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14 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** Removal of OrgStruct mode mode and radio lists
17 OrgStruct minor mode and radio lists mechanism (~org-list-send-list~
18 and ~org-list-radio-lists-templates~) are removed from the code base.
20 *** Change to Noweb expansion
22 Expansion check =:noweb-ref= only if no matching named block is found
23 in the buffer. As a consequence, any =:noweb-ref= value matching the
24 name of a source block in the buffer is ignored. A simple fix is to
25 give every concerned source-block, including the named one, a new,
26 unique, Noweb reference.
30 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
34 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb-ref foo
38 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb yes
47 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb-ref bar
51 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb-ref bar
55 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb yes
60 *** Change ~org-calendar-to-agenda-key~ value
62 Default value and accepted value types changed. See [[doc:org-calendar-to-agenda-key][docstring]] for
65 *** Change ~org-structure-template-alist~ value
67 With the new template expansion mechanism (see
68 [[*~org-insert-structure-template~]] and =org-tempo.el=), the variable
69 changed its data type. See docstring for details.
71 *** Change ~org-set-effort~ signature
72 See docstring for details.
73 *** Placeholders in =(eval ...)= macros are always strings
75 Within =(eval ...)= macros, =$1=-like placeholders are always replaced
76 with a string. As a consequence, they must not be enclosed within
77 quotes. As an illustration, consider the following, now valid,
81 ,#+macro: join (eval (concat $1 $2))
82 ,#+macro: sum (eval (+ (string-to-number $1) (string-to-number $2)))
88 However, there is no change in non-eval macros:
91 ,#+macro: disp argument: $1
93 {{{disp(text)}}} => argument: text
96 *** =align= STARTUP value no longer narrow table columns
98 Columns narrowing (or shrinking) is now dynamic. See [[*Dynamically
99 narrow table columns]] for details. In particular, it is decoupled from
102 If you need to automatically shrink columns upon opening an Org
103 document, use =shrink= value instead, or in addition to align:
106 ,#+STARTUP: align shrink
109 *** Alphabetic sorting in tables and lists
111 When sorting alphabetically, ~org-table-sort-lines~ and ~org-sort-list~
112 now sort according to the locale’s collation rules instead of by
116 *** Add ~:results link~ support for Babel
118 With this output format, create a link to the file specified in
119 ~:file~ header argument, without actually writing any result to it:
122 ,#+begin_src shell :dir "data/tmp" :results link :file "crackzor_1.0.c.gz"
123 wget -c "http://ben.akrin.com/crackzor/crackzor_1.0.c.gz"
127 [[file:data/tmp/crackzor_1.0.c.gz]]
130 *** Add ~:session~ support of ob-js for js-comint
131 #+begin_src js :session "*Javascript REPL*"
132 console.log("stardiviner")
134 *** Add ~:session~ support of ob-js for Indium
135 #+begin_src js :session "*JS REPL*"
136 console.log("stardiviner")
138 *** Add ~:session~ support of ob-js for skewer-mode
139 #+begin_src js :session "*skewer-repl*"
140 console.log("stardiviner")
142 *** Add support for links to LaTeX equations in HTML export
143 Use MathJax links when enabled (by ~org-html-with-latex~), otherwise
144 add a label to the rendered equation.
145 *** Org Tempo may used for snippet expansion of structure template.
146 See manual and the commentary section in ~org-tempo.el~ for details.
147 *** Exclude unnumbered headlines from table of contents
148 Set their =UNNUMBERED= property to the special =notoc= value. See
150 *** ~org-archive~ functions update status cookies
152 Archiving headers through ~org-archive-subtree~ and
153 ~org-archive-to-archive-sibling~ such as the ones listed below:
161 Will update the status cookie in the top level header.
163 *** Disable =org-agenda-overriding-header= by setting to empty string
165 The ~org-agenda-overriding-header~ inserted into agenda views can now
166 be disabled by setting it to an empty string.
168 *** Dynamically narrow table columns
170 With ~C-c TAB~, it is now possible to narrow a column to the width
171 specified by a width cookie in the column, or to 1 character if there
172 is no such cookie. The same keybinding expands a narrowed column to
175 Editing the column automatically expands the whole column to its full
178 *** =org-columns-summary-types= entries can take an optional COLLECT function
180 You can use this to make collection of a property from an entry
181 conditional on another entry. E.g. given this configuration:
183 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
184 (defun custom/org-collect-confirmed (property)
185 "Return `PROPERTY' for `CONFIRMED' entries"
186 (let ((prop (org-entry-get nil property))
187 (confirmed (org-entry-get nil "CONFIRMED")))
188 (if (and prop (string= "[X]" confirmed))
192 (setq org-columns-summary-types
193 '(("X+" org-columns--summary-sum
194 custom/org-collect-confirmed)))
197 You can have a file =bananas.org= containing:
200 ,#+columns: %ITEM %CONFIRMED %Bananas{+} %Bananas(Confirmed Bananas){X+}
216 ... and when going to the top of that file and entering column view
217 you should expect to see something like:
219 | ITEM | CONFIRMED | Bananas | Confirmed Bananas |
220 |---------------+-----------+---------+-------------------|
221 | All shipments | | 11 | 4 |
222 | Shipment 1 | [X] | 4 | 4 |
223 | Shipment 2 | [ ] | 7 | 7 |
228 *** Add support for Oracle's database alias in Babel blocks
229 =ob-sql= library already support running SQL blocks against an Oracle
230 database using ~sqlplus~. Now it's possible to use alias names
231 defined in =TNSNAMES= file instead of specifying full connection
232 parameters. See example bellow.
235 you can use the previous full connection parameters
236 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine oracle :dbuser me :dbpassword my_insecure_password :database my_db_name :dbhost my_db_host :dbport 1521
237 select sysdate from dual;
240 or the alias defined in your TNSNAMES file
241 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine oracle :dbuser me :dbpassword my_insecure_password :database my_tns_alias
242 select sysdate from dual;
247 *** ~org-insert-structure-template~
249 This function can be used to wrap existing text of Org elements in
250 a #+BEGIN_FOO/#+END_FOO block. Bound to C-c C-x w by default.
252 *** ~org-export-excluded-from-toc-p~
254 See docstring for details.
256 *** ~org-timestamp-to-time~
257 *** ~org-timestamp-from-string~
258 *** ~org-timestamp-from-time~
259 *** ~org-attach-dired-to-subtree~
261 See docstring for details.
264 *** ~org-outline-overlay-data~
265 Use ~org-save-outline-visibility~ instead.
266 *** ~org-set-outline-overlay-data~
267 Use ~org-save-outline-visibility~ instead.
268 *** ~org-get-string-indentation~
269 It was not used throughout the code base.
270 *** ~org-fix-indentation~
271 It was not used throughout code base.
273 Use ~org-element-at-point~ instead.
274 *** ~org-try-structure-completion~
275 Org Tempo may be used as a replacement. See details above.
278 *** org-babel-use-quick-and-dirty-noweb-expansion
282 *** New default value for ~org-texinfo-table-scientific-notation~
284 It is now nil, which means numbers in scientific notation are not
285 handled specially by default.
287 *** New default value for ~org-latex-table-scientific-notation~
289 It is now nil, which means numbers in scientific notation are not
290 handled specially by default.
292 *** New face: ~org-upcoming-distant-deadline~
294 It is meant to be used as the face for distant deadlines, see
295 ~org-agenda-deadline-faces~
297 *** ~org-paste-subtree~ no longer breaks sections
299 Unless point is at the beginning of a headline, ~org-paste-subtree~
300 now pastes the tree before the next visible headline. If you need to
301 break the section, use ~org-yank~ instead.
303 *** ~org-table-insert-column~ inserts a column to the right
305 It used to insert it on the left. With this change,
306 ~org-table-insert-column~ and ~org-table-delete-column~ are
309 *** ~org-publish-resolve-external-link~ accepts a new optional argument.
310 *** ~org-irc.el~ now supports exporting =irc:= links properly
312 Previously, irc links were exported by ~ox-md~ and ~ox-html~ as normal
313 file links, which lead to them being broken in web browsers. Now both
314 of these exporters will properly export to =irc:= links, which will
315 open properly in irc clients from web browsers.
317 *** ~org-comment-dwim~ (bound to =M-;=) now comments headings, if point is on a heading
318 *** Add support for open source block in window below
320 Set option ~org-src-window-setup~ to ~split-window-below~.
322 *** Alphabetic sorting in headings and tags now uses the locale’s sorting rules
324 When sorting alphabetically, ~org-sort-entries~ and
325 ~org-tags-sort-function~ now sort according to the locale’s collation
326 rules instead of by code-point.
329 ** Incompatible changes
331 *** Variables relative to clocksum duration are obsolete
333 ~org-time-clocksum-format~, ~org-time-clocksum-use-fractional~ and
334 ~org-time-clocksum-fractional-format~ are obsolete. If you changed
335 them, consider modifying ~org-duration-format~ instead.
337 Variable ~org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations~ is also obsolete.
338 Consider setting ~org-duration-units~ instead.
340 *** ~org-at-timestamp-p~ optional argument accepts different values
342 See docstrings for the allowed values. For backward compatibility,
343 ~(org-at-timestamp-p t)~ is still supported, but should be updated
346 *** ~org-capture-templates~ no longer accepts S-expressions as file names
348 Since functions are allowed there, a straightforward way to migrate
355 : (file (lambda () (sexp)))
357 *** Deleted contributed packages
359 =org-ebib.el, =org-bullets.el= and =org-mime.el= have been deleted
360 from the contrib/ directory.
362 You can now find them here :
364 - https://github.com/joostkremers/ebib
365 - https://github.com/sabof/org-bullets
366 - https://github.com/org-mime/org-mime
368 *** Change ~org-texinfo-classes~ value
369 The value cannot support functions to create sectioning commands
370 anymore. Also, the sectioning commands should include commands for
371 appendices. See the docstring for more information.
372 *** Removal of ~:sitemap-sans-extension~
374 The publishing property is no longer recognized, as a consequence of
375 changes to site-map generation.
377 You can get the same functionality by setting ~:sitemap-format-entry~
381 (lambda (entry style project)
382 (cond ((not (directory-name-p entry))
383 (format "[[file:%s][%s]]"
384 (file-name-sans-extension entry)
385 (org-publish-find-title entry project)))
386 ((eq style 'tree) (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name entry)))
390 *** Change signature for ~:sitemap-function~
392 ~:sitemap-function~ now expects to be called with two arguments. See
393 ~org-publish-project-alist~ for details.
395 *** Change signature for some properties in ~org-list-to-generic~
397 ~:istart~, ~:icount~, ~:iend~ and ~:isep~ now expect the type of the
398 list as their first argument.
400 *** Change signature for ~org-get-repeater~
401 The optional argument is now a string to extract the repeater from.
402 See docstring for details.
404 *** Change signature for ~org-time-string-to-time~
405 See docstring for changes.
407 *** Change order of items in ~org-agenda-time-grid~
408 ~org-agenda-time-grid~ gained an extra item to allow users to customize
409 the string displayed after times in the agenda. See docstring for
412 *** ~tags-todo~ custom searches now include DONE keywords
414 Use "/!" markup when filtering TODO keywords to get only not-done TODO
417 *** ~org-split-string~ returns ~("")~ when called on an empty string
418 It used to return nil.
419 *** Removal of =ob-scala.el=
421 See [[https://github.com/ensime/emacs-scala-mode/issues/114][this github issue]].
423 You can use =ob-scala.el= as packaged in scala-mode, available from the
427 *** iCalendar export uses inheritance for TIMEZONE and LOCATION properties
428 Both these properties can be inherited during iCalendar export,
429 depending on the value of ~org-use-property-inheritance~.
430 *** iCalendar export respects a TIMEZONE property
431 Set the TIMEZONE property on an entry to specify a time zone for that
432 entry only during iCalendar export. The property value should be
433 specified as in "Europe/London".
434 *** ~org-attach~ can move directory contents
435 When setting a new directory for an entry, org-attach offers to move
436 files over from the old directory. Using a prefix arg will reset the
437 directory to old, ID based one.
438 *** New Org duration library
439 This new library implements tools to read and print time durations in
440 various formats (e.g., "H:MM", or "1d 2h 3min"...).
442 See ~org-duration-to-minutes~ and ~org-duration-from-minutes~
446 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~
447 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~
448 **** New variable : ~org-deadline-past-days~
449 See docstring for details.
450 **** Binding C-c C-x < for ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
451 **** New auto-align default setting for =org-agenda-tags-column=
453 =org-agenda-tags-column= can now be set to =auto=, which will
454 automatically align tags to the right edge of the window. This is now
456 *** New value for ~org-publish-sitemap-sort-folders~
458 The new ~ignore~ value effectively allows toggling inclusion of
459 directories in published site-maps.
463 **** Scheme: support for tables
464 **** Scheme: new variable: ~org-babel-scheme-null-to~
466 This new custom option allows you to use an empty list or null symbol to
467 format the table output, initially assigned to ~hlines~.
469 **** Scheme: new header ~:prologue~
471 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
472 developers to prepend code to the scheme block being processed.
474 Multiple ~:prologue~ headers can be added each of them using a string
475 with the content to be added.
477 The scheme blocks are prepared by surrounding the code in the block
478 with a let form. The content of the ~:prologue~ headers are prepended
479 before this let form.
481 **** Support for hledger accounting reports added
482 **** Clojure: new setting ~org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout~
484 Creation of a new setting to specify the Cider timeout. By setting
485 the =org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout= setting option. The value
486 is in seconds and if set to =nil= then no timeout will occur.
487 **** Clojure: new header ~:show-process~
489 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
490 developers to output the process of an ongoing process into a new
493 You can tell Org Babel to output the process of a running code block.
495 To show that output you only have to specify the =:show-process=
496 option in the code block's header like this:
499 ,#+BEGIN_SRC clojure :results output :show-process t
506 If =:show-process= is specified that way, then when you will run the
507 code using =C-c C-c= a new window will open in Emacs. Everything that
508 is output by the REPL will immediately be added to that new window.
510 When the processing of the code is finished, then the window and its
511 buffer will be closed and the results will be reported in the
514 Note that the =:results= parameter's behavior is *not* changed. If
515 =silent= is specified, then no result will be displayed. If =output=
516 is specified then all the output from the window will appears in the
517 results section. If =value= is specified, then only the last returned
518 value of the code will be displayed in the results section.
520 **** Maxima: new headers ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~
521 Babel options ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~ have been implemented for
522 Maxima src blocks which prepend and append, respectively, the given
523 code strings. This can be useful for specifying formatting settings
524 which would add clutter to exported code. For instance, you can use
525 this ~:prologue "fpprintprec: 2; linel: 50;"~ for presenting Maxima
526 results in a beamer presentation.
527 **** PlantUML: add support for header arguments
529 [[http://plantuml.com/][Plantuml]] source blocks now support the [[https://orgmode.org/manual/prologue.html#prologue][~:prologue~]], [[https://orgmode.org/manual/epilogue.html#epilogue][~:epilogue~]] and
530 [[https://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] header arguments.
532 **** SQL: new engine added ~sqsh~
534 A new engine was added to support ~sqsh~ command line utility for use
535 against Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase SQL server.
537 More information on ~sqsh~ can be found here: [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqsh/][sourceforge/sqsh]]
539 To use ~sqsh~ in an *sql* =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
542 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine sqsh :dbhost my_host :dbuser master :dbpassword pass :database support
548 **** SQL: new engine added =vertica=
550 A new engine was added to support vsql command line utility for use
553 More information on =vsql= can be found here: [[https://my.vertica.com/docs/7.2.x/HTML/index.htm#Authoring/ConnectingToHPVertica/vsql/UsingVsql.htm][my.vertica.com]]
555 To use =vertica= in an sql =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
558 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine vertica :dbhost my_host :dbuser dbadmin :dbpassword pw :database vmart
562 **** C++: New header ~:namespaces~
564 The new ~:namespaces~ export option can be used to specify namespaces
565 to be used within a C++ org source block. Its usage is similar to
566 ~:includes~, in that it can accept multiple, space-separated
567 namespaces to use. This header is equivalent to adding ~using
568 namespace <name>;~ in the source block. Here is a "Hello World" in C++
572 ,#+BEGIN_SRC C++ :results output :namespaces std :includes <iostream>
573 cout << "Hello World" << endl;
577 **** Support for Vala language
579 [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala][Vala]] language blocks support two special header arguments:
581 - ~:flags~ passes arguments to the compiler
582 - ~:cmdline~ passes commandline arguments to the generated executable
584 Support for [[https://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] does not exist yet, also there is no [[https://orgmode.org/manual/session.html#session][~:session~]]
585 support because Vala is a compiled language.
587 The Vala compiler binary can be changed via the ~defcustom~
588 ~org-babel-vala-compiler~.
590 *** New ~function~ scope argument for the Clock Table
591 Added a nullary function that returns a list of files as a possible
592 argument for the scope of the clock table.
594 **** Implement vernacular table of contents in Markdown exporter
595 Global table of contents are generated using vanilla Markdown syntax
596 instead of HTML. Also #+TOC keyword, including local table of
597 contents, are now supported.
598 **** Add Slovenian translations
599 **** Implement ~org-export-insert-image-links~
600 This new function is meant to be used in back-ends supporting images
601 as descriptions of links, a.k.a. image links. See its docstring for
603 **** New macro : ~{{{n}}}~
604 This macro creates and increment multiple counters in a document. See
606 **** Add global macros through ~org-export-global-macros~
607 With this variable, one can define macros available for all documents.
608 **** New keyword ~#+EXPORT_FILE_NAME~
609 Similarly to ~:EXPORT_FILE_NAME:~ property, this keyword allows the
610 user to specify the name of the output file upon exporting the
611 document. This also has an effect on publishing.
612 **** Horizontal rules are no longer ignored in LaTeX table math mode
613 **** Use ~compilation-mode~ for compilation output
614 **** Plain lists accept a new ~:separator~ attribute in Texinfo
616 The new ~:separator~ attribute splits a tag from a description list
617 item into multiple parts. This allows to have two-column tables with
618 multiple entries in the first column. See manual for more details.
620 **** ~latex-environment~ elements support ~caption~ keywords for LaTeX export
621 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit LaTeX environments
623 Using ~C-c '~ on a LaTeX environment opens a sub-editing buffer. By
624 default, major mode in that buffer is ~latex-mode~, but it can be
625 changed by configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~.
627 *** ~org-list-to-generic~ includes a new property: ~:ifmt~
629 ~:ifmt~ is a function to be called on the body of each item. See
630 ~org-list-to-generic~ documentation for details.
632 *** New variable : ~org-bibtex-headline-format-function~
633 This allow to use a different title than entry title.
635 *** ~org-attach~ supports attaching files from URLs
637 Using ~C-c C-a u~ prompts for a URL pointing to a file to be attached
640 *** New option for ~org-refile-use-outline-path~
641 ~org-refile-use-outline-path~ now supports the setting ~buffer-name~,
642 which causes refile targets to be prefixed with the buffer’s
643 name. This is particularly useful when used in conjunction with
646 *** ~org-file-contents~ now allows the FILE argument to be a URL.
647 This allows ~#+SETUPFILE:~ to accept a URL instead of a local file
648 path. The URL contents are auto-downloaded and saved to a temporary
649 cache ~org--file-cache~. A new optional argument ~NOCACHE~ is added
650 to ~org-file-contents~.
652 *** ~org-mode-restart~ now resets the newly added ~org--file-cache~.
653 Using ~C-c C-c~ on any keyword (like ~#+SETUPFILE~) will reset the
656 *** New option : ~org-table-duration-hour-zero-padding~
657 This variable allow computed durations in tables to be zero-padded.
659 *** New mode switch for table formulas : =U=
660 This mode omits seconds in durations.
666 This feature has been removed. Use a custom agenda view, possibly
667 narrowed to current buffer to achieve a similar functionality.
669 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
671 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
673 *** ~org-agenda-skip-subtree-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
675 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
677 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches-in-subtree~ is obsolete
679 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
681 *** ~org-minutes-to-clocksum-string~ is obsolete
683 Use ~org-duration-from-minutes~ instead.
685 *** ~org-hh:mm-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
687 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
689 *** ~org-duration-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
691 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
693 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-cached-article-number~ is removed.
695 This function relied on ~nnimap-group-overview-filename~, which was
696 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
700 *** ~org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all~ is removed.
702 For an equivalent to a ~nil~ value, set
703 ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~ to nil and
704 ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~ to ~t~.
706 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-query-article-no-from-file~ is removed.
708 This variable has no effect, as it was relying on a function that was
709 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
711 *** ~org-usenet-links-prefer-google~ is obsolete.
713 Use ~org-gnus-prefer-web-links~ instead.
715 *** ~org-publish-sitemap-file-entry-format~ is deprecated
717 One can provide new ~:sitemap-format-entry~ property for a function
718 equivalent to the removed format string.
720 *** ~org-enable-table-editor~ is removed.
722 Setting it to a ~nil~ value broke some other features (e.g., speed
725 *** ~org-export-use-babel~ cannot be set to ~inline-only~
727 The variable is now a boolean.
729 *** ~org-texinfo-def-table-markup~ is obsolete
731 Use ~org-texinfo-table-default-markup~ instead.
735 *** ~org-publish-find-property~
737 This function can be used as a tool to format entries in a site-map,
738 in addition to ~org-publish-find-title~ and ~org-publish-find-date~.
740 *** ~org-list-to-org~
742 It is the reciprocal of ~org-list-to-lisp~, which see.
744 *** ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
746 Call ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock~ from the agenda.
750 *** The Library of Babel now on Worg
752 The library-of-babel.org used to be accessible from the =doc/=
753 directory, distributed with Org’s core. It is now accessible
754 from the Worg community-driven documentation [[https://orgmode.org/worg/library-of-babel.html][here]].
756 If you want to contribute to it, please see [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html][how to contribute]].
758 *** Allow multiple columns view
760 Columns view is not limited to a single buffer anymore.
761 *** Org Attach obeys ~dired-dwim-target~
763 When a Dired buffer is opened next to the Org document being edited,
764 the prompt for file to attach can start in the Dired buffer's
765 directory if `dired-dwim-target' in non-nil.
767 *** ~org-fill-paragraph~ can now fill a whole region
768 *** More specific anniversary descriptions
770 Anniversary descriptions (used in the agenda view, for instance)
771 include the point in time, when the anniversary appears. This is,
772 in its most general form, just the date of the anniversary. Or
773 more specific terms, like "today", "tomorrow" or "in n days" are
774 used to describe the time span.
776 This feature allows to automatically change the description of an
777 anniversary, depending on if it occurs in the next few days or
778 far away in the future.
780 *** Computed dates in tables appear as inactive time stamps
782 *** Save point before opening a file with an unknown search option
784 When following a file link with a search option (e.g., =::#custom-id=)
785 that doesn't exist in the target file, save position before raising an
786 error. As a consequence, it is possible to jump back to the original
787 document with ~org-mark-ring-goto~ (default binding =C-c &=).
789 *** ~org-get-heading~ accepts two more optional arguments
791 See docstring for details.
793 *** New option ~org-babel-uppercase-example-markers~
795 This variable is a ~defcustom~ and replaces the variable
796 ~org-babel-capitalize-example-region-markers~, which is a ~defvar~ and
798 *** =INCLUDE= keywords in commented trees are now ignored.
799 *** Default value for ~org-texinfo-text-markup-alist~ changed.
801 Now ~=...=~ markup uses ~@samp{}~ instead of ~@verb{}~. You can use
802 ~@verb{}~ again by customizing the variable.
803 *** Texinfo exports example blocks as ~@example~
804 *** Texinfo exports inline src blocks as ~@code{}~
805 *** Texinfo default table markup is ~@asis~
806 It used to be ~@samp~ but ~@asis~ is neutral and, therefore, more
807 suitable as a default value.
808 *** Texinfo default process includes ~--no-split~ option
809 *** New entities : ~\dollar~ and ~\USD~
810 *** Support for date style URLs in =org-protocol://open-source=
811 URLs like =https://cool-blog.com/2017/05/20/cool-post/= are
812 covered by rewrite rules.
814 *** Add (C) =COMMENT= support to ~org-structure-template-alist~
818 ** Incompatible changes
820 *** Emacs 23 support has been dropped
822 From now on, Org expects at least Emacs 24.3, although Emacs 24.4 or
825 *** XEmacs support has been dropped
827 Incomplete compatibility layer with XEmacs has been removed. If you
828 want to take over maintenance of this compatibility, please contact
831 *** New syntax for export blocks
833 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
834 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
837 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
850 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
853 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
859 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
862 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
863 using previous syntax:
865 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
866 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
867 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
869 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
870 (let ((case-fold-search t)
871 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
872 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
873 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
875 (org-with-wide-buffer
876 (goto-char (point-min))
877 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
879 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
880 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
881 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
883 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
884 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
887 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
888 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
890 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
891 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
892 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
893 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
894 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
895 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
898 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~ and
899 ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to be
904 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
906 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
907 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
908 constructs are now unsupported.
910 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them into
913 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
915 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
916 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
917 consider using the =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
919 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
922 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
924 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
925 S-expressions. Replacing an S-expression with an appropriate function
926 is straightforward. For example
932 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
934 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can get time via =vc=
936 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
937 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
939 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
941 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
942 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
943 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
945 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
947 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
959 should be written instead
964 :header-args: :exports code
965 :header-args+: :var a=1 b=2
966 :header-args+: :var c=3
970 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
971 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
975 *** ~org-eww~ has been moved into core
976 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
978 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
981 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
982 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
985 Old-style links such as
986 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
987 continue to be supported.
989 If you have defined your own handler functions for
990 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
991 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
992 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into property
995 *** New Org linter library
997 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
999 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
1001 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
1002 entries are added to last in the date tree.
1004 *** New ~vbar~ entity
1006 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionally as a =|=,
1007 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
1008 a HTML derived export back-end.
1012 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
1014 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
1017 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
1019 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
1020 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
1022 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
1024 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
1025 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
1026 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
1029 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
1031 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
1032 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
1034 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
1036 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
1037 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
1038 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
1039 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
1041 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
1043 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
1044 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
1045 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
1048 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
1050 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
1051 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
1052 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
1053 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
1054 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
1057 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
1058 ;; this will export with line number 20
1059 (message "This is line 21")
1061 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
1062 ;; This will be listed as line 31
1063 (message "This is line 32")
1067 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
1069 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
1070 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
1073 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
1075 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
1076 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
1077 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width of
1078 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
1080 **** Markdown footnote export customization
1082 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
1083 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
1084 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
1085 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
1089 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
1091 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
1093 **** Support for Lua language
1094 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
1096 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
1098 **** Support for Stan language
1100 New ob-stan.el library.
1102 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
1104 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
1106 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
1107 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
1109 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
1111 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
1112 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
1113 that does not end in ".stan".
1115 For more information and usage examples, visit
1116 https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
1118 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
1120 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
1121 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
1129 :database <database>
1130 :dbpassword <secret>
1133 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
1135 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
1136 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
1137 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
1144 :dbpassword <secret>
1145 :database <database>
1148 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
1149 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the properties.
1151 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
1152 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
1154 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
1156 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
1157 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
1159 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
1161 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
1171 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
1180 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
1181 using the :file property, e.g.:
1183 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
1185 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
1186 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
1188 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
1189 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
1193 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needs additional
1194 setup in addition to plantuml. See [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for
1195 details and setup information.
1197 *** Rewrite of radio lists
1199 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
1200 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
1201 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
1204 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
1206 Used like ~org-bbdb-anniversaries~, it provides a few days warning for
1207 upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
1209 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
1211 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
1212 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
1214 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
1216 *** Support for ISO week trees
1218 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
1219 by ISO week and not by month.
1226 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
1228 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
1229 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
1231 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
1233 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
1234 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
1236 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
1240 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
1242 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
1243 buffer unconditionally.
1245 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
1247 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
1249 **** Allow custom summaries
1251 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
1252 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
1254 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
1256 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
1259 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
1260 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
1262 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
1265 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
1267 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~ allows
1268 to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any upper case
1269 character (or character class), the search is case sensitive.
1270 Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
1272 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
1274 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
1277 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
1279 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
1280 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
1281 the manual for details.
1283 *** Links are now customizable
1285 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
1286 etc. Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
1290 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
1292 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
1294 *** ~org-show-children~
1296 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
1298 ** Removed functions
1300 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
1302 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
1304 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
1306 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
1308 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
1310 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
1312 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
1314 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
1316 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
1318 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
1320 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
1322 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
1323 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
1325 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
1327 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
1329 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
1331 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
1332 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
1334 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
1336 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
1338 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
1340 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
1342 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
1344 The affected functions are:
1347 - ~org-remove-if-not~
1352 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
1353 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
1354 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
1358 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
1360 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
1361 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
1362 let those libraries operate.
1364 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
1366 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
1369 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1371 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
1374 *** Add Icelandic smart quotes
1375 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
1376 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
1378 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
1379 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
1380 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
1381 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
1383 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1384 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
1386 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
1387 current project. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
1390 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
1392 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
1395 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
1397 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
1398 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
1399 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
1400 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
1401 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
1403 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
1404 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
1405 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
1406 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
1408 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
1410 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
1411 to the article's original group.
1413 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
1415 The calling convention has changed.
1417 *** HTML export table row customization changes
1419 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
1420 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
1421 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
1422 called with 6 parameters.
1424 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
1425 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
1427 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
1429 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
1431 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
1432 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
1433 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
1434 the end of the string.
1436 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
1438 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
1439 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
1440 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
1442 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1444 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
1445 For most folks this file does not exist.
1446 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
1448 : <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1450 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other
1453 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
1455 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
1456 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
1457 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
1458 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
1459 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
1460 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
1461 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
1464 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
1466 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
1469 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
1471 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
1472 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
1473 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
1475 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
1476 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
1478 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
1479 indication letter was solely J.
1481 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
1483 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
1484 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
1485 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
1487 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
1489 The experimental variable used to be more or less confidential, as
1492 *** New ~:format~ property to parsed links
1494 It defines the format of the original link. Possible values are:
1495 ~plain~, ~bracket~ and ~angle~.
1499 ** Incompatible changes
1501 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
1503 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
1504 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
1506 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
1507 logged before the property drawer.
1509 The following function will repair them:
1511 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1512 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
1513 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
1514 Ignore non Org buffers."
1515 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
1516 (org-with-wide-buffer
1517 (goto-char (point-min))
1518 (let ((case-fold-search t)
1519 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
1520 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
1524 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
1526 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
1528 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
1529 (when (and (< (point) end)
1530 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
1532 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
1533 (eq (org-element-type
1534 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
1536 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
1538 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
1539 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
1542 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
1544 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
1545 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
1546 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
1547 into account when exporting.
1549 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
1550 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
1552 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
1554 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
1555 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
1558 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
1559 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
1564 :CATEGORY: some category
1568 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
1570 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
1571 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
1572 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
1575 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
1577 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
1578 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
1580 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
1581 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
1583 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
1585 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
1586 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
1588 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
1590 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
1591 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~
1592 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
1593 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
1594 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
1596 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
1598 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
1599 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
1601 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
1603 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
1604 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
1605 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
1607 *** Functions signature changes
1609 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
1610 docstring for more information.
1612 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
1613 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
1614 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
1615 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
1616 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
1621 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
1623 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical
1624 scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
1626 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
1629 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
1632 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
1633 :lexical '((x . 42))
1635 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
1637 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
1638 without changing the headline.
1640 *** Hierarchies of tags
1642 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
1643 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
1644 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
1646 The following in-buffer definition:
1649 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
1650 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
1651 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
1654 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
1664 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
1665 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
1667 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
1669 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
1671 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
1672 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
1674 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
1675 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
1676 non-exclusive syntax. This behavior is achieved with [ ]. Note: { }
1677 can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the given
1678 tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
1680 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
1686 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
1689 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
1691 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
1694 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
1697 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
1699 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
1700 regular expression matches for P@.+. This is good for example for
1701 projects tagged with a common identifier, i.e. P@2014_OrgTags.
1703 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
1705 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filters all of the related tags.
1706 Except if a filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
1708 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
1711 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
1712 is also used as a filter.
1714 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
1716 Now uses the argument ARG and optional argument exclude instead of
1717 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
1718 makes more sense than strip now. The term "narrowing" is changed to
1721 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
1722 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
1724 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
1726 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
1728 *** Babel: support for Processing language
1730 New ob-processing.el library.
1732 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
1733 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
1734 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
1736 Check the documentation for more details.
1738 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
1740 *** New behavior for ~org-toggle-latex-fragment~
1742 The new behavior is the following:
1744 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument when
1745 point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the whole
1748 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
1751 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
1753 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
1755 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1757 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
1758 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
1760 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1762 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
1763 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
1766 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
1768 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
1769 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
1770 ~org-drawers~ variable.
1772 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
1774 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
1775 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
1776 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
1777 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
1779 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
1781 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
1782 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
1783 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
1786 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
1788 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch in
1791 *** New option in ASCII export
1793 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting ~org-ascii-list-margin~
1794 variable to an appropriate integer.
1796 *** New blocks in ASCII export
1798 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT=
1799 blocks. See documentation for details.
1801 *** More back-end specific publishing options
1803 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
1804 increased. See manual for details.
1806 *** Export inline source blocks
1808 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
1809 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
1810 in the output, depending on the parameters.
1812 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
1814 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
1816 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
1818 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
1820 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
1822 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
1823 more features. See docstring for details.
1825 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
1827 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
1829 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
1830 document, before wrapping it within the template.
1832 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
1834 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
1836 : This sentence is false.
1839 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
1841 *** Various improvements on radio tables
1843 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
1844 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
1845 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are new
1846 parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
1847 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
1848 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
1850 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
1852 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction
1853 with source blocks exported by the minted package.
1855 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
1857 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
1858 would throw an error. A new variable ~org-table-formula-create-columns~
1859 was added to adjust this behavior. It is now possible to silently add
1860 new columns, to do so with a warning or to explicitly ask the user
1865 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
1868 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
1870 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
1871 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
1873 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
1875 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
1877 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
1879 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is now
1880 deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
1881 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
1883 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1885 See the docstring for more information.
1887 *** Export unnumbered headlines
1889 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
1890 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
1891 property is inherited by children.
1893 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
1895 It is now possible to specify a function, both programmatically,
1896 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~ keys,
1899 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
1901 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See manual
1904 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
1906 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
1909 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
1911 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
1912 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
1914 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
1916 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
1917 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
1919 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
1921 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
1922 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
1925 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
1927 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
1928 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
1930 *** New entities family: "\_ "
1932 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
1933 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
1934 leading spaces within table cells.
1936 *** New MathJax configuration options
1938 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
1939 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
1941 *** New behavior in `org-export-options-alist'
1943 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
1944 `parse' behavior on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
1945 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
1947 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
1948 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
1949 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
1950 keywords and properties.
1952 *** Viewport support in html export
1954 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
1955 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
1957 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
1959 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
1962 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
1964 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
1965 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in a
1966 dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
1968 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
1970 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
1971 added to headline text.
1973 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
1975 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See the manual for details.
1977 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1979 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1980 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1983 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1985 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1986 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1988 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1990 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for the
1991 number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original subtree
1992 and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1994 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1996 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1998 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
2000 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
2001 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
2003 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
2005 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
2007 ** Removed functions
2009 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
2011 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
2013 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
2015 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
2016 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
2017 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
2018 accessible from the export dispatcher.
2020 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
2022 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
2024 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
2026 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
2027 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
2029 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
2031 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
2034 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
2036 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
2037 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
2041 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
2043 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
2046 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
2047 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
2049 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
2051 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
2052 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
2055 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
2057 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
2058 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
2060 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
2062 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name= at
2063 the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behavior is to use the value
2064 of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=. To chose
2065 a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind this
2068 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
2070 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
2071 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
2072 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
2073 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
2074 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
2076 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
2078 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
2079 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
2082 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
2084 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
2086 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
2088 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
2090 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
2092 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
2094 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
2096 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
2097 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
2098 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
2099 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
2101 *** Removed comment-related filters
2103 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
2104 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
2109 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
2111 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
2113 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
2115 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
2116 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
2118 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
2120 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
2121 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
2124 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
2126 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
2127 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
2129 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
2131 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
2133 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
2135 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
2136 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
2137 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
2138 particular test failure was introduced.
2140 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
2142 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
2143 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as well
2144 as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~ when
2145 ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
2147 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
2149 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
2150 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
2152 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
2154 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
2155 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~ now.
2157 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
2159 This helps spotting wrong links.
2163 ** Incompatible changes
2164 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
2165 This may require two changes in user config.
2167 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
2168 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
2169 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
2171 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
2173 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
2174 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
2175 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
2177 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
2178 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
2180 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
2184 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
2186 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
2188 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
2189 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
2190 option keywords like :html-include-style.
2192 So you need to replace
2194 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
2198 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
2200 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
2201 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
2203 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
2205 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
2206 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
2207 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
2209 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
2210 the other optional arguments accordingly.
2212 *** Export back-ends are now structures
2214 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
2215 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
2216 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
2219 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
2221 ** Important bugfixes
2223 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
2224 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
2226 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
2228 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
2229 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
2230 separator starting a TOTO match string.
2233 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
2235 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
2237 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
2239 - Support SVG images
2240 - Support for .pgf files
2241 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
2242 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
2243 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
2244 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
2245 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
2246 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
2247 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
2249 *** New functions for paragraph motion
2251 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
2252 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
2253 in a paragraph-like way.
2255 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2257 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
2258 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
2259 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
2260 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
2261 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
2263 *** Anonymous export back-ends
2265 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
2266 which can then be passed to export functions like
2267 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
2269 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
2270 registering a new back-end.
2272 *** New agenda fortnight view
2274 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
2275 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
2278 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
2280 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
2281 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
2283 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
2284 See https://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
2285 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
2287 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
2288 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
2290 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
2291 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
2292 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
2293 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
2294 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
2297 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
2299 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
2301 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
2303 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
2305 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
2307 See [[https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
2309 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
2311 If you set this to the following
2313 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
2315 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
2317 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
2319 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
2321 ** New contributed packages
2323 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
2324 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
2327 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
2328 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
2332 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
2334 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
2335 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
2336 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
2337 the same with example blocks.
2339 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
2346 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
2348 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
2351 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
2352 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
2353 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
2355 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
2356 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
2357 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
2358 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
2359 detailed explanations.
2361 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
2362 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
2363 function has been called already.
2365 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
2368 See https://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
2370 ** Incompatible changes
2372 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
2374 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
2376 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
2377 you will have to update them.
2379 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
2381 See https://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
2382 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
2384 **** New export engine
2386 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
2387 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
2388 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
2389 /all/ export back-ends.
2391 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
2392 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
2393 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
2394 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
2395 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
2397 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
2398 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
2400 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
2401 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
2402 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
2403 manual for details and check [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
2405 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
2407 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
2409 should now be written
2411 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
2413 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
2414 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
2415 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
2417 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
2419 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
2421 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
2424 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
2425 remember templates into capture templates.
2427 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
2429 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
2430 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
2432 **** Note for third-party developers
2434 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
2435 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
2436 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
2438 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
2441 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
2443 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
2444 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
2445 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
2447 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
2448 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
2449 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
2452 - org-colview-xemacs.el
2453 - org-mac-message.el
2459 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
2460 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
2461 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
2463 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
2464 wrote [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
2466 ** New packages in core
2468 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
2470 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
2472 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
2474 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
2476 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
2478 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
2479 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
2481 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2483 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
2485 ** New packages in contrib
2487 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
2489 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
2491 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
2494 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
2496 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
2497 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
2499 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
2502 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
2504 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
2506 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
2508 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
2510 Also see [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
2511 for starting headlines.
2513 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
2515 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
2516 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
2517 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
2518 [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
2520 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
2522 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
2524 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
2526 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
2527 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2530 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
2531 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2534 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
2536 The [[https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
2537 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
2540 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
2541 conversion from Org files to groff.
2543 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
2545 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
2547 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
2549 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
2550 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
2557 **** New export generic options
2559 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
2560 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
2562 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
2564 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
2565 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
2566 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
2567 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
2569 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
2570 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
2571 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
2572 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
2573 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
2574 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
2575 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
2576 contains time-stamps.
2578 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
2579 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
2580 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
2582 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
2584 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
2586 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
2588 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
2590 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
2591 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
2592 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
2593 *** Structure editing
2595 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
2596 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
2598 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
2599 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
2601 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
2603 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
2604 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
2605 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
2606 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
2609 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
2611 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
2612 _words__= will preserve markup.
2614 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
2616 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
2617 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
2618 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
2620 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
2622 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
2623 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
2625 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
2627 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
2628 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
2629 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
2630 forward and backward.
2632 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
2633 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
2635 Now Org will sort this list
2637 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2638 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2642 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2643 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2645 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
2646 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
2647 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
2649 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
2650 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
2651 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
2653 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
2656 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
2658 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
2659 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
2660 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
2662 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
2664 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
2665 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
2666 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
2667 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
2669 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
2671 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
2672 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
2673 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
2674 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
2675 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
2677 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
2679 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
2680 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
2681 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
2683 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
2684 *** Scheduled/deadline
2686 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
2688 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
2689 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
2690 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
2691 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
2693 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
2694 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
2695 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
2696 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
2698 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
2699 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
2700 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
2701 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
2702 control this globally or per agenda.
2704 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
2706 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
2708 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
2710 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
2711 *** Calendar, diary and appts
2713 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
2715 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
2716 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
2717 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
2719 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2720 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
2721 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
2723 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
2724 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
2726 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
2729 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
2731 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
2732 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
2733 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
2735 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
2737 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
2738 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
2739 only show their description, not the full links.
2742 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
2744 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
2745 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
2746 want to build a list of appointments.
2748 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
2749 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
2751 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
2753 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
2755 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
2756 time value (i.e. appointments).
2758 **** New agenda sorting strategies
2760 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
2762 | Strategy | Explanations |
2763 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
2764 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
2765 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
2766 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
2767 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
2768 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
2769 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
2770 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
2771 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
2772 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
2773 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
2775 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
2777 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
2778 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
2779 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
2781 These new options are available:
2783 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
2784 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
2785 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
2786 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
2788 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
2789 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
2790 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
2792 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
2793 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
2794 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
2795 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
2796 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
2797 non-tagged headlines.
2799 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
2801 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
2802 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
2803 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
2804 that take only =N= minutes.
2806 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
2808 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
2809 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
2810 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
2812 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
2814 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
2815 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
2817 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
2819 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
2820 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
2822 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
2825 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
2827 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
2828 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
2829 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
2831 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
2832 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
2834 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
2836 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
2837 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
2839 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
2841 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
2843 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
2844 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
2847 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
2849 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
2850 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
2851 asks for a confirmation.
2853 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
2855 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
2856 the mark of the entry at point.
2858 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
2859 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
2861 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
2863 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
2864 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
2867 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
2869 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
2870 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
2872 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
2874 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
2875 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
2877 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
2879 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
2880 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
2881 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
2882 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
2884 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2886 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
2887 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
2888 repeated beyond the current deadline.
2890 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
2892 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
2893 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
2894 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
2895 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
2897 Read the full docstring for details.
2899 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
2901 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
2904 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
2907 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
2909 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
2910 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
2913 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
2915 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
2916 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
2918 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
2920 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2921 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
2922 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
2923 check against the name of the buffer.
2926 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
2927 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
2928 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
2931 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
2932 agenda views, and for filtering.
2934 See https://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
2938 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
2940 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
2941 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
2942 through new link protocols (see [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
2944 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
2945 as if the protocol was not known.
2947 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
2949 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
2951 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
2952 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
2953 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
2956 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
2958 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
2959 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
2960 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
2962 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
2964 When storing a link to a headline like
2966 : * See [[https://orgmode.org][Org website]]
2968 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
2969 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
2970 there is no description.
2973 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
2975 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
2976 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
2977 those other formulas.
2979 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2981 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2982 [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2983 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2986 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2988 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2989 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2990 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2993 **** New lookup functions
2995 There are now three lookup functions:
2997 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2998 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2999 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
3001 See [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
3002 *** Startup keywords
3004 These new startup keywords are now available:
3006 | Startup keyword | Option |
3007 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
3008 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
3009 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
3010 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
3011 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
3012 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
3013 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
3014 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
3015 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
3019 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
3021 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
3022 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
3023 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
3024 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
3026 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
3028 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
3029 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
3030 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
3033 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
3034 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
3036 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
3038 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
3039 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
3041 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
3043 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
3044 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
3045 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
3047 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
3048 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
3049 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
3050 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
3051 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
3052 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
3053 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
3056 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
3058 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
3060 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
3062 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
3063 same target than the block at point.
3065 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
3067 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
3068 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
3069 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
3071 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
3072 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
3075 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
3077 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
3078 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
3079 manual for a usage example.
3081 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
3083 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
3084 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
3085 collecting blocks for tangling.
3087 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
3088 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
3090 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
3091 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
3092 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
3093 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
3095 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
3096 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
3099 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
3100 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
3101 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
3102 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
3106 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
3107 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
3108 - [[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]]
3109 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
3110 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
3111 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
3112 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
3113 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
3114 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
3115 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
3116 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
3117 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
3118 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
3119 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
3120 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
3121 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
3122 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
3123 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports OS X versions up to 10.8
3124 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
3128 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
3130 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
3132 You can read the [[https://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
3134 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
3136 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
3137 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
3138 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
3139 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
3140 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
3141 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
3142 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
3143 found here: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
3145 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
3147 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
3148 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
3150 *** MobileOrg for iOS
3152 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
3153 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
3154 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
3158 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
3160 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
3161 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
3164 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
3165 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
3166 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
3167 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
3168 agenda type to this variable.
3170 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
3173 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
3174 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
3175 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
3176 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
3178 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
3180 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
3181 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
3182 invisible) blocked tasks.
3184 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
3186 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
3187 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
3189 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
3191 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
3192 ** No GPL manual anymore
3194 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
3195 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
3197 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
3199 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
3201 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
3202 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
3203 in most environments.
3207 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
3209 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
3211 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3212 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "https://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
3215 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
3216 available through https://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
3217 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
3220 See https://orgmode.org/elpa/
3222 ** Overview of the new keybindings
3224 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
3225 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
3226 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
3227 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
3228 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
3229 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
3230 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
3231 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
3232 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
3233 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
3234 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
3235 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
3236 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
3237 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
3238 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
3240 ** New package and Babel language
3242 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
3244 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
3246 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
3247 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
3249 ** Incompatible changes
3251 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
3252 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
3254 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
3257 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
3258 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
3259 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
3261 ** New features and user-visible changes
3265 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
3266 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
3267 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
3268 core and many core functions rely on this package.
3270 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
3271 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
3273 See the docstrings for more details.
3275 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
3276 on =org-element.el=.
3278 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
3280 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
3281 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
3282 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
3283 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
3285 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
3287 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
3288 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
3289 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
3290 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
3292 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
3294 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
3296 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
3298 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
3301 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
3302 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
3304 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
3305 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
3306 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
3309 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
3312 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
3313 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
3314 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
3316 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
3317 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
3318 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
3323 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
3325 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
3326 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
3327 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
3328 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
3330 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
3331 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
3332 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
3333 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
3334 generating new ones.
3336 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
3339 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
3341 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3342 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
3345 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3346 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
3347 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
3350 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
3351 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
3352 details on how to use this.
3354 **** Changes in bulk actions
3356 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
3357 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
3359 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
3360 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
3361 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
3362 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
3363 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
3365 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
3366 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
3368 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
3369 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
3372 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
3374 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
3376 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
3378 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
3379 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
3381 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
3383 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
3384 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
3385 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
3386 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
3389 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
3391 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
3394 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
3395 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
3396 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
3397 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
3398 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
3401 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
3403 See the [[https://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
3405 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
3407 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
3408 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
3409 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
3410 filters and category filters.
3412 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
3413 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
3416 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
3417 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
3418 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
3423 **** Inserting links
3425 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
3426 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
3427 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
3430 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
3431 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
3432 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
3433 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
3435 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
3438 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
3440 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
3441 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
3442 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
3443 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
3445 **** New link type =help=
3447 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
3449 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
3450 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
3451 you go back to the same buffer.
3453 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
3455 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
3456 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
3459 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
3461 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
3463 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
3465 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
3467 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
3469 **** RET now follows time stamps links
3473 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
3475 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
3476 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
3477 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
3478 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
3480 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
3482 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
3483 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
3484 all headlines in the region.
3486 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
3488 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
3490 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
3491 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
3493 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
3495 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
3497 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
3499 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
3501 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
3503 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
3504 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
3505 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
3510 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
3512 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
3514 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
3516 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
3517 clocked entry, if any.
3519 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
3521 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
3523 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
3525 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
3526 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
3529 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
3530 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
3531 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
3535 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
3537 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
3540 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
3542 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
3543 cells in clockreport.
3545 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
3546 time cells in clockreport.
3549 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
3551 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
3552 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
3554 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
3555 in the mode line and/or frame title.
3557 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
3558 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
3559 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
3560 space in the frame title.
3564 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
3566 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
3567 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
3568 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
3569 don't want to see temporarily.
3571 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
3573 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
3575 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
3577 There are these new entities:
3579 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
3580 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
3581 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
3582 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
3583 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
3584 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
3586 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
3587 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
3588 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
3590 The face is back to a normal height.
3594 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
3595 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
3597 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
3598 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
3600 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
3602 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
3603 block will use its value as the column format.
3605 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
3607 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
3609 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
3611 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
3613 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
3614 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
3615 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
3616 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
3618 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
3622 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
3624 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
3626 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
3628 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
3630 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
3631 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
3632 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
3634 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
3636 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
3637 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
3638 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
3642 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
3644 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
3645 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
3646 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
3647 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
3649 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
3651 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3652 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
3655 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3656 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
3657 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
3660 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
3661 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
3662 more details on how to use this.
3664 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
3665 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
3667 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
3668 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
3671 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
3673 See the manual for more explanations.
3675 **** More control over empty lines
3677 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
3678 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
3681 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
3683 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
3687 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
3689 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
3690 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
3691 available) to print beautiful tables.
3693 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
3695 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
3696 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
3699 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
3701 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
3702 in the #+DATE option.
3704 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
3706 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
3708 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
3709 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
3711 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
3712 More languages are always welcome.
3714 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
3716 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
3717 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
3719 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
3720 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[https://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
3721 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
3722 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
3723 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
3724 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
3726 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
3727 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
3731 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
3733 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
3736 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
3738 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
3739 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
3741 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
3743 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
3745 It used to exports the results of the code.
3749 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
3750 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
3752 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
3753 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
3755 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
3757 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
3758 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
3759 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
3761 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
3762 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
3764 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
3765 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
3766 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
3769 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
3771 This will increment the effort value.
3773 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
3775 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
3777 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
3778 attach symbolic links.
3780 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
3782 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
3784 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
3785 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
3787 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
3789 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
3791 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
3792 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
3793 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
3795 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
3797 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
3798 all top level list items.
3800 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
3802 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
3804 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
3805 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
3807 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
3809 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
3811 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
3812 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
3813 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
3814 first headline in the region.
3816 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
3818 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
3821 ** Important bug fixes
3823 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
3825 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
3826 perform completion with meaningful values.
3828 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
3830 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
3831 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
3832 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3834 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
3835 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
3837 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
3838 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
3841 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
3842 the code and the license to your needs.
3844 See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
3845 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
3849 ** Incompatible changes
3851 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
3853 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[https://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
3855 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
3857 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
3858 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
3859 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
3860 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
3863 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
3865 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
3866 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
3867 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
3869 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
3871 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
3872 =org-agenda-span= instead.
3874 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
3876 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
3878 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
3879 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
3880 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
3881 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
3882 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
3884 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
3885 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
3886 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
3887 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
3888 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
3889 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
3891 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
3892 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
3893 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
3896 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
3899 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
3900 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
3901 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
3902 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
3904 The two new variables are:
3906 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
3907 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
3908 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
3909 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
3910 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
3911 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
3912 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
3914 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
3915 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
3918 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
3921 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
3922 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
3923 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
3924 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
3926 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
3927 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
3928 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
3929 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
3932 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
3933 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
3934 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
3935 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
3936 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
3937 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
3940 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
3941 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
3942 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
3943 applies to the following packages:
3961 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
3962 you are using, you can remove it from
3963 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
3964 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
3967 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
3968 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
3969 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
3970 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
3971 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
3974 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
3976 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
3977 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3978 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3981 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3983 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3985 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3987 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3989 ** Important new features
3991 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3993 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3995 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3996 for more information on how to customize it.
3998 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
4000 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
4001 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
4002 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
4003 section [[https://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
4005 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
4006 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
4007 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
4009 To switch over to the new system:
4013 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
4015 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
4016 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
4017 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
4018 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
4019 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
4021 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
4023 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
4026 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
4029 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
4031 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
4032 you have decided to move over completely to the new
4033 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
4034 with using both system in parallel.
4038 *** New Org libraries
4039 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
4041 Implement links to eshell buffers.
4043 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
4045 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
4047 To use, put the following in your init file:
4050 (require 'org-special-blocks)
4053 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
4054 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
4055 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
4056 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
4057 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
4058 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
4059 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
4060 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
4061 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
4064 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
4066 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
4067 He also wrote a [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
4069 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
4071 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
4072 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
4073 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
4076 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
4077 call function to do something special with text links.
4079 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
4081 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
4083 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
4084 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
4085 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
4088 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
4090 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
4092 *** New Babel libraries
4094 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
4095 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
4096 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
4097 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
4098 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
4099 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
4100 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
4102 ** Other new features and various enhancements
4106 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
4108 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
4109 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
4110 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
4111 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
4112 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
4113 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
4115 The key new functions are
4117 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
4118 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
4119 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
4121 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
4122 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
4124 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
4125 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
4127 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
4128 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
4130 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
4132 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
4133 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
4134 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
4136 **** Modified link escaping
4138 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
4140 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
4141 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
4142 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
4143 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
4146 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
4147 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
4148 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
4149 : percent escaped links are solved.
4151 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
4153 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
4155 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
4156 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
4158 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
4160 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
4162 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
4163 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
4164 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
4165 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
4166 string to be executed.
4168 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
4169 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
4173 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
4174 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
4177 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
4181 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
4183 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
4184 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
4185 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
4186 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
4188 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
4189 will work on the current entry.
4191 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
4192 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
4194 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
4196 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
4198 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
4201 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
4202 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
4207 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
4209 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
4210 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
4211 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
4213 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
4215 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
4216 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
4217 entries using a function.
4219 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
4220 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
4221 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
4223 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
4225 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
4226 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
4227 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
4229 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
4231 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
4232 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
4233 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
4234 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
4235 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
4236 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
4238 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
4242 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
4244 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
4245 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
4247 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
4248 docstring of these variable for details about available
4251 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
4252 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
4253 formatting string will insert a string.
4255 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
4257 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
4258 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
4259 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
4260 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
4261 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
4262 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
4263 C-e u=, respectively.
4265 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
4266 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
4267 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
4268 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
4269 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
4272 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
4274 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
4275 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
4277 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
4279 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
4280 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
4282 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
4284 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
4285 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
4286 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
4287 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
4288 section]] in the manual for more details.
4290 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
4291 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
4292 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
4297 **** Refile targets can now be cached
4299 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
4300 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
4301 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
4302 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
4303 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
4305 **** New logging support for refiling
4307 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
4308 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
4311 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
4315 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
4317 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
4321 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
4323 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
4324 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
4326 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
4328 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
4329 the displayed in the buffer.
4331 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
4333 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
4335 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
4336 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
4338 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
4339 |--------+--------+---------|
4340 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
4341 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
4343 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
4346 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
4349 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
4351 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
4353 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
4354 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
4361 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
4362 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
4365 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
4367 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
4369 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
4370 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
4372 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
4376 **** Improved handling of lists
4378 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
4380 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
4381 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
4382 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
4385 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
4386 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
4387 counters like [@c] or [@W].
4389 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
4390 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
4391 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
4392 `org-list-export-context'.
4394 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
4395 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
4396 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
4398 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
4399 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
4400 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
4401 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
4402 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
4404 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
4405 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
4406 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
4408 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
4410 *** Inline display of linked images
4412 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
4413 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
4414 that have no description part will be inlined.
4416 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
4418 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
4419 from 1, you can now do it like this:
4421 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
4423 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
4425 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
4426 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
4427 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
4428 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
4429 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
4430 into account all header arguments, and variables.
4432 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
4433 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
4434 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
4437 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
4438 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
4439 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
4440 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
4441 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
4442 properties or in tables.
4444 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
4445 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
4446 names, and rownames across all languages.
4448 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
4450 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
4452 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
4453 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
4454 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
4456 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
4458 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
4459 request by Scott Otterson.
4461 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
4463 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
4464 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
4465 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
4466 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
4467 superscripts, see the variable
4468 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
4470 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
4472 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
4474 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
4475 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
4476 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
4477 following new faces:
4479 =org-document-title=
4481 =org-document-info-keyword=
4483 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
4484 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
4486 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
4488 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
4490 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
4491 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
4492 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
4493 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
4494 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
4495 property is affected by this setting.
4497 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
4498 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
4500 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
4502 Requested by Michael Brand.
4504 **** Better level cycling function
4506 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
4507 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
4508 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
4509 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
4511 **** Adaptive filling
4513 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
4514 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
4515 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
4516 comments to be filled correctly.
4518 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
4520 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
4522 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
4524 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
4526 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
4527 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
4529 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
4533 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
4535 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
4536 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
4537 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
4538 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
4540 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
4542 **** Localized clock tables
4544 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
4545 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
4546 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
4547 available translated strings.
4549 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
4551 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
4552 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
4553 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
4554 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
4556 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
4558 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
4560 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
4561 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
4562 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
4563 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
4566 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
4570 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
4572 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
4573 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
4575 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
4577 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
4579 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
4580 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
4581 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
4584 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
4587 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
4589 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
4590 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
4595 org-table-current-line
4599 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
4601 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
4602 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
4605 This was requested by Tom.
4607 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
4609 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
4610 example by viewing from the agenda.
4612 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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