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@subtitle Release @value{VERSION}
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@author by Carsten Dominik
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+with contributions by David O'Toole, Dan Davison, Eric Schulte and Thomas Dye
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@c The following two commands start the copyright page.
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@page
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@@ -13992,27 +13993,21 @@ the view, only the current agenda files will be searched.
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@cindex history
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@cindex thanks
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-Org was born in 2003, out of frustration over the user interface
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-of the Emacs Outline mode. I was trying to organize my notes and
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-projects, and using Emacs seemed to be the natural way to go. However,
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-having to remember eleven different commands with two or three keys per
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-command, only to hide and show parts of the outline tree, that seemed
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-entirely unacceptable to me. Also, when using outlines to take notes, I
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-constantly wanted to restructure the tree, organizing it parallel to my
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-thoughts and plans. @emph{Visibility cycling} and @emph{structure
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-editing} were originally implemented in the package
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-@file{outline-magic.el}, but quickly moved to the more general
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-@file{org.el}. As this environment became comfortable for project
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-planning, the next step was adding @emph{TODO entries}, basic
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-@emph{timestamps}, and @emph{table support}. These areas highlighted the two main
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-goals that Org still has today: to be a new, outline-based,
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-plain text mode with innovative and intuitive editing features, and to
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-incorporate project planning functionality directly into a notes file.
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-
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-A special thanks goes to @i{Bastien Guerry} who has not only written a large
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-number of extensions to Org (most of them integrated into the core by now),
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-but who has also helped in the development and maintenance of Org so much that he
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-should be considered the main co-contributor to this package.
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+Org was born in 2003, out of frustration over the user interface of the Emacs
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+Outline mode. I was trying to organize my notes and projects, and using
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+Emacs seemed to be the natural way to go. However, having to remember eleven
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+different commands with two or three keys per command, only to hide and show
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+parts of the outline tree, that seemed entirely unacceptable to me. Also,
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+when using outlines to take notes, I constantly wanted to restructure the
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+tree, organizing it parallel to my thoughts and plans. @emph{Visibility
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+cycling} and @emph{structure editing} were originally implemented in the
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+package @file{outline-magic.el}, but quickly moved to the more general
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+@file{org.el}. As this environment became comfortable for project planning,
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+the next step was adding @emph{TODO entries}, basic @emph{timestamps}, and
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+@emph{table support}. These areas highlighted the two main goals that Org
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+still has today: to be a new, outline-based, plain text mode with innovative
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+and intuitive editing features, and to incorporate project planning
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+functionality directly into a notes file.
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Since the first release, literally thousands of emails to me or to
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@email{emacs-orgmode@@gnu.org} have provided a constant stream of bug
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@@ -14023,6 +14018,38 @@ in shaping one or more aspects of Org. The list may not be
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complete, if I have forgotten someone, please accept my apologies and
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let me know.
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+Before I get to this list, a few special mentions are in order:
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+
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+@table @i
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+@item Bastien Guerry
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+Bastien has written a large number of extensions to Org (most of them
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+integrated into the core by now), including the LaTeX exporter and the plain
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+list parser. More importantly, maybe, was his help and support when Org got
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+first started, he was very important during this phase. Also, he invented
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+Worg, helped establishing the Web presence of Org, and sponsors hosting costs
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+for the orgmode.org website.
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+@item Eric Schulte and Dan Davison
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+Eric and Dan are jointly responsible for the Org-babel system, which turns
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+Org into a multi-language environment for evaluating code and doing literate
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+programming and reproducible research.
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+@item John Wiegley
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+John has also contributed a number of great ideas and patches
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+directly to Org, including the attachment system (@file{org-attach.el}),
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+integration with Apple Mail (@file{org-mac-message.el}), hierarchical
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+dependencies of TODO items, habit tracking (@file{org-habits.el}), and
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+encryption (@file{org-crypt.el}). Also, the capture system is really an
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+extended copy of his great @file{remember.el}.
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+@item Sebastian Rose
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+Without Sebastian, the HTML/XHTML publishing of Org would be the pitiful work
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+of an ignorant amateur. Sebastian has pushed this part of Org onto a much
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+higher level. He also wrote @file{org-info.js}, a Java script for displaying
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+webpages derived from Org using an Info-like or a folding interface with
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+single-key navigation.
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+@end table
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+
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+@noindent OK, now to the full list of contributions! Again, please let me
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+know what I am missing here!
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+
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@itemize @bullet
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@item
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@item
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@i{Baoqiu Cui} contributed the DocBook exporter.
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@item
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-@i{Dan Davison} wrote (together with @i{Eric Schulte}) Org Babel.
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-@item
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@i{Eddward DeVilla} proposed and tested checkbox statistics. He also
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came up with the idea of properties, and that there should be an API for
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them.
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@@ -14066,6 +14091,8 @@ them.
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@i{Kees Dullemond} used to edit projects lists directly in HTML and so
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inspired some of the early development, including HTML export. He also
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asked for a way to narrow wide table columns.
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+@i{Thomas S. Dye} contributed documentation on Worg and helped integrating
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+the Org-Babel documentation into the manual.
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@item
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@i{Christian Egli} converted the documentation into Texinfo format,
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patched CSS formatting into the HTML exporter, and inspired the agenda.
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@item
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@i{Niels Giesen} had the idea to automatically archive DONE trees.
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@item
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-@i{Bastien Guerry} wrote the La@TeX{} exporter and @file{org-bibtex.el}, and
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-has been prolific with patches, ideas, and bug reports.
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-@item
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@i{Kai Grossjohann} pointed out key-binding conflicts with other packages.
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@item
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@i{Bernt Hansen} has driven much of the support for auto-repeating tasks,
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@item
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@i{Kevin Rogers} contributed code to access VM files on remote hosts.
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@item
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-@i{Sebastian Rose} wrote @file{org-info.js}, a Java script for displaying
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-webpages derived from Org using an Info-like or a folding interface with
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-single-key navigation, and make lots of improvements to the HTML exporter.
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-@item
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@i{Frank Ruell} solved the mystery of the @code{keymapp nil} bug, a
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conflict with @file{allout.el}.
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@item
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@@ -14180,9 +14200,6 @@ of feedback, developed and applied standards to the Org documentation.
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@i{Christian Schlauer} proposed angular brackets around links, among
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other things.
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@item
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-@i{Eric Schulte} wrote @file{org-plot.el} and (together with @i{Dan Davison})
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-Org Babel, and contributed various patches, small features and modules.
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-@item
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@i{Paul Sexton} wrote @file{org-ctags.el}.
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@item
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Linking to VM/BBDB/Gnus was first inspired by @i{Tom Shannon}'s
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@i{David Wainberg} suggested archiving, and improvements to the linking
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system.
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@item
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-@i{John Wiegley} wrote @file{emacs-wiki.el}, @file{planner.el}, and
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-@file{muse.el}, which have some overlap with Org. Initially the development
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-of Org was fully independent because I was not aware of the existence of
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-these packages. But with time I have occasionally looked at John's code and
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-learned a lot from it. John has also contributed a number of great ideas and
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-patches directly to Org, including the attachment system
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-(@file{org-attach.el}), integration with Apple Mail
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-(@file{org-mac-message.el}), hierarchical dependencies of TODO items, habit
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-tracking (@file{org-habits.el}).
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-@item
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@i{Carsten Wimmer} suggested some changes and helped fix a bug in
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linking to Gnus.
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@item
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