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12 ** Incompatible changes
13 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
14 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
15 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
17 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
18 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
19 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
20 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after
21 a headline and its planning line, when applicable.
23 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
24 logged before the property drawer. The following function will repair
27 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
28 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
29 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
30 Ignore non Org buffers."
31 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
33 (goto-char (point-min))
34 (let ((case-fold-search t)
35 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
36 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
40 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
42 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
44 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
45 (when (and (< (point) end)
46 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
48 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
50 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
52 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
54 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
55 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
57 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
58 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
59 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
61 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
62 docstring for more information.
63 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
64 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
65 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
66 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
67 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
68 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
69 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-next-visible-heading~
70 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
71 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
72 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
74 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
75 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
76 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
77 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
78 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
79 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
80 accessible from the export dispatcher.
81 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
82 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
83 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
84 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
87 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
88 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
91 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
92 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
93 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
94 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name=
95 at the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the
96 value of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=.
97 To chose a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind
98 this variable locally.
99 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
100 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
101 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
102 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
103 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
104 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
105 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
106 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
107 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
110 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
111 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
112 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
113 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
114 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
115 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
117 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
118 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
119 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
120 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
122 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
123 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
124 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
125 ~org-drawers~ variable.
126 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
127 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
128 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
129 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
130 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
131 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
132 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch
134 *** New option in ASCII export
135 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting
136 ~org-ascii-list-margin~ variable to an appopriate integer.
137 *** New blocks in ASCII export
138 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and
139 =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT= blocks. See documentation for details.
140 *** More back-end specific publishing options
141 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
142 increased. See manual for details.
143 *** Export inline source blocks
144 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
145 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
146 in the output, depending on the parameters.
147 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
148 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
149 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
150 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
151 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
152 more features. See docstring for details.
153 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
154 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
155 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
156 *** Improve radio tables
157 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
158 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
159 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are
160 new parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
161 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
162 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
163 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
164 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction with
165 source blocks exported by the minted package.
166 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
167 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
168 would throw an error. A new variable
169 ~org-table-formula-create-columns~ was added to adjust this
170 behavior. It is now possible to silently add new columns, to do so
171 with a warning or to explicitly ask the user each time.
173 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
175 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
176 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
177 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
178 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
179 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
180 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
181 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is
182 now deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
183 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
184 *** Export unnumbered headlines
185 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
186 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
187 property is inherited by children.
188 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
189 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
190 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~
191 keys, to sort a table.
192 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
193 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See
195 *** Countdown timers can now be paused.
196 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
198 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
199 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
200 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
202 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
203 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
204 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
205 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
206 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
207 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
208 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
209 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
211 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
212 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
213 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
214 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
215 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
216 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
217 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
218 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
219 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
220 particular test failure was introduced.
221 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
222 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
223 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as
224 well as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~
225 when ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
228 ** Incompatible changes
229 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
230 This may require two changes in user config.
232 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
233 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
234 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
236 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
238 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
239 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
240 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
242 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
243 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
245 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
249 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
251 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
253 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
254 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
255 option keywords like :html-include-style.
257 So you need to replace
259 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
263 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
265 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
266 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
268 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
270 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
271 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
272 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
274 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
275 the other optional arguments accordingly.
277 *** Export back-ends are now structures
279 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
280 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
281 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
284 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
286 ** Important bugfixes
288 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
289 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
291 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
293 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
294 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
295 separator starting a TOTO match string.
298 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
300 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
302 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
305 - Support for .pgf files
306 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
307 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
308 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
309 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
310 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
311 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
312 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
314 *** New functions for paragraph motion
316 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
317 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
318 in a paragraph-like way.
320 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
322 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
323 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
324 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
325 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
326 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
328 *** Anonymous export back-ends
330 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
331 which can then be passed to export functions like
332 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
334 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
335 registering a new back-end.
337 *** New agenda fortnight view
339 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
340 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
343 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
345 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
346 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
348 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
349 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
350 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
352 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
353 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
355 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
356 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
357 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
358 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
359 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
362 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
364 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
366 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
368 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
370 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
372 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
374 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
376 If you set this to the following
378 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
380 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
382 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
384 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
386 ** New contributed packages
388 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
389 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
392 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
393 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
397 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
399 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
400 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
401 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
402 the same with example blocks.
404 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
411 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
413 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
416 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
417 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
418 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
420 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
421 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
422 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
423 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
424 detailed explanations.
426 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
427 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
428 function has been called already.
430 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
433 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
435 ** Incompatible changes
437 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
439 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
441 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
442 you will have to update them.
444 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
446 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
447 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
449 **** New export engine
451 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
452 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
453 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
454 /all/ export back-ends.
456 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
457 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
458 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
459 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
460 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
462 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
463 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
465 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
466 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
467 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
468 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
470 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
472 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
474 should now be written
476 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
478 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
479 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
480 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
482 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
484 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
486 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
489 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
490 remember templates into capture templates.
492 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
494 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
495 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
497 **** Note for third-party developers
499 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
500 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
501 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
503 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
506 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
508 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
509 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
510 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
512 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
513 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
514 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
517 - org-colview-xemacs.el
524 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
525 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
526 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
528 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
529 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
531 ** New packages in core
533 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
535 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
537 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
539 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
541 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
543 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
544 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
546 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
548 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
550 ** New packages in contrib
552 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
554 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
556 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
559 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
561 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
562 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
564 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
567 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
569 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
571 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
573 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
575 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
576 for starting headlines.
578 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
580 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
581 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
582 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
583 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
585 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
587 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
589 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
591 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
592 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
595 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
596 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
599 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
601 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
602 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
605 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
606 conversion from Org files to groff.
608 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
610 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
612 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
614 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
615 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
622 **** New export generic options
624 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
625 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
627 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
629 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
630 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
631 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
632 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
634 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
635 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
636 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
637 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
638 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
639 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
640 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
641 contains time-stamps.
643 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
644 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
645 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
647 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
649 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
651 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
653 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
655 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
656 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
657 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
658 *** Structure editing
660 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
661 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
663 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
664 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
666 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
668 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
669 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
670 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
671 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
674 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
676 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
677 _words__= will preserve markup.
679 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
681 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
682 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
683 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
685 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
687 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
688 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
690 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
692 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
693 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
694 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
695 forward and backward.
697 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
698 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
700 Now Org will sort this list
702 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
703 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
707 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
708 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
710 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
711 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
712 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
714 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
715 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
716 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
718 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
721 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
723 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
724 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
725 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
727 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
729 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
730 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
731 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
732 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
734 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
736 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
737 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
738 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
739 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
740 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
742 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
744 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
745 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
746 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
748 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
749 *** Scheduled/deadline
751 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
753 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
754 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
755 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
756 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
758 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
759 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
760 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
761 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
763 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
764 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
765 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
766 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
767 control this globally or per agenda.
769 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
771 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
773 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
775 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
776 *** Calendar, diary and appts
778 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
780 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
781 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
782 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
784 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
785 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
786 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
788 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
789 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
791 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
794 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
796 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
797 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
798 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
800 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
802 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
803 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
804 only show their description, not the full links.
807 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
809 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
810 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
811 want to build a list of appointments.
813 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
814 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
816 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
818 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
820 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
821 time value (i.e. appointments).
823 **** New agenda sorting strategies
825 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
827 | Strategy | Explanations |
828 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
829 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
830 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
831 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
832 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
833 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
834 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
835 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
836 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
837 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
838 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
840 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
842 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
843 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
844 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
846 These new options are available:
848 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
849 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
850 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
851 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
853 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
854 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
855 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
857 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
858 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
859 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
860 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
861 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
862 non-tagged headlines.
864 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
866 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
867 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
868 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
869 that take only =N= minutes.
871 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
873 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
874 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
875 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
877 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
879 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
880 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
882 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
884 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
885 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
887 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
890 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
892 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
893 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
894 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
896 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
897 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
899 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
901 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
902 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
904 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
906 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
908 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
909 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
912 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
914 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
915 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
916 asks for a confirmation.
918 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
920 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
921 the mark of the entry at point.
923 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
924 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
926 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
928 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
929 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
932 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
934 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
935 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
937 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
939 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
940 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
942 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
944 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
945 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
946 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
947 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
949 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
951 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
952 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
953 repeated beyond the current deadline.
955 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
957 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
958 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
959 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
960 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
962 Read the full docstring for details.
964 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
966 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
969 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
972 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
974 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
975 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
978 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
980 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
981 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
983 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
985 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
986 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
987 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
988 check against the name of the buffer.
991 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
992 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
993 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
996 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
997 agenda views, and for filtering.
999 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
1003 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
1005 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
1006 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
1007 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
1009 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
1010 as if the protocol was not known.
1012 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
1014 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
1016 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
1017 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
1018 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
1021 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
1023 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
1024 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
1025 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
1027 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
1029 When storing a link to a headline like
1031 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
1033 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
1034 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
1035 there is no description.
1038 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
1040 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
1041 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
1042 those other formulas.
1044 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
1046 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
1047 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
1048 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
1051 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
1053 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
1054 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
1055 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
1058 **** New lookup functions
1060 There are now three lookup functions:
1062 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
1063 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
1064 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
1066 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
1067 *** Startup keywords
1069 These new startup keywords are now available:
1071 | Startup keyword | Option |
1072 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1073 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
1074 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
1075 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1076 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
1077 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
1078 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
1079 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
1080 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
1084 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
1086 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
1087 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
1088 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
1089 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
1091 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
1093 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
1094 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
1095 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
1098 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
1099 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
1101 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
1103 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
1104 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
1106 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
1108 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
1109 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
1110 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
1112 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
1113 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
1114 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
1115 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
1116 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
1117 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
1118 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
1121 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
1123 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
1125 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
1127 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
1128 same target than the block at point.
1130 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
1132 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
1133 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
1134 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
1136 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
1137 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
1140 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
1142 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
1143 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
1144 manual for a usage example.
1146 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
1148 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
1149 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
1150 collecting blocks for tangling.
1152 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
1153 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
1155 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
1156 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
1157 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
1158 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
1160 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
1161 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
1164 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
1165 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
1166 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
1167 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
1171 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
1172 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
1173 - [[doc:org-export-html-table-tag][org-export-html-table-tag]] is replaced by [[doc:org-html-table-default-attributes][org-html-table-default-attributes]]
1174 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
1175 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
1176 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
1177 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
1178 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
1179 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
1180 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
1181 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
1182 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
1183 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
1184 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
1185 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
1186 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
1187 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
1188 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
1189 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
1193 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
1195 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
1197 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
1199 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
1201 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
1202 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
1203 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
1204 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
1205 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
1206 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
1207 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
1208 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
1210 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
1212 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
1213 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
1215 *** MobileOrg for iOS
1217 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
1218 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
1219 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
1223 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
1225 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
1226 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
1229 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
1230 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
1231 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
1232 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
1233 agenda type to this variable.
1235 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
1238 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
1239 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
1240 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
1241 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
1243 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
1245 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
1246 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
1247 invisible) blocked tasks.
1249 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
1251 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
1252 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
1254 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
1256 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
1257 ** No GPL manual anymore
1259 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
1260 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
1262 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
1264 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
1266 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
1267 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
1268 in most environments.
1272 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
1274 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
1276 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1277 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
1280 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
1281 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
1282 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
1285 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
1287 ** Overview of the new keybindings
1289 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
1290 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
1291 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
1292 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
1293 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
1294 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
1295 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
1296 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
1297 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
1298 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
1299 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
1300 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
1301 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
1302 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
1303 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
1305 ** New package and Babel language
1307 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
1309 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
1311 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
1312 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
1314 ** Incompatible changes
1316 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
1317 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
1319 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
1322 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
1323 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
1324 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
1326 ** New features and user-visible changes
1330 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
1331 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
1332 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
1333 core and many core functions rely on this package.
1335 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
1336 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
1338 See the docstrings for more details.
1340 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
1341 on =org-element.el=.
1343 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
1345 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
1346 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
1347 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
1348 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
1350 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
1352 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
1353 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
1354 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
1355 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
1357 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
1359 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
1361 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
1363 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
1366 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
1367 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
1369 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
1370 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
1371 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
1374 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
1377 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
1378 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
1379 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
1381 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
1382 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
1383 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
1388 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
1390 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
1391 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
1392 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
1393 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
1395 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1396 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1397 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1398 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1399 generating new ones.
1401 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1404 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1406 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1407 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1410 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1411 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1412 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1415 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1416 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1417 details on how to use this.
1419 **** Changes in bulk actions
1421 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1422 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1424 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1425 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1426 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1427 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1428 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1430 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1431 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1433 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1434 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1437 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1439 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1441 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1443 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1444 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1446 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1448 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1449 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1450 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1451 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1454 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1456 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1459 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1460 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1461 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1462 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1463 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1466 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1468 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1470 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1472 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1473 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1474 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1475 filters and category filters.
1477 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1478 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1481 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1482 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1483 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1488 **** Inserting links
1490 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1491 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1492 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1495 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1496 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1497 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1498 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1500 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1503 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1505 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1506 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1507 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1508 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1510 **** New link type =help=
1512 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1514 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1515 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1516 you go back to the same buffer.
1518 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1520 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1521 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1524 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1526 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1528 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1530 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1532 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1534 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1538 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1540 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1541 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1542 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1543 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1545 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1547 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1548 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1549 all headlines in the region.
1551 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1553 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1555 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1556 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1558 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1560 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1562 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1564 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1566 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1568 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1569 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1570 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1575 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1577 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1579 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1581 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1582 clocked entry, if any.
1584 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1586 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1588 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1590 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1591 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1594 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1595 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1596 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1600 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1602 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1605 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1607 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1608 cells in clockreport.
1610 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1611 time cells in clockreport.
1614 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1616 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1617 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1619 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1620 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1622 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1623 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1624 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1625 space in the frame title.
1629 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1631 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1632 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1633 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1634 don't want to see temporarily.
1636 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1638 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1640 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1642 There are these new entities:
1644 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1645 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1646 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1647 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1648 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1649 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1651 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1652 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1653 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1655 The face is back to a normal height.
1659 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1660 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1662 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1663 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1665 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1667 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1668 block will use its value as the column format.
1670 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1672 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1674 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1676 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1678 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1679 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1680 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1681 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1683 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1687 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1689 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1691 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1693 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1695 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1696 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1697 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1699 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1701 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1702 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1703 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1707 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1709 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1710 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1711 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1712 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1714 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1716 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1717 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1720 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1721 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1722 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1725 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1726 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1727 more details on how to use this.
1729 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1730 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1732 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1733 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1736 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1738 See the manual for more explanations.
1740 **** More control over empty lines
1742 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1743 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1746 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1748 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1752 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1754 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1755 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1756 available) to print beautiful tables.
1758 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1760 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1761 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1764 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1766 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1767 in the #+DATE option.
1769 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1771 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1773 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1774 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1776 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1777 More languages are always welcome.
1779 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1781 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1782 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1784 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1785 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1786 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1787 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1788 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1789 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1791 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1792 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1796 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1798 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1801 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1803 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1804 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1806 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1808 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1810 It used to exports the results of the code.
1814 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1815 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1817 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1818 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1820 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1822 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1823 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1824 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
1826 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
1827 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
1829 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
1830 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
1831 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
1834 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
1836 This will increment the effort value.
1838 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
1840 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
1842 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
1843 attach symbolic links.
1845 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
1847 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
1849 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
1850 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
1852 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
1854 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
1856 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
1857 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
1858 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
1860 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
1862 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
1863 all top level list items.
1865 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
1867 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
1869 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
1870 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
1872 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
1874 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
1876 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
1877 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
1878 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
1879 first headline in the region.
1881 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
1883 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
1886 ** Important bug fixes
1888 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
1890 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
1891 perform completion with meaningful values.
1893 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
1895 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
1896 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
1897 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1899 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
1900 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
1902 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
1903 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
1906 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
1907 the code and the license to your needs.
1909 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
1910 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
1914 ** Incompatible changes
1916 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
1918 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
1920 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
1922 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
1923 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
1924 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
1925 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
1928 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
1930 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
1931 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
1932 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
1934 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
1936 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
1937 =org-agenda-span= instead.
1939 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
1941 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
1943 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
1944 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
1945 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
1946 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
1947 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
1949 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
1950 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
1951 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
1952 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
1953 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
1954 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
1956 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1957 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
1958 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
1961 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
1964 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
1965 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
1966 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
1967 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
1969 The two new variables are:
1971 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
1972 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
1973 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
1974 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
1975 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
1976 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
1977 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
1979 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
1980 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
1983 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
1986 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
1987 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
1988 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
1989 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
1991 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
1992 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
1993 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
1994 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
1997 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
1998 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
1999 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
2000 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
2001 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
2002 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
2005 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
2006 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
2007 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
2008 applies to the following packages:
2026 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
2027 you are using, you can remove it from
2028 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
2029 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
2032 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
2033 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
2034 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
2035 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
2036 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
2039 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
2041 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
2042 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
2043 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
2046 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
2048 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
2050 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
2052 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
2054 ** Important new features
2056 *** New Org to ODT exporter
2058 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
2060 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
2061 for more information on how to customize it.
2063 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
2065 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
2066 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
2067 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
2068 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
2070 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
2071 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
2072 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
2074 To switch over to the new system:
2078 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
2080 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
2081 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
2082 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
2083 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
2084 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
2086 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
2088 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
2091 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
2094 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
2096 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
2097 you have decided to move over completely to the new
2098 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
2099 with using both system in parallel.
2103 *** New Org libraries
2104 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
2106 Implement links to eshell buffers.
2108 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
2110 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
2112 To use, put the following in your init file:
2115 (require 'org-special-blocks)
2118 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
2119 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
2120 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
2121 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
2122 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
2123 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
2124 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
2125 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
2126 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
2129 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
2131 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
2132 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
2134 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
2136 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
2137 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
2138 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
2141 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
2142 call function to do something special with text links.
2144 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
2146 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
2148 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
2149 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
2150 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
2153 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
2155 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
2157 *** New Babel libraries
2159 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
2160 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
2161 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
2162 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
2163 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
2164 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
2165 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
2167 ** Other new features and various enhancements
2171 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
2173 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
2174 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
2175 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
2176 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
2177 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
2178 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
2180 The key new functions are
2182 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
2183 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
2184 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
2186 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
2187 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
2189 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
2190 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
2192 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
2193 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
2195 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
2197 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
2198 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
2199 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
2201 **** Modified link escaping
2203 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
2205 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
2206 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
2207 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
2208 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
2211 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
2212 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
2213 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
2214 : percent escaped links are solved.
2216 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
2218 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
2220 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
2221 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
2223 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
2225 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
2227 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
2228 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
2229 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
2230 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
2231 string to be executed.
2233 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
2234 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
2238 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
2239 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
2242 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
2246 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
2248 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
2249 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
2250 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
2251 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
2253 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
2254 will work on the current entry.
2256 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
2257 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
2259 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
2261 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
2263 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
2266 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
2267 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
2272 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
2274 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
2275 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
2276 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
2278 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
2280 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
2281 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
2282 entries using a function.
2284 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
2285 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
2286 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
2288 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
2290 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
2291 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
2292 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
2294 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
2296 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
2297 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
2298 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
2299 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
2300 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
2301 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
2303 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
2307 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
2309 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
2310 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
2312 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
2313 docstring of these variable for details about available
2316 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
2317 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
2318 formatting string will insert a string.
2320 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
2322 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
2323 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
2324 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
2325 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
2326 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
2327 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
2328 C-e u=, respectively.
2330 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
2331 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
2332 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
2333 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
2334 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
2337 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
2339 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
2340 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
2342 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
2344 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
2345 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
2347 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
2349 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
2350 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
2351 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
2352 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
2353 section]] in the manual for more details.
2355 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
2356 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
2357 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
2362 **** Refile targets can now be cached
2364 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
2365 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
2366 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
2367 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
2368 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
2370 **** New logging support for refiling
2372 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
2373 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
2376 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
2380 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
2382 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
2386 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
2388 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
2389 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
2391 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
2393 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
2394 the displayed in the buffer.
2396 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2398 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2400 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2401 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2403 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2404 |--------+--------+---------|
2405 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2406 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2408 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2411 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2414 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2416 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2418 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2419 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2426 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2427 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2430 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2432 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2434 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2435 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2437 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2441 **** Improved handling of lists
2443 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2445 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2446 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2447 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2450 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2451 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2452 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2454 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2455 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2456 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2457 `org-list-export-context'.
2459 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2460 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2461 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2463 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2464 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2465 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2466 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2467 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2469 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2470 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2471 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2473 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2475 *** Inline display of linked images
2477 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2478 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2479 that have no description part will be inlined.
2481 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2483 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2484 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2486 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2488 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2490 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2491 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2492 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2493 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2494 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2495 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2497 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2498 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2499 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2502 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2503 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2504 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2505 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2506 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2507 properties or in tables.
2509 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2510 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2511 names, and rownames across all languages.
2513 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2515 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2517 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2518 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2519 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2521 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2523 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2524 request by Scott Otterson.
2526 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2528 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2529 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2530 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2531 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2532 superscripts, see the variable
2533 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2535 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2537 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2539 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2540 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2541 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2542 following new faces:
2544 =org-document-title=
2546 =org-document-info-keyword=
2548 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2549 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2551 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2553 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2555 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2556 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2557 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2558 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2559 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2560 property is affected by this setting.
2562 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2563 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2565 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2567 Requested by Michael Brand.
2569 **** Better level cycling function
2571 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2572 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2573 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2574 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2576 **** Adaptive filling
2578 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2579 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2580 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2581 comments to be filled correctly.
2583 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2585 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2587 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2589 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2591 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2592 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2594 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2598 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2600 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2601 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2602 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2603 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2605 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2607 **** Localized clock tables
2609 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2610 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2611 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2612 available translated strings.
2614 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2616 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2617 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2618 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2619 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2621 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2623 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2625 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2626 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2627 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2628 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2631 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2635 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2637 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2638 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2640 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2642 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2644 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2645 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2646 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2649 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2652 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2654 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2655 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2660 org-table-current-line
2664 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2666 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2667 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2670 This was requested by Tom.
2672 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2674 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2675 example by viewing from the agenda.
2677 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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