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14 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** =align= STARTUP value no longer narrow table columns
17 Columns narrowing (or shrinking) is now dynamic. See [[*Dynamically
18 narrow table columns]] for details. In particular, it is decoupled from
21 If you need to automatically shrink columns upon opening an Org
22 document, use =shrink= value instead, or in addition to align:
25 ,#+STARTUP: align shrink
29 *** ~org-archive~ functions update status cookies
31 Archiving headers through ~org-archive-subtree~ and
32 ~org-archive-to-archive-sibling~ such as the ones listed below:
40 Will update the status cookie in the top level header.
42 *** Disable =org-agenda-overriding-header= by setting to empty string
44 The ~org-agenda-overriding-header~ inserted into agenda views can now
45 be disabled by setting it to an empty string.
47 *** Dynamically narrow table columns
49 With ~C-c TAB~, it is now possible to narrow a column to the width
50 specified by a width cookie in the column, or to 1 character if there
51 is no such cookie. The same keybinding expands a narrowed column to
54 Editing the column automatically expands the whole column to its full
57 *** =org-columns-summary-types= entries can take an optional COLLECT function
59 You can use this to make collection of a property from an entry
60 conditional on another entry. E.g. given this configuration:
62 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
63 (defun custom/org-collect-confirmed (property)
64 "Return `PROPERTY' for `CONFIRMED' entries"
65 (let ((prop (org-entry-get nil property))
66 (confirmed (org-entry-get nil "CONFIRMED")))
67 (if (and prop (string= "[X]" confirmed))
71 (setq org-columns-summary-types
72 '(("X+" org-columns--summary-sum
73 custom/org-collect-confirmed)))
76 You can have a file =bananas.org= containing:
79 ,#+columns: %ITEM %CONFIRMED %Bananas{+} %Bananas(Confirmed Bananas){X+}
95 ... and when going to the top of that file and entering column view
96 you should expect to see something like:
98 | ITEM | CONFIRMED | Bananas | Confirmed Bananas |
99 |-----------------+-----------+---------+-------------------|
100 | All shipments | | 11 | 4 |
101 | Shipment 1 | [X] | 4 | 4 |
102 | Shipment 2 | [ ] | 7 | 7 |
110 *** ~org-publish-resolve-external-link~ accepts a new optional argument.
114 ** Incompatible changes
116 *** Variables relative to clocksum duration are obsolete
118 ~org-time-clocksum-format~, ~org-time-clocksum-use-fractional~ and
119 ~org-time-clocksum-fractional-format~ are obsolete. If you changed
120 them, consider modifying ~org-duration-format~ instead.
122 Variable ~org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations~ is also obsolete.
123 Consider setting ~org-duration-units~ instead.
125 *** ~org-at-timestamp-p~ optional argument accepts different values
127 See docstrings for the allowed values. For backward compatibility,
128 ~(org-at-timestamp-p t)~ is still supported, but should be updated
131 *** ~org-capture-templates~ no longer accepts S-expressions as file names
133 Since functions are allowed there, a straightforward way to migrate
140 : (file (lambda () (sexp)))
142 *** Deleted contributed packages
144 =org-ebib.el, =org-bullets.el= and =org-mime.el= have been deleted
145 from the contrib/ directory.
147 You can now find them here :
149 - https://github.com/joostkremers/ebib
150 - https://github.com/sabof/org-bullets
151 - https://github.com/org-mime/org-mime
153 *** Change ~org-texinfo-classes~ value
154 The value cannot support functions to create sectionning commands
155 anymore. Also, the sectionning commands should include commands for
156 appendices. See the docstring for more information.
157 *** Removal of ~:sitemap-sans-extension~
159 The publishing property is no longer recognized, as a consequence of
160 changes to site-map generation.
162 You can get the same functionality by setting ~:sitemap-format-entry~
166 (lambda (entry style project)
167 (cond ((not (directory-name-p entry))
168 (format "[[file:%s][%s]]"
169 (file-name-sans-extension entry)
170 (org-publish-find-title entry project)))
171 ((eq style 'tree) (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name entry)))
175 *** Change signature for ~:sitemap-function~
177 ~:sitemap-function~ now expects to be called with two arguments. See
178 ~org-publish-project-alist~ for details.
180 *** Change signature for some properties in ~org-list-to-generic~
182 ~:istart~, ~:icount~, ~:iend~ and ~:isep~ now expect the type of the
183 list as their first argument.
185 *** Change signature for ~org-get-repeater~
186 The optional argument is now a string to extract the repeater from.
187 See docstring for details.
189 *** Change signature for ~org-time-string-to-time~
190 See docstring for changes.
192 *** Change order of items in ~org-agenda-time-grid~
193 ~org-agenda-time-grid~ gained an extra item to allow users to customize
194 the string displayed after times in the agenda. See docstring for
197 *** ~tags-todo~ custom searches now include DONE keywords
199 Use "/!" markup when filtering TODO keywords to get only not-done TODO
202 *** ~org-split-string~ returns ~("")~ when called on an empty string
203 It used to return nil.
204 *** Removal of =ob-scala.el=
206 See [[https://github.com/ensime/emacs-scala-mode/issues/114][this github issue]].
208 You can use =ob-scala.el= as packaged in scala-mode, available from the
212 *** iCalendar export uses inheritance for TIMEZONE and LOCATION properties
213 Both these properties can be inherited during iCalendar export,
214 depending on the value of ~org-use-property-inheritance~.
215 *** iCalendar export respects a TIMEZONE property
216 Set the TIMEZONE property on an entry to specify a time zone for that
217 entry only during iCalendar export. The property value should be
218 specified as in "Europe/London".
219 *** ~org-attach~ can move directory contents
220 When setting a new directory for an entry, org-attach offers to move
221 files over from the old directory. Using a prefix arg will reset the
222 directory to old, ID based one.
223 *** New Org duration library
224 This new library implements tools to read and print time durations in
225 various formats (e.g., "H:MM", or "1d 2h 3min"...).
227 See ~org-duration-to-minutes~ and ~org-duration-from-minutes~
231 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~
232 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~
233 **** New variable : ~org-deadline-past-days~
234 See docstring for details.
235 **** Binding C-c C-x < for ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
236 **** New auto-align default setting for =org-agenda-tags-column=
238 =org-agenda-tags-column= can now be set to =auto=, which will
239 automatically align tags to the right edge of the window. This is now
241 *** New value for ~org-publish-sitemap-sort-folders~
243 The new ~ignore~ value effectively allows toggling inclusion of
244 directories in published site-maps.
248 **** Scheme: support for tables
249 **** Scheme: new variable: ~org-babel-scheme-null-to~
251 This new custom option allows to use a empty list or null symbol to
252 format the table output, initially assigned to ~hlines~.
254 **** Scheme: new header ~:prologue~
256 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
257 developers to prepend code to the scheme block being processed.
259 Multiple ~:prologue~ headers can be added each of them using a string
260 with the content to be added.
262 The scheme blocks are prepared by surronding the code in the block
263 with a let form. The content of the ~:prologue~ headers are prepended
264 before this let form.
266 **** Support for hledger accounting reports added
267 **** Clojure: new setting ~org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout~
269 Creation of a new setting to specify the Cider timeout. By setting
270 the =org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout= setting option. The value
271 is in seconds and if set to =nil= then no timeout will occur.
272 **** Clojure: new header ~:show-process~
274 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
275 developers to output the process of an ongoing process into a new
278 You can tell Org Babel to output the process of a running code block.
280 To show that output you only have to specify the =:show-process=
281 option in the code block's header like this:
284 ,#+BEGIN_SRC clojure :results output :show-process t
291 If =:show-process= is specified that way, then when you will run the
292 code using =C-c C-c= a new window will open in Emacs. Everything that
293 is output by the REPL will immediately be added to that new window.
295 When the processing of the code is finished, then the window and its
296 buffer will be closed and the results will be reported in the
299 Note that the =:results= parameter's behavior is *not* changed. If
300 =silent= is specified, then no result will be displayed. If =output=
301 is specified then all the output from the window will appears in the
302 results section. If =value= is specified, then only the last returned
303 value of the code will be displayed in the results section.
305 **** Maxima: new headers ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~
306 Babel options ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~ have been implemented for
307 Maxima src blocks which prepend and append, respectively, the given
308 code strings. This can be useful for specifying formatting settings
309 which would add clutter to exported code. For instance, you can use
310 this ~:prologue "fpprintprec: 2; linel: 50;"~ for presenting Maxima
311 results in a beamer presentation.
312 **** PlantUML: add support for header arguments
314 [[http://plantuml.com/][Plantuml]] source blocks now support the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/prologue.html#prologue][~:prologue~]], [[http://orgmode.org/manual/epilogue.html#epilogue][~:epilogue~]] and
315 [[http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] header arguments.
317 **** SQL: new engine added ~sqsh~
319 A new engine was added to support ~sqsh~ command line utility for use
320 against Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase SQL server.
322 More information on ~sqsh~ can be found here: [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqsh/][sourceforge/sqsh]]
324 To use ~sqsh~ in an *sql* =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
327 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine sqsh :dbhost my_host :dbuser master :dbpassword pass :database support
333 **** SQL: new engine added =vertica=
335 A new engine was added to support vsql command line utility for use
338 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]]
340 To use =vertica= in an sql =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
343 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine vertica :dbhost my_host :dbuser dbadmin :dbpassword pw :database vmart
347 **** C++: New header ~:namespaces~
349 The new ~:namespaces~ export option can be used to specify namespaces
350 to be used within a C++ org source block. Its usage is similar to
351 ~:includes~, in that it can accept multiple, space-separated
352 namespaces to use. This header is equivalent to adding ~using
353 namespace <name>;~ in the source block. Here is a "Hello World" in C++
357 ,#+BEGIN_SRC C++ :results output :namespaces std :includes <iostream>
358 cout << "Hello World" << endl;
362 **** Support for Vala language
364 [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala][Vala]] language blocks support two special header arguments:
366 - ~:flags~ passes arguments to the compiler
367 - ~:cmdline~ passes commandline arguments to the generated executable
369 Support for [[http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] does not exist yet, also there is no [[http://orgmode.org/manual/session.html#session][~:session~]]
370 support because Vala is a compiled language.
372 The Vala compiler binary can be changed via the ~defcustom~
373 ~org-babel-vala-compiler~.
375 *** New ~function~ scope argument for the Clock Table
376 Added a nullary function that returns a list of files as a possible
377 argument for the scope of the clock table.
379 **** Implement vernacular table of contents in Markdown exporter
380 Global table of contents are generated using vanilla Markdown syntax
381 instead of HTML. Also #+TOC keyword, including local table of
382 contents, are now supported.
383 **** Add Slovanian translations
384 **** Implement ~org-export-insert-image-links~
385 This new function is meant to be used in back-ends supporting images
386 as descriptions of links, a.k.a. image links. See its docstring for
388 **** New macro : ~{{{n}}}~
389 This macro creates and increment multiple counters in a document. See
391 **** Add global macros through ~org-export-global-macros~
392 With this variable, one can define macros available for all documents.
393 **** New keyword ~#+EXPORT_FILE_NAME~
394 Similarly to ~:EXPORT_FILE_NAME:~ property, this keyword allows the
395 user to specify the name of the output file upon exporting the
396 document. This also has an effect on publishing.
397 **** Horizontal rules are no longer ignored in LaTeX table math mode
398 **** Use ~compilation-mode~ for compilation output
399 **** Plain lists accept a new ~:separator~ attribute in Texinfo
401 The new ~:separator~ attribute splits a tag from a description list
402 item into multiple parts. This allows to have two-column tables with
403 multiple entries in the first column. See manual for more details.
405 **** ~latex-environment~ elements support ~caption~ keywords for LaTeX export
406 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit LaTeX environments
408 Using ~C-c '~ on a LaTeX environment opens a sub-editing buffer. By
409 default, major mode in that buffer is ~latex-mode~, but it can be
410 changed by configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~.
412 *** ~org-list-to-generic~ includes a new property: ~:ifmt~
414 ~:ifmt~ is a function to be called on the body of each item. See
415 ~org-list-to-generic~ documentation for details.
417 *** New variable : ~org-bibtex-headline-format-function~
418 This allow to use a different title than entry title.
420 *** ~org-attach~ supports attaching files from URLs
422 Using ~C-c C-a u~ prompts for a URL pointing to a file to be attached
425 *** New option for ~org-refile-use-outline-path~
426 ~org-refile-use-outline-path~ now supports the setting ~buffer-name~,
427 which causes refile targets to be prefixed with the buffer’s
428 name. This is particularly useful when used in conjunction with
431 *** ~org-file-contents~ now allows the FILE argument to be a URL.
432 This allows ~#+SETUPFILE:~ to accept a URL instead of a local file
433 path. The URL contents are auto-downloaded and saved to a temporary
434 cache ~org--file-cache~. A new optional argument ~NOCACHE~ is added
435 to ~org-file-contents~.
437 *** ~org-mode-restart~ now resets the newly added ~org--file-cache~.
438 Using ~C-c C-c~ on any keyword (like ~#+SETUPFILE~) will reset the
441 *** New option : ~org-table-duration-hour-zero-padding~
442 This variable allow computed durations in tables to be zero-padded.
444 *** New mode switch for table formulas : =U=
445 This mode omits seconds in durations.
451 This feature has been removed. Use a custom agenda view, possibly
452 narrowed to current buffer to achieve a similar functionality.
454 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
456 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
458 *** ~org-agenda-skip-subtree-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
460 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
462 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches-in-subtree~ is obsolete
464 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
466 *** ~org-minutes-to-clocksum-string~ is obsolete
468 Use ~org-duration-from-minutes~ instead.
470 *** ~org-hh:mm-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
472 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
474 *** ~org-duration-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
476 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
478 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-cached-article-number~ is removed.
480 This function relied on ~nnimap-group-overview-filename~, which was
481 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
485 *** ~org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all~ is removed.
487 For an equivalent to a ~nil~ value, set
488 ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~ to nil and
489 ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~ to ~t~.
491 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-query-article-no-from-file~ is removed.
493 This variable has no effect, as it was relying on a function that was
494 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
496 *** ~org-usenet-links-prefer-google~ is obsolete.
498 Use ~org-gnus-prefer-web-links~ instead.
500 *** ~org-publish-sitemap-file-entry-format~ is deprecated
502 One can provide new ~:sitemap-format-entry~ property for a function
503 equivalent to the removed format string.
505 *** ~org-enable-table-editor~ is removed.
507 Setting it to a ~nil~ value broke some other features (e.g., speed
510 *** ~org-export-use-babel~ cannot be set to ~inline-only~
512 The variable is now a boolean.
514 *** ~org-texinfo-def-table-markup~ is obsolete
516 Use ~org-texinfo-table-default-markup~ instead.
520 *** ~org-publish-find-property~
522 This function can be used as a tool to format entries in a site-map,
523 in addition to ~org-publish-find-title~ and ~org-publish-find-date~.
525 *** ~org-list-to-org~
527 It is the reciprocal of ~org-list-to-lisp~, which see.
529 *** ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
531 Call ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock~ from the agenda.
535 *** The Library of Babel now on Worg
537 The library-of-babel.org used to be accessible from the =doc/=
538 directory, distributed with Org’s core. It is now accessible
539 from the Worg community-driven documentation [[http://orgmode.org/worg/library-of-babel.html][here]].
541 If you want to contribute to it, please see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html][how to contribute]].
543 *** Allow multiple columns view
545 Columns view is not limited to a single buffer anymore.
546 *** Org Attach obeys ~dired-dwim-target~
548 When a Dired buffer is opened next to the Org document being edited,
549 the prompt for file to attach can start in the Dired buffer's
550 directory if `dired-dwim-target' in non-nil.
552 *** ~org-fill-paragraph~ can now fill a whole region
553 *** More specific anniversary descriptions
555 Anniversary descriptions (used in the agenda view, for instance)
556 include the point in time, when the anniversary appears. This is,
557 in its most general form, just the date of the anniversary. Or
558 more specific terms, like "today", "tomorrow" or "in n days" are
559 used to describe the time span.
561 This feature allows to automatically change the description of an
562 anniversary, depending on if it occurs in the next few days or
563 far away in the future.
565 *** Computed dates in tables appear as inactive time stamps
567 *** Save point before opening a file with an unknown search option
569 When following a file link with a search option (e.g., =::#custom-id=)
570 that doesn't exist in the target file, save positon before raising an
571 error. As a consequence, it is possible to jump back to the original
572 document with ~org-mark-ring-goto~ (default binding =C-c &=).
574 *** ~org-get-heading~ accepts two more optional arguments
576 See docstring for details.
578 *** New option ~org-babel-uppercase-example-markers~
580 This variable is a ~defcustom~ and replaces the variable
581 ~org-babel-capitalize-example-region-markers~, which is a ~defvar~ and
583 *** =INCLUDE= keywords in commented trees are now ignored.
584 *** Default value for ~org-texinfo-text-markup-alist~ changed.
586 Now ~=...=~ markup uses ~@samp{}~ instead of ~@verb{}~. You can use
587 ~@verb{}~ again by customizing the variable.
588 *** Texinfo exports example blocks as ~@example~
589 *** Texinfo exports inline src blocks as ~@code{}~
590 *** Texinfo default table markup is ~@asis~
591 It used to be ~@samp~ but ~@asis~ is neutral and, therefore, more
592 suitable as a default value.
593 *** Texinfo default process includes ~--no-split~ option
594 *** New entities : ~\dollar~ and ~\USD~
595 *** ~org-parse-time-string~ accepts a new optional argument
596 =ZONE= specifies the current time zone.
597 *** ~org-time-string-to-seconds~ now accepts an optional =ZONE= argument
598 *** Support for date style URLs in =org-protocol://open-source=
599 URLs like =https://cool-blog.com/2017/05/20/cool-post/= are
600 covered by rewrite rules.
602 *** Add (C) =COMMENT= support to ~org-structure-template-alist~
606 ** Incompatible changes
608 *** Emacs 23 support has been dropped
610 From now on, Org expects at least Emacs 24.3, although Emacs 24.4 or
613 *** XEmacs support has been dropped
615 Incomplete compatibility layer with XEmacs has been removed. If you
616 want to take over maintenance of this compatibility, please contact
619 *** New syntax for export blocks
621 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
622 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
625 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
638 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
641 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
647 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
650 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
651 using previous syntax:
653 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
654 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
655 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
657 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
658 (let ((case-fold-search t)
659 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
660 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
661 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
663 (org-with-wide-buffer
664 (goto-char (point-min))
665 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
667 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
668 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
669 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
671 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
672 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
675 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
676 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
678 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
679 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
680 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
681 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
682 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
683 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
686 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~ and
687 ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to be
692 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
694 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
695 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
696 constructs are now unsupported.
698 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them into
701 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
703 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
704 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
705 consider using the =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
707 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
710 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
712 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
713 S-expressions. Replacing an S-expression with an appropriate function
714 is straightforward. For example
720 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
722 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can get time via =vc=
724 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
725 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
727 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
729 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
730 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
731 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
733 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
735 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
747 should be written instead
752 :header-args: :exports code
753 :header-args+: :var a=1 b=2
754 :header-args+: :var c=3
758 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
759 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
763 *** ~org-eww~ has been moved into core
764 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
766 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
769 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
770 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
773 Old-style links such as
774 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
775 continue to be supported.
777 If you have defined your own handler functions for
778 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
779 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
780 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into property
783 *** New Org linter library
785 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
787 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
789 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
790 entries are added to last in the date tree.
792 *** New ~vbar~ entity
794 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionally as a =|=,
795 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
796 a HTML derived export back-end.
800 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
802 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
805 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
807 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
808 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
810 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
812 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
813 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
814 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
817 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
819 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
820 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
822 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
824 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
825 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
826 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
827 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
829 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
831 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
832 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
833 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
836 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
838 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
839 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
840 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
841 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
842 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
845 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
846 ;; this will export with line number 20
847 (message "This is line 21")
849 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
850 ;; This will be listed as line 31
851 (message "This is line 32")
855 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
857 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
858 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
861 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
863 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
864 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
865 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width of
866 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
868 **** Markdown footnote export customization
870 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
871 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
872 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
873 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
877 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
879 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
881 **** Support for Lua language
882 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
884 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
886 **** Support for Stan language
888 New ob-stan.el library.
890 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
892 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
894 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
895 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
897 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
899 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
900 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
901 that does not end in ".stan".
903 For more information and usage examples, visit
904 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
906 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
908 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
909 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
921 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
923 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
924 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
925 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
936 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
937 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the properties.
939 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
940 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
942 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
944 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
945 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
947 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
949 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
959 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
968 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
969 using the :file property, e.g.:
971 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
973 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
974 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
976 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
977 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
981 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needs additional
982 setup in addition to plantuml. See [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for
983 details and setup information.
985 *** Rewrite of radio lists
987 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
988 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
989 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
992 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
994 Used like ~org-bbdb-anniversaries~, it provides a few days warning for
995 upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
997 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
999 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
1000 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
1002 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
1004 *** Support for ISO week trees
1006 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
1007 by ISO week and not by month.
1014 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
1016 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
1017 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
1019 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
1021 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
1022 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
1024 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
1028 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
1030 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
1031 buffer unconditionally.
1033 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
1035 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
1037 **** Allow custom summaries
1039 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
1040 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
1042 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
1044 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
1047 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
1048 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
1050 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
1053 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
1055 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~ allows
1056 to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any upper case
1057 character (or character class), the search is case sensitive.
1058 Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
1060 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
1062 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
1065 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
1067 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
1068 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
1069 the manual for details.
1071 *** Links are now customizable
1073 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
1074 etc. Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
1078 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
1080 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
1082 *** ~org-show-children~
1084 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
1086 ** Removed functions
1088 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
1090 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
1092 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
1094 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
1096 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
1098 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
1100 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
1102 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
1104 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
1106 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
1108 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
1110 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
1111 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
1113 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
1115 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
1117 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
1119 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
1120 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
1122 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
1124 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
1126 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
1128 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
1130 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
1132 The affected functions are:
1135 - ~org-remove-if-not~
1140 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
1141 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
1142 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
1146 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
1148 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
1149 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
1150 let those libraries operate.
1152 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
1154 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
1157 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1159 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
1162 *** Add Icelandic smart quotes
1163 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
1164 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
1166 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
1167 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
1168 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
1169 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
1171 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1172 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
1174 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
1175 current project. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
1178 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
1180 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
1183 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
1185 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
1186 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
1187 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
1188 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
1189 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
1191 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
1192 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
1193 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
1194 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
1196 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
1198 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
1199 to the article's original group.
1201 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
1203 The calling convention has changed.
1205 *** HTML export table row customization changes
1207 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
1208 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
1209 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
1210 called with 6 parameters.
1212 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
1213 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
1215 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
1217 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
1219 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
1220 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
1221 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
1222 the end of the string.
1224 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
1226 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
1227 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
1228 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
1230 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1232 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
1233 For most folks this file does not exist.
1234 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
1236 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1238 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other
1241 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
1243 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
1244 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
1245 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
1246 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
1247 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
1248 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
1249 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
1252 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
1254 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
1257 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
1259 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
1260 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
1261 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
1263 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
1264 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
1266 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
1267 indication letter was solely J.
1269 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
1271 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
1272 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
1273 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
1275 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
1277 The experimental variable used to be more or less confidential, as
1280 *** New ~:format~ property to parsed links
1282 It defines the format of the original link. Possible values are:
1283 ~plain~, ~bracket~ and ~angle~.
1287 ** Incompatible changes
1289 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
1291 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
1292 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
1294 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
1295 logged before the property drawer.
1297 The following function will repair them:
1299 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1300 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
1301 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
1302 Ignore non Org buffers."
1303 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
1304 (org-with-wide-buffer
1305 (goto-char (point-min))
1306 (let ((case-fold-search t)
1307 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
1308 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
1312 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
1314 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
1316 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
1317 (when (and (< (point) end)
1318 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
1320 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
1321 (eq (org-element-type
1322 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
1324 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
1326 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
1327 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
1330 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
1332 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
1333 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
1334 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
1335 into account when exporting.
1337 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
1338 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
1340 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
1342 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
1343 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
1346 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
1347 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
1352 :CATEGORY: some category
1356 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
1358 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
1359 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
1360 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
1363 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
1365 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
1366 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
1368 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
1369 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
1371 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
1373 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
1374 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
1376 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
1378 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
1379 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~
1380 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
1381 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
1382 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
1384 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
1386 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
1387 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
1389 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
1391 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
1392 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
1393 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
1395 *** Functions signature changes
1397 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
1398 docstring for more information.
1400 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
1401 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
1402 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
1403 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
1404 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
1409 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
1411 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical
1412 scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
1414 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
1417 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
1420 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
1421 :lexical '((x . 42))
1423 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
1425 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
1426 without changing the headline.
1428 *** Hierarchies of tags
1430 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
1431 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
1432 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
1434 The following in-buffer definition:
1437 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
1438 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
1439 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
1442 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
1452 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
1453 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
1455 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
1457 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
1459 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
1460 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
1462 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
1463 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
1464 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: { }
1465 can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the given
1466 tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
1468 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
1474 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
1477 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
1479 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
1482 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
1485 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
1487 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
1488 regular expression matches for P@.+. This is good for example for
1489 projects tagged with a common identifier, i.e. P@2014_OrgTags.
1491 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
1493 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filters all of the related tags.
1494 Except if a filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
1496 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
1499 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
1500 is also used as a filter.
1502 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
1504 Now uses the argument ARG and optional argument exclude instead of
1505 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
1506 makes more sense than strip now. The term "narrowing" is changed to
1509 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
1510 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
1512 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
1514 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
1516 *** Babel: support for Processing language
1518 New ob-processing.el library.
1520 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
1521 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
1522 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
1524 Check the documentation for more details.
1526 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
1528 *** New behaviour for ~org-toggle-latex-fragment~
1530 The new behaviour is the following:
1532 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument when
1533 point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the whole
1536 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
1539 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
1541 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
1543 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1545 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
1546 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
1548 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1550 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
1551 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
1554 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
1556 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
1557 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
1558 ~org-drawers~ variable.
1560 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
1562 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
1563 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
1564 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
1565 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
1567 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
1569 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
1570 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
1571 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
1574 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
1576 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch in
1579 *** New option in ASCII export
1581 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting ~org-ascii-list-margin~
1582 variable to an appropriate integer.
1584 *** New blocks in ASCII export
1586 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT=
1587 blocks. See documentation for details.
1589 *** More back-end specific publishing options
1591 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
1592 increased. See manual for details.
1594 *** Export inline source blocks
1596 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
1597 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
1598 in the output, depending on the parameters.
1600 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
1602 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
1604 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
1606 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
1608 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
1610 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
1611 more features. See docstring for details.
1613 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
1615 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
1617 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
1618 document, before wrapping it within the template.
1620 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
1622 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
1624 : This sentence is false.
1627 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
1629 *** Various improvements on radio tables
1631 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
1632 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
1633 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are new
1634 parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
1635 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
1636 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
1638 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
1640 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction
1641 with source blocks exported by the minted package.
1643 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
1645 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
1646 would throw an error. A new variable ~org-table-formula-create-columns~
1647 was added to adjust this behavior. It is now possible to silently add
1648 new columns, to do so with a warning or to explicitly ask the user
1653 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
1656 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
1658 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
1659 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
1661 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
1663 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
1665 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
1667 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is now
1668 deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
1669 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
1671 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1673 See the docstring for more information.
1675 *** Export unnumbered headlines
1677 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
1678 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
1679 property is inherited by children.
1681 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
1683 It is now possible to specify a function, both programmatically,
1684 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~ keys,
1687 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
1689 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See manual
1692 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
1694 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
1697 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
1699 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
1700 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
1702 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
1704 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
1705 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
1707 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
1709 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
1710 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
1713 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
1715 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
1716 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
1718 *** New entities family: "\_ "
1720 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
1721 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
1722 leading spaces within table cells.
1724 *** New MathJax configuration options
1726 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
1727 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
1729 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
1731 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
1732 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
1733 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
1735 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
1736 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
1737 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
1738 keywords and properties.
1740 *** Viewport support in html export
1742 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
1743 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
1745 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
1747 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
1750 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
1752 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
1753 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in a
1754 dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
1756 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
1758 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
1759 added to headline text.
1761 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
1763 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See the manual for details.
1765 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1767 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1768 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1771 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1773 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1774 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1776 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1778 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for the
1779 number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original subtree
1780 and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1782 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1784 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1786 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1788 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1789 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1791 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1793 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1795 ** Removed functions
1797 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1799 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1801 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1803 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1804 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1805 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1806 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1808 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1810 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1812 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1814 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1815 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1817 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1819 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1822 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1824 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1825 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1829 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1831 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1834 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1835 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1837 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1839 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1840 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1843 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1845 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1846 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1848 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1850 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name= at
1851 the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the value
1852 of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=. To chose
1853 a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind this
1856 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1858 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1859 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1860 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1861 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1862 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1864 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1866 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1867 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1870 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1872 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1874 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1876 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1878 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1880 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1882 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1884 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1885 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1886 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1887 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1889 *** Removed comment-related filters
1891 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1892 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1897 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1899 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1901 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1903 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1904 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1906 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1908 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1909 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1912 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1914 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1915 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1917 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1919 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1921 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1923 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1924 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1925 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1926 particular test failure was introduced.
1928 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1930 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1931 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as well
1932 as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~ when
1933 ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1935 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1937 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1938 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1940 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1942 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1943 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~ now.
1945 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1947 This helps spotting wrong links.
1951 ** Incompatible changes
1952 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1953 This may require two changes in user config.
1955 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1956 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1957 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1959 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1961 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1962 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1963 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1965 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1966 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1968 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1972 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1974 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1976 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1977 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1978 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1980 So you need to replace
1982 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1986 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1988 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1989 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1991 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1993 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1994 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1995 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1997 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1998 the other optional arguments accordingly.
2000 *** Export back-ends are now structures
2002 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
2003 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
2004 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
2007 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
2009 ** Important bugfixes
2011 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
2012 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
2014 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
2016 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
2017 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
2018 separator starting a TOTO match string.
2021 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
2023 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
2025 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
2027 - Support SVG images
2028 - Support for .pgf files
2029 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
2030 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
2031 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
2032 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
2033 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
2034 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
2035 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
2037 *** New functions for paragraph motion
2039 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
2040 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
2041 in a paragraph-like way.
2043 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2045 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
2046 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
2047 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
2048 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
2049 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
2051 *** Anonymous export back-ends
2053 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
2054 which can then be passed to export functions like
2055 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
2057 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
2058 registering a new back-end.
2060 *** New agenda fortnight view
2062 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
2063 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
2066 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
2068 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
2069 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
2071 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
2072 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
2073 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
2075 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
2076 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
2078 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
2079 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
2080 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
2081 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
2082 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
2085 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
2087 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
2089 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
2091 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
2093 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
2095 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
2097 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
2099 If you set this to the following
2101 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
2103 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
2105 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
2107 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
2109 ** New contributed packages
2111 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
2112 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
2115 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
2116 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
2120 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
2122 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
2123 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
2124 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
2125 the same with example blocks.
2127 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
2134 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
2136 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
2139 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
2140 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
2141 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
2143 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
2144 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
2145 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
2146 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
2147 detailed explanations.
2149 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
2150 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
2151 function has been called already.
2153 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
2156 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
2158 ** Incompatible changes
2160 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
2162 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
2164 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
2165 you will have to update them.
2167 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
2169 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
2170 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
2172 **** New export engine
2174 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
2175 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
2176 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
2177 /all/ export back-ends.
2179 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
2180 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
2181 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
2182 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
2183 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
2185 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
2186 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
2188 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
2189 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
2190 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
2191 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
2193 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
2195 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
2197 should now be written
2199 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
2201 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
2202 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
2203 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
2205 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
2207 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
2209 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
2212 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
2213 remember templates into capture templates.
2215 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
2217 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
2218 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
2220 **** Note for third-party developers
2222 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
2223 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
2224 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
2226 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
2229 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
2231 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
2232 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
2233 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
2235 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
2236 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
2237 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
2240 - org-colview-xemacs.el
2241 - org-mac-message.el
2247 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
2248 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
2249 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
2251 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
2252 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
2254 ** New packages in core
2256 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
2258 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
2260 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
2262 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
2264 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
2266 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
2267 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
2269 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2271 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
2273 ** New packages in contrib
2275 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
2277 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
2279 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
2282 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
2284 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
2285 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
2287 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
2290 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
2292 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
2294 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
2296 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
2298 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
2299 for starting headlines.
2301 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
2303 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
2304 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
2305 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
2306 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
2308 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
2310 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
2312 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
2314 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
2315 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2318 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
2319 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2322 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
2324 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
2325 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
2328 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
2329 conversion from Org files to groff.
2331 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
2333 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
2335 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
2337 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
2338 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
2345 **** New export generic options
2347 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
2348 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
2350 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
2352 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
2353 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
2354 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
2355 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
2357 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
2358 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
2359 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
2360 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
2361 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
2362 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
2363 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
2364 contains time-stamps.
2366 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
2367 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
2368 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
2370 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
2372 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
2374 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
2376 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
2378 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
2379 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
2380 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
2381 *** Structure editing
2383 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
2384 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
2386 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
2387 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
2389 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
2391 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
2392 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
2393 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
2394 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
2397 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
2399 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
2400 _words__= will preserve markup.
2402 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
2404 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
2405 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
2406 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
2408 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
2410 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
2411 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
2413 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
2415 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
2416 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
2417 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
2418 forward and backward.
2420 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
2421 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
2423 Now Org will sort this list
2425 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2426 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2430 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2431 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2433 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
2434 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
2435 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
2437 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
2438 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
2439 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
2441 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
2444 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
2446 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
2447 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
2448 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
2450 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
2452 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
2453 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
2454 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
2455 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
2457 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
2459 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
2460 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
2461 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
2462 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
2463 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
2465 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
2467 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
2468 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
2469 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
2471 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
2472 *** Scheduled/deadline
2474 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
2476 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
2477 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
2478 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
2479 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
2481 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
2482 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
2483 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
2484 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
2486 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
2487 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
2488 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
2489 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
2490 control this globally or per agenda.
2492 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
2494 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
2496 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
2498 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
2499 *** Calendar, diary and appts
2501 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
2503 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
2504 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
2505 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
2507 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2508 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
2509 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
2511 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
2512 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
2514 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
2517 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
2519 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
2520 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
2521 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
2523 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
2525 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
2526 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
2527 only show their description, not the full links.
2530 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
2532 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
2533 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
2534 want to build a list of appointments.
2536 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
2537 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
2539 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
2541 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
2543 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
2544 time value (i.e. appointments).
2546 **** New agenda sorting strategies
2548 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
2550 | Strategy | Explanations |
2551 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
2552 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
2553 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
2554 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
2555 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
2556 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
2557 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
2558 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
2559 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
2560 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
2561 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
2563 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
2565 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
2566 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
2567 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
2569 These new options are available:
2571 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
2572 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
2573 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
2574 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
2576 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
2577 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
2578 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
2580 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
2581 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
2582 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
2583 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
2584 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
2585 non-tagged headlines.
2587 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
2589 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
2590 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
2591 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
2592 that take only =N= minutes.
2594 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
2596 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
2597 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
2598 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
2600 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
2602 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
2603 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
2605 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
2607 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
2608 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
2610 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
2613 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
2615 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
2616 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
2617 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
2619 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
2620 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
2622 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
2624 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
2625 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
2627 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
2629 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
2631 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
2632 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
2635 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
2637 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
2638 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
2639 asks for a confirmation.
2641 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
2643 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
2644 the mark of the entry at point.
2646 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
2647 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
2649 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
2651 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
2652 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
2655 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
2657 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
2658 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
2660 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
2662 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
2663 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
2665 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
2667 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
2668 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
2669 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
2670 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
2672 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2674 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
2675 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
2676 repeated beyond the current deadline.
2678 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
2680 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
2681 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
2682 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
2683 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
2685 Read the full docstring for details.
2687 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
2689 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
2692 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
2695 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
2697 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
2698 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
2701 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
2703 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
2704 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
2706 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
2708 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2709 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
2710 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
2711 check against the name of the buffer.
2714 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
2715 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
2716 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
2719 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
2720 agenda views, and for filtering.
2722 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
2726 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
2728 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
2729 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
2730 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
2732 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
2733 as if the protocol was not known.
2735 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
2737 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
2739 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
2740 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
2741 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
2744 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
2746 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
2747 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
2748 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
2750 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
2752 When storing a link to a headline like
2754 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
2756 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
2757 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
2758 there is no description.
2761 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
2763 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
2764 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
2765 those other formulas.
2767 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2769 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2770 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2771 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2774 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2776 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2777 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2778 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2781 **** New lookup functions
2783 There are now three lookup functions:
2785 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2786 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2787 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2789 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2790 *** Startup keywords
2792 These new startup keywords are now available:
2794 | Startup keyword | Option |
2795 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2796 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2797 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2798 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2799 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2800 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2801 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2802 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2803 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2807 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2809 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2810 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2811 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2812 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2814 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2816 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2817 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2818 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2821 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2822 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2824 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2826 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2827 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2829 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2831 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2832 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2833 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2835 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2836 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2837 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2838 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2839 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2840 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2841 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2844 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2846 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2848 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2850 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2851 same target than the block at point.
2853 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2855 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2856 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2857 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2859 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2860 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2863 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2865 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2866 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2867 manual for a usage example.
2869 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2871 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2872 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2873 collecting blocks for tangling.
2875 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2876 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2878 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2879 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2880 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2881 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2883 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2884 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2887 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2888 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2889 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2890 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2894 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2895 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2896 - [[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]]
2897 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2898 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2899 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2900 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2901 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2902 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2903 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2904 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2905 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2906 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2907 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2908 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2909 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2910 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2911 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports OS X versions up to 10.8
2912 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2916 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2918 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2920 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2922 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2924 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2925 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2926 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2927 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2928 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2929 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2930 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2931 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2933 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2935 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2936 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2938 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2940 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2941 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2942 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2946 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2948 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2949 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2952 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2953 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2954 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2955 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2956 agenda type to this variable.
2958 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2961 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2962 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2963 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2964 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2966 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2968 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2969 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2970 invisible) blocked tasks.
2972 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2974 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2975 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2977 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2979 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2980 ** No GPL manual anymore
2982 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2983 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2985 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2987 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2989 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2990 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2991 in most environments.
2995 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2997 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2999 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3000 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
3003 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
3004 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
3005 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
3008 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
3010 ** Overview of the new keybindings
3012 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
3013 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
3014 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
3015 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
3016 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
3017 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
3018 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
3019 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
3020 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
3021 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
3022 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
3023 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
3024 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
3025 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
3026 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
3028 ** New package and Babel language
3030 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
3032 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
3034 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
3035 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
3037 ** Incompatible changes
3039 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
3040 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
3042 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
3045 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
3046 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
3047 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
3049 ** New features and user-visible changes
3053 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
3054 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
3055 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
3056 core and many core functions rely on this package.
3058 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
3059 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
3061 See the docstrings for more details.
3063 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
3064 on =org-element.el=.
3066 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
3068 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
3069 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
3070 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
3071 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
3073 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
3075 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
3076 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
3077 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
3078 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
3080 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
3082 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
3084 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
3086 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
3089 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
3090 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
3092 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
3093 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
3094 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
3097 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
3100 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
3101 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
3102 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
3104 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
3105 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
3106 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
3111 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
3113 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
3114 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
3115 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
3116 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
3118 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
3119 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
3120 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
3121 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
3122 generating new ones.
3124 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
3127 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
3129 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3130 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
3133 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3134 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
3135 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
3138 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
3139 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
3140 details on how to use this.
3142 **** Changes in bulk actions
3144 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
3145 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
3147 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
3148 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
3149 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
3150 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
3151 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
3153 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
3154 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
3156 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
3157 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
3160 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
3162 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
3164 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
3166 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
3167 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
3169 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
3171 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
3172 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
3173 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
3174 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
3177 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
3179 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
3182 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
3183 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
3184 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
3185 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
3186 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
3189 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
3191 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
3193 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
3195 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
3196 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
3197 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
3198 filters and category filters.
3200 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
3201 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
3204 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
3205 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
3206 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
3211 **** Inserting links
3213 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
3214 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
3215 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
3218 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
3219 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
3220 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
3221 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
3223 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
3226 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
3228 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
3229 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
3230 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
3231 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
3233 **** New link type =help=
3235 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
3237 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
3238 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
3239 you go back to the same buffer.
3241 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
3243 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
3244 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
3247 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
3249 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
3251 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
3253 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
3255 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
3257 **** RET now follows time stamps links
3261 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
3263 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
3264 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
3265 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
3266 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
3268 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
3270 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
3271 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
3272 all headlines in the region.
3274 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
3276 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
3278 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
3279 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
3281 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
3283 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
3285 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
3287 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
3289 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
3291 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
3292 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
3293 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
3298 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
3300 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
3302 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
3304 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
3305 clocked entry, if any.
3307 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
3309 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
3311 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
3313 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
3314 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
3317 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
3318 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
3319 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
3323 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
3325 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
3328 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
3330 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
3331 cells in clockreport.
3333 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
3334 time cells in clockreport.
3337 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
3339 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
3340 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
3342 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
3343 in the mode line and/or frame title.
3345 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
3346 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
3347 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
3348 space in the frame title.
3352 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
3354 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
3355 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
3356 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
3357 don't want to see temporarily.
3359 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
3361 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
3363 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
3365 There are these new entities:
3367 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
3368 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
3369 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
3370 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
3371 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
3372 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
3374 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
3375 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
3376 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
3378 The face is back to a normal height.
3382 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
3383 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
3385 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
3386 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
3388 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
3390 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
3391 block will use its value as the column format.
3393 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
3395 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
3397 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
3399 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
3401 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
3402 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
3403 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
3404 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
3406 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
3410 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
3412 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
3414 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
3416 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
3418 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
3419 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
3420 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
3422 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
3424 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
3425 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
3426 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
3430 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
3432 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
3433 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
3434 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
3435 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
3437 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
3439 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3440 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
3443 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3444 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
3445 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
3448 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
3449 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
3450 more details on how to use this.
3452 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
3453 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
3455 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
3456 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
3459 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
3461 See the manual for more explanations.
3463 **** More control over empty lines
3465 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
3466 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
3469 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
3471 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
3475 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
3477 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
3478 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
3479 available) to print beautiful tables.
3481 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
3483 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
3484 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
3487 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
3489 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
3490 in the #+DATE option.
3492 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
3494 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
3496 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
3497 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
3499 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
3500 More languages are always welcome.
3502 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
3504 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
3505 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
3507 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
3508 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
3509 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
3510 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
3511 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
3512 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
3514 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
3515 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
3519 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
3521 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
3524 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
3526 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
3527 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
3529 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
3531 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
3533 It used to exports the results of the code.
3537 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
3538 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
3540 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
3541 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
3543 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
3545 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
3546 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
3547 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
3549 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
3550 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
3552 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
3553 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
3554 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
3557 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
3559 This will increment the effort value.
3561 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
3563 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
3565 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
3566 attach symbolic links.
3568 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
3570 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
3572 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
3573 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
3575 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
3577 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
3579 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
3580 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
3581 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
3583 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
3585 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
3586 all top level list items.
3588 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
3590 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
3592 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
3593 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
3595 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
3597 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
3599 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
3600 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
3601 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
3602 first headline in the region.
3604 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
3606 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
3609 ** Important bug fixes
3611 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
3613 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
3614 perform completion with meaningful values.
3616 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
3618 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
3619 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
3620 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3622 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
3623 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
3625 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
3626 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
3629 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
3630 the code and the license to your needs.
3632 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
3633 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
3637 ** Incompatible changes
3639 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
3641 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
3643 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
3645 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
3646 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
3647 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
3648 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
3651 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
3653 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
3654 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
3655 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
3657 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
3659 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
3660 =org-agenda-span= instead.
3662 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
3664 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
3666 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
3667 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
3668 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
3669 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
3670 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
3672 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
3673 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
3674 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
3675 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
3676 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
3677 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
3679 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
3680 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
3681 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
3684 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
3687 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
3688 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
3689 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
3690 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
3692 The two new variables are:
3694 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
3695 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
3696 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
3697 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
3698 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
3699 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
3700 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
3702 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
3703 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
3706 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
3709 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
3710 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
3711 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
3712 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
3714 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
3715 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
3716 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
3717 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
3720 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
3721 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
3722 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
3723 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
3724 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
3725 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
3728 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
3729 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
3730 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
3731 applies to the following packages:
3749 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
3750 you are using, you can remove it from
3751 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
3752 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
3755 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
3756 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
3757 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
3758 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
3759 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
3762 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
3764 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
3765 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3766 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3769 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3771 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3773 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3775 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3777 ** Important new features
3779 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3781 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3783 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3784 for more information on how to customize it.
3786 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3788 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3789 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3790 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3791 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3793 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3794 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3795 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3797 To switch over to the new system:
3801 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3803 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3804 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3805 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3806 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3807 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3809 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3811 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3814 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3817 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3819 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3820 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3821 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3822 with using both system in parallel.
3826 *** New Org libraries
3827 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3829 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3831 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3833 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3835 To use, put the following in your init file:
3838 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3841 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3842 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3843 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3844 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3845 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3846 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3847 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3848 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3849 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3852 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3854 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3855 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3857 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3859 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3860 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3861 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3864 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3865 call function to do something special with text links.
3867 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3869 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3871 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3872 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3873 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3876 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3878 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3880 *** New Babel libraries
3882 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3883 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3884 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3885 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3886 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3887 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3888 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3890 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3894 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3896 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3897 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3898 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3899 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3900 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3901 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3903 The key new functions are
3905 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3906 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3907 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3909 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3910 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3912 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3913 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3915 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3916 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3918 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3920 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3921 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3922 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3924 **** Modified link escaping
3926 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3928 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3929 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3930 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3931 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3934 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3935 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3936 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3937 : percent escaped links are solved.
3939 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3941 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3943 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3944 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3946 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3948 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3950 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3951 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3952 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3953 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3954 string to be executed.
3956 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3957 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3961 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3962 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3965 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3969 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3971 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3972 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3973 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3974 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3976 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3977 will work on the current entry.
3979 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3980 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3982 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3984 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3986 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3989 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3990 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3995 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3997 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3998 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3999 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
4001 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
4003 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
4004 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
4005 entries using a function.
4007 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
4008 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
4009 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
4011 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
4013 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
4014 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
4015 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
4017 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
4019 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
4020 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
4021 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
4022 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
4023 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
4024 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
4026 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
4030 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
4032 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
4033 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
4035 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
4036 docstring of these variable for details about available
4039 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
4040 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
4041 formatting string will insert a string.
4043 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
4045 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
4046 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
4047 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
4048 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
4049 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
4050 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
4051 C-e u=, respectively.
4053 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
4054 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
4055 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
4056 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
4057 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
4060 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
4062 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
4063 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
4065 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
4067 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
4068 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
4070 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
4072 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
4073 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
4074 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
4075 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
4076 section]] in the manual for more details.
4078 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
4079 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
4080 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
4085 **** Refile targets can now be cached
4087 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
4088 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
4089 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
4090 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
4091 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
4093 **** New logging support for refiling
4095 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
4096 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
4099 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
4103 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
4105 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
4109 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
4111 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
4112 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
4114 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
4116 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
4117 the displayed in the buffer.
4119 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
4121 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
4123 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
4124 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
4126 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
4127 |--------+--------+---------|
4128 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
4129 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
4131 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
4134 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
4137 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
4139 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
4141 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
4142 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
4149 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
4150 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
4153 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
4155 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
4157 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
4158 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
4160 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
4164 **** Improved handling of lists
4166 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
4168 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
4169 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
4170 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
4173 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
4174 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
4175 counters like [@c] or [@W].
4177 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
4178 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
4179 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
4180 `org-list-export-context'.
4182 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
4183 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
4184 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
4186 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
4187 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
4188 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
4189 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
4190 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
4192 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
4193 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
4194 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
4196 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
4198 *** Inline display of linked images
4200 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
4201 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
4202 that have no description part will be inlined.
4204 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
4206 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
4207 from 1, you can now do it like this:
4209 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
4211 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
4213 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
4214 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
4215 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
4216 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
4217 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
4218 into account all header arguments, and variables.
4220 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
4221 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
4222 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
4225 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
4226 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
4227 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
4228 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
4229 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
4230 properties or in tables.
4232 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
4233 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
4234 names, and rownames across all languages.
4236 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
4238 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
4240 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
4241 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
4242 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
4244 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
4246 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
4247 request by Scott Otterson.
4249 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
4251 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
4252 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
4253 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
4254 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
4255 superscripts, see the variable
4256 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
4258 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
4260 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
4262 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
4263 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
4264 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
4265 following new faces:
4267 =org-document-title=
4269 =org-document-info-keyword=
4271 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
4272 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
4274 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
4276 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
4278 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
4279 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
4280 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
4281 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
4282 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
4283 property is affected by this setting.
4285 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
4286 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
4288 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
4290 Requested by Michael Brand.
4292 **** Better level cycling function
4294 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
4295 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
4296 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
4297 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
4299 **** Adaptive filling
4301 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
4302 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
4303 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
4304 comments to be filled correctly.
4306 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
4308 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
4310 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
4312 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
4314 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
4315 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
4317 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
4321 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
4323 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
4324 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
4325 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
4326 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
4328 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
4330 **** Localized clock tables
4332 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
4333 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
4334 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
4335 available translated strings.
4337 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
4339 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
4340 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
4341 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
4342 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
4344 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
4346 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
4348 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
4349 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
4350 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
4351 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
4354 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
4358 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
4360 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
4361 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
4363 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
4365 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
4367 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
4368 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
4369 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
4372 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
4375 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
4377 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
4378 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
4383 org-table-current-line
4387 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
4389 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
4390 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
4393 This was requested by Tom.
4395 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
4397 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
4398 example by viewing from the agenda.
4400 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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