329 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
2331 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
2333 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
2334 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
2335 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
2336 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
2338 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2340 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
2341 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
2342 repeated beyond the current deadline.
2344 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
2346 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
2347 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
2348 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
2349 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
2351 Read the full docstring for details.
2353 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
2355 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
2358 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
2361 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
2363 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
2364 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
2367 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
2369 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
2370 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
2372 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
2374 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2375 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
2376 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
2377 check against the name of the buffer.
2380 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
2381 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
2382 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
2385 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
2386 agenda views, and for filtering.
2388 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
2392 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
2394 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
2395 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
2396 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
2398 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
2399 as if the protocol was not known.
2401 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
2403 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
2405 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
2406 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
2407 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
2410 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
2412 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
2413 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
2414 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
2416 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
2418 When storing a link to a headline like
2420 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
2422 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
2423 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
2424 there is no description.
2427 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
2429 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
2430 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
2431 those other formulas.
2433 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2435 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2436 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2437 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2440 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2442 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2443 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2444 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2447 **** New lookup functions
2449 There are now three lookup functions:
2451 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2452 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2453 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2455 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2456 *** Startup keywords
2458 These new startup keywords are now available:
2460 | Startup keyword | Option |
2461 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2462 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2463 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2464 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2465 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2466 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2467 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2468 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2469 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2473 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2475 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2476 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2477 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2478 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2480 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2482 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2483 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2484 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2487 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2488 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2490 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2492 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2493 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2495 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2497 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2498 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2499 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2501 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2502 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2503 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2504 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2505 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2506 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2507 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2510 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2512 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2514 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2516 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2517 same target than the block at point.
2519 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2521 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2522 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2523 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2525 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2526 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2529 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2531 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2532 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2533 manual for a usage example.
2535 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2537 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2538 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2539 collecting blocks for tangling.
2541 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2542 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2544 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2545 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2546 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2547 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2549 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2550 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2553 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2554 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2555 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2556 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2560 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2561 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2562 - [[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]]
2563 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2564 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2565 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2566 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2567 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2568 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2569 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2570 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2571 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2572 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2573 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2574 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2575 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2576 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2577 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
2578 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2582 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2584 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2586 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2588 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2590 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2591 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2592 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2593 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2594 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2595 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2596 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2597 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2599 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2601 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2602 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2604 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2606 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2607 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2608 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2612 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2614 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2615 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2618 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2619 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2620 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2621 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2622 agenda type to this variable.
2624 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2627 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2628 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2629 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2630 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2632 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2634 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2635 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2636 invisible) blocked tasks.
2638 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2640 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2641 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2643 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2645 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2646 ** No GPL manual anymore
2648 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2649 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2651 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2653 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2655 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2656 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2657 in most environments.
2661 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2663 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2665 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2666 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2669 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2670 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2671 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2674 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2676 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2678 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2679 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2680 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2681 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2682 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2683 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2684 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2685 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2686 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2687 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2688 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2689 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2690 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2691 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2692 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2694 ** New package and Babel language
2696 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2698 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2700 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2701 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2703 ** Incompatible changes
2705 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2706 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2708 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2711 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2712 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2713 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2715 ** New features and user-visible changes
2719 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2720 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2721 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2722 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2724 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2725 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2727 See the docstrings for more details.
2729 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2730 on =org-element.el=.
2732 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2734 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2735 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2736 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2737 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2739 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2741 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2742 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2743 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2744 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2746 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2748 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2750 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2752 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2755 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2756 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2758 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2759 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2760 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2763 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
2766 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
2767 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
2768 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
2770 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
2771 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
2772 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
2777 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
2779 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
2780 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
2781 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
2782 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
2784 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
2785 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
2786 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
2787 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
2788 generating new ones.
2790 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
2793 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2795 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2796 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
2799 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2800 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
2801 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
2804 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
2805 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
2806 details on how to use this.
2808 **** Changes in bulk actions
2810 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
2811 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
2813 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
2814 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
2815 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
2816 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
2817 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
2819 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
2820 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
2822 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
2823 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
2826 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
2828 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
2830 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
2832 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
2833 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
2835 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
2837 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
2838 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
2839 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
2840 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
2843 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2845 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
2848 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
2849 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
2850 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
2851 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
2852 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
2855 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
2857 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
2859 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
2861 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
2862 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
2863 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
2864 filters and category filters.
2866 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
2867 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
2870 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
2871 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
2872 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
2877 **** Inserting links
2879 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
2880 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
2881 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
2884 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
2885 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
2886 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
2887 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
2889 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
2892 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
2894 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
2895 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
2896 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
2897 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
2899 **** New link type =help=
2901 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
2903 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
2904 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
2905 you go back to the same buffer.
2907 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
2909 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
2910 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
2913 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
2915 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
2917 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
2919 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
2921 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
2923 **** RET now follows time stamps links
2927 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
2929 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
2930 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
2931 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
2932 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
2934 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
2936 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
2937 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
2938 all headlines in the region.
2940 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
2942 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
2944 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
2945 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
2947 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
2949 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
2951 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
2953 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
2955 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
2957 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
2958 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
2959 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
2964 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
2966 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
2968 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
2970 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
2971 clocked entry, if any.
2973 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
2975 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
2977 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
2979 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
2980 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
2983 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
2984 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
2985 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
2989 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
2991 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
2994 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
2996 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
2997 cells in clockreport.
2999 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
3000 time cells in clockreport.
3003 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
3005 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
3006 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
3008 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
3009 in the mode line and/or frame title.
3011 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
3012 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
3013 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
3014 space in the frame title.
3018 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
3020 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
3021 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
3022 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
3023 don't want to see temporarily.
3025 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
3027 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
3029 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
3031 There are these new entities:
3033 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
3034 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
3035 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
3036 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
3037 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
3038 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
3040 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
3041 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
3042 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
3044 The face is back to a normal height.
3048 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
3049 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
3051 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
3052 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
3054 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
3056 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
3057 block will use its value as the column format.
3059 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
3061 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
3063 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
3065 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
3067 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
3068 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
3069 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
3070 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
3072 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
3076 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
3078 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
3080 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
3082 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
3084 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
3085 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
3086 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
3088 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
3090 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
3091 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
3092 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
3096 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
3098 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
3099 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
3100 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
3101 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
3103 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
3105 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3106 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
3109 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3110 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
3111 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
3114 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
3115 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
3116 more details on how to use this.
3118 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
3119 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
3121 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
3122 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
3125 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
3127 See the manual for more explanations.
3129 **** More control over empty lines
3131 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
3132 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
3135 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
3137 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
3141 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
3143 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
3144 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
3145 available) to print beautiful tables.
3147 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
3149 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
3150 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
3153 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
3155 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
3156 in the #+DATE option.
3158 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
3160 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
3162 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
3163 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
3165 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
3166 More languages are always welcome.
3168 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
3170 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
3171 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
3173 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
3174 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
3175 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
3176 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
3177 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
3178 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
3180 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
3181 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
3185 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
3187 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
3190 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
3192 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
3193 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
3195 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
3197 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
3199 It used to exports the results of the code.
3203 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
3204 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
3206 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
3207 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
3209 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
3211 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
3212 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
3213 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
3215 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
3216 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
3218 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
3219 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
3220 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
3223 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
3225 This will increment the effort value.
3227 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
3229 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
3231 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
3232 attach symbolic links.
3234 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
3236 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
3238 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
3239 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
3241 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
3243 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
3245 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
3246 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
3247 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
3249 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
3251 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
3252 all top level list items.
3254 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
3256 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
3258 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
3259 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
3261 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
3263 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
3265 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
3266 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
3267 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
3268 first headline in the region.
3270 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
3272 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
3275 ** Important bug fixes
3277 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
3279 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
3280 perform completion with meaningful values.
3282 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
3284 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
3285 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
3286 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3288 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
3289 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
3291 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
3292 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
3295 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
3296 the code and the license to your needs.
3298 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
3299 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
3303 ** Incompatible changes
3305 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
3307 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
3309 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
3311 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
3312 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
3313 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
3314 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
3317 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
3319 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
3320 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
3321 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
3323 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
3325 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
3326 =org-agenda-span= instead.
3328 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
3330 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
3332 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
3333 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
3334 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
3335 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
3336 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
3338 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
3339 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
3340 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
3341 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
3342 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
3343 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
3345 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
3346 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
3347 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
3350 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
3353 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
3354 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
3355 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
3356 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
3358 The two new variables are:
3360 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
3361 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
3362 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
3363 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
3364 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
3365 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
3366 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
3368 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
3369 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
3372 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
3375 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
3376 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
3377 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
3378 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
3380 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
3381 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
3382 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
3383 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
3386 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
3387 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
3388 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
3389 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
3390 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
3391 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
3394 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
3395 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
3396 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
3397 applies to the following packages:
3415 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
3416 you are using, you can remove it from
3417 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
3418 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
3421 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
3422 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
3423 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
3424 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
3425 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
3428 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
3430 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
3431 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3432 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3435 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3437 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3439 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3441 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3443 ** Important new features
3445 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3447 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3449 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3450 for more information on how to customize it.
3452 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3454 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3455 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3456 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3457 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3459 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3460 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3461 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3463 To switch over to the new system:
3467 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3469 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3470 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3471 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3472 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3473 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3475 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3477 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3480 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3483 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3485 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3486 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3487 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3488 with using both system in parallel.
3492 *** New Org libraries
3493 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3495 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3497 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3499 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3501 To use, put the following in your init file:
3504 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3507 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3508 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3509 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3510 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3511 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3512 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3513 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3514 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3515 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3518 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3520 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3521 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3523 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3525 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3526 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3527 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3530 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3531 call function to do something special with text links.
3533 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3535 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3537 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3538 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3539 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3542 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3544 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3546 *** New Babel libraries
3548 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3549 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3550 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3551 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3552 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3553 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3554 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3556 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3560 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3562 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3563 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3564 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3565 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3566 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3567 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3569 The key new functions are
3571 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3572 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3573 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3575 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3576 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3578 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3579 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3581 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3582 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3584 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3586 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3587 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3588 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3590 **** Modified link escaping
3592 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3594 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3595 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3596 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3597 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3600 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3601 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3602 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3603 : percent escaped links are solved.
3605 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3607 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3609 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3610 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3612 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3614 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3616 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3617 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3618 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3619 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3620 string to be executed.
3622 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3623 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3627 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3628 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3631 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3635 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3637 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3638 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3639 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3640 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3642 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3643 will work on the current entry.
3645 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3646 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3648 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3650 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3652 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3655 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3656 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3661 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3663 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3664 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3665 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3667 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3669 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3670 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3671 entries using a function.
3673 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3674 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3675 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3677 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3679 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3680 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3681 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3683 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3685 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3686 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3687 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3688 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3689 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3690 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3692 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3696 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3698 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3699 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3701 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3702 docstring of these variable for details about available
3705 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3706 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3707 formatting string will insert a string.
3709 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3711 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3712 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3713 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3714 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3715 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3716 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3717 C-e u=, respectively.
3719 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3720 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3721 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3722 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3723 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3726 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3728 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3729 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3731 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3733 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3734 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3736 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3738 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3739 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3740 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3741 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3742 section]] in the manual for more details.
3744 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3745 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3746 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3751 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3753 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3754 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3755 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3756 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3757 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3759 **** New logging support for refiling
3761 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3762 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3765 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
3769 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
3771 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
3775 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
3777 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
3778 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
3780 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
3782 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
3783 the displayed in the buffer.
3785 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
3787 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
3789 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
3790 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
3792 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
3793 |--------+--------+---------|
3794 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
3795 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
3797 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
3800 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
3803 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
3805 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
3807 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
3808 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
3815 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
3816 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
3819 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
3821 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
3823 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
3824 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
3826 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
3830 **** Improved handling of lists
3832 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
3834 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
3835 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
3836 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
3839 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
3840 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
3841 counters like [@c] or [@W].
3843 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
3844 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
3845 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
3846 `org-list-export-context'.
3848 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
3849 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
3850 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
3852 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
3853 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
3854 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
3855 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
3856 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
3858 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
3859 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
3860 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
3862 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
3864 *** Inline display of linked images
3866 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
3867 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
3868 that have no description part will be inlined.
3870 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
3872 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
3873 from 1, you can now do it like this:
3875 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
3877 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
3879 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
3880 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
3881 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
3882 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
3883 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
3884 into account all header arguments, and variables.
3886 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
3887 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
3888 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
3891 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
3892 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
3893 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
3894 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
3895 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
3896 properties or in tables.
3898 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
3899 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
3900 names, and rownames across all languages.
3902 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
3904 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
3906 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
3907 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
3908 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
3910 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
3912 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
3913 request by Scott Otterson.
3915 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
3917 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
3918 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
3919 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
3920 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
3921 superscripts, see the variable
3922 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
3924 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
3926 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
3928 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
3929 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
3930 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
3931 following new faces:
3933 =org-document-title=
3935 =org-document-info-keyword=
3937 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
3938 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
3940 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
3942 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
3944 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
3945 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
3946 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
3947 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
3948 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
3949 property is affected by this setting.
3951 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
3952 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
3954 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
3956 Requested by Michael Brand.
3958 **** Better level cycling function
3960 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
3961 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
3962 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
3963 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
3965 **** Adaptive filling
3967 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
3968 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
3969 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
3970 comments to be filled correctly.
3972 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
3974 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
3976 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
3978 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
3980 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
3981 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
3983 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
3987 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
3989 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
3990 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
3991 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
3992 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
3994 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
3996 **** Localized clock tables
3998 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
3999 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
4000 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
4001 available translated strings.
4003 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
4005 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
4006 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
4007 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
4008 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
4010 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
4012 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
4014 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
4015 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
4016 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
4017 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
4020 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
4024 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
4026 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
4027 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
4029 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
4031 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
4033 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
4034 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
4035 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
4038 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
4041 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
4043 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
4044 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
4049 org-table-current-line
4053 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
4055 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
4056 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
4059 This was requested by Tom.
4061 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
4063 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
4064 example by viewing from the agenda.
4066 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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