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14 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** Removal of OrgStruct mode mode and radio lists
17 OrgStruct minor mode and radio lists mechanism (~org-list-send-list~
18 and ~org-list-radio-lists-templates~) are removed from the code base.
20 *** Change to Noweb expansion
22 Expansion check =:noweb-ref= only if no matching named block is found
23 in the buffer. As a consequence, any =:noweb-ref= value matching the
24 name of a source block in the buffer is ignored. A simple fix is to
25 give every concerned source-block, including the named one, a new,
26 unique, Noweb reference.
30 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
34 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb-ref foo
38 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb yes
47 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb-ref bar
51 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb-ref bar
55 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb yes
60 *** Change ~org-calendar-to-agenda-key~ value
62 Default value and accepted value types changed. See [[doc:org-calendar-to-agenda-key][docstring]] for
65 *** Change ~org-structure-template-alist~ value
67 With the new template expansion mechanism (see
68 [[*~org-insert-structure-template~]]), the variable changed its data type.
69 See docstring for details.
71 *** Change ~org-set-effort~ signature
72 See docstring for details.
73 *** Placeholders in =(eval ...)= macros are always strings
75 Within =(eval ...)= macros, =$1=-like placeholders are always replaced
76 with a string. As a consequence, they must not be enclosed within
77 quotes. As an illustration, consider the following, now valid,
81 ,#+macro: join (eval (concat $1 $2))
82 ,#+macro: sum (eval (+ (string-to-number $1) (string-to-number $2)))
88 However, there is no change in non-eval macros:
91 ,#+macro: disp argument: $1
93 {{{disp(text)}}} => argument: text
96 *** =align= STARTUP value no longer narrow table columns
98 Columns narrowing (or shrinking) is now dynamic. See [[*Dynamically
99 narrow table columns]] for details. In particular, it is decoupled from
102 If you need to automatically shrink columns upon opening an Org
103 document, use =shrink= value instead, or in addition to align:
106 ,#+STARTUP: align shrink
109 *** Alphabetic sorting in tables and lists
111 When sorting alphabetically, ~org-table-sort-lines~ and ~org-sort-list~
112 now sort according to the locale’s collation rules instead of by
116 *** Add ~:session~ support of ob-js for js-comint
117 #+begin_src js :session "*Javascript REPL*"
118 console.log("stardiviner")
120 *** Add ~:session~ support of ob-js for Indium
121 #+begin_src js :session "*JS REPL*"
122 console.log("stardiviner")
124 *** Add ~:session~ support of ob-js for skewer-mode
125 #+begin_src js :session "*skewer-repl*"
126 console.log("stardiviner")
128 *** Add support for links to LaTeX equations in HTML export
129 Use MathJax links when enabled (by ~org-html-with-latex~), otherwise
130 add a label to the rendered equation.
131 *** Org Tempo may used for snippet expansion of structure template.
132 See manual and the commentary section in ~org-tempo.el~ for details.
133 *** Exclude unnumbered headlines from table of contents
134 Set their =UNNUMBERED= property to the special =notoc= value. See
136 *** ~org-archive~ functions update status cookies
138 Archiving headers through ~org-archive-subtree~ and
139 ~org-archive-to-archive-sibling~ such as the ones listed below:
147 Will update the status cookie in the top level header.
149 *** Disable =org-agenda-overriding-header= by setting to empty string
151 The ~org-agenda-overriding-header~ inserted into agenda views can now
152 be disabled by setting it to an empty string.
154 *** Dynamically narrow table columns
156 With ~C-c TAB~, it is now possible to narrow a column to the width
157 specified by a width cookie in the column, or to 1 character if there
158 is no such cookie. The same keybinding expands a narrowed column to
161 Editing the column automatically expands the whole column to its full
164 *** =org-columns-summary-types= entries can take an optional COLLECT function
166 You can use this to make collection of a property from an entry
167 conditional on another entry. E.g. given this configuration:
169 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
170 (defun custom/org-collect-confirmed (property)
171 "Return `PROPERTY' for `CONFIRMED' entries"
172 (let ((prop (org-entry-get nil property))
173 (confirmed (org-entry-get nil "CONFIRMED")))
174 (if (and prop (string= "[X]" confirmed))
178 (setq org-columns-summary-types
179 '(("X+" org-columns--summary-sum
180 custom/org-collect-confirmed)))
183 You can have a file =bananas.org= containing:
186 ,#+columns: %ITEM %CONFIRMED %Bananas{+} %Bananas(Confirmed Bananas){X+}
202 ... and when going to the top of that file and entering column view
203 you should expect to see something like:
205 | ITEM | CONFIRMED | Bananas | Confirmed Bananas |
206 |-----------------+-----------+---------+-------------------|
207 | All shipments | | 11 | 4 |
208 | Shipment 1 | [X] | 4 | 4 |
209 | Shipment 2 | [ ] | 7 | 7 |
214 *** Add support for Oracle's database alias in Babel blocks
215 =ob-sql= library already support running SQL blocks against an Oracle
216 database using ~sqlplus~. Now it's possible to use alias names
217 defined in =TNSNAMES= file instead of specifying full connection
218 parameters. See example bellow.
221 you can use the previous full connection parameters
222 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine oracle :dbuser me :dbpassword my_insecure_password :database my_db_name :dbhost my_db_host :dbport 1521
223 select sysdate from dual;
226 or the alias defined in your TNSNAMES file
227 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine oracle :dbuser me :dbpassword my_insecure_password :database my_tns_alias
228 select sysdate from dual;
233 *** ~org-insert-structure-template~
235 This function can be used to wrap existing text of Org elements in
236 a #+BEGIN_FOO/#+END_FOO block. Bound to C-c C-x w by default.
238 *** ~org-export-excluded-from-toc-p~
240 See docstring for details.
242 *** ~org-timestamp-to-time~
243 *** ~org-timestamp-from-string~
244 *** ~org-timestamp-from-time~
245 *** ~org-attach-dired-to-subtree~
247 See docstring for details.
250 *** ~org-outline-overlay-data~
251 Use ~org-save-outline-visibility~ instead.
252 *** ~org-set-outline-overlay-data~
253 Use ~org-save-outline-visibility~ instead.
254 *** ~org-get-string-indentation~
255 It was not used throughout the code base.
256 *** ~org-fix-indentation~
257 It was not used throughout code base.
259 Use ~org-element-at-point~ instead.
260 *** ~org-try-structure-completion~
261 Org Tempo may be used as a replacement. See details above.
264 *** org-babel-use-quick-and-dirty-noweb-expansion
268 *** New default value for ~org-texinfo-table-scientific-notation~
270 It is now nil, which means numbers in scientific notation are not
271 handled specially by default.
273 *** New default value for ~org-latex-table-scientific-notation~
275 It is now nil, which means numbers in scientific notation are not
276 handled specially by default.
278 *** New face: ~org-upcoming-distant-deadline~
280 It is meant to be used as the face for distant deadlines, see
281 ~org-agenda-deadline-faces~
283 *** ~org-paste-subtree~ no longer breaks sections
285 Unless point is at the beginning of a headline, ~org-paste-subtree~
286 now pastes the tree before the next visible headline. If you need to
287 break the section, use ~org-yank~ instead.
289 *** ~org-table-insert-column~ inserts a column to the right
291 It used to insert it on the left. With this change,
292 ~org-table-insert-column~ and ~org-table-delete-column~ are
295 *** ~org-publish-resolve-external-link~ accepts a new optional argument.
296 *** ~org-irc.el~ now supports exporting =irc:= links properly
298 Previously, irc links were exported by ~ox-md~ and ~ox-html~ as normal
299 file links, which lead to them being broken in web browsers. Now both
300 of these exporters will properly export to =irc:= links, which will
301 open properly in irc clients from web browsers.
303 *** ~org-comment-dwim~ (bound to =M-;=) now comments headings, if point is on a heading
304 *** Add support for open source block in window below
306 Set option ~org-src-window-setup~ to ~split-window-below~.
308 *** Alphabetic sorting in headings and tags now uses the locale’s sorting rules
310 When sorting alphabetically, ~org-sort-entries~ and
311 ~org-tags-sort-function~ now sort according to the locale’s collation
312 rules instead of by code-point.
315 ** Incompatible changes
317 *** Variables relative to clocksum duration are obsolete
319 ~org-time-clocksum-format~, ~org-time-clocksum-use-fractional~ and
320 ~org-time-clocksum-fractional-format~ are obsolete. If you changed
321 them, consider modifying ~org-duration-format~ instead.
323 Variable ~org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations~ is also obsolete.
324 Consider setting ~org-duration-units~ instead.
326 *** ~org-at-timestamp-p~ optional argument accepts different values
328 See docstrings for the allowed values. For backward compatibility,
329 ~(org-at-timestamp-p t)~ is still supported, but should be updated
332 *** ~org-capture-templates~ no longer accepts S-expressions as file names
334 Since functions are allowed there, a straightforward way to migrate
341 : (file (lambda () (sexp)))
343 *** Deleted contributed packages
345 =org-ebib.el, =org-bullets.el= and =org-mime.el= have been deleted
346 from the contrib/ directory.
348 You can now find them here :
350 - https://github.com/joostkremers/ebib
351 - https://github.com/sabof/org-bullets
352 - https://github.com/org-mime/org-mime
354 *** Change ~org-texinfo-classes~ value
355 The value cannot support functions to create sectioning commands
356 anymore. Also, the sectioning commands should include commands for
357 appendices. See the docstring for more information.
358 *** Removal of ~:sitemap-sans-extension~
360 The publishing property is no longer recognized, as a consequence of
361 changes to site-map generation.
363 You can get the same functionality by setting ~:sitemap-format-entry~
367 (lambda (entry style project)
368 (cond ((not (directory-name-p entry))
369 (format "[[file:%s][%s]]"
370 (file-name-sans-extension entry)
371 (org-publish-find-title entry project)))
372 ((eq style 'tree) (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name entry)))
376 *** Change signature for ~:sitemap-function~
378 ~:sitemap-function~ now expects to be called with two arguments. See
379 ~org-publish-project-alist~ for details.
381 *** Change signature for some properties in ~org-list-to-generic~
383 ~:istart~, ~:icount~, ~:iend~ and ~:isep~ now expect the type of the
384 list as their first argument.
386 *** Change signature for ~org-get-repeater~
387 The optional argument is now a string to extract the repeater from.
388 See docstring for details.
390 *** Change signature for ~org-time-string-to-time~
391 See docstring for changes.
393 *** Change order of items in ~org-agenda-time-grid~
394 ~org-agenda-time-grid~ gained an extra item to allow users to customize
395 the string displayed after times in the agenda. See docstring for
398 *** ~tags-todo~ custom searches now include DONE keywords
400 Use "/!" markup when filtering TODO keywords to get only not-done TODO
403 *** ~org-split-string~ returns ~("")~ when called on an empty string
404 It used to return nil.
405 *** Removal of =ob-scala.el=
407 See [[https://github.com/ensime/emacs-scala-mode/issues/114][this github issue]].
409 You can use =ob-scala.el= as packaged in scala-mode, available from the
413 *** iCalendar export uses inheritance for TIMEZONE and LOCATION properties
414 Both these properties can be inherited during iCalendar export,
415 depending on the value of ~org-use-property-inheritance~.
416 *** iCalendar export respects a TIMEZONE property
417 Set the TIMEZONE property on an entry to specify a time zone for that
418 entry only during iCalendar export. The property value should be
419 specified as in "Europe/London".
420 *** ~org-attach~ can move directory contents
421 When setting a new directory for an entry, org-attach offers to move
422 files over from the old directory. Using a prefix arg will reset the
423 directory to old, ID based one.
424 *** New Org duration library
425 This new library implements tools to read and print time durations in
426 various formats (e.g., "H:MM", or "1d 2h 3min"...).
428 See ~org-duration-to-minutes~ and ~org-duration-from-minutes~
432 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~
433 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~
434 **** New variable : ~org-deadline-past-days~
435 See docstring for details.
436 **** Binding C-c C-x < for ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
437 **** New auto-align default setting for =org-agenda-tags-column=
439 =org-agenda-tags-column= can now be set to =auto=, which will
440 automatically align tags to the right edge of the window. This is now
442 *** New value for ~org-publish-sitemap-sort-folders~
444 The new ~ignore~ value effectively allows toggling inclusion of
445 directories in published site-maps.
449 **** Scheme: support for tables
450 **** Scheme: new variable: ~org-babel-scheme-null-to~
452 This new custom option allows you to use an empty list or null symbol to
453 format the table output, initially assigned to ~hlines~.
455 **** Scheme: new header ~:prologue~
457 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
458 developers to prepend code to the scheme block being processed.
460 Multiple ~:prologue~ headers can be added each of them using a string
461 with the content to be added.
463 The scheme blocks are prepared by surrounding the code in the block
464 with a let form. The content of the ~:prologue~ headers are prepended
465 before this let form.
467 **** Support for hledger accounting reports added
468 **** Clojure: new setting ~org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout~
470 Creation of a new setting to specify the Cider timeout. By setting
471 the =org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout= setting option. The value
472 is in seconds and if set to =nil= then no timeout will occur.
473 **** Clojure: new header ~:show-process~
475 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
476 developers to output the process of an ongoing process into a new
479 You can tell Org Babel to output the process of a running code block.
481 To show that output you only have to specify the =:show-process=
482 option in the code block's header like this:
485 ,#+BEGIN_SRC clojure :results output :show-process t
492 If =:show-process= is specified that way, then when you will run the
493 code using =C-c C-c= a new window will open in Emacs. Everything that
494 is output by the REPL will immediately be added to that new window.
496 When the processing of the code is finished, then the window and its
497 buffer will be closed and the results will be reported in the
500 Note that the =:results= parameter's behavior is *not* changed. If
501 =silent= is specified, then no result will be displayed. If =output=
502 is specified then all the output from the window will appears in the
503 results section. If =value= is specified, then only the last returned
504 value of the code will be displayed in the results section.
506 **** Maxima: new headers ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~
507 Babel options ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~ have been implemented for
508 Maxima src blocks which prepend and append, respectively, the given
509 code strings. This can be useful for specifying formatting settings
510 which would add clutter to exported code. For instance, you can use
511 this ~:prologue "fpprintprec: 2; linel: 50;"~ for presenting Maxima
512 results in a beamer presentation.
513 **** PlantUML: add support for header arguments
515 [[http://plantuml.com/][Plantuml]] source blocks now support the [[https://orgmode.org/manual/prologue.html#prologue][~:prologue~]], [[https://orgmode.org/manual/epilogue.html#epilogue][~:epilogue~]] and
516 [[https://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] header arguments.
518 **** SQL: new engine added ~sqsh~
520 A new engine was added to support ~sqsh~ command line utility for use
521 against Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase SQL server.
523 More information on ~sqsh~ can be found here: [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqsh/][sourceforge/sqsh]]
525 To use ~sqsh~ in an *sql* =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
528 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine sqsh :dbhost my_host :dbuser master :dbpassword pass :database support
534 **** SQL: new engine added =vertica=
536 A new engine was added to support vsql command line utility for use
539 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]]
541 To use =vertica= in an sql =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
544 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine vertica :dbhost my_host :dbuser dbadmin :dbpassword pw :database vmart
548 **** C++: New header ~:namespaces~
550 The new ~:namespaces~ export option can be used to specify namespaces
551 to be used within a C++ org source block. Its usage is similar to
552 ~:includes~, in that it can accept multiple, space-separated
553 namespaces to use. This header is equivalent to adding ~using
554 namespace <name>;~ in the source block. Here is a "Hello World" in C++
558 ,#+BEGIN_SRC C++ :results output :namespaces std :includes <iostream>
559 cout << "Hello World" << endl;
563 **** Support for Vala language
565 [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala][Vala]] language blocks support two special header arguments:
567 - ~:flags~ passes arguments to the compiler
568 - ~:cmdline~ passes commandline arguments to the generated executable
570 Support for [[https://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] does not exist yet, also there is no [[https://orgmode.org/manual/session.html#session][~:session~]]
571 support because Vala is a compiled language.
573 The Vala compiler binary can be changed via the ~defcustom~
574 ~org-babel-vala-compiler~.
576 *** New ~function~ scope argument for the Clock Table
577 Added a nullary function that returns a list of files as a possible
578 argument for the scope of the clock table.
580 **** Implement vernacular table of contents in Markdown exporter
581 Global table of contents are generated using vanilla Markdown syntax
582 instead of HTML. Also #+TOC keyword, including local table of
583 contents, are now supported.
584 **** Add Slovenian translations
585 **** Implement ~org-export-insert-image-links~
586 This new function is meant to be used in back-ends supporting images
587 as descriptions of links, a.k.a. image links. See its docstring for
589 **** New macro : ~{{{n}}}~
590 This macro creates and increment multiple counters in a document. See
592 **** Add global macros through ~org-export-global-macros~
593 With this variable, one can define macros available for all documents.
594 **** New keyword ~#+EXPORT_FILE_NAME~
595 Similarly to ~:EXPORT_FILE_NAME:~ property, this keyword allows the
596 user to specify the name of the output file upon exporting the
597 document. This also has an effect on publishing.
598 **** Horizontal rules are no longer ignored in LaTeX table math mode
599 **** Use ~compilation-mode~ for compilation output
600 **** Plain lists accept a new ~:separator~ attribute in Texinfo
602 The new ~:separator~ attribute splits a tag from a description list
603 item into multiple parts. This allows to have two-column tables with
604 multiple entries in the first column. See manual for more details.
606 **** ~latex-environment~ elements support ~caption~ keywords for LaTeX export
607 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit LaTeX environments
609 Using ~C-c '~ on a LaTeX environment opens a sub-editing buffer. By
610 default, major mode in that buffer is ~latex-mode~, but it can be
611 changed by configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~.
613 *** ~org-list-to-generic~ includes a new property: ~:ifmt~
615 ~:ifmt~ is a function to be called on the body of each item. See
616 ~org-list-to-generic~ documentation for details.
618 *** New variable : ~org-bibtex-headline-format-function~
619 This allow to use a different title than entry title.
621 *** ~org-attach~ supports attaching files from URLs
623 Using ~C-c C-a u~ prompts for a URL pointing to a file to be attached
626 *** New option for ~org-refile-use-outline-path~
627 ~org-refile-use-outline-path~ now supports the setting ~buffer-name~,
628 which causes refile targets to be prefixed with the buffer’s
629 name. This is particularly useful when used in conjunction with
632 *** ~org-file-contents~ now allows the FILE argument to be a URL.
633 This allows ~#+SETUPFILE:~ to accept a URL instead of a local file
634 path. The URL contents are auto-downloaded and saved to a temporary
635 cache ~org--file-cache~. A new optional argument ~NOCACHE~ is added
636 to ~org-file-contents~.
638 *** ~org-mode-restart~ now resets the newly added ~org--file-cache~.
639 Using ~C-c C-c~ on any keyword (like ~#+SETUPFILE~) will reset the
642 *** New option : ~org-table-duration-hour-zero-padding~
643 This variable allow computed durations in tables to be zero-padded.
645 *** New mode switch for table formulas : =U=
646 This mode omits seconds in durations.
652 This feature has been removed. Use a custom agenda view, possibly
653 narrowed to current buffer to achieve a similar functionality.
655 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
657 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
659 *** ~org-agenda-skip-subtree-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
661 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
663 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches-in-subtree~ is obsolete
665 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
667 *** ~org-minutes-to-clocksum-string~ is obsolete
669 Use ~org-duration-from-minutes~ instead.
671 *** ~org-hh:mm-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
673 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
675 *** ~org-duration-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
677 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
679 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-cached-article-number~ is removed.
681 This function relied on ~nnimap-group-overview-filename~, which was
682 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
686 *** ~org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all~ is removed.
688 For an equivalent to a ~nil~ value, set
689 ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~ to nil and
690 ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~ to ~t~.
692 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-query-article-no-from-file~ is removed.
694 This variable has no effect, as it was relying on a function that was
695 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
697 *** ~org-usenet-links-prefer-google~ is obsolete.
699 Use ~org-gnus-prefer-web-links~ instead.
701 *** ~org-publish-sitemap-file-entry-format~ is deprecated
703 One can provide new ~:sitemap-format-entry~ property for a function
704 equivalent to the removed format string.
706 *** ~org-enable-table-editor~ is removed.
708 Setting it to a ~nil~ value broke some other features (e.g., speed
711 *** ~org-export-use-babel~ cannot be set to ~inline-only~
713 The variable is now a boolean.
715 *** ~org-texinfo-def-table-markup~ is obsolete
717 Use ~org-texinfo-table-default-markup~ instead.
721 *** ~org-publish-find-property~
723 This function can be used as a tool to format entries in a site-map,
724 in addition to ~org-publish-find-title~ and ~org-publish-find-date~.
726 *** ~org-list-to-org~
728 It is the reciprocal of ~org-list-to-lisp~, which see.
730 *** ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
732 Call ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock~ from the agenda.
736 *** The Library of Babel now on Worg
738 The library-of-babel.org used to be accessible from the =doc/=
739 directory, distributed with Org’s core. It is now accessible
740 from the Worg community-driven documentation [[https://orgmode.org/worg/library-of-babel.html][here]].
742 If you want to contribute to it, please see [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html][how to contribute]].
744 *** Allow multiple columns view
746 Columns view is not limited to a single buffer anymore.
747 *** Org Attach obeys ~dired-dwim-target~
749 When a Dired buffer is opened next to the Org document being edited,
750 the prompt for file to attach can start in the Dired buffer's
751 directory if `dired-dwim-target' in non-nil.
753 *** ~org-fill-paragraph~ can now fill a whole region
754 *** More specific anniversary descriptions
756 Anniversary descriptions (used in the agenda view, for instance)
757 include the point in time, when the anniversary appears. This is,
758 in its most general form, just the date of the anniversary. Or
759 more specific terms, like "today", "tomorrow" or "in n days" are
760 used to describe the time span.
762 This feature allows to automatically change the description of an
763 anniversary, depending on if it occurs in the next few days or
764 far away in the future.
766 *** Computed dates in tables appear as inactive time stamps
768 *** Save point before opening a file with an unknown search option
770 When following a file link with a search option (e.g., =::#custom-id=)
771 that doesn't exist in the target file, save position before raising an
772 error. As a consequence, it is possible to jump back to the original
773 document with ~org-mark-ring-goto~ (default binding =C-c &=).
775 *** ~org-get-heading~ accepts two more optional arguments
777 See docstring for details.
779 *** New option ~org-babel-uppercase-example-markers~
781 This variable is a ~defcustom~ and replaces the variable
782 ~org-babel-capitalize-example-region-markers~, which is a ~defvar~ and
784 *** =INCLUDE= keywords in commented trees are now ignored.
785 *** Default value for ~org-texinfo-text-markup-alist~ changed.
787 Now ~=...=~ markup uses ~@samp{}~ instead of ~@verb{}~. You can use
788 ~@verb{}~ again by customizing the variable.
789 *** Texinfo exports example blocks as ~@example~
790 *** Texinfo exports inline src blocks as ~@code{}~
791 *** Texinfo default table markup is ~@asis~
792 It used to be ~@samp~ but ~@asis~ is neutral and, therefore, more
793 suitable as a default value.
794 *** Texinfo default process includes ~--no-split~ option
795 *** New entities : ~\dollar~ and ~\USD~
796 *** Support for date style URLs in =org-protocol://open-source=
797 URLs like =https://cool-blog.com/2017/05/20/cool-post/= are
798 covered by rewrite rules.
800 *** Add (C) =COMMENT= support to ~org-structure-template-alist~
804 ** Incompatible changes
806 *** Emacs 23 support has been dropped
808 From now on, Org expects at least Emacs 24.3, although Emacs 24.4 or
811 *** XEmacs support has been dropped
813 Incomplete compatibility layer with XEmacs has been removed. If you
814 want to take over maintenance of this compatibility, please contact
817 *** New syntax for export blocks
819 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
820 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
823 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
836 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
839 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
845 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
848 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
849 using previous syntax:
851 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
852 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
853 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
855 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
856 (let ((case-fold-search t)
857 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
858 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
859 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
861 (org-with-wide-buffer
862 (goto-char (point-min))
863 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
865 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
866 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
867 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
869 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
870 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
873 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
874 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
876 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
877 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
878 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
879 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
880 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
881 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
884 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~ and
885 ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to be
890 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
892 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
893 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
894 constructs are now unsupported.
896 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them into
899 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
901 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
902 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
903 consider using the =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
905 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
908 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
910 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
911 S-expressions. Replacing an S-expression with an appropriate function
912 is straightforward. For example
918 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
920 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can get time via =vc=
922 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
923 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
925 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
927 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
928 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
929 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
931 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
933 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
945 should be written instead
950 :header-args: :exports code
951 :header-args+: :var a=1 b=2
952 :header-args+: :var c=3
956 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
957 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
961 *** ~org-eww~ has been moved into core
962 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
964 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
967 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
968 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
971 Old-style links such as
972 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
973 continue to be supported.
975 If you have defined your own handler functions for
976 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
977 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
978 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into property
981 *** New Org linter library
983 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
985 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
987 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
988 entries are added to last in the date tree.
990 *** New ~vbar~ entity
992 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionally as a =|=,
993 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
994 a HTML derived export back-end.
998 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
1000 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
1003 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
1005 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
1006 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
1008 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
1010 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
1011 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
1012 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
1015 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
1017 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
1018 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
1020 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
1022 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
1023 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
1024 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
1025 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
1027 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
1029 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
1030 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
1031 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
1034 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
1036 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
1037 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
1038 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
1039 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
1040 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
1043 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
1044 ;; this will export with line number 20
1045 (message "This is line 21")
1047 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
1048 ;; This will be listed as line 31
1049 (message "This is line 32")
1053 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
1055 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
1056 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
1059 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
1061 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
1062 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
1063 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width of
1064 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
1066 **** Markdown footnote export customization
1068 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
1069 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
1070 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
1071 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
1075 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
1077 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
1079 **** Support for Lua language
1080 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
1082 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
1084 **** Support for Stan language
1086 New ob-stan.el library.
1088 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
1090 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
1092 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
1093 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
1095 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
1097 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
1098 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
1099 that does not end in ".stan".
1101 For more information and usage examples, visit
1102 https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
1104 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
1106 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
1107 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
1115 :database <database>
1116 :dbpassword <secret>
1119 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
1121 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
1122 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
1123 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
1130 :dbpassword <secret>
1131 :database <database>
1134 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
1135 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the properties.
1137 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
1138 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
1140 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
1142 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
1143 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
1145 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
1147 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
1157 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
1166 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
1167 using the :file property, e.g.:
1169 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
1171 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
1172 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
1174 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
1175 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
1179 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needs additional
1180 setup in addition to plantuml. See [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for
1181 details and setup information.
1183 *** Rewrite of radio lists
1185 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
1186 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
1187 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
1190 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
1192 Used like ~org-bbdb-anniversaries~, it provides a few days warning for
1193 upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
1195 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
1197 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
1198 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
1200 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
1202 *** Support for ISO week trees
1204 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
1205 by ISO week and not by month.
1212 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
1214 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
1215 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
1217 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
1219 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
1220 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
1222 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
1226 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
1228 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
1229 buffer unconditionally.
1231 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
1233 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
1235 **** Allow custom summaries
1237 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
1238 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
1240 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
1242 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
1245 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
1246 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
1248 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
1251 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
1253 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~ allows
1254 to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any upper case
1255 character (or character class), the search is case sensitive.
1256 Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
1258 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
1260 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
1263 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
1265 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
1266 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
1267 the manual for details.
1269 *** Links are now customizable
1271 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
1272 etc. Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
1276 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
1278 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
1280 *** ~org-show-children~
1282 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
1284 ** Removed functions
1286 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
1288 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
1290 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
1292 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
1294 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
1296 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
1298 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
1300 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
1302 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
1304 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
1306 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
1308 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
1309 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
1311 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
1313 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
1315 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
1317 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
1318 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
1320 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
1322 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
1324 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
1326 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
1328 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
1330 The affected functions are:
1333 - ~org-remove-if-not~
1338 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
1339 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
1340 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
1344 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
1346 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
1347 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
1348 let those libraries operate.
1350 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
1352 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
1355 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1357 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
1360 *** Add Icelandic smart quotes
1361 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
1362 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
1364 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
1365 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
1366 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
1367 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
1369 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1370 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
1372 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
1373 current project. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
1376 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
1378 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
1381 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
1383 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
1384 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
1385 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
1386 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
1387 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
1389 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
1390 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
1391 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
1392 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
1394 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
1396 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
1397 to the article's original group.
1399 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
1401 The calling convention has changed.
1403 *** HTML export table row customization changes
1405 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
1406 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
1407 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
1408 called with 6 parameters.
1410 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
1411 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
1413 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
1415 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
1417 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
1418 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
1419 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
1420 the end of the string.
1422 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
1424 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
1425 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
1426 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
1428 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1430 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
1431 For most folks this file does not exist.
1432 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
1434 : <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1436 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other
1439 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
1441 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
1442 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
1443 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
1444 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
1445 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
1446 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
1447 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
1450 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
1452 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
1455 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
1457 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
1458 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
1459 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
1461 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
1462 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
1464 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
1465 indication letter was solely J.
1467 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
1469 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
1470 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
1471 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
1473 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
1475 The experimental variable used to be more or less confidential, as
1478 *** New ~:format~ property to parsed links
1480 It defines the format of the original link. Possible values are:
1481 ~plain~, ~bracket~ and ~angle~.
1485 ** Incompatible changes
1487 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
1489 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
1490 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
1492 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
1493 logged before the property drawer.
1495 The following function will repair them:
1497 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1498 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
1499 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
1500 Ignore non Org buffers."
1501 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
1502 (org-with-wide-buffer
1503 (goto-char (point-min))
1504 (let ((case-fold-search t)
1505 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
1506 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
1510 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
1512 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
1514 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
1515 (when (and (< (point) end)
1516 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
1518 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
1519 (eq (org-element-type
1520 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
1522 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
1524 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
1525 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
1528 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
1530 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
1531 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
1532 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
1533 into account when exporting.
1535 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
1536 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
1538 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
1540 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
1541 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
1544 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
1545 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
1550 :CATEGORY: some category
1554 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
1556 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
1557 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
1558 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
1561 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
1563 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
1564 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
1566 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
1567 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
1569 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
1571 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
1572 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
1574 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
1576 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
1577 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~
1578 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
1579 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
1580 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
1582 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
1584 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
1585 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
1587 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
1589 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
1590 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
1591 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
1593 *** Functions signature changes
1595 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
1596 docstring for more information.
1598 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
1599 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
1600 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
1601 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
1602 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
1607 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
1609 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical
1610 scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
1612 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
1615 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
1618 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
1619 :lexical '((x . 42))
1621 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
1623 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
1624 without changing the headline.
1626 *** Hierarchies of tags
1628 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
1629 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
1630 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
1632 The following in-buffer definition:
1635 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
1636 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
1637 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
1640 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
1650 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
1651 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
1653 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
1655 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
1657 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
1658 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
1660 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
1661 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
1662 non-exclusive syntax. This behavior is achieved with [ ]. Note: { }
1663 can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the given
1664 tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
1666 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
1672 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
1675 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
1677 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
1680 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
1683 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
1685 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
1686 regular expression matches for P@.+. This is good for example for
1687 projects tagged with a common identifier, i.e. P@2014_OrgTags.
1689 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
1691 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filters all of the related tags.
1692 Except if a filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
1694 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
1697 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
1698 is also used as a filter.
1700 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
1702 Now uses the argument ARG and optional argument exclude instead of
1703 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
1704 makes more sense than strip now. The term "narrowing" is changed to
1707 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
1708 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
1710 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
1712 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
1714 *** Babel: support for Processing language
1716 New ob-processing.el library.
1718 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
1719 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
1720 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
1722 Check the documentation for more details.
1724 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
1726 *** New behavior for ~org-toggle-latex-fragment~
1728 The new behavior is the following:
1730 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument when
1731 point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the whole
1734 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
1737 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
1739 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
1741 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1743 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
1744 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
1746 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1748 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
1749 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
1752 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
1754 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
1755 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
1756 ~org-drawers~ variable.
1758 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
1760 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
1761 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
1762 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
1763 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
1765 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
1767 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
1768 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
1769 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
1772 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
1774 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch in
1777 *** New option in ASCII export
1779 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting ~org-ascii-list-margin~
1780 variable to an appropriate integer.
1782 *** New blocks in ASCII export
1784 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT=
1785 blocks. See documentation for details.
1787 *** More back-end specific publishing options
1789 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
1790 increased. See manual for details.
1792 *** Export inline source blocks
1794 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
1795 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
1796 in the output, depending on the parameters.
1798 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
1800 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
1802 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
1804 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
1806 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
1808 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
1809 more features. See docstring for details.
1811 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
1813 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
1815 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
1816 document, before wrapping it within the template.
1818 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
1820 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
1822 : This sentence is false.
1825 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
1827 *** Various improvements on radio tables
1829 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
1830 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
1831 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are new
1832 parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
1833 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
1834 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
1836 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
1838 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction
1839 with source blocks exported by the minted package.
1841 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
1843 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
1844 would throw an error. A new variable ~org-table-formula-create-columns~
1845 was added to adjust this behavior. It is now possible to silently add
1846 new columns, to do so with a warning or to explicitly ask the user
1851 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
1854 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
1856 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
1857 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
1859 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
1861 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
1863 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
1865 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is now
1866 deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
1867 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
1869 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1871 See the docstring for more information.
1873 *** Export unnumbered headlines
1875 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
1876 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
1877 property is inherited by children.
1879 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
1881 It is now possible to specify a function, both programmatically,
1882 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~ keys,
1885 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
1887 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See manual
1890 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
1892 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
1895 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
1897 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
1898 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
1900 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
1902 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
1903 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
1905 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
1907 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
1908 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
1911 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
1913 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
1914 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
1916 *** New entities family: "\_ "
1918 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
1919 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
1920 leading spaces within table cells.
1922 *** New MathJax configuration options
1924 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
1925 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
1927 *** New behavior in `org-export-options-alist'
1929 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
1930 `parse' behavior on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
1931 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
1933 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
1934 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
1935 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
1936 keywords and properties.
1938 *** Viewport support in html export
1940 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
1941 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
1943 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
1945 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
1948 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
1950 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
1951 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in a
1952 dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
1954 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
1956 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
1957 added to headline text.
1959 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
1961 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See the manual for details.
1963 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1965 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1966 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1969 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1971 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1972 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1974 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1976 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for the
1977 number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original subtree
1978 and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1980 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1982 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1984 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1986 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1987 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1989 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1991 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1993 ** Removed functions
1995 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1997 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1999 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
2001 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
2002 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
2003 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
2004 accessible from the export dispatcher.
2006 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
2008 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
2010 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
2012 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
2013 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
2015 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
2017 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
2020 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
2022 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
2023 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
2027 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
2029 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
2032 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
2033 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
2035 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
2037 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
2038 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
2041 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
2043 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
2044 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
2046 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
2048 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name= at
2049 the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behavior is to use the value
2050 of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=. To chose
2051 a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind this
2054 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
2056 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
2057 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
2058 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
2059 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
2060 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
2062 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
2064 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
2065 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
2068 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
2070 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
2072 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
2074 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
2076 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
2078 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
2080 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
2082 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
2083 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
2084 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
2085 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
2087 *** Removed comment-related filters
2089 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
2090 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
2095 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
2097 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
2099 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
2101 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
2102 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
2104 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
2106 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
2107 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
2110 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
2112 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
2113 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
2115 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
2117 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
2119 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
2121 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
2122 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
2123 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
2124 particular test failure was introduced.
2126 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
2128 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
2129 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as well
2130 as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~ when
2131 ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
2133 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
2135 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
2136 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
2138 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
2140 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
2141 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~ now.
2143 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
2145 This helps spotting wrong links.
2149 ** Incompatible changes
2150 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
2151 This may require two changes in user config.
2153 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
2154 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
2155 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
2157 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
2159 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
2160 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
2161 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
2163 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
2164 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
2166 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
2170 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
2172 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
2174 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
2175 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
2176 option keywords like :html-include-style.
2178 So you need to replace
2180 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
2184 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
2186 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
2187 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
2189 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
2191 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
2192 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
2193 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
2195 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
2196 the other optional arguments accordingly.
2198 *** Export back-ends are now structures
2200 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
2201 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
2202 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
2205 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
2207 ** Important bugfixes
2209 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
2210 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
2212 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
2214 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
2215 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
2216 separator starting a TOTO match string.
2219 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
2221 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
2223 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
2225 - Support SVG images
2226 - Support for .pgf files
2227 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
2228 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
2229 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
2230 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
2231 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
2232 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
2233 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
2235 *** New functions for paragraph motion
2237 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
2238 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
2239 in a paragraph-like way.
2241 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2243 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
2244 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
2245 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
2246 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
2247 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
2249 *** Anonymous export back-ends
2251 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
2252 which can then be passed to export functions like
2253 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
2255 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
2256 registering a new back-end.
2258 *** New agenda fortnight view
2260 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
2261 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
2264 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
2266 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
2267 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
2269 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
2270 See https://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
2271 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
2273 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
2274 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
2276 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
2277 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
2278 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
2279 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
2280 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
2283 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
2285 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
2287 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
2289 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
2291 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
2293 See [[https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
2295 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
2297 If you set this to the following
2299 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
2301 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
2303 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
2305 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
2307 ** New contributed packages
2309 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
2310 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
2313 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
2314 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
2318 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
2320 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
2321 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
2322 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
2323 the same with example blocks.
2325 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
2332 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
2334 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
2337 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
2338 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
2339 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
2341 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
2342 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
2343 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
2344 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
2345 detailed explanations.
2347 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
2348 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
2349 function has been called already.
2351 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
2354 See https://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
2356 ** Incompatible changes
2358 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
2360 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
2362 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
2363 you will have to update them.
2365 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
2367 See https://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
2368 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
2370 **** New export engine
2372 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
2373 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
2374 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
2375 /all/ export back-ends.
2377 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
2378 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
2379 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
2380 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
2381 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
2383 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
2384 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
2386 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
2387 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
2388 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
2389 manual for details and check [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
2391 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
2393 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
2395 should now be written
2397 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
2399 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
2400 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
2401 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
2403 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
2405 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
2407 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
2410 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
2411 remember templates into capture templates.
2413 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
2415 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
2416 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
2418 **** Note for third-party developers
2420 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
2421 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
2422 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
2424 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
2427 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
2429 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
2430 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
2431 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
2433 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
2434 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
2435 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
2438 - org-colview-xemacs.el
2439 - org-mac-message.el
2445 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
2446 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
2447 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
2449 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
2450 wrote [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
2452 ** New packages in core
2454 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
2456 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
2458 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
2460 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
2462 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
2464 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
2465 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
2467 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2469 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
2471 ** New packages in contrib
2473 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
2475 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
2477 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
2480 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
2482 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
2483 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
2485 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
2488 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
2490 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
2492 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
2494 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
2496 Also see [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
2497 for starting headlines.
2499 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
2501 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
2502 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
2503 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
2504 [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
2506 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
2508 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
2510 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
2512 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
2513 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2516 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
2517 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2520 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
2522 The [[https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
2523 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
2526 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
2527 conversion from Org files to groff.
2529 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
2531 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
2533 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
2535 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
2536 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
2543 **** New export generic options
2545 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
2546 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
2548 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
2550 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
2551 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
2552 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
2553 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
2555 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
2556 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
2557 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
2558 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
2559 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
2560 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
2561 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
2562 contains time-stamps.
2564 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
2565 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
2566 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
2568 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
2570 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
2572 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
2574 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
2576 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
2577 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
2578 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
2579 *** Structure editing
2581 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
2582 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
2584 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
2585 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
2587 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
2589 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
2590 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
2591 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
2592 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
2595 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
2597 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
2598 _words__= will preserve markup.
2600 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
2602 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
2603 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
2604 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
2606 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
2608 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
2609 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
2611 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
2613 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
2614 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
2615 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
2616 forward and backward.
2618 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
2619 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
2621 Now Org will sort this list
2623 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2624 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2628 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2629 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2631 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
2632 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
2633 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
2635 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
2636 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
2637 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
2639 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
2642 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
2644 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
2645 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
2646 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
2648 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
2650 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
2651 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
2652 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
2653 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
2655 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
2657 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
2658 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
2659 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
2660 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
2661 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
2663 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
2665 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
2666 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
2667 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
2669 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
2670 *** Scheduled/deadline
2672 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
2674 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
2675 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
2676 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
2677 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
2679 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
2680 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
2681 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
2682 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
2684 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
2685 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
2686 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
2687 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
2688 control this globally or per agenda.
2690 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
2692 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
2694 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
2696 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
2697 *** Calendar, diary and appts
2699 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
2701 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
2702 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
2703 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
2705 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2706 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
2707 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
2709 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
2710 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
2712 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
2715 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
2717 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
2718 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
2719 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
2721 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
2723 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
2724 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
2725 only show their description, not the full links.
2728 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
2730 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
2731 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
2732 want to build a list of appointments.
2734 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
2735 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
2737 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
2739 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
2741 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
2742 time value (i.e. appointments).
2744 **** New agenda sorting strategies
2746 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
2748 | Strategy | Explanations |
2749 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
2750 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
2751 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
2752 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
2753 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
2754 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
2755 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
2756 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
2757 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
2758 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
2759 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
2761 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
2763 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
2764 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
2765 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
2767 These new options are available:
2769 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
2770 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
2771 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
2772 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
2774 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
2775 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
2776 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
2778 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
2779 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
2780 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
2781 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
2782 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
2783 non-tagged headlines.
2785 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
2787 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
2788 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
2789 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
2790 that take only =N= minutes.
2792 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
2794 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
2795 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
2796 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
2798 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
2800 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
2801 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
2803 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
2805 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
2806 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
2808 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
2811 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
2813 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
2814 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
2815 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
2817 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
2818 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
2820 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
2822 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
2823 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
2825 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
2827 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
2829 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
2830 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
2833 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
2835 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
2836 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
2837 asks for a confirmation.
2839 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
2841 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
2842 the mark of the entry at point.
2844 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
2845 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
2847 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
2849 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
2850 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
2853 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
2855 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
2856 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
2858 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
2860 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
2861 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
2863 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
2865 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
2866 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
2867 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
2868 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
2870 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2872 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
2873 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
2874 repeated beyond the current deadline.
2876 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
2878 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
2879 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
2880 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
2881 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
2883 Read the full docstring for details.
2885 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
2887 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
2890 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
2893 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
2895 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
2896 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
2899 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
2901 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
2902 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
2904 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
2906 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2907 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
2908 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
2909 check against the name of the buffer.
2912 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
2913 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
2914 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
2917 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
2918 agenda views, and for filtering.
2920 See https://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
2924 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
2926 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
2927 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
2928 through new link protocols (see [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
2930 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
2931 as if the protocol was not known.
2933 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
2935 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
2937 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
2938 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
2939 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
2942 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
2944 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
2945 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
2946 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
2948 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
2950 When storing a link to a headline like
2952 : * See [[https://orgmode.org][Org website]]
2954 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
2955 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
2956 there is no description.
2959 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
2961 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
2962 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
2963 those other formulas.
2965 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2967 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2968 [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2969 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2972 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2974 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2975 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2976 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2979 **** New lookup functions
2981 There are now three lookup functions:
2983 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2984 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2985 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2987 See [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2988 *** Startup keywords
2990 These new startup keywords are now available:
2992 | Startup keyword | Option |
2993 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2994 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2995 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2996 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2997 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2998 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2999 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
3000 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
3001 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
3005 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
3007 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
3008 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
3009 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
3010 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
3012 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
3014 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
3015 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
3016 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
3019 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
3020 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
3022 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
3024 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
3025 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
3027 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
3029 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
3030 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
3031 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
3033 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
3034 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
3035 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
3036 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
3037 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
3038 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
3039 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
3042 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
3044 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
3046 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
3048 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
3049 same target than the block at point.
3051 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
3053 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
3054 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
3055 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
3057 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
3058 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
3061 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
3063 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
3064 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
3065 manual for a usage example.
3067 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
3069 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
3070 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
3071 collecting blocks for tangling.
3073 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
3074 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
3076 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
3077 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
3078 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
3079 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
3081 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
3082 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
3085 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
3086 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
3087 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
3088 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
3092 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
3093 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
3094 - [[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]]
3095 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
3096 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
3097 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
3098 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
3099 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
3100 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
3101 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
3102 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
3103 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
3104 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
3105 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
3106 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
3107 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
3108 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
3109 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports OS X versions up to 10.8
3110 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
3114 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
3116 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
3118 You can read the [[https://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
3120 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
3122 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
3123 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
3124 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
3125 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
3126 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
3127 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
3128 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
3129 found here: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
3131 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
3133 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
3134 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
3136 *** MobileOrg for iOS
3138 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
3139 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
3140 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
3144 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
3146 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
3147 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
3150 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
3151 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
3152 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
3153 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
3154 agenda type to this variable.
3156 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
3159 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
3160 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
3161 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
3162 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
3164 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
3166 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
3167 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
3168 invisible) blocked tasks.
3170 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
3172 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
3173 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
3175 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
3177 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
3178 ** No GPL manual anymore
3180 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
3181 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
3183 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
3185 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
3187 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
3188 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
3189 in most environments.
3193 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
3195 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
3197 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3198 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "https://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
3201 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
3202 available through https://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
3203 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
3206 See https://orgmode.org/elpa/
3208 ** Overview of the new keybindings
3210 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
3211 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
3212 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
3213 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
3214 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
3215 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
3216 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
3217 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
3218 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
3219 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
3220 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
3221 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
3222 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
3223 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
3224 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
3226 ** New package and Babel language
3228 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
3230 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
3232 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
3233 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
3235 ** Incompatible changes
3237 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
3238 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
3240 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
3243 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
3244 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
3245 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
3247 ** New features and user-visible changes
3251 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
3252 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
3253 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
3254 core and many core functions rely on this package.
3256 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
3257 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
3259 See the docstrings for more details.
3261 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
3262 on =org-element.el=.
3264 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
3266 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
3267 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
3268 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
3269 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
3271 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
3273 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
3274 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
3275 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
3276 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
3278 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
3280 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
3282 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
3284 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
3287 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
3288 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
3290 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
3291 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
3292 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
3295 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
3298 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
3299 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
3300 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
3302 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
3303 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
3304 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
3309 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
3311 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
3312 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
3313 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
3314 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
3316 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
3317 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
3318 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
3319 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
3320 generating new ones.
3322 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
3325 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
3327 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3328 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
3331 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3332 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
3333 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
3336 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
3337 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
3338 details on how to use this.
3340 **** Changes in bulk actions
3342 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
3343 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
3345 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
3346 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
3347 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
3348 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
3349 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
3351 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
3352 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
3354 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
3355 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
3358 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
3360 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
3362 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
3364 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
3365 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
3367 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
3369 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
3370 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
3371 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
3372 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
3375 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
3377 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
3380 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
3381 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
3382 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
3383 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
3384 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
3387 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
3389 See the [[https://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
3391 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
3393 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
3394 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
3395 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
3396 filters and category filters.
3398 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
3399 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
3402 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
3403 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
3404 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
3409 **** Inserting links
3411 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
3412 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
3413 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
3416 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
3417 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
3418 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
3419 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
3421 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
3424 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
3426 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
3427 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
3428 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
3429 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
3431 **** New link type =help=
3433 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
3435 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
3436 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
3437 you go back to the same buffer.
3439 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
3441 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
3442 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
3445 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
3447 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
3449 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
3451 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
3453 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
3455 **** RET now follows time stamps links
3459 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
3461 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
3462 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
3463 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
3464 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
3466 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
3468 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
3469 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
3470 all headlines in the region.
3472 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
3474 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
3476 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
3477 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
3479 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
3481 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
3483 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
3485 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
3487 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
3489 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
3490 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
3491 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
3496 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
3498 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
3500 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
3502 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
3503 clocked entry, if any.
3505 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
3507 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
3509 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
3511 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
3512 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
3515 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
3516 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
3517 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
3521 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
3523 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
3526 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
3528 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
3529 cells in clockreport.
3531 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
3532 time cells in clockreport.
3535 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
3537 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
3538 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
3540 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
3541 in the mode line and/or frame title.
3543 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
3544 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
3545 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
3546 space in the frame title.
3550 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
3552 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
3553 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
3554 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
3555 don't want to see temporarily.
3557 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
3559 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
3561 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
3563 There are these new entities:
3565 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
3566 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
3567 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
3568 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
3569 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
3570 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
3572 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
3573 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
3574 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
3576 The face is back to a normal height.
3580 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
3581 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
3583 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
3584 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
3586 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
3588 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
3589 block will use its value as the column format.
3591 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
3593 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
3595 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
3597 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
3599 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
3600 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
3601 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
3602 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
3604 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
3608 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
3610 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
3612 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
3614 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
3616 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
3617 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
3618 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
3620 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
3622 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
3623 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
3624 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
3628 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
3630 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
3631 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
3632 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
3633 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
3635 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
3637 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3638 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
3641 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3642 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
3643 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
3646 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
3647 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
3648 more details on how to use this.
3650 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
3651 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
3653 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
3654 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
3657 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
3659 See the manual for more explanations.
3661 **** More control over empty lines
3663 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
3664 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
3667 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
3669 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
3673 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
3675 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
3676 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
3677 available) to print beautiful tables.
3679 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
3681 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
3682 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
3685 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
3687 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
3688 in the #+DATE option.
3690 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
3692 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
3694 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
3695 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
3697 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
3698 More languages are always welcome.
3700 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
3702 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
3703 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
3705 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
3706 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[https://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
3707 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
3708 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
3709 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
3710 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
3712 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
3713 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
3717 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
3719 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
3722 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
3724 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
3725 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
3727 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
3729 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
3731 It used to exports the results of the code.
3735 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
3736 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
3738 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
3739 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
3741 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
3743 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
3744 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
3745 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
3747 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
3748 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
3750 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
3751 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
3752 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
3755 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
3757 This will increment the effort value.
3759 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
3761 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
3763 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
3764 attach symbolic links.
3766 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
3768 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
3770 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
3771 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
3773 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
3775 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
3777 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
3778 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
3779 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
3781 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
3783 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
3784 all top level list items.
3786 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
3788 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
3790 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
3791 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
3793 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
3795 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
3797 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
3798 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
3799 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
3800 first headline in the region.
3802 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
3804 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
3807 ** Important bug fixes
3809 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
3811 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
3812 perform completion with meaningful values.
3814 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
3816 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
3817 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
3818 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3820 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
3821 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
3823 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
3824 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
3827 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
3828 the code and the license to your needs.
3830 See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
3831 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
3835 ** Incompatible changes
3837 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
3839 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[https://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
3841 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
3843 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
3844 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
3845 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
3846 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
3849 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
3851 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
3852 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
3853 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
3855 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
3857 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
3858 =org-agenda-span= instead.
3860 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
3862 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
3864 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
3865 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
3866 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
3867 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
3868 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
3870 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
3871 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
3872 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
3873 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
3874 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
3875 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
3877 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
3878 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
3879 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
3882 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
3885 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
3886 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
3887 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
3888 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
3890 The two new variables are:
3892 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
3893 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
3894 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
3895 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
3896 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
3897 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
3898 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
3900 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
3901 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
3904 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
3907 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
3908 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
3909 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
3910 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
3912 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
3913 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
3914 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
3915 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
3918 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
3919 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
3920 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
3921 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
3922 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
3923 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
3926 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
3927 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
3928 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
3929 applies to the following packages:
3947 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
3948 you are using, you can remove it from
3949 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
3950 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
3953 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
3954 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
3955 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
3956 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
3957 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
3960 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
3962 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
3963 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3964 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3967 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3969 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3971 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3973 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3975 ** Important new features
3977 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3979 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3981 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3982 for more information on how to customize it.
3984 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3986 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3987 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3988 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3989 section [[https://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3991 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3992 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3993 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3995 To switch over to the new system:
3999 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
4001 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
4002 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
4003 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
4004 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
4005 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
4007 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
4009 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
4012 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
4015 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
4017 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
4018 you have decided to move over completely to the new
4019 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
4020 with using both system in parallel.
4024 *** New Org libraries
4025 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
4027 Implement links to eshell buffers.
4029 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
4031 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
4033 To use, put the following in your init file:
4036 (require 'org-special-blocks)
4039 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
4040 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
4041 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
4042 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
4043 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
4044 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
4045 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
4046 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
4047 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
4050 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
4052 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
4053 He also wrote a [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
4055 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
4057 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
4058 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
4059 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
4062 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
4063 call function to do something special with text links.
4065 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
4067 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
4069 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
4070 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
4071 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
4074 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
4076 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
4078 *** New Babel libraries
4080 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
4081 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
4082 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
4083 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
4084 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
4085 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
4086 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
4088 ** Other new features and various enhancements
4092 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
4094 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
4095 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
4096 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
4097 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
4098 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
4099 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
4101 The key new functions are
4103 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
4104 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
4105 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
4107 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
4108 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
4110 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
4111 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
4113 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
4114 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
4116 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
4118 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
4119 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
4120 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
4122 **** Modified link escaping
4124 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
4126 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
4127 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
4128 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
4129 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
4132 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
4133 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
4134 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
4135 : percent escaped links are solved.
4137 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
4139 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
4141 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
4142 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
4144 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
4146 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
4148 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
4149 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
4150 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
4151 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
4152 string to be executed.
4154 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
4155 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
4159 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
4160 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
4163 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
4167 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
4169 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
4170 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
4171 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
4172 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
4174 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
4175 will work on the current entry.
4177 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
4178 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
4180 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
4182 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
4184 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
4187 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
4188 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
4193 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
4195 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
4196 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
4197 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
4199 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
4201 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
4202 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
4203 entries using a function.
4205 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
4206 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
4207 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
4209 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
4211 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
4212 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
4213 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
4215 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
4217 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
4218 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
4219 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
4220 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
4221 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
4222 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
4224 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
4228 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
4230 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
4231 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
4233 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
4234 docstring of these variable for details about available
4237 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
4238 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
4239 formatting string will insert a string.
4241 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
4243 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
4244 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
4245 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
4246 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
4247 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
4248 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
4249 C-e u=, respectively.
4251 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
4252 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
4253 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
4254 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
4255 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
4258 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
4260 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
4261 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
4263 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
4265 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
4266 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
4268 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
4270 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
4271 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
4272 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
4273 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
4274 section]] in the manual for more details.
4276 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
4277 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
4278 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
4283 **** Refile targets can now be cached
4285 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
4286 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
4287 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
4288 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
4289 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
4291 **** New logging support for refiling
4293 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
4294 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
4297 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
4301 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
4303 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
4307 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
4309 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
4310 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
4312 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
4314 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
4315 the displayed in the buffer.
4317 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
4319 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
4321 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
4322 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
4324 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
4325 |--------+--------+---------|
4326 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
4327 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
4329 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
4332 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
4335 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
4337 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
4339 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
4340 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
4347 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
4348 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
4351 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
4353 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
4355 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
4356 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
4358 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
4362 **** Improved handling of lists
4364 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
4366 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
4367 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
4368 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
4371 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
4372 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
4373 counters like [@c] or [@W].
4375 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
4376 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
4377 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
4378 `org-list-export-context'.
4380 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
4381 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
4382 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
4384 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
4385 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
4386 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
4387 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
4388 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
4390 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
4391 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
4392 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
4394 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
4396 *** Inline display of linked images
4398 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
4399 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
4400 that have no description part will be inlined.
4402 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
4404 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
4405 from 1, you can now do it like this:
4407 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
4409 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
4411 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
4412 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
4413 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
4414 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
4415 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
4416 into account all header arguments, and variables.
4418 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
4419 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
4420 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
4423 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
4424 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
4425 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
4426 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
4427 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
4428 properties or in tables.
4430 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
4431 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
4432 names, and rownames across all languages.
4434 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
4436 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
4438 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
4439 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
4440 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
4442 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
4444 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
4445 request by Scott Otterson.
4447 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
4449 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
4450 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
4451 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
4452 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
4453 superscripts, see the variable
4454 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
4456 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
4458 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
4460 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
4461 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
4462 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
4463 following new faces:
4465 =org-document-title=
4467 =org-document-info-keyword=
4469 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
4470 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
4472 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
4474 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
4476 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
4477 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
4478 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
4479 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
4480 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
4481 property is affected by this setting.
4483 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
4484 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
4486 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
4488 Requested by Michael Brand.
4490 **** Better level cycling function
4492 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
4493 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
4494 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
4495 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
4497 **** Adaptive filling
4499 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
4500 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
4501 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
4502 comments to be filled correctly.
4504 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
4506 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
4508 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
4510 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
4512 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
4513 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
4515 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
4519 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
4521 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
4522 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
4523 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
4524 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
4526 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
4528 **** Localized clock tables
4530 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
4531 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
4532 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
4533 available translated strings.
4535 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
4537 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
4538 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
4539 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
4540 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
4542 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
4544 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
4546 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
4547 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
4548 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
4549 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
4552 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
4556 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
4558 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
4559 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
4561 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
4563 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
4565 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
4566 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
4567 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
4570 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
4573 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
4575 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
4576 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
4581 org-table-current-line
4585 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
4587 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
4588 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
4591 This was requested by Tom.
4593 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
4595 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
4596 example by viewing from the agenda.
4598 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
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