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13 ** Incompatible changes
15 *** Variables relative to clocksum duration are obsolete
17 ~org-time-clocksum-format~, ~org-time-clocksum-use-fractional~ and
18 ~org-time-clocksum-fractional-format~ are obsolete. If you changed
19 them, consider modifying ~org-duration-format~ instead.
21 Variable ~org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations~ is also obsolete.
22 Consider setting ~org-duration-units~ instead.
24 *** ~org-at-timestamp-p~ optional argument accepts different values
26 See docustrings for the allowed values. For backward compatibility,
27 ~(org-at-timestamp-p t)~ is still supported, but should be updated
30 *** ~org-capture-templates~ no longer accepts S-expressions as file names
32 Since functions are allowed there, a straightforward way to migrate
39 : (file (lambda () (sexp)))
41 *** Deleted contributed packages
43 =org-ebib.el, =org-bullets.el= and =org-mime.el= have been deleted
44 from the contrib/ directory.
46 You can now find them here :
48 - https://github.com/joostkremers/ebib
49 - https://github.com/sabof/org-bullets
50 - https://github.com/org-mime/org-mime
52 *** Change ~org-texinfo-classes~ value
53 The value cannot support functions to create sectionning commands
54 anymore. Also, the sectionning commands should include commands for
55 appendices. See the docstring for more information.
56 *** Removal of ~:sitemap-sans-extension~
58 The publishing property is no longer recognized, as a consequence of
59 changes to site-map generation.
61 You can get the same functionality by setting ~:sitemap-format-entry~
65 (lambda (entry style project)
66 (cond ((not (directory-name-p entry))
67 (format "[[file:%s][%s]]"
68 (file-name-sans-extension entry)
69 (org-publish-find-title entry project)))
70 ((eq style 'tree) (file-name-nondirectory (directory-file-name entry)))
74 *** Change signature for ~:sitemap-function~
76 ~:sitemap-function~ now expects to be called with two arguments. See
77 ~org-publish-project-alist~ for details.
79 *** Change signature for some properties in ~org-list-to-generic~
81 ~:istart~, ~:icount~, ~:iend~ and ~:isep~ now expect the type of the
82 list as their first argument.
84 *** Change signature for ~org-get-repeater~
85 The optional argument is now a string to extract the repeater from.
86 See docstring for details.
89 *** New Org duration library
90 This new library implements tools to read and print time durations in
91 various formats (e.g., "H:MM", or "1d 2h 3min"...).
93 See ~org-duration-to-minutes~ and ~org-duration-from-minutes~
97 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~
98 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~
99 **** New variable : ~org-deadline-past-days~
100 See docstring for details.
101 **** Binding C-c C-x < for ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
102 *** New value for ~org-publish-sitemap-sort-folders~
104 The new ~ignore~ value effectively allows toggling inclusion of
105 directories in published site-maps.
109 **** Support for hledger accounting reports added
110 **** Clojure: new setting ~org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout~
112 Creation of a new setting to specify the Cider timeout. By setting
113 the =org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout= setting option. The value
114 is in seconds and if set to =nil= then no timeout will occur.
115 **** Clojure: new header ~:show-process~
117 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
118 developers to output the process of an ongoing process into a new
121 You can tell Org Babel to output the process of a running code block.
123 To show that output you only have to specify the =:show-process=
124 option in the code block's header like this:
127 ,#+BEGIN_SRC clojure :results output :show-process t
134 If =:show-process= is specified that way, then when you will run the
135 code using =C-c C-c= a new window will open in Emacs. Everything that
136 is output by the REPL will immediately be added to that new window.
138 When the processing of the code is finished, then the window and its
139 buffer will be closed and the results will be reported in the
142 Note that the =:results= parameter's behavior is *not* changed. If
143 =silent= is specified, then no result will be displayed. If =output=
144 is specified then all the output from the window will appears in the
145 results section. If =value= is specified, then only the last returned
146 value of the code will be displayed in the results section.
148 **** Maxima: new headers ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~
149 Babel options ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~ have been implemented for
150 Maxima src blocks which prepend and append, respectively, the given
151 code strings. This can be useful for specifying formatting settings
152 which would add clutter to exported code. For instance, you can use
153 this ~:prologue "fpprintprec: 2; linel: 50;"~ for presenting Maxima
154 results in a beamer presentation.
155 **** PlantUML: add support for header arguments
157 [[http://plantuml.com/][Plantuml]] source blocks now support the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/prologue.html#prologue][~:prologue~]], [[http://orgmode.org/manual/epilogue.html#epilogue][~:epilogue~]] and
158 [[http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] header arguments.
160 **** SQL: new engine added ~sqsh~
162 A new engine was added to support ~sqsh~ command line utility for use
163 against Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase SQL server.
165 More information on ~sqsh~ can be found here: [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqsh/][sourceforge/sqsh]]
167 To use ~sqsh~ in an *sql* =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
170 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine sqsh :dbhost my_host :dbuser master :dbpassword pass :database support
176 **** SQL: new engine added =vertica=
178 A new engine was added to support vsql command line utility for use
181 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]]
183 To use =vertica= in an sql =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
186 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine vertica :dbhost my_host :dbuser dbadmin :dbpassword pw :database vmart
191 *** New ~function~ scope argument for the Clock Table
192 Added a nullary function that returns a list of files as a possible
193 argument for the scope of the clock table.
195 **** Implement vernacular table of contents in Markdown exporter
196 Global table of contents are generated using vanilla Markdown syntax
197 instead of HTML. Also #+TOC keyword, including local table of
198 contents, are now supported.
199 **** Add Slovanian translations
200 **** Implement ~org-export-insert-image-links~
201 This new function is meant to be used in back-ends supporting images
202 as descriptions of links, a.k.a. image links. See its docstring for
204 **** New macro : ~{{{n}}}~
205 This macro creates and increment multiple counters in a document. See
207 **** Add global macros through ~org-export-global-macros~
208 With this variable, one can define macros available for all documents.
209 **** New keyword ~#+EXPORT_FILE_NAME~
210 Similarly to ~:EXPORT_FILE_NAME:~ property, this keyword allows the
211 user to specify the name of the output file upon exporting the
212 document. This also has an effect on publishing.
213 **** Horizontal rules are no longer ignored in LaTeX table math mode
214 **** Use ~compilation-mode~ for compilation output
215 **** Plain lists accept a new ~:separator~ attribute in Texinfo
217 The new ~:separator~ attribute splits a tag from a description list
218 item into multiple parts. This allows to have two-column tables with
219 multiple entries in the first column. See manual for more details.
221 **** ~latex-environment~ elements support ~caption~ keywords for LaTeX export
222 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit LaTeX environments
224 Using ~C-c '~ on a LaTeX environment opens a sub-editing buffer. By
225 default, major mode in that buffer is ~latex-mode~, but it can be
226 changed by configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~.
228 *** ~org-list-to-generic~ includes a new property: ~:ifmt~
230 ~:ifmt~ is a function to be called on the body of each item. See
231 ~org-list-to-generic~ documentation for details.
233 *** New variable : ~org-bibtex-headline-format-function~
234 This allow to use a different title than entry title.
236 *** ~org-attach~ supports attaching files from URLs
238 Using ~C-c C-a u~ prompts for a URL pointing to a file to be attached
241 *** New option for ~org-refile-use-outline-path~
242 ~org-refile-use-outline-path~ now supports the setting ~buffer-name~,
243 which causes refile targets to be prefixed with the buffer’s
244 name. This is particularly useful when used in conjunction with
247 *** ~org-file-contents~ now allows the FILE argument to be a URL.
248 This allows ~#+SETUPFILE:~ to accept a URL instead of a local file
249 path. The URL contents are auto-downloaded and saved to a temporary
250 cache ~org--file-cache~. A new optional argument ~NOCACHE~ is added
251 to ~org-file-contents~.
253 *** ~org-mode-restart~ now resets the newly added ~org--file-cache~.
254 Using ~C-c C-c~ on any keyword (like ~#+SETUPFILE~) will reset the
257 *** New option : ~org-table-duration-hour-zero-padding~
258 This variable allow computed durations in tables to be zero-padded.
260 *** New mode switch for table formulas : =U=
261 This mode omits seconds in durations.
267 This feature has been removed. Use a custom agenda view, possibly
268 narrowed to current buffer to achieve a similar functionality.
270 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
272 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
274 *** ~org-agenda-skip-subtree-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
276 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
278 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches-in-subtree~ is obsolete
280 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
282 *** ~org-minutes-to-clocksum-string~ is obsolete
284 Use ~org-duration-from-minutes~ instead.
286 *** ~org-hh:mm-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
288 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
290 *** ~org-duration-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
292 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
294 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-cached-article-number~ is removed.
296 This function relied on ~nnimap-group-overview-filename~, which was
297 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
301 *** ~org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all~ is removed.
303 For an equivalent to a ~nil~ value, set
304 ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~ to nil and
305 ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~ to ~t~.
307 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-query-article-no-from-file~ is removed.
309 This variable has no effect, as it was relying on a function that was
310 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
312 *** ~org-usenet-links-prefer-google~ is obsolete.
314 Use ~org-gnus-prefer-web-links~ instead.
316 *** ~org-publish-sitemap-file-entry-format~ is deprecated
318 One can provide new ~:sitemap-format-entry~ property for a function
319 equivalent to the removed format string.
321 *** ~org-texinfo-def-table-markup~ is obsolete
323 Use ~org-texinfo-table-default-markup~ instead.
327 *** ~org-publish-find-property~
329 This function can be used as a tool to format entries in a site-map,
330 in addition to ~org-publish-find-title~ and ~org-publish-find-date~.
332 *** ~org-list-to-org~
334 It is the reciprocal of ~org-list-to-lisp~, which see.
336 *** ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
338 Call ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock~ from the agenda.
342 *** Org Attach obeys ~dired-dwim-target~
344 When a Dired buffer is opened next to the Org document being edited,
345 the prompt for file to attach can start in the Dired buffer's
346 directory if `dired-dwim-target' in non-nil.
348 *** ~org-fill-paragraph~ can now fill a whole region
349 *** More specific anniversary descriptions
351 Anniversary descriptions (used in the agenda view, for instance)
352 include the point in time, when the anniversary appears. This is,
353 in its most general form, just the date of the anniversary. Or
354 more specific terms, like "today", "tomorrow" or "in n days" are
355 used to describe the time span.
357 This feature allows to automatically change the description of an
358 anniversary, depending on if it occurs in the next few days or
359 far away in the future.
361 *** Computed dates in tables appear as inactive time stamps
363 *** Save point before opening a file with an unknown search option
365 When following a file link with a search option (e.g., =::#custom-id=)
366 that doesn't exist in the target file, save positon before raising an
367 error. As a consequence, it is possible to jump back to the original
368 document with ~org-mark-ring-goto~ (default binding =C-c &=).
370 *** ~org-get-heading~ accepts two more optional arguments
372 See docstring for details.
374 *** ~tags-todo~ custom searches now include DONE keywords
375 ~tags-todo~ is now equivalent to ~C-c a m~ instead of ~C-c a M~ unless
376 you use "/!" markup when filtering TODO keywords.
377 *** New option ~org-babel-uppercase-example-markers~
379 This variable is a ~defcustom~ and replaces the variable
380 ~org-babel-capitalize-example-region-markers~, which is a ~defvar~ and
382 *** =INCLUDE= keywords in commented trees are now ignored.
383 *** Default value for ~org-texinfo-text-markup-alist~ changed.
385 Now ~=...=~ markup uses ~@samp{}~ instead of ~@verb{}~. You can use
386 ~@verb{}~ again by customizing the variable.
387 *** Texinfo exports example blocks as ~@example~
388 *** Texinfo exports inline src blocks as ~@code{}~
389 *** Texinfo default table markup is ~@asis~
390 It used to be ~@samp~ but ~@asis~ is neutral and, therefore, more
391 suitable as a default value.
392 *** ~org-parse-time-string~ accepts a new optional argument
393 =ZONE= specifies the current time zone.
397 ** Incompatible changes
399 *** Emacs 23 support has been dropped
401 From now on, Org expects at least Emacs 24.3, although Emacs 24.4 or
404 *** XEmacs support has been dropped
406 Incomplete compatibility layer with XEmacs has been removed. If you
407 want to take over maintainance of this compatibility, please contact
410 *** New syntax for export blocks
412 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
413 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
416 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
429 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
432 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
438 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
441 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
442 using previous syntax:
444 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
445 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
446 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
448 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
449 (let ((case-fold-search t)
450 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
451 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
452 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
454 (org-with-wide-buffer
455 (goto-char (point-min))
456 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
458 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
459 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
460 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
462 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
463 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
466 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
467 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
469 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
470 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
471 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
472 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
473 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
474 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
477 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~ and
478 ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to be
483 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
485 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
486 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
487 constructs are now unsupported.
489 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them into
492 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
494 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
495 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
496 consider using the =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
498 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
501 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
503 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
504 S-expressions. Replacing a S-expresion with an appropriate function
505 is straightforward. For example
511 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
513 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can get time via =vc=
515 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
516 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
518 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
520 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
521 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
522 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
524 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
526 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
538 should be written instead
543 :header-args: :exports code
544 :header-args: :var a=1 b=2
545 :header-args+: :var c=3
549 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
550 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
554 *** ~org-eww~ has been moved into core
555 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
557 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
560 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
561 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
564 Old-style links such as
565 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
566 continue to be supported.
568 If you have defined your own handler functions for
569 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
570 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
571 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into property
574 *** New Org linter library
576 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
578 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
580 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
581 entries are added to last in the date tree.
583 *** New ~vbar~ entity
585 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionnally as a =|=,
586 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
587 a HTML derived export back-end.
591 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
593 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
596 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
598 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
599 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
601 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
603 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
604 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
605 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
608 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
610 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
611 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
613 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
615 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
616 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
617 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
618 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
620 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
622 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
623 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
624 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
627 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
629 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
630 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
631 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
632 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
633 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
636 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
637 ;; this will export with line number 20
638 (message "This is line 21")
640 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
641 ;; This will be listed as line 31
642 (message "This is line 32")
646 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
648 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
649 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
652 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
654 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
655 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
656 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width of
657 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
659 **** Markdown footnote export customization
661 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
662 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
663 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
664 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
668 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
670 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
672 **** Support for Lua language
673 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
675 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
677 **** Support for Stan language
679 New ob-stan.el library.
681 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
683 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
685 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
686 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
688 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
690 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
691 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
692 that does not end in ".stan".
694 For more information and usage examples, visit
695 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
697 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
699 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
700 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
712 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
714 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
715 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
716 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
727 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
728 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the properties.
730 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
731 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
733 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
735 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
736 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
738 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
740 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
750 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
759 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
760 using the :file property, e.g.:
762 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
764 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
765 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
767 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
768 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
772 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needs additional
773 setup in addition to plantuml. See [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for
774 details and setup information.
776 *** Rewrite of radio lists
778 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
779 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
780 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
783 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
785 Used like ~org-bbdb-anniversaries~, it provides a few days warning for
786 upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
788 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
790 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
791 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
793 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
795 *** Support for ISO week trees
797 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
798 by ISO week and not by month.
805 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
807 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
808 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
810 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
812 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
813 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
815 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
819 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
821 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
822 buffer unconditionally.
824 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
826 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
828 **** Allow custom summaries
830 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
831 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
833 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
835 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
838 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
839 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
841 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
844 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
846 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~ allows
847 to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any upper case
848 character (or character class), the search is case sensitive.
849 Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
851 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
853 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
856 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
858 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
859 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
860 the manual for details.
862 *** Links are now customizable
864 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
865 etc. Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
869 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
871 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
873 *** ~org-show-children~
875 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
879 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
881 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
883 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
885 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
887 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
889 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
891 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
893 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
895 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
897 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
899 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
901 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
902 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
904 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
906 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
908 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
910 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
911 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
913 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
915 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
917 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
919 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
921 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
923 The affected functions are:
926 - ~org-remove-if-not~
931 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
932 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
933 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
937 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
939 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
940 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
941 let those libraries operate.
943 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
945 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
948 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
950 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
953 *** Add Icelandic smart quotes
954 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
955 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
957 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
958 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
959 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
960 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
962 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
963 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
965 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
966 current projet. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
969 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
971 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
974 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
976 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
977 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
978 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
979 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
980 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
982 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
983 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
984 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
985 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
987 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
989 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
990 to the article's original group.
992 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
994 The calling convention has changed.
996 *** HTML export table row customization changes
998 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
999 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
1000 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
1001 called with 6 parameters.
1003 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
1004 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
1006 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
1008 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
1010 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
1011 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
1012 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
1013 the end of the string.
1015 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
1017 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
1018 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
1019 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
1021 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1023 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
1024 For most folks this file does not exist.
1025 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
1027 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1029 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other
1032 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
1034 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
1035 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
1036 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
1037 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
1038 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
1039 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
1040 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
1043 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
1045 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
1048 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
1050 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
1051 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
1052 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
1054 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
1055 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
1057 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
1058 indication letter was solely J.
1060 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
1062 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
1063 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
1064 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
1066 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
1068 The experimental variable used to be more or less confidential, as
1071 *** New ~:format~ property to parsed links
1073 It defines the format of the original link. Possible values are:
1074 ~plain~, ~bracket~ and ~angle~.
1078 ** Incompatible changes
1080 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
1082 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
1083 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
1085 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
1086 logged before the property drawer.
1088 The following function will repair them:
1090 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1091 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
1092 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
1093 Ignore non Org buffers."
1094 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
1095 (org-with-wide-buffer
1096 (goto-char (point-min))
1097 (let ((case-fold-search t)
1098 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
1099 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
1103 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
1105 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
1107 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
1108 (when (and (< (point) end)
1109 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
1111 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
1112 (eq (org-element-type
1113 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
1115 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
1117 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
1118 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
1121 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
1123 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
1124 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
1125 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
1126 into account when exporting.
1128 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
1129 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
1131 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
1133 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
1134 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
1137 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
1138 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
1143 :CATEGORY: some category
1147 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
1149 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
1150 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
1151 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
1154 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
1156 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
1157 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
1159 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
1160 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
1162 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
1164 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
1165 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
1167 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
1169 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
1170 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~
1171 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
1172 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
1173 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
1175 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
1177 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
1178 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
1180 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
1182 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
1183 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
1184 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
1186 *** Functions signature changes
1188 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
1189 docstring for more information.
1191 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
1192 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
1193 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
1194 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
1195 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
1200 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
1202 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical
1203 scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
1205 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
1208 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
1211 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
1212 :lexical '((x . 42))
1214 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
1216 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
1217 without changing the headline.
1219 *** Hierarchies of tags
1221 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
1222 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
1223 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
1225 The following in-buffer definition:
1228 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
1229 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
1230 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
1233 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
1243 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
1244 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
1246 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
1248 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
1250 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
1251 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
1253 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
1254 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
1255 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: { }
1256 can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the given
1257 tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
1259 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
1265 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
1268 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
1270 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
1273 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
1276 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
1278 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
1279 regular expression matches for P@.+. This is good for example for
1280 projects tagged with a common identifier, i.e. P@2014_OrgTags.
1282 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
1284 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filters all of the related tags.
1285 Except if a filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
1287 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
1290 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
1291 is also used as a filter.
1293 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
1295 Now uses the argument ARG and optional argument exclude instead of
1296 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
1297 makes more sense than strip now. The term "narrowing" is changed to
1300 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
1301 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
1303 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
1305 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
1307 *** Babel: support for Processing language
1309 New ob-processing.el library.
1311 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
1312 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
1313 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
1315 Check the documentation for more details.
1317 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
1319 *** New behaviour for ~org-toggle-latex-fragment~
1321 The new behaviour is the following:
1323 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument when
1324 point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the whole
1327 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
1330 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
1332 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
1334 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1336 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
1337 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
1339 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1341 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
1342 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
1345 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
1347 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
1348 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
1349 ~org-drawers~ variable.
1351 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
1353 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
1354 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
1355 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
1356 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
1358 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
1360 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
1361 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
1362 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
1365 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
1367 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch in
1370 *** New option in ASCII export
1372 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting ~org-ascii-list-margin~
1373 variable to an appopriate integer.
1375 *** New blocks in ASCII export
1377 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT=
1378 blocks. See documentation for details.
1380 *** More back-end specific publishing options
1382 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
1383 increased. See manual for details.
1385 *** Export inline source blocks
1387 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
1388 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
1389 in the output, depending on the parameters.
1391 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
1393 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
1395 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
1397 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
1399 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
1401 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
1402 more features. See docstring for details.
1404 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
1406 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
1408 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
1409 document, befor wrapping it within the template.
1411 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
1413 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
1415 : This sentence is false.
1418 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
1420 *** Various improvements on radio tables
1422 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
1423 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
1424 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are new
1425 parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
1426 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
1427 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
1429 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
1431 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction
1432 with source blocks exported by the minted package.
1434 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
1436 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
1437 would throw an error. A new variable ~org-table-formula-create-columns~
1438 was added to adjust this behavior. It is now possible to silently add
1439 new columns, to do so with a warning or to explicitly ask the user
1444 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
1447 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
1449 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
1450 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
1452 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
1454 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
1456 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
1458 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is now
1459 deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
1460 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
1462 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1464 See the docstring for more information.
1466 *** Export unnumbered headlines
1468 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
1469 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
1470 property is inherited by children.
1472 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
1474 It is now possible to specify a function, both programatically,
1475 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~ keys,
1478 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
1480 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See manual
1483 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
1485 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
1488 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
1490 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
1491 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
1493 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
1495 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
1496 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
1498 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
1500 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
1501 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
1504 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
1506 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
1507 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
1509 *** New entities family: "\_ "
1511 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
1512 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
1513 leading spaces within table cells.
1515 *** New MathJax configuration options
1517 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
1518 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
1520 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
1522 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
1523 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
1524 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
1526 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
1527 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
1528 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
1529 keywords and properties.
1531 *** Viewport support in html export
1533 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
1534 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
1536 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
1538 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
1541 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
1543 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
1544 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in a
1545 dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
1547 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
1549 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
1550 added to headline text.
1552 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
1554 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See the manual for details.
1556 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1558 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1559 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1562 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1564 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1565 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1567 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1569 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for the
1570 number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original subtree
1571 and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1573 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1575 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1577 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1579 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1580 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1582 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1584 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1586 ** Removed functions
1588 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1590 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1592 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1594 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1595 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1596 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1597 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1599 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1601 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1603 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1605 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1606 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1608 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1610 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1613 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1615 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1616 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1620 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1622 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1625 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1626 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1628 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1630 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1631 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1634 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1636 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1637 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1639 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1641 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name= at
1642 the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the value
1643 of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=. To chose
1644 a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind this
1647 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1649 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1650 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1651 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1652 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1653 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1655 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1657 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1658 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1661 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1663 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1665 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1667 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1669 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1671 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1673 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1675 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1676 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1677 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1678 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1680 *** Removed comment-related filters
1682 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1683 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1688 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1690 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1692 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1694 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1695 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1697 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1699 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1700 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1703 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1705 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1706 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1708 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1710 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1712 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1714 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1715 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1716 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1717 particular test failure was introduced.
1719 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1721 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1722 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as well
1723 as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~ when
1724 ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1726 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1728 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1729 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1731 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1733 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1734 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~ now.
1736 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1738 This helps spotting wrong links.
1742 ** Incompatible changes
1743 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1744 This may require two changes in user config.
1746 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1747 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1748 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1750 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1752 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1753 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1754 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1756 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1757 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1759 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1763 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1765 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1767 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1768 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1769 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1771 So you need to replace
1773 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1777 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1779 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1780 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1782 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1784 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1785 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1786 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1788 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1789 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1791 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1793 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1794 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1795 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1798 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1800 ** Important bugfixes
1802 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1803 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1805 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1807 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1808 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1809 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1812 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1814 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1816 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1818 - Support SVG images
1819 - Support for .pgf files
1820 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1821 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1822 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1823 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1824 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1825 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1826 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1828 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1830 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1831 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1832 in a paragraph-like way.
1834 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1836 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1837 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1838 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1839 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1840 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1842 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1844 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1845 which can then be passed to export functions like
1846 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1848 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1849 registering a new back-end.
1851 *** New agenda fortnight view
1853 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1854 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1857 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1859 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1860 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1862 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1863 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1864 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1866 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1867 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1869 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1870 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1871 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1872 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1873 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1876 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1878 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1880 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1882 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1884 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1886 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1888 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1890 If you set this to the following
1892 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
1894 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
1896 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
1898 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
1900 ** New contributed packages
1902 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
1903 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
1906 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
1907 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
1911 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
1913 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
1914 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
1915 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
1916 the same with example blocks.
1918 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
1925 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
1927 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
1930 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
1931 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
1932 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
1934 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
1935 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
1936 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
1937 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
1938 detailed explanations.
1940 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
1941 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
1942 function has been called already.
1944 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
1947 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
1949 ** Incompatible changes
1951 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
1953 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
1955 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
1956 you will have to update them.
1958 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
1960 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
1961 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
1963 **** New export engine
1965 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
1966 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
1967 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
1968 /all/ export back-ends.
1970 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
1971 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
1972 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
1973 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
1974 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
1976 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
1977 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
1979 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
1980 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
1981 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
1982 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
1984 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
1986 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
1988 should now be written
1990 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
1992 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
1993 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
1994 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
1996 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
1998 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
2000 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
2003 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
2004 remember templates into capture templates.
2006 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
2008 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
2009 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
2011 **** Note for third-party developers
2013 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
2014 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
2015 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
2017 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
2020 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
2022 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
2023 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
2024 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
2026 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
2027 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
2028 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
2031 - org-colview-xemacs.el
2032 - org-mac-message.el
2038 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
2039 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
2040 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
2042 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
2043 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
2045 ** New packages in core
2047 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
2049 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
2051 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
2053 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
2055 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
2057 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
2058 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
2060 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2062 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
2064 ** New packages in contrib
2066 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
2068 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
2070 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
2073 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
2075 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
2076 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
2078 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
2081 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
2083 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
2085 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
2087 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
2089 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
2090 for starting headlines.
2092 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
2094 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
2095 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
2096 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
2097 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
2099 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
2101 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
2103 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
2105 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
2106 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2109 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
2110 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2113 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
2115 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
2116 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
2119 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
2120 conversion from Org files to groff.
2122 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
2124 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
2126 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
2128 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
2129 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
2136 **** New export generic options
2138 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
2139 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
2141 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
2143 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
2144 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
2145 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
2146 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
2148 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
2149 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
2150 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
2151 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
2152 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
2153 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
2154 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
2155 contains time-stamps.
2157 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
2158 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
2159 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
2161 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
2163 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
2165 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
2167 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
2169 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
2170 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
2171 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
2172 *** Structure editing
2174 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
2175 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
2177 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
2178 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
2180 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
2182 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
2183 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
2184 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
2185 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
2188 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
2190 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
2191 _words__= will preserve markup.
2193 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
2195 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
2196 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
2197 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
2199 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
2201 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
2202 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
2204 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
2206 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
2207 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
2208 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
2209 forward and backward.
2211 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
2212 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
2214 Now Org will sort this list
2216 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2217 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2221 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2222 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2224 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
2225 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
2226 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
2228 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
2229 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
2230 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
2232 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
2235 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
2237 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
2238 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
2239 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
2241 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
2243 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
2244 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
2245 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
2246 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
2248 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
2250 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
2251 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
2252 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
2253 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
2254 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
2256 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
2258 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
2259 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
2260 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
2262 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
2263 *** Scheduled/deadline
2265 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
2267 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
2268 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
2269 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
2270 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
2272 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
2273 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
2274 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
2275 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
2277 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
2278 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
2279 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
2280 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
2281 control this globally or per agenda.
2283 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
2285 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
2287 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
2289 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
2290 *** Calendar, diary and appts
2292 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
2294 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
2295 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
2296 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
2298 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2299 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
2300 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
2302 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
2303 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
2305 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
2308 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
2310 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
2311 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
2312 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
2314 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
2316 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
2317 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
2318 only show their description, not the full links.
2321 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
2323 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
2324 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
2325 want to build a list of appointments.
2327 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
2328 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
2330 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
2332 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
2334 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
2335 time value (i.e. appointments).
2337 **** New agenda sorting strategies
2339 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
2341 | Strategy | Explanations |
2342 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
2343 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
2344 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
2345 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
2346 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
2347 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
2348 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
2349 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
2350 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
2351 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
2352 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
2354 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
2356 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
2357 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
2358 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
2360 These new options are available:
2362 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
2363 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
2364 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
2365 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
2367 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
2368 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
2369 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
2371 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
2372 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
2373 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
2374 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
2375 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
2376 non-tagged headlines.
2378 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
2380 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
2381 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
2382 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
2383 that take only =N= minutes.
2385 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
2387 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
2388 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
2389 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
2391 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
2393 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
2394 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
2396 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
2398 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
2399 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
2401 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
2404 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
2406 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
2407 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
2408 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
2410 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
2411 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
2413 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
2415 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
2416 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
2418 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
2420 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
2422 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
2423 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
2426 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
2428 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
2429 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
2430 asks for a confirmation.
2432 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
2434 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
2435 the mark of the entry at point.
2437 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
2438 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
2440 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
2442 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
2443 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
2446 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
2448 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
2449 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
2451 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
2453 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
2454 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
2456 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
2458 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
2459 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
2460 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
2461 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
2463 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2465 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
2466 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
2467 repeated beyond the current deadline.
2469 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
2471 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
2472 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
2473 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
2474 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
2476 Read the full docstring for details.
2478 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
2480 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
2483 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
2486 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
2488 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
2489 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
2492 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
2494 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
2495 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
2497 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
2499 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2500 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
2501 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
2502 check against the name of the buffer.
2505 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
2506 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
2507 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
2510 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
2511 agenda views, and for filtering.
2513 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
2517 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
2519 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
2520 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
2521 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
2523 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
2524 as if the protocol was not known.
2526 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
2528 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
2530 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
2531 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
2532 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
2535 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
2537 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
2538 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
2539 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
2541 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
2543 When storing a link to a headline like
2545 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
2547 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
2548 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
2549 there is no description.
2552 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
2554 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
2555 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
2556 those other formulas.
2558 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2560 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2561 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2562 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2565 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2567 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2568 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2569 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2572 **** New lookup functions
2574 There are now three lookup functions:
2576 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2577 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2578 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2580 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2581 *** Startup keywords
2583 These new startup keywords are now available:
2585 | Startup keyword | Option |
2586 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2587 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2588 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2589 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2590 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2591 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2592 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2593 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2594 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2598 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2600 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2601 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2602 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2603 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2605 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2607 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2608 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2609 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2612 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2613 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2615 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2617 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2618 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2620 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2622 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2623 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2624 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2626 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2627 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2628 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2629 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2630 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2631 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2632 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2635 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2637 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2639 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2641 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2642 same target than the block at point.
2644 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2646 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2647 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2648 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2650 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2651 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2654 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2656 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2657 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2658 manual for a usage example.
2660 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2662 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2663 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2664 collecting blocks for tangling.
2666 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2667 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2669 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2670 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2671 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2672 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2674 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2675 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2678 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2679 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2680 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2681 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2685 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2686 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2687 - [[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]]
2688 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2689 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2690 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2691 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2692 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2693 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2694 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2695 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2696 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2697 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2698 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2699 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2700 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2701 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2702 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports OS X versions up to 10.8
2703 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2707 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2709 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2711 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2713 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2715 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2716 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2717 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2718 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2719 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2720 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2721 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2722 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2724 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2726 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2727 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2729 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2731 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2732 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2733 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2737 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2739 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2740 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2743 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2744 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2745 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2746 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2747 agenda type to this variable.
2749 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2752 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2753 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2754 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2755 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2757 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2759 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2760 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2761 invisible) blocked tasks.
2763 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2765 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2766 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2768 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2770 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2771 ** No GPL manual anymore
2773 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2774 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2776 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2778 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2780 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2781 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2782 in most environments.
2786 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2788 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2790 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2791 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2794 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2795 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2796 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2799 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2801 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2803 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2804 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2805 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2806 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2807 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2808 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2809 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2810 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2811 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2812 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2813 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2814 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2815 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2816 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2817 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2819 ** New package and Babel language
2821 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2823 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2825 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2826 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2828 ** Incompatible changes
2830 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2831 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2833 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2836 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2837 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2838 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2840 ** New features and user-visible changes
2844 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2845 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2846 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2847 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2849 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2850 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2852 See the docstrings for more details.
2854 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2855 on =org-element.el=.
2857 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2859 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2860 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2861 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2862 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2864 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2866 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2867 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2868 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2869 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2871 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2873 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2875 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2877 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2880 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2881 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2883 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2884 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2885 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2888 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
2891 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
2892 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
2893 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
2895 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
2896 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
2897 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
2902 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
2904 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
2905 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
2906 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
2907 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
2909 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
2910 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
2911 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
2912 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
2913 generating new ones.
2915 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
2918 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2920 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
2921 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
2924 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2925 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
2926 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
2929 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
2930 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
2931 details on how to use this.
2933 **** Changes in bulk actions
2935 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
2936 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
2938 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
2939 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
2940 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
2941 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
2942 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
2944 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
2945 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
2947 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
2948 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
2951 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
2953 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
2955 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
2957 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
2958 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
2960 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
2962 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
2963 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
2964 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
2965 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
2968 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2970 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
2973 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
2974 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
2975 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
2976 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
2977 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
2980 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
2982 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
2984 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
2986 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
2987 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
2988 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
2989 filters and category filters.
2991 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
2992 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
2995 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
2996 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
2997 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
3002 **** Inserting links
3004 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
3005 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
3006 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
3009 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
3010 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
3011 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
3012 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
3014 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
3017 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
3019 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
3020 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
3021 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
3022 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
3024 **** New link type =help=
3026 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
3028 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
3029 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
3030 you go back to the same buffer.
3032 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
3034 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
3035 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
3038 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
3040 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
3042 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
3044 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
3046 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
3048 **** RET now follows time stamps links
3052 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
3054 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
3055 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
3056 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
3057 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
3059 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
3061 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
3062 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
3063 all headlines in the region.
3065 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
3067 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
3069 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
3070 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
3072 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
3074 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
3076 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
3078 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
3080 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
3082 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
3083 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
3084 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
3089 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
3091 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
3093 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
3095 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
3096 clocked entry, if any.
3098 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
3100 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
3102 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
3104 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
3105 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
3108 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
3109 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
3110 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
3114 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
3116 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
3119 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
3121 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
3122 cells in clockreport.
3124 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
3125 time cells in clockreport.
3128 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
3130 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
3131 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
3133 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
3134 in the mode line and/or frame title.
3136 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
3137 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
3138 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
3139 space in the frame title.
3143 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
3145 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
3146 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
3147 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
3148 don't want to see temporarily.
3150 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
3152 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
3154 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
3156 There are these new entities:
3158 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
3159 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
3160 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
3161 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
3162 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
3163 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
3165 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
3166 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
3167 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
3169 The face is back to a normal height.
3173 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
3174 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
3176 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
3177 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
3179 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
3181 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
3182 block will use its value as the column format.
3184 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
3186 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
3188 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
3190 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
3192 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
3193 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
3194 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
3195 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
3197 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
3201 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
3203 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
3205 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
3207 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
3209 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
3210 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
3211 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
3213 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
3215 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
3216 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
3217 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
3221 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
3223 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
3224 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
3225 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
3226 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
3228 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
3230 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3231 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
3234 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3235 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
3236 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
3239 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
3240 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
3241 more details on how to use this.
3243 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
3244 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
3246 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
3247 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
3250 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
3252 See the manual for more explanations.
3254 **** More control over empty lines
3256 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
3257 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
3260 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
3262 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
3266 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
3268 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
3269 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
3270 available) to print beautiful tables.
3272 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
3274 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
3275 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
3278 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
3280 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
3281 in the #+DATE option.
3283 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
3285 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
3287 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
3288 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
3290 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
3291 More languages are always welcome.
3293 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
3295 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
3296 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
3298 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
3299 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
3300 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
3301 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
3302 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
3303 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
3305 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
3306 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
3310 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
3312 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
3315 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
3317 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
3318 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
3320 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
3322 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
3324 It used to exports the results of the code.
3328 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
3329 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
3331 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
3332 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
3334 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
3336 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
3337 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
3338 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
3340 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
3341 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
3343 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
3344 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
3345 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
3348 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
3350 This will increment the effort value.
3352 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
3354 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
3356 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
3357 attach symbolic links.
3359 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
3361 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
3363 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
3364 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
3366 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
3368 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
3370 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
3371 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
3372 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
3374 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
3376 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
3377 all top level list items.
3379 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
3381 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
3383 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
3384 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
3386 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
3388 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
3390 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
3391 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
3392 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
3393 first headline in the region.
3395 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
3397 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
3400 ** Important bug fixes
3402 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
3404 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
3405 perform completion with meaningful values.
3407 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
3409 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
3410 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
3411 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3413 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
3414 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
3416 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
3417 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
3420 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
3421 the code and the license to your needs.
3423 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
3424 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
3428 ** Incompatible changes
3430 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
3432 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
3434 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
3436 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
3437 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
3438 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
3439 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
3442 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
3444 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
3445 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
3446 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
3448 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
3450 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
3451 =org-agenda-span= instead.
3453 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
3455 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
3457 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
3458 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
3459 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
3460 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
3461 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
3463 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
3464 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
3465 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
3466 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
3467 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
3468 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
3470 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
3471 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
3472 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
3475 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
3478 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
3479 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
3480 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
3481 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
3483 The two new variables are:
3485 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
3486 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
3487 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
3488 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
3489 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
3490 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
3491 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
3493 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
3494 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
3497 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
3500 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
3501 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
3502 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
3503 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
3505 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
3506 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
3507 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
3508 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
3511 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
3512 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
3513 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
3514 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
3515 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
3516 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
3519 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
3520 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
3521 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
3522 applies to the following packages:
3540 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
3541 you are using, you can remove it from
3542 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
3543 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
3546 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
3547 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
3548 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
3549 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
3550 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
3553 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
3555 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
3556 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3557 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3560 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3562 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3564 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3566 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3568 ** Important new features
3570 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3572 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3574 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3575 for more information on how to customize it.
3577 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3579 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3580 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3581 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3582 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3584 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3585 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3586 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3588 To switch over to the new system:
3592 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3594 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3595 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3596 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3597 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3598 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3600 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3602 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3605 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3608 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3610 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3611 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3612 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3613 with using both system in parallel.
3617 *** New Org libraries
3618 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3620 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3622 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3624 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3626 To use, put the following in your init file:
3629 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3632 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3633 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3634 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3635 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3636 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3637 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3638 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3639 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3640 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3643 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3645 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3646 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3648 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3650 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3651 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3652 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3655 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3656 call function to do something special with text links.
3658 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3660 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3662 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3663 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3664 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3667 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3669 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3671 *** New Babel libraries
3673 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3674 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3675 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3676 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3677 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3678 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3679 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3681 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3685 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3687 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3688 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3689 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3690 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3691 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3692 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3694 The key new functions are
3696 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3697 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3698 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3700 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3701 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3703 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3704 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3706 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3707 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3709 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3711 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3712 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3713 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3715 **** Modified link escaping
3717 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3719 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3720 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3721 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3722 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3725 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3726 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3727 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3728 : percent escaped links are solved.
3730 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3732 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3734 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3735 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3737 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3739 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3741 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3742 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3743 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3744 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3745 string to be executed.
3747 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3748 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3752 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3753 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3756 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3760 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3762 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3763 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3764 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3765 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3767 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3768 will work on the current entry.
3770 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3771 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3773 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3775 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3777 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3780 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3781 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3786 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3788 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3789 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3790 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3792 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3794 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3795 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3796 entries using a function.
3798 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3799 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3800 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3802 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3804 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3805 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3806 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3808 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3810 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3811 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3812 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3813 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3814 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3815 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3817 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3821 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3823 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3824 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3826 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3827 docstring of these variable for details about available
3830 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3831 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3832 formatting string will insert a string.
3834 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3836 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3837 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3838 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3839 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3840 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3841 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3842 C-e u=, respectively.
3844 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3845 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3846 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3847 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3848 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3851 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3853 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3854 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3856 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3858 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3859 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3861 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3863 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3864 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3865 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3866 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3867 section]] in the manual for more details.
3869 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3870 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3871 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3876 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3878 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3879 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3880 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3881 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3882 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3884 **** New logging support for refiling
3886 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3887 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3890 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
3894 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
3896 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
3900 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
3902 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
3903 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
3905 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
3907 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
3908 the displayed in the buffer.
3910 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
3912 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
3914 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
3915 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
3917 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
3918 |--------+--------+---------|
3919 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
3920 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
3922 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
3925 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
3928 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
3930 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
3932 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
3933 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
3940 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
3941 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
3944 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
3946 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
3948 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
3949 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
3951 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
3955 **** Improved handling of lists
3957 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
3959 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
3960 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
3961 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
3964 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
3965 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
3966 counters like [@c] or [@W].
3968 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
3969 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
3970 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
3971 `org-list-export-context'.
3973 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
3974 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
3975 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
3977 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
3978 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
3979 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
3980 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
3981 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
3983 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
3984 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
3985 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
3987 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
3989 *** Inline display of linked images
3991 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
3992 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
3993 that have no description part will be inlined.
3995 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
3997 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
3998 from 1, you can now do it like this:
4000 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
4002 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
4004 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
4005 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
4006 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
4007 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
4008 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
4009 into account all header arguments, and variables.
4011 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
4012 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
4013 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
4016 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
4017 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
4018 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
4019 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
4020 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
4021 properties or in tables.
4023 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
4024 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
4025 names, and rownames across all languages.
4027 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
4029 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
4031 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
4032 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
4033 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
4035 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
4037 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
4038 request by Scott Otterson.
4040 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
4042 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
4043 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
4044 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
4045 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
4046 superscripts, see the variable
4047 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
4049 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
4051 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
4053 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
4054 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
4055 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
4056 following new faces:
4058 =org-document-title=
4060 =org-document-info-keyword=
4062 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
4063 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
4065 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
4067 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
4069 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
4070 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
4071 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
4072 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
4073 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
4074 property is affected by this setting.
4076 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
4077 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
4079 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
4081 Requested by Michael Brand.
4083 **** Better level cycling function
4085 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
4086 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
4087 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
4088 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
4090 **** Adaptive filling
4092 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
4093 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
4094 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
4095 comments to be filled correctly.
4097 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
4099 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
4101 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
4103 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
4105 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
4106 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
4108 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
4112 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
4114 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
4115 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
4116 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
4117 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
4119 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
4121 **** Localized clock tables
4123 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
4124 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
4125 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
4126 available translated strings.
4128 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
4130 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
4131 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
4132 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
4133 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
4135 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
4137 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
4139 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
4140 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
4141 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
4142 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
4145 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
4149 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
4151 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
4152 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
4154 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
4156 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
4158 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
4159 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
4160 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
4163 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
4166 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
4168 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
4169 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
4174 org-table-current-line
4178 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
4180 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
4181 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
4184 This was requested by Tom.
4186 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
4188 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
4189 example by viewing from the agenda.
4191 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
4195 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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