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diff --git a/etc/ORG-NEWS b/etc/ORG-NEWS new file mode 100644 index 0000000..35aab7a --- /dev/null +++ b/etc/ORG-NEWS @@ -0,0 +1,1432 @@ +ORG NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -*- org -*- + +Copyright (C) 2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end of the file for license conditions. + +Please send Org bug reports to emacs-orgmode@gnu.org. + +* Version 7.9.2 + +** New ELPA repository for Org packages + +You can now add the Org ELPA repository like this: + +#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp +(add-to-list 'package-archives '("org" . "http://orgmode.org/elpa/") t) +#+END_SRC + +It contains both the =org-*.tar= package (the core Org distribution, also +available through http://elpa.gnu.org) and the =org-plus*.tar= package (the +extended Org distribution, with non-GNU packages from the =contrib/= +directory.) + +See http://orgmode.org/elpa/ + +** Overview of the new keybindings + + | Keybinding | Speedy | Command | + |-----------------+--------+-----------------------------| + | =C-c C-x C-z= | | [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] | + | =C-c C-x C-q= | | [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] | + | =C-c C-x C-x= | | [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] | + | =M-h= | | [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] | + | =*= | | [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] | + | =C-c C-M-l= | | [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] | + | =C-c C-x C-M-v= | | [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] | + | =C-c C-x E= | =E= | [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] | + | | =#= | [[doc::org-toggle-comment][org-toggle-comment]] | + | | =:= | [[doc::org-columns][org-columns]] | + | | =W= | Set =APPT_WARNTIME= | + | =k= | | [[doc::org-agenda-capture][org-agenda-capture]] | + | C-c , | , | [[doc::org-priority][org-priority]] | + +** New package and Babel langage + +*** =org-eshell.el= by Konrad Hinsen is now in Org + + =org-eshell.el= allows you to create links from [[http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/eshell/index.html][Eshell]]. + +*** Support for execution of Scala code blocks (see ob-scala.el) +*** Support for execution of IO code blocks (see ob-io.el) + +** Incompatible changes + + - If your code relies on =org-write-agenda=, please use + [[doc::org-agenda-write][org-agenda-write]] from now on. + + - If your code relies on =org-make-link=, please use =concat= + instead. + + - =org-link-to-org-use-id= has been renamed to + =org-id-link-to-org-use-id= and its default value is nil. The + previous default was =create-if-interactive-and-no-custom-id=. + +** New features and user-visible changes + +*** Org Element + + =org-element.el= is a toolbox for parsing and analysing "elements" + in an Org-mode buffer. This has been written by Nicolas Goaziou + and has been tested for quite some time. It is now part of Org's + core and many core functions rely on this package. + + Two functions might be particularily handy for users: + =org-element-at-point= and =org-element-context=. + + See the docstrings for more details. + + Below is a list of editing and navigating commands that now rely + on =org-element.el=. + +**** [[doc::org-fill-paragraph][org-fill-paragraph]] has been completely rewritten + + The filling mechanisms now rely on org-element, trying to do the + right thing on each element in various contexts. E.g. filling in + a list item will preserve indentation; filling in message-mode + will fall back on the relevant filling functions; etc. + +**** [[doc::org-metaup][org-metaup]] and [[doc::org-metadown][org-metadown]] will drag the element backward/forward + + If you want to get the old behavior (i.e. moving a line up and + down), you can first select the line as an active region, then + =org-metaup= or =org-metadown= to move the region backward or + forward. This also works with regions bigger than just one line. + +**** [[doc::org-up-element][org-up-element]] and [[doc::org-down-element][org-down-element]] (respectively =C-c C-^= and =C-c C-_=) + + This will move the point up/down in the hierarchy of elements. + +**** [[doc::org-backward-element][org-backward-element]] and [[doc::org-forward-element][org-forward-element]] (respectively =M-{= and =M-}=) + + This will move the point backward/forward in the hierarchy of + elements. + +**** [[doc::org-narrow-to-element][org-narrow-to-element]] will narrow to the element at point +**** [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] will mark the element at point + + This command is bound to =M-h= and will mark the element at + point. If the point is at a paragraph, it will mark the + paragraph. If the point is at a list item, it will mark the list + item. Etc. + + Note that if point is at the beginning of a list, it will mark + the whole list. + + To mark a subtree, you can either use =M-h= on the headline + (since there is no ambiguity about the element you're at) or + [[doc::org-mark-subtree][org-mark-subtree]] (=C-c @=) anywhere in the subtree. + + Invoking [[doc::org-mark-element][org-mark-element]] repeatedly will try to mark the next + element on top of the previous one(s). E.g. hitting =M-h= twice + on a headline will mark the current subtree and the next one on + the same level. + +*** Org Agenda + +**** New option [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] + + There is a new option =org-agenda-sticky= which enables "sticky" + agendas. Sticky agendas remain opened in the background so that + you don't need to regenerate them each time you hit the + corresponding keystroke. This is a big time saver. + + When [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is =non-nil=, the agenda buffer will be + named using the agenda key and its description. In sticky + agendas, the =q= key will just bury the agenda buffers and + further agenda commands will show existing buffer instead of + generating new ones. + + If [[doc::org-agenda-sticky][org-agenda-sticky]] is set to =nil=, =q= will kill the single + agenda buffer. + +**** New option [[doc::org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts][org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts]] + + Setting this option allows you to define specific context where + agenda commands should be available from. For example, when set + to this value + + #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp + (setq org-agenda-custom-commands-contexts + '(("p" (in-file . "\\.txt")))) +#+END_SRC + + then the =p= agenda command will only be available from buffers + visiting *.txt files. See the docstring and the manual for more + details on how to use this. + +**** Changes in bulk actions + + The set of commands starting with =k ...= as been deleted and the + features have been merged into the "bulk action" feature. + + After you marked some entries in the agenda, if you call =B s=, + the agenda entries will be rescheduled using the date at point if + on a date header. If you are on an entry with a timestamp, you + will be prompted for a date to reschedule your marked entries to, + using the timestamp at point as the default prompt. + + You can now use =k= to capture the marked entry and use the date + at point as an overriding date for the capture template. + + To bind this behavior to =M-x org-capture RET= (or its + keybinding), set the new option [[doc::org-capture-use-agenda-date][org-capture-use-agenda-date]] to + =t=. + +**** =N= and =P= in the agenda will move to the next/previous item + +**** New command [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-all][org-agenda-bulk-mark-all]] to mark all items + + This new command is bound to =*= in agenda mode. + + There is also a new option [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-mark-char][org-agenda-bulk-mark-char]] to set the + character to use as a mark for bulk actions. + +**** New option [[doc::org-agenda-persistent-marks][org-agenda-persistent-marks]] + + When set to =non-nil=, marks will remain visible after a bulk + action. You can temporarily toggle this by pressing =p= when + invoking [[doc::org-agenda-bulk-action][org-agenda-bulk-action]]. Marks are deleted if your + rebuild the agenda buffer or move to another date/span (e.g. with + =f= or =w=). + +**** New option [[doc::org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown][org-agenda-skip-timestamp-if-deadline-is-shown]] + + =Non-nil= means skip timestamp line if same entry shows because + of deadline. + + In the agenda of today, an entry can show up multiple times + because it has both a plain timestamp and has a nearby deadline. + When this variable is t, then only the deadline is shown and the + fact that the entry has a timestamp for or including today is not + shown. When this variable is =nil=, the entry will be shown + several times. + +**** New =todo-unblocked= and =nottodo-unblocked= skip conditions + + See the [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3Df426da][git commit]] for more explanations. + +**** Allow category filtering in the agenda + + You can now filter the agenda by category. Pressing "<" will + filter by the category of the item on the current line, and + pressing "<" again will remove the filter. You can combine tag + filters and category filters. + + You can use =org-agenda-category-filter= in your custom agenda + views and =org-agenda-category-filter-preset= in your main + configuration. + + See also the new command [[doc::org-agenda-filter-by-top-category][org-agenda-filter-by-top-category]]: + hitting =^= will filter by "Top" category: only show entries that + are of the same category than the Top category of the entry at + point. + +*** Org Links + +**** Inserting links + + When inserting links through [[doc::org-insert-link][org-insert-link]], the description is + now displayed first, followed by the literal link, as the + description is often more useful when you look for the link you + want to insert. + + Completion now complete both literal links and description. If + you complete a description, the literal link and its description + will be inserted directly, whereas when you complete the literal + link, you will be prompted for a description (as with Org 7.8.) + + In the completion buffer, links to the current buffer are now + highlighted. + +**** New templates =%h= and =%(sexp)= for abbreviated links + + On top of =%s= template, which is replaced by the link tag in + abbreviated links, you can now use =%h= (which does the same than =%s= + but does not hexify the tag) and =%(sexp)= (which can run a function + that takes the tag as its own argument.) + +**** New link type =help= + + You can now create links from =help= buffers. + + For example, if you request help for the command [[doc::org-agenda][org-agenda]] with + =C-h f org-agenda RET=, creating a link from this buffer will let + you go back to the same buffer. + +**** New command [[doc::org-insert-all-links][org-insert-all-links]] + + This will insert all links as list items. With a universal + prefix argument, links will not be deleted from the variable + =org-stored-links=. + + This new command is bound to =C-c C-M-l=. + +**** New option [[doc::org-url-hexify-p][org-url-hexify-p]] + + When set to =nil=, the =URL= part of a link will not be hexified. + +**** Org can now open multiple shell links + +**** New option [[doc::org-doi-server-url][org-doi-server-url]] to specify an alternate DOI server + +**** RET now follows time stamps links + +*** Org Editing + +**** [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] and =org-archive-*= can now loop in the active region + + When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, using + [[doc::org-todo][org-todo]] or =org-archive-*= commands in the active region will + loop over headlines. This is handy if you want to set the TODO + keyword for several items, or archive them quickly. + +**** You can now set tags for headlines in a region + + If [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is =non-nil=, then + selecting the region and hitting =C-c C-q= will set the tags for + all headlines in the region. + +**** New command [[doc::org-insert-drawer][org-insert-drawer]] to insert a drawer interactively + +**** Comments start with "^[ \t]*# " anywhere on a line + + Note that the space after the hashtag is mandatory. Comments + with "^#+" are not supported anymore. + +**** New speed key =#= to toggle the COMMENT cookie on a headline + +**** =indent-region-function= is now set to [[doc::org-indent-region][org-indent-region]] + + =C-M-\= should now produce useful results. + + You can unindent the buffer with [[doc::org-unindent-buffer][org-unindent-buffer]]. + +**** New option [[doc::org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree][org-allow-promoting-top-level-subtree]] + + When =non-nil=, =S-M-<left>= will promote level-1 subtrees + containing other subtrees. The level-1 headline will be + commented out. You can revert to the previous state with =M-x + undo RET=. + +*** Org Clock + +**** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-z= for [[doc::org-clock-resolve][org-clock-resolve]] + +**** New keybinding =C-c C-x C-q= for [[doc::org-clock-cancel][org-clock-cancel]] + +**** New command [[doc::org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] to clock in the last clocked item + + This command is bound to =C-c C-x C-x= and will clock in the last + clocked entry, if any. + +**** =C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-out][org-clock-out]] =RET= now prompts for a state to switch to + +**** =S-M-<up/down>= on a clock timestamps adjusts the previous/next clock + +**** New option [[doc::org-clock-continuously][org-clock-continuously]] + + When set to =nil=, clocking in a task will first try to find the + last clocked out task and restart from when that task was clocked + out. + + You can temporarily activate continuous clocking with =C-u C-u + C-u M-x= [[doc::org-clock-in][org-clock-in]] =RET= (three universal prefix arguments) + and =C-u C-u M-x= [[org-clock-in-last][org-clock-in-last]] =RET= (two universal prefix + arguments). + + +**** New option [[doc::org-clock-frame-title-format][org-clock-frame-title-format]] + + This option sets the value of =frame-title-format= when clocking + in. + +**** New options for controlling the clockreport display + + [[doc::org-clock-file-time-cell-format][org-clock-file-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the file time + cells in clockreport. + + [[doc::org-clock-total-time-cell-format][org-clock-total-time-cell-format]]: Format string for the total + time cells in clockreport. + + +**** New options for controlling the clock/timer display + + [[doc::org-clock-clocked-in-display][org-clock-clocked-in-display]]: control whether the current clock + is displayed in the mode line and/or frame title. + + [[doc::org-timer-display][org-timer-display]]: control whether the current timer is displayed + in the mode line and/or frame title. + + This allows the clock and timer to be displayed in the frame + title instead of, or as well as, the mode line. This is useful + for people with limited space in the mode line but with ample + space in the frame title. + +*** Org Appearance + +**** New option [[doc::org-custom-properties][org-custom-properties]] + + The visibility of properties listed in this options can be turn + on/off with [[doc::org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility][org-toggle-custom-properties-visibility]]. This might + be useful for properties used by third-part tools or that you + don't want to see temporarily. + +**** New command [[doc::org-redisplay-inline-images][org-redisplay-inline-images]] + + This will redisplay all images. It is bound to =C-c C-x C-M-v=. + +**** New entities in =org-entities.el= + + There are these new entities: + + : ("tilde" "\\~{}" nil "˜" "~" "~" "~") + : ("slash" "/" nil "/" "/" "/" "/") + : ("plus" "+" nil "+" "+" "+" "+") + : ("under" "\\_" nil "_" "_" "_" "_") + : ("equal" "=" nil "=" "=" "=" "=") + : ("asciicirc" "\\textasciicircum{}" nil "^" "^" "^" "^") + +**** New face =org-list-dt= for definition terms +**** New face =org-date-selected= for the selected calendar day +**** New face value for =org-document-title= + + The face is back to a normal height. + +*** Org Columns + +**** New speed command =:= to activate the column view +**** New special property =CLOCKSUM_T= to display today's clocked time + + You can use =CLOCKSUM_T= the same way you use =CLOCKSUM=. It + will display the time spent on tasks for today only. + +**** Use the =:COLUMNS:= property in columnview dynamic blocks + + If the =:COLUMNS:= is set in a subtree, the columnview dynamic + block will use its value as the column format. + +**** Consider inline tasks when computing a sum + +*** Org Dates and Time Stamps + +**** Enhanced [[doc::org-sparse-tree][org-sparse-tree]] + + =C-c /= can now check for time ranges. + + When checking for dates with =C-c /= it is useful to change the + type of dates that you are interested in. You can now do this + interactively with =c= after =C-c /= and/or by setting + [[doc::org-sparse-tree-default-date-type][org-sparse-tree-default-date-type]] to the default value you want. + +**** Support for hourly repeat cookies + + You can now use + + : SCHEDULED: <2012-08-20 lun. 08:00 +1h> + + if you want to add an hourly repeater to an entry. + +**** =C-u C-u C-c .= inserts a time-stamp with no prompt + +**** When (setq [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] 'time), accept days in the prompt + + "8am Wed" and "Wed 8am" are now acceptable values when entering a + date from the prompt. If [[doc::org-read-date-prefer-future][org-read-date-prefer-future]] is set to + =time=, this will produce the expected prompt indication. + +**** New option [[doc::org-datetree-add-timestamp][org-datetree-add-timestamp]] + + When set to =non-nil=, datetree entries will also have a + timestamp. This is useful if you want to see these entries in a + sparse tree with =C-c /=. + +*** Org Capture + +**** New command [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] + + M-x [[doc::org-capture-string][org-capture-string]] RET will prompt for a string and a capture + template. The string will be used as an annotation for the + template. This is useful when capturing in batch mode as it lets + you define the content of the template without being in Emacs. + +**** New option [[doc::org-capture-templates-contexts][org-capture-templates-contexts]] + + Setting this option allows you to define specific context where + capture templates should be available from. For example, when + set to this value + + #+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp + (setq org-capture-templates-contexts + '(("c" (in-mode . "message-mode")))) +#+END_SRC + + then the =c= capture template will only be available from + =message-mode= buffers. See the docstring and the manual for + more details on how to use this. + +**** New =%l= template to insert the literal link +**** New option [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] + + Org used to automatically add a bookmark with capture a note. + You can now turn this on by setting [[doc::org-capture-bookmark][org-capture-bookmark]] to + =nil=. + +**** Expand =%<num>= escape sequences into text entered for <num>'th =%^{PROMPT}= escape + + See the manual for more explanations. + +**** More control over empty lines + + You can use =:empty-lines-before= and =:empty-lines-after= to + control the insertion of empty lines. Check the manual for more + explanations. + +**** New hook [[doc::org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook][org-capture-prepare-finalize-hook]] + + This new hook runs before the finalization process starts. + +*** Org Export + +**** New functions =orgtbl-to-table.el= and =orgtbl-to-unicode= + + =orgtbl-to-table.el= convert the table to a =table.el= table, and + =orgtbl-to-unicode= will use =ascii-art-to-unicode.el= (when + available) to print beautiful tables. + +**** [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] now a bit clever about the target format + + When you specify a file name like =table.csv=, [[doc::org-table-export][org-table-export]] + will now suggest =orgtbl-to-csv= the default method for exporting + the table. + +**** New option [[doc::org-export-date-timestamp-format][org-export-date-timestamp-format]] + + The option allows to set a time string format for Org timestamps + in the #+DATE option. + +**** LaTeX: New options for exporting table rules :tstart, :hline and :tend + + See [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-hline][org-export-latex-tables-hline]] and [[doc::org-export-latex-tables-tend][org-export-latex-tables-tend]]. + +**** LaTeX: You can now set =:hfmt= from =#+ATTR_LaTeX= +**** Beamer: Add support and keybinding for the =exampleblock= environment + + Add support for these languages in [[doc::org-export-language-setup][org-export-language-setup]]. + More languages are always welcome. + +**** Beamer: New option [[doc::org-beamer-inherited-properties][org-beamer-inherited-properties]] + + This option allows Beamer export to inherit some properties. + Thanks to Carsten for implementing this. + +**** ODT: Add support for ODT export in org-bbdb.el +**** ODT: Add support for indented tables (see [[http://orgmode.org/w/?p%3Dorg-mode.git%3Ba%3Dcommit%3Bh%3De9fd33][this commit]] for details) +**** ODT: Improve the conversion from ODT to other formats +**** ASCII: Swap the level-1/level-2 characters to underline the headlines +**** Support for Chinese, simplified Chinese, Russian, Ukrainian and Japanese +**** HTML: New option [[doc::org-export-html-date-format-string][org-export-html-date-format-string]] + + Format string to format the date and time in HTML export. Thanks + to Sébastien Vauban for this patch. + +*** Org Babel + +**** New =:results drawer= parameter + +=:results drawer= replaces =:results wrap=, which is deprecated but still +supported. + +**** =:results org= now put results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block + +=:results org= used to put results in a =#+BEGIN_ORG= block but it now puts +results in a =#+BEGIN_SRC org= block, wich comma-escaped lines. + +=#+BEGIN_ORG= blocks are obsolete. + +**** Exporting =#+BEGIN_SRC org= blocks exports the code + +It used to exports the results of the code. + +*** Miscellaneous + +**** New menu entry for [[doc::org-refile][org-refile]] +**** Allow capturing to encrypted entries + +If you capture to an encrypted entry, it will be decrpyted before +inserting the template then re-encrypted after finalizing the capture. + +**** Inactive timestamps are now handled in tables + +Calc can do computation on active time-stamps like <2012-09-29 sat.>. +Inactive time-stamps in a table's cell are now internally deactivated so +that Calc formulas can operate on them. + +**** [[doc::org-table-number-regexp][org-table-number-regexp]] can now accept comma as decimal mark +**** Org allows a new property =APPT_WARNTIME= + + You can set it with the =W= speedy key or set it manually. When + set, exporting to iCalendar and [[doc::org-agenda-to-appt][org-agenda-to-appt]] will use the + value of this property as the number of minutes for the warning + alarm. + +**** New command [[doc::org-inc-effort][org-inc-effort]] + + This will increment the effort value. + + It is bound to =C-c C-x E= and to =E= as a speedy command. + +**** Attach: Add support for creating symbolic links + + =org-attach-method= now supports a new method =lns=, allowing to + attach symbolic links. + +**** Archive: you can now archive to a datetree + +**** New option [[doc::org-inlinetask-show-first-star][org-inlinetask-show-first-star]] + + =Non-nil= means display the first star of an inline task as + additional marker. When =nil=, the first star is not shown. + +**** New option [[doc::org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory][org-latex-preview-ltxpng-directory]] + + This lets you define the path for the =ltxpng/= directory. + +**** You can now use imagemagick instead of dvipng to preview LaTeX fragments +**** You can now turn off [[doc::orgstruct++-mode][orgstruct++-mode]] safely +**** =C-u C-c C-c= on list items to add check boxes + + =C-u C-c C-c= will add an empty check box on a list item. + + When hit from the top of the list, it will add check boxes for + all top level list items. + +**** =org-list-ending-method= and =org-list-end-regexp= are now obsolete + + Fall back on using =org-list-end-re= only, which see. + +**** org-feed.el now expands =%(sexp)= templates +**** New option [[doc::org-protocol-data-separator][org-protocol-data-separator]] + +**** New option [[doc::org-ditaa-jar-option][org-ditaa-jar-option]] to specify the ditaa jar file + +**** New possible value for [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] + + When [[doc::org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region][org-loop-over-headlines-in-active-region]] is set to + =start-level=, the command will loop over the active region but + will only act upon entries that are of the same level than the + first headline in the region. + +**** New option [[doc::org-habit-show-all-today][org-habit-show-all-today]] + + When set to =t=, show all (even unscheduled) habits on today's + agenda. + +** Important bug fixes + +*** M-TAB on options keywords perform completion correctly again + + If you hit =M-TAB= on keywords like =#+TITLE=, Org will try to + perform completion with meaningful values. + +*** Add licenses to javascript embedded and external code snippets + + Embedded javascript code produced when exporting an Org file to + HTML is now licensed under GPLv3 (or later), and the copyright is + owned by the Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + The javascript code for embedding MathJax in the browser mentions + the MathJax copyright and the Apache 2.0 license. + + The javascript code for embedding =org-injo.js= in the browser + mentions the copyright of Sebastian Rose and the GPLv3 (or later) + license. + + =org-export-html-scripts= is now a variable, so that you can adapt + the code and the license to your needs. + + See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html for + explanations on why these changes were necessary. + +* Version 7.8.11 + +** Incompatible changes + +*** Emacs 21 support has been dropped + + Do not use Org mode 7.xx with Emacs 21, use [[http://orgmode.org/org-6.36c.zip][version 6.36c]] instead. + +*** XEmacs support requires the XEmacs development version + + To use Org mode 7.xx with XEmacs, you need to run the developer + version of XEmacs. We were about to drop XEmacs support entirely, + but Michael Sperber stepped in and made changes to XEmacs that + made it easier to keep the support. Thanks to Michael for this + last-minute save. + +*** New keys for TODO sparse trees + + The key =C-c C-v= is now reserved for Org Babel action. TODO + sparse trees can still be made with =C-c / t= (all not-done + states) and =C-c / T= (specific states). + +*** The Agenda =org-agenda-ndays= is now obsolete + + The variable =org-agenda-ndays= is obsolete - please use + =org-agenda-span= instead. + + Thanks to Julien Danjou for this. + +*** Changes to the intended use of =org-export-latex-classes= + + So far this variable has been used to specify the complete header + of the LaTeX document, including all the =\usepackage= calls + necessary for the document. This setup makes it difficult to + maintain the list of packages that Org itself would like to call, + for example for the special symbol support it needs. + + First of all, you can *opt out of this change* in the following + way: You can say: /I want to have full control over headers, and I + will take responsibility to include the packages Org needs/. If + that is what you want, add this to your configuration and skip the + rest of this section (except maybe for the description of the + =[EXTRA]= place holder): + + #+begin_src emacs-lisp + (setq org-export-latex-default-packages-alist nil + org-export-latex-packages-alist nil) + #+end_src + + /Continue to read here if you want to go along with the modified + setup./ + + There are now two variables that should be used to list the LaTeX + packages that need to be included in all classes. The header + definition in =org-export-latex-classes= should then not contain + the corresponding =\usepackage= calls (see below). + + The two new variables are: + + 1. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= :: This is the + variable where Org-mode itself puts the packages it needs. + Normally you should not change this variable. The only + reason to change it anyway is when one of these packages + causes a conflict with another package you want to use. Then + you can remove that packages and hope that you are not using + Org-mode functionality that needs it. + + 2. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= :: This is the variable where + you can put the packages that you'd like to use across all + classes. + + The sequence how these customizations will show up in the LaTeX + document are: + + 1. Header from =org-export-latex-classes= + 2. =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist= + 3. =org-export-latex-packages-alist= + 4. Buffer-specific things set with =#+LaTeX_HEADER:= + + If you want more control about which segment is placed where, or + if you want, for a specific class, have full control over the + header and exclude some of the automatic building blocks, you can + put the following macro-like place holders into the header: + + #+begin_example + [DEFAULT-PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for default packages + [NO-DEFAULT-PACKAGES] do not include any of the default packages + [PACKAGES] \usepackage statements for packages + [NO-PACKAGES] do not include the packages + [EXTRA] the stuff from #+LaTeX_HEADER + [NO-EXTRA] do not include #+LaTeX_HEADER stuff + #+end_example + + If you have currently customized =org-export-latex-classes=, you + should revise that customization and remove any package calls that + are covered by =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. This + applies to the following packages: + + - inputenc + - fontenc + - fixltx2e + - graphicx + - longtable + - float + - wrapfig + - soul + - t1enc + - textcomp + - marvosym + - wasysym + - latexsym + - amssymb + - hyperref + + If one of these packages creates a conflict with another package + you are using, you can remove it from + =org-export-latex-default-packages-alist=. But then you risk that + some of the advertised export features of Org will not work + properly. + + You can also consider moving packages that you use in all classes + to =org-export-latex-packages-alist=. If necessary, put the place + holders so that the packages get loaded in the right sequence. As + said above, for backward compatibility, if you omit the place + holders, all the variables will dump their content at the end of + the header. + +*** The constant =org-html-entities= is obsolete + + Its content is now part of the new constant =org-entities=, which + is defined in the file org-entities.el. =org-html-entities= was + an internal variable, but it is possible that some users did write + code using it. + +*** =org-bbdb-anniversary-format-alist= has changed + + Please check the docstring and update your settings accordingly. + +*** Deleted =org-mode-p= + + This function has been deleted: please update your code. + +** Important new features + +*** New Org to ODT exporter + + Jambunathan's Org to ODT exporter is now part of Org. + + To use it, it `C-c C-e o' in an Org file. See the documentation + for more information on how to customize it. + +*** org-capture.el is now the default capture system + + This replaces the earlier system org-remember. The manual only + describes org-capture, but for people who prefer to continue to + use org-remember, we keep a static copy of the former manual + section [[http://orgmode.org/org-remember.pdf][chapter about remember]]. + + The new system has a technically cleaner implementation and more + possibilities for capturing different types of data. See + [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/26441/focus%3D26441][Carsten's announcement]] for more details. + + To switch over to the new system: + + 1. Run + + : M-x org-capture-import-remember-templates RET + + to get a translated version of your remember templates into the + new variable =org-capture-templates=. This will "mostly" work, + but maybe not for all cases. At least it will give you a good + place to modify your templates. After running this command, + enter the customize buffer for this variable with + + : M-x customize-variable RET org-capture-templates RET + + and convince yourself that everything is OK. Then save the + customization. + + 2. Bind the command =org-capture= to a key, similar to what you did + with org-remember: + + : (define-key global-map "\C-cc" 'org-capture) + + If your fingers prefer =C-c r=, you can also use this key once + you have decided to move over completely to the new + implementation. During a test time, there is nothing wrong + with using both system in parallel. + +** New libraries + +*** New Org libraries +**** org-eshell.el (Konrad Hinsen) + + Implement links to eshell buffers. + +**** org-special-blocks (Carsten Dominik) + + This package generalizes the #+begin_foo and #+end_foo tokens. + + To use, put the following in your init file: + + #+BEGIN_EXAMPLE +(require 'org-special-blocks) +#+END_EXAMPLE + + The tokens #+begin_center, #+begin_verse, etc. existed + previously. This package generalizes them (at least for the + LaTeX and html exporters). When a #+begin_foo token is + encountered by the LaTeX exporter, it is expanded + into \begin{foo}. The text inside the environment is not + protected, as text inside environments generally is. + When #+begin_foo is encountered by the html exporter, a div with + class foo is inserted into the HTML file. It is up to the user + to add this class to his or her stylesheet if this div is to mean + anything. + +**** org-taskjuggler.el (Christian Egli) + + Christian Egli's /org-taskjuggler.el/ module is now part of Org. + He also wrote a [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-taskjuggler.php][tutorial]] for it. + +**** org-ctags.el (Paul Sexton) + + Targets like =<<my target>>= can now be found by Emacs' etag + functionality, and Org-mode links can be used to to link to + etags, also in non-Org-mode files. For details, see the file + /org-ctags.el/. + + This feature uses a new hook =org-open-link-functions= which will + call function to do something special with text links. + + Thanks to Paul Sexton for this contribution. + +**** org-docview.el (Jan Böcker) + + This new module allows links to various file types using docview, where + Emacs displays images of document pages. Docview link types can point + to a specific page in a document, for example to page 131 of the + Org-mode manual: + + : [[docview:~/.elisp/org/doc/org.pdf::131][Org-Mode Manual]] + + Thanks to Jan Böcker for this contribution. + +*** New Babel libraries + +- ob-picolisp.el (Thorsten Jolitz) +- ob-fortran.el (Sergey Litvinov) +- ob-shen.el (Eric Schulte) +- ob-maxima.el (Eric S Fraga) +- ob-java.el (Eric Schulte) +- ob-lilypond.el (Martyn Jago) +- ob-awk.el (Eric Schulte) + +** Other new features and various enhancements + +*** Hyperlinks + +**** Org-Bibtex -- major improvements + + Provides support for managing bibtex bibliographical references + data in headline properties. Each headline corresponds to a + single reference and the relevant bibliographic meta-data is + stored in headline properties, leaving the body of the headline + free to hold notes and comments. Org-bibtex is aware of all + standard bibtex reference types and fields. + + The key new functions are + + - org-bibtex-check :: queries the user to flesh out all required + (and with prefix argument optional) bibtex fields available + for the specific reference =type= of the current headline. + + - org-bibtex-create :: Create a new entry at the given level, + using org-bibtex-check to flesh out the relevant fields. + + - org-bibtex-yank :: Yank a bibtex entry on the kill ring as a + formatted Org-mode headline into the current buffer + + - org-bibtex-export-to-kill-ring :: Export the current headline + to the kill ring as a formatted bibtex entry. + +**** org-gnus.el now allows link creation from messages + + You can now create links from messages. This is particularily + useful when the user wants to stored messages that he sends, for + later check. Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for the patch. + +**** Modified link escaping + + David Maus worked on `org-link-escape'. See [[http://article.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/37888][his message]]: + + : Percent escaping is used in Org mode to escape certain characters + : in links that would either break the parser (e.g. square brackets + : in link target oder description) or are not allowed to appear in + : a particular link type (e.g. non-ascii characters in a http: + : link). + : + : With this change in place Org will apply percent escaping and + : unescaping more consistently especially for non-ascii characters. + : Additionally some of the outstanding bugs or glitches concerning + : percent escaped links are solved. + + Thanks a lot to David for this work. + +**** Make =org-store-link= point to directory in a dired buffer + + When, in a dired buffer, the cursor is not in a line listing a + file, `org-store-link' will store a link to the directory. + + Patch by Stephen Eglen. + +**** Allow regexps in =org-file-apps= to capture link parameters + + The way extension regexps in =org-file-apps= are handled has + changed. Instead of matching against the file name, the regexps + are now matched against the whole link, and you can use grouping + to extract link parameters which you can then use in a command + string to be executed. + + For example, to allow linking to PDF files using the syntax + =file:/doc.pdf::<page number>=, you can add the following entry + to org-file-apps: + + #+begin_example + Extension: \.pdf::\([0-9]+\)\' + Command: evince "%s" -p %1 + #+end_example + + Thanks to Jan Böcker for a patch to this effect. + +*** Dates and time + +**** Allow relative time when scheduling/adding a deadline + + You can now use relative duration strings like "-2d" or "++3w" + when calling =org-schedule= or =org-deadline=: it will schedule + (or set the deadline for) the item respectively two days before + today and three weeks after the current timestamp, if any. + + You can use this programmatically: =(org-schedule nil "+2d")= + will work on the current entry. + + You can also use this while (bulk-)rescheduling and + (bulk-)resetting the deadline of (several) items from the agenda. + + Thanks to Memnon Anon for a heads up about this! + +**** American-style dates are now understood by =org-read-date= + + So when you are prompted for a date, you can now answer like this + + #+begin_example + 2/5/3 --> 2003-02-05 + 2/5 --> <CURRENT-YEAR>-02-05 + #+end_example + +*** Agenda + +**** =org-agenda-custom-commands= has a default value + + This option used to be `nil' by default. This now has a default + value, displaying an agenda and all TODOs. See the docstring for + details. Thanks to Carsten for this. + +**** Improved filtering through =org-agenda-to-appt= + + The new function allows the user to refine the scope of entries + to pass to =org-agenda-get-day-entries= and allows to filter out + entries using a function. + + Thanks to Peter Münster for raising a related issue and to + Tassilo Horn for this idea. Also thanks to Peter Münster for + [[git:68ffb7a7][fixing a small bug]] in the final implementation. + +**** Allow ap/pm times in agenda time grid + + Times in the agenda can now be displayed in am/pm format. See + the new variable =org-agenda-timegrid-use-ampm=. Thanks to + C. A. Webber for a patch to this effect. + +**** Agenda: Added a bulk "scattering" command + + =B S= in the agenda buffer will cause tasks to be rescheduled a + random number of days into the future, with 7 as the default. + This is useful if you've got a ton of tasks scheduled for today, + you realize you'll never deal with them all, and you just want + them to be distributed across the next N days. When called with + a prefix arg, rescheduling will avoid weekend days. + + Thanks to John Wiegley for this. + +*** Exporting + +**** Simplification of org-export-html-preamble/postamble + + When set to `t', export the preamble/postamble as usual, honoring + the =org-export-email/author/creator-info= variables. + + When set to a formatting string, insert this string. See the + docstring of these variable for details about available + %-sequences. + + You can set =:html-preamble= in publishing project in the same + way: `t' means to honor =:email/creator/author-info=, and a + formatting string will insert a string. + +**** New exporters to Latin-1 and UTF-8 + + While Ulf Stegemann was going through the entities list to + improve the LaTeX export, he had the great idea to provide + representations for many of the entities in Latin-1, and for all + of them in UTF-8. This means that we can now export files rich + in special symbols to Latin-1 and to UTF-8 files. These new + exporters can be reached with the commands =C-c C-e n= and =C-c + C-e u=, respectively. + + When there is no representation for a given symbol in the + targeted coding system, you can choose to keep the TeX-macro-like + representation, or to get an "explanatory" representation. For + example, =\simeq= could be represented as "[approx. equal to]". + Please use the variable =org-entities-ascii-explanatory= to state + your preference. + +**** HTML export: Add class to outline containers using property + + The =HTML_CONTAINER_CLASS= property can now be used to add a + class name to the outline container of a node in HTML export. + +**** Throw an error when creating an image from a LaTeX snippet fails + + This behavior can be configured with the new option variable + =org-format-latex-signal-error=. + +**** Support for creating BEAMER presentations from Org-mode documents + + Org-mode documents or subtrees can now be converted directly in + to BEAMER presentation. Turning a tree into a simple + presentations is straight forward, and there is also quite some + support to make richer presentations as well. See the [[http://orgmode.org/manual/Beamer-class-export.html#Beamer-class-export][BEAMER + section]] in the manual for more details. + + Thanks to everyone who has contributed to the discussion about + BEAMER support and how it should work. This was a great example + for how this community can achieve a much better result than any + individual could. + +*** Refiling + +**** Refile targets can now be cached + + You can turn on caching of refile targets by setting the variable + =org-refile-use-cache=. This should speed up refiling if you + have many eligible targets in many files. If you need to update + the cache because Org misses a newly created entry or still + offers a deleted one, press =C-0 C-c C-w=. + +**** New logging support for refiling + + Whenever you refile an item, a time stamp and even a note can be + added to this entry. For details, see the new option + =org-log-refile=. + + Thanks to Charles Cave for this idea. + +*** Completion + +**** In-buffer completion is now done using John Wiegleys pcomplete.el + + Thanks to John Wiegley for much of this code. + +*** Tables + +**** New command =org-table-transpose-table-at-point= + + See the docstring. This hack from Juan Pechiar is now part of + Org's core. Thanks to Juan! + +**** Display field's coordinates when editing it with =C-c `= + + When editing a field with =C-c `=, the field's coordinate will + the displayed in the buffer. + + Thanks to Michael Brand for a patch to this effect. + +**** Spreadsheet computation of durations and time values + + If you want to compute time values use the =T= flag, either in + Calc formulas or Elisp formulas: + + | Task 1 | Task 2 | Total | + |--------+--------+---------| + | 35:00 | 35:00 | 1:10:00 | + #+TBLFM: @2$3=$1+$2;T + + Values must be of the form =[HH:]MM:SS=, where hours are + optional. + + Thanks to Martin Halder, Eric Schulte and Carsten for code and + feedback on this. + +**** Implement formulas applying to field ranges + + Carsten implemented this field-ranges formulas. + + : A frequently requested feature for tables has been to be able to define + : row formulas in a way similar to column formulas. The patch below allows + : things like + : + : @3= + : @2$2..@5$7= + : @I$2..@II$4= + : + : as the left hand side for table formulas in order to write a formula that + : is valid for an entire column or for a rectangular section in a + : table. + + Thanks a lot to Carsten for this. + +**** Sending radio tables from org buffers is now allowed + + Org radio tables can no also be sent inside Org buffers. Also, + there is a new hook which get called after a table has been sent. + + Thanks to Seweryn Kokot. + +*** Lists + +**** Improved handling of lists + + Nicolas Goaziou extended and improved the way Org handles lists. + + 1. Indentation of text determines again end of items in + lists. So, some text less indented than the previous item + doesn't close the whole list anymore, only all items more + indented than it. + + 2. Alphabetical bullets are implemented, through the use of the + variable `org-alphabetical-lists'. This also adds alphabetical + counters like [@c] or [@W]. + + 3. Lists can now safely contain drawers, inline tasks, or various + blocks, themselves containing lists. Two variables are + controlling this: `org-list-forbidden-blocks', and + `org-list-export-context'. + + 4. Improve `newline-and-indent' (C-j): used in an item, it will + keep text from moving at column 0. This allows to split text + and make paragraphs and still not break the list. + + 5. Improve `org-toggle-item' (C-c -): used on a region with + standard text, it will change the region into one item. With a + prefix argument, it will fallback to the previous behavior and + make every line in region an item. It permits to easily + integrate paragraphs inside a list. + + 6. `fill-paragraph' (M-q) now understands lists. It can freely be + used inside items, or on text just after a list, even with no + blank line around, without breaking list structure. + + Thanks a lot to Nicolas for all this! + +*** Inline display of linked images + + Images can now be displayed inline. The key C-c C-x C-v does + toggle the display of such images. Note that only image links + that have no description part will be inlined. + +*** Implement offsets for ordered lists + + If you want to start an ordered plain list with a number different + from 1, you can now do it like this: + + : 1. [@start:12] will star a lit a number 12 + +*** Babel: code block body expansion for table and preview + + In org-babel, code is "expanded" prior to evaluation. I.e. the + code that is actually evaluated comprises the code block contents, + augmented with the extra code which assigns the referenced data to + variables. It is now possible to preview expanded contents, and + also to expand code during during tangling. This expansion takes + into account all header arguments, and variables. + + A new keybinding `C-c M-b p' bound to `org-babel-expand-src-block' + can be used from inside of a source code block to preview its + expanded contents (which can be very useful for debugging). + tangling + + The expanded body can now be tangled, this includes variable + values which may be the results of other source-code blocks, or + stored in headline properties or tables. One possible use for this + is to allow those using org-babel for their emacs initialization + to store values (e.g. usernames, passwords, etc...) in headline + properties or in tables. + + Org-babel now supports three new header arguments, and new default + behavior for handling horizontal lines in tables (hlines), column + names, and rownames across all languages. + +*** Editing Convenience and Appearance + +**** New command =org-copy-visible= (=C-c C-x v=) + + This command will copy the visible text in the region into the + kill ring. Thanks to Florian Beck for this function and to + Carsten for adding it to org.el and documenting it! + +**** Make it possible to protect hidden subtrees from being killed by =C-k= + + See the new variable =org-ctrl-k-protect-subtree=. This was a + request by Scott Otterson. + +**** Implement pretty display of entities, sub-, and superscripts. + + The command =C-c C-x \= toggles the display of Org's special + entities like =\alpha= as pretty unicode characters. Also, sub + and superscripts are displayed in a pretty way (raised/lower + display, in a smaller font). If you want to exclude sub- and + superscripts, see the variable + =org-pretty-entities-include-sub-superscripts=. + + Thanks to Eric Schulte and Ulf Stegeman for making this possible. + +**** New faces for title, date, author and email address lines + + The keywords in these lines are now dimmed out, and the title is + displayed in a larger font, and a special font is also used for + author, date, and email information. This is implemented by the + following new faces: + + =org-document-title= + =org-document-info= + =org-document-info-keyword= + + In addition, the variable =org-hidden-keywords= can be used to + make the corresponding keywords disappear. + + Thanks to Dan Davison for this feature. + +**** Simpler way to specify faces for tags and todo keywords + + The variables =org-todo-keyword-faces=, =org-tag-faces=, and + =org-priority-faces= now accept simple color names as + specifications. The colors will be used as either foreground or + background color for the corresponding keyword. See also the + variable =org-faces-easy-properties=, which governs which face + property is affected by this setting. + + This is really a great simplification for setting keyword faces. + The change is based on an idea and patch by Ryan Thompson. + +**** <N> in tables now means fixed width, not maximum width + + Requested by Michael Brand. + +**** Better level cycling function + + =TAB= in an empty headline cycles the level of that headline + through likely states. Ryan Thompson implemented an improved + version of this function, which does not depend upon when exactly + this command is used. Thanks to Ryan for this improvement. + +**** Adaptive filling + + For paragraph text, =org-adaptive-fill-function= did not handle + the base case of regular text which needed to be filled. This is + now fixed. Among other things, it allows email-style ">" + comments to be filled correctly. + + Thanks to Dan Hackney for this patch. + +**** `org-reveal' (=C-c C-r=) also decrypts encrypted entries (org-crypt.el) + + Thanks to Richard Riley for triggering this change. + +**** Better automatic letter selection for TODO keywords + + When all first letters of keywords have been used, Org now + assigns more meaningful characters based on the keywords. + + Thanks to Mikael Fornius for this patch. + +*** Clocking + +**** Clock: Allow synchronous update of timestamps in CLOCK log + + Using =S-M-<up/down>= on CLOCK log timestamps will + increase/decrease the two timestamps on this line so that + duration will keep the same. Note that duration can still be + slightly modified in case a timestamp needs some rounding. + + Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this idea. + +**** Localized clock tables + + Clock tables now support a new new =:lang= parameter, allowing + the user to customize the localization of the table headers. See + the variable =org-clock-clocktable-language-setup= which controls + available translated strings. + +**** Show clock overruns in mode line + + When clocking an item with a planned effort, overrunning the + planned time is now made visible in the mode line, for example + using the new face =org-mode-line-clock-overrun=, or by adding an + extra string given by =org-task-overrun-text=. + + Thanks to Richard Riley for a patch to this effect. + +**** Clock reports can now include the running, incomplete clock + + If you have a clock running, and the entry being clocked falls + into the scope when creating a clock table, the time so far spent + can be added to the total. This behavior depends on the setting + of =org-clock-report-include-clocking-task=. The default is + =nil=. + + Thanks to Bernt Hansen for this useful addition. + +*** Misc + +**** Improvements with inline tasks and indentation + + There is now a configurable way on how to export inline tasks. + See the new variable =org-inlinetask-export-templates=. + + Thanks to Nicolas Goaziou for coding these changes. + +**** A property value of "nil" now means to unset a property + + This can be useful in particular with property inheritance, if + some upper level has the property, and some grandchild of it + would like to have the default settings (i.e. not overruled by a + property) back. + + Thanks to Robert Goldman and Bernt Hansen for suggesting this + change. + +**** New helper functions in org-table.el + + There are new functions to access and write to a specific table field. + This is for hackers, and maybe for the org-babel people. + + #+begin_example + org-table-get + org-table-put + org-table-current-line + org-table-goto-line + #+end_example + +**** Archiving: Allow to reverse order in target node + + The new option =org-archive-reversed-order= allows to have + archived entries inserted in a last-on-top fashion in the target + node. + + This was requested by Tom. + +**** Org-reveal: Double prefix arg shows the entire subtree of the parent + + This can help to get out of an inconsistent state produced for + example by viewing from the agenda. + + This was a request by Matt Lundin. + +* License + + This file is part of GNU Emacs. + + GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or + (at your option) any later version. + + GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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