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5 #+TITLE: Archive list of Org-mode user-visible changes
6 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
7 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
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21 - Improved behavior of conversion commands =C-c -= and =C-c *=
22 - Table formulas may now reference fields in other tables
23 - A final hline is imagined in each table, for the sake of references
24 - A tags-todo search can now ignore timestamped items
25 - =\par= can be used to force a paragraph break, also in footnotes
30 *** Improved behavior of conversion commands =C-c -= and =C-c *=
32 The conversion commands =C-c -= and =C-c *= are now better
33 behaved and therefore more useful, I hope.
35 If there is an active region, these commands will act on the
36 region, otherwise on the current line.
38 - C-c - :: This command turns headings or normal lines into
39 items, or items into normal lines. When there is a
40 region, everything depends on the first line of the
42 - if it is a item, turn all items in the region into
44 - if it is a headline, turn all headlines in the region
46 - if it is a normal line, turn all lines into items.
47 - special case: if there is no active region and the
48 current line is an item, cycle the bullet type of the
50 - C-c * :: This command turns items and normal lines into
51 headings, or headings into normal lines. When there is
52 a region, everything depends on the first line of the
54 - if it is a item, turn all items in the region into
56 - if it is a headline, turn all headlines in the region
58 - if it is a normal line, turn all lines into headlines.
60 *** Table formulas may now reference fields in other tables
62 You may now reference constants, fields and ranges from a
63 different table, either in the current file or even in a
64 different file. The syntax is
66 : remote(NAME-OR-ID,REF)
68 where /NAME/ can be the name of a table in the current file as
69 set by a =#+TBLNAME: NAME= line before the table. It can also be
70 the ID of an entry, even in a different file, and the reference
71 then refers to the first table in that entry. /REF/ is an
72 absolute field or range reference, valid in the referenced table.
73 Note that since there is no "current filed" for the remote table,
74 all row and column references must be absolute, not relative.
76 *** A final hline is imagined in each table, for the sake of references
78 Even if a table does not end with a hline (mine never do because I
79 think it is not pretty), for the sake of references you can
80 assume there is one. So in the following table
89 a reference like =@I$1..@II$2= will now work.
91 *** A tags-todo search can now ignore timestamped items
92 The variables =org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date=,
93 =org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date=, and
94 =org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date= make it possible to
95 exclude TODO entries which have this kind of planning info
96 associated with them. This is most useful for people who
97 schedule everything, and who use the TODO list mainly to find
98 things that are not yet scheduled. Thomas Morgan pointed out
99 that also the tags-todo search may serve exactly this
100 purpose, and that it might be good to have a way to make
101 these variables also apply to the tags-todo search. I can
102 see that, but could not convince myself to make this the
103 default. A new variable must be set to make this happen:
104 =org-agenda-tags-todo-honor-ignore-options=.
106 *** =\par= can be used to force a paragraph break, also in footnotes
108 The LaTeX idiom =\par= will insert a paragraph break at that
109 location. Normally you would simply leave an empty line to get
110 such a break, but this is useful for footnotes whose
111 definitions may not contain empty lines.
117 ** Incompatible changes
119 *** Short examples must have a space after the colon
121 Short literal examples can be created by preceding lines
122 with a colon. Such lines must now have a space after the
123 colon. I believe this is already general practice, but now
124 it must be like this. The only exception are lines that are
125 empty except for the colon.
129 *** Include files can now also process switches
131 The example and src switches like =-n= can now also be added
132 to include file statements:
134 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp -n -r
136 Thanks to Manish for pointing out that this was not yet
139 *** Examples can be exported to HTML as text areas
141 You can now specify a =-t= switch to an example or src block,
142 to make it export to HTML as a text area. To change the
143 defaults for height (number of lines in the example) and
144 width of this area (80), use the =-h= and =-w= switches.
146 Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for driving this development.
148 *** LaTeX_CLASS can be given as a property
150 When exporting a single subtree by selecting it as a region
151 before export, the LaTeX class for the export will be taken
152 from the =LaTeX_CLASS= property of the entry if present.
154 Thanks to Robert Goldman for this request.
156 *** Better handling of inlined images in different backends
158 Two new variables govern which kind of files can be inlined
159 during export. These are
160 =org-export-html-inline-image-extensions= and
161 =org-export-latex-inline-image-extensions=. Remember that
162 links are turned into an inline image if they are a pure link
163 with no description. HTML files can inline /.png/, /.jpg/,
164 and /.gif/ files, while LaTeX files, when processed with
165 /pdflatex/, can inline /.png/, /.jpg/, and /.pdf/ files.
166 These also represent the default settings for the new
167 variables. Note that this means that pure links to /.pdf/
168 files will be inlined - to avoid this for a particular link,
169 make sure that the link has a description part which is not
170 equal to the link part.
172 *** Links by ID now continue to work in HTML exported files
174 If you make links by ID, these links will now still work in
175 HTML exported files, provided that you keep the relative path
176 from link to target file the same.
178 Thanks to Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs for pushing this over
181 *** The relative timer can be paused
183 The new command `C-c C-x ,' will pause the relative timer.
184 When the relative timer is running, its value will be shown
185 in the mode line. To get rid of this display, you need to
186 really stop the timer with `C-u C-c C-x ,'.
188 Thanks to Alan Davis for driving this change.
190 *** The attachment directory may now be chosen by the user
192 Instead of using the automatic, unique directory related to
193 the entry ID, you can also use a chosen directory for the
194 attachments of an entry. This directory is specified by the
195 ATTACH_DIR property. You can use `C-c C-a s' to set this
198 Thanks to Jason Jackson for this proposal.
200 *** You can use a single attachment directory for a subtree
202 By setting the property ATTACH_DIR_INHERIT, you can now tell
203 Org that children of the entry should use the same directory
204 for attachments, unless a child explicitly defines its own
205 directory with the ATTACH_DIR property. You can use the
206 command `C-c C-a i' to set this property in an entry.
216 - Line numbers and references in literal examples
217 - New hooks for export preprocessing
218 - Capture column view into a different file
224 Org-mode now directly supports the creation of footnotes. In
225 contrast to the /footnote.el/ package, Org-mode's footnotes are
226 designed for work on a larger document, not only for one-off
227 documents like emails. The basic syntax is similar to the one
228 used by /footnote.el/, i.e. a footnote is defined in a paragraph
229 that is started by a footnote marker in square brackets in column
230 0, no indentation allowed. The footnote reference is simply the
231 marker in square brackets inside text. For example:
234 The Org homepage[fn:1] now looks a lot better than it used to.
236 [fn:1] The link is: http://orgmode.org
239 Org-mode extends the number-based syntax to /named/ footnotes and
240 optional inline definition. Using plain numbers as markers is
241 supported for backward compatibility, but not encouraged because
242 of possible conflicts with LaTeX syntax. Here are the valid
245 - [1] :: A plain numeric footnote marker.
247 - [fn:name] :: A named footnote reference, where `name' is a
248 unique label word or, for simplicity of automatic creation,
251 - [fn:: This is the inline definition of this footnote] :: A
252 LaTeX-like anonymous footnote where the definition is given
253 directly at the reference point.
255 - [fn:name: a definition] :: An inline definition of a footnote,
256 which also specifies a name for the note. Since Org allows
257 multiple references to the same note, you can then use use
258 `[fn:name]' to create additional references.
260 Footnote labels can be created automatically, or you create names
261 yourself. This is handled by the variable
262 =org-footnote-auto-label= and its corresponding =#+STARTUP=
263 keywords, see the docstring of that variable for details.
265 The following command handles footnotes:
267 - C-c C-x f :: The footnote action command. When the cursor is
268 on a footnote reference, jump to the definition. When it is
269 at a definition, jump to the (first) reference. Otherwise,
270 create a new footnote. Depending on the variable
271 `org-footnote-define-inline' (with associated =#+STARTUP=
272 options =fninline= and =nofninline=), the definitions will
273 be placed right into the text as part of the reference, or
274 separately into the location determined by the variable
275 =org-footnote-section=.
276 When this command is called with a prefix argument, a menu
277 of additional options is offered:
278 - s :: Sort the footnote definitions by reference sequence.
279 During editing, Org makes no effort to sort footnote
280 definitions into a particular sequence. If you want
281 them sorted, use this command, which will also move
282 entries according to =org-footnote-section=.
283 - n :: Normalize the footnotes by collecting all
284 definitions (including inline definitions) into a
285 special section, and then numbering them in
286 sequence. The references will then also be
287 numbers. This is meant to be the final step before
288 finishing a document (e.g. sending off an email).
289 The exporters do this automatically, and so could
290 something like `message-send-hook'.
291 - d :: Delete the footnote at point, and all references to it.
293 - C-c C-c :: If the cursor is on a footnote reference, jump to
294 the definition. If it is a the definition, jump back to the
295 reference. When called with a prefix argument at either
296 location, offer the same menu as `C-u C-c C-x f'.
298 - C-c C-o or mouse-1/2 :: Footnote labels are also links to the
299 corresponding definition/reference, and you can use the
300 usual commands to follow these links.
302 Org-mode's footnote support is designed so that it should also
303 work in buffers that are not in Org-mode, for example in email
304 messages. Just bind =org-footnote-action= to a global key like
307 The main trigger for this development came from a hook function
308 written by Paul Rivier, to implement named footnotes and to
309 convert them to numbered ones before export. Thanks, Paul!
311 Thanks also to Scot Becker for a thoughtful post bringing this
312 subject back onto the discussion table, and to Matt Lundin for
313 the idea of named footnotes and his prompt testing of the new
316 *** Line numbers and references in literal examples
318 Literal examples introduced with =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= or =#+BEGIN_SRC=
319 do now allow optional line numbering in the example.
320 Furthermore, links to specific code lines are supported, greatly
321 increasing Org-mode's utility for writing tutorials and other
324 Code references use special labels embedded directly into the
325 source code. Such labels look like "(ref:name)" and must be
326 unique within a document. Org-mode links with "(name)" in the
327 link part will be correctly interpreted, both while working with
328 an Org file (internal links), and while exporting to the
329 different backends. Line numbering and code references are
330 supported for all three major backends, HTML, LaTeX, and ASCII.
331 In the HTML backend, hovering the mouse over a link to a source
332 line will remote-highlight the referenced code line.
334 The options for the BEGIN lines are:
336 - -n :: Number the lines in the example
337 - +n :: Like -n, but continue numbering from where the previous
339 - -r :: Remove the coderef cookies from the example, and replace
340 links to this reference with line numbers. This option
341 takes only effect if either -n or +n are given as well.
342 If -r is not given, coderefs simply use the label name.
343 - -l "fmt" :: Define a local format for coderef labels, see the
344 variable =org-coderef-label-format= for details. Use this
345 of the default syntax causes conflicts with the code in the
346 code snippet you are using.
351 #+begin_src emacs-lisp -n -r
352 (defmacro org-unmodified (&rest body) (ref:def)
353 "Execute body without changing `buffer-modified-p'."
354 `(set-buffer-modified-p (ref:back)
355 (prog1 (buffer-modified-p) ,@body)))
357 [[(def)][Line (def)]] contains the macro name. Later at line [[(back)]],
361 When exported, this is translated to:
362 #+begin_src emacs-lisp -n -r
363 (defmacro org-unmodified (&rest body) (ref:def)
364 "Execute body without changing `buffer-modified-p'."
365 `(set-buffer-modified-p (ref:back)
366 (prog1 (buffer-modified-p) ,@body)))
368 [[(def)][Line (def)]] contains the macro name. Later at line [[(back)]],
371 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for proposing this feature set. Thanks
372 to Sebastian Rose for the key Javascript element that made the
373 remote highlighting possible.
375 *** New hooks for export preprocessing
376 The export preprocessor now runs more hooks, to allow
377 better-timed tweaking by user functions:
379 - =org-export-preprocess-hook= ::
380 Pretty much the first thing in the preprocessor. But org-mode
381 is already active in the preprocessing buffer.
383 - =org-export-preprocess-after-include-files-hook= ::
384 This is run after the contents of included files have been inserted.
386 - =org-export-preprocess-after-tree-selection-hook= ::
387 This is run after selection of trees to be exported has
388 happened. This selection includes tags-based selection, as
389 well as removal of commented and archived trees.
391 - =org-export-preprocess-before-backend-specifics-hook= ::
392 Hook run before backend-specific functions are called during preprocessing.
394 - =org-export-preprocess-final-hook= ::
395 Hook for preprocessing an export buffer. This is run as the
396 last thing in the preprocessing buffer, just before returning
397 the buffer string to the backend.
399 *** Capture column view into a different file
401 The :id parameter for the dynamic block capturing column view
402 can now truly be an ID that will also be found in a
403 different file. Also, it can be like =file:path/to/file=, to
404 capture the global column view from a different file.
406 Thanks to Francois Lagarde for his report that IDs outside
407 the current file would not work.
413 Cleanup of many small bugs, and one new feature.
417 *** References to last table row with special names
419 Fields in the last row of a table can now be referenced with
420 $LR1, $LR2, etc. These references can appear both on the
421 left hand side and right hand side of a formula.
428 This version reverses the introduction of @0 as a reference to
429 the last rwo in a table, because of a conflict with the use of
430 @0 for the current row.
438 - All known LaTeX export issues fixed
439 - Captions and attributes for figures and tables.
440 - Better implementation for entry IDs
441 - Spreadsheet references to the last table line.
442 - Old syntax for link attributes abandoned
444 ** Incompatible changes
445 *** Old syntax for link attributes abandoned
447 There used to be a syntax for setting link attributes for
448 HTML export by enclosing the attributes into double braces
449 and adding them to the link itself, like
452 [[./img/a.jpg{{alt="an image"}}] ]
455 This syntax is not longer supported, use instead
458 ,#+ATTR_HTML: alt="an image"
464 *** All known LaTeX export issues fixed
466 All the remaining issues with the LaTeX exporter have hopefully
467 been addressed in this release. In particular, this covers
468 quoting of special characters in tables and problems with
469 exporting files where the headline is in the first line, or with
472 *** Captions and attributes for figures and tables.
474 Tables, and Hyperlinks that represent inlined images, can now be
475 equipped with additional information that will be used during
476 export. The information will be taken from the following special
477 lines in the buffer and apply to the first following table or
480 - #+CAPTION: :: The caption of the image or table. This string
481 should be processed according to the export backend, but
482 this is not yet done.
484 - #+LABEL: :: A label to identify the figure/table for cross
485 references. For HTML export, this string will become the
486 ID for the ~<div class="figure">~ element that encapsulates
487 the image tag and the caption. For LaTeX export, this
488 string will be used as the argument of a ~\label{...}~
489 macro. These labels will be available for internal links
490 like ~[[label][Table] ]~.
492 - #+ATTR_HTML: :: Attributes for HTML export of image, to be
493 added as attributes into the ~<img...>~ tag. This string
494 will not be processed, so it should have immediately the
497 - #+ATTR_LaTeX: :: Attributes for LaTeX export of images and
499 For /images/, this string is directly inserted into
500 the optional argument of the ~\includegraphics[...]{file}~
501 command, to specify scaling, clipping and other options.
502 This string will not be processed, so it should have
503 immediately the right format, like =width=5cm,angle=90=.\\
504 For /tables/, this can currently contain the keyword
505 =longtable=, to request typesetting of the table using the
506 longtable package, which automatically distributes the table
507 over several pages if needed. Also, the attributes line may
508 contain an alignment string for the tabular environment, like
509 =longtable,align=l|lrl=
511 For LaTeX export, if either a caption or a label is given, the element
512 will be exported as a float, i.e. wrapped into a figure or table
515 *** Better implementation for entry IDs
517 Unique identifiers for entries can now be used more efficiently.
518 Internally, a hash array has replaced the alist used so far to
519 keep track of the files in which an ID is defined. This makes it
520 quite fast to find an entry by ID.
522 There is a new link type which looks like this:
525 id:GLOBALLY-UNIQUE-IDENTIFIER
528 This link points to a specific entry. When you move the entry to
529 a different file, for example if you move it to an archive
530 file, the link will continue to work.
532 The file /org-id.el/ contains an API that can be used to write
533 code using these identifiers, including creating IDs and finding
534 them wherever they are.
536 Org has its own method to create unique identifiers, but if the system
537 has /uuidgen/ command installed (Mac's and Linux systems generally
538 do), it will be used by default (a change compared to the earlier
539 implmentation, where you explicitdly had to opt for uuidgen). You can
540 also select the method by hand, using the variable =org-id-method=.
542 If the ID system ever gets confused about where a certain ID is, it
543 initiates a global scan of all agenda files with associated archives,
544 all files previously known containing any IDs, and all currently
545 visited Org-mode files to rebuild the hash. You can also initiate
546 this by hand: =M-x org-id-update-id-locations=. Running this command
547 will also dump into the =*Messages*= buffer information about any
548 duplicate IDs. These should not exist, and Org will never /make/ the
549 same ID twice, but if you /copy/ an entry with its properties,
550 duplicate IDs will inevitably be produced. Unfortunately, this is
551 unavoidable in a plain text system that allows you to edit the text in
552 arbitrary ways, and a portion of care on your side is needed to keep
555 The hash is stored in the file =~/.emacs.d/.org-id-locations=.
556 This is also a change from previous versions where the file was
557 =~/.org=id-locations=. Therefore, you can remove this old file
558 if you have it. I am not sure what will happen if the =.emacs.d=
559 directory does not exists in your setup, but in modern Emacsen, I
560 believe it should exist. If you do not want to use IDs across
561 files, you can avoid the overhead with tracking IDs by
562 customizing the variable =org-id-track-globally=. IDs can then
563 still be used for links inside a single file.
565 IDs will also be used when you create a new link to an Org-mode
566 buffer. If you use =org-store-link= (normally at =C-c l=) inside
567 en entry in an Org-mode buffer, and ID property will be created
568 if it does not exist, and the stored link will be an =id:= link.
569 If you prefer the much less secure linking to headline text, you
570 can configure the variable =org-link-to-org-use-id=. The default
571 setting for this variable is =create-if-interactive=, meaning
572 that an ID will be created when you store a link interactively,
573 but not if you happen to be in an Org-mode file while you create
574 a remember note (which usually has a link to the place where you
575 were when starting remember).
577 *** Spreadsheet references to the last table line.
579 You may now use =@0= to reference the last dataline in a table
580 in a stable way. This is useful in particular for automatically
581 generated tables like the ones using /org-collector.el/ by Eric
590 - New relative timer to support timed notes
591 - Special faces can be set for individual tags
592 - The agenda shows now all tags, including inherited ones.
593 - Exclude some tags from inheritance.
594 - More special values for time comparisons in property searches
595 - Control for exporting meta data
596 - Cut and Paste with hot links from w3m to Org
597 - LOCATION can be inherited for iCalendar export
598 - Relative row references crossing hlines now throw an error
600 ** Incompatible Changes
602 *** Relative row references crossing hlines now throw an error
604 Relative row references in tables look like this: "@-4" which
605 means the forth row above this one. These row references are
606 not allowed to cross horizontal separator lines (hlines). So
607 far, when a row reference violates this policy, Org would
608 silently choose the field just next to the hline.
610 Tassilo Horn pointed out that this kind of hidden magic is
611 actually confusing and may cause incorrect formulas, and I do
612 agree. Therefore, trying to cross a hline with a relative
613 reference will now throw an error.
615 If you need the old behavior, customize the variable
616 `org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline'.
620 *** New relative timer to support timed notes
622 Org now supports taking timed notes, useful for example while
623 watching a video, or during a meeting which is also recorded.
626 Insert a relative time into the buffer. The first time
627 you use this, the timer will be started. When called
628 with a prefix argument, the timer is reset to 0.
631 Insert a description list item with the current relative
632 time. With a prefix argument, first reset the timer to 0.
635 Once the time list has been initiated, you can also use the
636 normal item-creating command to insert the next timer item.
639 Reset the timer without inserting anything into the buffer.
640 By default, the timer is reset to 0. When called with a
641 =C-u= prefix, reset the timer to specific starting
642 offset. The user is prompted for the offset, with a
643 default taken from a timer string at point, if any, So this
644 can be used to restart taking notes after a break in the
645 process. When called with a double prefix argument
646 =C-c C-u=, change all timer strings in the active
647 region by a certain amount. This can be used to fix timer
648 strings if the timer was not started at exactly the right
651 Thanks to Alan Dove, Adam Spiers, and Alan Davis for
652 contributions to this idea.
654 *** Special faces can be set for individual tags
656 You may now use the variable =org-tag-faces= to define the
657 face used for specific tags, much in the same way as you can
658 do for TODO keywords.
660 Thanks to Samuel Wales for this proposal.
662 *** The agenda shows now all tags, including inherited ones.
664 This request has come up often, most recently it was
665 formulated by Tassilo Horn.
667 If you prefer the old behavior of only showing the local
668 tags, customize the variable =org-agenda-show-inherited-tags=.
670 *** Exclude some tags from inheritance.
672 So far, the only way to select tags for inheritance was to
673 allow it for all tags, or to do a positive selection using
674 one of the more complex settings for
675 `org-use-tag-inheritance'. It may actually be better to
676 allow inheritance for all but a few tags, which was difficult
677 to achieve with this methodology.
679 A new option, `org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance', allows to
680 specify an exclusion list for inherited tags.
682 *** More special values for time comparisons in property searches
684 In addition to =<now>=, =<today>=, =<yesterday>=, and
685 =<tomorrow>=, there are more special values accepted now in
686 time comparisons in property searches: You may use strings
687 like =<+3d>= or =<-2w>=, with units d, w, m, and y for day,
688 week, month, and year, respectively
690 Thanks to Linday Todd for this proposal.
692 *** Control for exporting meta data
694 All the metadata in a headline, i.e. the TODO keyword, the
695 priority cookie, and the tags, can now be excluded from
696 export with appropriate options:
698 | Variable | Publishing property | OPTIONS switch |
699 |-------------------------------+---------------------+----------------|
700 | org-export-with-todo-keywords | :todo-keywords | todo: |
701 | org-export-with-tags | :tags | tags: |
702 | org-export-with-priority | :priority | pri: |
704 *** Cut and Paste with hot links from w3m to Org
706 You can now use the key =C-c C-x M-w= in a w3m buffer with
707 HTML content to copy either the region or the entire file in
708 a special way. When you yank this text back into an Org-mode
709 buffer, all links from the w3m buffer will continue to work
712 For this to work you need to load the new file /org-w3m.el./
713 Please check your org-modules variable to make sure that this
716 Thanks for Richard Riley for the idea and to Andy Stewart for
719 *** LOCATION can be inherited for iCalendar export
721 The LOCATION property can now be inherited during iCalendar
722 export if you configure =org-use-property-inheritance= like
725 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
726 (setq org-use-property-inheritance '("LOCATION"))
736 - Keybindings in Remember buffers can be configured
737 - Support for ido completion
738 - New face for date lines in agenda column view
739 - Invisible targets become now anchors in headlines.
740 - New contributed file /org-exp-blocks.el/
741 - New contributed file /org-eval-light.el/
743 - BBDB links may use regular expressions.
744 - Link abbreviations can use %h to insert a url-encoded target value
745 - Improved XHTML compliance
749 *** Keybindings in Remember buffers can be configured
751 The remember buffers created with Org's extensions are in
752 Org-mode, which is nice to prepare snippets that will
753 actually be stored in Org-mode files. However, this makes it
754 hard to configure key bindings without modifying the Org-mode
755 keymap. There is now a minor mode active in these buffers,
756 `org-remember-mode', and its keymap org-remember-mode-map can
757 be used for key bindings. By default, this map only contains
758 the bindings for =C-c C-c= to store the note, and =C-c C-k=
759 to abort it. Use `org-remember-mode-hook' to define your own
762 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
764 'org-remember-mode-hook
766 (define-key org-remember-mode-map
767 "\C-x\C-s" 'org-remember-finalize)))
770 If you wish, you can also use this to free the =C-c C-c=
771 binding (by binding this key to nil in the minor mode map),
772 so that you can use =C-c C-c= again to set tags.
774 This modification is based on a request by Tim O'Callaghan.
776 *** Support for ido completion
778 You can now get the completion interface from /ido.el/ for
779 many of Org's internal completion commands by turning on the
780 variable =org-completion-use-ido=. =ido-mode= must also be
781 active before you can use this.
783 This change is based upon a request by Samuel Wales.
785 *** New face for date lines in agenda column view
787 When column view is active in the agenda, and when you have
788 summarizing properties, the date lines become normal column
789 lines and the separation between different days becomes
790 harder to see. If this bothers you, you can now customize
791 the face =org-agenda-column-dateline=.
793 This is based on a request by George Pearson.
795 *** Invisible targets become now anchors in headlines.
797 These anchors can be used to jump to a directly with an HTML
798 link, just like the =sec-xxx= IDs. For example, the
799 following will make a http link
800 =//domain/path-to-my-file.html#dummy= work:
807 This is based on a request by Matt Lundin.
809 *** New contributed file /org-exp-blocks.el/
811 This new file implements special export behavior of
812 user-defined blocks. The currently supported blocks are
814 - comment :: Comment blocks with author-specific markup
815 - ditaa :: conversion of ASCII art into pretty png files
816 using Stathis Sideris' /ditaa.jar/ program
817 - dot :: creation of graphs in the /dot/ language
818 - R :: Sweave type exporting using the R program
820 For more details and examples, see the file commentary in
823 Kudos to Eric Schulte for this new functionality, after
824 /org-plot.el/ already his second major contribution. Thanks
825 to Stathis for this excellent program, and for allowing us to
826 bundle it with Org-mode.
828 *** New contributed file /org-eval-light.el/
830 This module gives control over execution Emacs Lisp code
831 blocks included in a file.
833 Thanks to Eric Schulte also for this file.
837 You can now configure Org to understand many links created
838 with the Emacs Planner package, so you can cut text from
839 planner pages and paste them into Org-mode files without
840 having to re-write the links. Among other things, this means
841 that the command =org-open-at-point-global= which follows
842 links not only in Org-mode, but in arbitrary files like
843 source code files etc, will work also with links created by
844 planner. The following customization is needed to make all of
847 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
848 (setq org-link-translation-function
849 'org-translate-link-from-planner)
852 I guess an inverse translator could be written and integrated
855 *** BBDB links may use regular expressions.
857 This did work all along, but only now I have documented it.
859 *** =yank-pop= works again after yanking an outline tree
861 Samuel Wales had noticed that =org-yank= did mess up this
862 functionality. Now you can use =yank-pop= again, the only
863 restriction is that the so-yanked text will not be
864 pro/demoted or folded.
866 *** Link abbreviations can use %h to insert a url-encoded target value
868 Thanks to Steve Purcell for a patch to this effect.
870 *** Improved XHTML compliance
872 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this.
874 *** Many bug fixes again.
882 - A region of entries can now be refiled with a single command
883 - Fine-tuning the behavior of `org-yank'
884 - Formulas for clocktables
885 - Better implementation of footnotes for HTML export
886 - More languages for HTML export.
890 *** A region of entries can now be refiled with a single command
892 With =transient-make-mode= active (=zmacs-regions= under
893 XEmacs), you can now select a region of entries and refile
894 them all with a single =C-c C-w= command.
896 Thanks to Samuel Wales for this useful proposal.
898 *** Fine-tuning the behavior of =org-yank=
900 The behavior of Org's yanking command has been further
901 fine-tuned in order to avoid some of the small annoyances
904 - Calling =org-yank= with a prefix arg will stop any special
905 treatment and directly pass through to the normal =yank=
906 command. Therefore, you can now force a normal yank with
909 - Subtrees will only be folded after a yank if doing so will
910 now swallow any non-white characters after the yanked text.
911 This is, I think a really important change to make the
912 command work more sanely.
914 *** Formulas for clocktables
916 You can now add formulas to a clock table, either by hand, or
917 with a =:formula= parameter. These formulas can be used to
918 create additional columns with further analysis of the
921 Thanks to Jurgen Defurne for triggering this addition.
923 *** Better implementation of footnotes for HTML export
925 The footnote export in 6.11 really was not good enough. Now
926 it works fine. If you have customized
927 =footnote-section-tag=, make sure that your customization is
928 matched by =footnote-section-tag-regexp=.
930 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this change.
932 *** More languages for HTML export.
934 More languages are supported during HTML export. This is
935 only relevant for the few special words Org inserts, like
936 "Table of Contents", or "Footnotes". Also the encoding
937 issues with this feature seem to be solved now.
939 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing me to fix the encoding
949 - Yanking subtree with =C-y= now adjusts the tree level
950 - State changes can now be shown in the log mode in the agenda
951 - Footnote in HTML export are now collected at the end of the document
952 - HTML export now validates again as XHTML
953 - The clock can now be resumed after exiting and re-starting Emacs
954 - Clock-related data can be saved and resumed across Emacs sessions
955 - Following file links can now use C-u C-u to force use of an external app
956 - Inserting absolute files names now abbreviates links with "~"
957 - Links to attachment files
958 - Completed repeated tasks listed briefly in agenda
959 - Remove buffers created during publishing are removed
963 *** Yanking subtree with =C-y= now adjusts the tree level
964 When yanking a cut/copied subtree or a series of trees, the
965 normal yank key =C-y= now adjusts the level of the tree to
966 make it fit into the current outline position, without losing
967 its identity, and without swallowing other subtrees.
969 This uses the command =org-past-subtree=. An additional
970 change in that command has been implemented: Normally, this
971 command picks the right outline level from the surrounding
972 *visible* headlines, and uses the smaller one. So if the
973 cursor is between a level 4 and a level 3 headline, the tree
974 will be pasted as level 3. If the cursor is actually *at*
975 the beginning of a headline, the level of that headline will
976 be used. For example, lets say you have a tree like this:
982 ,(2)* Level one again
985 with (1) and (2) indicating possible cursor positions for the
986 insertion. When at (1), the tree will be pasted as level 2.
987 When at (2), it will be pasted as level 1.
989 If you do not want =C-y= to behave like this, configure the
990 variable =org-yank-adjusted-subtrees=.
992 Thanks to Samuel Wales for this idea and a partial implementation.
994 *** State changes can now be shown in the log mode in the agenda
996 If you configure the variable =org-agenda-log-mode-items=,
997 you can now request that all logged state changes be included
998 in the agenda when log mode is active. If you find this too
999 much for normal applications, you can also temporarily
1000 request the inclusion of state changes by pressing =C-u l= in
1003 This was a request by Hsiu-Khuern Tang.
1005 You can also press `C-u C-u l' to get *only* log items in the
1006 agenda, withour any timestamps/deadlines etc.
1008 *** Footnote in HTML export are now collected at the end of the document
1009 Previously, footnotes would be left in the document where
1010 they are defined, now they are all collected and put into a
1011 special =<div>= at the end of the document.
1013 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for this request.
1015 *** HTML export now validates again as XHTML.
1017 Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this cleanup.
1019 *** The clock can now be resumed after exiting and re-starting Emacs
1021 If the option =org-clock-in-resume= is t, and the first clock
1022 line in an entry is unclosed, clocking into that task resumes
1023 the clock from that time.
1025 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
1027 *** Clock-related data can be saved and resumed across Emacs sessions
1029 The data saved include the contents of =org-clock-history=,
1030 and the running clock, if there is one.
1032 To use this, you will need to add to your .emacs
1034 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1035 (setq org-clock-persist t)
1036 (setq org-clock-in-resume t)
1037 (org-clock-persistence-insinuate)
1040 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
1042 *** Following file links can now use C-u C-u to force use of an external app.
1044 So far you could only bypass your setup in `org-file-apps'
1045 and force opening a file link in Emacs by using a =C-u= prefix arg
1046 with =C-c C-o=. Now you can call =C-u C-u C-c C-o= to force
1047 an external application. Which external application depends
1048 on your system. On Mac OS X and Windows, =open= is used. On
1049 a GNU/Linux system, the mailcap settings are used.
1051 This was a proposal by Samuel Wales.
1053 *** Inserting absolute files names now abbreviates links with "~".
1055 Inserting file links with =C-u C-c C-l= was buggy if the
1056 setting of `org-link-file-path-type' was `adaptive' (the
1057 default). Absolute file paths were not abbreviated relative
1058 to the users home directory. This bug has been fixed.
1060 Thanks to Matt Lundin for the report.
1062 *** Links to attachment files
1064 Even though one of the purposes of entry attachments was to
1065 reduce the number of links in an entry, one might still want
1066 to have the occasional link to one of those files. You can
1067 now use link abbreviations to set up a special link type that
1068 points to attachments in the current entry. Note that such
1069 links will only work from within the same entry that has the
1070 attachment, because the directory path is entry specific.
1071 Here is the setup you need:
1073 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1074 (setq org-link-abbrev-alist '(("att" . org-attach-expand-link)))
1077 After this, a link like this will work
1080 [[att:some-attached-file.txt]]
1082 This was a proposal by Lindsay Todd.
1084 *** Completed repeated tasks listed briefly in agenda
1086 When a repeating task, listed in the daily/weekly agenda under
1087 today's date, is completed from the agenda, it is listed as
1088 DONE in the agenda until the next update happens. After the
1089 next update, the task will have disappeared, of course,
1090 because the new date is no longer today.
1092 *** Remove buffers created during publishing are removed
1094 Buffers that are created during publishing are now deleted
1095 when the publishing is over. At least I hope it works like this.
1104 - Secondary agenda filtering is becoming a killer feature
1105 - Setting tags has now its own binding, =C-c C-q=
1106 - Todo state changes can trigger tag changes
1107 - C-RET will now always insert a new headline, never an item.
1108 - Customize org-mouse.el feature set to free up mouse events
1109 - New commands for export all the way to PDF (through LaTeX)
1110 - Some bug fixed for LaTeX export, more bugs remain.
1114 *** Enhancements to secondary agenda filtering
1116 This is, I believe, becoming a killer feature. It allows you
1117 to define fewer and more general custom agenda commands, and
1118 then to do the final narrowing to specific tasks you are
1119 looking for very quickly, much faster than calling a new
1122 If you have not tries this yet, you should!
1124 **** You can now refining the current filter by an additional criterion
1125 When filtering an existing agenda view with =/=, you can
1126 now narrow down the existing selection by an additional
1127 condition. Do do this, use =\= instead of =/= to add the
1128 additional criterion. You can also press =+= or =-= after
1129 =/= to add a positive or negative condition. A condition
1130 can be a TAG, or an effort estimate limit, see below.
1132 **** It is now possible to filter for effort estimates
1133 This means to filter the agenda for the value of the Effort
1134 property. For this you should best set up global allowed
1135 values for effort estimates, with
1137 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1138 (setq org-global-properties
1139 '(("Effort_ALL" . "0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00")))
1142 You may then select effort limits with single keys in the
1143 filter. It works like this: After =/= or =\=, first select
1144 the operator which you want to use to compare effort
1147 : < Select entries with effort smaller than or equal to the limit
1148 : > Select entries with effort larger than or equal to the limit
1149 : = Select entries with effort equal to the limit
1151 After that, you can press a single digit number which is
1152 used as an index to the allowed effort estimates.
1154 If you do not use digits to fast-select tags, you can even
1155 skip the operator, which will then default to
1156 `org-agenda-filter-effort-default-operator', which is by
1159 Thanks to Manish for the great idea to include fast effort
1160 filtering into the agenda filtering process.
1162 **** The mode line will show the active filter
1163 For example, if there is a filter in place that does select
1164 for HOME tags, against EMAIL tags, and for tasks with an
1165 estimated effort smaller than 30 minutes, the mode-line with
1166 show =+HOME-EMAIL+<0:30=
1168 **** The filter now persists when the agenda view is refreshed
1169 All normal refresh commands, including those that move the
1170 weekly agenda from one week to the next, now keep the
1171 current filter in place.
1173 You need to press =/ /= to turn off the filter. However,
1174 when you run a new agenda command, for example going from
1175 the weekly agenda to the TODO list, the filter will be
1178 *** Setting tags has now its own binding, =C-c C-q=
1180 You can still use =C-c C-c= on a headline, but the new
1181 binding should be considered as the main binding for this
1182 command. The reasons for this change are:
1184 - Using =C-c C-c= for tags is really out of line with other
1187 - I hate it in Remember buffers when I try to set tags and I
1188 cannot, because =C-c C-c= exits the buffer :-(
1190 - =C-c C-q= will also work when the cursor is somewhere down
1191 in the entry, it does not have to be on the headline.
1193 *** Todo state changes can trigger tag changes
1195 The new option =org-todo-state-tags-triggers= can be used to
1196 define automatic changes to tags when a TODO state changes.
1197 For example, the setting
1199 : (setq org-todo-state-tags-triggers
1200 : '((done ("Today" . nil) ("NEXT" . nil))
1201 : ("WAITING" ("Today" . t))))
1203 will make sure that any change to any of the DONE states will
1204 remove tags "Today" and "NEXT", while switching to the
1205 "WAITING" state will trigger the tag "Today" to be added.
1207 I use this mostly to get rid of TODAY and NEXT tags which I
1208 apply to select an entry for execution in the near future,
1209 which I often prefer to specific time scheduling.
1211 *** C-RET will now always insert a new headline, never an item.
1212 The new headline is inserted after the current subtree.
1214 Thanks to Peter Jones for patches to fine-tune this behavior.
1216 *** Customize org-mouse.el feature set
1217 There is a new variable =org-mouse-features= which gives you
1218 some control about what features of org-mouse you want to
1219 use. Turning off some of the feature will free up the
1220 corresponding mouse events, or will avoid activating special
1221 regions for mouse clicks. By default I have urned off the
1222 feature to use drag mouse events to move or promote/demote
1223 entries. You can of course turn them back on if you wish.
1225 This variable may still change in the future, allowing more
1226 fine-grained control.
1228 *** New commands for export to PDF
1230 This is using LaTeX export, and then processes it to PDF
1233 : C-c C-e p process to PDF.
1234 : C-c C-e d process to PDF, and open the file.
1237 - \usepackage{graphicx} is now part of the standard class
1239 - Several bugs fixed, but definitely not all of them :-(
1241 *** New option `org-log-state-notes-insert-after-drawers'
1243 Set this to =t= if you want state change notes to be inserted
1244 after any initial drawers, i.e drawers the immediately follow
1245 the headline and the planning line (the one with
1246 DEADLINE/SCHEDULED/CLOSED information).
1253 *** =org-file-apps= now uses regular expressions, see [[*%20org%20file%20apps%20now%20uses%20regular%20repressions%20instead%20of%20extensions][below]]
1257 *** =org-file-apps= now uses regular repressions instead of extensions
1258 Just like in =auto-mode-alist=, car's in the variable
1259 =org-file-apps= that are strings are now interpreted as
1260 regular expressions that are matched against a file name. So
1261 instead of "txt", you should now write "\\.txt\\'" to make
1262 sure the matching is done correctly (even though "txt" will
1263 be recognized and still be interpreted as an extension).
1265 There is now a shortcut to get many file types visited by
1266 Emacs. If org-file-apps contains `(auto-mode . emacs)', then
1267 any files that are matched by `auto-mode-alist' will be
1270 *** Changes to the attachment system
1272 - The default method to attach a file is now to copy it
1273 instead of moving it.
1274 - You can modify the default method using the variable
1275 `org-attach-method'. I believe that most Unix people want
1276 to set it to `ln' to create hard links.
1277 - The keys =c=, =m=, and =l= specifically select =copy=,
1278 =move=, or =link=, respectively, as the attachment method
1279 for a file, overruling `org-attach-method'.
1280 - To create a new attachment as an Emacs buffer, you have not
1281 now use =n= instead of =c=.
1282 - The file list is now always retrieved from the directory
1283 itself, not from the "Attachments" property. We still
1284 keep this property by default, but you can turn it off, by
1285 customizing the variable =org-attach-file-list-property=.
1292 ** Incompatible changes
1294 - Changes in the structure of IDs, see [[*The%20default%20structure%20of%20IDs%20has%20changed][here]] for details.
1296 - C-c C-a has been redefined, see [[*%20C%20c%20C%20a%20no%20longer%20calls%20show%20all][here]] for details.
1300 *** The default structure of IDs has changed
1302 IDs created by Org have changed a bit:
1303 - By default, there is no prefix on the ID. There used to be
1304 an "Org" prefix, but I now think this is not necessary.
1305 - IDs use only lower-case letters, no upper-case letters
1306 anymore. The reason for this is that IDs are now also used
1307 as directory names for org-attach, and some systems do not
1308 distinguish upper and lower case in the file system.
1309 - The ID string derived from the current time is now
1310 /reversed/ to become an ID. This assures that the first
1311 two letters of the ID change fast, so hat it makes sense to
1312 split them off to create subdirectories to balance load.
1313 - You can now set the `org-id-method' to `uuidgen' on systems
1316 *** =C-c C-a= no longer calls `show-all'
1318 The reason for this is that =C-c C-a= is now used for the
1319 attachment system. On the rare occasions that this command
1320 is needed, use =M-x show-all=, or =C-u C-u C-u TAB=.
1322 *** New attachment system
1324 You can now attach files to each node in the outline tree.
1325 This works by creating special directories based on the ID of
1326 an entry, and storing files in these directories. Org can
1327 keep track of changes to the attachments by automatically
1328 committing changes to git. See the manual for more
1331 Thanks to John Wiegley who contributed this fantastic new
1332 concept and wrote org-attach.el to implement it.
1334 *** New remember template escapes
1336 : %^{prop}p to insert a property
1337 : %k the heading of the item currently being clocked
1338 : %K a link to the heading of the item currently being clocked
1340 Also, when you exit remember with =C-2 C-c C-c=, the item
1341 will be filed as a child of the item currently being
1342 clocked. So the idea is, if you are working on something and
1343 think of a new task related to this or a new note to be
1344 added, you can use this to quickly add information to that
1347 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
1349 *** Clicking with mouse-2 on clock info in mode-line visits the clock.
1351 Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
1353 *** New file in contrib: lisp/org-checklist.el
1355 This module deals with repeated tasks that have checkbox
1358 Thanks to James TD Smith for this contribution.
1360 *** New in-buffer setting #+STYLE
1362 It can be used to locally set the variable
1363 `org-export-html-style-extra'. Several such lines are
1364 allowed-, they will all be concatenated. For an example on
1365 how to use it, see the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-publish-html-tutorial.php][publishing tutorial]].
1374 - Filtering existing agenda views with respect to a tag
1375 - Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
1376 - /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org
1377 - Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
1378 - Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
1379 - Yanking inserts folded subtrees
1380 - Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
1381 - In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
1382 - The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
1383 - Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
1384 - Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
1385 - New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
1386 - Remember templates for gnus links can use the :to escape.
1387 - The file specification in a remember template may be a function
1388 - Categories in iCalendar export include local tags
1389 - It is possible to define filters for column view
1390 - Disabling integer increment during table Field copy
1391 - Capturing column view is on `C-c C-x i'
1392 - And tons of bugs fixed.
1395 ** Incompatible changes
1397 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes has changed
1399 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
1400 remember process is now interpreted differently:
1402 : C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
1403 : C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
1404 : in its new location.
1405 : C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
1406 : C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
1408 This was requested by John Wiegley.
1410 *** Capturing column view is now on `C-c C-x i'
1412 The reason for this change was that `C-c C-x r' is also used
1413 as a tty key replacement.
1415 *** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
1417 The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
1418 exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
1419 category is now the last category in this list. Configure
1420 the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
1423 This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
1427 *** Secondary filtering of agenda views.
1429 You can now easily and interactively filter an existing
1430 agenda view with respect to a tag. This command is executed
1431 with the =/= key in the agenda. You will be prompted for a
1432 tag selection key, and all entries that do not contain or
1433 inherit the corresponding tag will be hidden. With a prefix
1434 argument, the opposite filter is applied: entries that
1435 do have the tag will be hidden.
1437 This operation only /hides/ lines in the agenda buffer, it
1438 does not remove them. Changing the secondary filtering does
1439 not require a new search and is very fast.
1441 If you press TAB at the tag selection prompt, you will be
1442 switched to a completion interface to select a tag. This is
1443 useful when you want to select a tag that does not have a
1444 direct access character.
1446 A double =/ /= will restore the original agenda view by
1447 unhiding any hidden lines.
1449 This functionality was John Wiegley's idea. It is a simpler
1450 implementation of some of the query-editing features proposed
1451 and implemented some time ago by Christopher League (see the
1452 file contrib/lisp/org-interactive-query.el).
1454 *** Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
1456 The command @<code>C-c '@</code> (that is =C-c= followed by a
1457 single quote) can now also be used to switch to a special
1458 editing mode for fixed-width sections. The default mode is
1459 =artist-mode= which allows you to create ASCII drawings.
1461 It works like this: Enter the editing mode with
1462 @<code>C-c '@</code>. An indirect buffer will be created and
1463 narrowed to the fixed-width region. Edit the drawing, and
1464 press @<code>C-c '@</code> again to exit.
1466 Lines in a fixed-width region should be preceded by a colon
1467 followed by at least one space. These will be removed during
1468 editing, and then added back when you exit the editing mode.
1470 Using the command in an empty line will create a new
1473 This new feature arose from a discussion involving Scott
1474 Otterson, Sebastian Rose and Will Henney.
1476 *** /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org.
1478 You can run it by simple calling org-plot/gnuplot.
1479 Documentation is not yet included with Org, please refer to
1480 http://github.com/eschulte/org-plot/tree/master until we have
1481 moved the docs into Org or Worg.
1483 Thanks to Eric Schulte for this great contribution.
1485 *** Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
1487 You may now use tags to select parts of a document for
1488 inclusion into the export, and to exclude other parts. This
1489 behavior is governed by two new variables:
1490 =org-export-select-tags= and =org-export-exclude-tags=.
1491 These default to =("export")= and =("noexport")=, but can be
1492 changed, even to include a list of several tags.
1494 Org first checks if any of the /select/ tags is present in
1495 the buffer. If yes, all trees that do not carry one of these
1496 tags will be excluded. If a selected tree is a subtree, the
1497 heading hierarchy above it will also be selected for export,
1498 but not the text below those headings. If none of the select
1499 tags is found anywhere in the buffer, the whole buffer will
1500 be selected for export. Finally, all subtrees that are
1501 marked by any of the /exclude/ tags will be removed from the
1504 You may set these tags with in-buffer options
1505 =EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS= and =EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS=.
1507 I love this feature. Thanks to Richard G Riley for coming
1510 *** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
1512 The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
1513 remember process is now interpreted differently:
1515 : C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
1516 : C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
1517 : in its new location.
1518 : C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
1519 : C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
1521 This was requested by John Wiegley.
1523 *** Yanking inserts folded subtrees
1525 If the kill is a subtree or a sequence of subtrees, yanking
1526 them with =C-y= will leave all the subtrees in a folded
1527 state. This basically means, that kill and yank are now
1528 much more useful in moving stuff around in your outline. If
1529 you do not like this, customize the variable
1530 =org-yank-folded-subtrees=.
1532 Right now, I am only binding =C-y= to this new function,
1533 should I modify all bindings of yank? Do we need to amend
1536 This feature was requested by John Wiegley.
1538 *** Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
1540 If you attach formulas and plotting instructions to a table
1541 capturing column view, these extra lines will now survive an
1542 update of the column view capture, and any formulas will be
1543 re-applied to the captured table. This works by keeping any
1544 continuous block of comments before and after the actual
1547 *** In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
1549 If a property value is a time stamp, S-left and S-right can
1550 now be used to shift this date around while in column view.
1552 This was a request by Chris Randle.
1554 *** The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
1556 This was a request by Peter Frings.
1558 *** Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
1560 Numerical and alphanumerical sorting now skips any TODO
1561 keyword or priority cookie when constructing the comparison
1562 string. This was a request by Wanrong Lin.
1564 *** Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
1566 You can now define a sorting strategy for agenda entries that
1567 does look at the TODO state of the entries. Sorting by TODO
1568 entry does first separate the non-done from the done states.
1569 Within each class, the entries are sorted not alphabetically,
1570 but in definition order. So if you have a sequence of TODO
1571 entries defined, the entries will be sorted according to the
1572 position of the keyword in this sequence.
1574 This follows an idea and sample implementation by Christian
1577 *** New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
1579 This was a request by Richard G Riley.
1581 *** Remember templates for gnus links can now use the :to escape.
1583 Thanks to Tommy Lindgren for a patch to this effect.
1584 *** The file specification in a remember template may now be a function
1586 Thanks to Gregory Sullivan for a patch to this effect.
1588 *** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
1590 The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
1591 exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
1592 category is now the last category in this list. Configure
1593 the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
1596 This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
1598 *** It is now possible to define filters for column view
1600 The filter can modify the value that will be displayed in a
1601 column, for example it can cut out a part of a time stamp.
1602 For more information, look at the variable
1603 =org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function=.
1605 *** Disabling integer increment during table field copy
1607 Prefix arg 0 to S-RET does the trick.
1609 This was a request by Chris Randle.
1616 - New, more CSS-like setup for HTML style information
1617 - Attributes in hyperlinks, for example alt and title for images
1618 - Simplified way to specify file links
1619 - Modified behavior of time stamps in iCalendar export
1620 - New way to compare times during a property search
1621 - New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
1622 - New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
1623 - New option :index-style for org-publish
1624 - New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
1626 ** Incompatible changes
1628 *** New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
1630 The timestamp directory now uses SHA1 hashed versions of the
1631 path to each publishing file. This should be a consistent
1632 and system-independent way to handle things. The change
1633 means that your next publishing command will publish each and
1634 every file again, but just once, until new time stamps are in
1639 *** New setup for HTML style information
1641 In order to create a more CSS-like setup of the HTML style
1642 information, the following changes have been made:
1643 - The default style has moved to a constant,
1644 =org-export-html-style-default= and should not be changed
1646 - The default of the variable =org-export-html-style= is now
1647 just the empty string. This variable should receive
1648 settings that are Org-wide. When using org-publish, this
1649 variable is associated with the =:style= property and can
1650 be used to establish project-wide settings.
1651 - There is a new variable =org-export-html-style-extra= that
1652 should be used for file-local settings. Org-publish can, if
1653 necessary, access this variable with the =:style-extra=
1655 - When a file is published, the values of
1656 - org-export-html-style-default
1657 - org-export-html-style
1658 - org-export-html-style-extra
1659 are all inserted into the HTML header, in the given
1662 This follows a proposal by Rustom Mody.
1664 *** Attributes in hyperlinks
1666 You can now set attributes in hyperlinks that will be used
1667 when publishing to HTML. For example, if you want to use the
1668 ALT and TITLE attributes of an inlined image, here is who to
1671 : [[./img/a.jpg{{alt="This is image A" title="Image with no action"}}]]
1673 Thanks to Charles Chen for this idea.
1675 *** Simplified way to specify file links
1677 In a link, you can now leave out the "file:" prefix if you
1678 write an absolute file name like =/Users/dominik/.emacs= or
1679 =~/.emacs=, or if you write a relative file name by using
1680 =./= or =../= to start the file path. You cannot write a
1681 plain file name, because plain text is interpreted as an
1684 So for example, a link to an image /A.jpg/ with a thumbnail
1685 /B.jpg/ can now be written like
1688 [[./A.jpg][./B.jpg] ]
1691 *** Changes in iCalendar export
1693 Deadline and scheduling time stamps are now treated
1694 differently in iCalendar export. The default behavior is now
1697 - a DEADLINE that appears in an entry that is a TODO item is
1698 used as the item's DUE date. Therefore, such a deadline
1699 will no longer show up in the calendar.
1701 - a DEADLINE that appears in an item that is *not* a TODO
1702 item is exported as an EVENT and will show up in the
1705 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in a TODO item will be used as the
1706 items DTSTART. Therefore, such a timestamp will not show
1709 - a SCHEDULED timestamp in an item that is not a TODO has no
1710 effect on iCalendar export at all. It will be ignored.
1712 Of course this would not be Emacs if you could not configure
1713 exactly what you want. Take a look at the variables
1714 =org-icalendar-use-deadlines= and
1715 =org-icalendar-use-scheduled= if you want to go back to the
1716 old behavior or even do something completely different.
1718 Thanks to Karen Cooke for triggering this change.
1720 *** New way to compare times during a property search
1722 If the comparison value in a property search is a string that
1723 is enclosed in angular brackets, a time comparison will be
1726 : +DEADLINE>="<2008-12-24 15:20>"
1728 looks for entries with a deadline on or after that time.
1729 Special allowed values are "<now>" (with time) and "<today>"
1732 This is based on a request by Manish.
1734 *** New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
1736 When set, a link pointing to a directory will actually open
1737 the index.org file in that directory. This is a good setting
1738 inside a publishing project. When not set, you get a
1739 finder/explorer window for that directory, or dired,
1740 depending on system and setup.
1742 This follows a request by Richard Riley.
1744 *** New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
1746 These parameters specify prefixes for each line of included
1747 text. :prefix1 is only for the first line, :prefix for all
1750 This follows a proposal by Richard Riley.
1752 *** New option :index-style for org-publish
1754 This option can be used to switch the style of the index
1755 produced by org-publish. Can be `list' (index is just an
1756 itemized list of the titles of the files involved) or `tree'
1757 (the directory structure of the source files is reflected in
1758 the index). The default is `tree'.
1760 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for the patch.
1762 *** In the Agenda, inclusion of archives can now be toggled
1763 - Pressing =v= will toggle inclusion of trees with the
1764 ARCHIVE tag, this includes obviously the archive sibling.
1765 - Pressing `C-u v' will include trees with ARCHIVE tag, and
1766 will also include all archive files that are currently
1767 associated with your agenda files.
1769 This was triggered by a proposal by Manuel Hermenegildo.
1773 If I were to name my releases, this one would be called "Adam".
1774 Adam, you definitely owe me a beer :-). And I owe you one, too -
1775 thanks for all the great ideas.
1779 - Use cursor position in agenda for remember, scheduling and deadlines
1780 - New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
1781 - Remember templates can be filed to beginning/end of a file
1782 - Visiting a filed remember buffer immediately
1783 - BBDB anniversaries are now links
1784 - Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
1785 - The format of section numbers in exported files is configurable
1786 - Direct, single key access to allowed values in column view
1787 - New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
1788 - Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK line
1790 ** Incompatible changes
1792 *** `C-c C-x C-k' now calls `org-mark-entry-for-agenda-action'
1793 It used to call =org-cut-special=, but that is also at bound
1794 to the key =C-c C-x C-w=.
1797 *** Making use of the cursor position in the agenda
1799 The date at the cursor in the agenda (and also in the
1800 calendar) can now be used to schedule entries, or to set the
1801 date in a remember template correctly. It is also designed
1802 to make it easier to move an entry to a date picked in the
1803 agenda. Thanks to Thomas Baumann for starting the thread
1804 that led to this development.
1806 **** Calling remember with the cursor date in the agenda
1808 If you want to use the date at the agenda cursor in a
1809 remember template, start remember from the agenda with the
1810 keys =k r=. While the template is being filled in, the
1811 default date for all time stamps, and also for all
1812 interactive escapes like =%^t= is now the date at the cursor
1813 in the agenda. The exact same command can also be used from
1814 the calendar if you prefer that.
1816 **** Picking a date for scheduling/deadline in the agenda
1818 You may now pick the date for scheduling an item or for
1819 setting a deadline in the agenda, where you have the best
1820 overview over free time slots. This is a two step process.
1822 1. First you pick the entry that should be acted upon. In
1823 the agenda, you use the keys =k m=. In an org-mode file,
1824 this is on =C-c C-x C-k=.
1826 2. Then you find the agenda date you want to apply. When the
1827 cursor is anywhere in the block belonging to that date,
1828 press =k s= to schedule, or =k d= to put a deadline. The
1829 agenda is not updated immediately, press =r= if you want
1830 it to show the affected entry in the right place.
1832 *** New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
1834 Org has sophisticated mapping capabilities to find all
1835 entries satisfying certain criteria. Internally, this
1836 functionality is used to produce agenda views, but there is
1837 also an API that can be used to execute arbitrary functions
1838 for each or selected entries. The main entry point for this
1842 -- Function: org-map-entries func &optional match scope &rest skip
1843 Call FUNC at each headline selected by MATCH in SCOPE.
1845 FUNC is a function or a lisp form. The function will be
1846 called without arguments, with the cursor positioned at
1847 the beginning of the headline. The return values of all
1848 calls to the function will be collected and returned as
1851 MATCH is a tags/property/todo match as it is used in the
1852 agenda tags view. Only headlines that are matched by
1853 this query will be considered during the iteration.
1854 When MATCH is nil or t, all headlines will be visited by
1857 SCOPE determines the scope of this command, it can
1858 specify a file, all agenda files, the current tree and
1861 The remaining args are treated as settings for the
1862 skipping facilities of the scanner.
1865 The function given to that mapping routine can really do anything
1866 you like. Here is a simple example that will turn all entries in
1867 the current file with a tag =TOMORROW= into TODO entries with the
1868 keyword =UPCOMING=. Entries in comment trees and in archive
1869 trees will be ignored.
1871 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1873 '(org-todo "UPCOMING")
1874 "+TOMORROW" 'file 'archive 'comment)
1877 The following example counts the number of entries with TODO
1878 keyword =WAITING=, in all agenda files.
1880 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1881 (length (org-map-entries t "/+WAITING" nil 'agenda))
1884 *** Changes in Remember templates
1886 **** Remember templates can now use the cursor date in the agenda
1887 Use =k r= to start remember from the agenda, with enforcing
1888 the cursor date as default for any time stamps created by
1891 **** Filing remember templates to the beginning or end of a file
1892 You may now set the heading part of a remember template
1893 definition to `top' or `bottom'. The template will then be
1894 filed as a level 1 entry to the beginning or end of the
1895 target file, respectively. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
1898 **** You can jump to the location of a note immediately after filing it
1899 Just include the =%&= escape anywhere in the template. An
1900 interesting combination now is to use =%!%&=, which will
1901 immediately file and visit the note, which is equivalent to
1902 generating the note directly in the target location. Thanks
1903 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1905 *** BBDB anniversaries are now links.
1906 If you are using =%%(bbdb-anniversaries)= to list
1907 anniversaries in the agenda, you can now directly access the
1908 entry that triggered a listed anniversary from the agenda.
1909 Just click the anniversary - it is a link now. Thanks to
1910 Thomas Baumann for a patch to this effect.
1912 *** Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
1913 See the new variable
1914 =org-agenda-columns-remove-prefix-from-item=. Thanks to Adam
1915 Spiers for this proposal.
1917 *** The format of section number in exported files is configurable
1919 See the new variable `org-export-section-number-format'.
1920 Thanks to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1922 *** Direct access to allowed values in column view
1924 In column view, if you press a key 1-9 or 0, the
1925 corresponding values from the list of allowed values for that
1926 field at point will be directly selected. Thanks to Levin Du
1927 for this proposal and a patch to this effect.
1929 *** New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
1930 The new hook `org-before-save-iCalendar-file-hook' runs just
1931 before the buffer with a created iCalendar export is saved.
1932 This is what I settled for after a long discussion with Adam
1933 Spiers about doing some special filtering automatically.
1935 *** Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK lines
1936 When turning on log mode in the agenda with =l=, clock lines
1937 will now also list the end time, not only the starting time.
1938 Thanks to Tian Qiu for bringing this up again.
1939 *** Fixes and additions for org-publish
1940 - the :include and :index-title properties in org-publish
1941 work now as advertized
1942 - the #+TITLE of a page will be used in the index
1943 - new :completion-function property can define a hook to be
1944 run after publishing a file.
1946 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for a patch to this effect.
1952 - Statistics cookies [/] and [%] for TODO entries
1953 - Editing source code example in the proper mode
1954 - iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
1955 - New properties for customizing subtree export
1957 ** Incompatible changes
1959 - The default of the variable `org-tags-match-list-sublevels' is
1960 now `t'. The main reason for this is that it is easier to
1961 explain in the manual and will lead to fewer surprises.
1963 - The former CONTRIB directory is now called "contrib". This was
1964 already the case in the git distribution, but the tar and zip
1965 archives still did this wrong.
1969 *** Statistics for TODO entries
1971 The [/] and [%] cookies have already provided statistics for
1972 checkboxes. Now they do the same also for TODO entries. If a
1973 headline contains either cookie, changing the TODO state of any
1974 direct child will trigger an update of this cookie. Children
1975 that are neither TODO nor DONE are ignored.
1977 There have already been requests to automatically switch the
1978 parent headline to DONE when all children are done. I am not
1979 making this a default feature, because one needs to make many
1980 decisions about which keyword to use, etc. Instead of a complex
1981 customization variable, I am providing a hook that can be used.
1982 This hook will be called each time a TODO statistics cookie is
1983 updated, with the cursor in the corresponding line. Each
1984 function in the hook will receive two arguments, the number of
1985 done entries, and the number of not-done entries, and you can use
1986 the hook to change the state of the headline. Here is an example
1989 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1990 (defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
1991 "Switch entry to DONE when all sub-entries are done, to TODO otherwise."
1992 (let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging
1993 (org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
1995 (add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
1998 *** Editing source code example in the proper mode
2000 If you are writing a document with source code examples, you can
2001 include these examples into a =#+BEGIN_SRC lang ... #+END_SRC= or
2002 (with the org-mtags module loaded) a =<src...= structure. =lang=
2003 stands for the Emacs mode used for editing the language, this
2004 could be =emacs-lisp= for Emacs Lisp mode examples, or =org= for
2005 Org mode examples. You can now use the key "C-c '" (that is C-c
2006 followed by the single quote) to edit the example in its native
2007 mode. This works by creating an indirect buffer, narrowing it to
2008 the example and setting the appropriate mode. You need to exit
2009 editing by pressing "C-c '" again. This is important, because
2010 lines that have syntactic meaning in Org will be quoted by
2011 calling this command.
2013 "C-c '" also edits include files, the setupfile in a =#+setufile=
2014 line, and all those little foreign snippets like:
2017 ,#+HTML: this code can be edited in html-mode
2023 ,#+LaTeX: this code can be edited in latex-mode
2029 ,#+BEGIN_SRC fortran
2030 ,Here we can edit in fortran-mode
2034 *** iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
2036 This is necessary for synchronization services. The UIDs are
2037 created using the the org-id.el module which is now part of the
2038 Org core. If you set the variable
2040 : (setq org-icalendar-store-UID t)
2042 then all created UIDs will be stored in the entry as an =:ID:=
2043 property. This is off by default because it creates lots of
2044 property drawers even if you only play with iCalendar export.
2045 But if you plan to use synchronization, you really need to turn
2048 Diary sexp entries do not yet receive proper persistent UIDs,
2049 because they are transformed to iCalendar format by icalendar.el
2050 which creates fresh UIDs each time, based on the current time.
2052 An interesting aspect of Org is that a single outline node can
2053 give rise to multiple iCalendar entries (as a timestamp, a
2054 deadline, a scheduled item, and as a TODO item). Therefore, Org
2055 adds prefixes "TS-", "DL-" "CS-", and "TD-" to the UID during
2056 iCalendar export, depending on what triggered the inclusion of
2057 the entry. In this way the UID remains unique, but a
2058 synchronization program can still figure out from which entry all
2059 the different instances originate.
2061 *** New properties for customizing subtree export.
2063 When exporting a subtree by selecting it before calling the
2064 export command, you can now use the properties =EXPORT_TITLE=,
2065 =EXPORT_TEXT=, and =EXPORT_OPTIONS= to overrule the global
2066 =#+TITLE=, =#+TEXT=, and =#+OPTIONS= settings. You can also set
2067 an export file name with =EXPORT_FILE_NAME= that will overrule
2068 the file name derived from the buffer's file name. As far as the
2069 options are concerned, the global =#+OPTIONS= will still be read,
2070 and only the options you give in the property will be
2071 overwritten. For example:
2074 ,#+OPTIONS: skip:nil
2077 , :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ct.html
2078 , :EXPORT_TITLE: Steve's collected computer tricks
2079 , :EXPORT_OPTIONS: h:2 toc:nil
2083 *** New way to define tags for an entire file.
2085 Tags that are defined in a line like
2086 : #+FILETAGS: work urgent
2087 are inherited by all entries in the file.
2089 Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for this proposal.
2095 - Description lists are now supported natively
2096 - Block quotes for export
2097 - Fontified code examples in HTML export
2098 - Include files for export
2099 - Text before the first headline is now exported by default
2100 - In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
2101 - The in-buffer settings keywords may now be lower case
2102 - Completion of structure elements
2103 - Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
2104 - Clock task history, moving entries with the running clock
2105 - BBDB anniversaries much faster
2106 - New contrib files: org-eval.el and org-mtags.el
2108 ** Incompatible changes
2110 - The text before the first headline is now exported by default
2112 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
2113 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
2114 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
2115 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
2116 value on a per-file basis with
2124 *** Description lists are now supported natively
2126 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
2127 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
2128 separated by " :: ". For example
2130 : Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
2131 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
2132 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
2133 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
2134 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
2135 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
2136 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
2137 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
2138 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
2142 Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
2143 - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
2144 - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
2145 - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
2146 - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
2147 - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
2148 natural constants and units into a buffer.
2149 - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
2150 running IDL and WAVE CL files.
2152 This works now in the HTML exporter, we still need to supoort
2153 it with the LaTeX and ASCII exporters.
2155 *** Block quotes for export
2157 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
2161 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
2162 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
2166 which will render as
2169 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
2170 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
2173 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
2175 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
2176 fontified in an Emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
2177 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
2181 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2182 (defun org-xor (a b)
2188 In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
2189 looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
2190 interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
2191 http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
2193 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2194 (defun org-xor (a b)
2199 The string after the =BEGIN_SRC= is the name of the major emacs
2200 mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
2201 "-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
2202 writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
2203 "org" as the language identifier - in fact, I have used just
2204 that in the example above.
2206 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
2207 /htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
2208 backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
2210 *** Include files for export
2214 : #+INCLUDE "file" markup lang
2216 will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
2217 of publishing. FILE should be surrounded by double quotes, this
2218 is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
2219 MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
2220 or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
2221 mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
2223 : Here is my /.emacs/ file:
2224 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
2226 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
2228 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
2229 buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
2230 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
2231 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
2232 value on a per-file basis with
2237 *** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
2239 If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
2240 files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
2241 point to that file from each file that should read it. If
2242 you write in a buffer
2244 : #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
2246 then this file will be scanned for in-buffer options like
2247 =#+STARTUP=, =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
2249 *** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
2251 From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
2252 =#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
2253 other in-buffer keywords.
2255 *** Completion of structure elements
2256 As a new experimental feature, Org now supports completion of
2257 structural elements like =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= in a special way.
2258 It work by typing, for example "<e" and then pressing TAB, on
2259 an otherwise empty line. "<e" will expand into a complete
2260 EXAMPLE template, with the cursor positioned in the middle.
2261 Currently supported templates are:
2264 : <e #+begin_example
2274 This is an experimental feature, please comment! See also
2275 below under /org-mtags.el/.
2277 *** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
2279 When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
2280 is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
2281 =org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
2282 buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
2283 scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
2284 such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
2285 its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
2288 - folded :: Fold the subtree
2289 - children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
2290 headlines of all direct children
2291 - content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
2293 - all :: Show the entire subtree
2295 For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
2296 is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
2297 right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
2298 changes in my current working version. The start of this section
2299 currently looks like this:
2304 , :VISIBILITY: content
2309 This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
2311 The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
2312 visibility of the buffer.
2314 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
2316 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
2317 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
2318 it for another task.
2319 - =C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u C-u I= from the agenda) will
2320 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
2321 - =C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u I= from the agenda) will offer a
2322 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
2323 for selection. =d= selects the default task, =i= selects
2324 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
2325 being clocked. =1=,... selects a recent task. When you
2326 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
2327 - You can use =C-u C-c C-x C-j= to jump to any of these
2330 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
2331 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
2332 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
2333 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
2334 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
2335 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
2336 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
2338 *** BBDB anniversaries much faster
2340 =bbdb-anniversaries= is now much faster, thanks to a new
2341 approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
2342 Baumann for a patch to this effect.
2344 *** New files in the contrib directory
2346 Do people think any of these should become core?
2348 - org-eval.el :: This new module allows to include the result
2349 of the evaluation of Lisp code (and other scripting
2350 languages) into the buffer, similar to the =<lisp>= tag
2351 of [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/emacs-wiki.html#Lisp-Tricks][Emacs Wiki]] and [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/muse/Embedded-Lisp.html#Embedded-Lisp][Muse]].
2352 - org-mtags.el :: This new modules allows you to use
2353 Muse-like tags for some structure definitions in Org.
2354 For example, instead of
2362 In fact, I myself find these easier to type and to look
2363 at. Also, it will allow you to more easily move text
2364 and files back and forth between Org and Muse. For a
2365 list of supported structure elements, see the commentary
2366 in the file [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git?a=blob_plain;f=contrib/lisp/org-mtags.el;hb=HEAD][commentary in the file org-mtags.el]].
2368 If you load this module and use the "<i" etc completion
2369 described above, the Muse form will automatically be
2373 Many bug fixes again. Will this ever stop?
2379 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
2380 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
2381 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
2382 - New operators for property searches
2383 - Search commands can now include archive files.
2384 - Clock tables can include the archive files
2385 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
2389 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
2391 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
2392 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
2393 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
2394 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
2395 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
2396 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
2398 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
2400 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
2401 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
2402 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
2403 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
2404 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
2405 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
2406 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
2407 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
2408 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
2409 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
2410 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
2411 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
2412 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
2415 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
2417 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
2418 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
2419 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
2420 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
2421 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
2422 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
2423 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
2424 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
2425 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
2427 *** New operators for property searches
2429 Property searches can now choose a number of different
2430 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
2431 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
2433 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
2434 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
2435 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
2437 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
2438 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
2440 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
2441 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
2442 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
2443 match" or "does not match", respectively.
2445 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
2447 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
2449 If the value of the customization variable
2450 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
2451 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
2452 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
2453 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
2454 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
2457 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
2459 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
2460 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
2461 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
2462 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
2463 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
2465 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
2467 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
2468 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
2469 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
2470 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
2471 be functions, so that more general transformations are
2472 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
2473 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
2477 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
2478 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
2479 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
2483 - The Org distribution has a new structure
2484 - New system for selecting modules to load
2485 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
2486 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
2487 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
2488 - Export commands can be done in the background
2489 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
2490 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
2491 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
2492 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
2493 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
2494 - And some more small fixes and improvements
2496 ** Incompatible changes
2498 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
2500 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
2501 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
2502 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
2503 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
2504 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
2505 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
2509 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
2511 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
2512 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
2513 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
2514 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
2515 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
2516 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
2520 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
2521 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
2522 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
2523 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
2524 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
2525 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
2526 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
2527 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
2530 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
2532 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
2533 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
2534 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
2535 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
2536 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
2537 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
2538 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
2539 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
2542 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
2543 buffer you can simply use "A".
2545 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
2547 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
2549 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
2550 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
2551 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
2552 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
2555 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
2556 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
2557 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
2558 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
2559 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
2560 visibility both locally and globally.
2562 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
2563 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
2564 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
2566 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
2568 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
2569 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
2570 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
2571 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
2572 JavaScript program is served from
2573 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
2574 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
2575 to be independent of the existence and stability of
2576 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
2577 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
2578 using something like
2580 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
2582 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
2584 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
2585 together with org-info.js.
2587 *** Export improvements
2589 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
2590 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
2591 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
2594 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
2595 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
2596 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
2597 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
2598 this less system dependent in the future.
2600 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
2602 *** Improvements to clocktable
2604 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
2605 when trying to specify the time block that should be
2606 considered when constructing the table.
2608 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
2611 | :block | meaning |
2612 |--------------+-----------------------|
2613 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
2614 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
2615 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
2616 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
2618 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
2619 | thisweek | The current week |
2620 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
2621 | thismonth | The current month |
2622 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
2623 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
2626 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
2627 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
2628 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
2629 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
2630 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
2631 will switch to the following week.
2633 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
2634 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
2635 a request from Bernt Hansen.
2637 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
2638 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
2639 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
2640 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
2641 configure the variable
2642 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
2643 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
2644 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
2646 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
2648 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
2649 the form =W08= for week 8.
2651 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
2652 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
2653 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
2654 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
2655 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
2656 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
2657 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
2658 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
2659 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
2660 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
2661 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
2663 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
2664 specify an ISO week. For example
2666 : w4 Monday of week 4
2667 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
2668 : w4-5 Same as above
2669 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
2670 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
2672 So far I have not implemented the effect of
2673 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
2674 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
2675 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
2676 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
2677 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
2678 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
2681 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
2682 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
2683 test extensively and report back.
2685 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
2687 *** Improvements in Search View
2689 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
2690 only in TODO entries.
2692 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
2693 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
2694 also match in "Nasim's".
2699 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
2700 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
2701 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
2702 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
2703 this excellent proposal.
2705 The regexp option is also implemented for
2706 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
2707 properties for inheritance my name.
2709 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
2710 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
2711 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
2712 if and only if the setting in
2713 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
2716 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
2717 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
2718 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
2719 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
2720 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
2721 customize them freely.
2723 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
2724 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
2725 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
2726 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
2727 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
2728 default date, not switch to today.
2730 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
2731 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
2733 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
2734 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
2736 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
2737 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
2738 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
2740 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
2743 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
2744 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
2745 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
2747 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
2748 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
2749 initial region if set.
2751 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
2754 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
2756 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
2757 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
2758 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
2759 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
2760 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
2761 file name to which the export should go, and a local
2762 format. For example:
2765 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
2766 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
2769 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
2771 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
2772 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
2773 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
2774 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
2776 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
2783 - New keyword search agenda view
2785 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
2787 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
2789 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
2791 - Granularity while editing time stamps
2793 - New repeaters mechanisms
2795 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
2797 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
2799 - =M-RET= splits lines again
2803 ** Incompatible changes
2805 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
2806 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
2811 *** New keyword search agenda view
2813 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
2814 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
2815 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
2816 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
2817 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
2818 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
2819 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
2820 example, the search string
2822 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
2824 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
2825 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
2826 which are also not matched by the regular expression
2827 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
2828 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
2829 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
2830 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
2831 (possibly sub-) heading.
2833 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
2834 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
2836 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
2837 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
2840 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
2841 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
2842 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
2844 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
2846 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
2847 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
2849 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
2850 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
2851 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
2853 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
2854 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
2855 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
2856 to cover contributed extensions as well.
2858 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
2860 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
2861 last element defines the contexts in which the template
2862 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
2863 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
2864 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
2865 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
2866 function, the template will be offered only if the function
2867 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
2868 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
2871 One possible application for this would be to have several
2872 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
2873 the right one based on context. For example, think of
2874 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
2875 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
2876 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
2878 : (setq org-remember-templates
2879 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
2880 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
2882 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
2884 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
2886 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
2887 + In a table, add a hline as before
2888 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
2889 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
2890 + In a headline, turn it into an item
2891 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
2892 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
2893 item markers from all lines.
2895 Based on proposals by Bastien.
2897 - `C-c *' has now more functions
2898 + in a table, recompute, as before
2899 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
2900 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
2901 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
2902 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
2903 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
2905 Based on proposals by Bastien.
2907 *** Changes related to time stamps
2909 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
2910 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
2911 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
2912 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
2913 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
2914 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
2915 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
2916 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
2917 specify the number of minutes to shift.
2919 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
2921 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
2922 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
2924 :** TODO Call Father
2925 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
2926 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
2927 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
2928 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
2929 : and marked it done on Saturday.
2930 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
2931 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
2932 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
2935 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
2937 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
2939 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
2940 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
2943 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
2944 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
2945 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
2946 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
2947 the previous content.
2949 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
2951 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
2952 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
2953 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
2955 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
2959 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
2960 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
2961 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
2962 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
2965 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
2966 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
2967 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
2970 - There are three new hooks:
2972 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
2973 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
2974 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
2978 ** Incompatible changes
2980 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
2981 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
2982 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
2986 *** Changes to logging progress
2988 There is now more control over which state changes are being
2989 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
2990 sections in the manual. Basically:
2992 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
2993 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
2994 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
2995 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
2996 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
2997 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
2998 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
2999 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
3001 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
3002 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
3003 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
3004 : when leaving this state. This is great for
3005 : getting a record when switching *back* from
3007 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
3008 : Here we not even define a fast access
3009 : character, but just the logging stuff.
3011 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
3015 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
3016 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
3017 of the line) before the current line.
3019 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
3020 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
3021 create a new line below the current one.
3025 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
3026 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
3033 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
3035 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
3036 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
3038 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
3040 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
3041 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
3042 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
3044 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
3046 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
3048 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
3052 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
3054 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
3056 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
3058 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
3060 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
3062 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
3064 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
3066 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
3070 ** Incompatible Changes
3072 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
3073 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
3074 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
3078 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
3080 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
3081 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
3083 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
3084 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
3086 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
3087 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
3088 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
3089 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
3090 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
3091 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
3094 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
3095 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
3098 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
3099 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
3100 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
3102 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
3103 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
3104 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
3105 variable does select the interface that is used to select
3106 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
3107 Possible values are:
3109 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
3111 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
3112 path to select a location.
3113 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
3116 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
3117 they are always current.
3119 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
3120 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
3121 special also because it only matches in headline. This
3122 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
3123 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
3124 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
3125 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
3126 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
3128 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
3129 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
3130 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
3131 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
3132 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
3133 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
3134 interface. Comments?
3139 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
3140 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
3141 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
3142 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
3143 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
3145 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
3146 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
3148 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
3149 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
3151 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
3152 headline up to the tags.
3153 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
3155 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
3157 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
3158 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
3159 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
3160 request by Austin Frank.
3162 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
3163 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
3164 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
3166 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
3167 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
3168 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
3169 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
3171 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
3172 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
3173 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
3174 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
3175 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
3176 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
3177 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
3178 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
3179 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
3180 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
3181 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
3184 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
3185 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
3186 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
3187 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
3195 will file is with the following property
3197 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
3199 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
3200 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
3201 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
3203 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
3204 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
3213 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
3215 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
3217 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
3219 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
3221 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
3223 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
3225 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
3227 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
3229 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
3233 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
3234 entries in a subtree. For example
3236 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
3238 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
3239 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
3240 request by Bernt Hansen.
3242 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
3243 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
3244 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
3245 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
3246 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
3247 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
3248 interactively select the filing location (file and
3249 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
3250 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
3251 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
3252 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
3253 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
3255 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
3256 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
3257 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
3258 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
3259 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
3262 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
3263 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
3264 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
3265 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
3266 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
3267 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
3268 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
3271 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
3272 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
3273 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
3276 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
3277 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
3278 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
3279 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
3280 explain here, complex.
3282 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
3283 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
3284 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
3286 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
3287 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
3288 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
3290 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
3302 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
3303 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
3304 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
3305 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
3306 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
3307 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
3308 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
3309 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
3310 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
3311 subtree motion commands.
3313 - Plain lists items work the same.
3315 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
3316 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
3317 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
3320 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
3321 let me know about any problems.
3325 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
3326 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
3327 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
3328 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
3329 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
3331 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
3332 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
3333 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
3334 history variable. For example:
3336 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
3338 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
3339 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
3340 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
3341 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
3342 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
3343 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
3344 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
3345 by Bastien and Adam.
3347 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
3348 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
3349 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
3350 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
3354 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
3355 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
3358 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
3359 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
3360 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
3361 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
3362 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
3363 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
3369 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
3371 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
3372 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
3373 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
3374 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
3375 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
3376 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
3377 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
3378 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
3381 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
3382 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
3383 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
3384 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
3386 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
3387 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
3388 the new scope. If you like you can display an agenda view
3389 and then watch it change in various scopes.
3391 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
3392 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
3393 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
3394 select a new restriction.
3396 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
3398 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
3400 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
3402 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
3403 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
3405 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
3406 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
3407 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
3410 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
3411 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
3412 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
3414 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
3415 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
3416 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
3417 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
3418 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
3424 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
3425 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
3426 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
3428 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
3429 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
3430 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
3439 + Remember and related stuff
3440 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
3441 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
3442 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
3443 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
3445 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
3446 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
3447 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
3448 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
3449 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
3450 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
3451 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
3453 + Properties and Column view
3454 - More control over which properties use inheritance
3455 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
3456 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
3457 - New currency summary type {$}
3459 + The date/time prompt
3460 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
3461 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
3462 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
3465 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
3466 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
3469 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
3472 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
3473 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
3474 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
3475 - Support for pabbrev-mode
3476 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
3478 ** Incompatible changes
3480 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
3481 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
3482 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
3484 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
3485 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
3486 prompted, like this:
3488 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
3490 : (org-remember ?n))
3492 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
3493 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
3495 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
3497 : (org-remember nil ?n))
3499 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
3500 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
3504 *** Remember and related stuff
3506 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
3507 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
3508 application might be to put a note or task captured with
3509 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
3510 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
3511 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
3512 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
3513 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
3514 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
3515 definitions. For example:
3517 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
3519 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
3522 : (setq org-refile-targets
3523 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
3525 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
3526 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
3527 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
3528 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
3531 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
3532 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
3534 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
3535 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
3536 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
3537 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
3538 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
3540 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
3541 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
3543 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
3545 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
3546 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
3547 : %[..] include file
3549 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
3551 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
3552 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
3553 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
3556 : (require 'remember)
3557 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
3558 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
3559 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
3561 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
3562 provide a default for templates without a file, and
3563 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
3565 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
3567 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
3569 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
3571 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
3572 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
3573 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
3574 the default in Org-mode.
3576 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
3577 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
3578 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
3579 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
3581 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
3582 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
3583 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
3584 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
3585 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
3587 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
3588 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
3589 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
3590 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
3593 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
3594 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
3595 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
3596 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
3597 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
3599 *** Properties and Column view
3601 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
3602 property names that should be treated with inheritance
3605 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
3606 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
3607 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
3608 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
3609 discussion around this issue.
3611 - Summary type improvements in column view.
3612 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
3613 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
3614 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
3615 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
3616 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
3617 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
3618 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
3620 *** The date/time prompt
3622 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
3625 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
3626 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
3627 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
3628 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
3629 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
3631 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
3632 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
3633 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
3634 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
3635 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
3636 entered month is before the current, for example if you
3637 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
3638 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
3639 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
3641 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
3642 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
3643 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
3644 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
3645 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
3647 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
3649 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
3650 list of newly performed conversions:
3652 | Org | Description | HTML |
3653 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
3654 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
3655 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
3656 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
3657 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
3659 You can turn this globally on or off with
3660 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
3661 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
3662 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
3663 William Henney for relevant inputs.
3665 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
3666 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
3670 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
3671 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
3672 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
3673 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
3674 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
3675 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
3677 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
3679 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
3680 export by setting it either globally
3681 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
3682 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
3683 the list of available classes and their sectioning
3684 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
3685 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
3688 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
3689 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
3690 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
3692 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
3693 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
3695 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
3696 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
3699 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
3700 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
3701 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
3708 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
3709 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
3710 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
3712 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
3713 the values of constants and properties are no longer
3714 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
3715 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
3716 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
3718 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
3719 with extension matched by the new variable
3720 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
3729 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
3730 + All known bugs fixed.
3731 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
3732 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
3733 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
3735 - The agenda dispatcher
3736 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
3737 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
3739 - Sorting improvements
3740 + User-defined sorting keys.
3741 + Sorting by properties.
3742 + Sorting of plain lists.
3744 - HTML <div> structure
3747 + New variables, several of them.
3748 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
3749 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
3750 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
3751 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
3755 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
3757 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
3758 (at least I hope so...).
3760 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
3761 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
3763 + global, i.e. for the entire file
3764 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
3765 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
3767 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
3768 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
3769 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
3773 : :ID: planning-overview
3779 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
3783 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
3784 be prompted for the ID.
3786 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
3787 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
3788 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
3789 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
3790 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
3793 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
3795 *** The agenda dispatcher
3797 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
3798 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
3799 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
3800 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
3801 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
3802 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
3803 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
3804 them to custom commands.
3806 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
3807 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
3808 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
3809 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
3811 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
3812 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
3813 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
3814 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
3815 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
3817 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
3818 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
3821 *** Sorting improvements
3823 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
3824 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
3826 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
3827 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
3829 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
3832 - Plain lists can be sorted.
3834 *** HTML <div> structure
3836 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
3838 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
3839 "table-of-contents".
3841 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
3842 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
3844 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
3845 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
3847 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
3848 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
3850 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
3851 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
3855 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
3856 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
3857 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
3860 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
3862 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
3864 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
3865 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
3866 your properties will not be folded away.
3867 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
3869 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
3870 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
3871 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
3873 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
3874 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
3875 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
3876 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
3877 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
3879 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
3880 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
3881 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
3882 a proposal by Bastien.
3884 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
3885 request by Wanrong Lin.
3887 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
3888 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
3889 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
3895 - Remember templates can now have name.
3896 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
3897 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
3898 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
3899 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
3900 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
3901 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
3902 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
3903 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
3904 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
3905 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
3907 ** Incompatible Changes
3909 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
3913 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
3914 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
3915 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
3916 the name start with the selection character, for example if
3917 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
3918 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
3920 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
3921 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
3922 change). Thanks to Bastien.
3924 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
3925 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
3927 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
3928 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
3929 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
3930 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
3932 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
3933 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
3934 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
3936 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
3937 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
3938 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
3939 Wiegley for a patch.
3941 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
3942 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
3943 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
3944 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
3945 with full completion support.
3947 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
3948 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
3949 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
3951 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
3952 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
3955 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
3956 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
3957 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
3958 well tested yet, please check it out.
3966 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
3967 - Command to jump to the running clock
3968 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
3969 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
3970 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
3971 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
3972 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
3973 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
3974 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
3975 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
3976 - Better tag alignment in agenda
3978 ** Incompatible changes
3980 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
3981 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
3983 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
3984 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
3985 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
3987 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
3988 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
3991 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
3996 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
3997 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
4000 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
4003 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
4006 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
4007 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
4008 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
4009 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
4010 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
4012 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
4013 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
4014 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
4015 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
4017 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
4018 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
4019 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
4020 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
4021 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
4022 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
4023 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
4024 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
4025 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
4027 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
4028 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
4029 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
4030 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
4031 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
4032 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
4033 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
4034 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
4035 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
4037 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
4038 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
4039 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
4040 being prompted for a template, like this:
4042 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
4044 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
4046 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
4047 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
4048 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
4049 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
4051 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
4052 (also `s' does this).
4054 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
4055 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
4058 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
4059 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
4060 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
4062 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
4063 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
4064 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
4066 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
4067 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
4068 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
4069 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
4077 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
4078 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
4079 - CSV support when importing a table.
4080 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
4081 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
4082 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
4083 - Modifications to priority cycling.
4084 - Modifications to computations in column view.
4085 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
4090 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
4091 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
4094 : * Tree with special properties
4096 : :CATEGORY: Examples
4097 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
4100 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
4101 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
4102 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
4103 *single* default for the file which is then locally
4104 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
4105 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
4106 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
4107 encourage you to stop using them.
4109 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
4110 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
4111 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
4112 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
4116 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
4117 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
4118 | file | the full current buffer |
4119 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
4120 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
4121 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
4122 | agenda | all agenda files |
4124 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
4125 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
4126 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
4127 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
4130 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
4131 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
4132 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
4133 basic input it works.
4135 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
4136 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
4137 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
4138 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
4140 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
4141 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
4144 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
4145 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
4147 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
4149 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
4150 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
4151 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
4152 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
4153 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
4155 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
4156 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
4157 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
4158 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
4159 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
4162 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
4163 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
4164 of all the children's values each time you enter column
4165 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
4166 the children has that particular property defined, the
4167 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
4168 items under such an entry without getting the property value
4169 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
4170 is a better way of doing things.
4172 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
4173 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
4174 testing is appreciated.
4176 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
4177 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
4178 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
4179 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
4181 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
4182 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
4183 links in square or angular brackets.
4191 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
4194 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
4195 agenda can be configured.
4197 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
4199 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
4201 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
4203 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
4205 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
4206 inherited from the outline faces.
4208 ** Incompatible Changes
4210 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
4211 t, in order to better match the original intent of
4212 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
4213 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
4214 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
4219 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
4220 switching to that state. With the setting
4222 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
4223 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
4225 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
4228 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
4229 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
4230 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
4231 own function. Configure the new variable
4232 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
4233 this development with a patch.
4235 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
4236 t, in order to better match the original intent of
4237 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
4238 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
4239 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
4240 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
4241 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
4243 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
4244 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
4245 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
4246 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
4247 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
4248 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
4249 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
4251 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
4252 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
4255 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
4256 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
4257 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
4258 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
4259 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
4260 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
4261 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
4263 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
4264 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
4265 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
4266 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
4267 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
4268 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
4269 match the current org-mode faces.
4271 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
4275 ** Incompatible changes
4277 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
4281 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
4282 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
4283 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
4285 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
4287 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
4288 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
4289 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
4290 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
4291 command fall back to cycling.
4293 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
4294 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
4295 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
4296 interface anyway, set the variable
4297 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
4298 others for input on this issue.
4300 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
4301 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
4302 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
4304 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
4305 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
4307 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
4308 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
4310 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
4312 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
4313 use a format string that will be interpreted by
4314 `format-time-string', for example:
4316 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
4318 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
4319 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
4320 included) have changed this.
4322 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
4323 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
4324 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
4325 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
4326 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
4327 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
4328 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
4334 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
4336 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
4338 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
4340 - Sorting can be done by priority.
4342 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
4344 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
4346 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
4348 ** Incompatible changes
4350 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
4351 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
4353 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
4357 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
4358 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
4359 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
4361 A Here is a configuration example:
4363 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
4364 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
4365 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
4366 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
4369 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
4370 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
4372 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
4373 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
4374 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
4375 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
4376 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
4377 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
4378 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
4379 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
4380 states, just like you also do for tags.
4382 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
4383 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
4385 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
4386 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
4387 switch the entry to that state.
4389 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
4390 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
4391 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
4394 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
4396 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
4397 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
4398 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
4399 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
4401 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
4402 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
4404 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
4405 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
4406 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
4407 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
4408 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
4410 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
4411 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
4412 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
4415 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
4416 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
4417 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
4418 the file will simply be skipped.
4428 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
4429 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
4430 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
4431 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
4432 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
4433 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
4434 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
4435 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
4438 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
4439 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
4440 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
4441 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
4442 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
4443 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
4444 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
4445 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
4446 the special locations.
4448 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
4451 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
4454 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
4455 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
4456 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
4458 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
4459 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
4460 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
4466 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
4468 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
4470 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
4472 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
4474 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
4476 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
4478 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
4480 - Global values for selected properties.
4487 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
4488 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
4489 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
4490 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
4491 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
4492 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
4493 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
4494 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
4496 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
4497 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
4498 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
4499 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
4500 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
4501 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
4502 currently how to handle the new link types for
4505 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
4506 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
4507 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
4508 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
4511 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
4512 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
4513 The syntax is like this
4515 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
4517 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
4520 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
4522 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
4523 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
4524 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
4526 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
4529 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
4530 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
4531 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
4532 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
4535 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
4536 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
4537 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
4538 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
4539 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
4540 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
4543 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
4544 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
4545 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
4548 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
4549 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
4550 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
4551 `org-global-properties', like this:
4553 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
4555 Buffer-local values are set like this:
4557 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
4559 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
4560 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
4561 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
4562 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
4563 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
4564 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
4572 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
4573 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
4574 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
4575 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
4577 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
4578 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
4579 this stuff into the drawer.
4580 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
4582 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
4583 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
4585 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
4586 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
4588 - Lots of minor fixes.
4592 ** Incompatible Changes
4594 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
4595 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
4596 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
4600 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
4601 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
4602 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
4604 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
4605 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
4606 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
4607 know if we need to make this customizable.
4609 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
4610 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
4611 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
4612 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
4613 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
4615 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
4624 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
4627 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
4628 compute their value from the children's values.
4630 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
4631 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
4634 ** Incompatible Changes
4636 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
4637 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
4638 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
4639 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
4644 - Improvements for properties:
4646 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
4647 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
4649 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
4650 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
4651 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
4652 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
4653 typos when entering properties.
4655 - Improvements for column view.
4657 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
4658 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
4661 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
4662 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
4663 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
4664 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
4667 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
4668 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
4671 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
4672 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
4673 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
4675 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
4676 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
4677 beginning of a line. So
4679 : * This is a level 1 headline
4680 : *this is bold text*
4682 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
4683 available in orgstruct-mode.
4689 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
4690 structure editing commands into any other mode.
4692 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
4693 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
4694 open if explicitly asked.
4696 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
4698 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
4699 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
4702 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
4703 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
4706 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
4708 ** Incompatible changes
4710 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
4711 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
4712 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
4713 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
4714 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
4715 that this is the better convention.
4719 *** Orgstruct minor mode
4721 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
4722 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
4723 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
4724 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
4725 easily create lists.
4727 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
4728 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
4729 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
4730 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
4731 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
4732 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
4733 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
4734 minor modes have assigned to them.
4736 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
4737 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
4738 the promised implementation.
4742 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
4743 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
4744 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
4745 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
4746 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
4749 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
4751 you can then create drawers like this:
4754 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
4755 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
4758 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
4759 contains properties of an entry (see below).
4761 *** Properties and Column View
4763 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
4764 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
4765 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
4766 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
4767 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
4768 a property drawer and inserting a line like
4770 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
4772 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
4773 program using properties, use the functions
4774 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
4775 and `org-entry-delete'.
4777 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
4780 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
4781 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
4782 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
4783 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
4784 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
4785 after the headline, outside the drawer.
4787 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
4790 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
4792 will find entries that
4795 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
4796 - are TODO status WAITING.
4798 So here is an entry that will match:
4800 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
4805 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
4806 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
4809 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
4811 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
4812 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
4813 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
4814 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
4815 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
4816 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
4817 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
4818 can set up different property columns on different levels
4819 of an outline tree. For example:
4823 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
4827 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
4830 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
4832 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
4835 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
4838 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
4839 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
4841 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
4842 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
4843 will get a different table than if you do it in the
4844 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
4845 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
4846 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
4849 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
4850 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
4852 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
4853 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
4854 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
4855 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
4856 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
4857 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
4859 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
4860 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
4863 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
4865 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
4867 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
4868 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
4869 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
4871 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
4872 Any suggestions for better defaults?
4873 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
4874 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
4879 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
4880 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
4881 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
4882 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
4883 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
4884 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
4885 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
4888 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
4889 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
4890 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
4891 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
4892 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
4899 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
4901 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
4902 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
4903 constants can now be set with a line like:
4905 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
4909 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
4910 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
4913 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
4915 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
4919 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
4920 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
4921 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
4922 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
4929 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
4930 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
4931 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
4932 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
4934 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
4935 See manual section 3.5.3.
4937 - New options for turning off footnotes.
4938 This was a request from Ignotus.
4939 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
4941 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
4942 default. This was a request from Micheal.
4943 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
4947 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
4948 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
4949 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
4950 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
4951 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
4957 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
4958 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
4960 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
4962 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
4964 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
4966 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
4968 ** Incompatible changes
4970 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
4971 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
4972 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
4973 with the xemacs version. For example:
4975 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
4977 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
4978 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
4979 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
4980 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
4981 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
4985 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
4986 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
4987 interval on a single day. For example
4989 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
4991 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
4992 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
4993 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
4994 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
4996 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
4999 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
5000 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
5004 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
5006 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
5007 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
5008 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
5009 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
5010 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
5011 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
5012 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
5013 using localization features may not work correctly in the
5014 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
5015 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
5016 stick to the ASCII characters.
5018 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
5019 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
5020 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
5021 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
5022 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
5024 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
5026 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
5027 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
5028 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
5030 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
5031 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
5032 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
5033 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
5034 if we can agree on this:
5036 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
5037 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
5038 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
5039 out to a previous level. For example
5047 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
5056 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
5057 using promotion and demotion functions.
5063 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
5064 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
5066 ** Incompatible changes
5068 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
5072 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
5073 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
5074 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
5075 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
5076 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
5077 column where the character is specified). You may also use
5078 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
5080 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
5081 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
5082 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
5083 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
5084 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
5085 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
5086 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
5088 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
5089 never exported, but can be used to place column group
5090 information into the table. In this table, we create a
5091 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
5092 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
5095 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
5096 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
5097 wherever you want a vertical line:
5099 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
5100 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
5101 : | / | < | < | | < | |
5103 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
5104 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
5106 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
5107 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
5108 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
5109 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
5110 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
5111 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
5112 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
5113 behavior we had before.
5115 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
5117 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
5118 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
5119 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
5120 special characters in other languages as along as your
5121 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
5122 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
5123 out how to do this in XEmacs.
5129 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
5133 - Footnotes like =here[1]= are now exported to HTML
5135 : [1]This is a footnote
5137 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
5138 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
5140 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
5142 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
5143 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
5146 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
5152 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
5153 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
5155 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
5156 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
5157 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
5158 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
5160 ** Incompatible Changes
5162 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
5163 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
5167 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
5168 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
5170 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
5172 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
5173 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
5174 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
5175 collect your credit, let me know!
5177 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
5178 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
5180 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
5181 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
5183 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
5184 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
5185 would in the diary. For example
5187 * Birthdays and similar stuff
5189 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
5191 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
5192 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
5194 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
5196 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
5197 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
5198 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
5199 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
5200 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
5201 put in a few categories, and then turned off
5202 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
5203 faster agenda display.
5205 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
5206 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
5207 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
5208 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
5209 to Raman for this idea.
5211 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
5212 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
5213 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
5216 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
5217 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
5218 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
5222 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
5224 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
5225 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
5227 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
5228 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
5229 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
5230 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
5233 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
5234 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
5236 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
5237 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
5238 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
5239 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
5241 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
5242 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
5243 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
5244 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
5246 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
5247 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
5254 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
5255 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
5256 further processing in scripts.
5258 ** Incompatible Changes
5260 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
5261 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
5265 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
5266 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
5267 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
5268 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
5271 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
5272 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
5273 that have associated file names and exports the views to
5274 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
5275 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
5276 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
5277 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
5278 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
5280 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
5281 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
5282 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
5283 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
5285 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
5286 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
5287 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
5289 - Quite a few bug fixes.
5299 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
5301 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
5303 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
5305 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
5307 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
5309 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
5311 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
5315 ** Incompatible changes
5317 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
5318 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
5321 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
5322 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
5323 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
5324 `org-disputed-keys'.
5326 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
5327 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
5328 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
5332 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
5333 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
5334 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
5335 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
5336 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
5337 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
5338 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
5339 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
5340 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
5341 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
5342 Scott fro bringing this up again.
5344 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
5345 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
5346 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
5347 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
5349 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
5350 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
5352 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
5353 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
5354 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
5355 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
5357 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
5358 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
5359 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
5360 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
5361 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
5362 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
5363 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
5364 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
5366 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
5368 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
5369 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
5370 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
5371 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
5372 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
5373 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
5374 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
5377 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
5378 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
5379 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
5380 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
5381 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
5382 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
5385 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
5386 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
5387 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
5388 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
5389 indicates a non-stuck project.
5391 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
5392 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
5393 please let me know if you find problems.
5395 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
5396 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
5402 ** Incompatible changes
5406 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
5407 exported HTML. These are the variables
5408 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
5409 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
5412 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
5413 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
5414 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
5416 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
5417 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
5418 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
5419 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
5420 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
5421 that are scanned for the agenda.
5429 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
5430 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
5431 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
5433 ** Incompatible changes
5435 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
5439 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
5441 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
5443 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
5445 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
5446 list (and which is also works!)
5448 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
5449 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
5451 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
5452 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
5453 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
5454 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
5455 toward using the latter.
5457 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
5458 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
5459 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
5460 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
5462 (setq org-todo-keywords
5463 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
5464 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
5465 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
5466 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
5469 If your setting has this new structure,
5470 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
5471 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
5472 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
5473 interpretation from the other variable still works.
5475 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
5476 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
5477 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
5478 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
5479 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
5482 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
5483 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
5484 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
5485 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
5486 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
5487 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
5488 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
5490 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
5491 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
5492 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
5493 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
5494 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
5496 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
5497 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
5498 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
5499 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
5500 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
5501 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
5502 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
5503 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
5504 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
5511 This time the changes affect the following areas:
5513 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
5514 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
5515 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
5516 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
5517 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
5518 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
5521 ** Incompatible changes
5523 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
5524 over several lines, like
5527 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
5530 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
5531 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
5532 See below for details.
5534 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
5535 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
5536 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
5537 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
5542 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
5543 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
5546 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
5547 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
5548 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
5550 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
5551 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
5552 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
5553 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
5554 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
5555 where you want to be.
5557 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
5558 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
5559 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
5562 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
5563 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
5565 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
5566 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
5568 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
5570 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
5571 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
5572 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
5573 new in-buffer option
5577 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
5578 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
5579 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
5580 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
5582 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
5583 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
5584 can be done by setting the variable
5585 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
5587 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
5593 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
5595 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
5596 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
5597 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
5598 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
5599 terminate all levels of plain list items.
5601 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
5603 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
5604 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
5607 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
5608 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
5609 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
5610 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
5611 are logging all state changes.
5613 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
5618 - Priority handling in the tags view
5619 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
5620 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
5621 - Improvements to the formula editor.
5622 - C-j does better indentation.
5626 - Priority handling in the tags view
5628 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
5629 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
5631 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
5633 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
5634 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
5635 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
5637 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
5639 - Changes in the spreadsheet
5641 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
5642 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
5643 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
5644 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
5645 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
5646 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
5647 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
5649 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
5652 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
5654 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
5656 + There is now a menu with commands.
5658 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
5659 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
5661 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
5662 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
5664 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
5665 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
5669 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
5670 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
5671 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
5673 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
5674 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
5679 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
5680 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
5681 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
5682 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
5684 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
5685 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
5686 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
5696 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
5697 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
5698 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
5700 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
5701 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
5702 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
5703 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
5704 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
5705 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
5706 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
5708 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
5709 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
5710 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
5712 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
5714 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
5715 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
5717 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
5718 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
5720 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
5721 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
5722 levels. For example:
5724 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
5726 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
5727 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
5728 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
5731 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
5732 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
5733 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
5734 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
5736 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
5737 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
5746 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
5747 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
5748 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
5749 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
5751 ** Detailed description of changes
5753 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
5754 any table in any mode.
5756 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
5757 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
5758 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
5759 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
5760 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
5761 inside the same file, in a block comment.
5763 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
5764 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
5765 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
5766 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
5767 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
5769 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
5770 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
5771 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
5772 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
5773 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
5774 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
5775 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
5778 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
5779 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
5780 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
5781 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
5782 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
5783 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
5784 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
5785 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
5786 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
5787 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
5788 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
5789 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
5791 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
5792 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
5793 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
5794 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
5800 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
5801 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
5802 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
5803 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
5804 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
5806 ** Detailed description of changes
5808 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
5809 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
5810 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
5812 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
5814 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
5815 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
5817 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
5819 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
5820 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
5821 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
5823 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
5824 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
5825 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
5827 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
5828 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
5829 to Raman for this excellent idea.
5831 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
5832 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
5834 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
5836 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
5837 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
5838 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
5839 remember.el work like this as well).
5840 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
5841 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
5842 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
5843 new template, but the old context information. This is
5844 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
5847 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
5848 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
5849 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
5850 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
5851 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
5852 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
5853 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
5854 without interaction.
5856 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
5857 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
5858 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
5859 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
5860 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
5861 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
5863 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
5864 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
5865 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
5866 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
5868 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
5869 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
5870 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
5871 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
5872 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
5873 them would require special hooks. Comments?
5879 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
5880 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
5882 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
5883 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
5884 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
5885 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
5886 + Incompatible changes
5887 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
5888 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
5889 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
5890 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
5891 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
5892 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
5893 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
5897 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
5898 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
5899 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
5900 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
5901 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
5902 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
5903 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
5904 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
5908 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
5909 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
5910 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
5911 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
5912 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
5913 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
5914 - Empty entries go full circle.
5915 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
5920 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
5923 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
5924 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
5925 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
5926 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
5927 another, dedicated frame.
5928 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
5929 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
5932 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
5933 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
5934 - Changes in Agenda buffer
5935 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
5936 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
5937 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
5938 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
5939 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
5940 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
5941 use regular expressions.
5942 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
5943 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
5944 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
5948 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
5949 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
5950 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
5957 - Improvements to fast tag selection
5958 + show status also in target line.
5959 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
5960 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
5961 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
5965 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
5966 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
5967 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
5968 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
5972 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
5973 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
5978 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
5979 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
5980 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
5984 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
5985 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
5986 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
5987 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
5988 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
5989 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
5990 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
5991 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
5992 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
5993 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
5994 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
5999 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
6000 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
6001 - File links can contain environment variables.
6002 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
6006 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
6007 each block created by a different agenda command.
6008 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
6009 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
6010 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
6011 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
6012 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
6013 upon the agenda type.
6014 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
6015 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
6016 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
6017 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
6018 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
6019 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
6020 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
6021 - More minor bug fixes.
6024 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
6025 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
6026 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
6030 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
6031 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
6032 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
6036 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
6039 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
6040 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
6041 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
6049 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
6050 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
6052 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
6053 LaTeX environment and math.
6056 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
6058 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
6059 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
6060 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
6064 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
6065 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
6068 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
6069 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
6070 and will not lead to conflicts.
6071 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
6075 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
6076 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
6077 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
6078 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
6079 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
6080 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
6081 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
6087 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
6088 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
6091 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
6092 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
6093 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
6094 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
6095 directories for different export types.
6096 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
6097 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
6104 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
6105 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
6106 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
6107 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
6108 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
6109 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
6110 relative and absolute paths.
6111 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
6112 - Bug and typo fixes.
6116 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
6117 contains a description or not.
6118 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
6119 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
6120 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
6121 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
6122 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
6123 for all available exporters.
6124 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
6130 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
6131 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
6132 end of the HTML file.
6133 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
6134 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
6135 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
6136 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
6142 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
6143 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
6144 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
6145 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
6155 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
6156 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
6159 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
6160 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
6161 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
6162 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
6163 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
6164 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
6165 - New structure for the customization tree.
6170 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
6174 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
6175 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
6176 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
6177 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
6178 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
6183 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
6184 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
6185 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
6186 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
6190 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
6191 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
6194 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
6195 - Various small bug fixes
6198 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
6199 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
6200 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
6201 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
6202 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
6203 argument to `C-c C-v'.
6204 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
6205 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
6206 next buffer change due to editing).
6209 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
6210 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
6211 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
6212 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
6215 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
6216 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
6217 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
6218 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
6219 - Changes to the HTML exporter
6220 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
6221 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
6222 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
6223 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
6224 - support for cascading style sheets.
6225 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
6226 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
6233 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
6237 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
6240 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
6241 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
6242 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
6243 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
6244 and are not linked to the calendar.
6245 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
6246 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
6247 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
6248 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
6251 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
6252 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
6253 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
6254 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
6255 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
6258 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
6259 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
6260 - Named fields and columns in tables.
6261 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
6264 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
6265 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
6268 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
6269 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
6270 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
6271 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
6272 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
6273 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
6277 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
6278 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
6279 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
6280 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
6281 - Archiving of finished tasks.
6282 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
6283 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
6284 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
6285 - Improved html export of tables.
6286 - Various clean-up changes.
6289 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
6293 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
6294 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
6298 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
6299 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
6303 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
6304 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
6305 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
6308 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
6309 - New startup option `content'.
6310 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
6311 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
6312 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
6315 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
6316 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
6317 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
6318 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
6319 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
6320 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
6323 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
6324 table shape when typing in fields.
6325 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
6326 into arbitrary major modes.
6327 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
6328 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
6329 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
6332 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
6333 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
6334 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
6336 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
6337 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
6338 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
6339 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
6340 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
6342 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
6343 - Sorting fully configurable.
6344 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
6345 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
6349 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
6350 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
6351 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
6352 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
6353 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
6354 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
6355 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
6358 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
6359 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
6360 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
6361 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
6362 - Priorities for TODO items.
6363 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
6364 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
6365 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
6370 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
6371 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
6372 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
6373 `org-todo-interpretation'.
6374 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
6375 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
6376 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
6377 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
6378 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
6379 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
6380 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
6381 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
6382 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
6383 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
6384 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
6387 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
6388 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
6389 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
6390 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
6391 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
6392 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
6393 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
6394 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
6395 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
6396 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
6397 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
6398 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
6401 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
6402 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
6403 - Date ranges introduced.
6404 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
6405 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
6406 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
6407 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
6408 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
6409 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
6410 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
6413 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
6414 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
6415 - Fully automatic table editor.
6416 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
6417 - Other link system changes
6418 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
6419 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
6420 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
6421 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
6422 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
6423 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
6424 Please re-read the manual section about links.
6426 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
6427 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
6428 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
6429 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
6430 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
6431 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
6433 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
6437 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
6438 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
6439 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
6440 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
6444 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents