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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 docstrings 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.
88 *** Change signature for ~org-time-string-to-time~
89 See docstring for changes.
91 *** Change order of items in ~org-agenda-time-grid~
92 ~org-agenda-time-grid~ gained an extra item to allow users to customize
93 the string displayed after times in the agenda. See docstring for
96 *** ~tags-todo~ custom searches now include DONE keywords
98 Use "/!" markup when filtering TODO keywords to get only not-done TODO
101 *** ~org-split-string~ returns ~("")~ when called on an empty string
102 It used to return nil.
103 *** Removal of =ob-scala.el=
105 See [[https://github.com/ensime/emacs-scala-mode/issues/114][this github issue]].
107 You can use =ob-scala.el= as packaged in scala-mode, available from the
111 *** iCalendar export uses inheritance for TIMEZONE and LOCATION properties
112 Both these properties can be inherited during iCalendar export,
113 depending on the value of ~org-use-property-inheritance~.
114 *** iCalendar export respects a TIMEZONE property
115 Set the TIMEZONE property on an entry to specify a time zone for that
116 entry only during iCalendar export. The property value should be
117 specified as in "Europe/London".
118 *** ~org-attach~ can move directory contents
119 When setting a new directory for an entry, org-attach offers to move
120 files over from the old directory. Using a prefix arg will reset the
121 directory to old, ID based one.
122 *** New Org duration library
123 This new library implements tools to read and print time durations in
124 various formats (e.g., "H:MM", or "1d 2h 3min"...).
126 See ~org-duration-to-minutes~ and ~org-duration-from-minutes~
130 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~
131 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~
132 **** New variable : ~org-deadline-past-days~
133 See docstring for details.
134 **** Binding C-c C-x < for ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
135 **** New auto-align default setting for =org-agenda-tags-column=
137 =org-agenda-tags-column= can now be set to =auto=, which will
138 automatically align tags to the right edge of the window. This is now
141 *** New value for ~org-publish-sitemap-sort-folders~
143 The new ~ignore~ value effectively allows toggling inclusion of
144 directories in published site-maps.
148 **** Scheme: support for tables
149 **** Scheme: new variable: ~org-babel-scheme-null-to~
151 This new custom option allows to use a empty list or null symbol to
152 format the table output, initially assigned to ~hlines~.
154 **** Scheme: new header ~:prologue~
156 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
157 developers to prepend code to the scheme block being processed.
159 Multiple ~:prologue~ headers can be added each of them using a string
160 with the content to be added.
162 The scheme blocks are prepared by surronding the code in the block
163 with a let form. The content of the ~:prologue~ headers are prepended
164 before this let form.
166 **** Support for hledger accounting reports added
167 **** Clojure: new setting ~org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout~
169 Creation of a new setting to specify the Cider timeout. By setting
170 the =org-babel-clojure-sync-nrepl-timeout= setting option. The value
171 is in seconds and if set to =nil= then no timeout will occur.
172 **** Clojure: new header ~:show-process~
174 A new block code header has been created for Org Babel that enables
175 developers to output the process of an ongoing process into a new
178 You can tell Org Babel to output the process of a running code block.
180 To show that output you only have to specify the =:show-process=
181 option in the code block's header like this:
184 ,#+BEGIN_SRC clojure :results output :show-process t
191 If =:show-process= is specified that way, then when you will run the
192 code using =C-c C-c= a new window will open in Emacs. Everything that
193 is output by the REPL will immediately be added to that new window.
195 When the processing of the code is finished, then the window and its
196 buffer will be closed and the results will be reported in the
199 Note that the =:results= parameter's behavior is *not* changed. If
200 =silent= is specified, then no result will be displayed. If =output=
201 is specified then all the output from the window will appears in the
202 results section. If =value= is specified, then only the last returned
203 value of the code will be displayed in the results section.
205 **** Maxima: new headers ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~
206 Babel options ~:prologue~ and ~:epilogue~ have been implemented for
207 Maxima src blocks which prepend and append, respectively, the given
208 code strings. This can be useful for specifying formatting settings
209 which would add clutter to exported code. For instance, you can use
210 this ~:prologue "fpprintprec: 2; linel: 50;"~ for presenting Maxima
211 results in a beamer presentation.
212 **** PlantUML: add support for header arguments
214 [[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
215 [[http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] header arguments.
217 **** SQL: new engine added ~sqsh~
219 A new engine was added to support ~sqsh~ command line utility for use
220 against Microsoft SQL Server or Sybase SQL server.
222 More information on ~sqsh~ can be found here: [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/sqsh/][sourceforge/sqsh]]
224 To use ~sqsh~ in an *sql* =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
227 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine sqsh :dbhost my_host :dbuser master :dbpassword pass :database support
233 **** SQL: new engine added =vertica=
235 A new engine was added to support vsql command line utility for use
238 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]]
240 To use =vertica= in an sql =SRC_BLK= set the =:engine= like this:
243 ,#+BEGIN_SRC sql :engine vertica :dbhost my_host :dbuser dbadmin :dbpassword pw :database vmart
247 **** C++: New header ~:namespaces~
249 The new ~:namespaces~ export option can be used to specify namespaces
250 to be used within a C++ org source block. Its usage is similar to
251 ~:includes~, in that it can accept multiple, space-separated
252 namespaces to use. This header is equivalent to adding ~using
253 namespace <name>;~ in the source block. Here is a "Hello World" in C++
257 ,#+BEGIN_SRC C++ :results output :namespaces std :includes <iostream>
258 cout << "Hello World" << endl;
262 **** Support for Vala language
264 [[https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala][Vala]] language blocks support two special header arguments:
266 - ~:flags~ passes arguments to the compiler
267 - ~:cmdline~ passes commandline arguments to the generated executable
269 Support for [[http://orgmode.org/manual/var.html#var][~:var~]] does not exist yet, also there is no [[http://orgmode.org/manual/session.html#session][~:session~]]
270 support because Vala is a compiled language.
272 The Vala compiler binary can be changed via the ~defcustom~
273 ~org-babel-vala-compiler~.
275 *** New ~function~ scope argument for the Clock Table
276 Added a nullary function that returns a list of files as a possible
277 argument for the scope of the clock table.
279 **** Implement vernacular table of contents in Markdown exporter
280 Global table of contents are generated using vanilla Markdown syntax
281 instead of HTML. Also #+TOC keyword, including local table of
282 contents, are now supported.
283 **** Add Slovanian translations
284 **** Implement ~org-export-insert-image-links~
285 This new function is meant to be used in back-ends supporting images
286 as descriptions of links, a.k.a. image links. See its docstring for
288 **** New macro : ~{{{n}}}~
289 This macro creates and increment multiple counters in a document. See
291 **** Add global macros through ~org-export-global-macros~
292 With this variable, one can define macros available for all documents.
293 **** New keyword ~#+EXPORT_FILE_NAME~
294 Similarly to ~:EXPORT_FILE_NAME:~ property, this keyword allows the
295 user to specify the name of the output file upon exporting the
296 document. This also has an effect on publishing.
297 **** Horizontal rules are no longer ignored in LaTeX table math mode
298 **** Use ~compilation-mode~ for compilation output
299 **** Plain lists accept a new ~:separator~ attribute in Texinfo
301 The new ~:separator~ attribute splits a tag from a description list
302 item into multiple parts. This allows to have two-column tables with
303 multiple entries in the first column. See manual for more details.
305 **** ~latex-environment~ elements support ~caption~ keywords for LaTeX export
306 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit LaTeX environments
308 Using ~C-c '~ on a LaTeX environment opens a sub-editing buffer. By
309 default, major mode in that buffer is ~latex-mode~, but it can be
310 changed by configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~.
312 *** ~org-list-to-generic~ includes a new property: ~:ifmt~
314 ~:ifmt~ is a function to be called on the body of each item. See
315 ~org-list-to-generic~ documentation for details.
317 *** New variable : ~org-bibtex-headline-format-function~
318 This allow to use a different title than entry title.
320 *** ~org-attach~ supports attaching files from URLs
322 Using ~C-c C-a u~ prompts for a URL pointing to a file to be attached
325 *** New option for ~org-refile-use-outline-path~
326 ~org-refile-use-outline-path~ now supports the setting ~buffer-name~,
327 which causes refile targets to be prefixed with the buffer’s
328 name. This is particularly useful when used in conjunction with
331 *** ~org-file-contents~ now allows the FILE argument to be a URL.
332 This allows ~#+SETUPFILE:~ to accept a URL instead of a local file
333 path. The URL contents are auto-downloaded and saved to a temporary
334 cache ~org--file-cache~. A new optional argument ~NOCACHE~ is added
335 to ~org-file-contents~.
337 *** ~org-mode-restart~ now resets the newly added ~org--file-cache~.
338 Using ~C-c C-c~ on any keyword (like ~#+SETUPFILE~) will reset the
341 *** New option : ~org-table-duration-hour-zero-padding~
342 This variable allow computed durations in tables to be zero-padded.
344 *** New mode switch for table formulas : =U=
345 This mode omits seconds in durations.
351 This feature has been removed. Use a custom agenda view, possibly
352 narrowed to current buffer to achieve a similar functionality.
354 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
356 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
358 *** ~org-agenda-skip-subtree-when-regexp-matches~ is obsolete
360 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
362 *** ~org-agenda-skip-entry-when-regexp-matches-in-subtree~ is obsolete
364 Use ~org-agenda-skip-if~ instead.
366 *** ~org-minutes-to-clocksum-string~ is obsolete
368 Use ~org-duration-from-minutes~ instead.
370 *** ~org-hh:mm-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
372 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
374 *** ~org-duration-string-to-minutes~ is obsolete
376 Use ~org-duration-to-minutes~ instead.
378 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-cached-article-number~ is removed.
380 This function relied on ~nnimap-group-overview-filename~, which was
381 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
385 *** ~org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all~ is removed.
387 For an equivalent to a ~nil~ value, set
388 ~org-agenda-show-future-repeats~ to nil and
389 ~org-agenda-prefer-last-repeat~ to ~t~.
391 *** ~org-gnus-nnimap-query-article-no-from-file~ is removed.
393 This variable has no effect, as it was relying on a function that was
394 removed from Gnus circa September 2010.
396 *** ~org-usenet-links-prefer-google~ is obsolete.
398 Use ~org-gnus-prefer-web-links~ instead.
400 *** ~org-publish-sitemap-file-entry-format~ is deprecated
402 One can provide new ~:sitemap-format-entry~ property for a function
403 equivalent to the removed format string.
405 *** ~org-enable-table-editor~ is removed.
407 Setting it to a ~nil~ value broke some other features (e.g., speed
410 *** ~org-export-use-babel~ cannot be set to ~inline-only~
412 The variable is now a boolean.
414 *** ~org-texinfo-def-table-markup~ is obsolete
416 Use ~org-texinfo-table-default-markup~ instead.
420 *** ~org-publish-find-property~
422 This function can be used as a tool to format entries in a site-map,
423 in addition to ~org-publish-find-title~ and ~org-publish-find-date~.
425 *** ~org-list-to-org~
427 It is the reciprocal of ~org-list-to-lisp~, which see.
429 *** ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock-from-agenda~
431 Call ~org-agenda-set-restriction-lock~ from the agenda.
435 *** The Library of Babel now on Worg
437 The library-of-babel.org used to be accessible from the =doc/=
438 directory, distributed with Org’s core. It is now accessible
439 from the Worg community-driven documentation [[http://orgmode.org/worg/library-of-babel.html][here]].
441 If you want to contribute to it, please see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contribute.html][how to contribute]].
443 *** Allow multiple columns view
445 Columns view is not limited to a single buffer anymore.
446 *** Org Attach obeys ~dired-dwim-target~
448 When a Dired buffer is opened next to the Org document being edited,
449 the prompt for file to attach can start in the Dired buffer's
450 directory if `dired-dwim-target' in non-nil.
452 *** ~org-fill-paragraph~ can now fill a whole region
453 *** More specific anniversary descriptions
455 Anniversary descriptions (used in the agenda view, for instance)
456 include the point in time, when the anniversary appears. This is,
457 in its most general form, just the date of the anniversary. Or
458 more specific terms, like "today", "tomorrow" or "in n days" are
459 used to describe the time span.
461 This feature allows to automatically change the description of an
462 anniversary, depending on if it occurs in the next few days or
463 far away in the future.
465 *** Computed dates in tables appear as inactive time stamps
467 *** Save point before opening a file with an unknown search option
469 When following a file link with a search option (e.g., =::#custom-id=)
470 that doesn't exist in the target file, save positon before raising an
471 error. As a consequence, it is possible to jump back to the original
472 document with ~org-mark-ring-goto~ (default binding =C-c &=).
474 *** ~org-get-heading~ accepts two more optional arguments
476 See docstring for details.
478 *** New option ~org-babel-uppercase-example-markers~
480 This variable is a ~defcustom~ and replaces the variable
481 ~org-babel-capitalize-example-region-markers~, which is a ~defvar~ and
483 *** =INCLUDE= keywords in commented trees are now ignored.
484 *** Default value for ~org-texinfo-text-markup-alist~ changed.
486 Now ~=...=~ markup uses ~@samp{}~ instead of ~@verb{}~. You can use
487 ~@verb{}~ again by customizing the variable.
488 *** Texinfo exports example blocks as ~@example~
489 *** Texinfo exports inline src blocks as ~@code{}~
490 *** Texinfo default table markup is ~@asis~
491 It used to be ~@samp~ but ~@asis~ is neutral and, therefore, more
492 suitable as a default value.
493 *** Texinfo default process includes ~--no-split~ option
494 *** New entities : ~\dollar~ and ~\USD~
495 *** ~org-parse-time-string~ accepts a new optional argument
496 =ZONE= specifies the current time zone.
497 *** ~org-time-string-to-seconds~ now accepts an optional =ZONE= argument
498 *** Support for date style URLs in =org-protocol://open-source=
499 URLs like =https://cool-blog.com/2017/05/20/cool-post/= are
500 covered by rewrite rules.
502 *** Add (C) =COMMENT= support to ~org-structure-template-alist~
506 ** Incompatible changes
508 *** Emacs 23 support has been dropped
510 From now on, Org expects at least Emacs 24.3, although Emacs 24.4 or
513 *** XEmacs support has been dropped
515 Incomplete compatibility layer with XEmacs has been removed. If you
516 want to take over maintenance of this compatibility, please contact
519 *** New syntax for export blocks
521 Export blocks are explicitly marked as such at the syntax level to
522 disambiguate their parsing from special blocks. The new syntax is
525 ,#+BEGIN_EXPORT backend
538 As a consequence, =INCLUDE= keywords syntax is modified, e.g.,
541 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" HTML
547 ,#+INCLUDE: "file.org" export html
550 The following function repairs export blocks and =INCLUDE= keywords
551 using previous syntax:
553 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
554 (defun org-repair-export-blocks ()
555 "Repair export blocks and INCLUDE keywords in current buffer."
557 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
558 (let ((case-fold-search t)
559 (back-end-re (regexp-opt
560 '("HTML" "ASCII" "LATEX" "ODT" "MARKDOWN" "MD" "ORG"
561 "MAN" "BEAMER" "TEXINFO" "GROFF" "KOMA-LETTER")
563 (org-with-wide-buffer
564 (goto-char (point-min))
565 (let ((block-re (concat "^[ \t]*#\\+BEGIN_" back-end-re)))
567 (while (re-search-forward block-re nil t)
568 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
569 (when (eq (org-element-type element) 'special-block)
571 (goto-char (org-element-property :end element))
572 (save-match-data (search-backward "_"))
575 (delete-region (point) (line-end-position)))
576 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1))))))
578 (format "^[ \t]*#\\+INCLUDE: .*?%s[ \t]*$" back-end-re)))
579 (while (re-search-forward include-re nil t)
580 (let ((element (save-match-data (org-element-at-point))))
581 (when (and (eq (org-element-type element) 'keyword)
582 (string= (org-element-property :key element) "INCLUDE"))
583 (replace-match "EXPORT \\1" nil nil nil 1)))))))))
586 Moreover, ~:export-block~ keyword used in ~org-export-define-backend~ and
587 ~org-export-define-derived-backend~ is no longer used and needs to be
592 **** [1]-like constructs are not valid footnotes
594 Using =[1]= as a footnote was already discouraged in the manual, since
595 it introduced too many false-positives in many Org documents. These
596 constructs are now unsupported.
598 If you used =[N]= in some of your documents, consider turning them into
601 **** /Org Footnote/ library doesn't handle non-Org buffers
603 Commands for footnotes in an Org document no longer try to do
604 something in non-Org ones. If you need to have footnotes there,
605 consider using the =footnote.el= library, shipped with Emacs.
607 In particular, ~org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files~ no longer
610 *** ~org-file-apps~ no longer accepts S-expressions as commands
612 The variable now accepts functions of two arguments instead of plain
613 S-expressions. Replacing an S-expression with an appropriate function
614 is straightforward. For example
620 : ("pdf" . (lambda (file link) (foo)))
622 *** The ~{{{modification-time}}}~ macro can get time via =vc=
624 The modification time will be determined via =vc.el= if the second
625 argument is non-nil. See the manual for details.
627 *** Preparation and completion functions in publishing projects change signature
629 Preparation and completion functions are now called with an argument,
630 which is the project property list. It used to be dynamically scoped
631 through the ~project-plist~ variable.
633 *** Old Babel header properties are no longer supported
635 Using header arguments as property names is no longer possible. As
647 should be written instead
652 :header-args: :exports code
653 :header-args+: :var a=1 b=2
654 :header-args+: :var c=3
658 Please note that, however, old properties were defined at the source
659 block definition. Current ones are defined where the block is called.
663 *** ~org-eww~ has been moved into core
664 *** New org-protocol key=value syntax
666 Org-protocol can now handle query-style parameters such as:
669 org-protocol://store-link?url=http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html&title=The%20title
670 org-protocol://capture?template=x&title=Hello&body=World&url=http:%2F%2Fexample.com
673 Old-style links such as
674 : org-protocol://store-link:/http:%2F%2Flocalhost%2Findex.html/The%20title
675 continue to be supported.
677 If you have defined your own handler functions for
678 ~org-protocol-protocol-alist~, change them to accept either a property
679 list (for new-style links) or a string (for old-style links). Use
680 ~org-protocol-parse-parameters~ to convert old-style links into property
683 *** New Org linter library
685 ~org-lint~ can check syntax and report common issues in Org documents.
687 *** New option ~date-tree-last~ for ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~
689 When ~org-agenda-insert-diary-strategy~ is set to ~date-tree-last~, diary
690 entries are added to last in the date tree.
692 *** New ~vbar~ entity
694 ~\vbar~ or ~\vbar{}~ will be exported unconditionally as a =|=,
695 unlike to existing ~\vert~, which is expanded as ~|~ when using
696 a HTML derived export back-end.
700 **** New =#+latex_compiler= keyword to set LaTeX compiler.
702 PDFLaTeX, XeLaTeX, and LuaLaTeX are supported. See the manual for
705 **** New option ~org-export-with-broken-links~
707 This option tells the export process how to behave when encountering
708 a broken internal link. See its docstring for more information.
710 **** Attributes support in custom language environments for LaTeX export
712 Custom language environments for LaTeX export can now define the
713 string to be inserted during export, using attributes to indicate the
714 position of the elements. See variable ~org-latex-custom-lang-environments~
717 **** New Texinfo ~options~ attribute on special blocks
719 Using ~:options~ as a Texinfo attribute, it is possible to add
720 information to custom environments. See manual for details.
722 **** New HTML ~id~ attributes on special, example and quote blocks
724 If the block has a =#+NAME:= attribute assigned, then the HTML element
725 will have an ~id~ attribute with that name in the HTML export. This
726 enables one to create links to these elements in other places, e.g.,
727 ~<a href="#name">text</a>~.
729 **** Listings with captions are now numbered in HTML export
731 The class associated to the numbering is "listing-number". If you
732 don't want these blocks to be numbered, as it was the case until now,
733 You may want to add ~.listing-number { display: none; }~ to the CSS
736 **** Line Numbering in SRC/EXAMPLE blocks support arbitrary start number
738 The ~-n~ option to ~SRC~ and ~EXAMPLE~ blocks can now take a numeric
739 argument to specify the staring line number for the source or example
740 block. The ~+n~ option can now take a numeric argument that will be
741 added to the last line number from the previous block as the starting
742 point for the SRC/EXAMPLE block.
745 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp -n 20
746 ;; this will export with line number 20
747 (message "This is line 21")
749 ,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +n 10
750 ;; This will be listed as line 31
751 (message "This is line 32")
755 **** Allow toggling center for images in LaTeX export
757 With the global variable ~org-latex-images-centered~ or the local
758 attribute ~:center~ it is now possible to center an image in LaTeX
761 **** Default CSS class ~org-svg~ for SVG images in HTML export
763 SVG images exported in HTML are now by default assigned a CSS class
764 ~org-svg~ if no CSS class is specified with the ~:class~ attribute. By
765 default, the CSS styling of class ~org-svg~ specifies an image width of
766 90\thinsp{}% of the container the image.
768 **** Markdown footnote export customization
770 Variables ~org-md-footnotes-section~ and ~org-md-footnote-format~
771 introduced for =ox-md.el=. Both new variables define template strings
772 which can be used to customize the format of the exported footnotes
773 section and individual footnotes, respectively.
777 **** Blocks with coderefs labels can now be evaluated
779 The labels are removed prior to evaluating the block.
781 **** Support for Lua language
782 **** Support for SLY in Lisp blocks
784 See ~org-babel-lisp-eval-fn~ to activate it.
786 **** Support for Stan language
788 New ob-stan.el library.
790 Evaluating a Stan block can produce two different results.
792 1. Dump the source code contents to a file.
794 This file can then be used as a variable in other blocks, which
795 allows interfaces like RStan to use the model.
797 2. Compile the contents to a model file.
799 This provides access to the CmdStan interface. To use this, set
800 ~org-babel-stan-cmdstan-directory~ and provide a ~:file~ argument
801 that does not end in ".stan".
803 For more information and usage examples, visit
804 http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/babel/languages/ob-doc-stan.html
806 **** Support for Oracle databases via ~sqlplus~
808 =ob-sql= library supports running SQL blocks against an Oracle
809 database using ~sqlplus~. Use with properties like this (all
821 **** Improved support to Microsoft SQL Server via ~sqlcmd~
823 =ob-sql= library removes support to the ~msosql~ engine which uses the
824 deprecated ~osql~ command line tool, and replaces it with ~mssql~
825 engine which uses the ~sqlcmd~ command line tool. Use with properties
836 If you want to use the *trusted connection* feature, omit *both* the
837 =dbuser= and =dbpassword= properties and add =cmdline -E= to the properties.
839 If your Emacs is running in a Cygwin environment, the =ob-sql= library
840 can pass the converted path to the =sqlcmd= tool.
842 **** Improved support of header arguments for postgresql
844 The postgresql engine in a sql code block supports now ~:dbport~ nd
845 ~:dbpassword~ as header arguments.
847 **** Support for additional plantuml output formats
849 The support for output formats of [[http://plantuml.com/][plantuml]] has been extended to now
859 - utxt :: ASCII art using unicode characters
868 The output formats are determined by the file extension specified
869 using the :file property, e.g.:
871 #+begin_src plantuml :file diagram.png
873 Alice -> Bob: Authentication Request
874 Bob --> Alice: Authentication Response
876 Alice -> Bob: Another authentication Request
877 Alice <-- Bob: another authentication Response
881 Please note that *pdf* *does not work out of the box* and needs additional
882 setup in addition to plantuml. See [[http://plantuml.com/pdf.html]] for
883 details and setup information.
885 *** Rewrite of radio lists
887 Radio lists, i.e, Org plain lists in foreign buffers, have been
888 rewritten to be on par with Radio tables. You can use a large set of
889 parameters to control how a given list should be rendered. See manual
892 *** org-bbdb-anniversaries-future
894 Used like ~org-bbdb-anniversaries~, it provides a few days warning for
895 upcoming anniversaries (default: 7 days).
897 *** Clear non-repeated SCHEDULED upon repeating a task
899 If the task is repeated, and therefore done at least one, scheduling
900 information is no longer relevant. It is therefore removed.
902 See [[git:481719fbd5751aaa9c672b762cb43aea8ee986b0][commit message]] for more information.
904 *** Support for ISO week trees
906 ISO week trees are an alternative date tree format that orders entries
907 by ISO week and not by month.
914 : *** 2015-08-31 Monday
916 They are supported in org-capture via ~file+weektree~ and
917 ~file+weektree+prompt~ target specifications.
919 *** Accept ~:indent~ parameter when capturing column view
921 When defining a "columnview" dynamic block, it is now possible to add
922 an :indent parameter, much like the one in the clock table.
924 On the other hand, stars no longer appear in an ITEM field.
928 **** ~org-columns~ accepts a prefix argument
930 When called with a prefix argument, ~org-columns~ apply to the whole
931 buffer unconditionally.
933 **** New variable : ~org-agenda-view-columns-initially~
935 The variable used to be a ~defvar~, it is now a ~defcustom~.
937 **** Allow custom summaries
939 It is now possible to add new summary types, or override those
940 provided by Org by customizing ~org-columns-summary-types~, which see.
942 **** Allow multiple summaries for any property
944 Columns can now summarize the same property using different summary
947 *** Preview LaTeX snippets in buffers not visiting files
948 *** New option ~org-attach-commit~
950 When non-nil, commit attachments with git, assuming the document is in
953 *** Allow conditional case-fold searches in ~org-occur~
955 When set to ~smart~, the new variable ~org-occur-case-fold-search~ allows
956 to mimic =isearch.el=: if the regexp searched contains any upper case
957 character (or character class), the search is case sensitive.
958 Otherwise, it is case insensitive.
960 *** More robust repeated =ox-latex= footnote handling
962 Repeated footnotes are now numbered by referring to a label in the
965 *** The ~org-block~ face is inherited by ~src-blocks~
967 This works also when =org-src-fontify-natively= is non-nil. It is also
968 possible to specify per-languages faces. See =org-src-block-faces= and
969 the manual for details.
971 *** Links are now customizable
973 Links can now have custom colors, tooltips, keymaps, display behavior,
974 etc. Links are now centralized in ~org-link-parameters~.
978 *** ~org-next-line-empty-p~
980 It replaces the deprecated ~next~ argument to ~org-previous-line-empty-p~.
982 *** ~org-show-children~
984 It is a faster implementation of ~outline-show-children~.
988 *** ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag-refine~ has been removed.
990 Use ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~ instead.
992 *** ~org-agenda-todayp~ is deprecated.
994 Use ~org-agenda-today-p~ instead.
996 *** ~org-babel-get-header~ is removed.
998 Use ~org-babel--get-vars~ or ~assq~ instead, as applicable.
1000 *** ~org-babel-trim~ is deprecated.
1002 Use ~org-trim~ instead.
1004 *** ~org-element-remove-indentation~ is deprecated.
1006 Use ~org-remove-indentation~ instead.
1008 *** ~org-image-file-name-regexp~ is deprecated
1010 Use ~image-file-name-regexp~ instead.
1011 The never-used-in-core ~extensions~ argument has been dropped.
1013 *** ~org-list-parse-list~ is deprecated
1015 Use ~org-list-to-lisp~ instead.
1017 *** ~org-on-heading-p~ is deprecated
1019 A comment to this effect was in the source code since 7.8.03, but
1020 now a byte-compiler warning will be generated as well.
1022 *** ~org-table-p~ is deprecated
1024 Use ~org-at-table-p~ instead.
1026 *** ~org-table-recognize-table.el~ is deprecated
1028 It was not called by any org code since 2010.
1030 *** Various reimplementations of cl-lib functions are deprecated
1032 The affected functions are:
1035 - ~org-remove-if-not~
1040 Additionally, ~org-sublist~ is deprecated in favor of ~cl-subseq~. Note
1041 the differences in indexing conventions: ~org-sublist~ is 1-based and
1042 end-inclusive; ~cl-subseq~ is 0-based and end-exclusive.
1046 *** Remove all options related to ~ido~ or ~iswitchb~
1048 This includes ~org-completion-use-iswitchb~ and ~org-completion-use-ido~.
1049 Instead Org uses regular functions, e.g., ~completion-read~ so as to
1050 let those libraries operate.
1052 *** Remove ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~
1054 Two consecutive blank lines always terminate all levels of current
1057 *** ~fixltx2e~ is removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1059 fixltx2e is obsolete, see LaTeX News 22.
1062 *** Add Icelandic smart quotes
1063 *** Allow multiple receiver locations in radio tables and lists
1064 *** Allow angular links within link descriptions
1066 It is now allowed to write, e.g.,
1067 ~[[http:orgmode.org][<file:unicorn.png>]]~ as an equivalent to
1068 ~[[http:orgmode.org][file:unicorn.png]]~. The advantage of the former
1069 is that spaces are allowed within the path.
1071 *** Beamer export back-ends uses ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1072 *** ~:preparation-function~ called earlier during publishing
1074 Functions in this list are called before any file is associated to the
1075 current project. Thus, they can be used to generate to be published
1078 *** Function ~org-remove-indentation~ changes.
1080 The new algorithm doesn't remove TAB characters not used for
1083 *** Secure placeholders in capture templates
1085 Placeholders in capture templates are no longer expanded recursively.
1086 However, ~%(...)~ constructs are expanded very late, so you can fill
1087 the contents of the S-exp with the replacement text of non-interactive
1088 placeholders. As before, interactive ones are still expanded as the
1089 very last step, so the previous statement doesn't apply to them.
1091 Note that only ~%(...)~ placeholders initially present in the
1092 template, or introduced using a file placeholder, i.e., ~%[...]~ are
1093 expanded. This prevents evaluating potentially malicious code when
1094 another placeholder, e.g., ~%i~ expands to a S-exp.
1096 *** Links stored by ~org-gnus-store-link~ in nnir groups
1098 Since gnus nnir groups are temporary, ~org-gnus-store-link~ now refers
1099 to the article's original group.
1101 *** ~org-babel-check-confirm-evaluate~ is now a function instead of a macro
1103 The calling convention has changed.
1105 *** HTML export table row customization changes
1107 Variable ~org-html-table-row-tags~ has been split into
1108 ~org-html-table-row-open-tag~ and ~org-html-table-row-close-tag~.
1109 Both new variables can be either a string or a function which will be
1110 called with 6 parameters.
1112 *** =ITEM= special property returns headline without stars
1113 *** Rename ~org-insert-columns-dblock~ into ~org-columns-insert-dblock~
1115 The previous name is, for the time being, kept as an obsolete alias.
1117 *** ~org-trim~ can preserve leading indentation.
1119 When setting a new optional argument to a non-nil value, ~org-trim~
1120 preserves leading indentation while removing blank lines at the
1121 beginning of the string. The behavior is identical for white space at
1122 the end of the string.
1124 *** Function ~org-info-export~ changes.
1126 HTML links created from certain info links now point to =gnu.org= URL's rather
1127 than just to local files. For example info links such as =info:emacs#List
1128 Buffers= used to be converted to HTML links like this:
1130 : <a href="emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1132 where local file =emacs.html= is referenced.
1133 For most folks this file does not exist.
1134 Thus the new behavior is to generate this HTML link instead:
1136 : <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/emacs.html#List-Buffers">emacs#List Buffers</a>
1138 All emacs related info links are similarly translated plus few other
1141 *** Repeaters with a ~++~ interval and a time can be shifted to later today
1143 Previously, if a recurring task had a timestamp of
1144 ~<2016-01-01 Fri 20:00 ++1d>~ and was completed on =2016-01-02= at
1145 =08:00=, the task would skip =2016-01-02= and would be rescheduled for
1146 =2016-01-03=. Timestamps with ~++~ cookies and a specific time will
1147 now shift to the first possible future occurrence, even if the
1148 occurrence is later the same day the task is completed. (Timestamps
1149 already in the future are still shifted one time further into the
1152 *** ~org-mobile-action-alist~ is now a defconst
1154 It used to be a defcustom, with a warning that it shouldn't be
1157 *** ~file+emacs~ and ~file+sys~ link types are deprecated
1159 They are still supported in Org 9.0 but will eventually be removed in
1160 a later release. Use ~file~ link type along with universal arguments
1161 to force opening it in either Emacs or with system application.
1163 *** New defcustom ~org-babel-J-command~ stores the j command
1164 *** New defalias ~org-babel-execute:j~
1166 Allows J source blocks be indicated by letter j. Previously the
1167 indication letter was solely J.
1169 *** ~org-open-line~ ignores tables at the very beginning of the buffer
1171 When ~org-special-ctrl-o~ is non-nil, it is impractical to create
1172 a blank line above a table at the beginning of the document. Now, as
1173 a special case, ~org-open-line~ behaves normally in this situation.
1175 *** ~org-babel-hash-show-time~ is now customizable
1177 The experimental variable used to be more or less confidential, as
1180 *** New ~:format~ property to parsed links
1182 It defines the format of the original link. Possible values are:
1183 ~plain~, ~bracket~ and ~angle~.
1187 ** Incompatible changes
1189 *** Properties drawers syntax changes
1191 Properties drawers are now required to be located right after a
1192 headline and its planning line, when applicable.
1194 It will break some documents as TODO states changes were sometimes
1195 logged before the property drawer.
1197 The following function will repair them:
1199 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
1200 (defun org-repair-property-drawers ()
1201 "Fix properties drawers in current buffer.
1202 Ignore non Org buffers."
1203 (when (eq major-mode 'org-mode)
1204 (org-with-wide-buffer
1205 (goto-char (point-min))
1206 (let ((case-fold-search t)
1207 (inline-re (and (featurep 'org-inlinetask)
1208 (concat (org-inlinetask-outline-regexp)
1212 (unless (and inline-re (org-looking-at-p inline-re))
1214 (let ((end (save-excursion (outline-next-heading) (point))))
1216 (when (org-looking-at-p org-planning-line-re) (forward-line))
1217 (when (and (< (point) end)
1218 (not (org-looking-at-p org-property-drawer-re))
1220 (and (re-search-forward org-property-drawer-re end t)
1221 (eq (org-element-type
1222 (save-match-data (org-element-at-point)))
1224 (insert (delete-and-extract-region
1226 (min (1+ (match-end 0)) end)))
1227 (unless (bolp) (insert "\n"))))))))))))
1230 *** Using "COMMENT" is now equivalent to commenting with "#"
1232 If you used "COMMENT" in headlines to prevent a subtree from being
1233 exported, you can still do it but all information within the subtree
1234 is now commented out, i.e. no #+OPTIONS line will be parsed or taken
1235 into account when exporting.
1237 If you want to exclude a headline from export while using its contents
1238 for setting options, use =:noexport:= (see =org-export-exclude-tags=.)
1240 *** =#+CATEGORY= keywords no longer apply partially to document
1242 It was possible to use several such keywords and have them apply to
1243 the text below until the next one, but strongly deprecated since Org
1246 =#+CATEGORY= keywords are now global to the document. You can use node
1247 properties to set category for a subtree, e.g.,
1252 :CATEGORY: some category
1256 *** New variable to control visibility when revealing a location
1258 ~org-show-following-heading~, ~org-show-siblings~, ~org-show-entry-below~
1259 and ~org-show-hierarchy-above~ no longer exist. Instead, visibility is
1260 controlled through a single variable: ~org-show-context-detail~, which
1263 *** Replace disputed keys again when reading a date
1265 ~org-replace-disputed-keys~ has been ignored when reading date since
1266 version 8.1, but the former behavior is restored again.
1268 Keybinding for reading date can be customized with a new variable
1269 ~org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map~.
1271 *** No default title is provided when =TITLE= keyword is missing
1273 Skipping =TITLE= keyword no longer provides the current file name, or
1274 buffer name, as the title. Instead, simply ignore the title.
1276 *** Default bindings of =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= changed
1278 The key sequences =C-c C-n= and =C-c C-p= are now bound to
1279 ~org-next-visible-heading~ and ~org-previous-visible-heading~
1280 respectively, rather than the =outline-mode= versions of these
1281 functions. The Org version of these functions skips over inline tasks
1282 (and even-level headlines when ~org-odd-levels-only~ is set).
1284 *** ~org-element-context~ no longer return objects in keywords
1286 ~org-element-context~ used to return objects on some keywords, i.e.,
1287 =TITLE=, =DATE= and =AUTHOR=. It now returns only the keyword.
1289 *** ~org-timer-default-timer~ type changed from number to string
1291 If you have, in your configuration, something like =(setq
1292 org-timer-default-timer 10)= replace it with =(setq
1293 org-timer-default-timer "10")=.
1295 *** Functions signature changes
1297 The following functions require an additional argument. See their
1298 docstring for more information.
1300 - ~org-export-collect-footnote-definitions~
1301 - ~org-html-format-headline-function~
1302 - ~org-html-format-inlinetask-function~
1303 - ~org-latex-format-headline-function~
1304 - ~org-latex-format-inlinetask-function~
1309 *** Default lexical evaluation of emacs-lisp src blocks
1311 Emacs-lisp src blocks in babel are now evaluated using lexical
1312 scoping. There is a new header to control this behavior.
1314 The default results in an eval with lexical scoping.
1317 This turns lexical scoping off in the eval (the former behavior).
1320 This uses the lexical environment with x=42 in the eval.
1321 :lexical '((x . 42))
1323 *** Behavior of ~org-return~ changed
1325 If point is before or after the headline title, insert a new line
1326 without changing the headline.
1328 *** Hierarchies of tags
1330 The functionality of nesting tags in hierarchies is added to org-mode.
1331 This is the generalization of what was previously called "Tag groups"
1332 in the manual. That term is now changed to "Tag hierarchy".
1334 The following in-buffer definition:
1337 ,#+TAGS: [ Group : SubOne SubTwo ]
1338 ,#+TAGS: [ SubOne : SubOne1 SubOne2 ]
1339 ,#+TAGS: [ SubTwo : SubTwo1 SubTwo2 ]
1342 Should be seen as the following tree of tags:
1352 Searching for "Group" should return all tags defined above. Filtering
1353 on SubOne filters also it's sub-tags. Etc.
1355 There is no limit on the depth for the tag hierarchy.
1357 *** Additional syntax for non-unique grouptags
1359 Additional syntax is defined for grouptags if the tags in the group
1360 don't have to be distinct on a heading.
1362 Grouptags had to previously be defined with { }. This syntax is
1363 already used for exclusive tags and Grouptags need their own,
1364 non-exclusive syntax. This behaviour is achieved with [ ]. Note: { }
1365 can still be used also for Grouptags but then only one of the given
1366 tags can be used on the headline at the same time. Example:
1368 [ group : sub1 sub2 ]
1374 This is a more general case than the already existing syntax for
1377 *** Define regular expression patterns as tags
1379 Tags can be defined as grouptags with regular expressions as
1382 The regular expressions in the group must be marked up within { }.
1385 : #+TAGS: [ Project : {P@.+} ]
1387 Searching for the tag Project will now list all tags also including
1388 regular expression matches for P@.+. This is good for example for
1389 projects tagged with a common identifier, i.e. P@2014_OrgTags.
1391 *** Filtering in the agenda on grouptags (Tag hierarchies)
1393 Filtering in the agenda on grouptags filters all of the related tags.
1394 Except if a filter is applied with a (double) prefix-argument.
1396 Filtering in the agenda on subcategories does not filter the "above"
1399 If a grouptag contains a regular expression the regular expression
1400 is also used as a filter.
1402 *** Minor refactoring of ~org-agenda-filter-by-tag~
1404 Now uses the argument ARG and optional argument exclude instead of
1405 strip and narrow. ARG because the argument has multiple purposes and
1406 makes more sense than strip now. The term "narrowing" is changed to
1409 The main purpose is for the function to make more logical sense when
1410 filtering on tags now when tags can be structured in hierarchies.
1412 *** Babel: support for sed scripts
1414 Thanks to Bjarte Johansen for this feature.
1416 *** Babel: support for Processing language
1418 New ob-processing.el library.
1420 This library implements necessary functions for implementing editing
1421 of Processing code blocks, viewing the resulting sketches in an
1422 external viewer, and HTML export of the sketches.
1424 Check the documentation for more details.
1426 Thanks to Jarmo Hurri for this feature.
1428 *** New behaviour for ~org-toggle-latex-fragment~
1430 The new behaviour is the following:
1432 - With a double prefix argument or with a single prefix argument when
1433 point is before the first headline, toggle overlays in the whole
1436 - With a single prefix argument, toggle overlays in the current
1439 - On latex code, toggle overlay at point;
1441 - Otherwise, toggle overlays in the current section.
1443 *** Additional markup with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1445 The content of the included file can now be optionally marked up, for
1446 instance as HTML. See the documentation for details.
1448 *** File links with =#+INCLUDE= keyword
1450 Objects can be extracted via =#+INCLUDE= using file links. It is
1451 possible to include only the contents of the object. See manual for
1454 *** Drawers do not need anymore to be referenced in =#+DRAWERS=
1456 One can use a drawer without listing it in the =#+DRAWERS= keyword,
1457 which is now obsolete. As a consequence, this change also deprecates
1458 ~org-drawers~ variable.
1460 *** ~org-edit-special~ can edit export blocks
1462 Using C-c ' on an export block now opens a sub-editing buffer. Major
1463 mode in that buffer is determined by export backend name (e.g.,
1464 "latex" \to "latex-mode"). You can define exceptions to this rule by
1465 configuring ~org-src-lang-modes~, which see.
1467 *** Additional =:hline= processing to ob-shell
1469 If the argument =:hlines yes= is present in a babel call, an optional
1470 argument =:hlines-string= can be used to define a string to use as a
1471 representation for the lisp symbol ='hline= in the shell program. The
1474 *** Markdown export supports switches in source blocks
1476 For example, it is now possible to number lines using the =-n= switch in
1479 *** New option in ASCII export
1481 Plain lists can have an extra margin by setting ~org-ascii-list-margin~
1482 variable to an appropriate integer.
1484 *** New blocks in ASCII export
1486 ASCII export now supports =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYRIGHT= and =#+BEGIN_JUSTIFYLEFT=
1487 blocks. See documentation for details.
1489 *** More back-end specific publishing options
1491 The number of publishing options specific to each back-end has been
1492 increased. See manual for details.
1494 *** Export inline source blocks
1496 Inline source code was used to be removed upon exporting. They are
1497 now handled as standard code blocks, i.e., the source code can appear
1498 in the output, depending on the parameters.
1500 *** Extend ~org-export-first-sibling-p~ and ~org-export-last-sibling-p~
1502 These functions now support any element or object, not only headlines.
1504 *** New function: ~org-export-table-row-in-header-p~
1506 *** New function: ~org-export-get-reference~
1508 *** New function: ~org-element-lineage~
1510 This function deprecates ~org-export-get-genealogy~. It also provides
1511 more features. See docstring for details.
1513 *** New function: ~org-element-copy~
1515 *** New filter: ~org-export-filter-body-functions~
1517 Functions in this filter are applied on the body of the exported
1518 document, before wrapping it within the template.
1520 *** New :environment parameter when exporting example blocks to LaTeX
1522 : #+ATTR_LATEX: :environment myverbatim
1524 : This sentence is false.
1527 will be exported using =@samp(myverbatim)= instead of =@samp(verbatim)=.
1529 *** Various improvements on radio tables
1531 Radio tables feature now relies on Org's export framework ("ox.el").
1532 ~:no-escape~ parameter no longer exists, but additional global
1533 parameters are now supported: ~:raw~, ~:backend~. Moreover, there are new
1534 parameters specific to some pre-defined translators, e.g.,
1535 ~:environment~ and ~:booktabs~ for ~orgtbl-to-latex~. See translators
1536 docstrings (including ~orgtbl-to-generic~) for details.
1538 *** Non-floating minted listings in Latex export
1540 It is not possible to specify =#+attr_latex: :float nil= in conjunction
1541 with source blocks exported by the minted package.
1543 *** Field formulas can now create columns as needed
1545 Previously, evaluating formulas that referenced out-of-bounds columns
1546 would throw an error. A new variable ~org-table-formula-create-columns~
1547 was added to adjust this behavior. It is now possible to silently add
1548 new columns, to do so with a warning or to explicitly ask the user
1553 Ability to plot values in a column through ASCII-art bars. See manual
1556 *** New hook: ~org-archive-hook~
1558 This hook is called after successfully archiving a subtree, with point
1559 on the original subtree, not yet deleted.
1561 *** New option: ~org-attach-archive-delete~
1563 When non-nil, attachments from archived subtrees are removed.
1565 *** New option: ~org-latex-caption-above~
1567 This variable generalizes ~org-latex-table-caption-above~, which is now
1568 deprecated. In addition to tables, it applies to source blocks,
1569 special blocks and images. See docstring for more information.
1571 *** New option: ~org-latex-prefer-user-labels~
1573 See the docstring for more information.
1575 *** Export unnumbered headlines
1577 Headlines, for which the property ~UNNUMBERED~ is non-nil, are now
1578 exported without section numbers irrespective of their levels. The
1579 property is inherited by children.
1581 *** Tables can be sorted with an arbitrary function
1583 It is now possible to specify a function, both programmatically,
1584 through a new optional argument, and interactively with ~f~ or ~F~ keys,
1587 *** Table of contents can be local to a section
1589 The ~TOC~ keywords now accepts an optional ~local~ parameter. See manual
1592 *** Countdown timers can now be paused
1594 ~org-timer-pause-time~ now pauses and restarts both relative and
1597 *** New option ~only-window~ for ~org-agenda-window-setup~
1599 When ~org-agenda-window-setup~ is set to ~only-window~, the agenda is
1600 displayed as the sole window of the current frame.
1602 *** ~{{{date}}}~ macro supports optional formatting argument
1604 It is now possible to supply and optional formatting argument to
1605 ~{{{date}}}~. See manual for details.
1607 *** ~{{{property}}}~ macro supports optional search argument
1609 It is now possible to supply an optional search option to
1610 ~{{{property}}}~ in order to retrieve remote properties optional. See
1613 *** New option ~org-export-with-title~
1615 It is possible to suppress the title insertion with ~#+OPTIONS:
1616 title:nil~ or globally using the variable ~org-export-with-title~.
1618 *** New entities family: "\_ "
1620 "\_ " are used to insert up to 20 contiguous spaces in various
1621 back-ends. In particular, this family can be used to introduce
1622 leading spaces within table cells.
1624 *** New MathJax configuration options
1626 Org uses the MathJax CDN by default. See the manual and the docstring
1627 of ~org-html-mathjax-options~ for details.
1629 *** New behaviour in `org-export-options-alist'
1631 When defining a back-end, it is now possible to specify to give
1632 `parse' behaviour on a keyword. It is equivalent to call
1633 `org-element-parse-secondary-string' on the value.
1635 However, parsed =KEYWORD= is automatically associated to an
1636 =:EXPORT_KEYWORD:= property, which can be used to override the keyword
1637 value during a subtree export. Moreover, macros are expanded in such
1638 keywords and properties.
1640 *** Viewport support in html export
1642 Viewport for mobile-optimized website is now automatically inserted
1643 when exporting to html. See ~org-html-viewport~ for details.
1645 *** New ~#+SUBTITLE~ export keyword
1647 Org can typeset a subtitle in some export backends. See the manual
1650 *** Remotely edit a footnote definition
1652 Calling ~org-edit-footnote-reference~ (C-c ') on a footnote reference
1653 allows to edit its definition, as long as it is not anonymous, in a
1654 dedicated buffer. It works even if buffer is currently narrowed.
1656 *** New function ~org-delete-indentation~ bound to ~M-^~
1658 Work as ~delete-indentation~ unless at heading, in which case text is
1659 added to headline text.
1661 *** Support for images in Texinfo export
1663 ~Texinfo~ back-end now handles images. See the manual for details.
1665 *** Support for captions in Texinfo export
1667 Tables and source blocks can now have captions. Additionally, lists
1668 of tables and lists of listings can be inserted in the document with
1671 *** Countdown timer support hh:mm:ss format
1673 In addition to setting countdown timers in minutes, they can also be
1674 set using the hh:mm:ss format.
1676 *** Extend ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~
1678 ~org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift~ now accepts 0 as an argument for the
1679 number of clones, which removes the repeater from the original subtree
1680 and creates one shifted, repeating clone.
1682 *** New time block for clock tables: ~untilnow~
1684 It encompasses all past closed clocks.
1686 *** Support for the ~polyglossia~ LaTeX package
1688 See the docstring of ~org-latex-classes~ and
1689 ~org-latex-guess-polyglossia-language~ for details.
1691 *** None-floating tables, graphics and blocks can have captions
1693 *** `org-insert-heading' can be forced to insert top-level headline
1695 ** Removed functions
1697 *** Removed function ~org-translate-time~
1699 Use ~org-timestamp-translate~ instead.
1701 *** Removed function ~org-beamer-insert-options-template~
1703 This function inserted a Beamer specific template at point or in
1704 current subtree. Use ~org-export-insert-default-template~ instead, as
1705 it provides more features and covers all export back-ends. It is also
1706 accessible from the export dispatcher.
1708 *** Removed function ~org-timer-cancel-timer~
1710 ~org-timer-stop~ now stops both relative and countdown timers.
1712 *** Removed function ~org-export-solidify-link-text~
1714 This function, being non-bijective, introduced bug in internal
1715 references. Use ~org-export-get-reference~ instead.
1717 *** Removed function ~org-end-of-meta-data-and-drawers~
1719 The function is superseded by ~org-end-of-meta-data~, called with an
1722 *** Removed functions ~org-table-colgroup-line-p~, ~org-table-cookie-line-p~
1724 These functions were left-over from pre 8.0 era. They are not correct
1725 anymore. Since they are not needed, they have no replacement.
1729 *** ~org-list-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists~ is deprecated
1731 It will be kept in code base until next release, for backward
1734 If you need to separate consecutive lists with blank lines, always use
1735 two of them, as if this option was nil (default value).
1737 *** ~org-export-with-creator~ is a boolean
1739 Special ~comment~ value is no longer allowed. It is possible to use a
1740 body filter to add comments about the creator at the end of the
1743 *** Removed option =org-html-use-unicode-chars=
1745 Setting this to non-nil was problematic as it converted characters
1746 everywhere in the buffer, possibly corrupting URLs.
1748 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-command=
1750 This undocumented option defaulted to the value of =shell-file-name= at
1751 the time of loading =ob-shell=. The new behaviour is to use the value
1752 of =shell-file-name= directly when the shell langage is =shell=. To chose
1753 a different shell, either customize =shell-file-name= or bind this
1756 *** Removed option =org-babel-sh-var-quote-fmt=
1758 This undocumented option was supposed to provide different quoting
1759 styles when changing the shell type. Changing the shell type can now
1760 be done directly from the source block and the quoting style has to be
1761 compatible across all shells, so a customization doesn't make sense
1762 anymore. The chosen hard coded quoting style conforms to POSIX.
1764 *** Removed option ~org-insert-labeled-timestamps-at-point~
1766 Setting this option to anything else that the default value (nil)
1767 would create invalid planning info. This dangerous option is now
1770 *** Removed option ~org-koma-letter-use-title~
1772 Use org-export-with-title instead. See also below.
1774 *** Removed option ~org-entities-ascii-explanatory~
1776 This variable has no effect since Org 8.0.
1778 *** Removed option ~org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline~
1780 This variable has no effect since August 2009.
1782 *** Removed MathML-related options from ~org-html-mathjax-options~
1784 MathJax automatically chooses the best display technology based on the
1785 end-users browser. You may force initial usage of MathML via
1786 ~org-html-mathjax-template~ or by setting the ~path~ property of
1787 ~org-html-mathjax-options~.
1789 *** Removed comment-related filters
1791 ~org-export-filter-comment-functions~ and
1792 ~org-export-filter-comment-block-functions~ variables do not exist
1797 *** Strip all meta data from ITEM special property
1799 ITEM special property does not contain TODO, priority or tags anymore.
1801 *** File names in links accept are now compatible with URI syntax
1803 Absolute file names can now start with =///= in addition to =/=. E.g.,
1804 =[[file:///home/me/unicorn.jpg]]=.
1806 *** Footnotes in included files are now local to the file
1808 As a consequence, it is possible to include multiple Org files with
1809 footnotes in a master document without being concerned about footnote
1812 *** Mailto links now use regular URI syntax
1814 This change deprecates old Org syntax for mailto links:
1815 =mailto:user@domain::Subject=.
1817 *** =QUOTE= keywords do not exist anymore
1819 =QUOTE= keywords have been deprecated since Org 8.2.
1821 *** Select tests to perform with the build system
1823 The build system has been enhanced to allow test selection with a
1824 regular expression by defining =BTEST_RE= during the test invocation.
1825 This is especially useful during bisection to find just when a
1826 particular test failure was introduced.
1828 *** Exact heading search for external links ignore spaces and cookies
1830 Exact heading search for links now ignore spaces and cookies. This is
1831 the case for links of the form ~file:projects.org::*task title~, as well
1832 as links of the form ~file:projects.org::some words~ when
1833 ~org-link-search-must-match-exact-headline~ is not nil.
1835 *** ~org-latex-hyperref-template~, ~org-latex-title-command~ formatting
1837 New formatting keys are supported. See the respective docstrings.
1838 Note, ~org-latex-hyperref-template~ has a new default value.
1840 *** ~float, wasysym, marvosym~ are removed from ~org-latex-default-packages-alist~
1842 If you require any of these package add them to your preamble via
1843 ~org-latex-packages-alist~. Org also uses default LaTeX ~\tolerance~ now.
1845 *** When exporting, throw an error on unresolved id/fuzzy links and code refs
1847 This helps spotting wrong links.
1851 ** Incompatible changes
1852 *** =ob-sh.el= renamed to =ob-shell=
1853 This may require two changes in user config.
1855 1. In =org-babel-do-load-languages=, change =(sh . t)= to =(shell . t)=.
1856 2. Edit =local.mk= files to change the value of =BTEST_OB_LANGUAGES=
1857 to remove "sh" and include "shell".
1859 *** Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
1861 Please remove calls to =(require 'org-mac-message)= and =(require
1862 'org-mac-link-grabber)= in your =.emacs= initialization file. All you
1863 need now is =(require 'org-mac-link)=.
1865 Additionally, replace any calls to =ogml-grab-link= to
1866 =org-mac-grab-link=. For example, replace this line:
1868 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
1872 : (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
1874 *** HTML export: Replace =HTML_HTML5_FANCY= by =:html-html5-fancy= (...)
1876 Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
1877 t, like =#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=. We replaced these binary options with
1878 option keywords like :html-include-style.
1880 So you need to replace
1882 : #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
1886 : #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
1888 Options affected by this change: =HTML5_FANCY=, =HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS=
1889 and =HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE=.
1891 *** Add an argument to ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-buffer~
1893 ~org-export-to-file~ and ~org-export-to-file~ can run in a different
1894 process when provided a non-nil =ASYNC= optional argument, without
1895 relying on ~org-export-async-start~ macro.
1897 Since =ASYNC= is the first of optional arguments, you have to shift
1898 the other optional arguments accordingly.
1900 *** Export back-ends are now structures
1902 Export back-ends are now structures, and stored as such in the
1903 communication channel during an export process. In other words, from
1904 now on, ~(plist-get info :back-end)~ will return a structure instead
1907 Arguments in hooks and in filters are still symbols, though.
1909 ** Important bugfixes
1911 *** [[doc:org-insert-heading][org-insert-heading]] has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
1912 *** The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
1914 *** Match string for sparse trees can now contain a slash in a property value
1916 You can now have searches like SOMEPROP="aaa/bbb". Until now,
1917 this would break because the slash would be interpreted as the
1918 separator starting a TOTO match string.
1921 *** =C-c ^ x= will now sort checklist items by their checked status
1923 See [[doc:org-sort-list][org-sort-list]]: hitting =C-c ^ x= will put checked items at the end
1925 *** Various LaTeX export enhancements
1927 - Support SVG images
1928 - Support for .pgf files
1929 - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as =.tikz= files
1930 - Allow =latexmk= as an option for [[doc:org-latex-pdf-process][org-latex-pdf-process]]
1931 - When using =\usepackage[AUTO]{babel}=, AUTO will automatically be
1932 replaced with a value compatible with ~org-export-default-language~
1933 or ~LANGUAGE~ keyword.
1934 - The dependency on the =latexsym= LaTeX package has been removed, we
1935 now use =amssymb= symbols by default instead.
1937 *** New functions for paragraph motion
1939 The commands =C-down= and =C-up= now invoke special commands
1940 that use knowledge from the org-elements parser to move the cursor
1941 in a paragraph-like way.
1943 *** New entities in =org-entities.el=
1945 Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
1946 dalet, cdots, S (§), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
1947 leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
1948 preccurlyeq, succ, succeq, succurlyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
1949 check, frown, diamond. Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
1951 *** Anonymous export back-ends
1953 ~org-export-create-backend~ can create anonymous export back-ends,
1954 which can then be passed to export functions like
1955 ~org-export-to-file~, ~org-export-to-buffer~ or ~org-export-as~.
1957 It allows for quick translation of Org syntax without the overhead of
1958 registering a new back-end.
1960 *** New agenda fortnight view
1962 The agenda has not, in addition to day, week, month, and year
1963 views, also a fortnight view covering 14 days.
1966 *** New option [[doc:org-bookmark-names-plist][org-bookmark-names-plist]]
1968 This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
1969 *** New option [[doc:org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties][org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties]]
1971 This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
1972 See http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html for details.
1973 *** New option: [[doc:org-html-link-use-abs-url][org-html-link-use-abs-url]] to force using absolute URLs
1975 This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
1976 the =#+OPTIONS= line(s) or within a [[doc:org-publish-project-alist][org-publish-project-alist]].
1978 Setting this option to =t= is needed when the HTML output does not
1979 allow relative URLs. For example, the =contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el=
1980 library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
1981 so a combination of =:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
1982 t= is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
1985 *** New option [[doc:org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd][org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd]]
1987 This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
1989 *** New options [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex][org-babel-latex-htlatex]] and [[doc:org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages][org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages]]
1991 This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
1993 *** New option: [[doc:org-habit-show-done-always-green][org-habit-show-done-always-green]]
1995 See [[http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html][this message]] from Max Mikhanosha.
1997 *** New option: [[doc:org-babel-inline-result-wrap][org-babel-inline-result-wrap]]
1999 If you set this to the following
2001 : (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
2003 then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
2005 *** New option: [[doc:org-special-ctrl-o][org-special-ctrl-o]]
2007 This variable can be used to turn off the special behavior of
2009 ** New contributed packages
2011 - =ox-bibtex.el= by Nicolas Goaziou :: an utility to handle BibTeX
2012 export to both LaTeX and HTML exports. It uses the [[http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/][bibtex2html]]
2015 - =org-screenshot.el= by Max Mikhanosha :: an utility to handle
2016 screenshots easily from Org, using the external tool [[http://freecode.com/projects/scrot][scrot]].
2020 *** "QUOTE" keywords in headlines are deprecated
2022 "QUOTE" keywords are an undocumented feature in Org. When a headline
2023 starts with the keyword "QUOTE", its contents are parsed as
2024 a ~quote-section~ and treated as an example block. You can achieve
2025 the same with example blocks.
2027 This feature is deprecated and will be removed in the next Org
2034 Installation instructions have been updated and simplified.
2036 If you have troubles installing or updating Org, focus on these
2039 - when updating via a =.zip/.tar.gz= file, you only need to set the
2040 =load-path= in your =.emacs=. Set it before any other Org
2041 customization that would call autoloaded Org functions.
2043 - when updating by pulling Org's Git repository, make sure to create the
2044 correct autoloads. You can do this by running =~$ make autoloads= (to
2045 only create the autoloads) or by running =~$ make= (to also compile
2046 the Emacs lisp files.) =~$ make help= and =~$ make helpall= gives you
2047 detailed explanations.
2049 - when updating through ELPA (either from GNU ELPA or from Org ELPA),
2050 you have to install Org's ELPA package in a session where no Org
2051 function has been called already.
2053 When in doubt, run =M-x org-version RET= and see if you have a mixed-up
2056 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Installation for details.
2058 ** Incompatible changes
2060 Org 8.0 is the most disruptive major version of Org.
2062 If you configured export options, you will have to update some of them.
2064 If you used =#+ATTR_*= keywords, the syntax of the attributes changed and
2065 you will have to update them.
2067 Below is a list of changes for which you need to take action.
2069 See http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html for the most recent version of
2070 this list and for detailed instructions on how to migrate.
2072 **** New export engine
2074 Org 8.0 comes with a new export engine written by Nicolas Goaziou. This
2075 export engine relies on ~org-element.el~ (Org's syntax parser), which was
2076 already in Org's core. This new export engine triggered the rewriting of
2077 /all/ export back-ends.
2079 The most visible change is the export dispatcher, accessible through the
2080 keybinding =C-c C-e=. By default, this menu only shows some of the
2081 built-in export formats, but you can add more formats by loading them
2082 directly (e.g., =(require 'ox-texinfo)= or by configuring the option
2083 [[doc:org-export-backends][org-export-backends]].
2085 More contributed back-ends are available from the =contrib/= directory, the
2086 corresponding files start with the =ox-= prefix.
2088 If you customized an export back-end (like HTML or LaTeX), you will need to
2089 rename some options so that your customization is not lost. Typically, an
2090 option starting with =org-export-html-= is now named =org-html-=. See the
2091 manual for details and check [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-8.0.html][this Worg page]] for directions.
2093 **** New syntax for #+ATTR_HTML/LaTeX/... options
2095 : #+ATTR_HTML width="200px"
2097 should now be written
2099 : #+ATTR_HTML :width 200px
2101 Keywords like =#+ATTR_HTML= and =#+ATTR_LaTeX= are defined in their
2102 respective back-ends, and the list of supported parameters depends on
2103 each backend. See Org's manual for details.
2105 **** ~org-remember.el~ has been removed
2107 You cannot use =remember.el= anymore to capture notes.
2109 Support for remember templates has been obsoleted since long, it is
2112 Use =M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET= to import your
2113 remember templates into capture templates.
2115 **** ~org-jsinfo.el~ has been merged into ~ox-html.el~
2117 If you were requiring ~ox-jsinfo.el~ in your ~.emacs.el~ file, you
2118 will have to remove this requirement from your initialization file.
2120 **** Note for third-party developers
2122 The name of the files for export back-end have changed: we now use the
2123 prefix =ox-= for those files (like we use the =ob-= prefix for Babel
2124 files.) For example ~org-html.el~ is now ~ox-html.el~.
2126 If your code relies on these files, please update the names in your
2129 **** Packages moved from core to contrib
2131 Since packages in Org's core are meant to be part of GNU Emacs, we try
2132 to be minimalist when it comes to adding files into core. For 8.0, we
2133 moved some contributions into the =contrib/= directory.
2135 The rationale for deciding that these files should live in =contrib/=
2136 is either because they rely on third-party software that is not
2137 included in Emacs, or because they are not targeting a significant
2140 - org-colview-xemacs.el
2141 - org-mac-message.el
2147 Note that ~ox-freedmind.el~ has been rewritten by Jambunathan,
2148 ~org-mew.el~ has been enhanced by Tokuya Kameshima and
2149 ~ox-taskjuggler.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and others.
2151 Also, the Taskjuggler exporter now uses TJ3 by default. John Hendy
2152 wrote [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler3.html][a tutorial on Worg]] for the TJ3 export.
2154 ** New packages in core
2156 *** ~ob-makefile.el~ by Eric Schulte and Thomas S. Dye
2158 =ob-makefile.el= implements Org Babel support for Makefile tangling.
2160 *** ~ox-man.el~ by Luis Anaya
2162 =ox-man.el= allows you to export Org files to =man= pages.
2164 *** ~ox-md.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou
2166 =ox-md.el= allows you to export Org files to Markdown files, using the
2167 vanilla [[http://daringfireball.net/projects/markdown/][Markdown syntax]].
2169 *** ~ox-texinfo.el~ by Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2171 =ox-texinfo.el= allows you to export Org files to [[http://www.gnu.org/software/texinfo/][Texinfo]] files.
2173 ** New packages in contrib
2175 *** ~ob-julia.el~ by G. Jay Kerns
2177 [[http://julialang.org/][Julia]] is a new programming language.
2179 =ob-julia.el= provides Org Babel support for evaluating Julia source
2182 *** ~ob-mathomatic.el~ by Luis Anaya
2184 [[http://www.mathomatic.org/][mathomatic]] a portable, command-line, educational CAS and calculator
2185 software, written entirely in the C programming language.
2187 ~ob-mathomatic.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating mathomatic
2190 *** ~ob-tcl.el~ by Luis Anaya
2192 ~ob-tcl.el~ provides Org Babel support for evaluating [[http://www.tcl.tk/][Tcl]] source code.
2194 *** ~org-bullets.el~ by Evgeni Sabof
2196 Display bullets instead of stars for headlines.
2198 Also see [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.html#sec-8-12][this updated FAQ]] on how to display another character than "*"
2199 for starting headlines.
2201 *** ~org-favtable.el~ by Marc-Oliver Ihm
2203 ~org-favtable.el~ helps you to create and update a table of favorite
2204 locations in org, keeping the most frequently visited lines right at
2205 the top. This table is called "favtable". See the documentation on
2206 [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-favtable.html][Worg]].
2208 *** ~ox-confluence.el~ by Sébastien Delafond
2210 ~ox-confluence.el~ lets you convert Org files to [[https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/DOC/Confluence%2BWiki%2BMarkup][Confluence Wiki]] files.
2212 *** ~ox-deck.el~ and ~ox-s5.el~ by Rick Frankel
2214 [[http://imakewebthings.com/deck.js/][deck.js]] is a javascript library for displaying HTML ages as
2215 presentations. ~ox-deck.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2218 [[http://meyerweb.com/eric/tools/s5/][s5]] is a set of scripts which also allows to display HTML pages as
2219 presentations. ~ox-s5.el~ exports Org files to HTML presentations
2222 *** ~ox-groff.el~ by Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou
2224 The [[http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/][groff]] (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads
2225 plain text mixed with formatting commands and produces formatted
2228 Luis Anaya and Nicolas Goaziou implemented ~ox-groff.el~ to allow
2229 conversion from Org files to groff.
2231 *** ~ox-koma-letter.el~ by Nicolas Goaziou and Alan Schmitt
2233 This back-end allow to export Org pages to the =KOMA Scrlttr2= format.
2235 *** ~ox-rss.el~ by Bastien
2237 This back-end lets you export Org pages to RSS 2.0 feeds. Combined
2238 with the HTML publishing feature, this allows you to build a blog
2245 **** New export generic options
2247 If you use Org exporter, we advise you to re-read [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Exporting][the manual section about
2248 it]]. It has been updated and includes new options.
2250 Among the new/updated export options, three are of particular importance:
2252 - [[doc:org-export-allow-bind-keywords][org-export-allow-bind-keywords]] :: This option replaces the old option
2253 =org-export-allow-BIND= and the default value is =nil=, not =confirm=.
2254 You will need to explicitly set this to =t= in your initialization
2255 file if you want to allow =#+BIND= keywords.
2257 - [[doc:org-export-with-planning][org-export-with-planning]] :: This new option controls the export of
2258 =SCHEDULED:, DEADLINE:, CLOSED:= lines, and planning information is
2259 now skipped by default during export. This use to be the job of
2260 [[doc:org-export-with-timestamps][org-export-with-timestamps]], but this latter option has been given a
2261 new role: it controls the export of /standalone time-stamps/. When
2262 set to =nil=, Org will not export active and inactive time-stamps
2263 standing on a line by themselves or within a paragraph that only
2264 contains time-stamps.
2266 To check if an option has been introduced or its default value changed in
2267 Org 8.0, do =C-h v [option] RET= and check if the documentation says that
2268 the variable has been introduced (or changed) in version 24.4 of Emacs.
2270 **** Enhanced default stylesheet for the HTML exporter
2272 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-style-default][org-html-style-default]].
2274 **** New tags, classes and ids for the HTML exporter
2276 See the new default value of [[doc:org-html-divs][org-html-divs]].
2278 **** Support for tikz pictures in LaTeX export
2279 **** ~org-man.el~: New export function for "man" links
2280 **** ~org-docview.el~: New export function for docview links
2281 *** Structure editing
2283 **** =C-u C-u M-RET= inserts a heading at the end of the parent subtree
2284 **** Cycling to the =CONTENTS= view keeps inline tasks folded
2286 [[doc:org-cycle-hook][org-cycle-hook]] as a new function [[doc:org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks][org-cycle-hide-inline-tasks]] which
2287 prevents the display of inline tasks when showing the content of a subtree.
2289 **** =C-c -= in a region makes a list item for each line
2291 This is the opposite of the previous behavior, where =C-c -= on a region
2292 would create one item for the whole region, and where =C-u C-c -= would
2293 create an item for each line. Now =C-c -= on the selected region creates
2294 an item per line, and =C-u C-c -= creates a single item for the whole
2297 **** When transposing words, markup characters are now part of the words
2299 In Emacs, you can transpose words with =M-t=. Transposing =*these*
2300 _words__= will preserve markup.
2302 **** New command [[doc:org-set-property-and-value][org-set-property-and-value]] bound to =C-c C-x P=
2304 This command allows you to quickly add both the property and its value. It
2305 is useful in buffers where there are many properties and where =C-c C-x p=
2306 can slow down the flow of editing too much.
2308 **** New commands [[doc:org-next-block][org-next-block]] and [[doc:org-previous-block][org-previous-block]]
2310 These commands allow you to go to the previous block (=C-c M-b= or the
2311 speedy key =B=) or to the next block (=C-c M-f= or the speedy key =F=.)
2313 **** New commands [[doc:org-drag-line-forward][org-drag-line-forward]] and [[doc:org-drag-line-backward][org-drag-line-backward]]
2315 These commands emulate the old behavior of =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= but are
2316 now bound to =S-M-<down>= and =S-M-<up>= respectively, since =M-<down>= and
2317 =M-<up>= now drag the whole element at point (a paragraph, a table, etc.)
2318 forward and backward.
2320 **** When a list item has a checkbox, inserting a new item uses a checkbox too
2321 **** When sorting entries/items, only the description of links is considered
2323 Now Org will sort this list
2325 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2326 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2330 : - [[http://def.org][A]]
2331 : - [[http://abc.org][B]]
2333 by comparing the descriptions, not the links.
2334 Same when sorting headlines instead of list items.
2335 **** New option =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp=
2337 For example, setting this option to "^;;; " in Emacs lisp files and using
2338 =orgstruct-mode= in those files will allow you to cycle through visibility
2339 states as if lines starting with ";;; *..." where headlines.
2341 In general, you want to set =orgstruct-heading-prefix-regexp= as a file
2344 **** New behavior of [[doc:org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift][org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift]]
2346 The default is now to ask for a time-shift only when there is a time-stamp.
2347 When called with a universal prefix argument =C-u=, it will not ask for a
2348 time-shift even if there is a time-stamp.
2350 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree][org-agenda-restriction-lock-highlight-subtree]]
2352 This defaults to =t= so that the whole subtree is highlighted when you
2353 restrict the agenda view to it with =C-c C-x <= (or the speed command =<=).
2354 The default setting helps ensuring that you are not adding tasks after the
2355 restricted region. If you find this highlighting too intrusive, set this
2357 **** New option [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]]
2359 When switching back from a =DONE= keyword to a =TODO= keyword, Org now
2360 removes the =CLOSED= planning information, if any. It also removes this
2361 information when going back to a non-TODO state (e.g., with =C-c C-t SPC=).
2362 If you want to keep the =CLOSED= planning information when removing the
2363 TODO keyword, set [[doc:org-closed-keep-when-no-todo][org-closed-keep-when-no-todo]] to =t=.
2365 **** New option [[doc:org-image-actual-width][org-image-actual-width]]
2367 This option allows you to change the width of in-buffer displayed images.
2368 The default is to use the actual width of the image, but you can use a
2369 fixed value for all images, or fall back on an attribute like
2371 : #+attr_html: :width 300px
2372 *** Scheduled/deadline
2374 **** Implement "delay" cookies for scheduled items
2376 If you want to delay the display of a scheduled task in the agenda, you can
2377 now use a delay cookie like this: =SCHEDULED: <2004-12-25 Sat -2d>=. The
2378 task is still scheduled on the 25th but will appear in your agenda starting
2379 from two days later (i.e. from March 27th.)
2381 Imagine for example that your co-workers are not done in due time and tell
2382 you "we need two more days". In that case, you may want to delay the
2383 display of the task in your agenda by two days, but you still want the task
2384 to appear as scheduled on March 25th.
2386 In case the task contains a repeater, the delay is considered to affect all
2387 occurrences; if you want the delay to only affect the first scheduled
2388 occurrence of the task, use =--2d= instead. See [[doc:org-scheduled-delay-days][org-scheduled-delay-days]]
2389 and [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-delay-if-deadline]] for details on how to
2390 control this globally or per agenda.
2392 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-s= will insert a delay cookie for scheduled tasks
2394 See the previous section for why delay cookies may be useful.
2396 **** Use =C-u C-u C-c C-d= will insert a warning delay for deadline tasks
2398 =C-u C-u C-c C-d= now inserts a warning delay to deadlines.
2399 *** Calendar, diary and appts
2401 **** New variable [[doc:org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map][org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map]]
2403 By default, this new local map uses "." to go to today's date, like in the
2404 normal =M-x calendar RET=. If you want to deactivate this and to reassign
2405 the "@" key to =calendar-goto-today=, use this:
2407 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2408 ;; Unbind "." in Org's calendar:
2409 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map (kbd ".") nil)
2411 ;; Bind "@" to `calendar-goto-today':
2412 (define-key org-read-date-minibuffer-local-map
2414 (lambda () (interactive) (org-eval-in-calendar '(calendar-goto-today))))
2417 **** In Org's calendar, =!= displays diary entries of the date at point
2419 This is useful when you want to check if you don't already have an
2420 appointment when setting new ones with =C-c .= or =C-c s=. =!= will
2421 call =diary-view-entries= and display the diary in a separate buffer.
2423 **** [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]]: only keep the descriptions of links
2425 [[doc:org-diary][org-diary]] returns diary information from Org files, but it returns it
2426 in a diary buffer, not in an Org mode buffer. When links are displayed,
2427 only show their description, not the full links.
2430 **** New agenda type =agenda*= and entry types =:scheduled* :deadline*=
2432 When defining agenda custom commands, you can now use =agenda*=: this will
2433 list entries that have both a date and a time. This is useful when you
2434 want to build a list of appointments.
2436 You can also set [[doc:org-agenda-entry-types][org-agenda-entry-types]] either globally or locally in
2437 each agenda custom command and use =:timestamp*= and/or =:deadline*= there.
2439 Another place where this is useful is your =.diary= file:
2441 : %%(org-diary :scheduled*) ~/org/rdv.org
2443 This will list only entries from =~/org/rdv.org= that are scheduled with a
2444 time value (i.e. appointments).
2446 **** New agenda sorting strategies
2448 [[doc:org-agenda-sorting-strategy][org-agenda-sorting-strategy]] allows these new sorting strategies:
2450 | Strategy | Explanations |
2451 |----------------+------------------------------------------|
2452 | timestamp-up | Sort by any timestamp, early first |
2453 | timestamp-down | Sort by any timestamp, late first |
2454 | scheduled-up | Sort by scheduled timestamp, early first |
2455 | scheduled-down | Sort by scheduled timestamp, late first |
2456 | deadline-up | Sort by deadline timestamp, early first |
2457 | deadline-down | Sort by deadline timestamp, late first |
2458 | ts-up | Sort by active timestamp, early first |
2459 | ts-down | Sort by active timestamp, late first |
2460 | tsia-up | Sort by inactive timestamp, early first |
2461 | tsia-down | Sort by inactive timestamp, late first |
2463 **** New options to limit the number of agenda entries
2465 You can now limit the number of entries in an agenda view. This is
2466 different from filters: filters only /hide/ the entries in the agenda,
2467 while limits are set while generating the list of agenda entries.
2469 These new options are available:
2471 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-entries][org-agenda-max-entries]] :: limit by number of entries.
2472 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] :: limit by number of TODOs.
2473 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-tags][org-agenda-max-tags]] :: limit by number of tagged entries.
2474 - [[doc:org-agenda-max-effort][org-agenda-max-effort]] :: limit by effort (minutes).
2476 For example, if you locally set [[doc:org-agenda-max-todos][org-agenda-max-todos]] to 3 in an agenda
2477 view, the agenda will be limited to the first three todos. Other entries
2478 without a TODO keyword or beyond the third TODO headline will be ignored.
2480 When setting a limit (e.g. about an effort's sum), the default behavior is
2481 to exclude entries that cannot be checked against (e.g. entries that have
2482 no effort property.) To include other entries too, you can set the limit
2483 to a negative number. For example =(setq org-agenda-max-tags -3)= will not
2484 show the fourth tagged headline (and beyond), but it will also show
2485 non-tagged headlines.
2487 **** =~= in agenda view sets temporary limits
2489 You can hit =~= in the agenda to temporarily set limits: this will
2490 regenerate the agenda as if the limits were set. This is useful for
2491 example when you want to only see a list of =N= tasks, or a list of tasks
2492 that take only =N= minutes.
2494 **** "=" in agenda view filters by regular expressions
2496 You can now filter agenda entries by regular expressions using ~=~. =C-u
2497 == will filter entries out. Regexp filters are cumulative. You can set
2498 [[doc:org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset][org-agenda-regexp-filter-preset]] to suit your needs in each agenda view.
2500 **** =|= in agenda view resets all filters
2502 Since it's common to combine tag filters, category filters, and now regexp
2503 filters, there is a new command =|= to reset all filters at once.
2505 **** Allow writing an agenda to an =.org= file
2507 You can now write an agenda view to an =.org= file. It copies the
2508 headlines and their content (but not subheadings) into the new file.
2510 This is useful when you want to quickly share an agenda containing the full
2513 **** New commands to drag an agenda line forward (=M-<down>=) or backward (=M-<up>=)
2515 It sometimes handy to move agenda lines around, just to quickly reorganize
2516 your tasks, or maybe before saving the agenda to a file. Now you can use
2517 =M-<down>= and =M-<up>= to move the line forward or backward.
2519 This does not persist after a refresh of the agenda, and this does not
2520 change the =.org= files who contribute to the agenda.
2522 **** Use =%b= for displaying "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view
2524 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] now allows to use a =%b= formatter to tell Org
2525 to display "breadcrumbs" in the agenda view.
2527 This is useful when you want to display the task hierarchy in your agenda.
2529 **** Use =%l= for displaying the headline's level in the agenda view
2531 [[doc:org-agenda-prefix-format][org-agenda-prefix-format]] allows to use a =%l= formatter to tell Org to
2532 display entries with additional spaces corresponding to their level in the
2535 **** [[doc:org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] will ask before overwriting an existing file
2537 =M-x org-agenda-write RET= (or =C-c C-w= from an agenda buffer) used to
2538 overwrite preexisting file with the same name without confirmation. It now
2539 asks for a confirmation.
2541 **** New commands =M-m= and =M-*= to toggle (all) mark(s) for bulk action
2543 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle][org-agenda-bulk-toggle]] :: this command is bound to =M-m= and toggles
2544 the mark of the entry at point.
2546 - [[doc:org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all][org-agenda-bulk-toggle-all]] :: this command is bound to =M-*= and
2547 toggles all the marks in the current agenda.
2549 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level][org-agenda-search-view-max-outline-level]]
2551 This option sets the maximum outline level to display in search view.
2552 E.g. when this is set to 1, the search view will only show headlines of
2555 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds][org-agenda-todo-ignore-time-comparison-use-seconds]]
2557 This allows to compare times using seconds instead of days when honoring
2558 options like =org-agenda-todo-ignore-*= in the agenda display.
2560 **** New option [[doc:org-agenda-entry-text-leaders][org-agenda-entry-text-leaders]]
2562 This allows you to get rid of the ">" character that gets added in front of
2563 entries excerpts when hitting =E= in the agenda view.
2565 **** New formatting string for past deadlines in [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]
2567 The default formatting for past deadlines is ="%2d d. ago: "=, which makes
2568 it explicit that the deadline is in the past. You can configure this via
2569 [[doc:org-agenda-deadline-leaders][org-agenda-deadline-leaders]]. Note that the width of the formatting
2570 string is important to keep the agenda alignment clean.
2572 **** New allowed value =repeated-after-deadline= for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]]
2574 When [[doc:org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown]] is set to
2575 =repeated-after-deadline=, the agenda will skip scheduled items if they are
2576 repeated beyond the current deadline.
2578 **** New option for [[doc:org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled][org-agenda-skip-deadline-prewarning-if-scheduled]]
2580 This variable may be set to nil, t, the symbol `pre-scheduled', or a number
2581 which will then give the number of days before the actual deadline when the
2582 prewarnings should resume. The symbol `pre-scheduled' eliminates the
2583 deadline prewarning only prior to the scheduled date.
2585 Read the full docstring for details.
2587 **** [[doc:org-class][org-class]] now supports holiday strings in the skip-weeks parameter
2589 For example, this task will now be skipped only on new year's day:
2592 : <%%(org-class 2012 1 1 2013 12 12 2 "New Year's Day")>
2595 **** Allow =C-1= as a prefix for [[doc:org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] and [[doc:org-capture][org-capture]]
2597 With a =C-1= prefix, the capture mechanism will use the =HH:MM= value at
2598 point (if any) or the current =HH:MM= time as the default time for the
2601 **** Expand keywords within %(sexp) placeholder in capture templates
2603 If you use a =%:keyword= construct within a =%(sexp)= construct, Org will
2604 expand the keywords before expanding the =%(sexp)=.
2606 **** Allow to contextualize capture (and agenda) commands by checking the name of the buffer
2608 [[doc:org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] and [[doc:org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
2609 allow you to define what capture templates and what agenda commands should
2610 be available in various contexts. It is now possible for the context to
2611 check against the name of the buffer.
2614 Using =#+TAGS: { Tag1 : Tag2 Tag3 }= will define =Tag1= as a /group tag/
2615 (note the colon after =Tag1=). If you search for =Tag1=, it will return
2616 headlines containing either =Tag1=, =Tag2= or =Tag3= (or any combination
2619 You can use group tags for sparse tree in an Org buffer, for creating
2620 agenda views, and for filtering.
2622 See http://orgmode.org/org.html#Tag-groups for details.
2626 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= will ignore non-core link functions
2628 Org knows how to store links from Org buffers, from info files and from
2629 other Emacs buffers. Org can be taught how to store links from any buffer
2630 through new link protocols (see [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Adding-hyperlink-types]["Adding hyperlink types"]] in the manual.)
2632 Sometimes you want Org to ignore added link protocols and store the link
2633 as if the protocol was not known.
2635 You can now do this with =C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET=.
2637 **** =C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link RET= on an active region will store links for each lines
2639 Imagine for example that you want to store a link for every message in a
2640 Gnus summary buffer. In that case =C-x h C-u C-u C-u M-x org-store-link
2641 RET= will store a link for every line (i.e. message) if the region is
2644 **** =C-c C-M-l= will add a default description for links which don't have one
2646 =C-c C-M-l= inserts all stored links. If a link does not have a
2647 description, this command now adds a default one, so that we are not mixing
2648 with-description and without-description links when inserting them.
2650 **** No curly braces to bracket links within internal links
2652 When storing a link to a headline like
2654 : * See [[http://orgmode.org][Org website]]
2656 [[doc:org-store-link][org-store-link]] used to convert the square brackets into curly brackets.
2657 It does not anymore, taking the link description or the link path, when
2658 there is no description.
2661 **** Switching between #+TBLFM lines
2663 If you have several =#+TBLFM= lines below a table, =C-c C-c= on a line will
2664 apply the formulas from this line, and =C-c C-c= on another line will apply
2665 those other formulas.
2667 **** You now use "nan" for empty fields in Calc formulas
2669 If empty fields are of interest, it is recommended to reread the section
2670 [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Formula-syntax-for-Calc][3.5.2 Formula syntax for Calc]] of the manual because the description for the
2671 mode strings has been clarified and new examples have been added towards
2674 **** Handle localized time-stamps in formulas evaluation
2676 If your =LOCALE= is set so that Org time-stamps use another language than
2677 english, and if you make time computations in Org's table, it now works by
2678 internally converting the time-stamps with a temporary =LOCALE=C= before
2681 **** New lookup functions
2683 There are now three lookup functions:
2685 - [[doc:org-loopup-first][org-loopup-first]]
2686 - [[doc:org-loopup-last][org-loopup-last]]
2687 - [[doc:org-loopup-all][org-loopup-all]]
2689 See [[http://orgmode.org/org.html#Lookup-functions][the manual]] for details.
2690 *** Startup keywords
2692 These new startup keywords are now available:
2694 | Startup keyword | Option |
2695 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2696 | =#+STARTUP: logdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer t)= |
2697 | =#+STARTUP: nologdrawer= | =(setq org-log-into-drawer nil)= |
2698 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2699 | =#+STARTUP: logstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed t)= |
2700 | =#+STARTUP: nologstatesreversed= | =(setq org-log-states-order-reversed nil)= |
2701 |----------------------------------+---------------------------------------------|
2702 | =#+STARTUP: latexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview t)= |
2703 | =#+STARTUP: nolatexpreview= | =(setq org-startup-with-latex-preview nil)= |
2707 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]]
2709 E.g. if [[doc:org-clock-rounding-minutes][org-clock-rounding-minutes]] is set to 5, time is 14:47 and you
2710 clock in: then the clock starts at 14:45. If you clock out within the next
2711 5 minutes, the clock line will be removed; if you clock out 8 minutes after
2712 your clocked in, the clock out time will be 14:50.
2714 **** New option [[doc:org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations][org-time-clocksum-use-effort-durations]]
2716 When non-nil, =C-c C-x C-d= uses effort durations. E.g., by default, one
2717 day is considered to be a 8 hours effort, so a task that has been clocked
2718 for 16 hours will be displayed as during 2 days in the clock display or in
2721 See [[doc:org-effort-durations][org-effort-durations]] on how to set effort durations and
2722 [[doc:org-time-clocksum-format][org-time-clocksum-format]] for more on time clock formats.
2724 **** New option [[doc:org-clock-x11idle-program-name][org-clock-x11idle-program-name]]
2726 This allows to set the name of the program which prints X11 idle time in
2727 milliseconds. The default is to use =x11idle=.
2729 **** New option [[doc:org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time][org-use-last-clock-out-time-as-effective-time]]
2731 When non-nil, use the last clock out time for [[doc:org-todo][org-todo]]. Note that this
2732 option has precedence over the combined use of [[doc:org-use-effective-time][org-use-effective-time]] and
2733 [[doc:org-extend-today-until][org-extend-today-until]].
2735 **** =S-<left/right>= on a clocksum column will update the sum by updating the last clock
2736 **** =C-u 3 C-S-<up/down>= will update clock timestamps synchronously by 3 units
2737 **** New parameter =:wstart= for clocktables to define the week start day
2738 **** New parameter =:mstart= to state the starting day of the month
2739 **** Allow relative times in clocktable tstart and tend options
2740 **** The clocktable summary is now a caption
2741 **** =:tstart= and =:tend= and friends allow relative times like "<-1w>" or "<now>"
2744 **** You can now use =C-c C-k= for [[doc:org-edit-src-abort][org-edit-src-abort]]
2746 This allows you to quickly cancel editing a source block.
2748 **** =C-u C-u M-x org-babel-tangle RET= tangles by the target file of the block at point
2750 This is handy if you want to tangle all source code blocks that have the
2751 same target than the block at point.
2753 **** New options for auto-saving the base buffer or the source block editing buffer
2755 When [[doc:org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save][org-edit-src-turn-on-auto-save]] is set to =t=, editing a source block
2756 in a new window will turn on =auto-save-mode= and save the code in a new
2757 file under the same directory than the base Org file.
2759 When [[doc:org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay][org-edit-src-auto-save-idle-delay]] is set to a number of minutes =N=,
2760 the base Org buffer will be saved after this number of minutes of idle
2763 **** New =:post= header argument post-processes results
2765 This header argument may be used to pass the results of the current
2766 code block through another code block for post-processing. See the
2767 manual for a usage example.
2769 **** Commented out heading are ignored when collecting blocks for tangling
2771 If you comment out a heading (with =C-c ;= anywhere on the heading or in
2772 the subtree), code blocks from within this heading are now ignored when
2773 collecting blocks for tangling.
2775 **** New option [[doc:org-babel-hash-show-time][org-babel-hash-show-time]] to show a time-stamp in the result hash
2776 **** Do not ask for confirmation if cached value is current
2778 Do not run [[doc:org-babel-confirm-evaluate][org-babel-confirm-evaluate]] if source block has a cache and the
2779 cache value is current as there is no evaluation involved in this case.
2780 **** =ob-sql.el= and =ob-python.el= have been improved.
2781 **** New Babel files only need to =(require 'ob)=
2783 When writing a new Babel file, you now only need to use =(require 'ob)=
2784 instead of requiring each Babel library one by one.
2787 - Org now fontifies radio link targets by default
2788 - In the agenda, use [[doc:org-todo-keyword-faces][org-todo-keyword-faces]] to highlight selected TODO keywords
2789 - New face [[doc:org-priority][org-priority]], enhanced fontification of priority cookies in agenda
2790 - New face [[doc:org-tag-group][org-tag-group]] for group tags
2794 - New speedy key =s= pour [[doc:org-narrow-to-subtree][org-narrow-to-subtree]]
2795 - Handling of [[doc:org-html-table-row][org-html-table-row]] has been updated (incompatible change)
2796 - [[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]]
2797 - Support using =git-annex= with Org attachments
2798 - org-protocol: Pass optional value using query in url to capture from protocol
2799 - When the refile history is empty, use the current filename as default
2800 - When you cannot change the TODO state of a task, Org displays the blocking task
2801 - New option [[doc:org-mobile-allpriorities][org-mobile-allpriorities]]
2802 - org-bibtex.el now use =visual-line-mode= instead of the deprecated =longlines-mode=
2803 - [[doc:org-format-latex-options][org-format-latex-options]] allows to set the foreground/background colors automatically
2804 - New option [[doc:org-archive-file-header-format][org-archive-file-header-format]]
2805 - New "neg" entity in [[doc:org-entities][org-entities]]
2806 - New function [[doc:org-docview-export][org-docview-export]] to export docview links
2807 - New =:eps= header argument for ditaa code blocks
2808 - New option [[doc:org-gnus-no-server][org-gnus-no-server]] to start Gnus with =gnus-no-server=
2809 - Org is now distributed with =htmlize.el= version 1.43
2810 - ~org-drill.el~ has been updated to version 2.3.7
2811 - ~org-mac-iCal.el~ now supports OS X versions up to 10.8
2812 - Various improvements to ~org-contacts.el~ and =orgpan.el=
2816 *** Spanish translation of the Org guide by David Arroyo Menéndez
2818 David (and others) translated the Org compact guide in spanish:
2820 You can read the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/orgguide/orgguide.es.pdf][PDF guide]].
2822 *** ~poporg.el~ and ~outorg.el~
2824 Two new libraries (~poporg.el~ by François Pinard and ~outorg.el~ by
2825 Thorsten Jolitz) now enable editing of comment-sections from source-code
2826 buffers in temporary Org-mode buffers, making the full editing power of
2827 Org-mode available. ~outorg.el~ comes together with ~outshine.el~ and
2828 ~navi-mode.el~, two more libraries by Thorsten Jolitz with the goal to give
2829 source-code buffers the /look & feel/ of Org-mode buffers while greatly
2830 improving navigation and structure editing. A detailed description can be
2831 found here: http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-outside-org.html
2833 Here are two screencasts demonstrating Thorsten's tools:
2835 - [[http://youtu.be/nqE6YxlY0rw]["Modern conventions for Emacs Lisp files"]]
2836 - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v%3DII-xYw5VGFM][Exploring Bernt Hansen's Org-mode tutorial with 'navi-mode']]
2838 *** MobileOrg for iOS
2840 MobileOrg for iOS back in the App Store The 1.6.0 release was focused on
2841 the new Dropbox API and minor bug fixes but also includes a new ability to
2842 launch in Capture mode. Track development and contribute [[https://github.com/MobileOrg/mobileorg/issues][on github]].
2846 ** New option [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]]
2848 [[doc::org-use-tag-inheritance][org-use-tag-inheritance]] controls whether tags are inherited when
2849 org-tags-view is called (either in =tags=, =tags-tree= or =tags-todo=
2852 When generating other agenda types such as =agenda=, =todo= and
2853 =todo-tree=, tags inheritance is not used when selecting the entries
2854 to display. Still, you might want to have all tag information correct
2855 in the agenda buffer, e.g. for tag filtering. In that case, add the
2856 agenda type to this variable.
2858 Setting this variable to nil should considerably speeds up the agenda
2861 Note that the default was to display inherited tags in the agenda
2862 lines even if `org-use-tag-inheritance' was nil. The default is now
2863 to *never* display inherited tags in agenda lines, but to /know/ about
2864 them when the agenda type is listed in [[doc::org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance][org-agenda-use-tag-inheritance]].
2866 ** New default value nil for [[doc::org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks][org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks]]
2868 Using `nil' as the default value speeds up the agenda generation. You
2869 can hit `#' (or `C-u #') in agenda buffers to temporarily dim (or turn
2870 invisible) blocked tasks.
2872 ** New speedy keys for [[doc::org-speed-commands-default][org-speed-commands-default]]
2874 You can now use `:' (instead of `;') for setting tags---this is
2875 consistent with using the `:' key in agenda view.
2877 You can now use `=' for [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]].
2879 ** =org-float= is now obsolete, use =diary-float= instead
2880 ** No GPL manual anymore
2882 There used to be a GPL version of the Org manual, but this is not the
2883 case anymore, the Free Software Foundation does not permit this.
2885 The GNU FDL license is now included in the manual directly.
2887 ** Enhanced compatibility with Emacs 22 and XEmacs
2889 Thanks to Achim for his work on enhancing Org's compatibility with
2890 various Emacsen. Things may not be perfect, but Org should work okay
2891 in most environments.
2895 ** New ELPA repository for Org packages
2897 You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this:
2899 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
2900 (add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t)
2903 It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also
2904 available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the
2905 extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/=
2908 See http://orgmode.org/elpa/
2910 ** Overview of the new keybindings
2912 | Keybinding | Speedy | Command |
2913 |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------|
2914 | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] |
2915 | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] |
2916 | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] |
2917 | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] |
2918 | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] |
2919 | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] |
2920 | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] |
2921 | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] |
2922 | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] |
2923 | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] |
2924 | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= |
2925 | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] |
2926 | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] |
2928 ** New package and Babel language
2930 *** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org
2932 =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]].
2934 *** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el)
2935 *** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el)
2937 ** Incompatible changes
2939 - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use
2940 [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on.
2942 - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat=
2945 - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to
2946 =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The
2947 previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=.
2949 ** New features and user-visible changes
2953 =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analyzing "elements"
2954 in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou
2955 and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's
2956 core and many core functions rely on this package.
2958 Two functions might be particularly handy for users:
2959 =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=.
2961 See the docstrings for more details.
2963 Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely
2964 on =org-element.el=.
2966 **** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten
2968 The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the
2969 right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in
2970 a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode
2971 will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc.
2973 **** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward
2975 If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and
2976 down), you can first select the line as an active region, then
2977 =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or
2978 forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line.
2980 **** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=)
2982 This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements.
2984 **** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=)
2986 This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of
2989 **** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point
2990 **** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point
2992 This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at
2993 point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the
2994 paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list
2997 Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark
3000 To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline
3001 (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or
3002 [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree.
3004 Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next
3005 element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice
3006 on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on
3011 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]]
3013 There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky"
3014 agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that
3015 you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the
3016 corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver.
3018 When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be
3019 named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky
3020 agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and
3021 further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of
3022 generating new ones.
3024 If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single
3027 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]]
3029 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3030 agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set
3033 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3034 (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts
3035 '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt"))))
3038 then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers
3039 visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more
3040 details on how to use this.
3042 **** Changes in bulk actions
3044 The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the
3045 features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature.
3047 After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=,
3048 the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if
3049 on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you
3050 will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to,
3051 using the timestamp at point as the default prompt.
3053 You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date
3054 at point as an overriding date for the capture template.
3056 To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its
3057 keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to
3060 **** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item
3062 **** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items
3064 This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode.
3066 There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the
3067 character to use as a mark for bulk actions.
3069 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]]
3071 When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk
3072 action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when
3073 invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your
3074 rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with
3077 **** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]]
3079 =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because
3082 In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times
3083 because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline.
3084 When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the
3085 fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not
3086 shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown
3089 **** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions
3091 See the [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=f426da][git commit]] for more explanations.
3093 **** Allow category filtering in the agenda
3095 You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will
3096 filter by the category of the item on the current line, and
3097 pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag
3098 filters and category filters.
3100 You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda
3101 views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main
3104 See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]:
3105 hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that
3106 are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at
3111 **** Inserting links
3113 When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is
3114 now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the
3115 description is often more useful when you look for the link you
3118 Completion now complete both literal links and description. If
3119 you complete a description, the literal link and its description
3120 will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal
3121 link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.)
3123 In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now
3126 **** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links
3128 On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in
3129 abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s=
3130 but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function
3131 that takes the tag as its own argument.)
3133 **** New link type =help=
3135 You can now create links from =help= buffers.
3137 For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with
3138 =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let
3139 you go back to the same buffer.
3141 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]]
3143 This will insert all links as list items. With a universal
3144 prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable
3147 This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=.
3149 **** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]]
3151 When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified.
3153 **** Org can now open multiple shell links
3155 **** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server
3157 **** RET now follows time stamps links
3161 **** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region
3163 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using
3164 [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will
3165 loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO
3166 keyword for several items, or archive them quickly.
3168 **** You can now set tags for headlines in a region
3170 If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then
3171 selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for
3172 all headlines in the region.
3174 **** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively
3176 **** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line
3178 Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments
3179 with "^#+" are not supported anymore.
3181 **** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline
3183 **** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]]
3185 =C-M-\= should now produce useful results.
3187 You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]].
3189 **** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]]
3191 When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees
3192 containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be
3193 commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x
3198 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]]
3200 **** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]]
3202 **** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item
3204 This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last
3205 clocked entry, if any.
3207 **** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to
3209 **** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock
3211 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]]
3213 When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the
3214 last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked
3217 You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u
3218 C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments)
3219 and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix
3223 **** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]]
3225 This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking
3228 **** New options for controlling the clockreport display
3230 [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time
3231 cells in clockreport.
3233 [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total
3234 time cells in clockreport.
3237 **** New options for controlling the clock/timer display
3239 [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock
3240 is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title.
3242 [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed
3243 in the mode line and/or frame title.
3245 This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame
3246 title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful
3247 for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample
3248 space in the frame title.
3252 **** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]]
3254 The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn
3255 on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might
3256 be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you
3257 don't want to see temporarily.
3259 **** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]]
3261 This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=.
3263 **** New entities in =org-entities.el=
3265 There are these new entities:
3267 : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~")
3268 : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/")
3269 : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+")
3270 : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_")
3271 : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=")
3272 : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^")
3274 **** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms
3275 **** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day
3276 **** New face value for =org-document-title=
3278 The face is back to a normal height.
3282 **** New speed command =:= to activate the column view
3283 **** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time
3285 You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It
3286 will display the time spent on tasks for today only.
3288 **** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks
3290 If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic
3291 block will use its value as the column format.
3293 **** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum
3295 *** Org Dates and Time Stamps
3297 **** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]]
3299 =C-c /= can now check for time ranges.
3301 When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the
3302 type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this
3303 interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting
3304 [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want.
3306 **** Support for hourly repeat cookies
3310 : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h>
3312 if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry.
3314 **** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt
3316 **** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt
3318 "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a
3319 date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to
3320 =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication.
3322 **** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]]
3324 When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a
3325 timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a
3326 sparse tree with =C-c /=.
3330 **** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]]
3332 M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture
3333 template. The string will be used as an annotation for the
3334 template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets
3335 you define the content of the template without being in Emacs.
3337 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]]
3339 Setting this option allows you to define specific context where
3340 capture templates should be available from. For example, when
3343 #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
3344 (setq org-capture-templates-contexts
3345 '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode"))))
3348 then the =c= capture template will only be available from
3349 =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for
3350 more details on how to use this.
3352 **** New =%l= template to insert the literal link
3353 **** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]]
3355 Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note.
3356 You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to
3359 **** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape
3361 See the manual for more explanations.
3363 **** More control over empty lines
3365 You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to
3366 control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more
3369 **** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]]
3371 This new hook runs before the finalization process starts.
3375 **** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode=
3377 =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and
3378 =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when
3379 available) to print beautiful tables.
3381 **** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format
3383 When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]]
3384 will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting
3387 **** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]]
3389 The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps
3390 in the #+DATE option.
3392 **** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend
3394 See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]].
3396 **** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX=
3397 **** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment
3399 Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]].
3400 More languages are always welcome.
3402 **** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]]
3404 This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties.
3405 Thanks to Carsten for implementing this.
3407 **** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el
3408 **** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/cgit.cgi/org-mode.git/commit/?id=e9fd33][this commit]] for details)
3409 **** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats
3410 **** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines
3411 **** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese
3412 **** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]]
3414 Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks
3415 to Sébastien Vauban for this patch.
3419 **** New =:results drawer= parameter
3421 =:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still
3424 **** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block
3426 =:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts
3427 results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, with comma-escaped lines.
3429 =#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete.
3431 **** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code
3433 It used to exports the results of the code.
3437 **** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]]
3438 **** Allow capturing to encrypted entries
3440 If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrypted before
3441 inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture.
3443 **** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables
3445 Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>.
3446 Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so
3447 that Calc formulas can operate on them.
3449 **** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark
3450 **** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME=
3452 You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When
3453 set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the
3454 value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning
3457 **** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]]
3459 This will increment the effort value.
3461 It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command.
3463 **** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links
3465 =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to
3466 attach symbolic links.
3468 **** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree
3470 **** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]]
3472 =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as
3473 additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown.
3475 **** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]]
3477 This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory.
3479 **** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments
3480 **** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely
3481 **** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes
3483 =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item.
3485 When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for
3486 all top level list items.
3488 **** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete
3490 Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see.
3492 **** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates
3493 **** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]]
3495 **** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file
3497 **** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]]
3499 When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to
3500 =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but
3501 will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the
3502 first headline in the region.
3504 **** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]]
3506 When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's
3509 ** Important bug fixes
3511 *** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again
3513 If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to
3514 perform completion with meaningful values.
3516 *** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets
3518 Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to
3519 HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is
3520 owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3522 The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions
3523 the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license.
3525 The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser
3526 mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later)
3529 =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt
3530 the code and the license to your needs.
3532 See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for
3533 explanations on why these changes were necessary.
3537 ** Incompatible changes
3539 *** Emacs 21 support has been dropped
3541 Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead.
3543 *** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version
3545 To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer
3546 version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely,
3547 but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that
3548 made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this
3551 *** New keys for TODO sparse trees
3553 The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO
3554 sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done
3555 states) and =C-c / T= (specific states).
3557 *** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete
3559 The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use
3560 =org-agenda-span= instead.
3562 Thanks to Julien Danjou for this.
3564 *** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes=
3566 So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header
3567 of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls
3568 necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to
3569 maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call,
3570 for example for the special symbol support it needs.
3572 First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following
3573 way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I
3574 will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If
3575 that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the
3576 rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the
3577 =[EXTRA]= place holder):
3579 #+begin_src emacs-lisp
3580 (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil
3581 org-export-latex-packages-alist nil)
3584 /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified
3587 There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX
3588 packages that need to be included in all classes. The header
3589 definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain
3590 the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below).
3592 The two new variables are:
3594 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the
3595 variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs.
3596 Normally you should not change this variable. The only
3597 reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages
3598 causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then
3599 you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using
3600 Org-mode functionality that needs it.
3602 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where
3603 you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all
3606 The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX
3609 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes=
3610 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=
3611 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist=
3612 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:=
3614 If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or
3615 if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the
3616 header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can
3617 put the following macro-like place holders into the header:
3620 [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages
3621 [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages
3622 [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages
3623 [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages
3624 [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER
3625 [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff
3628 If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you
3629 should revise that customization and remove any package calls that
3630 are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This
3631 applies to the following packages:
3649 If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package
3650 you are using, you can remove it from
3651 =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that
3652 some of the advertised export features of Org will not work
3655 You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes
3656 to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place
3657 holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As
3658 said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place
3659 holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of
3662 *** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete
3664 Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which
3665 is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was
3666 an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write
3669 *** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed
3671 Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly.
3673 *** Deleted =org-mode-p=
3675 This function has been deleted: please update your code.
3677 ** Important new features
3679 *** New Org to ODT exporter
3681 Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org.
3683 To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation
3684 for more information on how to customize it.
3686 *** org-capture.el is now the default capture system
3688 This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only
3689 describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to
3690 use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual
3691 section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]].
3693 The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more
3694 possibilities for capturing different types of data. See
3695 [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details.
3697 To switch over to the new system:
3701 : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET
3703 to get a translated version of your remember templates into the
3704 new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work,
3705 but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good
3706 place to modify your templates. After running this command,
3707 enter the customize buffer for this variable with
3709 : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET
3711 and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the
3714 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did
3717 : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture)
3719 If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once
3720 you have decided to move over completely to the new
3721 implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong
3722 with using both system in parallel.
3726 *** New Org libraries
3727 **** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen)
3729 Implement links to eshell buffers.
3731 **** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik)
3733 This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens.
3735 To use, put the following in your init file:
3738 (require 'org-special-blocks)
3741 The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed
3742 previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the
3743 LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is
3744 encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded
3745 into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not
3746 protected, as text inside environments generally is.
3747 When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with
3748 class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user
3749 to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean
3752 **** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli)
3754 Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org.
3755 He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it.
3757 **** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton)
3759 Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag
3760 functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to
3761 etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file
3764 This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will
3765 call function to do something special with text links.
3767 Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution.
3769 **** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker)
3771 This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where
3772 Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point
3773 to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the
3776 : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]]
3778 Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution.
3780 *** New Babel libraries
3782 - ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz)
3783 - ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov)
3784 - ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte)
3785 - ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga)
3786 - ob-java.el (Eric Schulte)
3787 - ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago)
3788 - ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte)
3790 ** Other new features and various enhancements
3794 **** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements
3796 Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references
3797 data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a
3798 single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is
3799 stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline
3800 free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all
3801 standard bibtex reference types and fields.
3803 The key new functions are
3805 - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required
3806 (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available
3807 for the specific reference =type= of the current headline.
3809 - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level,
3810 using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields.
3812 - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a
3813 formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer
3815 - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline
3816 to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry.
3818 **** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages
3820 You can now create links from messages. This is particularly
3821 useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for
3822 later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch.
3824 **** Modified link escaping
3826 David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]:
3828 : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters
3829 : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets
3830 : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in
3831 : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http:
3834 : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and
3835 : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters.
3836 : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning
3837 : percent escaped links are solved.
3839 Thanks a lot to David for this work.
3841 **** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer
3843 When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a
3844 file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory.
3846 Patch by Stephen Eglen.
3848 **** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters
3850 The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has
3851 changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps
3852 are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping
3853 to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command
3854 string to be executed.
3856 For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax
3857 =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry
3861 Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\'
3862 Command: evince "%s" -p %1
3865 Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect.
3869 **** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline
3871 You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w"
3872 when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule
3873 (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before
3874 today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any.
3876 You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")=
3877 will work on the current entry.
3879 You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and
3880 (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda.
3882 Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this!
3884 **** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date=
3886 So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this
3889 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05
3890 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05
3895 **** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value
3897 This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default
3898 value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for
3899 details. Thanks to Carsten for this.
3901 **** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt=
3903 The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries
3904 to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out
3905 entries using a function.
3907 Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to
3908 Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for
3909 [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation.
3911 **** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid
3913 Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See
3914 the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to
3915 C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect.
3917 **** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command
3919 =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a
3920 random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default.
3921 This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today,
3922 you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want
3923 them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with
3924 a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days.
3926 Thanks to John Wiegley for this.
3930 **** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble
3932 When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring
3933 the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables.
3935 When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the
3936 docstring of these variable for details about available
3939 You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same
3940 way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a
3941 formatting string will insert a string.
3943 **** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8
3945 While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to
3946 improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide
3947 representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all
3948 of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich
3949 in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new
3950 exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c
3951 C-e u=, respectively.
3953 When there is no representation for a given symbol in the
3954 targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like
3955 representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For
3956 example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]".
3957 Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state
3960 **** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property
3962 The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a
3963 class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export.
3965 **** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails
3967 This behavior can be configured with the new option variable
3968 =org-format-latex-signal-error=.
3970 **** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents
3972 Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in
3973 to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple
3974 presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some
3975 support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER
3976 section]] in the manual for more details.
3978 Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about
3979 BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example
3980 for how this community can achieve a much better result than any
3985 **** Refile targets can now be cached
3987 You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable
3988 =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you
3989 have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update
3990 the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still
3991 offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=.
3993 **** New logging support for refiling
3995 Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be
3996 added to this entry. For details, see the new option
3999 Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea.
4003 **** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegley's pcomplete.el
4005 Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code.
4009 **** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point=
4011 See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of
4012 Org's core. Thanks to Juan!
4014 **** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `=
4016 When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will
4017 the displayed in the buffer.
4019 Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect.
4021 **** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values
4023 If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in
4024 Calc formulas or Elisp formulas:
4026 | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total |
4027 |--------+--------+---------|
4028 | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 |
4029 #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T
4031 Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are
4034 Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and
4037 **** Implement formulas applying to field ranges
4039 Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas.
4041 : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define
4042 : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows
4049 : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that
4050 : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a
4053 Thanks a lot to Carsten for this.
4055 **** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed
4057 Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also,
4058 there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent.
4060 Thanks to Seweryn Kokot.
4064 **** Improved handling of lists
4066 Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists.
4068 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in
4069 lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item
4070 doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more
4073 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the
4074 variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical
4075 counters like [@c] or [@W].
4077 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various
4078 blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are
4079 controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and
4080 `org-list-export-context'.
4082 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will
4083 keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text
4084 and make paragraphs and still not break the list.
4086 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with
4087 standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a
4088 prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and
4089 make every line in region an item. It permits to easily
4090 integrate paragraphs inside a list.
4092 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be
4093 used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no
4094 blank line around, without breaking list structure.
4096 Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this!
4098 *** Inline display of linked images
4100 Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does
4101 toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links
4102 that have no description part will be inlined.
4104 *** Implement offsets for ordered lists
4106 If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different
4107 from 1, you can now do it like this:
4109 : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12
4111 *** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview
4113 In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the
4114 code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents,
4115 augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to
4116 variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and
4117 also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes
4118 into account all header arguments, and variables.
4120 A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block'
4121 can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its
4122 expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging).
4125 The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable
4126 values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or
4127 stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this
4128 is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization
4129 to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline
4130 properties or in tables.
4132 Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default
4133 behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column
4134 names, and rownames across all languages.
4136 *** Editing Convenience and Appearance
4138 **** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=)
4140 This command will copy the visible text in the region into the
4141 kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to
4142 Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it!
4144 **** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k=
4146 See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a
4147 request by Scott Otterson.
4149 **** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts.
4151 The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special
4152 entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub
4153 and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower
4154 display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and
4155 superscripts, see the variable
4156 =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=.
4158 Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible.
4160 **** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines
4162 The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is
4163 displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for
4164 author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the
4165 following new faces:
4167 =org-document-title=
4169 =org-document-info-keyword=
4171 In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to
4172 make the corresponding keywords disappear.
4174 Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature.
4176 **** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords
4178 The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and
4179 =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as
4180 specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or
4181 background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the
4182 variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face
4183 property is affected by this setting.
4185 This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces.
4186 The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson.
4188 **** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width
4190 Requested by Michael Brand.
4192 **** Better level cycling function
4194 =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline
4195 through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved
4196 version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly
4197 this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement.
4199 **** Adaptive filling
4201 For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle
4202 the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is
4203 now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">"
4204 comments to be filled correctly.
4206 Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch.
4208 **** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el)
4210 Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change.
4212 **** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords
4214 When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now
4215 assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords.
4217 Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch.
4221 **** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log
4223 Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will
4224 increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that
4225 duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be
4226 slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding.
4228 Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea.
4230 **** Localized clock tables
4232 Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing
4233 the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See
4234 the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls
4235 available translated strings.
4237 **** Show clock overruns in mode line
4239 When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the
4240 planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example
4241 using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an
4242 extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=.
4244 Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect.
4246 **** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock
4248 If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls
4249 into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent
4250 can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting
4251 of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is
4254 Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition.
4258 **** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation
4260 There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks.
4261 See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=.
4263 Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes.
4265 **** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property
4267 This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if
4268 some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it
4269 would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a
4272 Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this
4275 **** New helper functions in org-table.el
4277 There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field.
4278 This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people.
4283 org-table-current-line
4287 **** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node
4289 The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have
4290 archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target
4293 This was requested by Tom.
4295 **** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent
4297 This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for
4298 example by viewing from the agenda.
4300 This was a request by Matt Lundin.
4304 This file is part of GNU Emacs.
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4309 (at your option) any later version.
4311 GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
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