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13 *** ~org-archive~ functions update status cookies
15 Archiving headers through ~org-archive-subtree~ and
16 ~org-archive-to-archive-sibling~ such as the ones listed below:
24 Will update the status cookie in the top level header.
26 *** Disable =org-agenda-overriding-header= by setting to empty string
28 The ~org-agenda-overriding-header~ inserted into agenda views can now
29 be disabled by setting it to an empty string.
33 ** Incompatible changes
35 *** Variables relative to clocksum duration are obsolete
37 ~org-time-clocksum-format~, ~org-time-clocksum-use-fractional~ and
38 ~org-time-clocksum-fractional-format~ are obsolete. If you changed
39 them, consider modifying ~org-duration-format~ instead.
41 Variable ~org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations~ is also obsolete.
42 Consider setting ~org-duration-units~ instead.
44 *** ~org-at-timestamp-p~ optional argument accepts different values
46 See docstrings for the allowed values. For backward compatibility,
47 ~(org-at-timestamp-p t)~ is still supported, but should be updated
50 *** ~org-capture-templates~ no longer accepts S-expressions as file names
52 Since functions are allowed there, a straightforward way to migrate
59 : (file (lambda () (sexp)))
61 *** Deleted contributed packages
63 =org-ebib.el, =org-bullets.el= and =org-mime.el= have been deleted
64 from the contrib/ directory.
66 You can now find them here :
68 - https://github.com/joostkremers/ebib
69 - https://github.com/sabof/org-bullets
70 - https://github.com/org-mime/org-mime
72 *** Change ~org-texinfo-classes~ value
73 The value cannot support functions to create sectionning commands
74 anymore. Also, the sectionning commands should include commands for
75 appendices. See the docstring for more information.
76 *** Removal of ~:sitemap-sans-extension~
78 The publishing property is no longer recognized, as a consequence of
79 changes to site-map generation.
81 You can get the same functionality by setting ~:sitemap-format-entry~
85 (lambda (entry style project)
86 (cond ((not (directory-name-p entry))
87 (format "[[file:%s][%s]]"
88 (file-name-sans-extension entry)
89 (org-publish-find-title entry project)))
90 ((eq style 'tree) (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name entry)))
94 *** Change signature for ~:sitemap-function~
96 ~:sitemap-function~ now expects to be called with two arguments. See
97 ~org-publish-project-alist~ for details.
99 *** Change signature for some properties in ~org-list-to-generic~
101 ~:istart~, ~:icount~, ~:iend~ and ~:isep~ now expect the type of the
102 list as their first argument.
104 *** Change signature for ~org-get-repeater~
105 The optional argument is now a string to extract the repeater from.
106 See docstring for details.
108 *** Change signature for ~org-time-string-to-time~
109 See docstring for changes.
111 *** Change order of items in ~org-agenda-time-grid~
112 ~org-agenda-time-grid~ gained an extra item to allow users to customize
113 the string displayed after times in the agenda. See docstring for
116 *** ~tags-todo~ custom searches now include DONE keywords
118 Use "/!" markup when filtering TODO keywords to get only not-done TODO
121 *** Removal of =ob-scala.el=
123 See [[https://github.com/ensime/emacs-scala-mode/issues/114][this github issue]].
125 You can use =ob-scala.el= as packaged in scala-mode, available from the
129 *** iCalendar export uses inheritance for TIMEZONE and LOCATION properties
130 Both these properties can be inherited during iCalendar export,
131 depending on the value of ~org-use-property-inheritance~.
132 *** iCalendar export respects a TIMEZONE property
133 Set the TIMEZONE property on an entry to specify a time zone for that
134 entry only during iCalendar export. The property value should be
135 specified as in "Europe/London".
136 *** ~org-attach~ can move directory contents
137 When setting a new directory for an entry, org-attach offers to move
138 files over from the old directory. Using a prefix arg will reset the
139 directory to old, ID based one.
140 *** New Org duration library
141 This new library implements tools to read and print time durations in
142 various formats (e.g., "H:MM", or "1d 2h 3min"...).
144 See ~org-duration-to-minutes~ and ~org-duration-from-minutes~
148 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~
149 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~
150 **** New variable : ~org-deadline-past-days~
151 See docstring for details.
152 **** Binding C-c C-x < for ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
153 **** New auto-align default setting for =org-agenda-tags-column=
155 =org-agenda-tags-column= can now be set to =auto=, which will
156 automatically align tags to the right edge of the window. This is now
158 *** New value for ~org-publish-sitemap-sort-folders~
160 The new ~ignore~ value effectively allows toggling inclusion of
161 directories in published site-maps.
165 **** Scheme: support for tables
166 **** Scheme: new variable: ~org-babel-scheme-null-to~
168 This new custom option allows to use a empty list or null symbol to
169 format the table output, initially assigned to ~hlines~.
171 **** Scheme: new header ~:prologue~
173 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
174 developers to prepend code to the scheme block being processed.
176 Multiple ~:prologue~ headers can be added each of them using a string
177 with the content to be added.
179 The scheme blocks are prepared by surronding the code in the block
180 with a let form. The content of the ~:prologue~ headers are prepended
181 before this let form.
183 **** Support for hledger accounting reports added
184 **** Clojure: new setting ~org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout~
186 Creation of a new setting to specify the Cider timeout. By setting
187 the =org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout= setting option. The value
188 is in seconds and if set to =nil= then no timeout will occur.
189 **** Clojure: new header ~:show-process~
191 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
192 developers to output the process of an ongoing process into a new
195 You can tell Org Babel to output the process of a running code block.
197 To show that output you only have to specify the =:show-process=
198 option in the code block's header like this:
201 ,#+BEGIN_SRC clojure :results output :show-process t
208 If =:show-process= is specified that way, then when you will run the
209 code using =C-c C-c= a new window will open in Emacs. Everything that
210 is output by the REPL will immediately be added to that new window.
212 When the processing of the code is finished, then the window and its
213 buffer will be closed and the results will be reported in the
216 Note that the =:results= parameter's behavior is *not* changed. If
217 =silent= is specified, then no result will be displayed. If =output=
218 is specified then all the output from the window will appears in the
219 results section. If =value= is specified, then only the last returned
220 value of the code will be displayed in the results section.
222 **** Maxima: new headers ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~
223 Babel options ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~ have been implemented for
224 Maxima src blocks which prepend and append, respectively, the given
225 code strings. This can be useful for specifying formatting settings
226 which would add clutter to exported code. For instance, you can use
227 this ~:prologue "fpprintprec: 2; linel: 50;"~ for presenting Maxima
228 results in a beamer presentation.
229 **** PlantUML: add support for header arguments
231 [[http://plantuml.com/][Plantuml]] source blocks now support the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/prologue.html#prologue][~:prologue~]], [[http://orgmode.org/manual/epilogue.html#epilogue][~:epilogue~]] and
232 [[http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] header arguments.
234 **** SQL: new engine added ~sqsh~
236 A new engine was added to support ~sqsh~ command line utility for use
237 against Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase SQL server.
239 More information on ~sqsh~ can be found here: [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqsh/][sourceforge/sqsh]]
241 To use ~sqsh~ in an *sql* =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
244 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine sqsh :dbhost my_host :dbuser master :dbpassword pass :database support
250 **** SQL: new engine added =vertica=
252 A new engine was added to support vsql command line utility for use
255 More information on =vsql= can be found here: [[https://my.vertica.com/docs/7.2.x/HTML/index.htm#Authoring/ConnectingToHPVertica/vsql/UsingVsql.htm][my.vertica.com]]
257 To use =vertica= in an sql =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
260 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine vertica :dbhost my_host :dbuser dbadmin :dbpassword pw :database vmart
264 **** C++: New header ~:namespaces~
266 The new ~:namespaces~ export option can be used to specify namespaces
267 to be used within a C++ org source block. Its usage is similar to
268 ~:includes~, in that it can accept multiple, space-separated
269 namespaces to use. This header is equivalent to adding ~using
270 namespace <name>;~ in the source block. Here is a "Hello World" in C++
274 ,#+BEGIN_SRC C++ :results output :namespaces std :includes <iostream>
275 cout << "Hello World" << endl;
279 **** Support for Vala language
281 [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala][Vala]] language blocks support two special header arguments:
283 - ~:flags~ passes arguments to the compiler
284 - ~:cmdline~ passes commandline arguments to the generated executable
286 Support for [[http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] does not exist yet, also there is no [[http://orgmode.org/manual/session.html#session][~:session~]]
287 support because Vala is a compiled language.
289 The Vala compiler binary can be changed via the ~defcustom~
290 ~org-babel-vala-compiler~.
292 *** New ~function~ scope argument for the Clock Table
293 Added a nullary function that returns a list of files as a possible
294 argument for the scope of the clock table.
296 **** Implement vernacular table of contents in Markdown exporter
297 Global table of contents are generated using vanilla Markdown syntax
298 instead of HTML. Also #+TOC keyword, including local table of
299 contents, are now supported.
300 **** Add Slovanian translations
301 **** Implement ~org-export-insert-image-links~
302 This new function is meant to be used in back-ends supporting images
303 as descriptions of links, a.k.a. image links. See its docstring for
305 **** New macro : ~{{{n}}}~
306 This macro creates and increment multiple counters in a document. See
308 **** Add global macros through ~org-export-global-macros~
309 With this variable, one can define macros available for all documents.
310 **** New keyword ~#+EXPORT_FILE_NAME~
311 Similarly to ~:EXPORT_FILE_NAME:~ property, this keyword allows the
312 user to specify the name of the output file upon exporting the
313 document. This also has an effect on publishing.
314 **** Horizontal rules are no longer ignored in LaTeX table math mode
315 **** Use ~compilation-mode~ for compilation output
316 **** Plain lists accept a new ~:separator~ attribute in Texinfo
318 The new ~:separator~ attribute splits a tag from a description list
319 item into multiple parts. This allows to have two-column tables with
320 multiple entries in the first column. See manual for more details.
322 **** ~latex-environment~ elements support ~caption~ keywords for LaTeX export
323 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit LaTeX environments
325 Using ~C-c '~ on a LaTeX environment opens a sub-editing buffer. By
326 default, major mode in that buffer is ~latex-mode~, but it can be
327 changed by configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~.
329 *** ~org-list-to-generic~ includes a new property: ~:ifmt~
331 ~:ifmt~ is a function to be called on the body of each item. See
332 ~org-list-to-generic~ documentation for details.
334 *** New variable : ~org-bibtex-headline-format-function~
335 This allow to use a different title than entry title.
337 *** ~org-attach~ supports attaching files from URLs
339 Using ~C-c C-a u~ prompts for a URL pointing to a file to be attached
342 *** New option for ~org-refile-use-outline-path~
343 ~org-refile-use-outline-path~ now supports the setting ~buffer-name~,
344 which causes refile targets to be prefixed with the buffer’s
345 name. This is particularly useful when used in conjunction with
348 *** ~org-file-contents~ now allows the FILE argument to be a URL.
349 This allows ~#+SETUPFILE:~ to accept a URL instead of a local file
350 path. The URL contents are auto-downloaded and saved to a temporary
351 cache ~org--file-cache~. A new optional argument ~NOCACHE~ is added
352 to ~org-file-contents~.
354 *** ~org-mode-restart~ now resets the newly added ~org--file-cache~.
355 Using ~C-c C-c~ on any keyword (like ~#+SETUPFILE~) will reset the
358 *** New option : ~org-table-duration-hour-zero-padding~
359 This variable allow computed durations in tables to be zero-padded.
361 *** New mode switch for table formulas : =U=
362 This mode omits seconds in durations.
368 This feature has been removed. Use a custom agenda view, possibly
369 narrowed to current buffer to achieve a similar functionality.
371 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
373 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
375 *** ~org-agenda-skip-subtree-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
377 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
379 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches-in-subtree~ is obsolete
381 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
383 *** ~org-minutes-to-clocksum-string~ is obsolete
385 Use ~org-duration-from-minutes~ instead.
387 *** ~org-hh:mm-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
389 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
391 *** ~org-duration-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
393 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
395 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-cached-article-number~ is removed.
397 This function relied on ~nnimap-group-overview-filename~, which was
398 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
402 *** ~org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all~ is removed.
404 For an equivalent to a ~nil~ value, set
405 ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~ to nil and
406 ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~ to ~t~.
408 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-query-article-no-from-file~ is removed.
410 This variable has no effect, as it was relying on a function that was
411 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
413 *** ~org-usenet-links-prefer-google~ is obsolete.
415 Use ~org-gnus-prefer-web-links~ instead.
417 *** ~org-publish-sitemap-file-entry-format~ is deprecated
419 One can provide new ~:sitemap-format-entry~ property for a function
420 equivalent to the removed format string.
422 *** ~org-enable-table-editor~ is removed.
424 Setting it to a ~nil~ value broke some other features (e.g., speed
427 *** ~org-export-use-babel~ cannot be set to ~inline-only~
429 The variable is now a boolean.
431 *** ~org-texinfo-def-table-markup~ is obsolete
433 Use ~org-texinfo-table-default-markup~ instead.
437 *** ~org-publish-find-property~
439 This function can be used as a tool to format entries in a site-map,
440 in addition to ~org-publish-find-title~ and ~org-publish-find-date~.
442 *** ~org-list-to-org~
444 It is the reciprocal of ~org-list-to-lisp~, which see.
446 *** ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
448 Call ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock~ from the agenda.
452 *** The Library of Babel now on Worg
454 The library-of-babel.org used to be accessible from the =doc/=
455 directory, distributed with Org’s core. It is now accessible
456 from the Worg community-driven documentation [[http://orgmode.org/worg/library-of-babel.html][here]].
458 If you want to contribute to it, please see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html][how to contribute]].
460 *** Allow multiple columns view
462 Columns view is not limited to a single buffer anymore.
463 *** Org Attach obeys ~dired-dwim-target~
465 When a Dired buffer is opened next to the Org document being edited,
466 the prompt for file to attach can start in the Dired buffer's
467 directory if `dired-dwim-target' in non-nil.
469 *** ~org-fill-paragraph~ can now fill a whole region
470 *** More specific anniversary descriptions
472 Anniversary descriptions (used in the agenda view, for instance)
473 include the point in time, when the anniversary appears. This is,
474 in its most general form, just the date of the anniversary. Or
475 more specific terms, like "today", "tomorrow" or "in n days" are
476 used to describe the time span.
478 This feature allows to automatically change the description of an
479 anniversary, depending on if it occurs in the next few days or
480 far away in the future.
482 *** Computed dates in tables appear as inactive time stamps
484 *** Save point before opening a file with an unknown search option
486 When following a file link with a search option (e.g., =::#custom-id=)
487 that doesn't exist in the target file, save positon before raising an
488 error. As a consequence, it is possible to jump back to the original
489 document with ~org-mark-ring-goto~ (default binding =C-c &=).
491 *** ~org-get-heading~ accepts two more optional arguments
493 See docstring for details.
495 *** New option ~org-babel-uppercase-example-markers~
497 This variable is a ~defcustom~ and replaces the variable
498 ~org-babel-capitalize-example-region-markers~, which is a ~defvar~ and
500 *** =INCLUDE= keywords in commented trees are now ignored.
501 *** Default value for ~org-texinfo-text-markup-alist~ changed.
503 Now ~=...=~ markup uses ~@samp{}~ instead of ~@verb{}~. You can use
504 ~@verb{}~ again by customizing the variable.
505 *** Texinfo exports example blocks as ~@example~
506 *** Texinfo exports inline src blocks as ~@code{}~
507 *** Texinfo default table markup is ~@asis~
508 It used to be ~@samp~ but ~@asis~ is neutral and, therefore, more
509 suitable as a default value.
510 *** Texinfo default process includes ~--no-split~ option
511 *** New entities : ~\dollar~ and ~\USD~
512 *** ~org-parse-time-string~ accepts a new optional argument
513 =ZONE= specifies the current time zone.
514 *** ~org-time-string-to-seconds~ now accepts an optional =ZONE= argument
515 *** Support for date style URLs in =org-protocol://open-source=
516 URLs like =https://cool-blog.com/2017/05/20/cool-post/= are
517 covered by rewrite rules.
519 *** Add (C) =COMMENT= support to ~org-structure-template-alist~
523 ** Incompatible changes
525 *** Emacs 23 support has been dropped
527 From now on, Org expects at least Emacs 24.3, although Emacs 24.4 or
530 *** XEmacs support has been dropped
532 Incomplete compatibility layer with XEmacs has been removed. If you
533 want to take over maintenance of this compatibility, please contact
536 *** New syntax for export blocks
538 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
539 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
542 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
555 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
558 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
564 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
567 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
568 using previous syntax:
570 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
571 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
572 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
574 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
575 (let ((case-fold-search t)
576 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
577 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
578 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
580 (org-with-wide-buffer
581 (goto-char (point-min))
582 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
584 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
585 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
586 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
588 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
589 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
592 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
593 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
595 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
596 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
597 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
598 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
599 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
600 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
603 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~ and
604 ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to be
609 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
611 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
612 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
613 constructs are now unsupported.
615 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them into
618 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
620 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
621 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
622 consider using the =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
624 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
627 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
629 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
630 S-expressions. Replacing an S-expression with an appropriate function
631 is straightforward. For example
637 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
639 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can get time via =vc=
641 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
642 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
644 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
646 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
647 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
648 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
650 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
652 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
664 should be written instead
669 :header-args: :exports code
670 :header-args+: :var a=1 b=2
671 :header-args+: :var c=3
675 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
676 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
680 *** ~org-eww~ has been moved into core
681 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
683 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
686 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
687 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
690 Old-style links such as
691 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
692 continue to be supported.
694 If you have defined your own handler functions for
695 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
696 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
697 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into property
700 *** New Org linter library
702 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
704 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
706 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
707 entries are added to last in the date tree.
709 *** New ~vbar~ entity
711 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionally as a =|=,
712 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
713 a HTML derived export back-end.
717 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
719 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
722 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
724 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
725 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
727 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
729 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
730 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
731 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
734 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
736 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
737 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
739 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
741 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
742 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
743 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
744 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
746 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
748 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
749 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
750 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
753 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
755 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
756 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
757 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
758 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
759 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
762 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
763 ;; this will export with line number 20
764 (message "This is line 21")
766 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
767 ;; This will be listed as line 31
768 (message "This is line 32")
772 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
774 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
775 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
778 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
780 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
781 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
782 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width of
783 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
785 **** Markdown footnote export customization
787 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
788 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
789 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
790 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
794 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
796 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
798 **** Support for Lua language
799 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
801 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
803 **** Support for Stan language
805 New ob-stan.el library.
807 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
809 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
811 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
812 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
814 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
816 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
817 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
818 that does not end in ".stan".
820 For more information and usage examples, visit
821 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
823 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
825 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
826 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
838 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
840 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
841 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
842 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
853 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
854 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the properties.
856 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
857 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
859 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
861 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
862 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
864 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
866 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
876 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
885 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
886 using the :file property, e.g.:
888 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
890 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
891 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
893 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
894 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
898 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needs additional
899 setup in addition to plantuml. See [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for
900 details and setup information.
902 *** Rewrite of radio lists
904 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
905 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
906 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
909 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
911 Used like ~org-bbdb-anniversaries~, it provides a few days warning for
912 upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
914 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
916 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
917 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
919 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
921 *** Support for ISO week trees
923 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
924 by ISO week and not by month.
931 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
933 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
934 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
936 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
938 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
939 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
941 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
945 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
947 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
948 buffer unconditionally.
950 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
952 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
954 **** Allow custom summaries
956 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
957 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
959 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
961 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
964 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
965 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
967 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
970 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
972 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~ allows
973 to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any upper case
974 character (or character class), the search is case sensitive.
975 Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
977 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
979 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
982 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
984 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
985 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
986 the manual for details.
988 *** Links are now customizable
990 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
991 etc. Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
995 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
997 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
999 *** ~org-show-children~
1001 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
1003 ** Removed functions
1005 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
1007 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
1009 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
1011 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
1013 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
1015 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
1017 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
1019 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
1021 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
1023 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
1025 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
1027 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
1028 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
1030 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
1032 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
1034 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
1036 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
1037 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
1039 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
1041 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
1043 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
1045 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
1047 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
1049 The affected functions are:
1052 - ~org-remove-if-not~
1057 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
1058 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
1059 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
1063 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
1065 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
1066 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
1067 let those libraries operate.
1069 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
1071 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
1074 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1076 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
1079 *** Add Icelandic smart quotes
1080 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
1081 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
1083 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
1084 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
1085 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
1086 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
1088 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1089 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
1091 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
1092 current project. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
1095 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
1097 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
1100 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
1102 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
1103 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
1104 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
1105 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
1106 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
1108 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
1109 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
1110 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
1111 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
1113 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
1115 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
1116 to the article's original group.
1118 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
1120 The calling convention has changed.
1122 *** HTML export table row customization changes
1124 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
1125 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
1126 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
1127 called with 6 parameters.
1129 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
1130 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
1132 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
1134 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
1136 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
1137 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
1138 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
1139 the end of the string.
1141 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
1143 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
1144 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
1145 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
1147 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1149 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
1150 For most folks this file does not exist.
1151 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
1153 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1155 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other
1158 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
1160 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
1161 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
1162 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
1163 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
1164 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
1165 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
1166 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
1169 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
1171 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
1174 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
1176 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
1177 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
1178 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
1180 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
1181 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
1183 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
1184 indication letter was solely J.
1186 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
1188 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
1189 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
1190 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
1192 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
1194 The experimental variable used to be more or less confidential, as
1197 *** New ~:format~ property to parsed links
1199 It defines the format of the original link. Possible values are:
1200 ~plain~, ~bracket~ and ~angle~.
1204 ** Incompatible changes
1206 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
1208 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
1209 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
1211 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
1212 logged before the property drawer.
1214 The following function will repair them:
1216 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1217 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
1218 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
1219 Ignore non Org buffers."
1220 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
1221 (org-with-wide-buffer
1222 (goto-char (point-min))
1223 (let ((case-fold-search t)
1224 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
1225 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
1229 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
1231 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
1233 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
1234 (when (and (< (point) end)
1235 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
1237 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
1238 (eq (org-element-type
1239 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
1241 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
1243 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
1244 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
1247 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
1249 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
1250 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
1251 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
1252 into account when exporting.
1254 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
1255 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
1257 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
1259 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
1260 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
1263 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
1264 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
1269 :CATEGORY: some category
1273 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
1275 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
1276 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
1277 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
1280 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
1282 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
1283 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
1285 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
1286 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
1288 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
1290 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
1291 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
1293 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
1295 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
1296 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~
1297 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
1298 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
1299 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
1301 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
1303 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
1304 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
1306 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
1308 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
1309 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
1310 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
1312 *** Functions signature changes
1314 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
1315 docstring for more information.
1317 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
1318 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
1319 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
1320 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
1321 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
1326 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
1328 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical
1329 scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
1331 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
1334 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
1337 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
1338 :lexical '((x . 42))
1340 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
1342 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
1343 without changing the headline.
1345 *** Hierarchies of tags
1347 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
1348 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
1349 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
1351 The following in-buffer definition:
1354 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
1355 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
1356 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
1359 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
1369 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
1370 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
1372 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
1374 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
1376 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
1377 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
1379 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
1380 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
1381 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: { }
1382 can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the given
1383 tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
1385 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
1391 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
1394 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
1396 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
1399 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
1402 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
1404 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
1405 regular expression matches for P@.+. This is good for example for
1406 projects tagged with a common identifier, i.e. P@2014_OrgTags.
1408 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
1410 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filters all of the related tags.
1411 Except if a filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
1413 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
1416 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
1417 is also used as a filter.
1419 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
1421 Now uses the argument ARG and optional argument exclude instead of
1422 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
1423 makes more sense than strip now. The term "narrowing" is changed to
1426 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
1427 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
1429 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
1431 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
1433 *** Babel: support for Processing language
1435 New ob-processing.el library.
1437 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
1438 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
1439 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
1441 Check the documentation for more details.
1443 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
1445 *** New behaviour for ~org-toggle-latex-fragment~
1447 The new behaviour is the following:
1449 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument when
1450 point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the whole
1453 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
1456 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
1458 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
1460 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1462 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
1463 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
1465 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1467 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
1468 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
1471 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
1473 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
1474 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
1475 ~org-drawers~ variable.
1477 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
1479 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
1480 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
1481 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
1482 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
1484 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
1486 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
1487 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
1488 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
1491 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
1493 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch in
1496 *** New option in ASCII export
1498 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting ~org-ascii-list-margin~
1499 variable to an appropriate integer.
1501 *** New blocks in ASCII export
1503 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT=
1504 blocks. See documentation for details.
1506 *** More back-end specific publishing options
1508 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
1509 increased. See manual for details.
1511 *** Export inline source blocks
1513 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
1514 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
1515 in the output, depending on the parameters.
1517 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
1519 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
1521 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
1523 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
1525 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
1527 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
1528 more features. See docstring for details.
1530 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
1532 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
1534 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
1535 document, before wrapping it within the template.
1537 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
1539 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
1541 : This sentence is false.
1544 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
1546 *** Various improvements on radio tables
1548 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
1549 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
1550 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are new
1551 parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
1552 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
1553 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
1555 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
1557 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction
1558 with source blocks exported by the minted package.
1560 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
1562 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
1563 would throw an error. A new variable ~org-table-formula-create-columns~
1564 was added to adjust this behavior. It is now possible to silently add
1565 new columns, to do so with a warning or to explicitly ask the user
1570 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
1573 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
1575 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
1576 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
1578 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
1580 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
1582 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
1584 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is now
1585 deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
1586 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
1588 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1590 See the docstring for more information.
1592 *** Export unnumbered headlines
1594 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
1595 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
1596 property is inherited by children.
1598 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
1600 It is now possible to specify a function, both programmatically,
1601 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~ keys,
1604 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
1606 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See manual
1609 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
1611 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
1614 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
1616 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
1617 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
1619 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
1621 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
1622 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
1624 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
1626 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
1627 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
1630 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
1632 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
1633 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
1635 *** New entities family: "\_ "
1637 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
1638 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
1639 leading spaces within table cells.
1641 *** New MathJax configuration options
1643 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
1644 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
1646 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
1648 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
1649 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
1650 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
1652 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
1653 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
1654 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
1655 keywords and properties.
1657 *** Viewport support in html export
1659 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
1660 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
1662 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
1664 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
1667 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
1669 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
1670 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in a
1671 dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
1673 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
1675 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
1676 added to headline text.
1678 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
1680 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See the manual for details.
1682 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1684 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1685 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1688 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1690 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1691 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1693 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1695 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for the
1696 number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original subtree
1697 and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1699 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1701 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1703 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1705 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1706 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1708 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1710 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1712 ** Removed functions
1714 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1716 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1718 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1720 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1721 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1722 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1723 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1725 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1727 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1729 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1731 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1732 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1734 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1736 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1739 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1741 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1742 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1746 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1748 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1751 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1752 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1754 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1756 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1757 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1760 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1762 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1763 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1765 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1767 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name= at
1768 the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the value
1769 of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=. To chose
1770 a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind this
1773 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1775 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1776 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1777 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1778 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1779 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1781 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1783 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1784 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1787 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1789 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1791 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1793 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1795 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1797 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1799 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1801 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1802 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1803 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1804 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1806 *** Removed comment-related filters
1808 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1809 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1814 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1816 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1818 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1820 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1821 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1823 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1825 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1826 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1829 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1831 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1832 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1834 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1836 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1838 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1840 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1841 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1842 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1843 particular test failure was introduced.
1845 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1847 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1848 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as well
1849 as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~ when
1850 ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1852 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1854 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1855 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1857 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1859 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1860 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~ now.
1862 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1864 This helps spotting wrong links.
1868 ** Incompatible changes
1869 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1870 This may require two changes in user config.
1872 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1873 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1874 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1876 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1878 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1879 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1880 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1882 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1883 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1885 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1889 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1891 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1893 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1894 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1895 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1897 So you need to replace
1899 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1903 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1905 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1906 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1908 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1910 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1911 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1912 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1914 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1915 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1917 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1919 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1920 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1921 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1924 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1926 ** Important bugfixes
1928 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1929 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1931 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1933 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1934 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1935 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1938 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1940 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1942 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1944 - Support SVG images
1945 - Support for .pgf files
1946 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1947 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1948 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1949 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1950 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1951 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1952 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1954 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1956 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1957 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1958 in a paragraph-like way.
1960 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1962 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1963 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1964 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1965 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1966 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1968 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1970 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1971 which can then be passed to export functions like
1972 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1974 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1975 registering a new back-end.
1977 *** New agenda fortnight view
1979 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1980 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1983 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1985 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1986 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1988 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1989 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1990 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1992 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1993 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1995 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1996 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1997 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1998 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1999 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
2002 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
2004 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
2006 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
2008 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
2010 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
2012 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
2014 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
2016 If you set this to the following
2018 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
2020 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
2022 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
2024 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
2026 ** New contributed packages
2028 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
2029 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
2032 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
2033 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
2037 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
2039 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
2040 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
2041 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
2042 the same with example blocks.
2044 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
2051 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
2053 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
2056 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
2057 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
2058 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
2060 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
2061 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
2062 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
2063 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
2064 detailed explanations.
2066 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
2067 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
2068 function has been called already.
2070 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
2073 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
2075 ** Incompatible changes
2077 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
2079 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
2081 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
2082 you will have to update them.
2084 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
2086 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
2087 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
2089 **** New export engine
2091 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
2092 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
2093 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
2094 /all/ export back-ends.
2096 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
2097 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
2098 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
2099 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
2100 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
2102 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
2103 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
2105 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
2106 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
2107 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
2108 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
2110 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
2112 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
2114 should now be written
2116 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
2118 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
2119 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
2120 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
2122 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
2124 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
2126 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
2129 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
2130 remember templates into capture templates.
2132 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
2134 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
2135 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
2137 **** Note for third-party developers
2139 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
2140 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
2141 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
2143 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
2146 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
2148 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
2149 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
2150 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
2152 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
2153 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
2154 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
2157 - org-colview-xemacs.el
2158 - org-mac-message.el
2164 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
2165 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
2166 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
2168 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
2169 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
2171 ** New packages in core
2173 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
2175 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
2177 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
2179 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
2181 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
2183 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
2184 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
2186 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2188 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
2190 ** New packages in contrib
2192 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
2194 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
2196 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
2199 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
2201 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
2202 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
2204 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
2207 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
2209 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
2211 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
2213 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
2215 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
2216 for starting headlines.
2218 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
2220 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
2221 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
2222 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
2223 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
2225 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
2227 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
2229 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
2231 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
2232 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2235 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
2236 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2239 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
2241 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
2242 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
2245 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
2246 conversion from Org files to groff.
2248 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
2250 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
2252 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
2254 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
2255 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
2262 **** New export generic options
2264 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
2265 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
2267 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
2269 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
2270 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
2271 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
2272 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
2274 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
2275 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
2276 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
2277 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
2278 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
2279 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
2280 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
2281 contains time-stamps.
2283 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
2284 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
2285 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
2287 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
2289 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
2291 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
2293 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
2295 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
2296 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
2297 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
2298 *** Structure editing
2300 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
2301 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
2303 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
2304 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
2306 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
2308 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
2309 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
2310 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
2311 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
2314 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
2316 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
2317 _words__= will preserve markup.
2319 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
2321 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
2322 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
2323 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
2325 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
2327 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
2328 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
2330 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
2332 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
2333 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
2334 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
2335 forward and backward.
2337 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
2338 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
2340 Now Org will sort this list
2342 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2343 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2347 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2348 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2350 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
2351 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
2352 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
2354 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
2355 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
2356 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
2358 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
2361 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
2363 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
2364 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
2365 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
2367 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
2369 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
2370 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
2371 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
2372 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
2374 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
2376 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
2377 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
2378 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
2379 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
2380 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
2382 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
2384 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
2385 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
2386 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
2388 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
2389 *** Scheduled/deadline
2391 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
2393 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
2394 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
2395 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
2396 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
2398 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
2399 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
2400 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
2401 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
2403 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
2404 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
2405 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
2406 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
2407 control this globally or per agenda.
2409 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
2411 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
2413 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
2415 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
2416 *** Calendar, diary and appts
2418 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
2420 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
2421 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
2422 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
2424 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2425 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
2426 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
2428 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
2429 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
2431 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
2434 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
2436 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
2437 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
2438 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
2440 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
2442 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
2443 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
2444 only show their description, not the full links.
2447 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
2449 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
2450 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
2451 want to build a list of appointments.
2453 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
2454 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
2456 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
2458 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
2460 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
2461 time value (i.e. appointments).
2463 **** New agenda sorting strategies
2465 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
2467 | Strategy | Explanations |
2468 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
2469 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
2470 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
2471 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
2472 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
2473 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
2474 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
2475 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
2476 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
2477 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
2478 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
2480 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
2482 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
2483 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
2484 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
2486 These new options are available:
2488 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
2489 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
2490 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
2491 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
2493 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
2494 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
2495 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
2497 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
2498 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
2499 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
2500 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
2501 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
2502 non-tagged headlines.
2504 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
2506 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
2507 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
2508 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
2509 that take only =N= minutes.
2511 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
2513 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
2514 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
2515 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
2517 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
2519 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
2520 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
2522 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
2524 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
2525 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
2527 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
2530 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
2532 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
2533 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
2534 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
2536 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
2537 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
2539 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
2541 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
2542 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
2544 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
2546 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
2548 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
2549 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
2552 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
2554 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
2555 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
2556 asks for a confirmation.
2558 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
2560 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
2561 the mark of the entry at point.
2563 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
2564 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
2566 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
2568 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
2569 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
2572 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
2574 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
2575 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
2577 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
2579 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
2580 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
2582 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
2584 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
2585 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
2586 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
2587 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
2589 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2591 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
2592 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
2593 repeated beyond the current deadline.
2595 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
2597 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
2598 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
2599 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
2600 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
2602 Read the full docstring for details.
2604 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
2606 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
2609 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
2612 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
2614 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
2615 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
2618 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
2620 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
2621 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
2623 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
2625 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2626 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
2627 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
2628 check against the name of the buffer.
2631 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
2632 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
2633 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
2636 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
2637 agenda views, and for filtering.
2639 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
2643 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
2645 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
2646 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
2647 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
2649 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
2650 as if the protocol was not known.
2652 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
2654 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
2656 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
2657 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
2658 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
2661 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
2663 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
2664 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
2665 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
2667 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
2669 When storing a link to a headline like
2671 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
2673 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
2674 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
2675 there is no description.
2678 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
2680 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
2681 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
2682 those other formulas.
2684 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2686 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2687 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2688 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2691 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2693 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2694 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2695 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2698 **** New lookup functions
2700 There are now three lookup functions:
2702 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2703 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2704 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2706 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2707 *** Startup keywords
2709 These new startup keywords are now available:
2711 | Startup keyword | Option |
2712 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2713 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2714 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2715 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2716 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2717 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2718 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2719 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2720 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2724 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2726 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2727 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2728 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2729 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2731 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2733 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2734 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2735 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2738 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2739 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2741 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2743 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2744 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2746 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2748 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2749 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2750 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2752 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2753 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2754 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2755 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2756 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2757 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2758 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2761 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2763 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2765 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2767 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2768 same target than the block at point.
2770 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2772 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2773 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2774 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2776 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2777 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2780 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2782 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2783 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2784 manual for a usage example.
2786 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2788 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2789 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2790 collecting blocks for tangling.
2792 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2793 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2795 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2796 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2797 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2798 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2800 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2801 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2804 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2805 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2806 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2807 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2811 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2812 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2813 - [[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]]
2814 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2815 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2816 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2817 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2818 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2819 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2820 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2821 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2822 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2823 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2824 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2825 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2826 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2827 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2828 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports OS X versions up to 10.8
2829 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2833 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2835 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2837 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2839 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2841 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2842 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2843 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2844 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2845 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2846 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2847 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2848 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2850 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2852 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2853 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2855 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2857 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2858 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2859 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2863 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2865 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2866 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2869 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2870 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2871 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2872 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2873 agenda type to this variable.
2875 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2878 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2879 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2880 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2881 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2883 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2885 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2886 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2887 invisible) blocked tasks.
2889 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2891 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2892 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2894 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2896 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2897 ** No GPL manual anymore
2899 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2900 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2902 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2904 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2906 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2907 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2908 in most environments.
2912 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2914 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2916 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2917 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2920 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2921 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2922 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2925 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2927 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2929 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2930 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2931 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2932 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2933 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2934 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2935 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2936 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2937 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2938 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2939 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2940 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2941 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2942 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2943 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2945 ** New package and Babel language
2947 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2949 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2951 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2952 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2954 ** Incompatible changes
2956 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2957 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2959 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2962 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2963 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2964 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2966 ** New features and user-visible changes
2970 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2971 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2972 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2973 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2975 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2976 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2978 See the docstrings for more details.
2980 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2981 on =org-element.el=.
2983 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2985 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2986 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2987 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2988 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2990 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2992 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2993 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2994 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2995 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2997 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2999 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
3001 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
3003 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
3006 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
3007 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
3009 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
3010 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
3011 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
3014 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
3017 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
3018 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
3019 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
3021 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
3022 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
3023 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
3028 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
3030 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
3031 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
3032 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
3033 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
3035 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
3036 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
3037 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
3038 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
3039 generating new ones.
3041 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
3044 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
3046 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3047 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
3050 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3051 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
3052 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
3055 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
3056 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
3057 details on how to use this.
3059 **** Changes in bulk actions
3061 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
3062 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
3064 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
3065 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
3066 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
3067 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
3068 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
3070 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
3071 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
3073 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
3074 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
3077 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
3079 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
3081 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
3083 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
3084 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
3086 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
3088 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
3089 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
3090 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
3091 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
3094 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
3096 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
3099 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
3100 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
3101 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
3102 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
3103 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
3106 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
3108 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
3110 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
3112 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
3113 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
3114 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
3115 filters and category filters.
3117 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
3118 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
3121 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
3122 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
3123 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
3128 **** Inserting links
3130 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
3131 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
3132 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
3135 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
3136 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
3137 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
3138 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
3140 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
3143 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
3145 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
3146 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
3147 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
3148 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
3150 **** New link type =help=
3152 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
3154 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
3155 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
3156 you go back to the same buffer.
3158 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
3160 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
3161 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
3164 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
3166 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
3168 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
3170 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
3172 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
3174 **** RET now follows time stamps links
3178 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
3180 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
3181 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
3182 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
3183 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
3185 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
3187 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
3188 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
3189 all headlines in the region.
3191 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
3193 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
3195 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
3196 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
3198 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
3200 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
3202 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
3204 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
3206 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
3208 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
3209 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
3210 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
3215 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
3217 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
3219 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
3221 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
3222 clocked entry, if any.
3224 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
3226 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
3228 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
3230 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
3231 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
3234 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
3235 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
3236 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
3240 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
3242 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
3245 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
3247 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
3248 cells in clockreport.
3250 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
3251 time cells in clockreport.
3254 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
3256 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
3257 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
3259 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
3260 in the mode line and/or frame title.
3262 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
3263 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
3264 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
3265 space in the frame title.
3269 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
3271 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
3272 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
3273 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
3274 don't want to see temporarily.
3276 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
3278 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
3280 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
3282 There are these new entities:
3284 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
3285 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
3286 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
3287 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
3288 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
3289 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
3291 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
3292 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
3293 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
3295 The face is back to a normal height.
3299 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
3300 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
3302 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
3303 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
3305 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
3307 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
3308 block will use its value as the column format.
3310 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
3312 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
3314 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
3316 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
3318 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
3319 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
3320 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
3321 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
3323 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
3327 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
3329 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
3331 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
3333 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
3335 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
3336 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
3337 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
3339 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
3341 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
3342 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
3343 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
3347 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
3349 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
3350 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
3351 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
3352 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
3354 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
3356 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3357 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
3360 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3361 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
3362 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
3365 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
3366 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
3367 more details on how to use this.
3369 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
3370 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
3372 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
3373 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
3376 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
3378 See the manual for more explanations.
3380 **** More control over empty lines
3382 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
3383 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
3386 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
3388 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
3392 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
3394 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
3395 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
3396 available) to print beautiful tables.
3398 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
3400 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
3401 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
3404 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
3406 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
3407 in the #+DATE option.
3409 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
3411 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
3413 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
3414 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
3416 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
3417 More languages are always welcome.
3419 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
3421 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
3422 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
3424 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
3425 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
3426 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
3427 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
3428 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
3429 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
3431 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
3432 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
3436 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
3438 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
3441 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
3443 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
3444 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
3446 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
3448 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
3450 It used to exports the results of the code.
3454 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
3455 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
3457 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
3458 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
3460 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
3462 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
3463 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
3464 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
3466 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
3467 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
3469 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
3470 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
3471 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
3474 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
3476 This will increment the effort value.
3478 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
3480 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
3482 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
3483 attach symbolic links.
3485 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
3487 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
3489 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
3490 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
3492 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
3494 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
3496 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
3497 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
3498 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
3500 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
3502 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
3503 all top level list items.
3505 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
3507 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
3509 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
3510 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
3512 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
3514 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
3516 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
3517 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
3518 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
3519 first headline in the region.
3521 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
3523 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
3526 ** Important bug fixes
3528 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
3530 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
3531 perform completion with meaningful values.
3533 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
3535 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
3536 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
3537 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3539 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
3540 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
3542 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
3543 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
3546 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
3547 the code and the license to your needs.
3549 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
3550 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
3554 ** Incompatible changes
3556 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
3558 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
3560 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
3562 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
3563 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
3564 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
3565 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
3568 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
3570 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
3571 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
3572 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
3574 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
3576 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
3577 =org-agenda-span= instead.
3579 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
3581 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
3583 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
3584 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
3585 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
3586 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
3587 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
3589 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
3590 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
3591 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
3592 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
3593 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
3594 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
3596 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
3597 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
3598 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
3601 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
3604 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
3605 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
3606 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
3607 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
3609 The two new variables are:
3611 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
3612 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
3613 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
3614 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
3615 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
3616 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
3617 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
3619 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
3620 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
3623 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
3626 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
3627 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
3628 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
3629 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
3631 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
3632 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
3633 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
3634 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
3637 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
3638 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
3639 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
3640 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
3641 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
3642 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
3645 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
3646 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
3647 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
3648 applies to the following packages:
3666 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
3667 you are using, you can remove it from
3668 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
3669 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
3672 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
3673 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
3674 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
3675 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
3676 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
3679 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
3681 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
3682 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3683 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3686 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3688 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3690 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3692 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3694 ** Important new features
3696 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3698 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3700 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3701 for more information on how to customize it.
3703 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3705 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3706 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3707 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3708 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3710 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3711 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3712 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3714 To switch over to the new system:
3718 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3720 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3721 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3722 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3723 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3724 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3726 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3728 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3731 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3734 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3736 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3737 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3738 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3739 with using both system in parallel.
3743 *** New Org libraries
3744 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3746 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3748 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3750 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3752 To use, put the following in your init file:
3755 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3758 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3759 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3760 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3761 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3762 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3763 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3764 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3765 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3766 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3769 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3771 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3772 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3774 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3776 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3777 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3778 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3781 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3782 call function to do something special with text links.
3784 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3786 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3788 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3789 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3790 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3793 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3795 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3797 *** New Babel libraries
3799 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3800 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3801 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3802 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3803 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3804 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3805 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3807 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3811 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3813 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3814 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3815 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3816 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3817 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3818 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3820 The key new functions are
3822 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3823 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3824 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3826 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3827 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3829 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3830 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3832 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3833 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3835 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3837 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3838 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3839 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3841 **** Modified link escaping
3843 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3845 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3846 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3847 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3848 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3851 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3852 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3853 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3854 : percent escaped links are solved.
3856 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3858 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3860 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3861 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3863 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3865 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3867 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3868 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3869 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3870 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3871 string to be executed.
3873 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3874 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3878 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3879 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3882 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3886 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3888 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3889 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3890 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3891 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3893 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3894 will work on the current entry.
3896 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3897 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3899 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3901 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3903 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3906 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3907 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3912 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3914 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3915 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3916 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3918 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3920 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3921 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3922 entries using a function.
3924 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3925 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3926 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3928 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3930 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3931 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3932 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3934 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3936 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3937 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3938 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3939 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3940 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3941 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3943 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3947 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3949 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3950 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3952 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3953 docstring of these variable for details about available
3956 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3957 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3958 formatting string will insert a string.
3960 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3962 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3963 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3964 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3965 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3966 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3967 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3968 C-e u=, respectively.
3970 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3971 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3972 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3973 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3974 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3977 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3979 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3980 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3982 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3984 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3985 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3987 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3989 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3990 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3991 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3992 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3993 section]] in the manual for more details.
3995 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3996 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3997 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
4002 **** Refile targets can now be cached
4004 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
4005 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
4006 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
4007 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
4008 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
4010 **** New logging support for refiling
4012 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
4013 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
4016 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
4020 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
4022 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
4026 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
4028 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
4029 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
4031 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
4033 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
4034 the displayed in the buffer.
4036 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
4038 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
4040 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
4041 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
4043 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
4044 |--------+--------+---------|
4045 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
4046 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
4048 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
4051 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
4054 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
4056 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
4058 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
4059 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
4066 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
4067 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
4070 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
4072 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
4074 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
4075 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
4077 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
4081 **** Improved handling of lists
4083 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
4085 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
4086 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
4087 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
4090 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
4091 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
4092 counters like [@c] or [@W].
4094 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
4095 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
4096 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
4097 `org-list-export-context'.
4099 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
4100 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
4101 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
4103 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
4104 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
4105 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
4106 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
4107 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
4109 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
4110 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
4111 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
4113 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
4115 *** Inline display of linked images
4117 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
4118 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
4119 that have no description part will be inlined.
4121 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
4123 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
4124 from 1, you can now do it like this:
4126 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
4128 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
4130 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
4131 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
4132 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
4133 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
4134 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
4135 into account all header arguments, and variables.
4137 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
4138 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
4139 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
4142 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
4143 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
4144 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
4145 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
4146 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
4147 properties or in tables.
4149 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
4150 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
4151 names, and rownames across all languages.
4153 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
4155 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
4157 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
4158 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
4159 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
4161 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
4163 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
4164 request by Scott Otterson.
4166 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
4168 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
4169 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
4170 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
4171 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
4172 superscripts, see the variable
4173 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
4175 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
4177 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
4179 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
4180 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
4181 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
4182 following new faces:
4184 =org-document-title=
4186 =org-document-info-keyword=
4188 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
4189 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
4191 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
4193 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
4195 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
4196 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
4197 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
4198 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
4199 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
4200 property is affected by this setting.
4202 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
4203 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
4205 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
4207 Requested by Michael Brand.
4209 **** Better level cycling function
4211 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
4212 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
4213 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
4214 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
4216 **** Adaptive filling
4218 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
4219 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
4220 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
4221 comments to be filled correctly.
4223 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
4225 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
4227 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
4229 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
4231 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
4232 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
4234 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
4238 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
4240 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
4241 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
4242 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
4243 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
4245 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
4247 **** Localized clock tables
4249 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
4250 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
4251 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
4252 available translated strings.
4254 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
4256 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
4257 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
4258 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
4259 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
4261 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
4263 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
4265 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
4266 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
4267 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
4268 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
4271 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
4275 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
4277 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
4278 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
4280 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
4282 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
4284 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
4285 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
4286 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
4289 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
4292 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
4294 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
4295 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
4300 org-table-current-line
4304 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
4306 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
4307 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
4310 This was requested by Tom.
4312 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
4314 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
4315 example by viewing from the agenda.
4317 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
4321 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
4323 GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
4324 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
4325 the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
4326 (at your option) any later version.
4328 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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