1 # -*- mode: org; org-export-publishing-directory: "tmp"; fill-column: 65 -*-
3 #+TITLE: Org-mode list of user-visible changes
4 #+AUTHOR: Carsten Dominik
5 #+EMAIL: carsten at orgmode dot org
6 #+OPTIONS: H:3 num:nil toc:nil \n:nil @:t ::t |:t ^:{} *:t TeX:t LaTeX:nil
7 #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info toc:1 path:org-info.js tdepth:2 ftoc:t
9 #+LINK_HOME: http://orgmode.org
18 ** Incompatible changes
20 - The text before the first headline is now exported by default
22 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
23 buffer before the first headine. From now on, the default it to
24 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
25 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
26 value on a per-file basis with
34 *** Description lists are now supported natively
36 A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
37 first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
38 separated by " :: ". For example
40 : Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
41 : - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
42 : - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
43 : - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
44 : - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
45 : - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
46 : natural constants and units into a buffer.
47 : - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
48 : running IDL and WAVE CL files.
52 Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
53 - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
54 - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
55 - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
56 - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
57 - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
58 natural constants and units into a buffer.
59 - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
60 running IDL and WAVE CL files.
62 *** Blockquotes for export
64 For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
68 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
69 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
76 Everything should be made as simple as possible,
77 but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
80 *** Fontified code examples in HTML export
82 You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
83 fontified in an emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
84 To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
88 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
95 In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
96 looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
97 interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
98 http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
100 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
106 The string after the =BEGIN_SRC= is the name of the major emacs
107 mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
108 "-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
109 writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
110 "org" as the language identifier - in fact, I have used just
111 that in the example above.
113 Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
114 /htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
115 backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
117 *** Include files for export
121 : #+INCLUDE: "file" markup lang
123 will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
124 of publishing. FILE ahould be surrounded by double quotes, this
125 is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
126 MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
127 or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
128 mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
130 : Here is my /.emacs/ file:
131 : #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
133 *** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
135 Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
136 buffer before the first headine. From now on, the default it to
137 include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
138 variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
139 value on a per-file basis with
144 *** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
146 If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
147 files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
148 point to that file from each file that should read it. If
149 you write in a buffer
151 : #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
153 then this file will be scanned for in-buffer options like
154 =#+STARTUP=, =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
156 *** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
158 From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
159 =#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
160 other in-buffer keywords.
162 *** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
164 When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
165 is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
166 =org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
167 buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
168 scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
169 such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
170 its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
173 - folded :: Fold the subtree
174 - children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
175 headlines of all direct children
176 - content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
178 - all :: Show the entire subtree
180 For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
181 is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
182 right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
183 changes in my current working version. The start of this section
184 currently looks like this:
189 , :VISIBILITY: content
194 This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
196 The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
197 visibility of the buffer.
199 *** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
201 Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
202 make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
204 - =C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u C-u I= from the agenda) will
205 clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
206 - =C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u I= from the agenda) will offer a
207 list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
208 for selection. =d= selects the default task, =i= selects
209 the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
210 being clocked. =1=,... selects a recent task. When you
211 select a task, you will be clocked into it.
212 - You can use =C-u C-c C-x C-j= to jump to any of these
215 When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
216 archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
217 commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
218 marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
219 subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
220 keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
221 the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
223 *** BBDB anniversaries much faster
225 =bbdb-anniversaries= is now much faster, thanks to a new
226 approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
227 Baumann for a patch to this effect.
229 *** New file in the contrib directory: org-eval.el
231 The new module module /org-eval.el/ allowes to include the
232 result of the evaluation of Lisp code (and other scripting
233 languages) into the buffer, similar to the =<lisp>= tag of
234 [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/emacs-wiki.html#Lisp-Tricks][Emacs Wiki]] and [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/muse/Embedded-Lisp.html#Embedded-Lisp][Muse]].
237 Many bug fixes again. Will this ever stop?
243 - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
244 - Summaries for columns in the agenda
245 - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
246 - New operators for property searches
247 - Search commands can now include archive files.
248 - Clock tables can include the archive files
249 - Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
253 *** Column view works now in XEmacs
255 I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
256 implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
257 alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
258 to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
259 problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
260 remaining issues, hopefully soon.
262 *** Summaries for columns in the agenda
264 If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
265 column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
266 columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
267 make sure that the computations of this property are up to
268 date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
269 Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
270 daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
271 other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
272 realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
273 times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
274 may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
275 /parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
276 the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
279 *** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
281 If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
282 you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
283 work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
284 entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
285 want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
286 time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
287 property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
288 and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
289 work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
291 *** New operators for property searches
293 Property searches can now choose a number of different
294 operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
295 `<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
297 When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
298 =+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
299 number and a numerical comparison takes place.
301 When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
302 the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
304 Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
305 a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
306 should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
307 match" or "does not match", respectively.
309 This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
311 *** Search commands can now include archive files.
313 If the value of the customization variable
314 =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
315 =agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
316 archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
317 of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
318 =C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
321 *** Clock tables can include the archive files
323 There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
324 table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
325 =agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
326 only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
327 all archive files that are currently used by these files.
329 *** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
331 The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
332 been expanded. You may use several reception points and
333 formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
334 in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
335 be functions, so that more general transformations are
336 possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
337 hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
341 This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
342 in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
343 list of small improvements and some new significant features.
347 - The Org distribution has a new structure
348 - New system for selecting modules to load
349 - New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
350 - Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
351 - Internal links work now better in HTML export
352 - Export commands can be done in the background
353 - Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
354 - Clock table can be included in the agenda
355 - Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
356 - Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
357 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
358 - And some more small fixes and improvements
360 ** Incompatible changes
362 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
364 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
365 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
366 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
367 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
368 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
369 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
373 *** The Org distribution has a new structure
375 In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
376 the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
377 the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
378 If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
379 distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
380 you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
384 Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
385 configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
386 use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
387 lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
388 this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
389 packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
390 you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
391 the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
394 *** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
396 There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
397 By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
398 sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
399 ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
400 a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
401 wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
402 entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
403 the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
406 The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
407 buffer you can simply use "A".
409 Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
411 *** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
413 This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
414 experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
415 document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
416 between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
419 One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
420 can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
421 and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
422 interface where you can fold the document much like you can
423 fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
424 visibility both locally and globally.
426 To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
427 org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
428 to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
430 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
432 In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
433 settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
434 interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
435 folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
436 JavaScript program is served from
437 http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
438 will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
439 to be independent of the existence and stability of
440 orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
441 change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
444 : #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
446 or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
448 For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
449 together with org-info.js.
451 *** Export improvements
453 - The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
454 better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
455 file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
458 - You can run many of the export commands in the background
459 by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
460 RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
461 command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
462 this less system dependent in the future.
464 Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
466 *** Improvements to clocktable
468 - The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
469 when trying to specify the time block that should be
470 considered when constructing the table.
472 The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
476 |--------------+-----------------------|
477 | 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
478 | 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
479 | 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
480 | 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
482 | today-5 | The day five days ago |
483 | thisweek | The current week |
484 | thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
485 | thismonth | The current month |
486 | thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
487 | lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
490 What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
491 keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
492 be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
493 the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
494 yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
495 will switch to the following week.
497 - When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
498 total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
499 a request from Bernt Hansen.
501 - If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
502 the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
503 showing the clock report for the file scope and time
504 interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
505 configure the variable
506 =org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
507 properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
508 depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
510 *** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
512 The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
513 the form =W08= for week 8.
515 The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
516 prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
517 directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
518 to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
519 jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
520 or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
521 1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
522 month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
523 well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
524 year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
525 digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
527 When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
528 specify an ISO week. For example
530 : w4 Monday of week 4
531 : fri w4 Friday of week 4
533 : 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
534 : 2012-W04-5 Same as above
536 So far I have not implemented the effect of
537 `org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
538 it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
539 issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
540 into the next year if the week you are entering has already
541 passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
542 should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
545 I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
546 sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
547 test extensively and report back.
549 This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
551 *** Improvements in Search View
553 - Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
554 only in TODO entries.
556 - The single quote is no longer considered a word character
557 during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
558 also match in "Nasim's".
563 - Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
564 tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
565 variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
566 select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
567 this excellent proposal.
569 The regexp option is also implemented for
570 =org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
571 properties for inheritance my name.
573 - The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
574 to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
575 value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
576 if and only if the setting in
577 =org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
580 - There are now special faces for the date lines in the
581 agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
582 that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
583 =org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
584 similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
585 customize them freely.
587 - When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
588 stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
589 now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
590 the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
591 date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
592 default date, not switch to today.
594 This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
595 by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
597 - File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
598 are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
600 - The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
601 templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
602 should be inserted with new %-escapes:
604 - =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
607 - =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
608 first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
609 CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
611 - =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
612 clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
613 initial region if set.
615 - =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
618 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
620 - Table export to an internal file can now use a format
621 specification, similar to the formats that are used by
622 orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
623 =org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
624 =TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
625 file name to which the export should go, and a local
629 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
630 : :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
633 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
635 - Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
636 by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
637 variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
638 the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
640 Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
647 - New keyword search agenda view
649 - Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
651 - New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
653 - Modifying list/headline status of a line
655 - Granularity while editing time stamps
657 - New repeaters mechanisms
659 - New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
661 - Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
663 - =M-RET= splits lines again
667 ** Incompatible changes
669 - The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
670 of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
675 *** New keyword search agenda view
677 `C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
678 to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
679 particular, it does not require a single regular expression
680 or string to search for, but it can search for a number
681 keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
682 the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
683 use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
684 example, the search string
686 : +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
688 will search for note entries that contain the keywords
689 =computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
690 which are also not matched by the regular expression
691 "8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
692 first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
693 search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
694 at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
695 (possibly sub-) heading.
697 The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
698 files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
700 I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
701 a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
704 : ("N" "Search notes" search ""
705 : ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
706 : (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
708 *** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
710 - Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
711 core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
713 - The new development model already starts to pay off, a
714 number of interesting extensions are now part of the
715 distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
717 - There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
718 Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
719 these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
720 to cover contributed extensions as well.
722 *** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
724 - Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
725 last element defines the contexts in which the template
726 should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
727 function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
728 template will be available only when =org-remember= is
729 called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
730 function, the template will be offered only if the function
731 returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
732 =t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
735 One possible application for this would be to have several
736 templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
737 the right one based on context. For example, think of
738 tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
739 following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
740 are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
742 : (setq org-remember-templates
743 : '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
744 : ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
746 See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
748 *** Modifying list/headline status of a line
750 - `C-c -' has now more functions:
751 + In a table, add a hline as before
752 + In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
753 + In a normal line, turn it into an item
754 + In a headline, turn it into an item
755 + If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
756 But if the first region line is already an item, remove
757 item markers from all lines.
759 Based on proposals by Bastien.
761 - `C-c *' has now more functions
762 + in a table, recompute, as before
763 + in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
764 + at an item, convert it into a subheading
765 + if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
766 region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
767 a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
769 Based on proposals by Bastien.
771 *** Changes related to time stamps
773 - The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
774 a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
775 time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
776 with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
777 but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
778 S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
779 not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
780 You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
781 specify the number of minutes to shift.
783 This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
785 - New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
786 make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
789 : DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
790 : Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
791 : but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
792 : the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
793 : and marked it done on Saturday.
794 :** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
795 : DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
796 : Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
799 Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
801 *** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
803 - There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
804 set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
807 - There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
808 writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
809 to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
810 function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
811 the previous content.
813 *** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
815 - New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
816 an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
817 using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
819 This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
823 - Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
824 =M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
825 of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
826 this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
829 Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
830 don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
831 same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
834 - There are three new hooks:
836 =org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
837 =org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
838 =org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
842 ** Incompatible changes
844 - The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
845 - The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
846 options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
850 *** Changes to logging progress
852 There is now more control over which state changes are being
853 logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
854 sections in the manual. Basically:
856 - The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
857 longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
858 - There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
859 clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
860 - Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
861 pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
862 #+TODO in-buffer setting.
863 - These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
865 : WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
866 : WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
867 : WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
868 : when leaving this state. This is great for
869 : getting a record when switching *back* from
871 : WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
872 : Here we not even define a fast access
873 : character, but just the logging stuff.
875 This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
879 - M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
880 new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
881 of the line) before the current line.
883 - RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
884 before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
885 create a new line below the current one.
889 Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
890 positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
897 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
899 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
900 and `org-refile' has been normalized.
902 - The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
904 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
905 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
906 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
908 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
910 - Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
912 - Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
916 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
918 - `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
920 - Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
922 - All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
924 - New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
926 - Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
928 - Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
930 - Links to messages in Apple Mail.
934 ** Incompatible Changes
936 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
937 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
938 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
942 *** Remember/Refile/Goto
944 - The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
945 and `org-refile' has been normalized:
947 + when called without prefix argument, the command does its
948 normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
950 + when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
951 used to select a target location and to jump there. In
952 the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
953 template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
954 location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
955 you select a location from the refile target list and jump
958 + when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
959 jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
962 - When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
963 the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
964 out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
966 - The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
967 introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
968 `org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
969 variable does select the interface that is used to select
970 the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
973 + `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
975 + `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
976 path to select a location.
977 + `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
980 - It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
981 they are always current.
983 - In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
984 isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
985 special also because it only matches in headline. This
986 goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
987 from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
988 sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
989 to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
990 configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
992 - Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
993 interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
994 default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
995 `org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
996 interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
997 am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
1003 - Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
1004 with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
1005 the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
1006 time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
1007 A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
1009 - There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
1010 `C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
1012 + When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
1013 the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
1015 + When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
1016 headline up to the tags.
1017 + When after the headline text, kill the tags.
1019 This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
1021 - You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
1022 scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
1023 to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
1024 request by Austin Frank.
1026 - If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
1027 several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
1028 log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
1030 - The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
1031 parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
1032 tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
1033 This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
1035 - A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
1036 date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
1037 today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
1038 overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
1039 agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
1040 item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
1041 for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
1042 suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
1043 show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
1044 be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
1045 forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
1048 - Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
1049 =ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
1050 outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
1051 original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
1059 will file is with the following property
1061 : :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
1063 Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
1064 that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
1065 `org-archive-save-context-info'.
1067 - New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
1068 links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
1077 - Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
1079 - Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
1081 - Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
1083 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
1085 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
1087 - Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
1089 - Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
1091 - EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
1093 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1097 - A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
1098 entries in a subtree. For example
1100 : #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
1102 will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
1103 Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
1104 request by Bernt Hansen.
1106 - Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
1107 interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
1108 variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
1109 Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
1110 pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
1111 have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
1112 interactively select the filing location (file and
1113 headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
1114 excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
1115 is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
1116 that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
1117 first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
1119 - Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
1120 before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
1121 will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
1122 could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
1123 creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
1126 - Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
1127 is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
1128 reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
1129 tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
1130 new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
1131 located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
1132 with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
1135 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
1136 width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
1137 it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
1140 - If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
1141 brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
1142 braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
1143 link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
1144 explain here, complex.
1146 - The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
1147 a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
1148 on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
1150 - The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
1151 file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
1152 users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
1154 - Bug fixes, lots of them.
1166 - When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
1167 empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
1168 part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
1169 this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
1170 equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
1171 lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
1172 limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
1173 sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
1174 before the first child and still have good behavior of the
1175 subtree motion commands.
1177 - Plain lists items work the same.
1179 I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
1180 Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
1181 pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
1184 This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
1185 let me know about any problems.
1189 - The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
1190 to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
1191 If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
1192 can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
1193 C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
1195 - Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
1196 a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
1197 previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
1198 history variable. For example:
1200 : %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
1202 will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
1203 typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
1204 give you any of the three names. And a history will be
1205 kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
1206 input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
1207 same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
1208 across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
1209 by Bastien and Adam.
1211 - When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
1212 will be stored immediately after all template parts have
1213 been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
1214 C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
1218 - `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
1219 maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
1222 - When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
1223 refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
1224 completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
1225 may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
1226 outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
1227 places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
1233 *** Restriction lock on agenda scope
1235 You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
1236 certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
1237 pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
1238 only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
1239 commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
1240 you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
1241 or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
1242 you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
1245 You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
1246 restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
1247 prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
1248 make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
1250 When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
1251 currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
1252 the new scope. TO if you like you can display an agenda view
1253 and then watch it change in various scopes.
1255 To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
1256 Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
1257 in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
1258 select a new restriction.
1260 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
1262 *** Imenu and Speedbar support
1264 - Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
1266 : (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
1267 : (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
1269 a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
1270 provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
1271 depth of the menu can be set with the variable
1274 - org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
1275 drill into the first and second level headlines of an
1276 Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
1278 - You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
1279 file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
1280 press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
1281 set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
1282 visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
1288 - There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
1289 These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
1290 and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
1292 - New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
1293 a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
1294 when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
1303 + Remember and related stuff
1304 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
1305 - Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
1306 - New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
1307 - `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
1309 + Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1310 - Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
1311 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1312 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
1313 - Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
1314 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
1315 - Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
1317 + Properties and Column view
1318 - More control over which properties use inheritance
1319 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
1320 - the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
1321 - New currency summary type {$}
1323 + The date/time prompt
1324 - While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
1325 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future
1326 - Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
1329 - You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
1330 - #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
1333 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
1336 - Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
1337 - Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
1338 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
1339 - Support for pabbrev-mode
1340 - New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
1342 ** Incompatible changes
1344 - If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
1345 org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
1346 canceling your customization and then adding it again.
1348 - I know that some people have defined their own private helper
1349 functions to select a specific remember template, without being
1350 prompted, like this:
1352 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1354 : (org-remember ?n))
1356 You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
1357 must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
1359 : (defun my-remember-template-n ()
1361 : (org-remember nil ?n))
1363 - `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
1364 deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
1368 *** Remember and related stuff
1370 - New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
1371 different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
1372 application might be to put a note or task captured with
1373 `remember' into the proper list or project. The command
1374 offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
1375 These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
1376 as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
1377 headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
1378 variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
1379 definitions. For example:
1381 : (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
1383 selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
1386 : (setq org-refile-targets
1387 : '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
1389 searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
1390 explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
1391 list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
1392 it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
1395 This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
1396 Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
1398 - You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
1399 the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
1400 For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
1401 then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
1402 given in the template associated with the letter "n".
1404 This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
1405 Sorry, and thanks anyway.
1407 - New %-escapes in remember templates:
1409 : %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
1410 : %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
1411 : %[..] include file
1413 Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
1415 - New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
1416 to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
1417 Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
1420 : (require 'remember)
1421 : (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
1422 : (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
1423 : (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
1425 You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
1426 provide a default for templates without a file, and
1427 `org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
1429 *** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
1431 - Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
1433 - You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
1435 - Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
1436 does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
1437 if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
1438 the default in Org-mode.
1440 - Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
1441 further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
1442 you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
1443 point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
1445 - There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
1446 exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
1447 org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
1448 face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
1449 org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
1451 - Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
1452 extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
1453 configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
1454 customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
1457 - New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
1458 When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
1459 are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
1460 great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
1461 for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
1463 *** Properties and Column view
1465 - `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
1466 property names that should be treated with inheritance
1469 - CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
1470 even if the category is not specified as a property in the
1471 entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
1472 Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
1473 discussion around this issue.
1475 - Summary type improvements in column view.
1476 * The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
1477 format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
1478 This was triggered by a report by Levin.
1479 * New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
1480 shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
1481 symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
1482 this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
1484 *** The date/time prompt
1486 There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
1489 - While entering data at the date prompt, the current
1490 interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
1491 the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
1492 input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
1493 annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
1495 - The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
1496 enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
1497 today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
1498 "9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
1499 enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
1500 entered month is before the current, for example if you
1501 enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
1502 this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
1503 off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
1505 - When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
1506 the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
1507 default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
1508 simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
1509 to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
1511 *** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
1513 - You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
1514 list of newly performed conversions:
1516 | Org | Description | HTML |
1517 |-----+------------------------------------+----------|
1518 | ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
1519 | ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
1520 | ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
1521 | ~...~ | three dots | … |
1523 You can turn this globally on or off with
1524 `org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
1525 "-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
1526 starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
1527 William Henney for relevant inputs.
1529 - Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
1530 Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
1534 - In the agenda, a few keys have changed
1535 : g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
1536 : because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
1537 : G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
1538 : e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
1539 : `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
1541 *** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
1543 - You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
1544 export by setting it either globally
1545 (`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
1546 file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
1547 the list of available classes and their sectioning
1548 structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
1549 option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
1552 - You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
1553 LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
1554 tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
1556 - The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
1557 seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
1559 - Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
1560 to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
1563 - New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
1564 commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
1565 shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
1572 - On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
1573 something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
1574 This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
1576 - When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
1577 the values of constants and properties are no longer
1578 enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
1579 this still happens in order to allow expressions in
1580 constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
1582 - When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
1583 with extension matched by the new variable
1584 `org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
1593 - Bug fixes and improvements in column view
1594 + All known bugs fixed.
1595 + A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
1596 + The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
1597 + Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
1599 - The agenda dispatcher
1600 + `<' cycles through restriction states.
1601 + Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
1603 - Sorting improvements
1604 + User-defined sorting keys.
1605 + Sorting by properties.
1606 + Sorting of plain lists.
1608 - HTML <div> structure
1611 + New variables, several of them.
1612 + Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
1613 + Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
1614 + M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
1615 + Abort remember template selection with C-g.
1619 *** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
1621 - All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
1622 (at least I hope so...).
1624 - You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
1625 exporting or printing it. The column view can be
1627 + global, i.e. for the entire file
1628 + local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
1629 + from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
1631 You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
1632 capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
1633 in the dynamic block definition. For example:
1637 : :ID: planning-overview
1643 : #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
1647 Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
1648 be prompted for the ID.
1650 - When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
1651 priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
1652 of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
1653 entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
1654 the current column format, they are instead retained in the
1657 - You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
1659 *** The agenda dispatcher
1661 - Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
1662 the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
1663 subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
1664 twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
1665 commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
1666 through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
1667 still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
1668 them to custom commands.
1670 - The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
1671 several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
1672 similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
1673 excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
1675 : (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
1676 : '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
1677 : ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
1678 : ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
1679 : ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
1681 - The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
1682 now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
1685 *** Sorting improvements
1687 We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
1688 John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
1690 - You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
1691 and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
1693 - Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
1696 - Plain lists can be sorted.
1698 *** HTML <div> structure
1700 There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
1702 - The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
1703 "table-of-contents".
1705 - The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
1706 classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
1708 - The postamble, containing the author information and the
1709 date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
1711 I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
1712 know if there are more "canonical" choices.
1714 Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
1715 to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
1719 - New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
1720 customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
1721 that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
1724 - Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
1726 : #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
1728 This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
1729 The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
1730 your properties will not be folded away.
1731 Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
1733 - `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
1734 association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
1735 faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
1737 - The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
1738 exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
1739 the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
1740 from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
1741 needed to handle not only the property drawer.
1743 - M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
1744 not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
1745 can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
1746 a proposal by Bastien.
1748 - New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
1749 request by Wanrong Lin.
1751 - Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
1752 remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
1753 This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
1759 - Remember templates can now have name.
1760 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
1761 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
1762 - Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
1763 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
1764 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1765 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
1766 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
1767 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
1768 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
1769 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
1771 ** Incompatible Changes
1773 - `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
1777 - Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
1778 element. The name will be listed along with the selection
1779 character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
1780 the name start with the selection character, for example if
1781 you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
1782 Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
1784 - `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
1785 buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
1786 change). Thanks to Bastien.
1788 - `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
1789 cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
1791 - Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
1792 italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
1793 the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
1794 John Wiegley for the idea and code.
1796 - New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
1797 scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
1798 Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
1800 - New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
1801 `org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
1802 scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
1803 Wiegley for a patch.
1805 - New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
1806 default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
1807 keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
1808 single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
1809 with full completion support.
1811 - The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
1812 `org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
1813 and I have found this change very useful indeed.
1815 - The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
1816 to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
1819 - New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
1820 to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
1821 properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
1822 well tested yet, please check it out.
1830 - SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
1831 - Command to jump to the running clock
1832 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer
1833 - `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
1834 - New way to assign a remember template to a single key
1835 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1836 - `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
1837 - Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
1838 - Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
1839 - New variable to make block aranda more compact
1840 - Better tag alignment in agenda
1842 ** Incompatible changes
1844 - If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
1845 "CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
1847 - The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
1848 renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
1849 an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
1851 - The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
1852 `org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
1855 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
1860 - The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
1861 progress logging for a single entry. For example:
1864 : :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
1867 turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
1870 - The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
1871 special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
1872 to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
1873 Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
1874 and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
1876 - New function to go to the entry with the currently running
1877 clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
1878 you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
1879 key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
1881 - Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
1882 drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
1883 configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
1884 drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
1885 Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
1886 `org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
1887 must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
1888 folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
1889 too many clock entries are visually annoying.
1891 - `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
1892 in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
1893 the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
1894 will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
1895 table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
1896 inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
1897 parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
1898 Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
1899 To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
1901 - The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
1902 template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
1903 bindings that go directly to a specific template without
1904 being prompted for a template, like this:
1906 : (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
1908 Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
1910 - `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
1911 (next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
1912 including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
1913 and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
1915 - `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
1916 (also `s' does this).
1918 - Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
1919 produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
1922 - Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
1923 remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
1924 to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
1926 - New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
1927 space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
1928 possible, to show more items on a single screen.
1930 - The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
1931 `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
1932 to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
1933 like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
1941 - Category and the archive location can be properties.
1942 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
1943 - CSV support when importing a table.
1944 - Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
1945 - New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
1946 - More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
1947 - Modifications to priority cycling.
1948 - Modifications to computations in column view.
1949 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
1954 - Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
1955 the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
1958 : * Tree with special properties
1960 : :CATEGORY: Examples
1961 : :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
1964 This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
1965 categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
1966 of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
1967 *single* default for the file which is then locally
1968 overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
1969 if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
1970 and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
1971 encourage you to stop using them.
1973 - The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
1974 the range in the file from which clock entries should be
1975 taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
1976 entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
1980 |---------+-------------------------------------------------|
1981 | nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
1982 | file | the full current buffer |
1983 | subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
1984 | treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
1985 | tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
1986 | agenda | all agenda files |
1988 Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
1989 inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
1990 for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
1991 not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
1994 - The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
1995 table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
1996 algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
1997 basic input it works.
1999 - When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
2000 second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
2001 consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
2002 This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2004 - At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
2005 range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
2008 : 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
2009 : 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
2011 Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
2013 - When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
2014 orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
2015 auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
2016 the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
2017 better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
2019 - New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
2020 t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
2021 default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
2022 the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
2023 from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
2026 - In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
2027 column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
2028 of all the children's values each time you enter column
2029 view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
2030 the children has that particular property defined, the
2031 parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
2032 items under such an entry without getting the property value
2033 changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
2034 is a better way of doing things.
2036 - In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
2037 trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
2038 testing is appreciated.
2040 - New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
2041 the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
2042 it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
2043 The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
2045 - Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
2046 calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
2047 links in square or angular brackets.
2055 - Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
2058 - The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
2059 agenda can be configured.
2061 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
2063 - `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
2065 - Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
2067 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2069 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2070 inherited from the outline faces.
2072 ** Incompatible Changes
2074 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2075 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2076 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2077 work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
2078 incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
2083 - You can now select specific states for recording a note when
2084 switching to that state. With the setting
2086 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
2087 : #+STARTUP: lognotestate
2089 only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
2092 - You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
2093 agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
2094 interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
2095 own function. Configure the new variable
2096 `org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
2097 this development with a patch.
2099 - The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
2100 t, in order to better match the original intent of
2101 remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
2102 work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
2103 templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
2104 location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
2105 need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
2107 - `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
2108 and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
2109 or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
2110 and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
2111 lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
2112 that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
2113 location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
2115 - Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
2116 state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
2119 - You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
2120 So if you select a location interactively once, you can
2121 re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
2122 the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
2123 comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
2124 note goes if you exit with a particular command.
2125 Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
2127 - On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
2128 inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
2129 convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
2130 faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
2131 will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
2132 Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
2133 match the current org-mode faces.
2135 This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
2139 ** Incompatible changes
2141 - The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
2145 - There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
2146 setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
2147 have configured keys for TODO keywords like
2149 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
2151 C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
2152 prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
2153 the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
2154 will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
2155 command fall back to cycling.
2157 The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
2158 Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
2159 idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
2160 interface anyway, set the variable
2161 `org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
2162 others for input on this issue.
2164 - New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
2165 set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
2166 later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
2168 - Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
2169 This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
2171 - For export, the date that should be given in the exported
2172 file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
2174 : #+DATE: 15 November 2003
2176 If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
2177 use a format string that will be interpreted by
2178 `format-time-string', for example:
2180 : #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
2182 - The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
2183 days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
2184 included) have changed this.
2186 - When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
2187 obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
2188 if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
2189 example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
2190 value of this number will be enforced also when a different
2191 lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
2192 of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
2198 - Different faces for different TODO keywords.
2200 - Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
2202 - Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
2204 - Sorting can be done by priority.
2206 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
2208 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2210 - Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
2212 ** Incompatible changes
2214 - The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
2215 ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
2217 - Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
2221 - You can now define different faces for different TODO
2222 keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
2223 is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
2225 A Here is a configuration example:
2227 : (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
2228 : '(("TODO" . org-warning)
2229 : ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
2230 : ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
2233 Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
2234 keywords that have no specific face assigned.
2236 - Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
2237 TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
2238 switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
2239 TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
2240 that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
2241 tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
2242 now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
2243 states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
2244 states, just like you also do for tags.
2246 : #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
2247 : #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
2249 Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
2250 will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
2251 switch the entry to that state.
2253 - New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
2254 information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
2255 archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
2258 : (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
2260 will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
2261 ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
2262 default setting for this variable is to save everything that
2263 could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
2265 - Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
2266 the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
2268 - `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
2269 ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
2270 Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
2271 might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
2272 affect the folding ellipsis globally.
2274 - Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
2275 CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
2276 know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
2279 - New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
2280 if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
2281 `org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
2282 the file will simply be skipped.
2292 - When exporting only a region and this region is a single
2293 (sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
2294 the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
2295 subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
2296 export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
2297 inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
2298 appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
2299 exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
2302 - org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
2303 When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
2304 behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
2305 of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
2306 again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
2307 presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
2308 like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
2309 keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
2310 the special locations.
2312 - New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
2315 - When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
2318 - The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
2319 nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
2320 cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
2322 - Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
2323 deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
2324 this works correctly again, and complain if not.
2330 - LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
2332 - Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
2334 - Global access to commands inserting and following links.
2336 - Individual lead-times for deadlines.
2338 - Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
2340 - Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
2342 - Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
2344 - Global values for selected properties.
2351 - Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
2352 distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
2353 LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
2354 manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
2355 Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
2356 I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
2357 ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
2358 be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
2360 - Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
2361 system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
2362 other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
2363 *you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
2364 interface for adding a new link type is described in the
2365 appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
2366 currently how to handle the new link types for
2369 - New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
2370 `org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
2371 global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
2372 links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
2375 - Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
2376 lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
2377 The syntax is like this
2379 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
2381 When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
2384 : DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
2386 You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
2387 agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
2388 See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
2390 Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
2393 - New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
2394 set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
2395 the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
2396 matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
2399 - New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
2400 exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
2401 without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
2402 C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
2403 this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
2404 storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
2407 - A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
2408 appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
2409 reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
2412 - You can now set default values for properties that can be
2413 inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
2414 globally. Global properties are set in the variable
2415 `org-global-properties', like this:
2417 (setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
2419 Buffer-local values are set like this:
2421 #+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
2423 When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
2424 the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
2425 not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
2426 are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
2427 the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
2428 Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
2436 - New variables `org-export-author-info' and
2437 `org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
2438 and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
2439 Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
2441 - New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
2442 into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
2443 this stuff into the drawer.
2444 `org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
2446 - `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
2447 specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
2449 - New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
2450 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
2452 - Lots of minor fixes.
2456 ** Incompatible Changes
2458 - The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
2459 `org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
2460 not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
2464 - When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
2465 headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
2466 tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
2468 - Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
2469 keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
2470 little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
2471 know if we need to make this customizable.
2473 - New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
2474 of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
2475 all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
2476 again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
2477 the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
2479 - Column View and hidestars now work together.
2488 - The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
2491 - Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
2492 compute their value from the children's values.
2494 - Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
2495 conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
2498 ** Incompatible Changes
2500 - Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
2501 make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
2502 is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
2503 using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
2508 - Improvements for properties:
2510 + There are interactive commands to insert and delete
2511 properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
2513 + You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
2514 these are defined, you can change the value of a property
2515 with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
2516 inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
2517 typos when entering properties.
2519 - Improvements for column view.
2521 + In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
2522 also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
2525 + You can define summaries for columns. For example,
2526 parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
2527 property, or the parent node can have a check box property
2528 that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
2531 + There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
2532 and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
2535 These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
2536 from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
2537 accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
2539 - The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
2540 order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
2541 beginning of a line. So
2543 : * This is a level 1 headline
2544 : *this is bold text*
2546 - S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
2547 available in orgstruct-mode.
2553 - A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
2554 structure editing commands into any other mode.
2556 - DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
2557 that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
2558 open if explicitly asked.
2560 - Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
2562 - A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
2563 the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
2566 - Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
2567 now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
2570 - Bug fixes and minor changes.
2572 ** Incompatible changes
2574 - When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
2575 you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
2576 only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
2577 now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
2578 to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
2579 that this is the better convention.
2583 *** Orgstruct minor mode
2585 There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
2586 in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
2587 the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
2588 modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
2589 easily create lists.
2591 The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
2592 cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
2593 like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
2594 `TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
2595 `C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
2596 like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
2597 these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
2598 minor modes have assigned to them.
2600 Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
2601 some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
2602 the promised implementation.
2606 The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
2607 that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
2608 to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
2609 starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
2610 bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
2613 : (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
2615 you can then create drawers like this:
2618 : here is some stuff that remains hidden
2619 : unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
2622 The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
2623 contains properties of an entry (see below).
2625 *** Properties and Column View
2627 - Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
2628 associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
2629 properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
2630 tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
2631 In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
2632 a property drawer and inserting a line like
2634 : :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
2636 Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
2637 program using properties, use the functions
2638 `org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
2639 and `org-entry-delete'.
2641 - Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
2644 If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
2645 headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
2646 will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
2647 is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
2648 the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
2649 after the headline, outside the drawer.
2651 - TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
2654 : LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
2656 will find entries that
2659 - have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
2660 - are TODO status WAITING.
2662 So here is an entry that will match:
2664 : *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
2669 You may also use a regular expression to match against a
2670 property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
2673 : ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
2675 - Column View is a special way to look at property values in
2676 tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
2677 file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
2678 an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
2679 table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
2680 properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
2681 the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
2682 can set up different property columns on different levels
2683 of an outline tree. For example:
2687 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
2691 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
2694 : Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
2696 : Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
2699 : :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
2702 : Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
2703 : Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
2705 Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
2706 you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
2707 will get a different table than if you do it in the
2708 /Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
2709 view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
2710 table will cover all entries, but contain only the
2713 Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
2714 The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
2716 - Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
2717 value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
2718 needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
2719 necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
2720 request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
2721 #+CONSTANTS, see below.
2723 - Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
2724 properties and column view - comments and suggestions
2727 + How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
2729 + What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
2731 + Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
2732 C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
2733 that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
2735 + Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
2736 Any suggestions for better defaults?
2737 + Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
2738 be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
2743 - In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
2744 Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
2745 everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
2746 in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
2747 the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
2748 formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
2749 a field that is computed both by a column and a field
2752 From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
2753 overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
2754 results. For example you can now finally have a column of
2755 increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
2756 number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
2763 : #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
2765 - Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
2766 with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
2767 constants can now be set with a line like:
2769 : #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
2773 - When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
2774 archiving is added to the line with planning information.
2777 : ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
2779 Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
2783 Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
2784 "fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
2785 bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
2786 version, and complain if not. Thanks!
2793 - We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
2794 and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
2795 an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
2796 Compilation completely removes the penalty.
2798 - New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
2799 See manual section 3.5.3.
2801 - New options for turning off footnotes.
2802 This was a request from Ignotus.
2803 See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
2805 - Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
2806 default. This was a request from Micheal.
2807 See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
2811 + org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
2812 + letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
2813 + TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
2814 + args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
2815 + problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
2821 - Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
2822 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
2824 - Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
2826 - Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
2828 - Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
2830 - Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
2832 ** Incompatible changes
2834 - There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
2835 Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
2836 file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
2837 with the xemacs version. For example:
2839 : mv org_xemacs.el org.el
2841 This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
2842 that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
2843 XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
2844 program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
2845 XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
2849 - A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
2850 longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
2851 interval on a single day. For example
2853 : <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
2855 This is now fully supported, including changing the time
2856 with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
2857 da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
2858 12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
2860 This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
2863 - You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
2864 clocking in and out) using this syntax.
2868 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
2870 - TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
2871 long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
2872 This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
2873 the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
2874 David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
2875 of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
2876 same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
2877 using localization features may not work correctly in the
2878 Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
2879 org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
2880 stick to the ASCII characters.
2882 - Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
2883 M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
2884 space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
2885 surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
2886 William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
2888 - TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
2890 + After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
2891 indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
2892 William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
2894 + When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
2895 discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
2896 too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
2897 fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
2898 if we can agree on this:
2900 Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
2901 but indent another bullet type further. The time when
2902 this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
2903 out to a previous level. For example
2911 When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
2920 So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
2921 using promotion and demotion functions.
2927 - Vertical lines in exported tables.
2928 - New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
2930 ** Incompatible changes
2932 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
2936 - You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
2937 that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
2938 and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
2939 characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
2940 group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
2941 column where the character is specified). You may also use
2942 "<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
2944 : | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
2945 : |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2946 : | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
2947 : | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
2948 : | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
2949 : | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
2950 : #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
2952 A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
2953 never exported, but can be used to place column group
2954 information into the table. In this table, we create a
2955 group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
2956 6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
2959 Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
2960 </colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
2961 wherever you want a vertical line:
2963 : | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
2964 : |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
2965 : | / | < | < | | < | |
2967 - Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
2968 grouping explicitly requests these lines.
2970 - The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
2971 meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
2972 become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
2973 who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
2974 inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
2975 TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
2976 unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
2977 behavior we had before.
2979 - Several bugs fixed. In particular:
2981 + Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
2982 `org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
2983 properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
2984 special characters in other languages as along as your
2985 post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
2986 for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
2987 out how to do this in XEmacs.
2993 - Exporting Footnotes to HTML
2997 - Footnotes like[1] are now exported to HTML
2999 [1]This is a footnote
3001 Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
3002 HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
3004 - Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
3006 - Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
3007 so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
3010 - Bug fixes, lots of them again.
3016 - Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
3017 - Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
3019 - Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
3020 - Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
3021 - iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
3022 - New command to add/change emphasis markers.
3024 ** Incompatible Changes
3026 - The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
3027 interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
3031 - Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
3032 every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
3034 <2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
3036 will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
3037 I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
3038 the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
3039 collect your credit, let me know!
3041 - You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
3042 Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
3044 *** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
3045 <%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
3047 - You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
3048 org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
3049 would in the diary. For example
3051 * Birthdays and similar stuff
3053 %%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
3055 %%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
3056 %%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
3058 These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
3060 It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
3061 is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
3062 the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
3063 then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
3064 all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
3065 put in a few categories, and then turned off
3066 `org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
3067 faster agenda display.
3069 - New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
3070 current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
3071 you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
3072 buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
3073 to Raman for this idea.
3075 - When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
3076 fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
3077 link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
3080 - Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
3081 per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
3082 For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
3086 Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
3088 - iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
3089 ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
3091 - There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
3092 bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
3093 available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
3094 well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
3097 (add-hook 'org-load-hook
3098 (lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
3100 The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
3101 reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
3102 with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
3103 example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
3105 If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
3106 will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
3107 emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
3108 between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
3110 - Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
3111 mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
3118 This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
3119 postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
3120 further processing in scripts.
3122 ** Incompatible Changes
3124 - The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
3125 been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
3129 - Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
3130 Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
3131 buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
3132 `myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
3135 - Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
3136 files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
3137 that have associated file names and exports the views to
3138 these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
3139 your views, to take with you when you don't have your
3140 computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
3141 in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
3142 version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
3144 - You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
3145 Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
3146 in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
3147 See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
3149 - New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
3150 a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
3151 the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
3153 - Quite a few bug fixes.
3163 - Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
3165 - Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
3167 - C-a can behave specially in headlines.
3169 - Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
3171 - Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
3173 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
3175 - Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
3179 ** Incompatible changes
3181 - The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
3182 have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
3185 - `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
3186 because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
3187 If you need this replacement, customize the variable
3188 `org-disputed-keys'.
3190 - The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
3191 `org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
3192 is still an alias for this new variable, though.
3196 - Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
3197 view. This has come up several times in the past and most
3198 recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
3199 `org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
3200 how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
3201 subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
3202 default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
3203 in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
3204 remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
3205 the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
3206 Scott fro bringing this up again.
3208 One property of the new setup is that you will never get
3209 more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
3210 something special to allow *several* empty lines in
3211 collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
3213 In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
3214 that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
3216 - When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
3217 into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
3218 and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
3219 from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
3221 - C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
3222 variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
3223 first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
3224 i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
3225 C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
3226 If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
3227 will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
3228 proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
3230 I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
3232 - When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
3233 more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
3234 scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
3235 these values can differ from what is used for display in an
3236 emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
3237 for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
3238 emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
3241 - There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
3242 org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
3243 this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
3244 `org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
3245 fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
3246 Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
3249 - Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
3250 use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
3251 keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
3252 give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
3253 indicates a non-stuck project.
3255 - The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
3256 modified - I might have broken something in the process,
3257 please let me know if you find problems.
3259 - A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
3260 replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
3266 ** Incompatible changes
3270 - New variables to customize the header and data tags in
3271 exported HTML. These are the variables
3272 `org-export-table-header-tags' and
3273 `org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
3276 - New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
3277 header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
3278 images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
3280 - The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
3281 means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
3282 for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
3283 in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
3284 refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
3285 that are scanned for the agenda.
3293 - Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
3294 - The export title can be taken from the first text line.
3295 - TTY replacement keys have changed.
3297 ** Incompatible changes
3299 - Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
3303 - Further development concerning TODO keywords.
3305 + You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
3307 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
3309 The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
3310 list (and which is also works!)
3312 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
3313 #+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
3315 is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
3316 reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
3317 in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
3318 states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
3319 toward using the latter.
3321 + Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
3322 separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
3323 `org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
3324 only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
3326 (setq org-todo-keywords
3327 '((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
3328 (sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
3329 (type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
3330 (sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
3333 If your setting has this new structure,
3334 `org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
3335 does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
3336 using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
3337 interpretation from the other variable still works.
3339 + When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
3340 (`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
3341 t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
3342 like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
3343 agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
3346 - If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
3347 before the first headline (this is done by setting the
3348 variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
3349 then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
3350 title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
3351 overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
3352 normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
3354 - TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
3355 Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
3356 are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
3357 changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
3358 for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
3360 | Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
3361 | org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
3362 |-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
3363 | shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
3364 | shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
3365 | shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
3366 | shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
3367 | shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
3368 | shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
3375 This time the changes affect the following areas:
3377 - TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
3378 - Export: More control over text before the first heading.
3379 - Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
3380 - Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
3381 - Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
3382 - REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
3385 ** Incompatible changes
3387 - It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
3388 over several lines, like
3391 #+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
3394 This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
3395 independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
3396 See below for details.
3398 - The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
3399 into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
3400 lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
3401 there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
3406 - You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
3407 buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
3410 #+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
3411 #+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
3412 #+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
3414 Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
3415 different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
3416 does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
3417 working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
3418 but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
3419 where you want to be.
3421 After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
3422 a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
3423 KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
3426 S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
3427 from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
3429 C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
3430 next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
3432 Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
3434 - Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
3435 configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
3436 `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
3437 new in-buffer option
3441 - Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
3442 fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
3443 interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
3444 #+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
3446 - During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
3447 interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
3448 can be done by setting the variable
3449 org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
3451 (setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
3457 Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
3459 - New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
3460 Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
3461 previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
3462 in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
3463 terminate all levels of plain list items.
3465 Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
3467 - C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
3468 cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
3471 - Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
3472 automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
3473 changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
3474 this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
3475 are logging all state changes.
3477 - Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
3482 - Priority handling in the tags view
3483 - Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
3484 - Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
3485 - Improvements to the formula editor.
3486 - C-j does better indentation.
3490 - Priority handling in the tags view
3492 + Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
3493 Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
3495 - Improvements to the date/time prompt.
3497 + When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
3498 calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
3499 prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
3501 + You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
3503 - Changes in the spreadsheet
3505 + You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
3506 formulas. The column references without specified row can be
3507 written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
3508 easier to read and are now the default way how references are
3509 shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
3510 back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
3511 `org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
3513 Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
3516 - Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
3518 + The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
3520 + There is now a menu with commands.
3522 + When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
3523 immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
3525 + With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
3526 S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
3528 - C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
3529 or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
3533 + Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
3534 Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
3535 Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
3537 + Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
3538 should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
3543 - Expert mode for fast tag selection.
3544 When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
3545 the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
3546 gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
3548 - Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
3549 4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
3550 will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
3560 - Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
3561 top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
3562 Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
3564 - When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
3565 entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
3566 example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
3567 click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
3568 be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
3569 S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
3570 and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
3572 - When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
3573 automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
3574 time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
3576 - C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
3578 - Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
3579 links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
3581 - iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
3582 `org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
3584 - The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
3585 document can now be set independently of the number of headline
3586 levels. For example:
3588 #+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
3590 - The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
3591 the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
3592 move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
3595 - Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
3596 simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
3597 be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
3598 should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
3600 - CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
3601 command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
3610 - Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
3611 - Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
3612 - Better structure for HTML exported tables.
3613 - New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
3615 ** Detailed description of changes
3617 - You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
3618 any table in any mode.
3620 This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
3621 would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
3622 use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
3623 automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
3624 spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
3625 inside the same file, in a block comment.
3627 I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
3628 other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
3629 not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
3630 Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
3631 a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
3633 - In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
3634 with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
3635 formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
3636 indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
3637 a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
3638 convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
3639 linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
3642 - Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
3643 defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
3644 <thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
3645 org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
3646 have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
3647 `org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
3648 tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
3649 vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
3650 printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
3651 change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
3652 you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
3653 pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
3655 - In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
3656 now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
3657 line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
3658 are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
3664 - Email links get better, configurable descriptions
3665 - When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
3666 - Easier access to the list of stored links.
3667 - Horizontal lines in HTML export.
3668 - Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
3670 ** Detailed description of changes
3672 - The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
3673 using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
3674 default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
3676 Email from NAME: SUBJECT
3678 If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
3679 correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
3681 Email to NAME: SUBJECT
3683 The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
3684 attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
3685 better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
3687 - Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
3688 works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
3689 link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
3691 - Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
3692 reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
3693 to Raman for this excellent idea.
3695 - A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
3696 exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
3698 - Several changes to org <-> remember integration
3700 - You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
3701 remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
3702 region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
3703 remember.el work like this as well).
3704 Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
3705 was created with a template, you will again be asked to
3706 select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
3707 new template, but the old context information. This is
3708 useful if you change your mind about the template to use
3711 - Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
3712 can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
3713 become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
3714 navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
3715 be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
3716 can change them while storing the note. However, when you
3717 exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
3718 without interaction.
3720 - Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
3721 of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
3722 that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
3723 you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
3724 from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
3725 anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
3727 - Templates can access information specific to the link type
3728 created, for example the author and subject of an email.
3729 Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
3730 in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
3732 - I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
3733 functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
3734 require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
3735 sure how well this would work though, since some things like
3736 the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
3737 them would require special hooks. Comments?
3743 - Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
3744 For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
3746 - It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
3747 - References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
3748 - Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
3749 - Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
3750 + Incompatible changes
3751 - Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
3752 - &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
3753 - Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
3754 - Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
3755 - The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
3756 See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
3757 - Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
3761 - Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
3762 - Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
3763 - Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
3764 - Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
3765 - Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
3766 - Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
3767 - Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
3768 - #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
3772 - HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
3773 - Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
3774 - Tables calculation and Calc package.
3775 - Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
3776 - Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
3777 - Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
3778 - Empty entries go full circle.
3779 - Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
3784 - Cleanup code, bug fixes.
3787 - Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
3788 - Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
3789 Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
3790 - C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
3791 another, dedicated frame.
3792 - Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
3793 - auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
3796 - Sorting of outline items on same level.
3797 - Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
3798 - Changes in Agenda buffer
3799 - `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
3800 - `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
3801 - Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
3802 but still do not move the entry to the new date.
3803 - new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
3804 - Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
3805 use regular expressions.
3806 - When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
3807 7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
3808 - Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
3812 - `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
3813 - XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
3814 - M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
3821 - Improvements to fast tag selection
3822 + show status also in target line.
3823 + option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
3824 - Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
3825 `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
3829 - Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
3830 - New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
3831 - Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
3832 - Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
3836 - TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
3837 - The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
3842 - Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
3843 - More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
3844 `org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
3848 - Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
3849 See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
3850 - Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
3851 See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
3852 - [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
3853 - C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
3854 - The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
3855 - Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
3856 - The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
3857 now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
3858 different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
3863 - Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
3864 - `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
3865 - File links can contain environment variables.
3866 - Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
3870 - Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
3871 each block created by a different agenda command.
3872 - Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
3873 - The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
3874 dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
3875 - Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
3876 - The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
3877 upon the agenda type.
3878 - The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
3879 variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
3880 - `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
3881 like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
3882 - In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
3883 - In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
3884 - Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
3885 - More minor bug fixes.
3888 - Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
3889 - C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
3890 - Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
3894 - Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
3895 - Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
3896 - Bug fixes and code cleaning.
3900 - `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
3903 - Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
3904 stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
3905 - Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
3913 - Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
3914 - LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
3916 - CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
3917 LaTeX environment and math.
3920 - noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
3922 - Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
3923 - Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
3924 - FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
3928 - Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
3929 - Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
3932 - Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
3933 - Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
3934 and will not lead to conflicts.
3935 - Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
3939 - HTML export is now valid XHTML.
3940 - Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
3941 `org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
3942 - The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
3943 See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
3944 - New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
3945 - New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
3951 - New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
3952 - Bug fixes and documentation update.
3955 - Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
3956 - The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
3957 - Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
3958 - `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
3959 directories for different export types.
3960 - All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
3961 - `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
3968 - Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
3969 - Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
3970 - Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
3971 - File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
3972 file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
3973 - New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
3974 relative and absolute paths.
3975 - New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
3976 - Bug and typo fixes.
3980 - Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
3981 contains a description or not.
3982 - TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
3983 - TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
3984 todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
3985 - In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
3986 - Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
3987 for all available exporters.
3988 - Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
3994 - HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
3995 As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
3996 end of the HTML file.
3997 - Support for customizable file search in file links.
3998 - BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
3999 - New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
4000 entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
4006 - Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
4007 - TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
4008 - Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
4009 - Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
4019 - In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
4020 See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
4023 - Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
4024 When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
4025 - If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
4026 the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
4027 - TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
4028 - The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
4029 - New structure for the customization tree.
4034 - The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
4038 - Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
4039 To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
4040 - The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
4041 `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
4042 - Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
4047 - Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
4048 of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
4049 - `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
4050 and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
4054 - Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
4055 `org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
4058 - M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
4059 - Various small bug fixes
4062 - CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
4063 - File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
4064 - Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
4065 `org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
4066 - Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
4067 argument to `C-c C-v'.
4068 - Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
4069 - Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
4070 next buffer change due to editing).
4073 - Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
4074 - Editing support for hand-formatted lists
4075 - M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
4076 - C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
4079 - There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
4080 in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
4081 The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
4082 - New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
4083 - Changes to the HTML exporter
4084 - hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
4085 markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
4086 of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
4087 - cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
4088 - support for cascading style sheets.
4089 - New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
4090 - C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
4097 - Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
4101 - HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
4104 - In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
4105 typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
4106 variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
4107 - Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
4108 and are not linked to the calendar.
4109 - Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
4110 - `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
4111 by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
4112 standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
4115 - QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
4116 of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
4117 - New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
4118 DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
4119 color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
4122 - Formulas for individual fields in table.
4123 - Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
4124 - Named fields and columns in tables.
4125 - Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
4128 - Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
4129 - New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
4132 - Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
4133 Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
4134 - table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
4135 - Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
4136 - Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
4137 [w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
4141 - Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
4142 brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
4143 - ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
4144 Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
4145 - Archiving of finished tasks.
4146 - C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
4147 - Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
4148 - Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
4149 - Improved html export of tables.
4150 - Various clean-up changes.
4153 - Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
4157 - Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
4158 into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
4162 - "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
4163 - The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
4167 - Some folding inconsistencies removed.
4168 - BBDB links to company-only entries.
4169 - Bug fixes and global cleanup.
4172 - M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
4173 - New startup option `content'.
4174 - Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
4175 - Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
4176 configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
4179 - Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
4180 adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
4181 - Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
4182 - Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
4183 - C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
4184 - Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
4187 - Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
4188 table shape when typing in fields.
4189 - A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
4190 into arbitrary major modes.
4191 - Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
4192 - Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
4193 - Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
4196 - Copyright transfer to the FSF.
4197 - Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
4198 - Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
4200 - cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
4201 - command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
4202 - command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
4203 - command to convert a buffer region to a table
4204 - import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
4206 - Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
4207 - Sorting fully configurable.
4208 - Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
4209 - Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
4213 - New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
4214 - Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
4215 warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
4216 That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
4217 - When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
4218 - Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
4219 - Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
4222 - Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
4223 - TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
4224 - Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
4225 Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
4226 - Priorities for TODO items.
4227 - The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
4228 - Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
4229 - File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
4234 - TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
4235 See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
4236 - TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
4237 `org-todo-interpretation'.
4238 - M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
4239 - All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
4240 - Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
4241 - Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
4242 - New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
4243 modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
4244 - New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
4245 in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
4246 - Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
4247 - `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
4248 See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
4251 - TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
4252 - Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
4253 - From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
4254 change the TODO state of an item remotely.
4255 - Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
4256 - Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
4257 - Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
4258 New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
4259 - Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
4260 argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
4261 - New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
4262 - New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
4265 - A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
4266 - Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
4267 - Date ranges introduced.
4268 - Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
4269 - Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
4270 - New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
4271 - Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
4272 instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
4273 - When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
4274 TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
4277 - Windows (NT/2000) support.
4278 - Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
4279 - Fully automatic table editor.
4280 - New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
4281 - Other link system changes
4282 - Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
4283 - Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
4284 - Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
4285 - Space characters allowed as part of a link.
4286 - Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
4287 symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
4288 Please re-read the manual section about links.
4290 - `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
4291 - A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
4292 timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
4293 - Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
4294 always work (non-English month names had caused problems
4295 with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
4297 - Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
4301 - Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
4302 - ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
4303 - HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
4304 sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
4308 - HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents