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14 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** Removal of OrgStruct mode mode and radio lists
17 OrgStruct minor mode and radio lists mechanism (~org-list-send-list~
18 and ~org-list-radio-lists-templates~) are removed from the code base.
20 *** Change to Noweb expansion
22 Expansion check =:noweb-ref= only if no matching named block is found
23 in the buffer. As a consequence, any =:noweb-ref= value matching the
24 name of a source block in the buffer is ignored. A simple fix is to
25 give every concerned source-block, including the named one, a new,
26 unique, Noweb reference.
30 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
34 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb-ref foo
38 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb yes
47 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb-ref bar
51 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb-ref bar
55 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp :noweb yes
60 *** Change ~org-calendar-to-agenda-key~ value
62 Default value and accepted value types changed. See [[doc:org-calendar-to-agenda-key][docstring]] for
65 *** Change ~org-structure-template-alist~ value
67 With the new template expansion mechanism (see
68 [[*~org-insert-structure-template~]]), the variable changed its data type.
69 See docstring for details.
71 *** Change ~org-set-effort~ signature
72 See docstring for details.
73 *** Placeholders in =(eval ...)= macros are always strings
75 Within =(eval ...)= macros, =$1=-like placeholders are always replaced
76 with a string. As a consequence, they must not be enclosed within
77 quotes. As an illustration, consider the following, now valid,
81 ,#+macro: join (eval (concat $1 $2))
82 ,#+macro: sum (eval (+ (string-to-number $1) (string-to-number $2)))
88 However, there is no change in non-eval macros:
91 ,#+macro: disp argument: $1
93 {{{disp(text)}}} => argument: text
96 *** =align= STARTUP value no longer narrow table columns
98 Columns narrowing (or shrinking) is now dynamic. See [[*Dynamically
99 narrow table columns]] for details. In particular, it is decoupled from
102 If you need to automatically shrink columns upon opening an Org
103 document, use =shrink= value instead, or in addition to align:
106 ,#+STARTUP: align shrink
110 *** Add support for links to LaTeX equations in HTML export
111 Use MathJax links when enabled (by ~org-html-with-latex~), otherwise
112 add a label to the rendered equation.
113 *** Org Tempo may used for snippet expansion of structure template.
114 See manual and the commentary section in ~org-tempo.el~ for details.
115 *** Exclude unnumbered headlines from table of contents
116 Set their =UNNUMBERED= property to the special =notoc= value. See
118 *** ~org-archive~ functions update status cookies
120 Archiving headers through ~org-archive-subtree~ and
121 ~org-archive-to-archive-sibling~ such as the ones listed below:
129 Will update the status cookie in the top level header.
131 *** Disable =org-agenda-overriding-header= by setting to empty string
133 The ~org-agenda-overriding-header~ inserted into agenda views can now
134 be disabled by setting it to an empty string.
136 *** Dynamically narrow table columns
138 With ~C-c TAB~, it is now possible to narrow a column to the width
139 specified by a width cookie in the column, or to 1 character if there
140 is no such cookie. The same keybinding expands a narrowed column to
143 Editing the column automatically expands the whole column to its full
146 *** =org-columns-summary-types= entries can take an optional COLLECT function
148 You can use this to make collection of a property from an entry
149 conditional on another entry. E.g. given this configuration:
151 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
152 (defun custom/org-collect-confirmed (property)
153 "Return `PROPERTY' for `CONFIRMED' entries"
154 (let ((prop (org-entry-get nil property))
155 (confirmed (org-entry-get nil "CONFIRMED")))
156 (if (and prop (string= "[X]" confirmed))
160 (setq org-columns-summary-types
161 '(("X+" org-columns--summary-sum
162 custom/org-collect-confirmed)))
165 You can have a file =bananas.org= containing:
168 ,#+columns: %ITEM %CONFIRMED %Bananas{+} %Bananas(Confirmed Bananas){X+}
184 ... and when going to the top of that file and entering column view
185 you should expect to see something like:
187 | ITEM | CONFIRMED | Bananas | Confirmed Bananas |
188 |-----------------+-----------+---------+-------------------|
189 | All shipments | | 11 | 4 |
190 | Shipment 1 | [X] | 4 | 4 |
191 | Shipment 2 | [ ] | 7 | 7 |
198 *** ~org-insert-structure-template~
200 This function can be used to wrap existing text of Org elements in
201 a #+BEGIN_FOO/#+END_FOO block. Bound to C-c C-x w by default.
203 *** ~org-export-excluded-from-toc-p~
205 See docstring for details.
207 *** ~org-timestamp-to-time~
208 *** ~org-timestamp-from-string~
209 *** ~org-timestamp-from-time~
210 *** ~org-attach-dired-to-subtree~
212 See docstring for details.
215 *** ~org-outline-overlay-data~
216 Use ~org-save-outline-visibility~ instead.
217 *** ~org-set-outline-overlay-data~
218 Use ~org-save-outline-visibility~ instead.
219 *** ~org-get-string-indentation~
220 It was not used throughout the code base.
221 *** ~org-fix-indentation~
222 It was not used throughout code base.
223 *** ~org-try-structure-completion~
224 Org Tempo may be used as a replacement. See details above.
227 *** org-babel-use-quick-and-dirty-noweb-expansion
231 *** ~org-table-insert-column~ inserts a column to the right
233 It used to insert it on the left. With this change,
234 ~org-table-insert-column~ and ~org-table-delete-column~ are
237 *** ~org-publish-resolve-external-link~ accepts a new optional argument.
238 *** ~org-irc.el~ now supports exporting =irc:= links properly
240 Previously, irc links were exported by ~ox-md~ and ~ox-html~ as normal
241 file links, which lead to them being broken in web browsers. Now both
242 of these exporters will properly export to =irc:= links, which will
243 open properly in irc clients from web browsers.
245 *** ~org-comment-dwim~ (bound to =M-;=) now comments headings, if point is on a heading
246 *** Alphabetic sorting in headings and tags now uses the locale’s sorting rules
248 When sorting alphabetically, ~org-sort-entries~ and
249 ~org-tags-sort-function~ now sort according to the locale’s collation
250 rules instead of by code-point.
253 ** Incompatible changes
255 *** Variables relative to clocksum duration are obsolete
257 ~org-time-clocksum-format~, ~org-time-clocksum-use-fractional~ and
258 ~org-time-clocksum-fractional-format~ are obsolete. If you changed
259 them, consider modifying ~org-duration-format~ instead.
261 Variable ~org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations~ is also obsolete.
262 Consider setting ~org-duration-units~ instead.
264 *** ~org-at-timestamp-p~ optional argument accepts different values
266 See docstrings for the allowed values. For backward compatibility,
267 ~(org-at-timestamp-p t)~ is still supported, but should be updated
270 *** ~org-capture-templates~ no longer accepts S-expressions as file names
272 Since functions are allowed there, a straightforward way to migrate
279 : (file (lambda () (sexp)))
281 *** Deleted contributed packages
283 =org-ebib.el, =org-bullets.el= and =org-mime.el= have been deleted
284 from the contrib/ directory.
286 You can now find them here :
288 - https://github.com/joostkremers/ebib
289 - https://github.com/sabof/org-bullets
290 - https://github.com/org-mime/org-mime
292 *** Change ~org-texinfo-classes~ value
293 The value cannot support functions to create sectioning commands
294 anymore. Also, the sectioning commands should include commands for
295 appendices. See the docstring for more information.
296 *** Removal of ~:sitemap-sans-extension~
298 The publishing property is no longer recognized, as a consequence of
299 changes to site-map generation.
301 You can get the same functionality by setting ~:sitemap-format-entry~
305 (lambda (entry style project)
306 (cond ((not (directory-name-p entry))
307 (format "[[file:%s][%s]]"
308 (file-name-sans-extension entry)
309 (org-publish-find-title entry project)))
310 ((eq style 'tree) (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name entry)))
314 *** Change signature for ~:sitemap-function~
316 ~:sitemap-function~ now expects to be called with two arguments. See
317 ~org-publish-project-alist~ for details.
319 *** Change signature for some properties in ~org-list-to-generic~
321 ~:istart~, ~:icount~, ~:iend~ and ~:isep~ now expect the type of the
322 list as their first argument.
324 *** Change signature for ~org-get-repeater~
325 The optional argument is now a string to extract the repeater from.
326 See docstring for details.
328 *** Change signature for ~org-time-string-to-time~
329 See docstring for changes.
331 *** Change order of items in ~org-agenda-time-grid~
332 ~org-agenda-time-grid~ gained an extra item to allow users to customize
333 the string displayed after times in the agenda. See docstring for
336 *** ~tags-todo~ custom searches now include DONE keywords
338 Use "/!" markup when filtering TODO keywords to get only not-done TODO
341 *** ~org-split-string~ returns ~("")~ when called on an empty string
342 It used to return nil.
343 *** Removal of =ob-scala.el=
345 See [[https://github.com/ensime/emacs-scala-mode/issues/114][this github issue]].
347 You can use =ob-scala.el= as packaged in scala-mode, available from the
351 *** iCalendar export uses inheritance for TIMEZONE and LOCATION properties
352 Both these properties can be inherited during iCalendar export,
353 depending on the value of ~org-use-property-inheritance~.
354 *** iCalendar export respects a TIMEZONE property
355 Set the TIMEZONE property on an entry to specify a time zone for that
356 entry only during iCalendar export. The property value should be
357 specified as in "Europe/London".
358 *** ~org-attach~ can move directory contents
359 When setting a new directory for an entry, org-attach offers to move
360 files over from the old directory. Using a prefix arg will reset the
361 directory to old, ID based one.
362 *** New Org duration library
363 This new library implements tools to read and print time durations in
364 various formats (e.g., "H:MM", or "1d 2h 3min"...).
366 See ~org-duration-to-minutes~ and ~org-duration-from-minutes~
370 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~
371 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~
372 **** New variable : ~org-deadline-past-days~
373 See docstring for details.
374 **** Binding C-c C-x < for ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
375 **** New auto-align default setting for =org-agenda-tags-column=
377 =org-agenda-tags-column= can now be set to =auto=, which will
378 automatically align tags to the right edge of the window. This is now
380 *** New value for ~org-publish-sitemap-sort-folders~
382 The new ~ignore~ value effectively allows toggling inclusion of
383 directories in published site-maps.
387 **** Scheme: support for tables
388 **** Scheme: new variable: ~org-babel-scheme-null-to~
390 This new custom option allows to use a empty list or null symbol to
391 format the table output, initially assigned to ~hlines~.
393 **** Scheme: new header ~:prologue~
395 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
396 developers to prepend code to the scheme block being processed.
398 Multiple ~:prologue~ headers can be added each of them using a string
399 with the content to be added.
401 The scheme blocks are prepared by surrounding the code in the block
402 with a let form. The content of the ~:prologue~ headers are prepended
403 before this let form.
405 **** Support for hledger accounting reports added
406 **** Clojure: new setting ~org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout~
408 Creation of a new setting to specify the Cider timeout. By setting
409 the =org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout= setting option. The value
410 is in seconds and if set to =nil= then no timeout will occur.
411 **** Clojure: new header ~:show-process~
413 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
414 developers to output the process of an ongoing process into a new
417 You can tell Org Babel to output the process of a running code block.
419 To show that output you only have to specify the =:show-process=
420 option in the code block's header like this:
423 ,#+BEGIN_SRC clojure :results output :show-process t
430 If =:show-process= is specified that way, then when you will run the
431 code using =C-c C-c= a new window will open in Emacs. Everything that
432 is output by the REPL will immediately be added to that new window.
434 When the processing of the code is finished, then the window and its
435 buffer will be closed and the results will be reported in the
438 Note that the =:results= parameter's behavior is *not* changed. If
439 =silent= is specified, then no result will be displayed. If =output=
440 is specified then all the output from the window will appears in the
441 results section. If =value= is specified, then only the last returned
442 value of the code will be displayed in the results section.
444 **** Maxima: new headers ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~
445 Babel options ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~ have been implemented for
446 Maxima src blocks which prepend and append, respectively, the given
447 code strings. This can be useful for specifying formatting settings
448 which would add clutter to exported code. For instance, you can use
449 this ~:prologue "fpprintprec: 2; linel: 50;"~ for presenting Maxima
450 results in a beamer presentation.
451 **** PlantUML: add support for header arguments
453 [[http://plantuml.com/][Plantuml]] source blocks now support the [[https://orgmode.org/manual/prologue.html#prologue][~:prologue~]], [[https://orgmode.org/manual/epilogue.html#epilogue][~:epilogue~]] and
454 [[https://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] header arguments.
456 **** SQL: new engine added ~sqsh~
458 A new engine was added to support ~sqsh~ command line utility for use
459 against Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase SQL server.
461 More information on ~sqsh~ can be found here: [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqsh/][sourceforge/sqsh]]
463 To use ~sqsh~ in an *sql* =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
466 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine sqsh :dbhost my_host :dbuser master :dbpassword pass :database support
472 **** SQL: new engine added =vertica=
474 A new engine was added to support vsql command line utility for use
477 More information on =vsql= can be found here: [[https://my.vertica.com/docs/7.2.x/HTML/index.htm#Authoring/ConnectingToHPVertica/vsql/UsingVsql.htm][my.vertica.com]]
479 To use =vertica= in an sql =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
482 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine vertica :dbhost my_host :dbuser dbadmin :dbpassword pw :database vmart
486 **** C++: New header ~:namespaces~
488 The new ~:namespaces~ export option can be used to specify namespaces
489 to be used within a C++ org source block. Its usage is similar to
490 ~:includes~, in that it can accept multiple, space-separated
491 namespaces to use. This header is equivalent to adding ~using
492 namespace <name>;~ in the source block. Here is a "Hello World" in C++
496 ,#+BEGIN_SRC C++ :results output :namespaces std :includes <iostream>
497 cout << "Hello World" << endl;
501 **** Support for Vala language
503 [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala][Vala]] language blocks support two special header arguments:
505 - ~:flags~ passes arguments to the compiler
506 - ~:cmdline~ passes commandline arguments to the generated executable
508 Support for [[https://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] does not exist yet, also there is no [[https://orgmode.org/manual/session.html#session][~:session~]]
509 support because Vala is a compiled language.
511 The Vala compiler binary can be changed via the ~defcustom~
512 ~org-babel-vala-compiler~.
514 *** New ~function~ scope argument for the Clock Table
515 Added a nullary function that returns a list of files as a possible
516 argument for the scope of the clock table.
518 **** Implement vernacular table of contents in Markdown exporter
519 Global table of contents are generated using vanilla Markdown syntax
520 instead of HTML. Also #+TOC keyword, including local table of
521 contents, are now supported.
522 **** Add Slovenian translations
523 **** Implement ~org-export-insert-image-links~
524 This new function is meant to be used in back-ends supporting images
525 as descriptions of links, a.k.a. image links. See its docstring for
527 **** New macro : ~{{{n}}}~
528 This macro creates and increment multiple counters in a document. See
530 **** Add global macros through ~org-export-global-macros~
531 With this variable, one can define macros available for all documents.
532 **** New keyword ~#+EXPORT_FILE_NAME~
533 Similarly to ~:EXPORT_FILE_NAME:~ property, this keyword allows the
534 user to specify the name of the output file upon exporting the
535 document. This also has an effect on publishing.
536 **** Horizontal rules are no longer ignored in LaTeX table math mode
537 **** Use ~compilation-mode~ for compilation output
538 **** Plain lists accept a new ~:separator~ attribute in Texinfo
540 The new ~:separator~ attribute splits a tag from a description list
541 item into multiple parts. This allows to have two-column tables with
542 multiple entries in the first column. See manual for more details.
544 **** ~latex-environment~ elements support ~caption~ keywords for LaTeX export
545 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit LaTeX environments
547 Using ~C-c '~ on a LaTeX environment opens a sub-editing buffer. By
548 default, major mode in that buffer is ~latex-mode~, but it can be
549 changed by configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~.
551 *** ~org-list-to-generic~ includes a new property: ~:ifmt~
553 ~:ifmt~ is a function to be called on the body of each item. See
554 ~org-list-to-generic~ documentation for details.
556 *** New variable : ~org-bibtex-headline-format-function~
557 This allow to use a different title than entry title.
559 *** ~org-attach~ supports attaching files from URLs
561 Using ~C-c C-a u~ prompts for a URL pointing to a file to be attached
564 *** New option for ~org-refile-use-outline-path~
565 ~org-refile-use-outline-path~ now supports the setting ~buffer-name~,
566 which causes refile targets to be prefixed with the buffer’s
567 name. This is particularly useful when used in conjunction with
570 *** ~org-file-contents~ now allows the FILE argument to be a URL.
571 This allows ~#+SETUPFILE:~ to accept a URL instead of a local file
572 path. The URL contents are auto-downloaded and saved to a temporary
573 cache ~org--file-cache~. A new optional argument ~NOCACHE~ is added
574 to ~org-file-contents~.
576 *** ~org-mode-restart~ now resets the newly added ~org--file-cache~.
577 Using ~C-c C-c~ on any keyword (like ~#+SETUPFILE~) will reset the
580 *** New option : ~org-table-duration-hour-zero-padding~
581 This variable allow computed durations in tables to be zero-padded.
583 *** New mode switch for table formulas : =U=
584 This mode omits seconds in durations.
590 This feature has been removed. Use a custom agenda view, possibly
591 narrowed to current buffer to achieve a similar functionality.
593 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
595 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
597 *** ~org-agenda-skip-subtree-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
599 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
601 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches-in-subtree~ is obsolete
603 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
605 *** ~org-minutes-to-clocksum-string~ is obsolete
607 Use ~org-duration-from-minutes~ instead.
609 *** ~org-hh:mm-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
611 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
613 *** ~org-duration-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
615 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
617 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-cached-article-number~ is removed.
619 This function relied on ~nnimap-group-overview-filename~, which was
620 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
624 *** ~org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all~ is removed.
626 For an equivalent to a ~nil~ value, set
627 ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~ to nil and
628 ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~ to ~t~.
630 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-query-article-no-from-file~ is removed.
632 This variable has no effect, as it was relying on a function that was
633 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
635 *** ~org-usenet-links-prefer-google~ is obsolete.
637 Use ~org-gnus-prefer-web-links~ instead.
639 *** ~org-publish-sitemap-file-entry-format~ is deprecated
641 One can provide new ~:sitemap-format-entry~ property for a function
642 equivalent to the removed format string.
644 *** ~org-enable-table-editor~ is removed.
646 Setting it to a ~nil~ value broke some other features (e.g., speed
649 *** ~org-export-use-babel~ cannot be set to ~inline-only~
651 The variable is now a boolean.
653 *** ~org-texinfo-def-table-markup~ is obsolete
655 Use ~org-texinfo-table-default-markup~ instead.
659 *** ~org-publish-find-property~
661 This function can be used as a tool to format entries in a site-map,
662 in addition to ~org-publish-find-title~ and ~org-publish-find-date~.
664 *** ~org-list-to-org~
666 It is the reciprocal of ~org-list-to-lisp~, which see.
668 *** ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
670 Call ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock~ from the agenda.
674 *** The Library of Babel now on Worg
676 The library-of-babel.org used to be accessible from the =doc/=
677 directory, distributed with Org’s core. It is now accessible
678 from the Worg community-driven documentation [[https://orgmode.org/worg/library-of-babel.html][here]].
680 If you want to contribute to it, please see [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html][how to contribute]].
682 *** Allow multiple columns view
684 Columns view is not limited to a single buffer anymore.
685 *** Org Attach obeys ~dired-dwim-target~
687 When a Dired buffer is opened next to the Org document being edited,
688 the prompt for file to attach can start in the Dired buffer's
689 directory if `dired-dwim-target' in non-nil.
691 *** ~org-fill-paragraph~ can now fill a whole region
692 *** More specific anniversary descriptions
694 Anniversary descriptions (used in the agenda view, for instance)
695 include the point in time, when the anniversary appears. This is,
696 in its most general form, just the date of the anniversary. Or
697 more specific terms, like "today", "tomorrow" or "in n days" are
698 used to describe the time span.
700 This feature allows to automatically change the description of an
701 anniversary, depending on if it occurs in the next few days or
702 far away in the future.
704 *** Computed dates in tables appear as inactive time stamps
706 *** Save point before opening a file with an unknown search option
708 When following a file link with a search option (e.g., =::#custom-id=)
709 that doesn't exist in the target file, save position before raising an
710 error. As a consequence, it is possible to jump back to the original
711 document with ~org-mark-ring-goto~ (default binding =C-c &=).
713 *** ~org-get-heading~ accepts two more optional arguments
715 See docstring for details.
717 *** New option ~org-babel-uppercase-example-markers~
719 This variable is a ~defcustom~ and replaces the variable
720 ~org-babel-capitalize-example-region-markers~, which is a ~defvar~ and
722 *** =INCLUDE= keywords in commented trees are now ignored.
723 *** Default value for ~org-texinfo-text-markup-alist~ changed.
725 Now ~=...=~ markup uses ~@samp{}~ instead of ~@verb{}~. You can use
726 ~@verb{}~ again by customizing the variable.
727 *** Texinfo exports example blocks as ~@example~
728 *** Texinfo exports inline src blocks as ~@code{}~
729 *** Texinfo default table markup is ~@asis~
730 It used to be ~@samp~ but ~@asis~ is neutral and, therefore, more
731 suitable as a default value.
732 *** Texinfo default process includes ~--no-split~ option
733 *** New entities : ~\dollar~ and ~\USD~
734 *** Support for date style URLs in =org-protocol://open-source=
735 URLs like =https://cool-blog.com/2017/05/20/cool-post/= are
736 covered by rewrite rules.
738 *** Add (C) =COMMENT= support to ~org-structure-template-alist~
742 ** Incompatible changes
744 *** Emacs 23 support has been dropped
746 From now on, Org expects at least Emacs 24.3, although Emacs 24.4 or
749 *** XEmacs support has been dropped
751 Incomplete compatibility layer with XEmacs has been removed. If you
752 want to take over maintenance of this compatibility, please contact
755 *** New syntax for export blocks
757 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
758 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
761 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
774 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
777 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
783 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
786 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
787 using previous syntax:
789 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
790 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
791 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
793 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
794 (let ((case-fold-search t)
795 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
796 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
797 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
799 (org-with-wide-buffer
800 (goto-char (point-min))
801 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
803 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
804 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
805 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
807 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
808 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
811 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
812 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
814 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
815 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
816 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
817 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
818 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
819 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
822 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~ and
823 ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to be
828 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
830 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
831 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
832 constructs are now unsupported.
834 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them into
837 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
839 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
840 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
841 consider using the =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
843 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
846 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
848 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
849 S-expressions. Replacing an S-expression with an appropriate function
850 is straightforward. For example
856 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
858 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can get time via =vc=
860 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
861 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
863 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
865 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
866 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
867 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
869 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
871 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
883 should be written instead
888 :header-args: :exports code
889 :header-args+: :var a=1 b=2
890 :header-args+: :var c=3
894 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
895 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
899 *** ~org-eww~ has been moved into core
900 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
902 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
905 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
906 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
909 Old-style links such as
910 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
911 continue to be supported.
913 If you have defined your own handler functions for
914 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
915 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
916 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into property
919 *** New Org linter library
921 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
923 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
925 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
926 entries are added to last in the date tree.
928 *** New ~vbar~ entity
930 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionally as a =|=,
931 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
932 a HTML derived export back-end.
936 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
938 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
941 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
943 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
944 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
946 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
948 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
949 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
950 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
953 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
955 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
956 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
958 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
960 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
961 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
962 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
963 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
965 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
967 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
968 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
969 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
972 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
974 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
975 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
976 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
977 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
978 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
981 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
982 ;; this will export with line number 20
983 (message "This is line 21")
985 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
986 ;; This will be listed as line 31
987 (message "This is line 32")
991 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
993 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
994 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
997 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
999 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
1000 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
1001 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width of
1002 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
1004 **** Markdown footnote export customization
1006 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
1007 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
1008 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
1009 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
1013 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
1015 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
1017 **** Support for Lua language
1018 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
1020 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
1022 **** Support for Stan language
1024 New ob-stan.el library.
1026 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
1028 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
1030 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
1031 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
1033 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
1035 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
1036 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
1037 that does not end in ".stan".
1039 For more information and usage examples, visit
1040 https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
1042 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
1044 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
1045 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
1053 :database <database>
1054 :dbpassword <secret>
1057 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
1059 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
1060 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
1061 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
1068 :dbpassword <secret>
1069 :database <database>
1072 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
1073 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the properties.
1075 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
1076 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
1078 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
1080 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
1081 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
1083 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
1085 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
1095 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
1104 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
1105 using the :file property, e.g.:
1107 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
1109 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
1110 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
1112 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
1113 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
1117 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needs additional
1118 setup in addition to plantuml. See [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for
1119 details and setup information.
1121 *** Rewrite of radio lists
1123 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
1124 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
1125 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
1128 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
1130 Used like ~org-bbdb-anniversaries~, it provides a few days warning for
1131 upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
1133 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
1135 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
1136 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
1138 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
1140 *** Support for ISO week trees
1142 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
1143 by ISO week and not by month.
1150 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
1152 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
1153 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
1155 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
1157 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
1158 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
1160 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
1164 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
1166 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
1167 buffer unconditionally.
1169 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
1171 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
1173 **** Allow custom summaries
1175 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
1176 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
1178 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
1180 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
1183 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
1184 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
1186 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
1189 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
1191 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~ allows
1192 to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any upper case
1193 character (or character class), the search is case sensitive.
1194 Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
1196 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
1198 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
1201 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
1203 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
1204 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
1205 the manual for details.
1207 *** Links are now customizable
1209 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
1210 etc. Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
1214 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
1216 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
1218 *** ~org-show-children~
1220 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
1222 ** Removed functions
1224 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
1226 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
1228 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
1230 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
1232 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
1234 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
1236 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
1238 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
1240 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
1242 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
1244 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
1246 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
1247 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
1249 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
1251 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
1253 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
1255 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
1256 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
1258 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
1260 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
1262 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
1264 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
1266 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
1268 The affected functions are:
1271 - ~org-remove-if-not~
1276 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
1277 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
1278 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
1282 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
1284 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
1285 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
1286 let those libraries operate.
1288 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
1290 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
1293 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1295 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
1298 *** Add Icelandic smart quotes
1299 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
1300 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
1302 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
1303 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
1304 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
1305 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
1307 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1308 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
1310 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
1311 current project. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
1314 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
1316 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
1319 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
1321 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
1322 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
1323 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
1324 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
1325 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
1327 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
1328 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
1329 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
1330 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
1332 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
1334 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
1335 to the article's original group.
1337 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
1339 The calling convention has changed.
1341 *** HTML export table row customization changes
1343 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
1344 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
1345 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
1346 called with 6 parameters.
1348 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
1349 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
1351 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
1353 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
1355 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
1356 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
1357 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
1358 the end of the string.
1360 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
1362 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
1363 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
1364 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
1366 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1368 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
1369 For most folks this file does not exist.
1370 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
1372 : <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1374 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other
1377 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
1379 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
1380 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
1381 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
1382 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
1383 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
1384 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
1385 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
1388 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
1390 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
1393 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
1395 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
1396 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
1397 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
1399 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
1400 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
1402 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
1403 indication letter was solely J.
1405 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
1407 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
1408 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
1409 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
1411 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
1413 The experimental variable used to be more or less confidential, as
1416 *** New ~:format~ property to parsed links
1418 It defines the format of the original link. Possible values are:
1419 ~plain~, ~bracket~ and ~angle~.
1423 ** Incompatible changes
1425 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
1427 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
1428 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
1430 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
1431 logged before the property drawer.
1433 The following function will repair them:
1435 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1436 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
1437 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
1438 Ignore non Org buffers."
1439 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
1440 (org-with-wide-buffer
1441 (goto-char (point-min))
1442 (let ((case-fold-search t)
1443 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
1444 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
1448 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
1450 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
1452 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
1453 (when (and (< (point) end)
1454 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
1456 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
1457 (eq (org-element-type
1458 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
1460 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
1462 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
1463 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
1466 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
1468 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
1469 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
1470 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
1471 into account when exporting.
1473 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
1474 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
1476 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
1478 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
1479 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
1482 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
1483 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
1488 :CATEGORY: some category
1492 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
1494 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
1495 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
1496 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
1499 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
1501 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
1502 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
1504 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
1505 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
1507 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
1509 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
1510 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
1512 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
1514 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
1515 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~
1516 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
1517 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
1518 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
1520 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
1522 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
1523 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
1525 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
1527 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
1528 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
1529 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
1531 *** Functions signature changes
1533 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
1534 docstring for more information.
1536 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
1537 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
1538 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
1539 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
1540 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
1545 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
1547 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical
1548 scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
1550 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
1553 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
1556 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
1557 :lexical '((x . 42))
1559 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
1561 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
1562 without changing the headline.
1564 *** Hierarchies of tags
1566 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
1567 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
1568 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
1570 The following in-buffer definition:
1573 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
1574 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
1575 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
1578 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
1588 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
1589 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
1591 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
1593 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
1595 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
1596 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
1598 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
1599 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
1600 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: { }
1601 can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the given
1602 tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
1604 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
1610 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
1613 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
1615 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
1618 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
1621 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
1623 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
1624 regular expression matches for P@.+. This is good for example for
1625 projects tagged with a common identifier, i.e. P@2014_OrgTags.
1627 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
1629 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filters all of the related tags.
1630 Except if a filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
1632 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
1635 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
1636 is also used as a filter.
1638 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
1640 Now uses the argument ARG and optional argument exclude instead of
1641 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
1642 makes more sense than strip now. The term "narrowing" is changed to
1645 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
1646 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
1648 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
1650 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
1652 *** Babel: support for Processing language
1654 New ob-processing.el library.
1656 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
1657 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
1658 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
1660 Check the documentation for more details.
1662 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
1664 *** New behaviour for ~org-toggle-latex-fragment~
1666 The new behaviour is the following:
1668 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument when
1669 point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the whole
1672 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
1675 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
1677 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
1679 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1681 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
1682 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
1684 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1686 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
1687 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
1690 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
1692 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
1693 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
1694 ~org-drawers~ variable.
1696 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
1698 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
1699 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
1700 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
1701 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
1703 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
1705 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
1706 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
1707 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
1710 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
1712 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch in
1715 *** New option in ASCII export
1717 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting ~org-ascii-list-margin~
1718 variable to an appropriate integer.
1720 *** New blocks in ASCII export
1722 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT=
1723 blocks. See documentation for details.
1725 *** More back-end specific publishing options
1727 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
1728 increased. See manual for details.
1730 *** Export inline source blocks
1732 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
1733 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
1734 in the output, depending on the parameters.
1736 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
1738 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
1740 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
1742 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
1744 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
1746 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
1747 more features. See docstring for details.
1749 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
1751 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
1753 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
1754 document, before wrapping it within the template.
1756 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
1758 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
1760 : This sentence is false.
1763 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
1765 *** Various improvements on radio tables
1767 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
1768 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
1769 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are new
1770 parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
1771 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
1772 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
1774 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
1776 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction
1777 with source blocks exported by the minted package.
1779 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
1781 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
1782 would throw an error. A new variable ~org-table-formula-create-columns~
1783 was added to adjust this behavior. It is now possible to silently add
1784 new columns, to do so with a warning or to explicitly ask the user
1789 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
1792 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
1794 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
1795 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
1797 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
1799 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
1801 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
1803 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is now
1804 deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
1805 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
1807 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1809 See the docstring for more information.
1811 *** Export unnumbered headlines
1813 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
1814 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
1815 property is inherited by children.
1817 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
1819 It is now possible to specify a function, both programmatically,
1820 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~ keys,
1823 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
1825 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See manual
1828 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
1830 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
1833 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
1835 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
1836 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
1838 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
1840 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
1841 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
1843 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
1845 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
1846 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
1849 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
1851 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
1852 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
1854 *** New entities family: "\_ "
1856 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
1857 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
1858 leading spaces within table cells.
1860 *** New MathJax configuration options
1862 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
1863 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
1865 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
1867 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
1868 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
1869 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
1871 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
1872 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
1873 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
1874 keywords and properties.
1876 *** Viewport support in html export
1878 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
1879 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
1881 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
1883 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
1886 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
1888 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
1889 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in a
1890 dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
1892 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
1894 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
1895 added to headline text.
1897 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
1899 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See the manual for details.
1901 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1903 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1904 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1907 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1909 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1910 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1912 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1914 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for the
1915 number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original subtree
1916 and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1918 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1920 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1922 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1924 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1925 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1927 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1929 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1931 ** Removed functions
1933 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1935 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1937 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1939 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1940 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1941 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1942 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1944 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1946 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1948 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1950 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1951 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1953 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1955 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1958 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1960 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1961 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1965 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1967 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1970 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1971 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1973 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1975 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1976 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1979 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1981 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1982 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1984 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1986 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name= at
1987 the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the value
1988 of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=. To chose
1989 a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind this
1992 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1994 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1995 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1996 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1997 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1998 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
2000 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
2002 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
2003 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
2006 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
2008 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
2010 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
2012 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
2014 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
2016 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
2018 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
2020 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
2021 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
2022 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
2023 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
2025 *** Removed comment-related filters
2027 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
2028 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
2033 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
2035 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
2037 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
2039 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
2040 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
2042 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
2044 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
2045 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
2048 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
2050 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
2051 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
2053 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
2055 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
2057 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
2059 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
2060 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
2061 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
2062 particular test failure was introduced.
2064 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
2066 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
2067 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as well
2068 as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~ when
2069 ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
2071 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
2073 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
2074 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
2076 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
2078 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
2079 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~ now.
2081 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
2083 This helps spotting wrong links.
2087 ** Incompatible changes
2088 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
2089 This may require two changes in user config.
2091 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
2092 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
2093 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
2095 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
2097 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
2098 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
2099 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
2101 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
2102 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
2104 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
2108 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
2110 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
2112 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
2113 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
2114 option keywords like :html-include-style.
2116 So you need to replace
2118 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
2122 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
2124 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
2125 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
2127 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
2129 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
2130 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
2131 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
2133 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
2134 the other optional arguments accordingly.
2136 *** Export back-ends are now structures
2138 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
2139 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
2140 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
2143 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
2145 ** Important bugfixes
2147 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
2148 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
2150 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
2152 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
2153 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
2154 separator starting a TOTO match string.
2157 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
2159 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
2161 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
2163 - Support SVG images
2164 - Support for .pgf files
2165 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
2166 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
2167 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
2168 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
2169 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
2170 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
2171 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
2173 *** New functions for paragraph motion
2175 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
2176 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
2177 in a paragraph-like way.
2179 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
2181 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
2182 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
2183 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
2184 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
2185 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
2187 *** Anonymous export back-ends
2189 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
2190 which can then be passed to export functions like
2191 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
2193 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
2194 registering a new back-end.
2196 *** New agenda fortnight view
2198 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
2199 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
2202 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
2204 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
2205 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
2207 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
2208 See https://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
2209 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
2211 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
2212 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
2214 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
2215 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
2216 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
2217 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
2218 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
2221 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
2223 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
2225 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
2227 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
2229 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
2231 See [[https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
2233 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
2235 If you set this to the following
2237 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
2239 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
2241 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
2243 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
2245 ** New contributed packages
2247 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
2248 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
2251 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
2252 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
2256 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
2258 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
2259 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
2260 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
2261 the same with example blocks.
2263 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
2270 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
2272 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
2275 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
2276 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
2277 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
2279 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
2280 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
2281 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
2282 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
2283 detailed explanations.
2285 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
2286 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
2287 function has been called already.
2289 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
2292 See https://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
2294 ** Incompatible changes
2296 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
2298 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
2300 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
2301 you will have to update them.
2303 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
2305 See https://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
2306 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
2308 **** New export engine
2310 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
2311 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
2312 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
2313 /all/ export back-ends.
2315 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
2316 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
2317 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
2318 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
2319 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
2321 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
2322 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
2324 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
2325 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
2326 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
2327 manual for details and check [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
2329 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
2331 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
2333 should now be written
2335 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
2337 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
2338 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
2339 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
2341 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
2343 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
2345 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
2348 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
2349 remember templates into capture templates.
2351 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
2353 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
2354 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
2356 **** Note for third-party developers
2358 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
2359 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
2360 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
2362 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
2365 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
2367 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
2368 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
2369 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
2371 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
2372 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
2373 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
2376 - org-colview-xemacs.el
2377 - org-mac-message.el
2383 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
2384 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
2385 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
2387 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
2388 wrote [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
2390 ** New packages in core
2392 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
2394 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
2396 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
2398 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
2400 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
2402 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
2403 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
2405 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2407 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[https://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
2409 ** New packages in contrib
2411 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
2413 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
2415 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
2418 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
2420 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
2421 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
2423 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
2426 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
2428 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
2430 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
2432 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
2434 Also see [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
2435 for starting headlines.
2437 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
2439 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
2440 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
2441 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
2442 [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
2444 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
2446 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
2448 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
2450 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
2451 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2454 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
2455 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2458 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
2460 The [[https://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
2461 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
2464 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
2465 conversion from Org files to groff.
2467 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
2469 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
2471 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
2473 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
2474 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
2481 **** New export generic options
2483 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
2484 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
2486 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
2488 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
2489 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
2490 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
2491 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
2493 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
2494 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
2495 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
2496 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
2497 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
2498 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
2499 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
2500 contains time-stamps.
2502 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
2503 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
2504 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
2506 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
2508 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
2510 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
2512 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
2514 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
2515 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
2516 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
2517 *** Structure editing
2519 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
2520 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
2522 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
2523 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
2525 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
2527 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
2528 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
2529 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
2530 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
2533 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
2535 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
2536 _words__= will preserve markup.
2538 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
2540 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
2541 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
2542 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
2544 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
2546 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
2547 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
2549 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
2551 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
2552 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
2553 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
2554 forward and backward.
2556 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
2557 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
2559 Now Org will sort this list
2561 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2562 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2566 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2567 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2569 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
2570 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
2571 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
2573 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
2574 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
2575 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
2577 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
2580 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
2582 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
2583 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
2584 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
2586 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
2588 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
2589 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
2590 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
2591 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
2593 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
2595 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
2596 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
2597 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
2598 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
2599 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
2601 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
2603 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
2604 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
2605 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
2607 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
2608 *** Scheduled/deadline
2610 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
2612 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
2613 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
2614 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
2615 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
2617 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
2618 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
2619 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
2620 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
2622 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
2623 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
2624 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
2625 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
2626 control this globally or per agenda.
2628 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
2630 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
2632 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
2634 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
2635 *** Calendar, diary and appts
2637 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
2639 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
2640 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
2641 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
2643 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2644 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
2645 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
2647 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
2648 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
2650 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
2653 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
2655 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
2656 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
2657 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
2659 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
2661 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
2662 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
2663 only show their description, not the full links.
2666 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
2668 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
2669 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
2670 want to build a list of appointments.
2672 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
2673 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
2675 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
2677 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
2679 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
2680 time value (i.e. appointments).
2682 **** New agenda sorting strategies
2684 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
2686 | Strategy | Explanations |
2687 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
2688 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
2689 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
2690 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
2691 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
2692 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
2693 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
2694 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
2695 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
2696 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
2697 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
2699 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
2701 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
2702 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
2703 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
2705 These new options are available:
2707 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
2708 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
2709 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
2710 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
2712 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
2713 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
2714 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
2716 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
2717 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
2718 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
2719 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
2720 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
2721 non-tagged headlines.
2723 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
2725 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
2726 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
2727 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
2728 that take only =N= minutes.
2730 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
2732 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
2733 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
2734 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
2736 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
2738 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
2739 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
2741 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
2743 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
2744 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
2746 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
2749 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
2751 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
2752 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
2753 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
2755 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
2756 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
2758 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
2760 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
2761 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
2763 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
2765 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
2767 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
2768 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
2771 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
2773 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
2774 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
2775 asks for a confirmation.
2777 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
2779 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
2780 the mark of the entry at point.
2782 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
2783 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
2785 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
2787 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
2788 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
2791 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
2793 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
2794 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
2796 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
2798 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
2799 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
2801 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
2803 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
2804 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
2805 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
2806 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
2808 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2810 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
2811 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
2812 repeated beyond the current deadline.
2814 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
2816 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
2817 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
2818 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
2819 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
2821 Read the full docstring for details.
2823 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
2825 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
2828 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
2831 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
2833 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
2834 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
2837 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
2839 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
2840 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
2842 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
2844 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2845 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
2846 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
2847 check against the name of the buffer.
2850 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
2851 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
2852 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
2855 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
2856 agenda views, and for filtering.
2858 See https://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
2862 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
2864 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
2865 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
2866 through new link protocols (see [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
2868 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
2869 as if the protocol was not known.
2871 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
2873 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
2875 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
2876 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
2877 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
2880 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
2882 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
2883 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
2884 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
2886 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
2888 When storing a link to a headline like
2890 : * See [[https://orgmode.org][Org website]]
2892 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
2893 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
2894 there is no description.
2897 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
2899 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
2900 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
2901 those other formulas.
2903 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2905 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2906 [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2907 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2910 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2912 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2913 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2914 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2917 **** New lookup functions
2919 There are now three lookup functions:
2921 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2922 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2923 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2925 See [[https://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2926 *** Startup keywords
2928 These new startup keywords are now available:
2930 | Startup keyword | Option |
2931 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2932 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2933 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2934 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2935 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2936 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2937 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2938 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2939 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2943 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2945 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2946 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2947 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2948 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2950 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2952 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2953 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2954 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2957 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2958 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2960 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2962 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2963 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2965 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2967 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2968 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2969 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2971 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2972 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2973 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2974 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2975 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2976 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2977 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2980 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2982 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2984 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2986 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2987 same target than the block at point.
2989 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2991 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2992 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2993 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2995 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2996 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2999 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
3001 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
3002 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
3003 manual for a usage example.
3005 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
3007 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
3008 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
3009 collecting blocks for tangling.
3011 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
3012 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
3014 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
3015 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
3016 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
3017 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
3019 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
3020 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
3023 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
3024 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
3025 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
3026 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
3030 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
3031 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
3032 - [[doc:org-export-html-table-tag][org-export-html-table-tag]] is replaced by [[doc:org-html-table-default-attributes][org-html-table-default-attributes]]
3033 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
3034 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
3035 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
3036 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
3037 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
3038 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
3039 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
3040 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
3041 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
3042 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
3043 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
3044 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
3045 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
3046 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
3047 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports OS X versions up to 10.8
3048 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
3052 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
3054 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
3056 You can read the [[https://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
3058 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
3060 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
3061 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
3062 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
3063 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
3064 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
3065 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
3066 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
3067 found here: https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
3069 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
3071 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
3072 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
3074 *** MobileOrg for iOS
3076 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
3077 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
3078 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
3082 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
3084 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
3085 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
3088 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
3089 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
3090 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
3091 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
3092 agenda type to this variable.
3094 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
3097 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
3098 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
3099 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
3100 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
3102 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
3104 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
3105 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
3106 invisible) blocked tasks.
3108 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
3110 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
3111 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
3113 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
3115 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
3116 ** No GPL manual anymore
3118 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
3119 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
3121 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
3123 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
3125 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
3126 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
3127 in most environments.
3131 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
3133 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
3135 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3136 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "https://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
3139 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
3140 available through https://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
3141 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
3144 See https://orgmode.org/elpa/
3146 ** Overview of the new keybindings
3148 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
3149 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
3150 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
3151 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
3152 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
3153 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
3154 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
3155 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
3156 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
3157 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
3158 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
3159 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
3160 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
3161 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
3162 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
3164 ** New package and Babel language
3166 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
3168 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
3170 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
3171 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
3173 ** Incompatible changes
3175 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
3176 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
3178 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
3181 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
3182 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
3183 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
3185 ** New features and user-visible changes
3189 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
3190 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
3191 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
3192 core and many core functions rely on this package.
3194 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
3195 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
3197 See the docstrings for more details.
3199 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
3200 on =org-element.el=.
3202 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
3204 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
3205 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
3206 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
3207 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
3209 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
3211 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
3212 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
3213 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
3214 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
3216 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
3218 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
3220 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
3222 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
3225 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
3226 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
3228 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
3229 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
3230 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
3233 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
3236 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
3237 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
3238 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
3240 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
3241 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
3242 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
3247 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
3249 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
3250 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
3251 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
3252 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
3254 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
3255 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
3256 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
3257 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
3258 generating new ones.
3260 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
3263 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
3265 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3266 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
3269 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3270 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
3271 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
3274 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
3275 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
3276 details on how to use this.
3278 **** Changes in bulk actions
3280 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
3281 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
3283 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
3284 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
3285 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
3286 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
3287 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
3289 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
3290 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
3292 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
3293 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
3296 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
3298 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
3300 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
3302 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
3303 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
3305 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
3307 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
3308 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
3309 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
3310 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
3313 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
3315 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
3318 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
3319 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
3320 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
3321 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
3322 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
3325 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
3327 See the [[https://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
3329 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
3331 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
3332 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
3333 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
3334 filters and category filters.
3336 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
3337 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
3340 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
3341 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
3342 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
3347 **** Inserting links
3349 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
3350 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
3351 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
3354 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
3355 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
3356 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
3357 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
3359 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
3362 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
3364 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
3365 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
3366 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
3367 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
3369 **** New link type =help=
3371 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
3373 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
3374 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
3375 you go back to the same buffer.
3377 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
3379 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
3380 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
3383 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
3385 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
3387 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
3389 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
3391 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
3393 **** RET now follows time stamps links
3397 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
3399 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
3400 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
3401 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
3402 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
3404 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
3406 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
3407 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
3408 all headlines in the region.
3410 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
3412 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
3414 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
3415 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
3417 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
3419 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
3421 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
3423 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
3425 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
3427 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
3428 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
3429 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
3434 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
3436 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
3438 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
3440 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
3441 clocked entry, if any.
3443 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
3445 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
3447 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
3449 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
3450 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
3453 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
3454 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
3455 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
3459 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
3461 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
3464 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
3466 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
3467 cells in clockreport.
3469 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
3470 time cells in clockreport.
3473 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
3475 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
3476 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
3478 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
3479 in the mode line and/or frame title.
3481 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
3482 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
3483 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
3484 space in the frame title.
3488 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
3490 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
3491 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
3492 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
3493 don't want to see temporarily.
3495 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
3497 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
3499 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
3501 There are these new entities:
3503 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
3504 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
3505 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
3506 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
3507 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
3508 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
3510 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
3511 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
3512 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
3514 The face is back to a normal height.
3518 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
3519 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
3521 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
3522 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
3524 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
3526 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
3527 block will use its value as the column format.
3529 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
3531 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
3533 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
3535 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
3537 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
3538 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
3539 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
3540 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
3542 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
3546 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
3548 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
3550 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
3552 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
3554 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
3555 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
3556 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
3558 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
3560 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
3561 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
3562 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
3566 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
3568 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
3569 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
3570 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
3571 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
3573 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
3575 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3576 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
3579 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3580 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
3581 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
3584 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
3585 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
3586 more details on how to use this.
3588 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
3589 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
3591 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
3592 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
3595 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
3597 See the manual for more explanations.
3599 **** More control over empty lines
3601 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
3602 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
3605 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
3607 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
3611 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
3613 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
3614 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
3615 available) to print beautiful tables.
3617 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
3619 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
3620 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
3623 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
3625 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
3626 in the #+DATE option.
3628 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
3630 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
3632 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
3633 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
3635 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
3636 More languages are always welcome.
3638 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
3640 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
3641 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
3643 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
3644 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[https://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
3645 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
3646 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
3647 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
3648 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
3650 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
3651 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
3655 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
3657 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
3660 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
3662 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
3663 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
3665 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
3667 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
3669 It used to exports the results of the code.
3673 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
3674 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
3676 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
3677 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
3679 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
3681 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
3682 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
3683 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
3685 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
3686 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
3688 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
3689 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
3690 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
3693 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
3695 This will increment the effort value.
3697 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
3699 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
3701 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
3702 attach symbolic links.
3704 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
3706 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
3708 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
3709 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
3711 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
3713 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
3715 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
3716 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
3717 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
3719 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
3721 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
3722 all top level list items.
3724 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
3726 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
3728 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
3729 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
3731 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
3733 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
3735 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
3736 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
3737 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
3738 first headline in the region.
3740 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
3742 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
3745 ** Important bug fixes
3747 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
3749 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
3750 perform completion with meaningful values.
3752 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
3754 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
3755 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
3756 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3758 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
3759 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
3761 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
3762 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
3765 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
3766 the code and the license to your needs.
3768 See https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
3769 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
3773 ** Incompatible changes
3775 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
3777 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[https://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
3779 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
3781 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
3782 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
3783 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
3784 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
3787 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
3789 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
3790 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
3791 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
3793 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
3795 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
3796 =org-agenda-span= instead.
3798 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
3800 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
3802 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
3803 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
3804 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
3805 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
3806 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
3808 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
3809 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
3810 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
3811 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
3812 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
3813 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
3815 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
3816 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
3817 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
3820 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
3823 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
3824 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
3825 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
3826 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
3828 The two new variables are:
3830 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
3831 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
3832 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
3833 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
3834 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
3835 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
3836 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
3838 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
3839 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
3842 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
3845 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
3846 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
3847 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
3848 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
3850 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
3851 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
3852 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
3853 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
3856 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
3857 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
3858 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
3859 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
3860 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
3861 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
3864 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
3865 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
3866 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
3867 applies to the following packages:
3885 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
3886 you are using, you can remove it from
3887 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
3888 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
3891 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
3892 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
3893 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
3894 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
3895 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
3898 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
3900 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
3901 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3902 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3905 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3907 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3909 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3911 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3913 ** Important new features
3915 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3917 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3919 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3920 for more information on how to customize it.
3922 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3924 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3925 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3926 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3927 section [[https://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3929 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3930 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3931 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3933 To switch over to the new system:
3937 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3939 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3940 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3941 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3942 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3943 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3945 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3947 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3950 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3953 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3955 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3956 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3957 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3958 with using both system in parallel.
3962 *** New Org libraries
3963 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3965 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3967 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3969 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3971 To use, put the following in your init file:
3974 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3977 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3978 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3979 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3980 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3981 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3982 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3983 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3984 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3985 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3988 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3990 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3991 He also wrote a [[https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3993 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3995 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3996 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3997 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
4000 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
4001 call function to do something special with text links.
4003 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
4005 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
4007 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
4008 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
4009 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
4012 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
4014 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
4016 *** New Babel libraries
4018 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
4019 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
4020 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
4021 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
4022 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
4023 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
4024 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
4026 ** Other new features and various enhancements
4030 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
4032 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
4033 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
4034 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
4035 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
4036 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
4037 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
4039 The key new functions are
4041 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
4042 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
4043 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
4045 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
4046 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
4048 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
4049 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
4051 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
4052 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
4054 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
4056 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
4057 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
4058 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
4060 **** Modified link escaping
4062 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
4064 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
4065 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
4066 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
4067 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
4070 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
4071 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
4072 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
4073 : percent escaped links are solved.
4075 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
4077 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
4079 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
4080 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
4082 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
4084 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
4086 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
4087 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
4088 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
4089 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
4090 string to be executed.
4092 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
4093 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
4097 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
4098 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
4101 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
4105 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
4107 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
4108 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
4109 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
4110 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
4112 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
4113 will work on the current entry.
4115 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
4116 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
4118 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
4120 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
4122 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
4125 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
4126 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
4131 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
4133 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
4134 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
4135 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
4137 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
4139 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
4140 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
4141 entries using a function.
4143 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
4144 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
4145 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
4147 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
4149 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
4150 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
4151 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
4153 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
4155 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
4156 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
4157 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
4158 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
4159 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
4160 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
4162 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
4166 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
4168 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
4169 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
4171 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
4172 docstring of these variable for details about available
4175 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
4176 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
4177 formatting string will insert a string.
4179 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
4181 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
4182 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
4183 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
4184 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
4185 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
4186 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
4187 C-e u=, respectively.
4189 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
4190 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
4191 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
4192 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
4193 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
4196 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
4198 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
4199 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
4201 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
4203 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
4204 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
4206 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
4208 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
4209 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
4210 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
4211 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[https://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
4212 section]] in the manual for more details.
4214 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
4215 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
4216 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
4221 **** Refile targets can now be cached
4223 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
4224 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
4225 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
4226 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
4227 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
4229 **** New logging support for refiling
4231 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
4232 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
4235 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
4239 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
4241 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
4245 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
4247 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
4248 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
4250 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
4252 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
4253 the displayed in the buffer.
4255 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
4257 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
4259 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
4260 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
4262 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
4263 |--------+--------+---------|
4264 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
4265 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
4267 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
4270 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
4273 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
4275 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
4277 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
4278 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
4285 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
4286 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
4289 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
4291 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
4293 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
4294 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
4296 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
4300 **** Improved handling of lists
4302 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
4304 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
4305 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
4306 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
4309 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
4310 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
4311 counters like [@c] or [@W].
4313 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
4314 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
4315 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
4316 `org-list-export-context'.
4318 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
4319 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
4320 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
4322 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
4323 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
4324 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
4325 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
4326 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
4328 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
4329 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
4330 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
4332 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
4334 *** Inline display of linked images
4336 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
4337 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
4338 that have no description part will be inlined.
4340 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
4342 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
4343 from 1, you can now do it like this:
4345 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
4347 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
4349 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
4350 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
4351 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
4352 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
4353 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
4354 into account all header arguments, and variables.
4356 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
4357 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
4358 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
4361 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
4362 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
4363 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
4364 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
4365 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
4366 properties or in tables.
4368 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
4369 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
4370 names, and rownames across all languages.
4372 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
4374 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
4376 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
4377 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
4378 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
4380 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
4382 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
4383 request by Scott Otterson.
4385 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
4387 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
4388 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
4389 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
4390 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
4391 superscripts, see the variable
4392 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
4394 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
4396 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
4398 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
4399 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
4400 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
4401 following new faces:
4403 =org-document-title=
4405 =org-document-info-keyword=
4407 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
4408 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
4410 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
4412 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
4414 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
4415 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
4416 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
4417 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
4418 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
4419 property is affected by this setting.
4421 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
4422 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
4424 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
4426 Requested by Michael Brand.
4428 **** Better level cycling function
4430 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
4431 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
4432 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
4433 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
4435 **** Adaptive filling
4437 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
4438 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
4439 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
4440 comments to be filled correctly.
4442 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
4444 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
4446 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
4448 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
4450 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
4451 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
4453 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
4457 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
4459 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
4460 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
4461 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
4462 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
4464 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
4466 **** Localized clock tables
4468 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
4469 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
4470 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
4471 available translated strings.
4473 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
4475 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
4476 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
4477 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
4478 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
4480 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
4482 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
4484 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
4485 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
4486 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
4487 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
4490 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
4494 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
4496 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
4497 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
4499 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
4501 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
4503 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
4504 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
4505 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
4508 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
4511 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
4513 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
4514 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
4519 org-table-current-line
4523 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
4525 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
4526 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
4529 This was requested by Tom.
4531 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
4533 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
4534 example by viewing from the agenda.
4536 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
4540 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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