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15 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
17 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
20 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
21 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
22 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
24 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
25 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
26 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
27 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
28 detailed explanations.
30 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
31 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
32 function has been called already.
34 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
37 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
39 ** Incompatible changes
41 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
43 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
45 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
46 you will have to update them.
48 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
50 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
51 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
53 **** New export engine
55 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
56 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
57 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
58 /all/ export back-ends.
60 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
61 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
62 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
63 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
64 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
66 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
67 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
69 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
70 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
71 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
72 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
74 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
76 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
80 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
82 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
83 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
84 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
86 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
88 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
90 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
93 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
94 remember templates into capture templates.
96 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
98 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
99 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
101 **** Note for third-party developers
103 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
104 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
105 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
107 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
110 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
112 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
113 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
114 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
116 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
117 is either because they rely on third-part softwares that are not
118 included in Emacs, or because they are not targetting a significant
121 - org-colview-xemacs.el
128 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
129 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
130 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
132 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
133 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
135 ** New packages in core
137 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
139 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
141 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
143 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
145 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
147 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
148 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
150 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
152 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
154 ** New packages in contrib
156 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
158 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
160 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
163 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
165 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
166 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
168 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
171 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
173 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
175 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
177 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
179 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
180 for starting headlines.
182 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
184 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
185 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
186 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
187 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
189 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
191 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
193 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
195 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
196 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
199 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
200 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
203 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
205 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
206 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
209 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
210 conversion from Org files to groff.
212 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
214 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
216 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
218 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
219 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
226 **** New export generic options
228 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
229 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
231 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
233 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
234 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
235 You will need to explicitely set this to =t= in your initialization
236 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
238 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
239 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
240 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
241 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
242 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
243 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
244 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
245 contains time-stamps.
247 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
248 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
249 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
251 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
253 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
255 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
257 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
259 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
260 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
261 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
262 *** Structure editing
264 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
265 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
267 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
268 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
270 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
272 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
273 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
274 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
275 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
278 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
280 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
281 _words__= will preserve markup.
283 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
285 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
286 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
287 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
289 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
291 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
292 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
294 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
296 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
297 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
298 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
299 forward and backward.
301 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
302 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
304 Now Org will sort this list
306 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
307 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
311 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
312 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
314 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
315 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
316 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
318 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
319 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
320 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
322 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
325 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
327 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
328 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
329 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
331 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
333 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
334 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
335 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
336 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
338 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
340 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
341 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
342 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
343 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
344 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
346 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
348 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
349 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
350 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
352 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
353 *** Scheduled/deadline
355 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
357 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
358 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
359 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
360 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
362 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
363 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
364 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
365 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
367 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
368 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
369 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
370 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
371 control this globally or per agenda.
373 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
375 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
377 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
379 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
380 *** Calendar, diary and appts
382 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
384 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
385 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
386 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
388 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
389 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
390 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
392 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
393 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
395 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
398 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
400 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
401 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
402 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
404 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
406 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
407 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
408 only show their description, not the full links.
411 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
413 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
414 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
415 want to build a list of appointments.
417 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
418 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
420 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
422 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
424 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
425 time value (i.e. appointments).
427 **** New agenda sorting strategies
429 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
431 | Strategy | Explanations |
432 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
433 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
434 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
435 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
436 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
437 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
438 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
439 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
440 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
441 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
442 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
444 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
446 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
447 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
448 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
450 These new options are available:
452 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
453 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
454 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
455 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
457 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
458 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
459 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
461 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
462 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
463 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
464 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
465 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
466 non-tagged headlines.
468 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
470 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
471 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
472 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
473 that take only =N= minutes.
475 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
477 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
478 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
479 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
481 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
483 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
484 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
486 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
488 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
489 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
491 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
494 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backard (=M-<up>=)
496 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
497 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
498 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
500 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
501 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
503 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
505 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
506 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
508 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
510 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
512 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
513 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
516 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
518 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
519 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
520 asks for a confirmation.
522 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
524 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
525 the mark of the entry at point.
527 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
528 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
530 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
532 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
533 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
536 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
538 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
539 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
541 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
543 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
544 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
546 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
548 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
549 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
550 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
551 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
553 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
555 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
556 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
557 repeated beyond the current dealine.
559 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
561 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
562 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
563 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
564 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
566 Read the full docstring for details.
568 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
570 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
573 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
576 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
578 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
579 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
582 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
584 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
585 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
587 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
589 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
590 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
591 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
592 check against the name of the buffer.
595 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
596 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
597 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combinaison
600 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
601 agenda views, and for filtering.
603 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
607 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
609 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
610 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
611 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
613 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
614 as if the protocol was not known.
616 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
618 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
620 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
621 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
622 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
625 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
627 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
628 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
629 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
631 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
633 When storing a link to a headline like
635 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
637 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
638 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
639 there is no description.
642 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
644 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
645 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
646 those other formulas.
648 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
650 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
651 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
652 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
655 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
657 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
658 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
659 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
662 **** New lookup functions
664 There are now three lookup functions:
666 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
667 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
668 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
670 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
673 These new startup keywords are now available:
675 | Startup keyword | Option |
676 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
677 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
678 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
679 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
680 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
681 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
682 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
683 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
684 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
688 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
690 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
691 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
692 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
693 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
695 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
697 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
698 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
699 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
702 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
703 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
705 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
707 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
708 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
710 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
712 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
713 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
714 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
716 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
717 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
718 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
719 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
720 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
721 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
722 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
725 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
727 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
729 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
731 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
732 same target than the block at point.
734 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
736 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
737 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
738 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
740 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
741 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
744 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
746 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
747 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
748 manual for a usage example.
750 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
752 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
753 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
754 collecting blocks for tangling.
756 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
757 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
759 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
760 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
761 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
762 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
764 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
765 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
768 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
769 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
770 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
771 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
775 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
776 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
777 - [[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]]
778 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
779 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
780 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
781 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
782 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
783 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
784 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
785 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
786 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
787 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
788 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
789 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
790 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
791 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
792 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports MacOSX version up to 10.8
793 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
797 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
799 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
801 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
803 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
805 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
806 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
807 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
808 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
809 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
810 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
811 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
812 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
814 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
816 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
817 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
819 *** MobileOrg for iOS
821 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
822 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
823 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
827 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
829 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
830 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
833 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
834 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
835 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
836 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
837 agenda type to this variable.
839 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
842 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
843 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
844 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
845 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
847 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
849 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
850 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
851 invisible) blocked tasks.
853 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
855 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
856 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
858 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
860 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
861 ** No GPL manual anymore
863 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
864 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
866 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
868 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
870 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
871 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
872 in most environments.
876 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
878 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
880 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
881 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
884 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
885 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
886 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
889 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
891 ** Overview of the new keybindings
893 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
894 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
895 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
896 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
897 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
898 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
899 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
900 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
901 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
902 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
903 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
904 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
905 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
906 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
907 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
909 ** New package and Babel langage
911 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
913 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
915 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
916 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
918 ** Incompatible changes
920 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
921 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
923 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
926 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
927 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
928 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
930 ** New features and user-visible changes
934 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
935 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
936 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
937 core and many core functions rely on this package.
939 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
940 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
942 See the docstrings for more details.
944 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
947 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
949 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
950 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
951 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
952 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
954 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
956 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
957 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
958 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
959 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
961 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
963 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
965 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
967 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
970 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
971 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
973 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
974 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
975 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
978 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
981 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
982 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
983 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
985 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
986 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
987 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
992 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
994 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
995 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
996 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
997 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
999 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
1000 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
1001 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
1002 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
1003 generating new ones.
1005 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
1008 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
1010 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1011 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
1014 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1015 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
1016 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
1019 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
1020 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
1021 details on how to use this.
1023 **** Changes in bulk actions
1025 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
1026 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
1028 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
1029 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
1030 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
1031 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
1032 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
1034 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
1035 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
1037 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
1038 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
1041 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
1043 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
1045 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
1047 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
1048 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
1050 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
1052 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
1053 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
1054 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
1055 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
1058 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
1060 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
1063 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
1064 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
1065 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
1066 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
1067 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
1070 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
1072 See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
1074 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
1076 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
1077 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
1078 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
1079 filters and category filters.
1081 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
1082 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
1085 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
1086 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
1087 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
1092 **** Inserting links
1094 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
1095 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
1096 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
1099 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
1100 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
1101 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
1102 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
1104 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
1107 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
1109 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
1110 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
1111 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
1112 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
1114 **** New link type =help=
1116 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
1118 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
1119 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
1120 you go back to the same buffer.
1122 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
1124 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
1125 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
1128 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
1130 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
1132 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
1134 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
1136 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
1138 **** RET now follows time stamps links
1142 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
1144 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
1145 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
1146 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
1147 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
1149 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
1151 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
1152 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
1153 all headlines in the region.
1155 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
1157 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
1159 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
1160 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
1162 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
1164 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
1166 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
1168 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
1170 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
1172 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
1173 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
1174 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
1179 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
1181 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
1183 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
1185 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
1186 clocked entry, if any.
1188 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
1190 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
1192 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
1194 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
1195 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
1198 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
1199 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
1200 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
1204 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
1206 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
1209 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
1211 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
1212 cells in clockreport.
1214 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
1215 time cells in clockreport.
1218 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
1220 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
1221 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
1223 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
1224 in the mode line and/or frame title.
1226 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
1227 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
1228 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
1229 space in the frame title.
1233 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
1235 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
1236 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
1237 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
1238 don't want to see temporarily.
1240 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
1242 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
1244 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1246 There are these new entities:
1248 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
1249 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
1250 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
1251 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
1252 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
1253 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
1255 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
1256 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
1257 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
1259 The face is back to a normal height.
1263 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
1264 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
1266 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
1267 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
1269 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
1271 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
1272 block will use its value as the column format.
1274 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
1276 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
1278 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
1280 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
1282 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
1283 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
1284 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
1285 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
1287 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
1291 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
1293 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
1295 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
1297 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
1299 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
1300 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
1301 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
1303 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
1305 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
1306 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
1307 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
1311 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
1313 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
1314 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
1315 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
1316 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
1318 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
1320 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
1321 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
1324 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1325 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
1326 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
1329 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
1330 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
1331 more details on how to use this.
1333 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
1334 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
1336 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
1337 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
1340 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
1342 See the manual for more explanations.
1344 **** More control over empty lines
1346 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
1347 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
1350 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
1352 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
1356 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
1358 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
1359 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
1360 available) to print beautiful tables.
1362 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
1364 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
1365 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
1368 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
1370 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
1371 in the #+DATE option.
1373 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
1375 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
1377 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
1378 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
1380 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
1381 More languages are always welcome.
1383 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
1385 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
1386 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
1388 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
1389 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details)
1390 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
1391 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
1392 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
1393 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
1395 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
1396 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
1400 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
1402 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
1405 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
1407 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
1408 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
1410 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
1412 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
1414 It used to exports the results of the code.
1418 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
1419 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
1421 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
1422 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
1424 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
1426 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
1427 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
1428 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
1430 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
1431 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
1433 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
1434 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
1435 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
1438 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
1440 This will increment the effort value.
1442 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
1444 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
1446 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
1447 attach symbolic links.
1449 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
1451 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
1453 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
1454 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
1456 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
1458 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
1460 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
1461 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
1462 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
1464 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
1466 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
1467 all top level list items.
1469 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
1471 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
1473 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
1474 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
1476 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
1478 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
1480 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
1481 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
1482 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
1483 first headline in the region.
1485 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
1487 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
1490 ** Important bug fixes
1492 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
1494 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
1495 perform completion with meaningful values.
1497 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
1499 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
1500 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
1501 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
1503 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
1504 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
1506 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
1507 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
1510 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
1511 the code and the license to your needs.
1513 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
1514 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
1518 ** Incompatible changes
1520 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
1522 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
1524 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
1526 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
1527 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
1528 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
1529 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
1532 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
1534 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
1535 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
1536 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
1538 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
1540 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
1541 =org-agenda-span= instead.
1543 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
1545 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
1547 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
1548 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
1549 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
1550 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
1551 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
1553 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
1554 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
1555 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
1556 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
1557 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
1558 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
1560 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
1561 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
1562 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
1565 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
1568 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
1569 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
1570 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
1571 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
1573 The two new variables are:
1575 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
1576 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
1577 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
1578 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
1579 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
1580 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
1581 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
1583 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
1584 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
1587 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
1590 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
1591 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
1592 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
1593 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
1595 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
1596 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
1597 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
1598 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
1601 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
1602 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
1603 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
1604 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
1605 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
1606 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
1609 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
1610 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
1611 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
1612 applies to the following packages:
1630 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
1631 you are using, you can remove it from
1632 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
1633 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
1636 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
1637 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
1638 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
1639 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
1640 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
1643 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
1645 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
1646 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
1647 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
1650 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
1652 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
1654 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
1656 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
1658 ** Important new features
1660 *** New Org to ODT exporter
1662 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
1664 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
1665 for more information on how to customize it.
1667 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
1669 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
1670 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
1671 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
1672 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
1674 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
1675 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
1676 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
1678 To switch over to the new system:
1682 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
1684 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
1685 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
1686 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
1687 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
1688 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
1690 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
1692 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
1695 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
1698 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
1700 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
1701 you have decided to move over completely to the new
1702 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
1703 with using both system in parallel.
1707 *** New Org libraries
1708 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
1710 Implement links to eshell buffers.
1712 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
1714 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
1716 To use, put the following in your init file:
1719 (require 'org-special-blocks)
1722 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
1723 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
1724 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
1725 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
1726 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
1727 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
1728 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
1729 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
1730 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
1733 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
1735 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
1736 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
1738 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
1740 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
1741 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
1742 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
1745 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
1746 call function to do something special with text links.
1748 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
1750 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
1752 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
1753 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
1754 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
1757 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
1759 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
1761 *** New Babel libraries
1763 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
1764 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
1765 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
1766 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
1767 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
1768 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
1769 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
1771 ** Other new features and various enhancements
1775 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
1777 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
1778 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
1779 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
1780 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
1781 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
1782 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
1784 The key new functions are
1786 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
1787 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
1788 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
1790 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
1791 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
1793 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
1794 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
1796 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
1797 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
1799 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
1801 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
1802 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
1803 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
1805 **** Modified link escaping
1807 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
1809 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
1810 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
1811 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
1812 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
1815 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
1816 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
1817 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
1818 : percent escaped links are solved.
1820 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
1822 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
1824 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
1825 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
1827 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
1829 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
1831 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
1832 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
1833 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
1834 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
1835 string to be executed.
1837 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
1838 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
1842 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
1843 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
1846 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
1850 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
1852 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
1853 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
1854 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
1855 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
1857 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
1858 will work on the current entry.
1860 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
1861 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
1863 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
1865 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
1867 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
1870 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
1871 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
1876 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
1878 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
1879 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
1880 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
1882 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
1884 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
1885 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
1886 entries using a function.
1888 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
1889 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
1890 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
1892 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
1894 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
1895 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
1896 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
1898 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
1900 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
1901 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
1902 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
1903 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
1904 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
1905 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
1907 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
1911 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
1913 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
1914 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
1916 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
1917 docstring of these variable for details about available
1920 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
1921 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
1922 formatting string will insert a string.
1924 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
1926 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
1927 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
1928 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
1929 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
1930 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
1931 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
1932 C-e u=, respectively.
1934 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
1935 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
1936 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
1937 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
1938 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
1941 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
1943 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
1944 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
1946 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
1948 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
1949 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
1951 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
1953 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
1954 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
1955 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
1956 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
1957 section]] in the manual for more details.
1959 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
1960 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
1961 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
1966 **** Refile targets can now be cached
1968 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
1969 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
1970 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
1971 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
1972 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
1974 **** New logging support for refiling
1976 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
1977 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
1980 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
1984 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
1986 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
1990 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
1992 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
1993 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
1995 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
1997 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
1998 the displayed in the buffer.
2000 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
2002 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
2004 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
2005 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
2007 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
2008 |--------+--------+---------|
2009 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
2010 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
2012 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
2015 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
2018 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
2020 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
2022 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
2023 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
2030 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
2031 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
2034 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
2036 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
2038 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
2039 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
2041 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
2045 **** Improved handling of lists
2047 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
2049 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
2050 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
2051 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
2054 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
2055 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
2056 counters like [@c] or [@W].
2058 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
2059 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
2060 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
2061 `org-list-export-context'.
2063 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
2064 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
2065 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
2067 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
2068 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
2069 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
2070 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
2071 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
2073 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
2074 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
2075 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
2077 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
2079 *** Inline display of linked images
2081 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
2082 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
2083 that have no description part will be inlined.
2085 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
2087 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
2088 from 1, you can now do it like this:
2090 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
2092 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
2094 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
2095 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
2096 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
2097 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
2098 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
2099 into account all header arguments, and variables.
2101 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
2102 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
2103 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
2106 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
2107 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
2108 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
2109 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
2110 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
2111 properties or in tables.
2113 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
2114 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
2115 names, and rownames across all languages.
2117 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
2119 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
2121 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
2122 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
2123 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
2125 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
2127 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
2128 request by Scott Otterson.
2130 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
2132 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
2133 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
2134 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
2135 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
2136 superscripts, see the variable
2137 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
2139 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
2141 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
2143 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
2144 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
2145 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
2146 following new faces:
2148 =org-document-title=
2150 =org-document-info-keyword=
2152 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
2153 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
2155 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
2157 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
2159 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
2160 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
2161 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
2162 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
2163 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
2164 property is affected by this setting.
2166 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
2167 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
2169 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
2171 Requested by Michael Brand.
2173 **** Better level cycling function
2175 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
2176 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
2177 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
2178 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
2180 **** Adaptive filling
2182 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
2183 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
2184 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
2185 comments to be filled correctly.
2187 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
2189 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
2191 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
2193 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
2195 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
2196 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
2198 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
2202 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
2204 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
2205 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
2206 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
2207 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
2209 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
2211 **** Localized clock tables
2213 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
2214 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
2215 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
2216 available translated strings.
2218 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
2220 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
2221 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
2222 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
2223 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
2225 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
2227 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
2229 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
2230 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
2231 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
2232 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
2235 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
2239 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
2241 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
2242 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
2244 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
2246 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
2248 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
2249 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
2250 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
2253 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
2256 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
2258 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
2259 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
2264 org-table-current-line
2268 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
2270 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
2271 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
2274 This was requested by Tom.
2276 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
2278 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
2279 example by viewing from the agenda.
2281 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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