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* Version 6.29
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** Structure editing and cycling
*** New minor mode =org-indent-mode=
This mode implements outline indentation similar to clean view,
but in a dynamic and virtual way, at display time. I have wanted
this functionality for years and tried several implementations,
all unworkable. Emacs 23 has finally made it possible. So this
solution is for Emacs 23 only, and I am not sure yet how stable
it really is. Time will tell.
Currently I do not recommend to turn it on globally using
the variable =org-startup-indented=. But you can turn it on
for a particular buffer using
#+begin_src org
,#+STARTUP: indent
#+end_src
Turning on this minor mode automatically turns on
=org-hide-leading-stars=, and it turns off
=org-adapt-indentation=.
*** Skip CHILDREN state if there are no children
When a subtree does not have any children, visibility
cycling now skips the CHILDREN state. You can customize
this behavior with the variable
=org-cycle-skip-children-state-if-no-children=.
*** Nodes without keyword can now be counted for statistics
See the variable =org-provide-todo-statistics= for details.
It can be the symbol =all-headings=, or a list of TODO
states to consider.
This was requested by David A. Gershman.
*** New function =org-list-make-subtree=
This function converts the plain list at point into a
subtree, preserving the list structure. The key for this
command is =C-c C-*=. Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this
suggestion.
*** Headlines can be fontified to the right window border
Use the variable =org-fontify-whole-heading-line= to turn
this on. Then headline fontification will include the final
newline. If your setup for headline faces includes a
background different from the default background, this setup
creates a visual line across the window.
*** Inline tasks have become better citizens
The new key =C-c C-x t= inserts an inline task including an
END line. Inline tasks play along with (i,e, are ignored
by) link creation and footnotes. Inline tasks with an =END=
line can be refiled and archived. During the refile/archive
operation, the tasks become normal tasks and the =END= line
disappears.
These improvements reflect reports and requests by Peter
Westlake and Matt Lundin.
*** Archive subtree and move to next visible task
When archiving a task, the cursor now ends up on the next
headline, so the repeated application of the archiving
command will archive successive tasks.
Thanks to Bernt Hansen for a patch to this effect.
*** Renumbering the fn:N-like footnotes
The new footnote action =r= will renumber simple =fn:N=
footnotes in the current document. The action =S= will
first do the renumbering and then sort the footnotes (the
=s= action).
This was a request by Andreas Röhler.
*** Automatic sorting and renumbering
Customize the new variable =org-footnote-auto-adjust= or use
the =#+STARTUP= option =fnadjust= to get automatic
renumbering and sorting of footnotes after each
insertion/deletion.
This was a request by Andreas Röhler.
*** Improvements to plain-list-cycling with TAB.
TAB now by default cycles visibility in plain lists if the
cursor is at a plain list item. This corresponds to the new
default value =t= of =org-cycle-include-plain-lists=. If
you want to treat plain list items as part of the outline
hierarchy during cycling of outline headings (this is what a
=t= value used to mean), set this variable to =integrate=.
*** Force bullet type changes during plain list demotion
We now have a mechanism to force a particular bullet type
when demoting a plain list item. See the variable
=org-list-demote-modify-bullet= for details.
This was a request by Rainer Stengele.
** Tables
*** Relative row references may now cross hlines
A relative row reference like @-1 in a table may now reach
across a horizontal separator line. I hope this will not
break any important tables out there, but I think it is the
right thing to do.
The sole original reason for not allowing such crossing was
to implement running averages of one column in the next.
This can now be done using field formulas near the beginning
and end of the column, and a column formula for the central
part.
See the variable =org-table-relative-ref-may-cross-hline=
for more details.
*** Cut or copy single fields
=C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x M-w= now act on single table
fields if there is no active region defined.
** Links
*** Find agenda files linking to the current location
The new command =org-occur-link-in-agenda-files= creates a
link like =org=store-link= would, and then searches all
agenda files for this link. So for example, you could be in
a GNUS message, trying to find tasks that have links to this
message.
*** Include stored links into link completion
When inserting a link with =C-c C-l=, TAB completion will
now not only access link prefixes, but also the stored
links.
** Agenda
*** Bulk commands: Add Schedule and Deadline processing
Agenda bulk commands on marked entries now can also set the
scheduling date or a deadline. Normally, all entries will
be set to the specified date. However, when writing the
change as "++5d" or "++2w", then each time stamp will
independently be shifted by that amount.
*** Tags-todo searches: No longer force to list sublevels
For historic reasons, =org-tags-match-list-sublevels= was
forced to =t= in tags-todo agenda searches. Now we no
longer do this and accept the user setting of this variable.
Thanks to Patrick Bahr for bringing this up.
** Export
*** Use file-source.org format instead of file.org-source
When publishing the source Org file to the source directory
(i.e. if the publishing directory is the same as the source
directory), then the file name will now look like
=file-source.org= and =file-source.org.html=. Note that if you
do use this kind of setup, you probably want to specify
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
:exclude "-source\.org"
#+end_src
in your publishing project, to avoid that a new generation of
=-source= files is created each time you publish the project.
*** LaTeX export: Skip title command when there is no title
Using =#+TITLE:= without a value makes the LaTeX export
ignore the value of =org-export-latex-title-command=.
*** New option =org-export-html-footnote-format=
This defines the format for footnote references. This
string must contain =%s= which will be replaced by the
footnote label.
*** More export options for source code examples
Allow whitespace in code references. Allow the =-r= switch
to remove the references in the source code even when the
lines are not numbered: the labels can be explicit enough.
Note that =-r -k= is the same as no switch at all.
Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for bring this up.
*** LaTeX export: Allow more environment for low-level headings
The user can now define a non-standard environment or macro
to handle export of low-level headings to LaTeX.
For details, see the variable =org-export-latex-low-levels=.
*** LaTeX export: Add postscript file extensions for images
Some people process LaTeX files not directly to pdf, but go
through dvi and then to ps or pdf. In that case, allowed
images are ps and eps files, not pdf and jpg.
This commit adds the two extensions, so that export using
that alternative path can be supported better. However, it
is up to the user to make sure that the images are actually
compatible with the backend.
*** HTML export: Show UP and HOME links
=org-export-html-link-up= and =org-export-html-link-home=
are now also inserted into normal HTML export, above the
page title.
*** General mechanism for local variable settings
Many different people want to set many different variables
in a buffer-local way for export. This cannot be done with
file variables, because the Org buffer is not current while
the exporter is running.
Lots of variables can be set with the =#+OPTIONS= lines, but
finding abbreviations goes only so far.
Therefore we have now a general mechanism that can be used
to bind variables during export operations.
A line like:
#+begin_src org
,#+BIND: variable value
#+end_src
will bind the variable to value. For example, the line
#+begin_src org
,#+OPTIONS: toc:nil
#+end_src
can now equivalently be written as
#+begin_src org
,#+BIND: org-export-with-toc nil
#+end_src
*** Clean out publishing timestamp directory
When changing the publishing setup, old timestamp files can
be left behind. Forcing publishing of all projects with
=C-u C-c C-e E= will remove all existing timestamp files.
** Miscellaneous
*** Calendar for reading a date forced into current frame.
Separate-frame setup for calendar had caused problems in
AquaEmacs.
*** Set timers for headlines
You can now set a timer related to any headline, like an
alarm clock. Three new commands have been defined:
- org-timer-set-timer :: bound to =C-c C-x ;= in Org buffers
and to =;= in Org agenda buffers. This function sets a
timer for the headline the cursor is currently it. Up to
three timers can be used at any time.
- org-timer-show-remaining-time :: Show the remaining time
for the last timer set.
- org-timer-cancel-timers :: Cancel all timers.
This functionality was requested by Samuel Wales and
emulates that of /tea-time.el/ -- see the emacswiki doc at
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/tea-time
*** Clock reports may include a time stamp
Using =:timetamp t= as an option in a clock report now
allows insertion of the timestamp for the clocked entry.
Timestamps are searched for in this order: =SCHEDULING=,
=TIMESTAMP=, =DEADLINE= and =TIMESTAMP_IA=.
*** New option =org-id-uuid-program=
On some systems, =uuidgen= is named =uuid=.
*** Clock notification handler made configurable
See the variable =org-show-notification-handler=.
*** New option =org-tags-sort-function=.
This allows tags to be sorted by =string<=, =string>=, or a
custom function.
Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
*** Improvements for org-feed.el
But fixes, and allowing to choose between =wget= and =curl=.
Thanks to Christopher League for a patch to this effect.
* Version 6.28
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** Agenda changes
*** Refiling now works from the agenda
The command =C-c C-w= can be executed to refile an entry shown in
the agenda. After the command, the entry will no longer be shown
in the agenda. It it is still in an agenda file, refresh the
agenda to bring it up from it's new context.
*** Bulk action
You can now use the =m= key to mark entries in the agenda. =u=
will unmark the etry at point, and =U= will unmark everything.
When one or more entries have been selected, the =B= key will
execute an action on all selected entries. I believe this bulk
action makes mainly sense for the commands that require answering
interactive prompts. So far the supported actions are
- Refile all selected entries to a single destination
- Archive all selected entries
- Set the TODO state of all selected entries, bypassing any
blocking or note-taking.
- Add or remove a tag to/from all selected entries
We can add more actions, if you convince me they make sense.
*** Modified keys
To make room for the new Bulk action commands, some keys in the
agenda buffer had to move:
There is a new command bound to the =v= key, it dispatches
various view mode changes. Month and year view are now only
available as =v m= and =v y=, respectively. Turning on
inclusion of archive trees and files (unsed to be on =v=) is
now on =v a= and =v A=.
** Improvements related to =#+begin= blocks
*** Indented blocks
=#+begin_ ... +#end_...= blocks may now be indented along
with the structure of your document. So the =#+= lines no
longer need to start in column 0, these lines can be, along
with the block contents, indented arbitrarily. Org supports
this during editing with "C-c '", and now finally treats them
consistently during export across all backends. This makes
these blocks work much better with plain list structure
editing, and it also looks better if you like to indent text
under outline headings. For example:
#+begin_src org
,*** This is some headline
, #+begin_example
, here we have an example
, #+end_example
,
, - a plain list
, - a sublist item
, - a second sublist item
, #+begin_center
, centering within the plain list item
, #+end_center
, #+begin_example
, This example does terminate the sublist,
, the indentation of the #+begin line counts.
, #+end_example
, - but the top level plain lists continues here
#+end_src
From now on, the indentation of such a block decides whether
it is part of a plain list item or if it is actually
terminating the list. This was so far inconsistent between
editing behavior and export, now it is consistent.
The content of the block, i.e. the text between the #+ lines
gets an extra indentation of two space characters, which I
find visually pleasing. You can change the amount of extra
indentation using the variable
=org-src-content-indentation=.
This was a pretty complex change, achieved in many small
steps over the last couple of weeks. It cleans up one of the
more annoying inconsistencies in Org. I hope it will work,
but I am sure you will let me know if not.
*** Indented tables
Also tables can be fully indented now. What is new here is
that the =#+TBLFM= line, and also things like =#+caption=,
=#+label=, =#+attr_...= etc can be indented along with the
table. Again, this makes the look of the document better and
allows for proper plain list structure editing.
*** Protected blocks
Some =#+begin_ ... +#end_...= blocks contain text that should not
be processed like normal Org-mode text. =example= and =src=
block fall into this class, and so do =ditaa= blocks, for
example. The content in such blocks is now properly fontified in
a single face (called =org-block=). This was a frequently
requested feature. The list of blocks that should be protected
from normal Org-mode fontification is defined in the variable
=org-protecting-blocks=. Modules defining new blocks should add
to this variable when needed. =org-exp-blocks.el= does this
already.
*** Hide and show the contents of blocks
Blocks can now be folded and unfolded with =TAB=. If you
want to have all blocks folded on startup, customize
=org-hide-block-startup= or use the =#+STARTUP= options
=hideblocks= or =showblocks= to overrule this variable on a
per-file basis.
Thanks to Eric Schulte for a patch to this effect.
*** Moved Eric Schulte's org-exp-blocks.el into the core
This seems to be getting a lot of use now, so it is now part of
the core and loaded automatically. This package can now also be
used to define new blocks. Customize the variable
=org-export-blocks= or use the function
=org-export-blocks-add-block=.
** New and updated contributed modules
*** org-export-generic.el is now a contributed package.
This new module allows users to export an Org page to any type of
output by constructing the output using a list of prefixes,
format specifications and suffixes for the various types of org
data (headlines, paragraphs, list bullets, etc). Use the
=org-set-generic-type= function to define your own export types
and have them bound to a key (use an upper-case letter for user
export definitions).
Thanks to Wes Hardaker for this contribution with a lot of
potential.
*** New contributed modules org-mac-iCal.el by Christopher Suckling
See the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-mac-iCal.php][documentation on Worg]].
*** org-jira.el: New file, by Jonathan Arkell
Links to Jira tickets.
*** org-R.el: Updated.
/org-R.el/ has been updated, thanks to Dan Davison for this.
*** =[ TABLE-OF-CONTENTS]= is now also used for LaTeX export
This cookie will mark the location of the =\tableofcontents=
macro. Triggered by a report by Yuva.
** Changes to the clocking system
*** New option `org-clock-out-switch-to-state'.
Clocking out can now switch the task to a particular state.
This was a request by Manish.
*** More control about what time is shown in mode line while clocking
- If you have an =Effort= property defined, its value is also
shown in the mode line, and you can configure =org-clock-sound=
to get an alert when your planned time for a particular item is
over.
- When an entry has been clocked earlier, the time shown in the
mode line while the item is being clocked is now the sum of all
previous, and the current clock.
- The exception to the previous rule are repeating entries: There
the clock time will only be clocking instances recorded since
the last time the entry when through a repeat event. The time
of that event is now recorded in the =LAST_REPEAT= property
- You can use the property CLOCK_MODELINE_TOTAL to get
control over what times are displayed in the mode line, see
the manual for more information.
- The new command =C-c C-x C-e= can be used to change the Effort
estimate and therefore to change the moment when the clock sound
will go off.
- The clock string in the modeline now has a special font,
=org-mode-line-clock=. This was a proposal by Samuel Wales.
- Clicking on the mode line display of the clock now offers a
menu with important clock functions like clocking out, or
switching the clock to a different task.
Thanks to Konstantin Antipin for part of the implementation, and
thanks to Bernt Hansen for helping to iron out the issues related
to repeated tasks.
** Miscellaneous changes
*** Allow to specify the alignment in table columns by hand
Similar to the =<20>= cookies that allow to specify a maximum
width for a table column, you can now also specify the alignment
in order to overrule the automatic alignment choice based on the
dominance of number or non-number fields in a column. The
corresponding cookies are =<l>= and =<r>= for left and right side
alignment, respectively. These can be combined with maximum
width specification like this: =<r15>=.
This was a proposal by Michael Brand.
*** Stop logging and blocking when selecting a TODO state
Sometimes you want to quickly select or change a TODO state of an
item, without being bothered by your setup for blocking state
changes and logging entries. So in this case, you don't want the
change be seen as a true state change.
You can now set the variable
=org-treat-S-cursor-todo-selection-as-state-change= to nil.
Then, when you use =S-left= and =S-right= to quickly flip through
states, blocking and logging will be temporarily disabled.
*** Export BBDB anniversaries to iCalendar
See the variable `org-icalendar-include-bbdb-anniversaries'.
This was a request by Richard Riley, thanks to Thomas Baumann
for the prompt implementation.
*** Macro definitions can be collected in an #+SETUPFILE
If you want to use many macros in different files, collect the
=#+macro= lines into a file and link to them with
: #+SETUPFILE: path/to-file
*** Subtree cloning now also shifts inactive dates
When using the command =org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift=, time
stamps will be shifted for each clone. So far, this applied only
to active timestamps, but now it does apply to inactive
ones as well.
*** HTML table export: Assign alternating classes to rows
The new variable =org-export-table-row-tags= can now be set up in
a way so that different table lines get special CSS classes
assigned. This can be used for example to choose different
background colors for odd and even lines, respectively. The
docstring of the variable contains this example:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-export-table-row-tags
(cons '(if head
"<tr>"
(if (= (mod nline 2) 1)
"<tr class=\"tr-odd\">"
"<tr class=\"tr-even\">"))
"</tr>"))
#+end_src
It makes use of the local variables =head= and =nline= which are
used to check whether the current line is a header line, and whether
it is an odd or an even line. Since this is fully programmable,
you can do other things as well.
This was a request by Xin Shi.
*** Remember: target headline may be a function
When setting up remember templates, the target headline may now
be a function, similarly to what is allowed for the target file.
The functions needs to return the headline that should be used.
*** Remove flyspell overlays in places where they are not wanted
We now keep flyspell from highlighting non-words in links.
*** Update targets in the Makefile
Some new targets in the default Makefile make it easier to update
through git to the latest version: =update= and =up2=. Here are
the definitions.
#+begin_src BSDmakefile
update:
git pull
${MAKE} clean
${MAKE} all
up2: update
sudo ${MAKE} install
#+end_src
This was a request by Konstantin Antipin.
* Version 6.27
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** Details
*** Macros for export
Macro processing for export has been enhanced:
- You can use arguments in a macro, for example
#+begin_src org
#+macro hello Greet the $1: Hello $1
#+end_src
which would turn ={{{hello(world)}}}= into =Greet the world: Hello world=
- The macro value can be an emacs-lisp for to be evaluated at the
time of export:
#+begin_src org
,#+macro: datetime (eval (format-time-string "$1"))
#+end_src
- More built-in default macros:
- date(FORMAT_TIME_STRING) :: Time/Date of export
- time(FORMAT_TIME_STRING) :: Same as date
- modification-time(FORMAT_TIME_STRING) :: Last modification of file
- input-file :: Name of the input file
The new built-in macros have been requested by Daniel Clemente.
*** Link completion for files and bbdb names
Org now has a general mechanism how modules can provide enhanced
support (for example through completion) when adding a link. For
example, when inserting a link with =C-c C-l=, you can now type
=file:= followed by =RET= to get completion support for inserting
a file. After entering =bbdb:= and =RET=, a completion interface
will allow to complete names in the BBDB database. These are the
only ones implemented right now, but modules that add a link type
=xyz:= can simple define =org-xyz-complete-link= that should
return the full link with prefix after aiding the used to create
the link. For example, if you have =http= links that you have to
insert very often, you could define a function
=org-http-complete-link= to help selecting the most common ones.
*** Source file publishing
It is now easy to publish the Org sources along with, for
example, HTML files. In your publishing project, replace
: :publishing-function org-publish-org-to-html
with
: :publishing-function (org-publish-org-to-html org-publish-org-to-org)
: :plain-source t
: :htmlized-source t
to get both the plain org file and an htmlized version that
looks like your editing buffer published along with the HTML
exported version.
*** Push exported stuff to kill ring
All exporters now push the produced material onto the kill-ring
in Emacs, and also to the external clipboard and the primary
selection to make it easy to paste this under many circumstances.
*** Tables in LaTeX without centering
Set the variable `org-export-latex-tables-centered' to nil if you
prefer tables not to be horizontally centered. Note that
longtable tables are always centered.
*** LaTeX export: TODO markup configurable
The markup for TODO keywords in LaTeX export is now configurable
using the variable =org-export-latex-todo-keyword-markup=.
*** ASCII export to buffer
ASCII export has now the same command variations as the other
export backends, for example exporting to a temporary buffer
instead of a file.
The was a request by Samuel Wales.
*** Accessibility improvements for HTTP tables
When exporting tables to HTML, Org now adds =scope= attributes to
all header fields, in order to support screen readers.
Setting the variable
=org-export-html-table-use-header-tags-for-first-column= will
request using =<th>= instead of =<td>= also in the entire first
column, so that also row information can be scoped. This was
triggered by a request by Jan Buchal, and as usually Sebastian
Rose came up with the right implementation.
*** Timezone information in iCalendar files
The timezone information in iCalendar files is now written in the
correct format, and can be set in the variable
=org-ical-timezone=. This variable is initialized from the =TZ=
environment variable.
*** New contributed package /org-special-blocks.el/
The package turns any "undefined" =#+begin_...= blocks into LaTeX
environments for LaTeX export, and into =<div>= tags for HTML
export.
Thanks to Chris Gray for this contribution.
*** More flexibility about placing logging notes.
Logging into a drawer can now also be set for individual
subtrees using the =LOG_INTO_DRAWER= property.
Requested by Daniel J. Sinder
*** New reload key
Reloading Org has moved to a new key, =C-c C-x !=, and is now
also available in the agenda.
*** Start Agenda with log mode active
Set the new option =org-agenda-start-with-log-mode= to have
log mode turned on from the start. Or set this option for
specific custom commands.
Thanks to Benjamin Andresen for a patch to this effect.
*** Agenda speed optimizations
Depending on circumstances, construction the agenda has become a
lot faster.
Triggered by Eric S Fraga's reports about using Org on a slow
computer like a netbook.
*** New face for today in agenda
The date that is today can now be highlighted in the agenda by
customizing the face =org-agenda-date-today=.
Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
*** Properties to disambiguate statistics
When an entry has both check boxes and TODO children, it is not
clear what kind of statistics a cookie should show You can now use
the =COOKIE_DATA= property to disambiguate, by giving it a value
"todo" or "checkbox".
Thanks to Ulf Stegeman, who was persistent enough to push this
change past my initial resistance.
*** Checkboxes and TODO items: recursive statistics
Setting the variable =org-hierarchical-checkbox-statistics= to
=nil= will make statistics cookies count all checkboxes in the
lit hierarchy below it.
Setting the variable =org-hierarchical-todo-statistics= to
=nil= will do the same for TODO items.
To turn on recursive statistics only for a single subtree, add the
word "recursive" to the =COOKIE_DATA= property. Note that you
can have such a property containing both "todo" or "checkbox" for
disambiguation, and the word "recursive", separated by a space
character.
The change for checkboxes was a patch by Richard Klinda.
*** New operators for column view
Column view has new operators for computing the minimum,
maximum, and mean of property values.
Thanks to Mikael Fornius for a patch to this effect.
* Version 6.26
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** Details
*** custom IDs
Entries can now define a =CUSTOM_ID= property. This property
must be a valid ID according to HTML rules, and it will be used
in HTML export as the main target ID for this entry. That means,
both the table of conents and other internal links will
automatically point to this ID instead of the automatic ID like
=sec-1.1=. This is useful to create humar-readable permanent
links to these location in a document.
The user is responsible to make sure that custom IDs are unique
within a file.
Links written like =[[#my-target-name] ]= can be used to target a
custom ID.
When using =C-c l= to store a link to a headline that has a
custom ID, Org will now create two links at the same time. One
link will be to the custom ID. The other will be to the globaly
unique ID property. When inserting the line with =C-c C-l=, you
need to decide which one you want to use. Use the ID links for
entries that are expected to move from one file to the next. Use
custom ID links publishing projects, when you are sure that te
entry will stay in that file. See also the variable
=org-link-to-org-use-id=.
*** Remember to non-org files
If the target headline part of a remember template definition
entry is =top= or =bottom=, the target file may now be a
non-Org-mode file. In this case, the content of the remember
buffer will be added to that file without enforcing an Org-like
headline. Sorry, Russel, that this took so long.
*** New property to turn off todo dependencies locally
Setting the property =NOBLOCKING= will turn off TODO dependency
checking for this entry.
*** Refile verify
A new function is called to verify tasks that are about to be
selected as remember targets. See the new variable
=org-refile-target-verify-function=.
*** New version org ditaa.jar
Thanks to Stathis Sideris.
*** htmlize.el is now in the contrib directory
The latest version of htmlize.el is now the in the contrib
directory of Org. Thanks to Hrvoje Niksic for allowing this.
* Version 6.25
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:CUSTOM_ID: v6.25
:END:
** Major new features
*** DocBook export
We now do have a fully functional DocBook exporter, contributed by
Baoqiu Cui. Simple press =C-c e D= to export the current file to
DocBook format. You can also get direct conversion to PDF if you have
made the correct setup, please see the manual for details.
Kudos to Baoqiu for this fantastic addition, and my personal thanks
for doing this in a such a smooth way that I did not have to do
anything myself.
*** Protocols for external access to Emacs and Org
/org-protocol.el/ is a new module that supersedes both
/org-annotation-helper.el/ and /org-browser.el/ and replaces them
with a more abstracted interface. /org-protocol/ intercepts
calls from emacsclient to trigger custom actions without external
dependencies. Only one protocol has to be configured with your
external applications or the operating system, to trigger an
arbitrary number of custom actions. Just register your custom
sub-protocol and handler with the new variable
=org-protocol-protocol-alist=.
org-protocol comes the with three standard protocol handlers (in
parenthesis the name of the sub-protocol):
- =org-protocol-remember= (=remember=) :: Trigger remember
- =org-protocol-store-link= (=store-link=) :: Store a link
- =org-protocol-open-source= (=open-source=) :: Find the local
source of a remote web page.
Passing data to emacs is now as easy as calling
: emacsclient org-protocol://sub-protocol://data
For more information see the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-protocol.php][online documentation]]
Thanks to Sebastian Rose for this really beautiful module.
*** Inline tasks
Inline tasks are tasks that have all the properties of normal
outline nodes, including the ability to store meta data like
scheduling dates, TODO state, tags and properties. But these
tasks are not meant to introduce additional outline structure, at
least as far as visibility cycling and export is concerned. They
are useful for adding tasks in extensive pieces of text where
interruption of the flow or restructuring is unwanted.
This feature is not turned on by default, you need to configure
=org-modules= to turn it on, or simply add to you .emacs file:
: (require 'org-inlinetask)
After that, tasks with level 15 (30 stars when using
org-odd-levels-only) will be treated as inline tasks, and
fontification will make obvious which tasks are treated in this
way.
*** Input from RSS feeds
Org can now collect tasks from an RSS feed, a great method to get
stuff from online call and note-taking services into your trusted
system. You need to configure the feeds in the variable
=org-feed-alist=. The manual contains a short description, more
detailed information is [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-feed.php][available on Worg]].
Full credit goes to Brad Bozarth who really [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/12251][paved the way]] for this
exciting new feature.
** Export
*** Allow modification of table attributes in HTML export
The #+ATTR_HTML line can now be used to set attributes for a
table. Attributes listed in that line will replace existing
attributes in =org-export-html-table-tag=, or will add new ones.
For example
: #+ATTR_HTML: border="2" rules="all" frame="all"
: #+CAPTION: Finally a table with lines!
: | a | b |
: |---|---|
: | 1 | 2 |
*** LaTeX low levels are now exported as itemize lists
LaTeX export now treats hierarchy levels 4,5, etc as itemize
lists, not as description lists as before. This is more
consistent with the behavior of HTML export. You can configure
this behavior using the variable =org-export-latex-low-levels=.
*** Markup for centering.
Text can be exported centered with
#+begin_src org
,#+BEGIN_CENTER
,Everything should be made as simple as possible, \\
,but not any simpler
,#+END_CENTER
#+end_src
*** Sitemap file is now /sitemap.org/
Org-publish can produce a list of all files in a project.
Previously the file containing this list was called "index.org",
really a brain-dead default because during publication it would
overwrite the "index.html" file of the website.
The default file name is now "sitemap.org"
*** Protect explicit target links in HTML export
If a link is =[[#name] [desc]]=, the href produced when exporting
the file will be exactly href="#name". So starting a link target
with # will indicate that there will be an explicit target for
this.
*** HTML export: Allow "- ___" to explicitly terminate a list
If a list contains "- ___" (three underscores) as an item, this
terminates the list, ignoring this item. This is an experimental
feature, it may disappear again if we find other ways to deal
with literal examples right after lists.
See [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/12299/focus%3D12312][this mailing list thread]] for context.
** Agenda
*** Changing the time of an entry from the agenda
We now have a way to change not only the date, but also the start
time of an entry from the agenda. The date is normally changed
with S-right/left. Now, if you add a C-u prefix, the hour will
be changed. If you immediately press S-right/left again, hours
will continue to be changed. A double prefix will do the same
for minutes. If the entry has a time range like 14:40-16:00,
then both times will change, preserving the length of the
appointment.
*** Show saved PDF agenda view with prefix arg
When writing an agenda view to a PDF file, supplying a a prefix
argument (=C-u C-x C-w=) will get the new file displayed
immediately.
This was a request by Alan E Davis.
*** Filter for entries with no effort defined
During secondary agenda filtering, pressing "?" now will install a
filter that selects entries which do not have an effort defined.
This new model was necessary because we needed to stop interpreting
entries with no effort defines as 0 effort. This was inconsistent,
because for normal agenda sorting, the treatment of these entries
depends on the variable =org-sort-agenda-noeffort-is-high=. Now this
variable is also respected during filtering.
This new feature resulted from a [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/12493][discussion]] with Matt Lundin and
Bernt Hansen.
*** Introduce user-defined sorting operators
The new variable =org-agenda-cmp-user-defined= can contain a
function to test how two entries should be compared during
sorting. The symbols =user-defined-up= and =user-defined-down=
can then be part of any sorting strategy.
This was a request by Samuel Wales.
*** Indentation of subitems in the agenda
When a tags/property match does match an entry and it's
sublevels, the sublevels used to be indented by dots, to indicate
that the matches likely result from tag inheritance. This is now
no longer the default, so the subitems will not get special
indentation. You can get this behavior back with
: (setq org-tags-match-list-sublevels 'indented)
*** Stuck projects search now searches subtrees of unstuck projects
When, during a stuck-project search, a project tree is identified
as not stuck, so far the search would continue after the end of
the project tree. From now on, the search continues in the
subtree, so that stuck subprojects can still be identified.
** Miscellaneous
*** Citations: Use RefTeX to insert citations
RefTeX can now be used to create a citation in Org-mode buffers.
Setup the buffer with
#+begin_src org
,#+BIBLIOGRAPHY: bibbase style
#+end_src
and create citations with =C-c C-x [=.
Together with org-exp-bibtex.el by Taru Karttunen (available as a
contributed package), this provides a great environment for
including citations into HTML and LaTeX documents.
*** Changing time ranges as a block
When using the S-cursor keys to change the first time in a time
range like
: <2009-04-01 Wed 14:40-16:40>
then the end time will change along, so that the duration of the
event will stay the same.
This was a request by Anupam Sengupta.
*** New sparse tree command
A new sparse tree command shows entries with times after a certain
date. Keys are =C-c / a=, this command is for symmetry
with =C-c / b=.
*** Cloning tasks
A new command allows to create clone copies of the current entry,
with shifted dates in all stamps in the entry. This is useful to
create, for example, a series of entries for a limited time
period. I am using it to prepare lectures, for example.
*** New face for checkboxes
Checkboxes now have their own face, =org-checkbox=. This can be
used for nice effects, for example choosing a face with a box
around it:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(custom-set-faces
(org-checkbox ((t (:background "#444444" :foreground "white"
:box (:line-width 1 :style released-button)))))
#+end_src
*** M-a and M-e for navigation in a table field
In tables fields, the sentence commands =M-a= and =M-e= are
redefined to jump to the beginning or end of the field.
This was a request by Bastien Guerry.
*** Backup files for remember buffers
Sometimes users report that they lost data when not immediately
storing a new remember note, and then later exiting Emacs or
starting a new remember process.
Now you can set the variable =org-remember-backup-directory=.
Each remember buffer created will then get its own unique file
name in that directory, and the file will be removed only if the
storing of the note to an Org files was successful.
*** org-mac-message.el: New functions to access flagged mail
Christopher Suckling has added functionality to
/org-mac-message.el/. In particular, you can now select a number
of messages and easily get links to all of them with a single
command. For details, see the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-mac-message.php][online documentation]].
*** Read-date: New hook
The new hook =org-read-date-minibuffer-setup-hook= is called when
setting up the minibuffer for reading a date. If can be used to
install new keys into the temporary keymap used there.
* Version 6.24
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:CUSTOM_ID: v6.24
:END:
** Incompatible changes
*** Tag searches are now case-sensitive
From this release on, tag searches will be case sensitive. While
I still think it would be nice to have them case-insensitive,
this was both an inconsistency (TODO keyword searches have always
been case-sensitive), and trouble for coding some efficient
algorithms. So please make sure that you give the tags with
correct casing when prompted for a match expression.
*** New key for creating tags/property sparse trees
The key to produce a sparse tree matching tags and properties is
now =C-c / m= instead of =C-c a T=. This is also more consistent
with the =C-c a m= key for the corresponding agenda view.
=C-c / T= will still work for now, but it is no longer advertised
in the documentation and may go away at any time in the future.
*** IDs in HTML have "ID-" prefix when generated by uuidgen
/uuidgen/ generates IDs that often start with a number, not a
latter. However, IDs and names in XHTML must start with a letter.
Therefore, IDs in HTML files will now get an "ID-" prefix if they
have been generated by uuidgen. This means that id links from one
file to another may stop working until all files have been
exported again.
*** In agenda, only priority cookies get the special face
So far, an entire task would get a special face when
=org-agenda-fontify-priorities= was set. Now, the default value
for this variable is the symbol =cookies=, which means that on
the cookie is fontified. Set it to =t= if you want the entire
task headline to be fontified.
** Details
*** PDF export of agenda views
Agenda views can now be exported to PDF files by writing them to
a file with extension ".pdf". Internally this works by first
producing the postscript version and then converting that to PDF
using the ghostview utility =ps2pdf=. Make sure that this
utility is installed on your system.
The postscript version will not be removed, it will stay around.
*** Inline some entry text for Agenda View export
When exporting an agenda view to HTML or PDF for printing or
remote access, one of the problems can be that information stored
in entries below the headline is not accessible in that format.
You can now copy some of that information to the agenda view
before exporting it. For this you need to set the variable
=org-agenda-add-entry-text-maxlines= to a number greater than 0.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-agenda-add-entry-text-maxlines 20)
#+end_src
Or you can do this with the settings in a custom agenda view,
for example
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
("A" "" agenda ""
((org-agenda-ndays 1)
(org-agenda-add-entry-text-maxlines 5))
("agenda-today.pdf"))
#+end_src
*** Improved ASCII export of links
ASCII export of links works now much better. If a link has a
link and a description part which are different, then the
description will remain in the text while the link part will be
moved to the end of the current section, before the next heading,
as a footnote-like construct.
Configure the variable =org-export-ascii-links-to-notes= if you
prefer the links to be shown in the text. In this case, Org will
make an attempt to wrap the line which may have become
significantly longer by showing the link.
Thanks to Samuel Wales for pointing out the bad state of ASCII
link export.
*** Custom agenda commands can specify a filter preset
If a custom agenda command specifies a value for
=org-agenda-filter-preset= in its options, the initial view of
the agenda will be filterd by the specified tags. Applying a
filter with =/= will then always add to that preset filter,
clearing the filter with =/ /= will set it back to the preset.
Here is an example of a custom agenda view that will display the
agenda, but hide all entries with tags =FLUFF= or =BLUFF=:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
("A" "" agenda ""
((org-agenda-filter-preset '("-FLUFF" "-BLUFF"))))
#+end_src
This is in response to a [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/11752][thread on the mailing list]], started by
Daniel Clemente and with great contributions by Bernt Hansen and
Matt Lundin.
*** Exporting of citations to LaTeX and HTML, using BibTeX
Citations can now me made using BibTeX, and will be exported to
LaTeX and HTML. This is implemented in a contributed package by
Taru Karttunen, /org-exp-bibtex.el/. Kudos to Taru for this
really nice addition.
*** Finally a way to specify keywords and description for HTML export
Use something like
#+begin_src org
#+DESCRIPTION: This page is all about ....
#+KEYWORDS: org-mode, indexing, publishing
#+end_src
To specify the content of the description and keywords meta tags
for HTML output.
*** org-collector.el is now a contributed package
/org-collector.el/ provides functions to create tables by
collecting and processing properties from entries in a specific
scope like the current tree or file, or even from all agenda
files. General lisp expressions can be used to manipulate the
property values before they are inserted into an org-mode table,
for example as a dynamic block that is easy to update.
Thanks to Eric Schulte for yet another great contribution to
Org.
*** Update of org2rem.el
/org2rem.el/ has been updated significantly and now does a more
comprehensive job of exporting Org events to remind.
Thanks to Sharad Pratap for this update.
*** New div around the entire page in HTMP export
A new =<div id=content>= is wrapped around the entire page,
everything that is inside =<body>=.
This means that you need to update /org-info.js/ (if you have a
local copy). It will be safe todo so, because the new
org-info.js still handles older pages correctly. Thanks to
Sebastian Rose for making these changes so quicky.
*** Clustering characters for undo
When typing in Org-mode, undo will now remove up to 20 characters
at a time with a single undo command. This is how things work
normally in Emacs, but the special binding of characters in
Org-mode made this impossible until now.
Thanks to Martin Pohlack for a patch which mimicks the behavior
of the Emacs command loop for the Org version of
=self-insert-command=. Note that this will not work in headlines
and tables because typing there will do a lot of extra work.
There might be a small typing performance hit resulting from this
change - please report in the mailing list if this is noticeable
and annoying.
*** Separate settings for special C-a and C-e
The variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' now allows separate settings
for =C-a= and =C-e=. For example
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-special-ctrl-a/e '(reversed . t))
#+end_src
Thanks to Alan Davis for this proposal.
*** orgstruct++-mode improvements
In addition to =orgstruct-mode= which allows to use some Org-mode
structure commands in other major modes, there is a more invasive
version of this mode: =orgstruct++-mode=. This mode will import
all paragraph and line wrapping variables into the major mode, so
that, for example, during typing the auto-fill wrapping of items
will work just like in Org-mode. This change is not reversible,
so turning off =orgstruct++-mode= will not remove these settings
again. =orgstruct++-mode= is most useful in text modes like
message-mode or =magit-log-edit-mode=. Furthermore,
=orgstruct++-mode= will recognize plain list context not only in
the first line of an item, but also further down, so that =M-RET=
will correctly insert new items.
Thanks to Austin Frank for requesting some of these changes.
*** Promotion and demotion works for regions now
=M-right= and =M-left= now do demote and promote all headlines in
an active region.
*** Match syntax for tags/properties is now described in a single place
The manual chapters about tags and about properties now only
refer to the section about agenda views, where the general syntax
of tag/property matches is described.
*** Macro replacement
A string like ={{{ title }}}= will be replaced by the title of
the document, ={{{ email }}}= by the email setting of the author
and similarly for other export settings given in =#+...= lines.
In addition to that, you can define an arbitrary number of
macros, for example:
#+begin_src org
,#+MACRO: myaddress 41 Onestreet, 12345 New York, NY
...
,my address is {{{myaddress}}}, see you there.
#+end_src
Macro replacement is the very first thing that happens during
export, and macros will be replaced even in source code and other
protected regions.
*** New reload command, with keyboard access
There is now a special command to reload all Org Lisp files, so
that you can stay in your Emacs session while pulling and
compiling changes to Org. The command to reload the compiled
files (if available) is =C-c C-x r=. If no compiled files are
found, uncompiled ones will be loaded. If you want to force
loading of uncompiled code (great for producing backtraces), use
a prefix arg: =C-u C-c C-x r=. Both commands are available in
the menu as well.
This new command was inspired by one written earlier by Bernt
Hansen.
*** Faces for priority cookies can now be set freely
The new variable =org-priority-faces= can be used to set faces
for each priority.
*** New key for creating tags/property sparse trees
The key to produce a sparse tree matching tags and properties is
now =C-c / m= instead of =C-c a T=. This is more consistent with
the =C-c a m= key for the corresponding agenda view. =C-c / T=
will still work for now, but it is no longer advertised in the
documentation and may go away at any time in the future.
*** IDs in HTML have "ID-" prefix when generated by uuidgen
/uuidgen/ generates IDs that often start with a number, not a
letter. However, IDs and names in XHTML must start with a letter.
Therefore, IDs in HTML files will now get an "ID-" prefix if they
have been generated by /uuidgen/. This means that id links from one
file to another may stop working until all files have been
exported again, so that both links and targets have the new prefix.
*** In agenda, only priority cookies get the special face
So far, an entire task would get a special face when
=org-agenda-fontify-priorities= was set. Now, the default value
for this variable is the symbol =cookies=, which means that on
the cookie is fontified. Set it to =t= if you want the entire
task headline to be fontified.
*** Turning off time-of-day search in headline
Some people like to put a creation time stamp into a headline and
then get confused if the time-of-day found in there shows up as
the time-of-day of the deadline/scheduling entry for this
headline. The reason for this is that Org searches the headline
for a free-format time when trying to sort the entry into the
agenda, and that search accidentally finds the time in the
creation time stamp or something else that happens to look like a
time. If this is more painful than useful for you, configure the
new variable =org-agenda-search-headline-for-time=.
* Version 6.23
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:CUSTOM_ID: v6.23
:END:
** Overview
- Capture state change notes into a drawer
- Clock lines are now captured into the LOGBOOK drawer as well
- Added org-R.el to contrib directory
- Allow individual formatting of each TODO keyword in HTML export
- New hooks for add-ons to tap into context-sensitive commands
- Publishing files irrespective of extension
- New variable index in the manual
- The ORDERED property also influences checkboxes
- The ORDERED property can be tracked with a tag
- You may now specify line breaks in the fast tags interface
- When a TODO is blocked by checkboxes, keep it visible in agenda
- LaTeX can import Org's in-buffer definitions for TITLE, EMAIL etc.
** Incompatible changes
- CLOCK lines will now be captured into the LOGBOOK drawer.
See below for details.
** Details
*** Capture state change notes into a drawer
State change notes can now be captured into a drawer =LOGBOOK=,
to keep the entry tidy. If this is what you want, you will need
this configuration:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-log-into-drawer "LOGBOOK")
#+end_src
Thanks to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
*** Clock lines are now captured into the LOGBOOK drawer as well
The =CLOCK= drawer will be abandoned, clock lines will now also
end up in a drawer =LOGBOOK=. The reason for this is that it's a
bit useless to have two different drawers for state change notes
and clock lines. If you wish to keep the old way, use
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-clock-into-drawer "CLOCK")
#+end_src
*** Added org-R.el to contrib directory
Dan Davison has contributed /org-R.el/ which is now in the
contrib directory. Org-R performs numerical computations and
generates graphics. Data can come from org tables, or from csv
files; numerical output can be stored in the org buffer as org
tables, and links are created to files containing graphical
output. Although, behind the scenes, it uses R, you do not need
to know anything about R. Common operations, such as tabulating
discrete values in a column of an org table, are available "off
the shelf" by specifying options on lines starting with =#+R:=.
However, you can also provide raw R code to be evaluated. The
documentation is currently the worg tutorial at
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-R/org-R.php
Thanks to Dan for this great contribution.
*** Allow individual formatting of TODO keyword and tags in HTML export
TODO keywords in HTML export have the CSS class =todo= or =done=.
Tags have the CSS class =tag=. In addition to this, each keyword
has now itself as class, so you could do this in your CSS file:
#+begin_src css
.todo { font-weight:bold; }
.done { font-weight:bold; }
.TODO { color:red; }
.WAITING { color:orange; }
.DONE { color:green; }
#+end_src
If any of your keywords causes conflicts with CSS classes used
for different purposes (for example a tag "title" would cause a
conflict with the class used for formatting the document title),
then you can use the variables =org-export-html-tag-class-prefix=
and =org-export-html-todo-kwd-class-prefix= to define prefixes
for the class names for keywords, for example "kwd-".
Thanks to Wanrong Lin for this request, and to Sebastian Rose for
help with the implementation.
*** New hooks for add-ons to tap into context-sensitive commands
Some commands in Org are context-sensitive, they will execute
different functions depending on context. The most important
example is of course =C-c C-c=, but also the =M-cursor= keys fall
into this category.
Org has now a system of hooks that can be used by add-on packages
to install their own functionality into these keys. See the
docstring of =org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c-hook= for details. The other
hooks are named like =org-metaleft-hook= or
=org-shiftmetaright-hook=.
*** Publishing files irrespective of extension
If you set the =:base-extension= property for a publishing
project to the symbol =any=, all files in the directory will be
published, irrespective of extension.
Thanks to Richard Klinda for a patch to this effect.
*** New variable index in the manual
A new index in the manual lists all variables mentioned in the
manual, about 200 variables in total.
*** The ORDERED property also influences checkboxes
When an entry has the ORDERED property set, checkboxes in
the entry must be completed in order. This was already the case
for children TODO items, now it also applies for checkboxes.
Thanks to Rainer Stengele for this proposal.
*** The ORDERED property can be tracked with a tag
The =ORDERED= property is used to flag an entry so that subtasks
(both children TODO items and checkboxes) must be completed in
order. This property is most easily toggled with the command
=C-c C-x o=. A property was chosen for this functionality,
because this should be a behavior local to the current task, not
inherited like tags. However, properties are normally
invisible. If you would like visual feedback on the state of
this property, configure the variable
=org-track-ordered-property-with-tag=. If you then use =C-c C-x
o= to toggle the property, a tag will be toggled as well, for
visual feedback.
Note that the tag itself has no meaning for the behavior of TODO
items and checkboxes, and that changing the tag with the usual
tag commands will not influence the property and therefore the
behavior of TODO and checkbox commands.
*** You may now specify line breaks in the fast tags interface
Up to now, the fast tags interface tried to lump as many tags as
possible into a single line, with the exception that groups would
always be on a line by themselves.
Now, if you use several lines to define your tags, like
#+begin_src org
,#+TAGS: aa(a) bb(b) cc(c)
,#+TAGS: dd(d) ee(e) ff(f)
#+end_src
then there will also be a line break after the "cc" tag in the
fast tag selection interface. You may also write
#+begin_src org
,#+TAGS: aa(a) bb(b) cc(c) \n dd(d) ee(e) ff(f)
#+end_src
to achieve the same effect, and you can use =\n= several times in
order to produce empty lines. In =org-tag-alist=, newlines are
represented as =(:newline)=.
Thanks to Christopher Suckling for a patch to this effect.
*** When a TODO is blocked by checkboxes, keep it visible in agenda
When the variable =org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks= is set to
=invisible=, tasks that are blocked will not be visible in the
agenda. If the blocking is due to child TODO entries, this does
make sense because the children themselves will show up in the
TODO list.
However, as John Rakestraw has [[http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/10939][pointed out]], if the blocking is
done by checkboxes, no trace of these subtasks is left.
Therefore, when the blocking is done by checkboxes, we now
overrule the =invisible= setting and replace it with mere dimming
of the task.
*** LaTeX can import Org's in-buffer definitions for TITLE, EMAIL etc.
If you configure =org-export-latex-import-inbuffer-stuff=,
in-buffer definitions like #+TITLE will be made available in the
LaTeX file as =\orgTITLE=.
This was a request by Russel Adams.
* Version 6.22
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.22
:END:
** Details
*** org-choose.el by Tom Breton is now included
Org-choose helps documenting a decision-making process by using
TODO keywords for different degrees of /chosenness/, and by
automatically keeping a set of alternatives in a consistent state.
Documentation for /org-choose.el/ is available [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-choose.php][here]].
This package inserts itself into Org using hooks, so if other
people would like to do interesting stuff with TODO keywords for
special purposes, looking at Tom's code might be a good way to
start.
Thanks to Tom for this interesting contribution!
*** orgmode.org and Worg css works now better on IE
Thanks to Sebastian Rose for making these changes.
*** When exporting a subtree, headline levels are now relative to parent
This was reported as a bug by William Henney and is fixed now.
*** Inactive dates in tables can be used for sorting.
When sorting table fields or entries by date, Org first tries to
find an active date, and, if none exist, uses a passive date if
present.
This was a request by Hsui-Khuen Tang
*** The default for =org-return-follows-link= is back to =nil=
Setting it to =t= violates Emacs rules to some extent. The
internal implementation of this has been improved, so setting it
to =t= should now be pretty stable.
*** Automatic scheduling of siblings with org-depend.el
The sibling of a DONE task can now automatically be scheduled.
This was a patch by Andrew Hyatt.
*** New skipping conditions
The functions =org-agenda-skip-entry-if= and
=org-agenda-skip-subtree-if= now accept =timestamp= and
=nottimestamp= as additional conditions.
This was in response to a request by Saurabh Agrawal.
* Version 6.21
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.21
:END:
** Details
*** Changes to some default values of variables:
Here are the new default values:
#+begin_example
(setq org-return-follows-link t)
(setq org-use-fast-todo-selection t)
(setq org-yank-adjusted-subtrees nil)
(setq org-tags-column -77)
(setq org-agenda-sorting-strategy
'((agenda time-up priority-down category-keep)
(todo time-up priority-down category-keep)
(tags time-up priority-down category-keep)
(search category-keep)))
#+end_example
*** Final cleanup for Emacs 21.1 pretest
* Version 6.20
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.20
:END:
** Details
*** Support for simple TODO dependencies
John Wiegley's code for enforcing simple TODO dependencies has
been integrated into Org-mode. Thanks John!
The structure of Org files (hierarchy and lists) makes it easy to
define TODO dependencies. A parent TODO task should not be
marked DONE until all subtasks (defined as children tasks) are
marked as DONE. And sometimes there is a logical sequence to a
number of (sub)tasks, so that one task cannot be acted upon
before all siblings above it are done. If you customize the
variable =org-enforce-todo-dependencies=, Org will block entries
from changing state while they have children that are not DONE.
Furthermore, if an entry has a property =ORDERED=, each of its
children will be blocked until all earlier siblings are marked
DONE. Here is an example:
#+begin_src org
,* TODO Blocked until (two) is done
,** DONE one
,** TODO two
,* Parent
, :PROPERTIES:
, :ORDERED: t
, :END:
,** TODO a
,** TODO b, needs to wait for (a)
,** TODO c, needs to wait for (a) and (b)
#+end_src
The command =C-c C-x o= toggles the value of the =ORDERED=
property.
The variable =org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks= controls how blocked
entries should appear in the agenda, where they can be dimmed or
even made invisible.
Furthermore, you can use the variable
=org-enforce-todo-checkbox-dependencies= to block TODO entries
from switching to DONE while any checkboxes are unchecked in the entry.
*** Support for shift-selection in Emacs 23
Customize the variable =org-support-shift-select= to use S-cursor
key for selecting text. Make sure that you carefully read the
docstring of that variable first.
*** Adding and removing checkboxes from many lines
The command =C-c C-x C-b= normally toggles checkbox status in the
current line, or in all lines in the region. With prefix
argument it now either adds or removes the checkbox.
This was a requested by Daniel Clemente.
* Version 6.19
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.19
:END:
** Overview
- Improved behavior of conversion commands =C-c -= and =C-c *=
- Table formulas may now reference fields in other tables
- A final hline is imagined in each table, for the sake of references
- A tags-todo search can now ignore timestamped items
- =\par= can be used to force a paragraph break, also in footnotes
** Details
*** Improved behavior of conversion commands =C-c -= and =C-c *=
The conversion commands =C-c -= and =C-c *= are now better
behaved and therefore more useful, I hope.
If there is an active region, these commands will act on the
region, otherwise on the current line.
- C-c - :: This command turns headings or normal lines into
items, or items into normal lines. When there is a
region, everything depends on the first line of the
region:
- if it is a item, turn all items in the region into
normal lines.
- if it is a headline, turn all headlines in the region
into items.
- if it is a normal line, turn all lines into items.
- special case: if there is no active region and the
current line is an item, cycle the bullet type of the
current list.
- C-c * :: This command turns items and normal lines into
headings, or headings into normal lines. When there is
a region, everything depends on the first line of the
region:
- if it is a item, turn all items in the region into
headlines.
- if it is a headline, turn all headlines in the region
into normal lines.
- if it is a normal line, turn all lines into headlines.
*** Table formulas may now reference fields in other tables
You may now reference constants, fields and ranges from a
different table, either in the current file or even in a
different file. The syntax is
: remote(NAME-OR-ID,REF)
where /NAME/ can be the name of a table in the current file as
set by a =#+TBLNAME: NAME= line before the table. It can also be
the ID of an entry, even in a different file, and the reference
then refers to the first table in that entry. /REF/ is an
absolute field or range reference, valid in the referenced table.
Note that since there is no "current filed" for the remote table,
all row and column references must be absolute, not relative.
*** A final hline is imagined in each table, for the sake of references
Even if a table does not end with a hline (mine never do because I
think it is not pretty), for the sake of references you can
assume there is one. So in the following table
#+begin_src org
| a | b |
|---+---|
| 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 4 |
#+end_src
a reference like =@I$1..@II$2= will now work.
*** A tags-todo search can now ignore timestamped items
The variables =org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date=,
=org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date=, and
=org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date= make it possible to
exclude TODO entries which have this kind of planning info
associated with them. This is most useful for people who
schedule everything, and who use the TODO list mainly to find
things that are not yet scheduled. Thomas Morgan pointed out
that also the tags-todo search may serve exactly this
purpose, and that it might be good to have a way to make
these variables also apply to the tags-todo search. I can
see that, but could not convince myself to make this the
default. A new variable must be set to make this happen:
=org-agenda-tags-todo-honor-ignore-options=.
*** =\par= can be used to force a paragraph break, also in footnotes
The LaTeX idiom =\par= will insert a paragraph break at that
location. Normally you would simply leave an empty line to get
such a break, but this is useful for footnotes whose
definitions may not contain empty lines.
* Version 6.18
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.18
:END:
** Incompatible changes
*** Short examples must have a space after the colon
Short literal examples can be created by preceding lines
with a colon. Such lines must now have a space after the
colon. I believe this is already general practice, but now
it must be like this. The only exception are lines that are
empty except for the colon.
** Details
*** Include files can now also process switches
The example and src switches like =-n= can now also be added
to include file statements:
: #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp -n -r
Thanks to Manish for pointing out that this was not yet
supported.
*** Examples can be exported to HTML as text areas
You can now specify a =-t= switch to an example or src block,
to make it export to HTML as a text area. To change the
defaults for height (number of lines in the example) and
width of this area (80), use the =-h= and =-w= switches.
Thanks to Ulf Stegemann for driving this development.
*** LaTeX_CLASS can be given as a property
When exporting a single subtree by selecting it as a region
before export, the LaTeX class for the export will be taken
from the =LaTeX_CLASS= property of the entry if present.
Thanks to Robert Goldman for this request.
*** Better handling of inlined images in different backends
Two new variables govern which kind of files can be inlined
during export. These are
=org-export-html-inline-image-extensions= and
=org-export-latex-inline-image-extensions=. Remember that
links are turned into an inline image if they are a pure link
with no description. HTML files can inline /.png/, /.jpg/,
and /.gif/ files, while LaTeX files, when processed with
/pdflatex/, can inline /.png/, /.jpg/, and /.pdf/ files.
These also represent the default settings for the new
variables. Note that this means that pure links to /.pdf/
files will be inlined - to avoid this for a particular link,
make sure that the link has a description part which is not
equal to the link part.
*** Links by ID now continue to work in HTML exported files
If you make links by ID, these links will now still work in
HTML exported files, provided that you keep the relative path
from link to target file the same.
Thanks to Friedrich Delgado Friedrichs for pushing this over
the line.
*** The relative timer can be paused
The new command `C-c C-x ,' will pause the relative timer.
When the relative timer is running, its value will be shown
in the mode line. To get rid of this display, you need to
really stop the timer with `C-u C-c C-x ,'.
Thanks to Alan Davis for driving this change.
*** The attachment directory may now be chosen by the user
Instead of using the automatic, unique directory related to
the entry ID, you can also use a chosen directory for the
attachments of an entry. This directory is specified by the
ATTACH_DIR property. You can use `C-c C-a s' to set this
property.
Thanks to Jason Jackson for this proposal.
*** You can use a single attachment directory for a subtree
By setting the property ATTACH_DIR_INHERIT, you can now tell
Org that children of the entry should use the same directory
for attachments, unless a child explicitly defines its own
directory with the ATTACH_DIR property. You can use the
command `C-c C-a i' to set this property in an entry.
* Version 6.17
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.17
:END:
** Overview
- Footnote support
- Line numbers and references in literal examples
- New hooks for export preprocessing
- Capture column view into a different file
** Details
*** Footnote support
Org-mode now directly supports the creation of footnotes. In
contrast to the /footnote.el/ package, Org-mode's footnotes are
designed for work on a larger document, not only for one-off
documents like emails. The basic syntax is similar to the one
used by /footnote.el/, i.e. a footnote is defined in a paragraph
that is started by a footnote marker in square brackets in column
0, no indentation allowed. The footnote reference is simply the
marker in square brackets inside text. For example:
#+begin_src org
The Org homepage[fn:1] now looks a lot better than it used to.
...
[fn:1] The link is: http://orgmode.org
#+end_src
Org-mode extends the number-based syntax to /named/ footnotes and
optional inline definition. Using plain numbers as markers is
supported for backward compatibility, but not encouraged because
of possible conflicts with LaTeX syntax. Here are the valid
references:
- [1] :: A plain numeric footnote marker.
- [fn:name] :: A named footnote reference, where `name' is a
unique label word or, for simplicity of automatic creation,
a number.
- [fn:: This is the inline definition of this footnote] :: A
LaTeX-like anonymous footnote where the definition is given
directly at the reference point.
- [fn:name: a definition] :: An inline definition of a footnote,
which also specifies a name for the note. Since Org allows
multiple references to the same note, you can then use use
`[fn:name]' to create additional references.
Footnote labels can be created automatically, or you create names
yourself. This is handled by the variable
=org-footnote-auto-label= and its corresponding =#+STARTUP=
keywords, see the docstring of that variable for details.
The following command handles footnotes:
- C-c C-x f :: The footnote action command. When the cursor is
on a footnote reference, jump to the definition. When it is
at a definition, jump to the (first) reference. Otherwise,
create a new footnote. Depending on the variable
`org-footnote-define-inline' (with associated =#+STARTUP=
options =fninline= and =nofninline=), the definitions will
be placed right into the text as part of the reference, or
separately into the location determined by the variable
=org-footnote-section=.
When this command is called with a prefix argument, a menu
of additional options is offered:
- s :: Sort the footnote definitions by reference sequence.
During editing, Org makes no effort to sort footnote
definitions into a particular sequence. If you want
them sorted, use this command, which will also move
entries according to =org-footnote-section=.
- n :: Normalize the footnotes by collecting all
definitions (including inline definitions) into a
special section, and then numbering them in
sequence. The references will then also be
numbers. This is meant to be the final step before
finishing a document (e.g. sending off an email).
The exporters do this automatically, and so could
something like `message-send-hook'.
- d :: Delete the footnote at point, and all references to it.
- C-c C-c :: If the cursor is on a footnote reference, jump to
the definition. If it is a the definition, jump back to the
reference. When called with a prefix argument at either
location, offer the same menu as `C-u C-c C-x f'.
- C-c C-o or mouse-1/2 :: Footnote labels are also links to the
corresponding definition/reference, and you can use the
usual commands to follow these links.
Org-mode's footnote support is designed so that it should also
work in buffers that are not in Org-mode, for example in email
messages. Just bind =org-footnote-action= to a global key like
=C-c f=.
The main trigger for this development came from a hook function
written by Paul Rivier, to implement named footnotes and to
convert them to numbered ones before export. Thanks, Paul!
Thanks also to Scot Becker for a thoughtful post bringing this
subject back onto the discussion table, and to Matt Lundin for
the idea of named footnotes and his prompt testing of the new
features.
*** Line numbers and references in literal examples
Literal examples introduced with =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= or =#+BEGIN_SRC=
do now allow optional line numbering in the example.
Furthermore, links to specific code lines are supported, greatly
increasing Org-mode's utility for writing tutorials and other
similar documents.
Code references use special labels embedded directly into the
source code. Such labels look like "(ref:name)" and must be
unique within a document. Org-mode links with "(name)" in the
link part will be correctly interpreted, both while working with
an Org file (internal links), and while exporting to the
different backends. Line numbering and code references are
supported for all three major backends, HTML, LaTeX, and ASCII.
In the HTML backend, hovering the mouse over a link to a source
line will remote-highlight the referenced code line.
The options for the BEGIN lines are:
- -n :: Number the lines in the example
- +n :: Like -n, but continue numbering from where the previous
example left off.
- -r :: Remove the coderef cookies from the example, and replace
links to this reference with line numbers. This option
takes only effect if either -n or +n are given as well.
If -r is not given, coderefs simply use the label name.
- -l "fmt" :: Define a local format for coderef labels, see the
variable =org-coderef-label-format= for details. Use this
of the default syntax causes conflicts with the code in the
code snippet you are using.
Here is an example:
#+begin_example -k
#+begin_src emacs-lisp -n -r
(defmacro org-unmodified (&rest body) (ref:def)
"Execute body without changing `buffer-modified-p'."
`(set-buffer-modified-p (ref:back)
(prog1 (buffer-modified-p) ,@body)))
#+end_src
[[(def)][Line (def)]] contains the macro name. Later at line [[(back)]],
backquoting is used.
#+end_example
When exported, this is translated to:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp -n -r
(defmacro org-unmodified (&rest body) (ref:def)
"Execute body without changing `buffer-modified-p'."
`(set-buffer-modified-p (ref:back)
(prog1 (buffer-modified-p) ,@body)))
#+end_src
[[(def)][Line (def)]] contains the macro name. Later at line [[(back)]],
backquoting is used.
Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for proposing this feature set. Thanks
to Sebastian Rose for the key Javascript element that made the
remote highlighting possible.
*** New hooks for export preprocessing
The export preprocessor now runs more hooks, to allow
better-timed tweaking by user functions:
- =org-export-preprocess-hook= ::
Pretty much the first thing in the preprocessor. But org-mode
is already active in the preprocessing buffer.
- =org-export-preprocess-after-include-files-hook= ::
This is run after the contents of included files have been inserted.
- =org-export-preprocess-after-tree-selection-hook= ::
This is run after selection of trees to be exported has
happened. This selection includes tags-based selection, as
well as removal of commented and archived trees.
- =org-export-preprocess-before-backend-specifics-hook= ::
Hook run before backend-specific functions are called during preprocessing.
- =org-export-preprocess-final-hook= ::
Hook for preprocessing an export buffer. This is run as the
last thing in the preprocessing buffer, just before returning
the buffer string to the backend.
*** Capture column view into a different file
The :id parameter for the dynamic block capturing column view
can now truly be an ID that will also be found in a
different file. Also, it can be like =file:path/to/file=, to
capture the global column view from a different file.
Thanks to Francois Lagarde for his report that IDs outside
the current file would not work.
* Version 6.16
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.16
:END:
Cleanup of many small bugs, and one new feature.
** Details
*** References to last table row with special names
Fields in the last row of a table can now be referenced with
$LR1, $LR2, etc. These references can appear both on the
left hand side and right hand side of a formula.
* Version 6.15f
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.15f
:END:
This version reverses the introduction of @0 as a reference to
the last rwo in a table, because of a conflict with the use of
@0 for the current row.
* Version 6.15
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.15
:END:
** Overview
- All known LaTeX export issues fixed
- Captions and attributes for figures and tables.
- Better implementation for entry IDs
- Spreadsheet references to the last table line.
- Old syntax for link attributes abandoned
** Incompatible changes
*** Old syntax for link attributes abandoned
There used to be a syntax for setting link attributes for
HTML export by enclosing the attributes into double braces
and adding them to the link itself, like
#+begin_example
[[./img/a.jpg{{alt="an image"}}] ]
#+end_example
This syntax is not longer supported, use instead
#+begin_src org
,#+ATTR_HTML: alt="an image"
[[./img/a.jpg] ]
#+end_src
** Details
*** All known LaTeX export issues fixed
All the remaining issues with the LaTeX exporter have hopefully
been addressed in this release. In particular, this covers
quoting of special characters in tables and problems with
exporting files where the headline is in the first line, or with
an active region.
*** Captions and attributes for figures and tables.
Tables, and Hyperlinks that represent inlined images, can now be
equipped with additional information that will be used during
export. The information will be taken from the following special
lines in the buffer and apply to the first following table or
link.
- #+CAPTION: :: The caption of the image or table. This string
should be processed according to the export backend, but
this is not yet done.
- #+LABEL: :: A label to identify the figure/table for cross
references. For HTML export, this string will become the
ID for the ~<div class="figure">~ element that encapsulates
the image tag and the caption. For LaTeX export, this
string will be used as the argument of a ~\label{...}~
macro. These labels will be available for internal links
like ~[[label][Table] ]~.
- #+ATTR_HTML: :: Attributes for HTML export of image, to be
added as attributes into the ~<img...>~ tag. This string
will not be processed, so it should have immediately the
right format.
- #+ATTR_LaTeX: :: Attributes for LaTeX export of images and
tables.\\
For /images/, this string is directly inserted into
the optional argument of the ~\includegraphics[...]{file}~
command, to specify scaling, clipping and other options.
This string will not be processed, so it should have
immediately the right format, like =width=5cm,angle=90=.\\
For /tables/, this can currently contain the keyword
=longtable=, to request typesetting of the table using the
longtable package, which automatically distributes the table
over several pages if needed. Also, the attributes line may
contain an alignment string for the tabular environment, like
=longtable,align=l|lrl=
For LaTeX export, if either a caption or a label is given, the element
will be exported as a float, i.e. wrapped into a figure or table
environment.
*** Better implementation for entry IDs
Unique identifiers for entries can now be used more efficiently.
Internally, a hash array has replaced the alist used so far to
keep track of the files in which an ID is defined. This makes it
quite fast to find an entry by ID.
There is a new link type which looks like this:
#+begin_example
id:GLOBALLY-UNIQUE-IDENTIFIER
#+end_example
This link points to a specific entry. When you move the entry to
a different file, for example if you move it to an archive
file, the link will continue to work.
The file /org-id.el/ contains an API that can be used to write
code using these identifiers, including creating IDs and finding
them wherever they are.
Org has its own method to create unique identifiers, but if the system
has /uuidgen/ command installed (Mac's and Linux systems generally
do), it will be used by default (a change compared to the earlier
implmentation, where you explicitdly had to opt for uuidgen). You can
also select the method by hand, using the variable =org-id-method=.
If the ID system ever gets confused about where a certain ID is, it
initiates a global scan of all agenda files with associated archives,
all files previously known containing any IDs, and all currently
visited Org-mode files to rebuild the hash. You can also initiate
this by hand: =M-x org-id-update-id-locations=. Running this command
will also dump into the =*Messages*= buffer information about any
duplicate IDs. These should not exist, and Org will never /make/ the
same ID twice, but if you /copy/ an entry with its properties,
duplicate IDs will inevitably be produced. Unfortunately, this is
unavoidable in a plain text system that allows you to edit the text in
arbitrary ways, and a portion of care on your side is needed to keep
this system clean.
The hash is stored in the file =~/.emacs.d/.org-id-locations=.
This is also a change from previous versions where the file was
=~/.org=id-locations=. Therefore, you can remove this old file
if you have it. I am not sure what will happen if the =.emacs.d=
directory does not exists in your setup, but in modern Emacsen, I
believe it should exist. If you do not want to use IDs across
files, you can avoid the overhead with tracking IDs by
customizing the variable =org-id-track-globally=. IDs can then
still be used for links inside a single file.
IDs will also be used when you create a new link to an Org-mode
buffer. If you use =org-store-link= (normally at =C-c l=) inside
en entry in an Org-mode buffer, and ID property will be created
if it does not exist, and the stored link will be an =id:= link.
If you prefer the much less secure linking to headline text, you
can configure the variable =org-link-to-org-use-id=. The default
setting for this variable is =create-if-interactive=, meaning
that an ID will be created when you store a link interactively,
but not if you happen to be in an Org-mode file while you create
a remember note (which usually has a link to the place where you
were when starting remember).
*** Spreadsheet references to the last table line.
You may now use =@0= to reference the last dataline in a table
in a stable way. This is useful in particular for automatically
generated tables like the ones using /org-collector.el/ by Eric
Schulte.
* Version 6.14
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.14
:END:
** Overview
- New relative timer to support timed notes
- Special faces can be set for individual tags
- The agenda shows now all tags, including inherited ones.
- Exclude some tags from inheritance.
- More special values for time comparisons in property searches
- Control for exporting meta data
- Cut and Paste with hot links from w3m to Org
- LOCATION can be inherited for iCalendar export
- Relative row references crossing hlines now throw an error
** Incompatible Changes
*** Relative row references crossing hlines now throw an error
Relative row references in tables look like this: "@-4" which
means the forth row above this one. These row references are
not allowed to cross horizontal separator lines (hlines). So
far, when a row reference violates this policy, Org would
silently choose the field just next to the hline.
Tassilo Horn pointed out that this kind of hidden magic is
actually confusing and may cause incorrect formulas, and I do
agree. Therefore, trying to cross a hline with a relative
reference will now throw an error.
If you need the old behavior, customize the variable
`org-table-error-on-row-ref-crossing-hline'.
** Details
*** New relative timer to support timed notes
Org now supports taking timed notes, useful for example while
watching a video, or during a meeting which is also recorded.
- =C-c C-x .= ::
Insert a relative time into the buffer. The first time
you use this, the timer will be started. When called
with a prefix argument, the timer is reset to 0.
- =C-c C-x -= ::
Insert a description list item with the current relative
time. With a prefix argument, first reset the timer to 0.
- =M-RET= ::
Once the time list has been initiated, you can also use the
normal item-creating command to insert the next timer item.
- =C-c C-x 0= ::
Reset the timer without inserting anything into the buffer.
By default, the timer is reset to 0. When called with a
=C-u= prefix, reset the timer to specific starting
offset. The user is prompted for the offset, with a
default taken from a timer string at point, if any, So this
can be used to restart taking notes after a break in the
process. When called with a double prefix argument
=C-c C-u=, change all timer strings in the active
region by a certain amount. This can be used to fix timer
strings if the timer was not started at exactly the right
moment.
Thanks to Alan Dove, Adam Spiers, and Alan Davis for
contributions to this idea.
*** Special faces can be set for individual tags
You may now use the variable =org-tag-faces= to define the
face used for specific tags, much in the same way as you can
do for TODO keywords.
Thanks to Samuel Wales for this proposal.
*** The agenda shows now all tags, including inherited ones.
This request has come up often, most recently it was
formulated by Tassilo Horn.
If you prefer the old behavior of only showing the local
tags, customize the variable =org-agenda-show-inherited-tags=.
*** Exclude some tags from inheritance.
So far, the only way to select tags for inheritance was to
allow it for all tags, or to do a positive selection using
one of the more complex settings for
`org-use-tag-inheritance'. It may actually be better to
allow inheritance for all but a few tags, which was difficult
to achieve with this methodology.
A new option, `org-tags-exclude-from-inheritance', allows to
specify an exclusion list for inherited tags.
*** More special values for time comparisons in property searches
In addition to =<now>=, =<today>=, =<yesterday>=, and
=<tomorrow>=, there are more special values accepted now in
time comparisons in property searches: You may use strings
like =<+3d>= or =<-2w>=, with units d, w, m, and y for day,
week, month, and year, respectively
Thanks to Linday Todd for this proposal.
*** Control for exporting meta data
All the metadata in a headline, i.e. the TODO keyword, the
priority cookie, and the tags, can now be excluded from
export with appropriate options:
| Variable | Publishing property | OPTIONS switch |
|-------------------------------+---------------------+----------------|
| org-export-with-todo-keywords | :todo-keywords | todo: |
| org-export-with-tags | :tags | tags: |
| org-export-with-priority | :priority | pri: |
*** Cut and Paste with hot links from w3m to Org
You can now use the key =C-c C-x M-w= in a w3m buffer with
HTML content to copy either the region or the entire file in
a special way. When you yank this text back into an Org-mode
buffer, all links from the w3m buffer will continue to work
under Org-mode.
For this to work you need to load the new file /org-w3m.el./
Please check your org-modules variable to make sure that this
is turned on.
Thanks for Richard Riley for the idea and to Andy Stewart for
the implementation.
*** LOCATION can be inherited for iCalendar export
The LOCATION property can now be inherited during iCalendar
export if you configure =org-use-property-inheritance= like
this:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-use-property-inheritance '("LOCATION"))
#+end_src
* Version 6.13
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.13
:END:
** Overview
- Keybindings in Remember buffers can be configured
- Support for ido completion
- New face for date lines in agenda column view
- Invisible targets become now anchors in headlines.
- New contributed file /org-exp-blocks.el/
- New contributed file /org-eval-light.el/
- Link translation
- BBDB links may use regular expressions.
- Link abbreviations can use %h to insert a url-encoded target value
- Improved XHTML compliance
** Details
*** Keybindings in Remember buffers can be configured
The remember buffers created with Org's extensions are in
Org-mode, which is nice to prepare snippets that will
actually be stored in Org-mode files. However, this makes it
hard to configure key bindings without modifying the Org-mode
keymap. There is now a minor mode active in these buffers,
`org-remember-mode', and its keymap org-remember-mode-map can
be used for key bindings. By default, this map only contains
the bindings for =C-c C-c= to store the note, and =C-c C-k=
to abort it. Use `org-remember-mode-hook' to define your own
bindings like
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(add-hook
'org-remember-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(define-key org-remember-mode-map
"\C-x\C-s" 'org-remember-finalize)))
#+end_src
If you wish, you can also use this to free the =C-c C-c=
binding (by binding this key to nil in the minor mode map),
so that you can use =C-c C-c= again to set tags.
This modification is based on a request by Tim O'Callaghan.
*** Support for ido completion
You can now get the completion interface from /ido.el/ for
many of Org's internal completion commands by turning on the
variable =org-completion-use-ido=. =ido-mode= must also be
active before you can use this.
This change is based upon a request by Samuel Wales.
*** New face for date lines in agenda column view
When column view is active in the agenda, and when you have
summarizing properties, the date lines become normal column
lines and the separation between different days becomes
harder to see. If this bothers you, you can now customize
the face =org-agenda-column-dateline=.
This is based on a request by George Pearson.
*** Invisible targets become now anchors in headlines.
These anchors can be used to jump to a directly with an HTML
link, just like the =sec-xxx= IDs. For example, the
following will make a http link
=//domain/path-to-my-file.html#dummy= work:
#+begin_src org
,# <<dummy>>
,*** a headline
#+end_src
This is based on a request by Matt Lundin.
*** New contributed file /org-exp-blocks.el/
This new file implements special export behavior of
user-defined blocks. The currently supported blocks are
- comment :: Comment blocks with author-specific markup
- ditaa :: conversion of ASCII art into pretty png files
using Stathis Sideris' /ditaa.jar/ program
- dot :: creation of graphs in the /dot/ language
- R :: Sweave type exporting using the R program
For more details and examples, see the file commentary in
/org-exp-blocks.el/.
Kudos to Eric Schulte for this new functionality, after
/org-plot.el/ already his second major contribution. Thanks
to Stathis for this excellent program, and for allowing us to
bundle it with Org-mode.
*** New contributed file /org-eval-light.el/
This module gives control over execution Emacs Lisp code
blocks included in a file.
Thanks to Eric Schulte also for this file.
*** Link translation
You can now configure Org to understand many links created
with the Emacs Planner package, so you can cut text from
planner pages and paste them into Org-mode files without
having to re-write the links. Among other things, this means
that the command =org-open-at-point-global= which follows
links not only in Org-mode, but in arbitrary files like
source code files etc, will work also with links created by
planner. The following customization is needed to make all of
this work
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-link-translation-function
'org-translate-link-from-planner)
#+end_src
I guess an inverse translator could be written and integrated
into Planner.
*** BBDB links may use regular expressions.
This did work all along, but only now I have documented it.
*** =yank-pop= works again after yanking an outline tree
Samuel Wales had noticed that =org-yank= did mess up this
functionality. Now you can use =yank-pop= again, the only
restriction is that the so-yanked text will not be
pro/demoted or folded.
*** Link abbreviations can use %h to insert a url-encoded target value
Thanks to Steve Purcell for a patch to this effect.
*** Improved XHTML compliance
Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this.
*** Many bug fixes again.
* Version 6.12
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.12
:END:
** Overview
- A region of entries can now be refiled with a single command
- Fine-tuning the behavior of `org-yank'
- Formulas for clocktables
- Better implementation of footnotes for HTML export
- More languages for HTML export.
** Details
*** A region of entries can now be refiled with a single command
With =transient-make-mode= active (=zmacs-regions= under
XEmacs), you can now select a region of entries and refile
them all with a single =C-c C-w= command.
Thanks to Samuel Wales for this useful proposal.
*** Fine-tuning the behavior of =org-yank=
The behavior of Org's yanking command has been further
fine-tuned in order to avoid some of the small annoyances
this command caused.
- Calling =org-yank= with a prefix arg will stop any special
treatment and directly pass through to the normal =yank=
command. Therefore, you can now force a normal yank with
=C-u C-y=.
- Subtrees will only be folded after a yank if doing so will
now swallow any non-white characters after the yanked text.
This is, I think a really important change to make the
command work more sanely.
*** Formulas for clocktables
You can now add formulas to a clock table, either by hand, or
with a =:formula= parameter. These formulas can be used to
create additional columns with further analysis of the
measured times.
Thanks to Jurgen Defurne for triggering this addition.
*** Better implementation of footnotes for HTML export
The footnote export in 6.11 really was not good enough. Now
it works fine. If you have customized
=footnote-section-tag=, make sure that your customization is
matched by =footnote-section-tag-regexp=.
Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this change.
*** More languages for HTML export.
More languages are supported during HTML export. This is
only relevant for the few special words Org inserts, like
"Table of Contents", or "Footnotes". Also the encoding
issues with this feature seem to be solved now.
Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing me to fix the encoding
problems.
* Version 6.11
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.11
:END:
** Overview
- Yanking subtree with =C-y= now adjusts the tree level
- State changes can now be shown in the log mode in the agenda
- Footnote in HTML export are now collected at the end of the document
- HTML export now validates again as XHTML
- The clock can now be resumed after exiting and re-starting Emacs
- Clock-related data can be saved and resumed across Emacs sessions
- Following file links can now use C-u C-u to force use of an external app
- Inserting absolute files names now abbreviates links with "~"
- Links to attachment files
- Completed repeated tasks listed briefly in agenda
- Remove buffers created during publishing are removed
** Details
*** Yanking subtree with =C-y= now adjusts the tree level
When yanking a cut/copied subtree or a series of trees, the
normal yank key =C-y= now adjusts the level of the tree to
make it fit into the current outline position, without losing
its identity, and without swallowing other subtrees.
This uses the command =org-past-subtree=. An additional
change in that command has been implemented: Normally, this
command picks the right outline level from the surrounding
*visible* headlines, and uses the smaller one. So if the
cursor is between a level 4 and a level 3 headline, the tree
will be pasted as level 3. If the cursor is actually *at*
the beginning of a headline, the level of that headline will
be used. For example, lets say you have a tree like this:
#+begin_src org
,* Level one
,** Level two
,(1)
,(2)* Level one again
#+end_src
with (1) and (2) indicating possible cursor positions for the
insertion. When at (1), the tree will be pasted as level 2.
When at (2), it will be pasted as level 1.
If you do not want =C-y= to behave like this, configure the
variable =org-yank-adjusted-subtrees=.
Thanks to Samuel Wales for this idea and a partial implementation.
*** State changes can now be shown in the log mode in the agenda
If you configure the variable =org-agenda-log-mode-items=,
you can now request that all logged state changes be included
in the agenda when log mode is active. If you find this too
much for normal applications, you can also temporarily
request the inclusion of state changes by pressing =C-u l= in
the agenda.
This was a request by Hsiu-Khuern Tang.
You can also press `C-u C-u l' to get *only* log items in the
agenda, withour any timestamps/deadlines etc.
*** Footnote in HTML export are now collected at the end of the document
Previously, footnotes would be left in the document where
they are defined, now they are all collected and put into a
special =<div>= at the end of the document.
Thanks to Sebastian Rose for this request.
*** HTML export now validates again as XHTML.
Thanks to Sebastian Rose for pushing this cleanup.
*** The clock can now be resumed after exiting and re-starting Emacs
If the option =org-clock-in-resume= is t, and the first clock
line in an entry is unclosed, clocking into that task resumes
the clock from that time.
Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
*** Clock-related data can be saved and resumed across Emacs sessions
The data saved include the contents of =org-clock-history=,
and the running clock, if there is one.
To use this, you will need to add to your .emacs
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-clock-persist t)
(setq org-clock-in-resume t)
(org-clock-persistence-insinuate)
#+end_src
Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
*** Following file links can now use C-u C-u to force use of an external app.
So far you could only bypass your setup in `org-file-apps'
and force opening a file link in Emacs by using a =C-u= prefix arg
with =C-c C-o=. Now you can call =C-u C-u C-c C-o= to force
an external application. Which external application depends
on your system. On Mac OS X and Windows, =open= is used. On
a GNU/Linux system, the mailcap settings are used.
This was a proposal by Samuel Wales.
*** Inserting absolute files names now abbreviates links with "~".
Inserting file links with =C-u C-c C-l= was buggy if the
setting of `org-link-file-path-type' was `adaptive' (the
default). Absolute file paths were not abbreviated relative
to the users home directory. This bug has been fixed.
Thanks to Matt Lundin for the report.
*** Links to attachment files
Even though one of the purposes of entry attachments was to
reduce the number of links in an entry, one might still want
to have the occasional link to one of those files. You can
now use link abbreviations to set up a special link type that
points to attachments in the current entry. Note that such
links will only work from within the same entry that has the
attachment, because the directory path is entry specific.
Here is the setup you need:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-link-abbrev-alist '(("att" . org-attach-expand-link)))
#+end_src
After this, a link like this will work
#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
[[att:some-attached-file.txt]]
#+END_EXAMPLE
This was a proposal by Lindsay Todd.
*** Completed repeated tasks listed briefly in agenda
When a repeating task, listed in the daily/weekly agenda under
today's date, is completed from the agenda, it is listed as
DONE in the agenda until the next update happens. After the
next update, the task will have disappeared, of course,
because the new date is no longer today.
*** Remove buffers created during publishing are removed
Buffers that are created during publishing are now deleted
when the publishing is over. At least I hope it works like this.
* Version 6.10
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.10
:END:
** Overview
- Secondary agenda filtering is becoming a killer feature
- Setting tags has now its own binding, =C-c C-q=
- Todo state changes can trigger tag changes
- C-RET will now always insert a new headline, never an item.
- Customize org-mouse.el feature set to free up mouse events
- New commands for export all the way to PDF (through LaTeX)
- Some bug fixed for LaTeX export, more bugs remain.
** Details
*** Enhancements to secondary agenda filtering
This is, I believe, becoming a killer feature. It allows you
to define fewer and more general custom agenda commands, and
then to do the final narrowing to specific tasks you are
looking for very quickly, much faster than calling a new
agenda command.
If you have not tries this yet, you should!
**** You can now refining the current filter by an additional criterion
When filtering an existing agenda view with =/=, you can
now narrow down the existing selection by an additional
condition. Do do this, use =\= instead of =/= to add the
additional criterion. You can also press =+= or =-= after
=/= to add a positive or negative condition. A condition
can be a TAG, or an effort estimate limit, see below.
**** It is now possible to filter for effort estimates
This means to filter the agenda for the value of the Effort
property. For this you should best set up global allowed
values for effort estimates, with
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq org-global-properties
'(("Effort_ALL" . "0 0:10 0:30 1:00 2:00 3:00 4:00")))
#+end_src
You may then select effort limits with single keys in the
filter. It works like this: After =/= or =\=, first select
the operator which you want to use to compare effort
estimates:
: < Select entries with effort smaller than or equal to the limit
: > Select entries with effort larger than or equal to the limit
: = Select entries with effort equal to the limit
After that, you can press a single digit number which is
used as an index to the allowed effort estimates.
If you do not use digits to fast-select tags, you can even
skip the operator, which will then default to
`org-agenda-filter-effort-default-operator', which is by
default =<=.
Thanks to Manish for the great idea to include fast effort
filtering into the agenda filtering process.
**** The mode line will show the active filter
For example, if there is a filter in place that does select
for HOME tags, against EMAIL tags, and for tasks with an
estimated effort smaller than 30 minutes, the mode-line with
show =+HOME-EMAIL+<0:30=
**** The filter now persists when the agenda view is refreshed
All normal refresh commands, including those that move the
weekly agenda from one week to the next, now keep the
current filter in place.
You need to press =/ /= to turn off the filter. However,
when you run a new agenda command, for example going from
the weekly agenda to the TODO list, the filter will be
switched off.
*** Setting tags has now its own binding, =C-c C-q=
You can still use =C-c C-c= on a headline, but the new
binding should be considered as the main binding for this
command. The reasons for this change are:
- Using =C-c C-c= for tags is really out of line with other
uses of =C-c C-c=.
- I hate it in Remember buffers when I try to set tags and I
cannot, because =C-c C-c= exits the buffer :-(
- =C-c C-q= will also work when the cursor is somewhere down
in the entry, it does not have to be on the headline.
*** Todo state changes can trigger tag changes
The new option =org-todo-state-tags-triggers= can be used to
define automatic changes to tags when a TODO state changes.
For example, the setting
: (setq org-todo-state-tags-triggers
: '((done ("Today" . nil) ("NEXT" . nil))
: ("WAITING" ("Today" . t))))
will make sure that any change to any of the DONE states will
remove tags "Today" and "NEXT", while switching to the
"WAITING" state will trigger the tag "Today" to be added.
I use this mostly to get rid of TODAY and NEXT tags which I
apply to select an entry for execution in the near future,
which I often prefer to specific time scheduling.
*** C-RET will now always insert a new headline, never an item.
The new headline is inserted after the current subtree.
Thanks to Peter Jones for patches to fine-tune this behavior.
*** Customize org-mouse.el feature set
There is a new variable =org-mouse-features= which gives you
some control about what features of org-mouse you want to
use. Turning off some of the feature will free up the
corresponding mouse events, or will avoid activating special
regions for mouse clicks. By default I have urned off the
feature to use drag mouse events to move or promote/demote
entries. You can of course turn them back on if you wish.
This variable may still change in the future, allowing more
fine-grained control.
*** New commands for export to PDF
This is using LaTeX export, and then processes it to PDF
using pdflatex.
: C-c C-e p process to PDF.
: C-c C-e d process to PDF, and open the file.
*** LaTeX export
- \usepackage{graphicx} is now part of the standard class
definitions.
- Several bugs fixed, but definitely not all of them :-(
*** New option `org-log-state-notes-insert-after-drawers'
Set this to =t= if you want state change notes to be inserted
after any initial drawers, i.e drawers the immediately follow
the headline and the planning line (the one with
DEADLINE/SCHEDULED/CLOSED information).
* Version 6.09
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.09
:END:
** Incompatible
*** =org-file-apps= now uses regular expressions, see [[*%20org%20file%20apps%20now%20uses%20regular%20repressions%20instead%20of%20extensions][below]]
** Details
*** =org-file-apps= now uses regular repressions instead of extensions
Just like in =auto-mode-alist=, car's in the variable
=org-file-apps= that are strings are now interpreted as
regular expressions that are matched against a file name. So
instead of "txt", you should now write "\\.txt\\'" to make
sure the matching is done correctly (even though "txt" will
be recognized and still be interpreted as an extension).
There is now a shortcut to get many file types visited by
Emacs. If org-file-apps contains `(auto-mode . emacs)', then
any files that are matched by `auto-mode-alist' will be
visited in emacs.
*** Changes to the attachment system
- The default method to attach a file is now to copy it
instead of moving it.
- You can modify the default method using the variable
`org-attach-method'. I believe that most Unix people want
to set it to `ln' to create hard links.
- The keys =c=, =m=, and =l= specifically select =copy=,
=move=, or =link=, respectively, as the attachment method
for a file, overruling `org-attach-method'.
- To create a new attachment as an Emacs buffer, you have not
now use =n= instead of =c=.
- The file list is now always retrieved from the directory
itself, not from the "Attachments" property. We still
keep this property by default, but you can turn it off, by
customizing the variable =org-attach-file-list-property=.
* Version 6.08
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.08
:END:
** Incompatible changes
- Changes in the structure of IDs, see [[*The%20default%20structure%20of%20IDs%20has%20changed][here]] for details.
- C-c C-a has been redefined, see [[*%20C%20c%20C%20a%20no%20longer%20calls%20show%20all][here]] for details.
** Details
*** The default structure of IDs has changed
IDs created by Org have changed a bit:
- By default, there is no prefix on the ID. There used to be
an "Org" prefix, but I now think this is not necessary.
- IDs use only lower-case letters, no upper-case letters
anymore. The reason for this is that IDs are now also used
as directory names for org-attach, and some systems do not
distinguish upper and lower case in the file system.
- The ID string derived from the current time is now
/reversed/ to become an ID. This assures that the first
two letters of the ID change fast, so hat it makes sense to
split them off to create subdirectories to balance load.
- You can now set the `org-id-method' to `uuidgen' on systems
which support it.
*** =C-c C-a= no longer calls `show-all'
The reason for this is that =C-c C-a= is now used for the
attachment system. On the rare occasions that this command
is needed, use =M-x show-all=, or =C-u C-u C-u TAB=.
*** New attachment system
You can now attach files to each node in the outline tree.
This works by creating special directories based on the ID of
an entry, and storing files in these directories. Org can
keep track of changes to the attachments by automatically
committing changes to git. See the manual for more
information.
Thanks to John Wiegley who contributed this fantastic new
concept and wrote org-attach.el to implement it.
*** New remember template escapes
: %^{prop}p to insert a property
: %k the heading of the item currently being clocked
: %K a link to the heading of the item currently being clocked
Also, when you exit remember with =C-2 C-c C-c=, the item
will be filed as a child of the item currently being
clocked. So the idea is, if you are working on something and
think of a new task related to this or a new note to be
added, you can use this to quickly add information to that
task.
Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
*** Clicking with mouse-2 on clock info in mode-line visits the clock.
Thanks to James TD Smith for a patch to this effect.
*** New file in contrib: lisp/org-checklist.el
This module deals with repeated tasks that have checkbox
lists below them.
Thanks to James TD Smith for this contribution.
*** New in-buffer setting #+STYLE
It can be used to locally set the variable
`org-export-html-style-extra'. Several such lines are
allowed-, they will all be concatenated. For an example on
how to use it, see the [[http://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/org-publish-html-tutorial.php][publishing tutorial]].
* Version 6.07
:PROPERTIES:
:CUSTOM_ID: v6.07
:END:
** Overview
- Filtering existing agenda views with respect to a tag
- Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
- /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org
- Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
- Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
- Yanking inserts folded subtrees
- Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
- In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
- The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
- Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
- Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
- New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
- Remember templates for gnus links can use the :to escape.
- The file specification in a remember template may be a function
- Categories in iCalendar export include local tags
- It is possible to define filters for column view
- Disabling integer increment during table Field copy
- Capturing column view is on `C-c C-x i'
- And tons of bugs fixed.
** Incompatible changes
*** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes has changed
The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
remember process is now interpreted differently:
: C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
: C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
: in its new location.
: C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
: C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
This was requested by John Wiegley.
*** Capturing column view is now on `C-c C-x i'
The reason for this change was that `C-c C-x r' is also used
as a tty key replacement.
*** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
category is now the last category in this list. Configure
the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
this behavior.
This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
** Details
*** Secondary filtering of agenda views.
You can now easily and interactively filter an existing
agenda view with respect to a tag. This command is executed
with the =/= key in the agenda. You will be prompted for a
tag selection key, and all entries that do not contain or
inherit the corresponding tag will be hidden. With a prefix
argument, the opposite filter is applied: entries that
do have the tag will be hidden.
This operation only /hides/ lines in the agenda buffer, it
does not remove them. Changing the secondary filtering does
not require a new search and is very fast.
If you press TAB at the tag selection prompt, you will be
switched to a completion interface to select a tag. This is
useful when you want to select a tag that does not have a
direct access character.
A double =/ /= will restore the original agenda view by
unhiding any hidden lines.
This functionality was John Wiegley's idea. It is a simpler
implementation of some of the query-editing features proposed
and implemented some time ago by Christopher League (see the
file contrib/lisp/org-interactive-query.el).
*** Editing fixed-width regions with picture or artist mode
The command @<code>C-c '@</code> (that is =C-c= followed by a
single quote) can now also be used to switch to a special
editing mode for fixed-width sections. The default mode is
=artist-mode= which allows you to create ASCII drawings.
It works like this: Enter the editing mode with
@<code>C-c '@</code>. An indirect buffer will be created and
narrowed to the fixed-width region. Edit the drawing, and
press @<code>C-c '@</code> again to exit.
Lines in a fixed-width region should be preceded by a colon
followed by at least one space. These will be removed during
editing, and then added back when you exit the editing mode.
Using the command in an empty line will create a new
fixed-width region.
This new feature arose from a discussion involving Scott
Otterson, Sebastian Rose and Will Henney.
*** /org-plot.el/ is now part of Org.
You can run it by simple calling org-plot/gnuplot.
Documentation is not yet included with Org, please refer to
http://github.com/eschulte/org-plot/tree/master until we have
moved the docs into Org or Worg.
Thanks to Eric Schulte for this great contribution.
*** Tags can be used to select the export part of a document
You may now use tags to select parts of a document for
inclusion into the export, and to exclude other parts. This
behavior is governed by two new variables:
=org-export-select-tags= and =org-export-exclude-tags=.
These default to =("export")= and =("noexport")=, but can be
changed, even to include a list of several tags.
Org first checks if any of the /select/ tags is present in
the buffer. If yes, all trees that do not carry one of these
tags will be excluded. If a selected tree is a subtree, the
heading hierarchy above it will also be selected for export,
but not the text below those headings. If none of the select
tags is found anywhere in the buffer, the whole buffer will
be selected for export. Finally, all subtrees that are
marked by any of the /exclude/ tags will be removed from the
export buffer.
You may set these tags with in-buffer options
=EXPORT_SELECT_TAGS= and =EXPORT_EXCLUDE_TAGS=.
I love this feature. Thanks to Richard G Riley for coming
up with the idea.
*** Prefix interpretation when storing remember notes
The prefix argument to the `C-c C-c' command that finishes a
remember process is now interpreted differently:
: C-c C-c Store the note to predefined file and headline
: C-u C-c C-c Like C-c C-c, but immediately visit the note
: in its new location.
: C-1 C-c C-c Select the storage location interactively
: C-0 C-c C-c Re-use the last used location
This was requested by John Wiegley.
*** Yanking inserts folded subtrees
If the kill is a subtree or a sequence of subtrees, yanking
them with =C-y= will leave all the subtrees in a folded
state. This basically means, that kill and yank are now
much more useful in moving stuff around in your outline. If
you do not like this, customize the variable
=org-yank-folded-subtrees=.
Right now, I am only binding =C-y= to this new function,
should I modify all bindings of yank? Do we need to amend
=yank-pop= as well?
This feature was requested by John Wiegley.
*** Column view capture tables can have formulas, plotting info
If you attach formulas and plotting instructions to a table
capturing column view, these extra lines will now survive an
update of the column view capture, and any formulas will be
re-applied to the captured table. This works by keeping any
continuous block of comments before and after the actual
table.
*** In column view, date stamps can be changed with S-cursor keys
If a property value is a time stamp, S-left and S-right can
now be used to shift this date around while in column view.
This was a request by Chris Randle.
*** The note buffer for clocking out now mentions the task
This was a request by Peter Frings.
*** Sorting entries alphabetically ignores TODO keyword and priority
Numerical and alphanumerical sorting now skips any TODO
keyword or priority cookie when constructing the comparison
string. This was a request by Wanrong Lin.
*** Agenda views can sort entries by TODO state
You can now define a sorting strategy for agenda entries that
does look at the TODO state of the entries. Sorting by TODO
entry does first separate the non-done from the done states.
Within each class, the entries are sorted not alphabetically,
but in definition order. So if you have a sequence of TODO
entries defined, the entries will be sorted according to the
position of the keyword in this sequence.
This follows an idea and sample implementation by Christian
Egli.
*** New face =org-scheduled= for entries scheduled in the future.
This was a request by Richard G Riley.
*** Remember templates for gnus links can now use the :to escape.
Thanks to Tommy Lindgren for a patch to this effect.
*** The file specification in a remember template may now be a function
Thanks to Gregory Sullivan for a patch to this effect.
*** Categories in iCalendar export now include local tags
The locally defined tags are now listed as categories when
exporting to iCalendar format. Org's traditional file/tree
category is now the last category in this list. Configure
the variable =org-icalendar-categories= to modify or revert
this behavior.
This was a request by Charles Philip Chan.
*** It is now possible to define filters for column view
The filter can modify the value that will be displayed in a
column, for example it can cut out a part of a time stamp.
For more information, look at the variable
=org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function=.
*** Disabling integer increment during table field copy
Prefix arg 0 to S-RET does the trick.
This was a request by Chris Randle.
* Version 6.06
** Overview
- New, more CSS-like setup for HTML style information
- Attributes in hyperlinks, for example alt and title for images
- Simplified way to specify file links
- Modified behavior of time stamps in iCalendar export
- New way to compare times during a property search
- New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
- New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
- New option :index-style for org-publish
- New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
** Incompatible changes
*** New structure for the timestamp directory for org-publish.
The timestamp directory now uses SHA1 hashed versions of the
path to each publishing file. This should be a consistent
and system-independent way to handle things. The change
means that your next publishing command will publish each and
every file again, but just once, until new time stamps are in
place.
** Details
*** New setup for HTML style information
In order to create a more CSS-like setup of the HTML style
information, the following changes have been made:
- The default style has moved to a constant,
=org-export-html-style-default= and should not be changed
anymore.
- The default of the variable =org-export-html-style= is now
just the empty string. This variable should receive
settings that are Org-wide. When using org-publish, this
variable is associated with the =:style= property and can
be used to establish project-wide settings.
- There is a new variable =org-export-html-style-extra= that
should be used for file-local settings. Org-publish can, if
necessary, access this variable with the =:style-extra=
property.
- When a file is published, the values of
- org-export-html-style-default
- org-export-html-style
- org-export-html-style-extra
are all inserted into the HTML header, in the given
sequence.
This follows a proposal by Rustom Mody.
*** Attributes in hyperlinks
You can now set attributes in hyperlinks that will be used
when publishing to HTML. For example, if you want to use the
ALT and TITLE attributes of an inlined image, here is who to
do this:
: [[./img/a.jpg{{alt="This is image A" title="Image with no action"}}]]
Thanks to Charles Chen for this idea.
*** Simplified way to specify file links
In a link, you can now leave out the "file:" prefix if you
write an absolute file name like =/Users/dominik/.emacs= or
=~/.emacs=, or if you write a relative file name by using
=./= or =../= to start the file path. You cannot write a
plain file name, because plain text is interpreted as an
internal link.
So for example, a link to an image /A.jpg/ with a thumbnail
/B.jpg/ can now be written like
#+begin_src org
[[./A.jpg][./B.jpg] ]
#+end_src
*** Changes in iCalendar export
Deadline and scheduling time stamps are now treated
differently in iCalendar export. The default behavior is now
the following:
- a DEADLINE that appears in an entry that is a TODO item is
used as the item's DUE date. Therefore, such a deadline
will no longer show up in the calendar.
- a DEADLINE that appears in an item that is *not* a TODO
item is exported as an EVENT and will show up in the
calendar.
- a SCHEDULED timestamp in a TODO item will be used as the
items DTSTART. Therefore, such a timestamp will not show
up in the calendar.
- a SCHEDULED timestamp in an item that is not a TODO has no
effect on iCalendar export at all. It will be ignored.
Of course this would not be Emacs if you could not configure
exactly what you want. Take a look at the variables
=org-icalendar-use-deadlines= and
=org-icalendar-use-scheduled= if you want to go back to the
old behavior or even do something completely different.
Thanks to Karen Cooke for triggering this change.
*** New way to compare times during a property search
If the comparison value in a property search is a string that
is enclosed in angular brackets, a time comparison will be
done. For example
: +DEADLINE>="<2008-12-24 15:20>"
looks for entries with a deadline on or after that time.
Special allowed values are "<now>" (with time) and "<today>"
(date only).
This is based on a request by Manish.
*** New option `org-open-directory-means-index'
When set, a link pointing to a directory will actually open
the index.org file in that directory. This is a good setting
inside a publishing project. When not set, you get a
finder/explorer window for that directory, or dired,
depending on system and setup.
This follows a request by Richard Riley.
*** New parameters :prefix and :prefix1 for include files
These parameters specify prefixes for each line of included
text. :prefix1 is only for the first line, :prefix for all
other lines.
This follows a proposal by Richard Riley.
*** New option :index-style for org-publish
This option can be used to switch the style of the index
produced by org-publish. Can be `list' (index is just an
itemized list of the titles of the files involved) or `tree'
(the directory structure of the source files is reflected in
the index). The default is `tree'.
Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for the patch.
*** In the Agenda, inclusion of archives can now be toggled
- Pressing =v= will toggle inclusion of trees with the
ARCHIVE tag, this includes obviously the archive sibling.
- Pressing `C-u v' will include trees with ARCHIVE tag, and
will also include all archive files that are currently
associated with your agenda files.
This was triggered by a proposal by Manuel Hermenegildo.
* Version 6.05
If I were to name my releases, this one would be called "Adam".
Adam, you definitely owe me a beer :-). And I owe you one, too -
thanks for all the great ideas.
** Overview
- Use cursor position in agenda for remember, scheduling and deadlines
- New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
- Remember templates can be filed to beginning/end of a file
- Visiting a filed remember buffer immediately
- BBDB anniversaries are now links
- Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
- The format of section numbers in exported files is configurable
- Direct, single key access to allowed values in column view
- New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
- Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK line
** Incompatible changes
*** `C-c C-x C-k' now calls `org-mark-entry-for-agenda-action'
It used to call =org-cut-special=, but that is also at bound
to the key =C-c C-x C-w=.
** Details
*** Making use of the cursor position in the agenda
The date at the cursor in the agenda (and also in the
calendar) can now be used to schedule entries, or to set the
date in a remember template correctly. It is also designed
to make it easier to move an entry to a date picked in the
agenda. Thanks to Thomas Baumann for starting the thread
that led to this development.
**** Calling remember with the cursor date in the agenda
If you want to use the date at the agenda cursor in a
remember template, start remember from the agenda with the
keys =k r=. While the template is being filled in, the
default date for all time stamps, and also for all
interactive escapes like =%^t= is now the date at the cursor
in the agenda. The exact same command can also be used from
the calendar if you prefer that.
**** Picking a date for scheduling/deadline in the agenda
You may now pick the date for scheduling an item or for
setting a deadline in the agenda, where you have the best
overview over free time slots. This is a two step process.
1. First you pick the entry that should be acted upon. In
the agenda, you use the keys =k m=. In an org-mode file,
this is on =C-c C-x C-k=.
2. Then you find the agenda date you want to apply. When the
cursor is anywhere in the block belonging to that date,
press =k s= to schedule, or =k d= to put a deadline. The
agenda is not updated immediately, press =r= if you want
it to show the affected entry in the right place.
*** New API for mapping a function over all or selected entries
Org has sophisticated mapping capabilities to find all
entries satisfying certain criteria. Internally, this
functionality is used to produce agenda views, but there is
also an API that can be used to execute arbitrary functions
for each or selected entries. The main entry point for this
API is:
#+begin_example
-- Function: org-map-entries func &optional match scope &rest skip
Call FUNC at each headline selected by MATCH in SCOPE.
FUNC is a function or a lisp form. The function will be
called without arguments, with the cursor positioned at
the beginning of the headline. The return values of all
calls to the function will be collected and returned as
a list.
MATCH is a tags/property/todo match as it is used in the
agenda tags view. Only headlines that are matched by
this query will be considered during the iteration.
When MATCH is nil or t, all headlines will be visited by
the iteration.
SCOPE determines the scope of this command, it can
specify a file, all agenda files, the current tree and
much more.
The remaining args are treated as settings for the
skipping facilities of the scanner.
#+end_example
The function given to that mapping routine can really do anything
you like. Here is a simple example that will turn all entries in
the current file with a tag =TOMORROW= into TODO entries with the
keyword =UPCOMING=. Entries in comment trees and in archive
trees will be ignored.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(org-map-entries
'(org-todo "UPCOMING")
"+TOMORROW" 'file 'archive 'comment)
#+end_src
The following example counts the number of entries with TODO
keyword =WAITING=, in all agenda files.
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(length (org-map-entries t "/+WAITING" nil 'agenda))
#+end_src
*** Changes in Remember templates
**** Remember templates can now use the cursor date in the agenda
Use =k r= to start remember from the agenda, with enforcing
the cursor date as default for any time stamps created by
the template.
**** Filing remember templates to the beginning or end of a file
You may now set the heading part of a remember template
definition to `top' or `bottom'. The template will then be
filed as a level 1 entry to the beginning or end of the
target file, respectively. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
proposal.
**** You can jump to the location of a note immediately after filing it
Just include the =%&= escape anywhere in the template. An
interesting combination now is to use =%!%&=, which will
immediately file and visit the note, which is equivalent to
generating the note directly in the target location. Thanks
to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
*** BBDB anniversaries are now links.
If you are using =%%(bbdb-anniversaries)= to list
anniversaries in the agenda, you can now directly access the
entry that triggered a listed anniversary from the agenda.
Just click the anniversary - it is a link now. Thanks to
Thomas Baumann for a patch to this effect.
*** Column view in the agenda now cleans the ITEM field
See the new variable
=org-agenda-columns-remove-prefix-from-item=. Thanks to Adam
Spiers for this proposal.
*** The format of section number in exported files is configurable
See the new variable `org-export-section-number-format'.
Thanks to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
*** Direct access to allowed values in column view
In column view, if you press a key 1-9 or 0, the
corresponding values from the list of allowed values for that
field at point will be directly selected. Thanks to Levin Du
for this proposal and a patch to this effect.
*** New hook to hack exported iCalendar files
The new hook `org-before-save-iCalendar-file-hook' runs just
before the buffer with a created iCalendar export is saved.
This is what I settled for after a long discussion with Adam
Spiers about doing some special filtering automatically.
*** Log mode in agenda now shows end time for CLOCK lines
When turning on log mode in the agenda with =l=, clock lines
will now also list the end time, not only the starting time.
Thanks to Tian Qiu for bringing this up again.
*** Fixes and additions for org-publish
- the :include and :index-title properties in org-publish
work now as advertized
- the #+TITLE of a page will be used in the index
- new :completion-function property can define a hook to be
run after publishing a file.
Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for a patch to this effect.
* Version 6.04
** Overview
- Statistics cookies [/] and [%] for TODO entries
- Editing source code example in the proper mode
- iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
- New properties for customizing subtree export
** Incompatible changes
- The default of the variable `org-tags-match-list-sublevels' is
now `t'. The main reason for this is that it is easier to
explain in the manual and will lead to fewer surprises.
- The former CONTRIB directory is now called "contrib". This was
already the case in the git distribution, but the tar and zip
archives still did this wrong.
** Details
*** Statistics for TODO entries
The [/] and [%] cookies have already provided statistics for
checkboxes. Now they do the same also for TODO entries. If a
headline contains either cookie, changing the TODO state of any
direct child will trigger an update of this cookie. Children
that are neither TODO nor DONE are ignored.
There have already been requests to automatically switch the
parent headline to DONE when all children are done. I am not
making this a default feature, because one needs to make many
decisions about which keyword to use, etc. Instead of a complex
customization variable, I am providing a hook that can be used.
This hook will be called each time a TODO statistics cookie is
updated, with the cursor in the corresponding line. Each
function in the hook will receive two arguments, the number of
done entries, and the number of not-done entries, and you can use
the hook to change the state of the headline. Here is an example
implementation:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun org-summary-todo (n-done n-not-done)
"Switch entry to DONE when all sub-entries are done, to TODO otherwise."
(let (org-log-done org-log-states) ; turn off logging
(org-todo (if (= n-not-done 0) "DONE" "TODO"))))
(add-hook 'org-after-todo-statistics-hook 'org-summary-todo)
#+end_src
*** Editing source code example in the proper mode
If you are writing a document with source code examples, you can
include these examples into a =#+BEGIN_SRC lang ... #+END_SRC= or
(with the org-mtags module loaded) a =<src...= structure. =lang=
stands for the Emacs mode used for editing the language, this
could be =emacs-lisp= for Emacs Lisp mode examples, or =org= for
Org mode examples. You can now use the key "C-c '" (that is C-c
followed by the single quote) to edit the example in its native
mode. This works by creating an indirect buffer, narrowing it to
the example and setting the appropriate mode. You need to exit
editing by pressing "C-c '" again. This is important, because
lines that have syntactic meaning in Org will be quoted by
calling this command.
"C-c '" also edits include files, the setupfile in a =#+setufile=
line, and all those little foreign snippets like:
#+begin_src org
,#+HTML: this code can be edited in html-mode
,#+BEGIN_HTML
,Same here
,#+BEGIN_HTML
,#+LaTeX: this code can be edited in latex-mode
,#+BEGIN_LaTeX
,Same here
,#+BEGIN_LaTeX
,#+BEGIN_SRC fortran
,Here we can edit in fortran-mode
,#+END_SRC
#+end_src
*** iCalendar now defines proper UIDs for entries
This is necessary for synchronization services. The UIDs are
created using the the org-id.el module which is now part of the
Org core. If you set the variable
: (setq org-icalendar-store-UID t)
then all created UIDs will be stored in the entry as an =:ID:=
property. This is off by default because it creates lots of
property drawers even if you only play with iCalendar export.
But if you plan to use synchronization, you really need to turn
this on.
Diary sexp entries do not yet receive proper persistent UIDs,
because they are transformed to iCalendar format by icalendar.el
which creates fresh UIDs each time, based on the current time.
An interesting aspect of Org is that a single outline node can
give rise to multiple iCalendar entries (as a timestamp, a
deadline, a scheduled item, and as a TODO item). Therefore, Org
adds prefixes "TS-", "DL-" "CS-", and "TD-" to the UID during
iCalendar export, depending on what triggered the inclusion of
the entry. In this way the UID remains unique, but a
synchronization program can still figure out from which entry all
the different instances originate.
*** New properties for customizing subtree export.
When exporting a subtree by selecting it before calling the
export command, you can now use the properties =EXPORT_TITLE=,
=EXPORT_TEXT=, and =EXPORT_OPTIONS= to overrule the global
=#+TITLE=, =#+TEXT=, and =#+OPTIONS= settings. You can also set
an export file name with =EXPORT_FILE_NAME= that will overrule
the file name derived from the buffer's file name. As far as the
options are concerned, the global =#+OPTIONS= will still be read,
and only the options you give in the property will be
overwritten. For example:
#+begin_src org
,#+OPTIONS: skip:nil
,* Computer Tricks
, :PROPERTIES:
, :EXPORT_FILE_NAME: ct.html
, :EXPORT_TITLE: Steve's collected computer tricks
, :EXPORT_OPTIONS: h:2 toc:nil
, :END:
#+end_src
*** New way to define tags for an entire file.
Tags that are defined in a line like
: #+FILETAGS: work urgent
are inherited by all entries in the file.
Thanks to Manuel Hermenegildo for this proposal.
* Version 6.03
** Overview
- Description lists are now supported natively
- Block quotes for export
- Fontified code examples in HTML export
- Include files for export
- Text before the first headline is now exported by default
- In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
- The in-buffer settings keywords may now be lower case
- Completion of structure elements
- Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
- Clock task history, moving entries with the running clock
- BBDB anniversaries much faster
- New contrib files: org-eval.el and org-mtags.el
** Incompatible changes
- The text before the first headline is now exported by default
Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
value on a per-file basis with
#+begin_src org
#+OPTIONS: skip:t
#+end_src
** Details
*** Description lists are now supported natively
A plain list will be exported as a description list if the
first item in the list has a /term/ and the /description/,
separated by " :: ". For example
: Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
: - RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
: - CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
: - TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
: - ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
: - CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
: natural constants and units into a buffer.
: - IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
: running IDL and WAVE CL files.
will be rendered as
Emacs software by Carsten Dominik
- RefTeX :: Support for LaTeX Labels, References, Citations
- CDLaTeX :: more LaTeX functionality for Emacs
- TeXmathp :: checking LaTeX buffers for Math mode.
- ORG :: An Emacs mode for notes and projet planning.
- CONSTANTS :: An Emacs package for inserting the definition of
natural constants and units into a buffer.
- IDLWAVE :: The Emacs modes for editing and
running IDL and WAVE CL files.
This works now in the HTML exporter, we still need to supoort
it with the LaTeX and ASCII exporters.
*** Block quotes for export
For quoting an entire paragraph as a citation, use
#+begin_src org
,#+BEGIN_QUOTE
Everything should be made as simple as possible,
but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
,#+BEGIN_QUOTE
#+end_src
which will render as
#+BEGIN_QUOTE
Everything should be made as simple as possible,
but not any simpler -- Albert Einstein
#+BEGIN_QUOTE
*** Fontified code examples in HTML export
You can now get code examples fontified like they would be
fontified in an Emacs Buffer, and export the result to HTML.
To do so, wrap the code examples into the following
structure:
#+begin_src org
,#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(defun org-xor (a b)
"Exclusive or."
(if a (not b) b))
,#+END_SRC
#+end_src
In the export, this will then look like this (if you are now
looking at the ASCII export and do not see anything
interesting, go and check out the HTML version at
http://orgmode.org/Changes.html).
#+BEGIN_SRC emacs-lisp
(defun org-xor (a b)
"Exclusive or."
(if a (not b) b))
#+END_SRC
The string after the =BEGIN_SRC= is the name of the major emacs
mode that should be used to fontify the code example, without the
"-mode" at the end of the mode name. For example, if you are
writing an Org tutorial with Org examples included, you would use
"org" as the language identifier - in fact, I have used just
that in the example above.
Currently this works only for HTML export, and requires the
/htmlize.el/ package, version 1.34 or later. For other
backends, such structures are simply exported as EXAMPLE.
*** Include files for export
A line like
: #+INCLUDE "file" markup lang
will lead to the inclusion of the contents of FILE at the moment
of publishing. FILE should be surrounded by double quotes, this
is obligatory if it contains space characters. The parameters
MARKUP and LANG are optional. MARKUP can be "example", "quote",
or "src". If it is "src", LANG should be the name of the Emacs
mode to be used for fontifying the code. For example:
: Here is my /.emacs/ file:
: #+INCLUDE "~/.emacs" src emacs-lisp
*** The text before the first headline is now exported by default
Previously, the default was to not include text in an org-mode
buffer before the first headline. From now on, the default it to
include it. If you like the old default better, customize the
variable =org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading= or set the
value on a per-file basis with
: #+OPTIONS: skip:t
*** In-buffer options may now be collected in an external file
If you would like to share the Org setup between a number of
files, you can now store in-buffer setup in a file and simply
point to that file from each file that should read it. If
you write in a buffer
: #+SETUPFILE: "path/to/setup.org"
then this file will be scanned for in-buffer options like
=#+STARTUP=, =#+TITLE=, or =#+OPTIONS=.
*** The in-buffer settings keywords may now be upper or lower case
From now on, it makes no difference is you write =#+STARTUP= or
=#+startup=, to make these lines less imposing. Similarly for all
other in-buffer keywords.
*** Completion of structure elements
As a new experimental feature, Org now supports completion of
structural elements like =#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE= in a special way.
It work by typing, for example "<e" and then pressing TAB, on
an otherwise empty line. "<e" will expand into a complete
EXAMPLE template, with the cursor positioned in the middle.
Currently supported templates are:
: <s #+begin_src
: <e #+begin_example
: <q #+begin_quote
: <v #+begin_verse
: <l #+begin_latex
: <L #+latex:
: <h #+begin_html
: <H #+html:
: <a #+begin_ascii
: <i #+include
This is an experimental feature, please comment! See also
below under /org-mtags.el/.
*** Startup visibility can now be influenced by properties
When Emacs opens an Org mode buffer, the outline visibility
is set to a startup value that is taken from the variable
=org-startup-folded=, or from a =#+STARTUP= setting in the
buffer. After this has happened, the buffer will now also be
scanned for entries with a =VISIBILITY= property. Wherever
such a property is found, the corresponding subtree will get
its visibility adjusted. Allowed values for the property
are:
- folded :: Fold the subtree
- children :: Show the text after the headline, and the
headlines of all direct children
- content :: Show all headlines in the tree, but no text below any
headline
- all :: Show the entire subtree
For example, I am using this for the huge /Changes.org/ file that
is the source for the list of visible changes you are reading
right now. The top-most entry in this file always describes the
changes in my current working version. The start of this section
currently looks like this:
#+begin_src org
,* Version 6.03
, :PROPERTIES:
, :VISIBILITY: content
, :END:
,** Overview
#+end_src
This was a proposal by Ben Alexander.
The command =C-u C-u TAB= will switch back to the startup
visibility of the buffer.
*** Clock task history, and moving entries with the running clock
Org now remembers the last 5 tasks that you clocked into, to
make it easier to clock back into a task after interrupting
it for another task.
- =C-u C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u C-u I= from the agenda) will
clock into that task and mark it as current default task.
- =C-u C-c C-x C-i= (or =C-u I= from the agenda) will offer a
list of recently clocked tasks, including the default task,
for selection. =d= selects the default task, =i= selects
the task that was interrupted by the task that is currently
being clocked. =1=,... selects a recent task. When you
select a task, you will be clocked into it.
- You can use =C-u C-c C-x C-j= to jump to any of these
tasks.
When moving an entry using structure editing commands,
archiving commands, or the special subtree cut-and-paste
commands =C-c C-x C-w= and =C-c C-x C-y=, the running clock
marker and all clock history markers will be moved with the
subtree. Now you can start a clock in a remember buffer and
keep the clock running while filing the note away. See also
the variable `org-remember-clock-out-on-exit'.
*** BBDB anniversaries much faster
=bbdb-anniversaries= is now much faster, thanks to a new
approach using a hash for birthdays. Thanks to Thomas
Baumann for a patch to this effect.
*** New files in the contrib directory
Do people think any of these should become core?
- org-eval.el :: This new module allows to include the result
of the evaluation of Lisp code (and other scripting
languages) into the buffer, similar to the =<lisp>= tag
of [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/emacs-wiki.html#Lisp-Tricks][Emacs Wiki]] and [[http://mwolson.org/static/doc/muse/Embedded-Lisp.html#Embedded-Lisp][Muse]].
- org-mtags.el :: This new modules allows you to use
Muse-like tags for some structure definitions in Org.
For example, instead of
:#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE
:...
:#+END_EXAMPLE
you can write
:<example>
:...
:</example>
In fact, I myself find these easier to type and to look
at. Also, it will allow you to more easily move text
and files back and forth between Org and Muse. For a
list of supported structure elements, see the commentary
in the file [[http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git?a=blob_plain;f=contrib/lisp/org-mtags.el;hb=HEAD][commentary in the file org-mtags.el]].
If you load this module and use the "<i" etc completion
described above, the Muse form will automatically be
inserted.
*** Bug fixes
Many bug fixes again. Will this ever stop?
* Version 6.02
** Overview
- Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
- Summaries for columns in the agenda
- The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
- New operators for property searches
- Search commands can now include archive files.
- Clock tables can include the archive files
- Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
** Details
*** Column view works now in XEmacs
I had already given up on this, but Greg Chernev (who
implemented noutline.el for XEmacs and in this way kept Org
alive on XEmacs) has done it again and provided the patches
to make column view work under XEmacs. There are still some
problems, but the basics work and we will iron out the
remaining issues, hopefully soon.
*** Summaries for columns in the agenda
If any of the columns has a summary type defined, turning on
column view in the agenda will show summaries for these
columns. Org will first visit all relevant agenda files and
make sure that the computations of this property are up to
date. This is also true for the special =CLOCKSUM= property.
Org will then sum the values displayed in the agenda. In the
daily/weekly agenda, the sums will cover a single day, in all
other views they cover the entire block. It is vital to
realize that the agenda may show the same entry multiple
times (for example as scheduled and as a deadline), and it
may show two entries from the same hierarchy (for example a
/parent/ and it's /child/). In these cases, the summation in
the agenda will lead to incorrect results because some values
will count double.
*** The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates
If you want to plan your work in a very detailed way, or if
you need to produce offers with quotations of the estimated
work effort, you may want to assign effort estimates to
entries. If you are also clocking your work, you may later
want to compare the planned effort with the actual working
time. Effort estimates can now be stored in a special
property =Effort=, displayed side-to-side with clock sums,
and also be summed over a day, in order to show the planned
work load of a day. See the manual for more details.
*** New operators for property searches
Property searches can now choose a number of different
operators for comparing values. These operators are `=',
`<>', `<', `<=', `>', and `>='.
When the search term uses the operator with plain number like
=+Effort>=2.7=, then the property value is converted to a
number and a numerical comparison takes place.
When the search term uses a string on the right hand side of
the operator, a string comparison is done: =+PRIORITY<"C".=
Finally, if the right hand side is enclosed in curly braces,
a regexp match is done: =aaa={regexp}=. In this case you
should use only the `=' or `<>' operators, meaning "does
match" or "does not match", respectively.
This was a triggered with a request by Dan Davison.
*** Search commands can now include archive files.
If the value of the customization variable
=org-agenda-text-search-extra-files= contains the symbol
=agenda-archives= as the first element in the list, all
archive files of all agenda files will be added to the list
of files to search. This is relevant for the search view
=C-c a s=, as well as for the agenda files multi-occur
command =C-c a /=.
*** Clock tables can include the archive files
There are new values for the =:scope= parameter of a clock
table. This can now be =file-with-archives= and
=agenda-with-archives=, in order to collect information not
only from the current file or all agenda files, but also from
all archive files that are currently used by these files.
*** Orgtbl radio tables generalized.
The options available for radio tables using orgtbl-mode have
been expanded. You may use several reception points and
formats for the same table, you may have special formatting
in the last line of the table, and many table parameters may
be functions, so that more general transformations are
possible. Jason Riedy provided a patch for this, and he will
hopefully come up with some examples. Thanks!
* Version 6.01
This is a new major release, mostly because of structural changes
in Org. However, since this took a while, there is also a long
list of small improvements and some new significant features.
** Overview
- The Org distribution has a new structure
- New system for selecting modules to load
- New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
- Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
- Internal links work now better in HTML export
- Export commands can be done in the background
- Flexible setting of the time block shown by the clock table
- Clock table can be included in the agenda
- Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
- Tag inheritance can be limited to a subset of all tags
- Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword
- And some more small fixes and improvements
** Incompatible changes
*** The Org distribution has a new structure
In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
** Details
*** The Org distribution has a new structure
In the distribution files as well as in the GIT repository,
the lisp files are now located in a subdirectory "lisp", and
the documentation files are located in a subdirectory "doc".
If you are running Org directly from the unpacked
distribution archive (zip or tar file, or GIT repository),
you need to modify your settings for load-path accordingly.
*** Loading modules
Org-mode has now a system for loading modules by simply
configuring an option that lists all the modules you want to
use. Customize the variable `org-modules'. That variable
lists both modules that are part of the Org-mode core (and in
this way part of Emacs), and modules that are contributed
packages. Contributed modules will only be available when
you have installed them properly (most likely by downloading
the distribution and adding /path/to/orgdir/contrib/lisp to
your load path).
*** New archiving mechanism: The Archive Sibling
There is a new method to archive entries in the current file:
By moving it to a sibling called the /Archive Sibling/. That
sibling has the heading "Archive" and also carries the
ARCHIVE tag. This can be a great way to do archiving inside
a project, to get parts of the project out of the way and to
wait with true archiving (moving to another file) until the
entire project is done. Archiving to a sibling keeps much of
the context, for example inherited tags and approximate tree
position in tact.
The key binding for the is "C-c C-x A", and from the agenda
buffer you can simply use "A".
Thanks to Ilya Shlyakhter for this rather clever idea.
*** Support for Sebastian Rose's JavaScript org-info.js.
This fascinating program allows a completely new viewing
experience for web pages created from Org files. The same
document can be viewed in different ways, and switching
between the views as well as navigation uses single-key
commands.
One of the view types is an /Info-like/ interface where you
can jump through the sections of the document with the `n'
and `p' keys (and others). There is also a /folding/
interface where you can fold the document much like you can
fold it in org-mode in Emacs, and cycle through the
visibility both locally and globally.
To set this up, all you need to do is to make sure that
org-infojs.el gets loaded (customize the variable org-modules
to check). Then add this line to the buffer:
: #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info
In that line, you can configure the initial view and other
settings. Available views are =info= for the info-like
interface, and =overview=, =content=, and =showall= for the
folding interface. See the manual for more details. The
JavaScript program is served from
http://orgmode.org/org-info.js, and your exported HTML files
will automatically get it from there. However, you may want
to be independent of the existence and stability of
orgmode.org and install a copy locally. Then you need to
change the path from which the script is loaded, either by
using something like
: #+INFOJS_OPT: view:info path:../scripts/org-info.js
or by configuring the variable =org-infojs-options=.
For details see the documentation provided by Sebastian Rose
together with org-info.js.
*** Export improvements
- The export of internal links to HTML now works a lot
better. Most internal links that work while editing an Org
file inside Emacs will now also work the the corresponding
HTML file.
- You can run many of the export commands in the background
by using `C-c C-u C-c C-e' in order to start the process.
RIght now this will only work if "emacs" is the right
command to get to your Emacs executable - I hope to make
this less system dependent in the future.
Both these are based on requests by Ilya Shlyakhter.
*** Improvements to clocktable
- The clocktable is now much more flexible and user friendly
when trying to specify the time block that should be
considered when constructing the table.
The =:block= parameter to the table can now look like any
of these:
| :block | meaning |
|--------------+-----------------------|
| 2008 | The entire year 2008 |
| 2008-04 | The month April 2008 |
| 2008-04-02 | The day April 2, 2008 |
| 2008-W14 | ISO-Week 14 in 2008 |
| today | Today |
| today-5 | The day five days ago |
| thisweek | The current week |
| thisweek-2 | Two weeks ago |
| thismonth | The current month |
| thismonth-12 | Same month, last year |
| lastmonth | Same as thismonth-1 |
What is more, you can now use the =S-left= and =S-right=
keys to shift the time block around. The cursor needs to
be in the =#+BEGIN: clocktable= line for this to work. If
the current block is =today=, =S-left= with switch to
yesterday. If the current block is =2008-W14=, =S-right=
will switch to the following week.
- When the clocktable is collecting from several files, the
total time for each file will now also be listed. This was
a request from Bernt Hansen.
- If you turn on the new clock report mode with the "R" key in
the agenda, a clock table will be attached to the agenda,
showing the clock report for the file scope and time
interval of the agenda view. To turn this on permanently,
configure the variable
=org-agenda-start-with-clock report-mode=. To modify the
properties of the table, in particular the =:maxlevel=
depth, configure =org-agenda-clockreport-parameter-plist=.
*** Support for ISO week dates (ISO 6801)
The agenda now shows the ISO week for the displayed dates, in
the form =W08= for week 8.
The keys =d=, =w=, =m=, and =y= in the agenda view now accept
prefix arguments. Remember that in the agenda, you can
directly type a prefix argument by typing a number, no need
to press =C-u= first. The prefix argument may be used to
jump directly to a specific day of the year, ISO week, month,
or year, respectively. For example, =32 d= jumps to February
1st, =9 w= to ISO week number 9. When setting day, week, or
month view, a year may be encoded in the prefix argument as
well. For example, =200712 w= will jump to week 12 in the
year 2007. If such a year specification has only one or two
digits, it will be mapped to the interval 1938-2037.
When entering a date at the date prompt, you may now also
specify an ISO week. For example
: w4 Monday of week 4
: fri w4 Friday of week 4
: w4-5 Same as above
: 2012 w4 fri Friday of week 4 in 2012.
: 2012-W04-5 Same as above
So far I have not implemented the effect of
`org-read-date-prefer-future' on this functionality, because
it seemed too magic for me. I'd appreciate comments on this
issue: Should `org-read-date-prefer-future' also push dates
into the next year if the week you are entering has already
passed in the current year? For consistency I guess this
should be the case, but I cannot quite wrap my head around
it.
I hope but am not entirely convinced that this will behave
sanely also during the first/last week of a year. Please
test extensively and report back.
This was a request by Thomas Baumann.
*** Improvements in Search View
- Calling search view with a C-u prefix will make it match
only in TODO entries.
- The single quote is no longer considered a word character
during search, so that searching for the word "Nasim" will
also match in "Nasim's".
*** Misc
- Inheritance of tags can now be limited to a subset of all
tags, using the variable =org-use-tag-inheritance=. This
variable may now be a regular expression or a list to
select the inherited tags. Thanks to Michael Ekstrand for
this excellent proposal.
The regexp option is also implemented for
=org-use-property-inheritance=, so that you can now select
properties for inheritance my name.
- The INHERIT flag to the function =org-entry-get= can be set
to the symbol =selective=. If this is the case, then the
value of the property will be retrieved using inheritance
if and only if the setting in
=org-use-property-inheritance= selects the property for
inheritance.
- There are now special faces for the date lines in the
agenda/timeline buffers, and another special face for days
that fall on a weekend: =org-agenda-date= and
=org-agenda-date-weekend=. Both these faces are initially
similar to the =org-agenda-structure= face, but you can
customize them freely.
- When an entry already has a scheduling or deadline time
stamp, calling `C-c C-s' or `C-c C-d', respectively, will
now use that old date as the default, and you can can use
the "++4d" syntax to invoke shifts relative to that default
date. Simply pressing RET at the prompt will keep the
default date, not switch to today.
This was an omission in the earlier implementation, spotted
by Wanrong Lin. Thanks!
- File names in remember templates can be relative, if they
are, they will be interpreted relative to =org-directory=.
- The handling of the clipboard when inserting into remember
templates is now much better, and gives more control on what
should be inserted with new %-escapes:
- =%c= - Now always insert the head of the kill ring, never
the X clipboard.
- =%x= - Insert the content of the X clipboard. This is the
first non-empty value from the PRIMARY, SECONDARY and
CLIPBOARD X clipboards.
- =%^C= - This allows the user to choose between any of the
clipboard values available, the kill ring head, and the
initial region if set.
- =%^L= - Like =%^C=, but this inserts an org link using the
selected value.
Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
- Table export to an internal file can now use a format
specification, similar to the formats that are used by
orgtbl radio tables. The default format is in the variable
=org-table-export-default-format=. You can use properties
=TABLE_EXPORT_FILE= and =TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT= to specify the
file name to which the export should go, and a local
format. For example:
: :PROPERTIES:
: :TABLE_EXPORT_FILE: ~/xx.txt
: :TABLE_EXPORT_FORMAT: orgtbl-to-generic :splice t :sep "\t"
: :END:
Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
- Entries can be sorted by TODO keyword, and the order is given
by the definition sequence of the TODO keywords in the
variable =org-todo-keywords=, or in the =#+TODO= line. Use
the "o" key when sorting with =C-c ^=.
Thanks to James TD Smith for this patch.
* Version 5.23
** Overview
- New keyword search agenda view
- Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
- New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
- Modifying list/headline status of a line
- Granularity while editing time stamps
- New repeaters mechanisms
- New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
- Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
- =M-RET= splits lines again
- New hooks
** Incompatible changes
- The variable `org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes' is now a list
of two values - if you have configured this variable before,
please do it again.
** Details
*** New keyword search agenda view
`C-c a s' now invokes a special agenda view that can be used
to search notes by keyword and regular expressions. In
particular, it does not require a single regular expression
or string to search for, but it can search for a number
keywords or regexps that can occur in arbitrary sequence in
the entry. The search knows the boundaries of an entry, can
use simple Boolean logic and is reasonably fast. For
example, the search string
: +computer +wifi -ethernet -{8\.11[bg]}
will search for note entries that contain the keywords
=computer= and =wifi=, but not the keyword =ethernet=, and
which are also not matched by the regular expression
"8\.11[bg]", meaning to exclude both 8.11b and 8.11g. If the
first character of the search string is an asterisk, the
search will only look at headlines - otherwise it will look
at the headine and the text below it, up to the next
(possibly sub-) heading.
The command searches all agenda files, and in addition the
files listed in =org-agenda-text-search-extra-files=.
I find it very useful to define a custom command to do such
a search only in a limited number of files (my notes files),
like this:
: ("N" "Search notes" search ""
: ((org-agenda-files '("~/org/notes.org" "~/org/computer.org"))
: (org-agenda-text-search-extra-files nil)))
*** Many new extensions available in the CONTRIB directory
- Phil Jackson's /org-irc.el/ is now part of the Org-mode
core, which means it will become part of Emacs soon.
- The new development model already starts to pay off, a
number of interesting extensions are now part of the
distribution. Check the file CONTRIB/README for a list.
- There is a new variable `org-default-extensions'.
Configuring this variable makes it *very* easy to load
these default extensions - eventually this will be expanded
to cover contributed extensions as well.
*** New remember template option: pre-selection contexts
- Remember template definitions now allow six elements. The
last element defines the contexts in which the template
should be offered. It can be a list of major modes, a
function, =t= or =nil=. If it is a list of major-mode, the
template will be available only when =org-remember= is
called from a buffer in one of these modes. If it is a
function, the template will be offered only if the function
returns `t' when called in the current buffer. A value of
=t= or =nil= for this element means select this template in
any context.
One possible application for this would be to have several
templates all using the same selection letter, and choosing
the right one based on context. For example, think of
tasks describing a bug in a source code file. With the
following configuration we make sure that the bug reports
are filed into the appropriate sections of the target file.
: (setq org-remember-templates
: '(("Elisp" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "Elisp bugs" (emacs-lisp-mode))
: ("C Bugs" ?b "* %a\n\n%i%?" "~/bugs.org" "C bugs" (cc-mode))))
See (info "(org)Remember templates") for details.
*** Modifying list/headline status of a line
- `C-c -' has now more functions:
+ In a table, add a hline as before
+ In an item list, cycle bullet type as before
+ In a normal line, turn it into an item
+ In a headline, turn it into an item
+ If there is an active region, turn each line into an item.
But if the first region line is already an item, remove
item markers from all lines.
Based on proposals by Bastien.
- `C-c *' has now more functions
+ in a table, recompute, as before
+ in a normal line, convert it to a sub heading.
+ at an item, convert it into a subheading
+ if there is an active region, convert all lines in the
region to headlines. However, if the first lie already is
a heading, remove the stars from all lines int he region.
Based on proposals by Bastien.
*** Changes related to time stamps
- The value variable =org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes= is now
a list of two values. The first applies when creating a new
time stamp. The second applies when modifying a timestamp
with S-up/down. The default for this new task is 5 minutes,
but 15 may also be a very good value for many people. If
S-up/down is used on a time stamp where the minute part is
not compatible with this granularity it will be made so.
You can bypass this by using a prefix argument to exactly
specify the number of minutes to shift.
This was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
- New repeaters that shift a date relative to today, or that
make sure that the next date is in the future. For example:
:** TODO Call Father
: DEADLINE: <2008-02-10 Sun ++1w>
: Marking this DONE will shift the date by at least one week,
: but also by as many weeks as it takes to get this date into
: the future. However, it stays on a Sunday, even if you called
: and marked it done on Saturday.
:** TODO Check the batteries in the smoke detectors
: DEADLINE: <2005-11-01 Tue .+1m>
: Marking this DONE will shift the date to one month after
: today.
Proposed by Wanrong Lin and Rainer Stengle.
*** New parameters for dynamic blocks ad the clock table
- There is a new =:link= parameter for the clocktable. When
set, the headlines listed in the table will be links to the
original headlines.
- There is a new =:content= parameter that is passed to the
writer function of the dynamic block. Use this parameter
to pass the previous content of the block to the writer
function, in case you want to make the outcome dependent on
the previous content.
*** Limiting iCalendar export to fewer entries
- New way to limit iCalendar export to the entries captured in
an agenda view. This is done by "writing" the agenda view
using `C-x C-w' to a file with extension .ics.
This was a request by Kyle Sexton.
*** Misc
- Due to a popular revolt shortly after the 5.22 release,
=M-RET= can again be used to split a line so that the rest
of the line becomes the new heading. However, if you do
this in a heading containing tags, the tags will stay in the
old line.
Customize the variable =org-M-RET-may-split-line= if you
don't want this command to split a line in the middle. The
same variable also influences line splitting in items and in
tables.
- There are three new hooks:
=org-follow-link-hook=: runs after following a link
=org-publish-before-export-hook=: runs before export
=org-publish-after-export-hook=: runs after export
* Version 5.22
** Incompatible changes
- The variable `org-log-done' is now less complex.
- The in-buffer settings for logging have changed. Some
options no longer exists, some new ones have been added.
** Details
*** Changes to logging progress
There is now more control over which state changes are being
logged in what way. Please read carefully the corresponding
sections in the manual. Basically:
- The variable `org-log-done' has been simplified, it no
longer influences logging state changes and clocking out.
- There is a new variable for triggering note-taking when
clocking out an item: `org-log-note-clock-out'.
- Logging of state changes now has to be configured on a
pre-keyword basis, either in `org-todo-keywords' or in the
#+TODO in-buffer setting.
- These per-keyword settings allow more control. For example
: WAIT(w@) Record a note when entering this state.
: WAIT(w!) Record a timestamp when entering this state.
: WAIT(w@/!) Recore a note when entering and timestamp
: when leaving this state. This is great for
: getting a record when switching *back* from
: WAIT to TODO.
: WAIT(/!) Record a timestamp when leaving this state.
: Here we not even define a fast access
: character, but just the logging stuff.
This was triggered by requests from Wanrong Lin and Bernt Hansen.
*** Other
- M-RET no longer brakes a line in the middle, it will make a
new line after the current or (if cursor is at the beginning
of the line) before the current line.
- RET, when executed in a headline after the main text and
before the tags will leave the tags in the current line and
create a new line below the current one.
* Version 5.21
Bug fixes, in particular the long-hunted bug about wrong window
positions after pressing SPACE in the agenda. Hopefully this
is really fixed.
* Version 5.20
** Overview
*** Remember/Refile/Goto
- The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
and `org-refile' has been normalized.
- The clock can now safely be used in a remember buffer.
- The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
`org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
- It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets.
- Automatic isearch in `org-goto'.
- Outline-path-completion as alternative org-goto interface.
*** Misc
- Checkboxes now work hierarchically.
- `C-k' can now behave specially in headlines.
- Repeater for tasks in plain timestamps.
- All clock intervals of an item show in agenda/timeline.
- New parameter =:step= for clocktable, to get daily reports.
- Never loose a repeaded scheduled item from the agenda.
- Archiving a subtree now stores the outline path in a property.
- Links to messages in Apple Mail.
- Bug fixes.
** Incompatible Changes
- The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
`org-remember-interactive-interface' instead.
** Details
*** Remember/Refile/Goto
- The use of prefix arguments for the commands `org-remember'
and `org-refile' has been normalized:
+ when called without prefix argument, the command does its
normal job, starting a remember note or refiling a tree.
+ when called with a single C-u prefix, these commands can be
used to select a target location and to jump there. In
the case of `org-remember', you will be prompted for a
template and then Emacs jumps to the default target
location or this template. In the case of `org-refile',
you select a location from the refile target list and jump
there.
+ when called with two prefixes (`C-u C-u'), the command
jumps to the location last used for storing a note or a
moved tree.
- When the clock is running inside an remember buffer, storing
the remember buffer with `C-c C-c' will automatically clock
out. This was inspired by a request by Rainer Stengle.
- The variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive'
introduced only in 5.19 is already obsolete. Please use
`org-remember-interactive-interface' instead. This new
variable does select the interface that is used to select
the target for a remember note in an interactive way.
Possible values are:
+ `outline': Use an outline of the document to select a
location.
+ `outline-path-completion': Use completion of an outline
path to select a location.
+ `refile': Offer the `org-refile-targets' as possible
targets.
- It is no longer necessary to update the refiling targets -
they are always current.
- In `org-goto', typing characters now automatically starts
isearch from the beginning of the buffer. The isearch is
special also because it only matches in headline. This
goes some way toward saving org-goto from being removed
from Org-mode. Thanks to Piotr Zielinski for the code, and
sorry that it took me so long to put it in. If you prefer
to use single letters n,p,f,b,u,q for navigation as before,
configure the variable `org-goto-auto-isearch'.
- Outline-path-completion is now available as an alternative
interface in the command `org-goto'. Please select the
default interface you'd like to use with the new variable
`org-goto-interface'. You can then select the alternative
interface with a prefix argument to `C-c C-j' (org-goto). I
am considering to make outline-path-completion the default
interface. Comments?
*** Misc
- Checkboxes now work hierarchically. When a plain-list item
with a checkbox has children with checkboxes, the status of
the item's checkbox is calculated from the children, each
time a checkbox is toggled with C-c C-c. Thanks to Miguel
A. Figueroa-Villanueva for a patch to this effect.
- There is a new variable `org-special-ctrl-k'. When set,
`C-k' will behave specially in headlines:
+ When the cursor is at the beginning of a headline, kill
the entire line and possible the folded subtree below the
line.
+ When in the middle of the headline text, kill the
headline up to the tags.
+ When after the headline text, kill the tags.
This is following a proposal by Piotr Zielinski.
- You can now also have a plain (as opposed to deadline or
scheduled) repeater timestamp in a task. Switching the task
to DONE will now also shift a plain time stamp. This was a
request by Austin Frank.
- If an entry is clocked multiple times, it will now show up
several times in the agenda and timeline buffers, when
log-mode is on. This was a proposal by Jurgen Defurne.
- The clock table accepts a new parameter =:step=. This
parameter can be `day' or `week' and will result in separate
tables for each day or week in the requested time interval.
This was triggered by a proposal by Sacha Chua in her [[http://sachachua.com/wp/2007/12/30/clocking-time-with-emacs-org/][blog]].
- A time-stamp with a repeater now no longer refers to the
date *closest* to the current day. Instead, it means either
today or the most recent match. This change makes sure that
overdue scheduled or deadline items never disappear from the
agenda. With the previous convention, an overdue scheduled
item would disappear. For example, a weekly item scheduled
for Sunday would appear as overdue until Wednesday, and the
suddenly disappear until next Sunday. Now the item will
show up as "Sched 7x" on Saturday. From Sunday on it will
be in the list as "Scheduled", i.e. old sins will be
forgiven. This follows a request by Warong, Dennis and
Bernt.
- Archiving a subtree now creates an additional property,
=ARCHIVE_OLPATH=. This property contains the "path" in the
outline tree to the archived entry, as it was in the
original file. For example, archiving =Fix the door= in the
following hierarchy
: * Tasks
: ** HOME
: *** Garage
: **** Fix the door
will file is with the following property
: :ARCHIVE_PATH: Task/HOME/Garage
Note that you can configure (i.e. limit) the information
that gets stored upon archiving with the variable
`org-archive-save-context-info'.
- New file `org-mac-message.el' by John Wiegley to create
links for messages in Apple Mail, and to follow these
links.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 5.19
** Overview
- Column view can list the clocked times of a subtree.
- Storing remember notes can use the `org-refile' interface.
- Storing remember notes no longer produced empty lines.
- Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree.
- New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format'.
- Hack to allow brackets in link descriptions.
- Clocking into an entry can enforce a specific TODO state.
- EXPORT_FILE_NAME may be an absolute file name with "~".
- Bug fixes, lots of them.
** Details
- A new special column definition lists the sum of all CLOCK
entries in a subtree. For example
: #+COLUMNS: %20ITEM %10Time_Estimate{:} %CLOCKSUM
will allow you to compare estimated times (as given in the
Time_Estimate property) with the clocked times. This was a
request by Bernt Hansen.
- Storing remember notes can now use the `org-refile'
interface instead of the `org-goto' interface (see the
variable `org-remember-use-refile-when-interactive').
Nothing will change if the note is stored immediately after
pressing `C-c C-c' in the =*Remember*= buffer. But if you
have chosen (e.g. by pressing `C-u C-c C-c') to
interactively select the filing location (file and
headline), the refile interface will be used instead. I am
excited about this change, because the `org-goto' interface
is basically a failure, at least for this application. Note
that in any case the refile interface has to be configured
first by customizing `org-refile-targets'.
- Notes inserted with remember now remove any whitespace
before and after the note before being pasted, so that there
will be no empty lines inserted together with the note. We
could invent special syntax in remember templates to allow
creating empty lines before a note - is there anyone who'd
want this?
- Moving subtrees now folds all siblings of the subtree. This
is the only reasonably simple way I could find to avoid the
reported inconsistencies in the folding state of the outline
tree after moving entries. There are reasons to like this
new behavior, because it easily visualizes where the tree is
located after the move. Still, not everyone might be happy
with this. Massive complaining would be needed to make me
fix this.
- New variable `org-agenda-todo-keyword-format' to specify the
width of the TODO keyword field in the agenda display. Use
it to get things to line up better. This was a proposal by
Rainer Stengele.
- If a link description inserted with `C-c C-l' contains
brackets, the brackets will now be converted into curly
braces. This looks similar enough. Supporting brackets in
link descriptions is, for technical reasons too long to
explain here, complex.
- The new option `org-clock-in-switch-to-state' can be set to
a TODO state that will be enforced when the clock is started
on an entry. This follows an idea by Sacha Chua.
- The EXPORT_FILE_NAME property may now also be an absolute
file name, and it may contain abbreviations like "~" for the
users home directory. This was requested by Adam Spiers.
- Bug fixes, lots of them.
* Version 5.18
Minor fixes.
* Version 5.17
** Details
*** Whitespace
- When cutting, pasting, or moving subtrees and items, the
empty lines *before* the subtree/item now belong to the
part and will be moved with it. There is one exception to
this rule: If the first child is moved down (or,
equivalently, the second is moved up), the amount of empty
lines *above* the first child to be moved along with it is
limited by the number of empty lines *below* it. This
sounds complicated, but it allows to have extra empty space
before the first child and still have good behavior of the
subtree motion commands.
- Plain lists items work the same.
I believe we have finally nailed this one. Thanks to Daniel
Pittman for bring this up again and to Eric Schulte for
pointing out that it is the empty lines *before* an entry
that really count.
This change was non-trivial, please give it a good test and
let me know about any problems.
*** Remember
- The new command `org-remember-goto-last-stored' will jump
to the location of the remember note stored most recently.
If you have `org-remember' on a key like `C-c r', then you
can go to the location with a double prefix arg: `C-u C-u
C-c r'. This was a proposal by Rainer Stengele.
- Template items that are being prompted for can now specify
a default value and a completion table. Furthermore,
previous inputs at a specific prompt are captured in a
history variable. For example:
: %^{Author|Roald Dahl|Thomas Mann|Larry Niven}
will prompt for an author name. Pressing RET without
typing anything will select "Roald Dahl". Completion will
give you any of the three names. And a history will be
kept, so you can use the arrow keys to get to previous
input. The history is tied to the prompt. By using the
same prompt in different templates, you can build a history
across templates. The ideas for this came from proposals
by Bastien and Adam.
- When a remember template contains the string `%!', the note
will be stored immediately after all template parts have
been filled in, so you don't even have to press `C-c
C-c'. The was a proposal by Adam Spiers.
*** Refile
- `org-refile-targets' has a new parameter to specify a
maximum level for target selection. Thanks to Wanrong Lin
for this proposal.
- When the new option `org-refile-use-outline-path' is set,
refile targets will be presented like a file path to the
completion interface: "level 1/level 2/level 3". This
may be the fastest interface yet to get to a certain
outline entry. Do we need to use this interface in other
places? Thanks to Jose Ruiz for this proposal.
* Version 5.16
** Details
*** Restriction lock on agenda scope
You can now permanently lock the agenda construction to a
certain scope, like a file or a subtree. So instead of
pressing "<" for each command in the agenda dispatcher, you
only once select a restriction scope. All subsequent agenda
commands will than respect this restriction. For example,
you can use this at work, to limit agendas to your work file
or tree, and at home to limit to the home file or tree. Or
you can use it during the day in order to focus in on certain
projects.
You select a scope with the command `C-c C-x <', which
restricts to the current subtree. When called with a `C-u'
prefix, the restriction is to the current file. You can also
make restrictions from the speedbar frame, see below.
When making a new restriction and an agenda window is
currently visible, it will immediately be updated to reflect
the new scope. If you like you can display an agenda view
and then watch it change in various scopes.
To get rid of the restriction, use the command "C-c C-x >".
Or press ">" in the agenda dispatcher. Also, and use of "<"
in the dispatcher will disable the restriction lock and
select a new restriction.
Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
*** Imenu and Speedbar support
- Org-mode now supports Imenu. For example, with the setting
: (add-hook 'org-mode-hook
: (lambda () 'imenu-add-to-menubar "Imenu"))
a menu will be created in each Org-mode buffer that
provides access to all level 1 and level 2 headings. The
depth of the menu can be set with the variable
`org-imenu-depth'.
- org-mode now supports Speedbar. This means that you can
drill into the first and second level headlines of an
Org-mode file right from the speedbar frame.
- You can set a restriction lock for the Org-mode agenda to a
file or a subtree directly from the speedbar frame. Just
press "<" with the cursor on an Org-mode file or subtree to
set the lock and immediately update the agenda if it is
visible. Use ">" to get rid of the lock again.
* Version 5.15
** Details
- There are new special properties TIMESTAMP and TIMESTAMP_IA.
These can be used to access the first keyword-less active
and inactive timestamp in an entry, respectively.
- New variable `org-clock-heading-function'. It can be set to
a function that creates the string shown in the mode line
when a clock is running. Thanks to Tom Weissmann for this
idea.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 5.14
** Overview
+ Remember and related stuff
- New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note.
- Easy way to jump to the target location of remember template.
- New %-escapes in remember templates: %c %(...) and %[...]
- `org-remember-insinuate' simplifies remember setup
+ Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
- Stacked emphasis is no longer allowed.
- You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
- Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers
- Text in the "=" emphasis is exported verbatim
- There is a new emphasis marker "~" for verbatim text
- Constructs treated specially by the exporters can be highlighted
+ Properties and Column view
- More control over which properties use inheritance
- CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search
- the {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output format
- New currency summary type {$}
+ The date/time prompt
- While entering data, watch live the current interpretation.
- The date prompt now prefers to select the future
- Easier modification of time in an existing time stamp.
+ Export
- You can now export some special strings in HTML, like "..."
- #+EMAIL: may contain several email addresses
+ Agenda
- In the agenda, a few keys have changed: `g', `G', and `e'.
+ Miscellaneous
- Class-dependent sectioning structures in LaTeX export.
- Radio-lists modeled after the radio tables.
- The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil
- Support for pabbrev-mode
- New variable `org-show-entry-below'.
** Incompatible changes
- If you have customized the variable `org-emphasis-alist' or
org-export-emphasis-alist', you need to do it again by first
canceling your customization and then adding it again.
- I know that some people have defined their own private helper
functions to select a specific remember template, without being
prompted, like this:
: (defun my-remember-template-n ()
: (interactive)
: (org-remember ?n))
You need to modify this. The character selecting the template
must now be the /second/ argument to `org-remember':
: (defun my-remember-template-n ()
: (interactive)
: (org-remember nil ?n))
- `C-c C-w' now refiles an entry. To get a sparse tree of
deadlines, use `C-c / d' instead.
** Details
*** Remember and related stuff
- New command `org-refile' to quickly move a note to a
different place. It is bound to `C-c C-w'. The foremost
application might be to put a note or task captured with
`remember' into the proper list or project. The command
offers a list of possible refiling targets for completion.
These are headings under which the entry will be inserted
as a subitem. By default, this will offer all top-level
headings in the current buffer, but you can configure the
variable `org-refile-targets' to get more complex
definitions. For example:
: (setq org-refile-targets '((nil . (:level . 2))))
selects all level 2 headlines in the current buffer as
targets. And
: (setq org-refile-targets
: '((org-agenda-files . (:tag . "refile"))))
searches all agenda files and selects headlines that are
explicitly marked with the tag :refile: . Note that the
list of targets is built upon first use only, to rebuilt
it, call the command `C-c C-w' with a double prefix
argument.
This is based on an idea and example implementation by Max
Mikhanosha. Many thanks Max.
- You can now use a C-u prefix on `org-remember' to jump to
the location where a specific templates stores its notes.
For example, if you have `org-remember' bound to `C-c r',
then `C-u C-c r n' will get you to the file and headline
given in the template associated with the letter "n".
This was proposed by someone, but I have lost track who.
Sorry, and thanks anyway.
- New %-escapes in remember templates:
: %c insert the current clipboard, like C-y would do
: %(..) evaluate Lisp expression and insert the result
: %[..] include file
Thanks to Adam Spiers and Tim O'Callaghan.
- New function `org-remember-insinuate' that makes is easier
to set Org-mode specific values for remember variables.
Thanks to Michael Olson for this proposal. It is
equivalent to:
: (require 'remember)
: (setq remember-annotation-functions '(org-remember-annotation))
: (setq remember-handler-functions '(org-remember-handler))
: (add-hook 'remember-mode-hook 'org-remember-apply-template))
You might still want to set `org-default-notes-file' to
provide a default for templates without a file, and
`org-directory' to show where to find other org files.
*** Emphasis and Font-lock stuff
- Stacked emphasis like ~*/bold italic/*~ is no longer allowed.
- You may finally emphasize a single character like ~*a*~.
- Font-lock now can hide the emphasis markers, just like Muse
does. Configure the variable `org-hide-emphasis-markers'
if you want this. Showing the characters continues to be
the default in Org-mode.
- Text in the "=" emphasis is now exported verbatim, i.e. no
further parsing and interpretation of this text takes place. So
you can write ~=quoted *xxx* a_x = b=~. This and the following
point implement a request by Daniel Clemente.
- There is a new emphasis marker "~" which marks text to be
exported verbatim, without special formatting. Inside an
org-mode file, this text is highlighted with the org-verbatim
face. I am not happy with the face yet (currently is is like
org-code, but underlined), please suggest a better one.
- Whether an emphasis environment is verbatim or not is now an
extra flag in the variable `org-emphasis-alist'. If you have
configured this variable, do it again by first canceling your
customization to revert to the default, and then adding it
again.
- New variable `org-highlight-latex-fragments-and-specials'.
When turned on, Org-mode will highlight all strings that
are treated in a special way by the exporters. This is
great for export-oriented writing, but maybe a bit noisy
for note taking, so this feature is off by default.
*** Properties and Column view
- `org-use-property-inheritance' may now also be a list of
property names that should be treated with inheritance
during searches.
- CATEGORY="work" can now be used in a tags/property search,
even if the category is not specified as a property in the
entry, but rather is inherited or derived from #+CATEGORY.
Thanks to Adam, Tim, and Bastien for an interesting
discussion around this issue.
- Summary type improvements in column view.
* The {+} summary type can specify a printf-style output
format for computed values like this: {+;%5.2f}
This was triggered by a report by Levin.
* New currency summary type {$}, which so far is just a
shorthand for {+;%.2f}. Do we need to have a currency
symbol in front of each value. Scott Jaderholm asked for
this, but I am not sure if this is already what he meant.
*** The date/time prompt
There have been several small but *very* useful additions to
the date prompt.
- While entering data at the date prompt, the current
interpretation of your input is shown next to your input in
the minibuffer. I find this great to understand how the
input works. If you find the extra stuff in the minibuffer
annoying, turn it off with `org-read-date-display-live'.
- The date prompt now prefers to select the future. If you
enter a date without a month, and the day number is before
today (for example, on the 16th of the month you enter
"9"), Org-mode will assume next month. Similarly, if you
enter a month and no year, next year will be assumed if the
entered month is before the current, for example if you
enter "May" in September. Thanks to John Rakestraw for
this great suggestion. If you find it confusing, turn it
off with `org-read-date-prefer-future'.
- When modifying an existing date using `C-c .' at the stamp,
the time or time range in the stamp are now offered as
default input at the prompt. This goes a long way to
simplifying the modification of an existing date. Thanks
to Adam Spiers for this proposal.
*** Export (all implemented by Bastien...)
- You can now export special strings in HTML. Here is the
list of newly performed conversions:
| Org | Description | HTML |
|-----+------------------------------------+----------|
| ~\\-~ | double backslash followed by minus | ­ |
| ~--~ | two dashes (minuses) | – |
| ~---~ | three dashes (minuses) | — |
| ~...~ | three dots | … |
You can turn this globally on or off with
`org-export-with-special-strings' or locally with "-:t" or
"-:nil" in the #+OPTIONS line. Thanks to Adam Spiers for
starting the discussion, and thanks to Daniel Clemente and
William Henney for relevant inputs.
- Comma-separated emails in #+EMAIL: are correctly exported.
Thanks to Raman for pointing out this omission.
*** Agenda
- In the agenda, a few keys have changed
: g does now the same a "r", refresh current display,
: because "g" is the Emacs standard for "refresh"
: G toggle the time grid, used to be "g"
: e Execute another agenda command, pretty much the same as
: `C-c a', but shorter and keep the same agenda window.
*** Miscellaneous (much of it from Bastien)
- You can now select the sectioning structure of your LaTeX
export by setting it either globally
(`org-export-latex-default-class') or locally in each Org
file (with #+LaTeX_CLASS: myclass). You can also customize
the list of available classes and their sectioning
structures through the new `org-export-latex-classes'
option. Thanks to Daniel for discussions and suggestion on
this issue.
- You can send and receive radio lists in HTML,
LaTeX or TeXInfo, just as you send and receive radio
tables. Check the documentation for details and examples.
- The default for `org-ellipsis' is back to nil, some people
seem to have had problems with the face as a default.
- Support for pabbrev-mode, needs pabbrev version 1.1. Thanks
to Phillip Lord for adapting his package to make this
possible.
- New variable `org-show-entry-below' to force context-showing
commands to expose the body of a headline that is being
shown. Thanks to Harald Weis for pointing out this omission.
* Version 5.13i
** Details
- On the date/time prompt, you can now also answer with
something like +2tue to pick the second tuesday from today.
This was a proposal by Sacha Chua.
- When interpopating into Lisp formulas in the spreadsheet,
the values of constants and properties are no longer
enclosed into parenthesis. When interpolating for calc,
this still happens in order to allow expressions in
constants. This problem was reported by Eddward DeVilla.
- When a directory is listed in `org-agenda-files', all files
with extension matched by the new variable
`org-agenda-file-regexp' in that directory will be agenda
files.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 5.13
** Overview
- Bug fixes and improvements in column view
+ All known bugs fixed.
+ A Column view can be captured into a dynamic block.
+ The ITEM column is formatted core compactly.
+ Also ITEM can be edited with `e'
- The agenda dispatcher
+ `<' cycles through restriction states.
+ Multi-character access codes to commands (= sub-keymaps).
- Sorting improvements
+ User-defined sorting keys.
+ Sorting by properties.
+ Sorting of plain lists.
- HTML <div> structure
- Other stuff
+ New variables, several of them.
+ Drawers can be set on a per-file basis.
+ Better control over priority fontification in agenda.
+ M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down.
+ Abort remember template selection with C-g.
** Details
*** Bug fixes and improvements in column view
- All the bugs described by Scott Jaderholm have been fixed
(at least I hope so...).
- You can now capture a column view into a dynamic block, for
exporting or printing it. The column view can be
+ global, i.e. for the entire file
+ local, i.e. for the subtree where the dynamic block is
+ from an entry with a specific :ID: property.
You can identify the entry whose column view you want to
capture by assigning an :ID: property, and use that property
in the dynamic block definition. For example:
: * Planning
: :PROPERTIES:
: :ID: planning-overview
: :END:
:
: [...]
:
: * The column view
: #+BEGIN: columnview :hlines 1 :id "planning-overview"
:
: #+END:
Use `C-c C-x r' to insert such a dynamic block, and you will
be prompted for the ID.
- When the current column format displays TODO keyword,
priority or tags, these parts are stripped from the content
of the ITEM column, making for more compact and readable
entries. When any of these "properties" are not listed in
the current column format, they are instead retained in the
ITEM column.
- You can now also edit the ITEM column with `e'.
*** The agenda dispatcher
- Instead of pressing `1' to restrict an agenda command to
the current buffer, or `0' to restrict it to the current
subtree or region, you can now also press `<' once or
twice, respectively. This frees up `1' and `0' for user
commands, a request by Bastien. In fact, "<" cycles
through different restriction states. "1" and "0" are
still available for backward compatibility, until you bind
them to custom commands.
- The access code to custom agenda commands can now contain
several characters, effectively allowing to bundle several
similar commands into a sub-keymap. This follows an
excellent proposal by Adam Spiers. For example:
: (setq org-agenda-custom-commands
: '(("h" . "HOME + Name tag searches") ; describe prefix "h"
: ("hl" tags "+HOME+Lisa")
: ("hp" tags "+HOME+Peter")
: ("hk" tags "+HOME+Kim")))
- The user function option in org-agenda-custom-commands may
now also be a lambda expression, following a request by
Adam Spiers.
*** Sorting improvements
We are using a new routine for sorting entries, courtesy of
John Wiegley. Many thanks to John.
- You can define your own function to extract a sorting key
and in this way sort entries by anything you like.
- Entries can now be sorted according to the value of a
property.
- Plain lists can be sorted.
*** HTML <div> structure
There is now a <div>-based structure in exported HTML.
- The table of context is wrapped into a div with a class
"table-of-contents".
- The outline structure is embedded in <div> elements with
classes "outline-1", "outline-2" etc.
- The postamble, containing the author information and the
date is wrapped into a div with class "postamble".
I am not sure if the class names are the best choice, let me
know if there are more "canonical" choices.
Thanks to Mike Newman and Cezar for input, and in particular
to Mike for his clearly formulated specification.
*** Other stuff
- New variable `org-agenda-window-frame-fractions' to
customize the size limits of the agenda window in the case
that you display the agenda window by reorganizing the
frame.
- Drawers can be set on a per-file basis using
: #+DRAWERS: HIDDEN STATE PROPERTIES
This will define the drawers :HIDDEN: and :STATE:.
The :PROPERTY: drawer should always be part of this list, or
your properties will not be folded away.
Thanks to Richard G. Riley for this proposal.
- `org-agenda-fontify-priorities' may now also be an
association list of priorities and faces, to specify the
faces of priorities in the agenda individually.
- The variable `org-export-with-property-drawer' no longer
exists, please use `org-export-with-drawers' instead. Also,
the corresponding switch in the #+OPTIONS line has changed
from "p" to "d". Thanks to Bastien for pointing out that we
needed to handle not only the property drawer.
- M-up and M-down now move the current line up and down (if
not at a headline, item or table). Among other things you
can use this to re-order properties in the drawer. This was
a proposal by Bastien.
- New variable `org-agenda-todo-ignore-with-date', based on a
request by Wanrong Lin.
- Aborting remember template selection with C-g now kills the
remember buffer and restores the old window configuration.
This was a request by Nuutti Kotivuori.
* Version 5.12
** Overview
- Remember templates can now have name.
- `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note (remember of log)
- `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg.
- Lines in the agenda can be fontified according to priority.
- New variable `org-scheduled-past-days'.
- New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
`org-agenda-scheduled-leaders'.
- New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'.
- The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to `org-link'.
- The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags".
- New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'.
** Incompatible Changes
- `C-c /' now calls `org-sparse-tree'.
** Details
- Remember templates can now have a template name as the first
element. The name will be listed along with the selection
character when prompting for a template. It is best to have
the name start with the selection character, for example if
you use ("Note" "n"), you will be prompted like "[n]ote".
Thanks to Matiyam for this proposal.
- `C-c C-k' will abort taking a note. You can use this in remember
buffers and when taking a logging note (e.g. for a state
change). Thanks to Bastien.
- `C-c C-x C-w' and `C-c C-x M-w' now accept a prefix arg to
cut N sequential subtrees. This was a proposal by John.
- Lines in the agenda are now bold if they have priority A and
italic if they have priority C. You can turn this off using
the variable `org-agenda-fontify-priorities'. Thanks to
John Wiegley for the idea and code.
- New variable `org-scheduled-past-days' to set the number a
scheduled item will be listed after its date has passed.
Default is 10000, i.e. indefinitely.
- New variables `org-agenda-deadline-leaders' and
`org-agenda-scheduled-leaders' to adjust the leading text o
scheduled items and deadline in the agenda. Thanks to John
Wiegley for a patch.
- New sparse tree function `org-sparse-tree'. This is now the
default binding for `C-c /'. It requires one additional
keypress to select a command, but in return is provides a
single interface to all the different sparse tree commands,
with full completion support.
- The variable `org-ellipsis' now defaults to the face
`org-link' because the visibility of the dots is really bad
and I have found this change very useful indeed.
- The #+OPTIONS line has a new option "tags" which can be used
to set `org-export-with-tags'. Thanks to Wanrong Lin for
this proposal.
- New variable `org-use-property-inheritance'. Configure it
to `t' if you want that searching for entries with certain
properties always should assume inheritance. This is not
well tested yet, please check it out.
- Bug fixes
* Version 5.11
** Overview
- SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION, LOCATION properties for iCalendar
- Command to jump to the running clock
- Clock entries can now have their own drawer
- `C-c C-x C-r' only updates a clocktable at point
- New way to assign a remember template to a single key
- `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
- `C-x C-s' in agenda buffer saves all org-mode buffers
- Schedule/deadline leaves note in agenda buffer
- Prefix argument for `C-c C-d/s' will remove date
- New variable to make block aranda more compact
- Better tag alignment in agenda
** Incompatible changes
- If you have customized `org-drawers', you need to add
"CLOCK" to the list of drawers.
- The variable `org-agenda-align-tags-to-column' has been
renamed to `org-agenda-tags-column'. The old name is still
an alias, in Emacs 22 and in XEmacs, but not in Emacs 21.
- The default value for both `org-tags-column' and
`org-agenda-tags-column' is now -80.
- The variable
`org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
is now obsolete.
** Details
- The LOGGING property allows to modify the settings for
progress logging for a single entry. For example:
: :PROPERTIES:
: :LOGGING: nologging nologrepeat
: :END:
turns off all progress logging for the current entry and its
children.
- The properties SUMMARY, DESCRIPTION and LOCATION have
special meaning during iCalendar export, when they translate
to the corresponding VEVENT and VTODO fields. If not given,
Org-ode continues to use cleaned-up version of the headline
and body as the summary and the description, respectively.
- New function to go to the entry with the currently running
clock. Bound to `C-c C-x C-j', in agenda also to "J". If
you use this often, you might even want to assign a global
key. Thanks to Bernt and Bastien.
- Clock entries can now have their own drawer, the :CLOCK:
drawer. Check out the variable `org-clock-into-drawer' for
configuration of this feature. The default is to create a
drawer when the second clocking line gets added to an entry.
Note that "CLOCK" has been added to the default value of
`org-drawers', but if you have configured that variable, you
must go back and add "CLOCK" yourself to get this drawer
folded away. Thanks to Tom Weissman for pointing out that
too many clock entries are visually annoying.
- `C-c C-x C-r' no longer tries to find the first clocktable
in a buffer and then updates it. Instead, it will update
the clocktable at point if there is one (same as C-c C-c
will do if the cursor is in the "#+BEGIN" line of the
table). If there is none at point, a new one will be
inserted. This change was necessary because the new :scope
parameter allows to have several clocktables in a buffer.
Thanks to Bastien for pointing this out.
To update all dynamic blocks in a file, use `C-u C-c C-x C-u'.
- The function `org-remember' can now be called with a
template selection key as argument. This helps to make key
bindings that go directly to a specific template without
being prompted for a template, like this:
: (global-set-key [f5] (lambda () (interactive) (org-remember "j")))
Thanks to Richard G Riley for bringing this up.
- `C-n' and `C-p' are back to their default binding
(next/previous line) in the agenda buffer. Enough people,
including recently Denis Bueno, have complained about this,
and I agree it is not good to break habits like that.
- `C-x C-s' in an agenda buffer now saves all org-mode buffers
(also `s' does this).
- Setting schedule or deadline dates from the agenda now
produces a note in the agenda, similarly to what happens
with S-left/right.
- Using a prefix argument for `C-c C-d' or `C-c C-s' will
remove the deadline or scheduling date from an item. Thanks
to Wanrong Lin for this proposal.
- New variable `org-agenda-compact-blocks'. When set, the
space between blocks in a block agenda is reduced as much as
possible, to show more items on a single screen.
- The variable `org-agenda-tags-column' (renamed from
`org-agenda-align-tags-to-column') can now also be negative,
to mean alignment to the left. The new default is -80, just
like it is now for `org-tags-column'.
- Bug fixes
* Version 5.10
** Overview
- Category and the archive location can be properties.
- The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter.
- CSV support when importing a table.
- Better defaults when modifying a time stamp.
- New way to specify the duration of an appointment.
- More aggressive version of orgstruct-mode improved wrapping.
- Modifications to priority cycling.
- Modifications to computations in column view.
- New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files'.
- Bug fixes.
** Details
- Both the category and the archive location in a (sub)tree of
the buffer can now be specified using a property, for
example:
: * Tree with special properties
: :PROPERTIES:
: :CATEGORY: Examples
: :ARCHIVE: /some/special/file::
: :END:
This is a much cleaner way of dealing with multiple
categories and archives in a single file. The preferred use
of the =#+CATEGORY= and =#+ARCHIVE= lines is now to set a
*single* default for the file which is then locally
overruled by properties. This was a proposal from Bastien
if I remember correctly. Multiple =#+= lines still work
and I don't plan to remove this support soon, but I
encourage you to stop using them.
- The clocktable has a new =:scope= parameter that determines
the range in the file from which clock entries should be
taken. This can be anything from the local subtree to the
entire buffer to even the full list of agenda files. Legal
values are:
| value | scope |
|---------+-------------------------------------------------|
| nil | the current buffer or narrowed region |
| file | the full current buffer |
| subtree | the subtree where the clocktable is located |
| treeN | the surrounding level N tree, for example tree3 |
| tree | the surrounding level 1 tree |
| agenda | all agenda files |
Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer and Bernt Hansen for
inspiration. Thanks to cranreuch (what is you full name?)
for mentioning, at the right moment, that the clocktable is
not so bad - that remark made it seem worthwhile to add
features.
- The commands to import a table and to convert a region to a
table can now handle comma-separated values (CSV). The
algorithm does not yet treat quoting correctly, but for
basic input it works.
- When modifying an existing time stamp, or when entering the
second stamp of a range, the date prompt will now
consistently default to the date/time in the existing stamp.
This was triggered by Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
- At the date/time prompt, there is a new way to specify a
range of hours, by using "+DURATION" after the time. For
example:
: 14:00+2 means 14:00-16:00
: 2pm+2:30 means 14:00-16:30
Again, Nuutti Kotivuori's request.
- When you use the function `turn-on-orgstruct++' to turn on
orgstruct-mode, the special org-mode settings for
auto-filling, indentation and paragraphs are exported into
the buffer, so that typing list items with indentation works
better. This was Bastien's idea and request.
- New variable `org-priority-start-cycle-with-default'. When
t (the default), priority cycling will initially set the
default priority and then increase or decrease. When nil,
the first priority set by cycling is already 1 different
from the default priority. This was mostly driven by
Bastien.
- In column view: When an entry has a property for a summary
column defined, its value is normally overwritten by the sum
of all the children's values each time you enter column
view. Now there is an exception to this rule: If none of
the children has that particular property defined, the
parent's value stays. In this way you can still place TODO
items under such an entry without getting the property value
changed. Thanks to Russel Adams for pointing out that this
is a better way of doing things.
- In column view, computed values are now bold face, and
trying to edit them is an error. I think this works, but
testing is appreciated.
- New command `org-occur-in-agenda-files', this is basically
the quick command John Wiegley proposed the other day, but
it also works when the agenda files are not yet in buffers.
The key is `C-c C-x /', any better proposals?
- Links containing a space will now be handled correctly when
calling the browser. Note that you need to enclose such
links in square or angular brackets.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 5.09
** Overview
- Taking a note upon TODO state changes can be restricted to
selected states.
- The format in which dates are shown in the daily/weekly
agenda can be configured.
- The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now t.
- `org-goto' has been made into a general lookup command.
- Priority cycling goes back to the nil state.
- You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
- On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
inherited from the outline faces.
** Incompatible Changes
- The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
t, in order to better match the original intent of
remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
work flow). I expect that many people will be hit by this
incompatible change - nevertheless I believe it is the right
thing to do.
** Details
- You can now select specific states for recording a note when
switching to that state. With the setting
: #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) ORDERED(o@) INVOICE(i@) PAYED(p) | RECEIVED(r)
: #+STARTUP: lognotestate
only the states ORDERED and INVOICE will record a timestamp
and a note.
- You can now set the format of the string for each day in the
agenda and timeline buffers. You can use a format string
interpreted by `format-time-string', or you can write your
own function. Configure the new variable
`org-agenda-format-date'. Thanks to Levin for triggering
this development with a patch.
- The default for `org-remember-store-without-prompt' is now
t, in order to better match the original intent of
remember.el (storing a note with minimum interruption of
work flow). Since we can assign files and headlines to
templates, I guess this takes care of selecting a filing
location in most cases. For interactive filing, you now
need a prefix command when exiting `remember'.
- `org-goto' (bound to `C-c C-j') now uses an indirect buffer
and has additional commands enabled: Org-occur with `C-c /'
or even faster with `/', and the commands needed to select
and copy a region. This make `org-goto' a more general
lookup command instead of only a jumping command. Remember
that you can exit with `Q' to go back to the original
location. Thanks to William Henney for this idea.
- Setting the priority with S-up/down now cycles back to a
state where no priority is specified. This was requested by
Rick Moynihan.
- You can store a remember note to the *last used* location.
So if you select a location interactively once, you can
re-use it without having to find it again. For this, exit
the remember buffer with `C-u C-u C-c C-c'. The leading
comment in the remember buffer will tell exactly where the
note goes if you exit with a particular command.
Thanks to Maxim Loginov for this idea.
- On Emacs 23, the headline faces for org-mode are now
inherited from the outline faces. This is just a
convenience, so that you only have to configure one set of
faces, and that will then be outline-1 .. outline-8. You
will actually not see any difference in org-mode, because
Stefan Monnier has made the outline faces in Emacs 23 to
match the current org-mode faces.
This change does not effect XEmacs, nor Emacs 21 and 22.
* Version 5.08
** Incompatible changes
- The default for `org-deadline-warning-days' is now 14.
** Details
- There is now a separate interface for fast and directly
setting a TODO keyword. This interface kicks in when you
have configured keys for TODO keywords like
: #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | DONE(d) CANCELED(c)
C-c C-t still does the cycling thing, you need to use a
prefix argument to get to the fast interface. Or configure
the variable `org-use-fast-todo-selection' to t, then this
will be the default and the prefix argument will make the
command fall back to cycling.
The tag selection no longer does include TODO keywords -
Leo's arguments have convinced me that this is not a good
idea. If you'd like to see the TODO keywords in the tags
interface anyway, set the variable
`org-fast-tag-selection-include-todo'. Thanks to Leo and
others for input on this issue.
- New variable `org-edit-timestamp-down-means-later'. When
set, `S-down' on a timestamp will change the timestamp to
later. Thanks to Raman for this idea.
- Property names can now contain non-ascii word characters.
This follows a request from Daniel Clemente.
- For export, the date that should be given in the exported
file can now be set to a specific value with a line like
: #+DATE: 15 November 2003
If you want to use the date/time when the file was created,
use a format string that will be interpreted by
`format-time-string', for example:
: #+DATE: %Y/%m/%d %X
- The default of `org-deadline-warning-days' has changed to 14
days. 30 was really too much, I suspect most people (me
included) have changed this.
- When a deadline has an individual lead time, this lead time
obviously overrules `org-deadline-warning-days'. However,
if you bind `org-deadline-warning-days' to a number <=0, for
example during a custom agenda command, then the absolute
value of this number will be enforced also when a different
lead time has been specified. This is useful to get a list
of all deadlines coming up in the next N days.
* Version 5.07
** Overview
- Different faces for different TODO keywords.
- Setting TODO states through the TAG setting interface.
- Context information is stored when moving a tree to the archive.
- Sorting can be done by priority.
- `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face.
- Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
- Unavailable files in `org-agenda-files' can be skipped.
** Incompatible changes
- The time of archiving is now stored as a property.
ARCHIVED is no longer a special time keyword.
- Scheduling info is no longer removed entry is marked CLOSED.
** Details
- You can now define different faces for different TODO
keywords. This request has come up frequently, so here it
is: Use the variable `org-todo-keyword-faces'.
A Here is a configuration example:
: (setq org-todo-keyword-faces
: '(("TODO" . org-warning)
: ("DEFERRED" . shadow)
: ("CANCELED" . (:foreground "blue" :weight bold
: :underline t))))
Org-mode continue still use `org-todo' and `org-done' for
keywords that have no specific face assigned.
- Some People use TODO states more like tags. For them the
TODO keywords mark special states and they like to quickly
switch between states in arbitrary sequence. The standard
TODO interface is not perfect for this, because it assumes
that the states are reached in sequence. However, the fast
tag setting interface is in fact perfect for this. You can
now "misuse" the TAG selection interface to also set TODO
states. All you need to do is to assign keys to the TODO
states, just like you also do for tags.
: #+SEQ_TODO: TODO(t) WAITING(w) | CANCELED(c) DONE(d)
: #+TAGS: @HOME(h) @OFFICE(o) @SHOP(s)
Next time you try to set tags with C-c C-c, the todo states
will be offered as well, and the corresponding key will
switch the entry to that state.
- New variable `org-archive-save-context-info' governs if
information that would be lost by moving a subtree to the
archive file, should be stored as special properties. For
example,
: (setq org-archive-save-context-info '(itags category))
will store the inherited tags and the category in properties
ARCHIVE_ITAGS and ARCHIVE_CATEGORY, respectively. The
default setting for this variable is to save everything that
could be lost. This was a proposal by John Wiegley.
- Sorting (`C-c ^') can use the use the priority to sort. Use
the "p" and "P" keys at the prompt. John Wiegley, again.
- `Org-ellipsis' can now also be a face to make the folding
ellipsis more visible. This is based on a post by Tassilo
Horn. Since `org-ellipsis' only works in Org-mode, you
might want to use Tassilo Horn's hack directly in order to
affect the folding ellipsis globally.
- Scheduling info is no longer removed when an entry is marked
CLOSED. This was a request by Brian van den Broek. Let me
know if this breaks anything for you - then it will become
an option.
- New option `org-agenda-skip-unavailable-files'. Currently,
if a file does not exist, it will be removed from
`org-agenda-files' after a query. When this option is set,
the file will simply be skipped.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 5.06
** Overview
** Details
- When exporting only a region and this region is a single
(sub)tree (for example selected with `C-c @'), the title for
the exported document is taken to be the heading of the
subtree. The sublevels become top-level entries in the
export. Furthermore, if the head entry of the tree has or
inherits an EXPORT_FILE_NAME property, that file name (with
appropriately substituted extension) will be used for the
exported tree. Thanks to Patrick Drechsler and Jost Burkart
for these ideas.
- org-special-ctrl-a/e has a third allowed value, `reversed'.
When it is set to this value, the first C-a or C-e command
behaves normally, i.e. it goes to the true beginning or end
of the line. Only when you press C-a or C-e immediately
again, the the "special" position will be found. Additional
presses of the same key jump between the two positions. I
like this a lot better than the `t' setting, because now the
keys behave more predictable and still give easy access to
the special locations.
- New command to set or remove a tag from all headlines in a
region.
- When Org-mode visits a file, it will initially hide all
drawers.
- The default of the variable `org-cycle-global-at-bob' is now
nil, meaning that TAB no longer does global visibility
cycling at the beginning of the buffer.
- Bug fixes, in particular the problems with scheduling and
deadlines introduced in 5.05. Please check carefully if
this works correctly again, and complain if not.
* Version 5.05
** Overview
- LaTeX export, finally, thanks to Bastien.
- Extension mechanism for the hyperlink system.
- Global access to commands inserting and following links.
- Individual lead-times for deadlines.
- Option to show only the next instance of repeating timestamp.
- Store remember notes with only 2 keys: C-c C-c
- Appointment reminders from Org-mode.
- Global values for selected properties.
- Bug fixes.
** Details
- Bastien's `org-export-latex.el' is now part of the org-mode
distribution. You can export an Org-mode document to a
LaTeX file with `C-c C-e l'. For more options, see the
manual, and the commentary in the Lisp file. Kudos to
Bastien for contributing this frequently requested feature.
I am sure this has been tough because of the many different
ways I have been allowing LaTeX snippets and environments to
be incorporated in lazy free-format ways.
- Org-mode has now an extension mechanism for the hyperlink
system. This should clear the road for all those mairix and
other ideas that have been floating around. Now it is on
*you* to write and share new link types for Org-mode. The
interface for adding a new link type is described in the
appendix of the manual, section A2. The unsolved problem is
currently how to handle the new link types for
export/publishing.
- New *global* commands `org-open-at-point-global' and
`org-insert-link-global'. You can bind these commands to
global keys and use them to insert and follow Org-mode-like
links anywhere in Emacs. Thanks to Adam Spiers for this
excellent idea.
- Each deadline timestamp may now specify its own interval of
lead-time display, given in days, weeks, months or years.
The syntax is like this
: DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon -5d>
When combined with a repeater, the repeater has to come
first:
: DEADLINE: <2007-08-13 Mon +2w -5d>
You may now also customize the faces that are used in the
agenda to indicate the distance of an approaching deadline.
See the new option `org-agenda-deadline-faces'.
Thanks to Pavel Chalmoviansky and John Wiegley proposals in
this direction.
- New option `org-agenda-repeating-timestamp-show-all'. When
set to nil, repeating time stamps will only show up once in
the agenda, either today or in the near future. Other
matches will be ignored. Thanks to John Wiegley for this
proposal.
- New variable `org-remember-store-without-prompt'. When set,
exiting the remember buffer with C-c C-c will store the note
without further prompts to the default location, and `C-u
C-c C-c' will get the prompts for file and location. So
this variable reverses the prefix-argument functionality for
storing remember notes. This follows a request from John
Wiegley.
- A new function `org-agenda-to-appt' activates all
appointments for the current day so that Emacs will display
reminders. This uses appt.el. Thanks to Bastien for this
function.
- You can now set default values for properties that can be
inherited by all entries in a buffer, or by all entries
globally. Global properties are set in the variable
`org-global-properties', like this:
(setq org-global-properties '(("NAME" "This is the value")))
Buffer-local values are set like this:
#+PROPERTY: NAME This is the value
When using org-entry-get to get the value of a property with
the `inherit' flag and the hierarchy above the entry does
not contain this property, the buffer-local and global lists
are checked as well. This is mostly useful (I think) to set
the list of allowed values for a property. Thanks to Bernt
Hansen and Bastien for these ideas.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 5.04
** Details
- New variables `org-export-author-info' and
`org-export-time-stamp-file' to turn off inclusion of author
and time information into exported files. Thank to Patrick
Drechsler for pointing out that this would be useful.
- New variable to avoid moving DEADLINE and SCHEDULED info
into the property drawer. The default is now to not move
this stuff into the drawer.
`org-insert-labeled-timestamps-before-properties-drawer'
- `org-archive-mark-done' can be a string now, to select a
specific keyword that should be used for archived entries.
- New command "j" in agenda to jump to an arbitrary date.
Thanks to Bernt Hansen for the patch.
- Lots of minor fixes.
* Version 5.03
** Incompatible Changes
- The variable `org-special-ctrl-a' has been renamed to
`org-special-ctrl-a/e'. The old one is still an alias (but
not on Emacs 21 where variable aliases cannot be defined).
** Details
- When the variable `org-special-ctrl-a/e' is set, C-e in a
headline first goes to the end of the headline ignoring the
tags. A second C-e then goes to after the tags.
- Typing and removing single characters in a headline now
keeps the tags in the headline aligned. This could have a
little impact on performance while deleting stuff - let me
know if we need to make this customizable.
- New option `org-n-level-faces' can be used to set the number
of different faces that are used for headlines. Default is
all 8 faces Org-mode defines for this purpose, level 9 uses
again the level-1 face. However, you can use fewer, and then
the level-1 face will be reused already for level N+1, etc.
- Column View and hidestars now work together.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 5.02
** Overview
- The interfaces for properties and column view are finished
now and work well.
- Properties can be summaries, i.e. the parent nodes can
compute their value from the children's values.
- Headlines finally require a space ofter the star(s). The
conflict with bold text at the beginning of the line is no
longer there.
** Incompatible Changes
- Bad news. It looks like it is going to be really hard to
make column view work on XEmacs and on Emacs 21. Emacs 22
is currently the only Emacs where this works. If you are
using Emacs 21 or XEmacs, you can still use properties, but
not column view.
** Details
- Improvements for properties:
+ There are interactive commands to insert and delete
properties. Read the manual chapter 7 for details.
+ You can define /allowed values/ for a property. When
these are defined, you can change the value of a property
with S-left and S-right. And you may use completion when
inserting the property. This goes a long way to prevent
typos when entering properties.
- Improvements for column view.
+ In column view, you may use the keys S-left/right (and
also the keys `n' and `p') to switch from one allowed
value to the next.
+ You can define summaries for columns. For example,
parents can contain the sum of all children values of a
property, or the parent node can have a check box property
that is automatically checked when all children's boxes are
checked.
+ There are interactive commands to add and remove columns,
and to change the attributes of a column like the summary
type.
These additions lead to the exciting fact that the example
from [[http://www.omnigroup.com/images/applications/omnioutliner/features/multicolumn.jpg][omni outliner]] posted by Scott Jaderholm can now be
accurately [[file:omni-org.jpg][reproduced by Org-mode]].
- The space after the stars is now required in a headline, in
order to remove the conflict with bold words at the
beginning of a line. So
: * This is a level 1 headline
: *this is bold text*
- S-up and S-down to navigate plain item lists are now also
available in orgstruct-mode.
* Version 5.01
** Overview
- A new minor mode, orgstruct-mode, exports the Org-mode
structure editing commands into any other mode.
- DRAWERS are a new level off folding for special sections
that should stay closed during visibility cycling and only
open if explicitly asked.
- Entries can now have PROPERTIES.
- A COLUMN VIEW implementation allows to easily view and edit
the properties of a hierarchy of entries (Emacs only, for
now).
- Formula evaluation in the spreadsheet is more consistent
now. Properties and per-file constants can be used during
evaluation.
- Bug fixes and minor changes.
** Incompatible changes
- When using LEVEL=N in a tags search, things have changed if
you are also using `org-odd-levels-only'. If you are using
only odd levels (i.e. 1 or 3 or 5... stars), LEVEL=2 will
now refer to 3 stars, LEVEL=3 to 5 stars etc. Many thanks
to Leo (or blame on him if you must) who has convinced me
that this is the better convention.
** Details
*** Orgstruct minor mode
There is a new minor mode, orgstruct-mode. This modes works
in a similar way as Orgtbl-mode. It can be used to export
the Org-mode structure-editing commands into arbitrary major
modes in Emacs. For example, you can use it in Mail-mode to
easily create lists.
The functionality in Orgstruct mode is only active, if the
cursor is in a line that looks either like a headline, or
like the first line of a plain list item. Then the commands
`TAB', `M-cursor', `M-S-cursor', `M-RET', `M-S-RET', `C-c ^',
`C-c C-c', and `C-c -' will do structure-related editing just
like in Org-mode. If the cursor is not in such a line, all
these keys will do whatever the major mode or other active
minor modes have assigned to them.
Orgstruct-mode is the result of a proposal by Raman, quite
some time ago. It has taken a long time, but here is finally
the promised implementation.
*** Drawers
The new concept of /drawers/ allows to create sections
that remain folded during visibility cycling. Drawers need
to be configured using the variable `org-drawers'. A drawer
starts with a line containing only the name of the drawer
bracketed by colons. It ends with :END:. For example,
after setting
: (setq org-drawers '("PROPERTIES" "HIDDEN"))
you can then create drawers like this:
: :HIDDEN:
: here is some stuff that remains hidden
: unless TAB is pressed directly in that line
: :END:
The PROPERTIES drawer has special meaning for ORG-mode, it
contains properties of an entry (see below).
*** Properties and Column View
- Entries in Org-mode can now have arbitrary /properties/
associated with them. Org-mode handles some default
properties like the TODO state, the priority, the local
tags, and planning information like DEADLINE and SCHEDULED.
In addition, you can assign arbitrary properties by creating
a property drawer and inserting a line like
: :PROPNAME: This is the value of the property
Org-mode has an API for properties, if you want to write a
program using properties, use the functions
`org-entry-properties', `org-entry-get', `org-entry-put',
and `org-entry-delete'.
- Planning information like DEADLINE can be hidden in the
properties drawer.
If the PROPERTIES drawer starts in the first line after a
headline, also the DEADLINE, SCHEDULED and CLOCK information
will be inserted inside the drawer. If no PROPERTIES drawer
is present, or if it does not start in the line right after
the headline, this information remains in the lines directly
after the headline, outside the drawer.
- TAGS searches can now also query properties. For example,
the search
: LEVEL=3+BOSS+ASSIGNED="Hans"/WAITING
will find entries that
- are level 3
- have the tag BOSS
- have an ASSIGNED property with the value "Hans"
- are TODO status WAITING.
So here is an entry that will match:
: *** WAITING Clean up the factory :BOSS:
: :PROPERTIES:
: :ASSIGNED: Hans
: :END:
You may also use a regular expression to match against a
property value. For example, to find stuff assigned to Hans
or Sarah, use
: ASSIGNED={^\(Hans\|Sarah\)$}
- Column View is a special way to look at property values in
tabular form. Column View can be used in any org-mode
file, and also in any agenda buffer. It works by placing
an overlay over each headline (or agenda line) that shows a
table of selected properties. You can look at and edit
properties from this view. Which properties are shown in
the table must be set up using the COLUMNS property. You
can set up different property columns on different levels
of an outline tree. For example:
: * People
: :PROPERTIES:
: :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name
: :END:
: ** Family
: :PROPERTIES:
: :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %3Age
: :END:
: *** Sam
: Info about Sam, including a property list with Name and Age.
: *** Sarah
: Info about Sarah, including a property list with Name and Age.
: ** Office
: :PROPERTIES:
: :COLUMNS: %25ITEM %Name %Function %Salary
: :END:
: *** Boss
: Info about the Boss, including a property list with Name,
: Function and Salary (if only we knew....).
Now we have defined three different sets of columns. If
you switch to column view in the /Family/ section, you
will get a different table than if you do it in the
/Office/ section. However, if you switch to column
view with the cursor on the /People/ section, the
table will cover all entries, but contain only the
/Name/.
Column view does, for the time being, only work on Emacs.
The XEmacs implementation needs a bit of work.
- Properties can be used in table formulas. To access the
value of the property :XYZ:, use $PROP_XYZ. The property
needs to be defined in the hierarchy above the table, not
necessarily in the same entry as the table. This was a
request by Eddward. File-wide constants can be defined with
#+CONSTANTS, see below.
- Things that still need to be sorted out about drawers,
properties and column view - comments and suggestions
welcome!
+ How to deal with drawers and properties in HTML and ASCII
export?
+ What key could be used to insert an empty property drawer
into an entry?
+ Right now column view is invoked through the command C-c
C-x C-c. It is too easy to type C-x C-c by mistake, and
that causes Emacs to quit. Suggestions for a different
key?
+ Fontification of drawers and properties is not good yet.
Any suggestions for better defaults?
+ Mouse support for editing properties in column view would
be nice - maybe Piotr is interested to add this to
org-mouse.el?
*** Spreadsheet
- In the spreadsheet, the evaluation of formulas has changed.
Previously, first the column formulas would be evaluated
everywhere, and then the field formulas would kick in, and
in some cases overwrite the results of column formulas in
the appropriate fields. This had the side effect that some
formulas might always use the wrong, intermediate content of
a field that is computed both by a column and a field
formula.
From now on, column formulas will no longer temporarily
overwrite field formulas. This gives much more consistent
results. For example you can now finally have a column of
increasing numbers by setting the first field to a fixed
number, and let the rest follow from a column formula.
Here is an example
: | 1 |
: | 2 |
: | 3 |
: #+TBLFM: $1=@-1+1::@1$1=1
- Constants for formulas in spreadsheets are globally defined
with the variable `org-table-formula-constants'. File-local
constants can now be set with a line like:
: #+CONSTANTS: c=299792458. pi=3.14 eps=2.4e-6
*** Minor changes
- When entries are archived, a timestamp for the moment of
archiving is added to the line with planning information.
It looks like this:
: ARCHIVED: [2007-07-02 Mon 11:34]
Thanks to J. David Boyd for constructive comments.
- Bug fixes
Many bugs are fixed, as usually all the ones where I replied
"fixed" on emacs-orgmode. If you reported one of these
bugs, please check if it really has disappeared in the new
version, and complain if not. Thanks!
* Version 4.79
** Details
- We are back to a single file org.el that works both on Emacs
and on XEmacs. Merging comes at a speed penalty for you as
an XEmacs user, but *only if you do not compile* org.el.
Compilation completely removes the penalty.
- New L flag for literal interpolation in Lisp formulas.
See manual section 3.5.3.
- New options for turning off footnotes.
This was a request from Ignotus.
See the option `org-export-with-footnotes'.
- Default length for Agenda entries, but this is off by
default. This was a request from Micheal.
See the option `org-agenda-default-appointment-duration'.
- Bug fixes:
+ org-agenda-date-later (Juraj Kubelka)
+ letters off margin in orgcard.ps (Charles Cave)
+ TODO export problems on XEmacs (ignotus@freemail.hu)
+ args-out-of-range with table formulas (Cecil Westerhof)
+ problem with org-file without a heading (Tim O'Callaghan)
* Version 4.78
** Overview
- Time stamps with a time range *included*, like
: <2007-06-18 Mon 17:33-18:23>
- Clock times without clocking in/out: CLOCK: => 2:00
- Language-specific characters allowed in TAGS (Emacs only).
- Promotion and demotion of items gets the indentation right.
- Indenting lines with TAB is more intelligent.
** Incompatible changes
- There is now a special version of `org.el' for XEmacs.
Before installation, as an XEmacs user you must rename the
file org_xemacs.el to org.el, i.e. you must overwrite org.el
with the xemacs version. For example:
: mv org_xemacs.el org.el
This is necessary so that I can make use of some features
that would be cumbersome to support in a single file. The
XEmacs version is derived from the Emacs version with a
program, so no reason to fear that I might be dropping
XEmacs support any time soon. Sorry for the trouble.
** Details
- A time stamp may now contain a range of times. So you no
longer need to use two separate stamps to indicate a time
interval on a single day. For example
: <2007-06-18 Mon 17:30-18:20>
This is now fully supported, including changing the time
with S-up/down while the cursor is on the end time. Also,
da the date/time prompt, you can simply write your time like
12:00-14:00 and the range will be inserted.
This was proposed by Leo some time ago, and recently by
Michael.
- You may specify clocking times by hand (i.e. without
clocking in and out) using this syntax.
: CLOCK: => 2:00
Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal.
- TAGS may now contain language-specific word characters, as
long as they are matched by the "[:alnum:]" regexp syntax.
This is for Emacs only, the XEmacs version continues to use
the character class "a-zA-Z0-9_@" for tag names. Thanks to
David Smith for a patch to this effect (a modified version
of that patch was applied). I am considering to make the
same change for TODO keywords, but not yet. Note that files
using localization features may not work correctly in the
Emacs configuration of another user, so if you are sharing
org-mode files with other users, it might still be best to
stick to the ASCII characters.
- Promotion and demotion of plain list items (commands M-left,
M-right) no longer changes the indentation by just one
space. Instead, it uses intelligence gathered from the
surrounding list structure to do the right thing. Thanks to
William Henney for starting the discussion about this.
- TAB does now a better job of indenting lines.
+ After tables and code segments (lines starting with ":"),
indentation goes back to what it was before (thanks to
William Henney for suggesting this behavior).
+ When plain lists items are involved, we had a long
discussion on emacs-orgmode where I tried to show that a
too-sophisticated implementation will still be easily
fooled. Here is what I have implemented now - lets see
if we can agree on this:
Indentation will flatten lists with the same bullet type,
but indent another bullet type further. The time when
this fails is in a nested list, when you want to get back
out to a previous level. For example
: - item 1
: - item 2
: + item 2a
: + item 2b
: - item 3
When using TAB on every line in this list, the structure
will change to
: - item 1
: - item 2
: + item 2a
: + item 2b
: - item 3
So you need to change the level of the last line by hand,
using promotion and demotion functions.
* Version 4.77
** Overview
- Vertical lines in exported tables.
- New default for `org-show-following-heading'.
** Incompatible changes
- The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil.
** Details
- You can now specify column groups in tables, to the effect
that the groups will be separated by vertical lines in HTML
and ASCII output. Column groups are specified by the
characters "<" and ">" in a special table row. "<" starts a
group, ">" ends a group (in each case including the the
column where the character is specified). You may also use
"<>" to make a group a single column wide. For example:
: | | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N) |
: |---+----+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
: | / | <> | < | | > | < | > |
: | # | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
: | # | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 1.4142 | 1.1892 |
: | # | 3 | 9 | 27 | 81 | 1.7321 | 1.3161 |
: #+TBLFM: $3=$2^2::$4=$2^3::$5=$2^4::$6=sqrt($2)::$7=sqrt(sqrt(($2))
A table row with with nothing but "/" in the first field is
never exported, but can be used to place column group
information into the table. In this table, we create a
group for column 2, one for columns 3-5 and one for columns
6-7. HTML export will render a vertical line between these
groups.
Because HTML does not require closing <colgroup> tags with
</colgroup>), you can also simply start a new column
wherever you want a vertical line:
: | N | N^2 | N^3 | N^4 | sqrt(n) | sqrt[4](N0 |
: |---+-----+-----+-----+---------+------------|
: | / | < | < | | < | |
- Vertical lines are now also omitted in ASCII export, unless
grouping explicitly requests these lines.
- The default for `org-show-following-heading' is now nil,
meaning that sparse trees will be more compact. This has
become possible due to in important remark by Jason Dunsmore
who pointed out that TAB should behave differently in the
inconsistent trees produced by the sparse tree commands.
TAB does now make sure that the heading after a freshly
unfolded tree is made visible at all, removing the confusing
behavior we had before.
- Several bugs fixed. In particular:
+ Strings produced by agenda batch processing with
`org-batch-agenda' and `org-batch-agenda-csv' are now
properly encoded, so that you should be able to use
special characters in other languages as along as your
post-processing program handles them correctly. At least
for Emacs this should work now, but have not yet figured
out how to do this in XEmacs.
* Version 4.76
** Overview
- Exporting Footnotes to HTML
** Details
- Footnotes like =here[1]= are now exported to HTML
: [1]This is a footnote
Thanks to Scott Jaderholm for this proposal and a detailed
HTML example on how the exported text should look like.
- Special version of the reference card, for letter paper.
- Switching to OVERVIEW with S-TAB no loner moves the cursor,
so after three `S-TAB' commands, you will be back where you
started.
- Bug fixes, lots of them again.
* Version 4.75
** Overview
- Cyclic time stamps that repeat after an interval.
- Special timestamps for appointments like "every 2nd Thursday
in a month".
- Completion of link abbreviation prefixes inside `C-c C-l'.
- Replacing a region of org-mode syntax with HTML.
- iCalendar export now honors ARCHIVE etc.
- New command to add/change emphasis markers.
** Incompatible Changes
- The REPEAT(...) cookie is no longer supported, the repeater
interval now goes directly into the time stamp.
** Details
- Time stamps can contain a repeater code, like +1w for once
every week, +2d for every two days, etc. For example,
<2007-05-16 Wed 12:30 +1w>
will apply to every Wednesday, starting from the date given.
I believe this syntax was actually suggested by someone on
the mailing list, but I cannot find the email back. To
collect your credit, let me know!
- You can use an sexp diary entry (with the syntax used by the
Emacs calendar/diary) in a time stamp, like this:
*** The nerd club meets on 2nd Thursday of every month
<%%(diary-float t 4 2)>
- You can put diary-style sexp entries directly into an
org-mode file, where they will be interpreted just like they
would in the diary. For example
* Birthdays and similar stuff
#+CATEGORY: Holiday
%%(org-calendar-holiday) ; special function for holiday names
#+CATEGORY: Ann
%%(diary-anniversary 14 5 1956) Artur Dent %d is years old
%%(diary-anniversary 2 10 1869) Mahatma Gandhi
These entries must start at column 0 to be evaluated.
It turns out that evaluating the entries in an org-mode file
is actually faster than in the diary itself, because using
the diary has some overhead (creating fancy diary display,
then reading and re-interpreting the entries). I have moved
all the sexp entries from my diary into an org-mode file,
put in a few categories, and then turned off
`org-agenda-include-diary'. This has led to a noticeably
faster agenda display.
- New command `org-replace-region-by-html' that converts the
current region from org-mode syntax into HTML. For example,
you might write an itemized list in plain text in an HTML
buffer, and then invoke this command to convert it. Thanks
to Raman for this idea.
- When inserting a link with `C-c C-l', completion will now
fill in all valid link prefixes, like http or ftp, but also
link abbreviation prefixes. This is based on an idea by
Bastien.
- Highest, lowest, and default priority can be set on a
per-file basis with #+PRIORITIES: H L D
For example, to use priorities from 1 to 9, you could use
#+PRIORITIES: 1 9 9
Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
- iCalendar export now honors (i.e. skips) subtrees marked as
ARCHIVE, COMMENT, or QUOTE.
- There is a new command to add or change the emphasis (like
bold or italic) of a piece of text. For lack of better
available keys the command is at `C-c C-x C-f', but you may
well want to choose a more convenient key like `C-c f' in
your private setup:
(add-hook 'org-load-hook
(lambda () (define-key org-mode-map "\C-cf" 'org-emphasize)))
The command will prompt for an emphasis type, and you may
reply either with the marker that triggers the emphasis, or
with the first letter of the corresponding HTML tag. For
example, to select italic, press either "/" or "i".
If there is an active region, the emphasis of this region
will be set or changed. If there is no region, only the
emphasis markers will be inserted and the cursor positioned
between them. Thanks to Bastien for proposing this feature.
- Bug fixes, everything where I have replied "fixed" on the
mailing list. Thanks to all of you for keeping these reports
coming.
* Version 4.74
** Overview
This release is about exporting agenda views, to HTML, to
postscript for printing, and to a special format (CSV) for
further processing in scripts.
** Incompatible Changes
- The variable `org-agenda-remove-tags-when-in-prefix' has
been renamed to `org-agenda-remove-tags'.
** Details
- Agenda views can be exported as plain text, as HTML, and as
Postscript(R). This can simply be done from the agenda
buffer with `C-x C-w' and then specifying a filename like
`myagenda.html' or `myagenda.ps'. See section 8.6.4 of the
manual.
- Each custom agenda view can specify a list of associated
files names. The command `C-c a e' then creates all views
that have associated file names and exports the views to
these files. This is great for producing paper versions of
your views, to take with you when you don't have your
computer. The manual has an example on how to do this, and
in particular on how to customize the format of the printed
version. See section 8.6.4 of the manual.
- You can produce a CSV format of agenda information with an
Emacs batch command. This is greate for further processing
in scipts. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for this idea.
See section 8.6.5 of the manual.
- New variable `org-agenda-skip-deadline-if-done'. When set,
a deadline associated with a DONE item will not be shown in
the agenda. This is based upon a report by Denis Bueno.
- Quite a few bug fixes.
* Version 4.73
Minor bug fixes.
* Version 4.72
** Overview
- Control over blank lines between trees in collapsed view.
- Info about the running clock is shown in the modeline.
- C-a can behave specially in headlines.
- Better color and scaling defaults for LaTeX fragments.
- Customizable list of keys in org-mode to be replaced.
- Stuck project descriptions have been extended.
- Emphasis code has been modified to fix some issues.
- Bug fixes.
** Incompatible changes
- The option `org-format-latex-options' has changed. If you
have customized it, please revert to default and then redo
your customization.
- `org-CUA-compatible' no longer modifies S-RET by default,
because newer versions of CUA don't use this key anymore.
If you need this replacement, customize the variable
`org-disputed-keys'.
- The variable `org-CUA-compatible' is obsolete, please use
`org-replace-disputed-keys' instead. `org-CUA-compatible'
is still an alias for this new variable, though.
** Details
- Better control over blank lines between trees in collapsed
view. This has come up several times in the past and most
recently by Scott Jaderholm. There is now a new variable
`org-cycle-separator-lines' with default value 2. It says
how many empty lines there need to be after the end of a
subtree to get an empty line in collapsed view. So with the
default, if you leave only one empty line it will disappear
in collapsed view. If you leave two, one empty line will
remain so that you can use double empty lines to structure
the collapsed views of a file. I love it, so many thanks to
Scott fro bringing this up again.
One property of the new setup is that you will never get
more than one blank line in collapsed view. We could do
something special to allow *several* empty lines in
collapsed view, but I think this is counter-productive.
In Emacs 22, if you want to make full use of this, make sure
that you have not set `outline-blank-line'.
- When the clock is running, Org-mode will put info about it
into the modeline. The info consists of the elapsed time
and the heading of the clocked item. This was a proposal
from Bastien who got the idea from Muse.
- C-a can behave specially in headlines when you set the
variable `org-special-ctrl-a'. It will bring the cursor
first back only to the beginning of the headline *text*,
i.e. after the stars and the TODO keyword, if any. A second
C-a will then move the cursor to the beginning of the line.
If the cursor is already at the beginning of the line, C-a
will spring *forward* to the headline text. This was a
proposal from Leo, based on a request from Scott Jaderholm.
I have not turned this turned this on by default, should I?
- When LaTeX fragments are processed into images, there is now
more control and (hopefully) betters defaults for colors and
scaling. Special values can be set for HTML export, so that
these values can differ from what is used for display in an
emacs buffer. The default foreground and background colors
for images embedded in emacs are now taken from the default
emacs face. Thanks to Xiao-Yong Jin for proposing these
changes.
- There is now a much better mechanism to change some keys in
org-mode if these keys clash with other modes you use. Turn
this on by setting `org-replace-disputed-keys' (aliased to
`org-CUA-compatible'). The list of keys to replace is now
fully customizable, see the option `org-disputed-keys'.
Many thanks to Meciej Katafiasz for a patch implementing
this.
- Stuck project descriptions have been extended. You can now
use "*" as a TODO keyword or tag to say that *any* TODO
keyword or TAG marks a project as non-stuck. You also can
give an arbitrary regular expression that, if it matches,
indicates a non-stuck project.
- The code for emphasis like bold, italic etc has been
modified - I might have broken something in the process,
please let me know if you find problems.
- A number of bugs have been fixed - those where I have
replied "Fixed" on the mailing list.
* Version 4.71
** Overview
** Incompatible changes
** Details
- New variables to customize the header and data tags in
exported HTML. These are the variables
`org-export-table-header-tags' and
`org-export-table-data-tags'. This follows a request from
Scott Otterson.
- New option `org-format-latex-header' for customizing the
header of the LaTeX file used to convert embedded LaTeX to
images. Thanks to `Matthieu Lemerre' for the suggestion.
- The prefix version of `org-todo-list' works again. This
means that `C-1 C-c a t' produces the list of TODO entries
for the first TODO keyword. If you use different TODO setups
in different agenda files, be careful: This number now
refers to the list of *all* todo keywords used in files
that are scanned for the agenda.
- Many bug fixes.
* Version 4.70
** Overview
- Dust settles after revamp of TODO keyword system.
- The export title can be taken from the first text line.
- TTY replacement keys have changed.
** Incompatible changes
- Some TTY replacement keys are changed, see below.
** Details
- Further development concerning TODO keywords.
+ You can now have several DONE states in a sequence, like
#+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE DELEGATED
The difference to the proposal discussed on the mailing
list (and which is also works!)
#+SEQ_TODO: TODO VERIFY | DONE
#+SEQ_TODO: | CANCELED
is that in the first case, the extra DONE states will be
reached with `C-c C-t' (or with `t' from the agenda), while
in the second case you need S-<right> to get to the special
states. I guess both ideas can be useful - I am leaning
toward using the latter.
+ Setting up TODO keywords in Lisp previously used two
separate variables: `org-todo-keywords' and
`org-todo-interpretation'. The preferred way is now to use
only `org-todo-keywords', with a new structure:
(setq org-todo-keywords
'((sequence "TODO" "|" "DONE")
(sequence "BUG" "KNOWNCAUSE" "|" "FIXED" "IGNORED")
(type "Fred" "Lisa" "Peter" "|" "DONE")
(sequence "CANCELED") ; for things we decide to not do.
))
If your setting has this new structure,
`org-todo-interpretation' will be ignored. This change
does not break backward compatibility. The old way of
using a flat list in `org-todo-keywords' and taking the
interpretation from the other variable still works.
+ When listing *specific* TODO entries via a sparse tree
(`C-u C-c C-v') or via the agenda (`C-c a T' or `C-u C-c a
t'), you can now specify several keywords to be selected,
like "TODO|VERIFY|WAITING". This also works for custom
agenda commands. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer for pointing
out this omission.
- If you have configured Org-mode to export also the text
before the first headline (this is done by setting the
variable `org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil),
then the first normal text line in the buffer becomes the
title of the exported document. A title set with #+TITLE
overules this default, and the first line then belongs to the
normal text. Thanks to David House for this proposal.
- TTY replacement keys. Some of the key bindings used by
Org-mode do not work on a tty, so replacement key sequences
are provided on ttys. In version 4.70, there are some
changes in the tty replacements. Thanks to Jason F. McBrayer
for coming up with the idea to use C-c <cursor> keys.
| Command | | Old TTY | New TTY |
| org-..... | Main Key | Replacement | Replacement |
|-------------------+-----------+---------------+---------------|
| shiftleft | S-left | C-c C-x left | C-c left |
| shiftright | S-right | C-c C-x right | C-c right |
| shiftup | S-up | C-c C-x up | C-c up |
| shiftdown | S-down | C-c C-x down | C-c down |
| shiftcontrolleft | C-S-left | | C-c C-x left |
| shiftcontrolright | C-s-right | | C-c C-x right |
* Version 4.69
** Overview
This time the changes affect the following areas:
- TODO keywords: Multiple sequences in a single file.
- Export: More control over text before the first heading.
- Export: More control over sub/superscript interpretation.
- Plain lists: Option to let empty lines terminate lists.
- Tables: New command to insert hline and move into line below.
- REPEATing items: Turn of note taking.
- Bug fixes.
** Incompatible changes
- It used to be possible to spread the list of TODO keywords
over several lines, like
#+SEQ_TODO: TODO
#+SEQ_TODO: PROGRESS
#+SEQ_TODO: DONE
This is no longer possible. Each such line now specifies an
independent set of TODO keywords, with its own DONE state.
See below for details.
- The #+TEXT construct has been used to insert unchanged HTML
into an exported file. This is no longer possible, the TEXT
lines will be processed like any other lines. However,
there are now much better ways of getting quoted HTML into
the exported file.
** Details
- You can now use multiple sets of TODO keywords in the same
buffer. For example, you may put the following three lines
into a file:
#+SEQ_TODO: TODO DONE
#+SEQ_TODO: REPORT BUG KNOWNCAUSE RESOLVED
#+TYP_TODO: Fred Laura Peter Me OK
Each sub-sequence has its own DONE state. It is best to use
different keywords in all sequences, to make sure Org-mode
does not loose track in which specific sequence it is
working. You could use the same word for all DONE states,
but then cycling through to a TODO state might not bring you
where you want to be.
After initially setting a keyword, `C-c C-t' cycles through
a sublist, i.e. is cycles from TODO to DONE or from
KNOWNCAUSE to RESOLVED and further to (nothing) and back to
REPORT.
S-right and S-left allow to select any keyword, so they move
from DONE to REPORT and from RESOLVED to Fred.
C-S-right and C-S-left jump from one sub-sequence to the
next, for example from TODO or DONE to REPORT to Fred.
Thanks to Rick Moynihan for triggering this development.
- Text before the first headline can now be exported if you
configure Org-mode accordingly. Either set the variable
`org-export-skip-text-before-1st-heading' to nil, or use the
new in-buffer option
#+OPTION: skip:nil
- Export content specified via the #+TEXT construct is now
fully processed, i.e. links, emphasis etc. are all
interpreted. #+TEXT lines may include
#+BEGIN_HTML...#+END_HTML sections to embed literal HTML.
- During HTML export, you can request to have a_{b}
interpreted as a subscript, but to leave a_b as it is. This
can be done by setting the variable
org-export-sub-superscript to the symbol `{}' with
(setq org-export-sub-superscript '{})
or by using
#+OPTIONS: ^:{}
Thanks to Eddward DeVilla for this idea.
- New variable `org-empty-line-terminates-plain-lists'.
Default is nil, meaning that empty lines are part of the
previous list item, and that you can have several paragraphs
in one such item. Set this to t if you want an empty line
terminate all levels of plain list items.
Thanks to Mike Newman for triggering this development.
- C-c RET does insert a horizontal separator line and move the
cursor into the table line below it. Thanks to Bastien for
this proposal.
- Org-mode always offers you to record a note when a TODO item
automatically repeats, even if you are not logging state
changes. The new variable `org-log-repeat' allows to turn
this off, so that notes are really only been taken if you
are logging all state changes.
- Various Bug fixes, thanks to everyone who reported.
* Version 4.68
** Overview
- Priority handling in the tags view
- Date/time prompt follows the popup calender, and accepts AM/PM times.
- Standard references like B4 in the spreadsheet.
- Improvements to the formula editor.
- C-j does better indentation.
- Bug fixes
** Details
- Priority handling in the tags view
+ Agenda lists selected by tag are now sorted by priority.
Thanks to Andrew Korty for reporting this omission.
- Improvements to the date/time prompt.
+ When you move (using S-cursor keys) the cursor in the pop-up
calendar window while responding to a date/time prompt, the
prompt is updated with the new default date (Emacs only).
+ You can now enter AM/PM times at this prompt.
- Changes in the spreadsheet
+ You can now also write B4 instead of @4$2 as a reference in
formulas. The column references without specified row can be
written as C& instead of $3. Such references make formulas
easier to read and are now the default way how references are
shown when you edit existing formulas. To get the old behavior
back (i.e. only @row$col references), set the variable
`org-table-use-standard-references' to nil.
Relative references like @-3$-2 or @II..III continue to use the
internal format.
- Changes in the formula editor (the one you get with "C-c '")
+ The formulas are organized in a more logical way.
+ There is now a menu with commands.
+ When starting the formula editor with "C-c '", the cursor
immediately moves to the formula for the current field.
+ With the cursor on a reference in the formula, you can use
S-cursor keys to change the field being referenced.
- C-j indents the following line correctly whe used in a headline
or in aplain list item. Thanks to Leo for this suggestion.
- Bug fixes
+ Flyspell now knows about special org-mode commands.
Thanks to Vinod Valsalam for reporting this problem, and to
Andrew Korty for showing how to fix it.
+ Most other bugs discussed recently on emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
should be fixed, except the problem with non-ASCII characters
in tags....
* Version 4.67
- Expert mode for fast tag selection.
When org-fast-tag-selection-single-key is `expert', not even
the selection window is shown, only the prompt. One more C-c
gets you the window, another one goes to multiple selection mode.
- Synchronized with Emacs once more: Emacs CVS has now org-mode
4.67. At least until it causes a problem, then the Emacs people
will switch back to 4.56. Lets hope there will be no problem.
- Code cleanup
- Bug fixes
* Version 4.66
** Overview
- Sorting of top-level entries works now if the region contains
top-level entries, or if the cursor is before the first headline.
Thanks to "redblue" for reporting this bug.
- When entering date and time at the prompt, you can now mix
entering text and selecting something in the calendar. For
example, enter 22:15 at the prompt without pressing RET, and then
click on a date in the calendar. Both pieces of information will
be included in the resulting time stamp. You can also use
S-curser to move the cursor in the calendar to the desired date
and then enter 22:15 and press RET at the prompt.
- When setting a deadline or a schedule, entering a time now
automatically selects the time stamp format that includes the
time. Bug report (by means of a question) from Bastre.
- C-c C-l can be used to convert a plain link into a bracket link.
- Internal links now match inside (the visible part of) other
links. Thanks to Scott Otterson for reporting this bug.
- iCalendar export of TODO items fixed, see also the variable
`org-icalendar-include-todo'. Thanks to Philipp Raschdorf.
- The number of levels in the table of contents of an exported
document can now be set independently of the number of headline
levels. For example:
#+OPTIONS: H:4 toc:2
- The command `C-c }' toggles the display of row and column numbers
the the current table, to aid constructing formulas. To try it,
move the cursor to a table and press `C-c }', or use the menu
entry.
- Orgtbl translation functions (introduced in 4.65) have been
simplified using a generic function `orgtbl-to-generic' that can
be used for very general languanges. Writing your own translator
should be very easy now. More info in the manual.
- CONTENTS visibility can be limited to a certain level. The
command `C-3 S-TAB' will switch to CONTENTS view and show the
first 3 levels.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.65
** Overview
- Orgtbl can be used to maintain tables in LaTeX, and in any other mode
- Editing Lisp formulas for tables improved.
- Better structure for HTML exported tables.
- New "calculation" marker "/" to mark lines that should not be exported.
** Detailed description of changes
- You can use orgtbl mode to maintain a LaTeX table, or pretty much
any table in any mode.
This does *not* work by making Orgtbl aware of LaTeX syntax. That
would be a box of Pandora I am not willing to open. Instead, you
use a normal Orgtbl-mode table, and a converter program to
automatically place a LaTeX version of the table into the correct
spot in the LaTeX file. The orgtbl-mode table can be maintained
inside the same file, in a block comment.
I am providing translators for LaTeX, HTML, and TeXInfo. For
other applications, you need to write one yourself - but that is
not hard if you start from the LaTeX version and just modify it.
Thanks to Thomas Baumann for triggering this development through
a request for a table-to-LaTeX converter.
- In the special buffer to edit the formulas of a table (created
with "C-c '"), there is now better support for editing Lisp
formulas. TAB and M-TAB work like in an Emacs Lisp buffer,
indenting lines and completing lisp symbols. With the cursor on
a line defining a complex Lisp formula, a first press on TAB will
convert the formula into a pretty-printed version with proper
linebreaks and indentation. A second TAB folds the line back to
the compact form.
- Tables in HTML export have now additional structure elements
defined. The header (before the first hline) is wrapped into
<thead>..</thead>, and each part of the body (as separated in
org-mode by hlines) is wrapped into <tbody>..</tbody> tags. I
have also changed the CSS style for <td> fields and the value of
`org-export-html-table-tag' to get cleaner tables. Basically,
tables now have horizontal lines only where needed, and no
vertical lines at all, as generally recommended for tables in
printed text. I like the new look, but I am not sure if this
change will find general approval, please throw in your view if
you like. Thanks to Scott for driving this, and to goud-H for
pointing me to the row grouping in tables.
- In a table with calculation markers in the first column, you can
now also put "/" into the first column. It indicates that this
line should not be exported. The foremost application for this
are lines containing only "<N>" markers for narrowing columns.
* Version 4.64
** Overview
- Email links get better, configurable descriptions
- When inserting a link, selected text becomes the description
- Easier access to the list of stored links.
- Horizontal lines in HTML export.
- Remember templates and storing of notes improved.
** Detailed description of changes
- The descriptive part of links to email messages can be configured
using the variable `org-email-link-description-format'. The new
default is "Email %c: %.30s" and leads to
Email from NAME: SUBJECT
If you configure the variable `org-from-is-user-regexp'
correctly, then for email you *sent* this will actually change to
Email to NAME: SUBJECT
The subject is limited to 30 characters. If you have become
attached to the previous default (look twice, the new one is
better), use "%f on: %s" as your format.
- Selecting text before entering a new link with C-c C-l now really
works, the selected text becomes the description part of the
link. Requested by Scott, buggy 4.62 implementation is now fixed.
- Stored links are part of the history list for C-c C-l, so to
reach them, you can use up/down rather than completion. Thanks
to Raman for this excellent idea.
- A line consisting only of "-", and at least 5 of them, is
exported into HTML as <hr/>, as proposed by Giovanni Ridolfi.
- Several changes to org <-> remember integration
- You can use `org-remember' as your default command to start
remember. It will automatically detect if there is an active
region and use it as initial content (we will probably make
remember.el work like this as well).
Also, when calling `org-remember' in a remember buffer that
was created with a template, you will again be asked to
select a template. The buffer is then re-created with the
new template, but the old context information. This is
useful if you change your mind about the template to use
(Leo's idea).
- Besides specifying a default *target* file for a note, you
can also give a default *heading* of which the note should
become a subitem. In many cases this avoids or speeds up
navigating to the right location. Both file and heading can
be different for each template. Both are non-binding, you
can change them while storing the note. However, when you
exit remember with C-u C-c C-c, these defaults will be used
without interaction.
- Templates can specify interactive fields. During expansion
of the template, you will be prompted for the information in
that field. For example %^t will pop up a calendar and ask
you to select a date. This new feature follows a proposal
from Leo, who in the mean time has said he does not need it
anymore. But I liked it, so here it is :-)
- Templates can access information specific to the link type
created, for example the author and subject of an email.
Syntax is %:fromname, %:fromaddress, %:subject etc, details
in the manual. Proposed by Peder O. Klingenberg.
- I have been considering to move, at some stage, the template
functionality into remember.el itself - which would of course
require consent of the remember.el maintainers. I am not
sure how well this would work though, since some things like
the interactive time stamps are org.el specific, so treating
them would require special hooks. Comments?
* Version 4.63
- Bug fixes
* Version 4.62
- Many changes to the spreadsheet functions in the table editor.
For details, please re-read the manual section 3.4.
+ New Features
- It is much easier to assign formulas to individual fields.
- References to arbitrary fields and ranges.
- Absolute references are modified in row-editing commands.
- Formula editor that highlights referenced fields.
+ Incompatible changes
- Empty fields are excluded in range references, see "E" mode flag.
- &... ranges no longer supported, use new @... ranges.
- Variable insertion into Lisp formulas work differently.
- Selected text becomes the default description for C-c C-l links.(Scott)
- The date format in the agenda/timeline views is now customizable.
See the new option `org-agenda-date-format'. (request by Victor)
- Link abbreviations no longer need a double colon, single colon is fine.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.61
- Avoiding keybinding clashes with flyspell
- Archiving is now also on `C-C C-x C-s' (was just `C-c $')
- Cycling through agenda files is now also on "C-'" (was just "C-,")
- Colon is considered part of number, to align times in clock tables.
- Fixed bug for list of stuck projects.
- Fixed several bugs/problems concerning linking to gnus.
- Block agendas can contain the list of stuck projects.
- #+ARCHIVE may now appear several times in the buffer.
- More bug fixes.
* Version 4.60
- HTML export: inlining images, clickable images (manual 10.2.4).
- Incremental search now shows proper context when exiting.
- Tables calculation and Calc package.
- Calc is no longer needed when using only elisp formulas.
- Proper error messages when calc is needed and not available.
- Tracking TODO state changes with time stamps and notes.
- Empty entries go full circle.
- Links in iCalendar export cleaned up.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.59
- Cleanup code, bug fixes.
* Version 4.58
- Full undo support in the agenda buffer.
- Listing stuck GTD projects (projects without any NEXT ACTIONS).
Configure `org-stuck-projects' before using it.
- C-c C-x b shows the current subtree in an indirect buffer, in
another, dedicated frame.
- Custom agenda commands take precedence over builtin commands.
- auto-fill for comments works on the Emacs side, XEmacs not yet.
* Version 4.57
- Sorting of outline items on same level.
- Sorting tables automatically selects line range between hlines.
- Changes in Agenda buffer
- `C-c C-o' follows a link in the current line.
- `C-c $' archives the subtree corresponding to the line.
- Changing dates with S-left and S-right show new date in agenda,
but still do not move the entry to the new date.
- new option `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-done'.
- Agenda and sparse tree construction using tag matches can now
use regular expressions.
- When prompted for a date/time, entering "+7" indicates a date
7 days from now - but only this is the only thing you give.
- Custom time formats also apply to exported html and ascii.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.56
- `C-k' in agenda kills current line and corresponding subtree in file.
- XEmacs compatibility issues fixed, in particular tag alignment.
- M-left/right now in/outdents plain list items, no Shift needed.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.55
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.54
- Improvements to fast tag selection
+ show status also in target line.
+ option to auto-exit after first change to tags list (see manual).
- Tags sparse trees now also respect the settings in
`org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.53
- Custom time formats can be overlayed over time stamps.
- New option `org-agenda-todo-ignore-deadlines'.
- Work-around for flyspell bug (CVS Emacs has this fixed in flyspell.el).
- Work-around for session.el problem with circular data structures.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.52
- TAG matches can also specify conditions on TODO keywords.
- The fast tag interface allows setting tags that are not in the
predefined list.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.51
- Link abbreviations (manual section 4.5).
- More control over how agenda is displayed. See the new variables
`org-agenda-window-setup', `org-agenda-restore-windows-after-quit'.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.50
- Closing a TODO item can record an additional note.
See variables `org-log-done' and `org-log-note-headings'.
- Inserting headlines and bullets can leave an extra blank line.
See variable `org-blank-before-new-entry'. (Ed Hirgelt patch)
- [[bracket links]] in the agenda are active just as in org-mode buffers.
- C-c C-o on a date range displays the agenda for exactly this range.
- The default for `org-cycle-include-plain-lists' is back to nil.
- Calls to `org-occur' can be stacked by using a prefix argument.
- The options `org-show-hierarchy-above' and `org-show-following-heading'
now always default to `t', but can be customized differently for
different types of sparse trees or jump commands.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.49
- Agenda views can be made in batch mode from the command line.
- `org-store-link' does the right thing in dired-mode.
- File links can contain environment variables.
- Full Emacs 21 compatibility has been restored.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.47
- Custom commands may produce an agenda which contains several blocks,
each block created by a different agenda command.
- Agenda commands can be restricted to the current file, region, subtree.
- The timeline command must now be called through the agenda
dispatcher (C-c a L). `C-c C-r' no longer works.
- Agenda items can be sorted by tag. The *last* tag is used for this.
- The prefix and the sorting strategy for agenda items can depend
upon the agenda type.
- The handling of `mailto:' links can be customized, see the new
variable `org-link-mailto-program'.
- `mailto' links can specify a subject after a double colon,
like [[mailto:carsten@orgmode.org::Org-mode is buggy]].
- In the #+STARTUP line, M-TAB completes valid keywords.
- In the #+TAGS: line, M-TAB after ":" inserts all currently used tags.
- Again full Emacs 21 support: Checkboxes and publishing are fixed.
- More minor bug fixes.
* Version 4.45
- Checkbox lists can show statistics about checked items.
- C-TAB will cycle the visibility of archived subtrees.
- Documentation about checkboxes has been moved to chapter 5.
- Bux fixes.
* Version 4.44
- Clock table can be done for a limited time interval.
- Obsolete support for the old outline mode has been removed.
- Bug fixes and code cleaning.
* Version 4.43
- Bug fixes
- `s' key in the agenda saves all org-mode buffers.
* Version 4.41
- Shift-curser keys can modify inactive time stamps (inactive time
stamps are the ones in [...] brackets.
- Toggle all checkboxes in a region/below a headline.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.40
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.39
- Special tag ARCHIVE keeps a subtree closed and away from agenda lists.
- LaTeX code in Org-mode files can be converted to images for HTML.
- Bug fixes.
- CDLaTeX-mode features can be used in Org-mode to help inserting
LaTeX environment and math.
* Version 4.38
- noutline.el is now required (important for XEmacs users only).
- Dynamic blocks.
- Archiving of all level 1 trees without open TODO items.
- Clock reports can be inserted into the file in a special section.
- FAQ removed from the manual, now only on the web.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.37
- Clock-feature for measuring time spent on specific items.
- Improved emphasizing allows configuration and stacking.
* Version 4.36
- Improved indentation of ASCII export, when headlines become items.
- Handling of 12am and 12pm fixed. Times beyond 24:00 can be used
and will not lead to conflicts.
- Support for mutually exclusive TAGS with the fast tags interface.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.35
- HTML export is now valid XHTML.
- Timeline can also show dates without entries. See new option
`org-timeline-show-empty-dates'.
- The bullets created by the ASCII exporter can now be configured.
See the new option `org-export-ascii-bullets'.
- New face `org-upcoming-deadline' (was `org-scheduled-previously').
- New function `org-context' to allow testing for local context.
* Version 4.34
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.33
- New commands to move through plain lists: S-up and S-down.
- Bug fixes and documentation update.
* Version 4.32
- Fast (single-key-per-tag) interface for setting TAGS.
- The list of legal tags can be configured globally and locally.
- Elisp and Info links (thanks to Todd Neal).
- `org-export-publishing-directory' can be an alist, with different
directories for different export types.
- All context-sensitive commands use `call-interactively' to dispatch.
- `org-confirm-shell-links' renamed to `org-confirm-shell-link-function'.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.31
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.30
- Modified installation: Autoloads have been collected in org-install.el.
- Logging (org-log-done) is now a #+STARTUP option.
- Checkboxes in plain list items, following up on Frank Ruell's idea.
- File links inserted with C-c C-l will use relative paths if the linked
file is in the current directory or a subdirectory of it.
- New variable `org-link-file-path-type' to specify preference for
relative and absolute paths.
- New CSS classes for tags, timestamps, timestamp keywords.
- Bug and typo fixes.
* Version 4.29
- Inlining images in HTML export now depends on wheather the link
contains a description or not.
- TODO items can be scheduled from the global TODO list using C-c C-s.
- TODO items already scheduled can be made to disappear from the global
todo list, see `org-agenda-todo-ignore-scheduled'.
- In Tables, formulas may also be Lisp forms.
- Exporting the visible part of an outline with `C-c C-x v' works now
for all available exporters.
- Bug fixes, lots of them :-(
* Version 4.28
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.27
- HTML exporter generalized to receive external options.
As part of the process, author, email and date have been moved to the
end of the HTML file.
- Support for customizable file search in file links.
- BibTeX database links as first application of the above.
- New option `org-agenda-todo-list-sublevels' to turn off listing TODO
entries that are sublevels of another TODO entry.
* Version 4.26
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.25
- Revision of the font-lock faces section, with better tty support.
- TODO keywords in Agenda buffer are fontified.
- Export converts links between .org files to links between .html files.
- Better support for bold/italic/underline emphasis.
* Version 4.24
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.23
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.22
- Bug fixes.
- In agenda buffer, mouse-1 no longer follows link.
See `org-agenda-mouse-1-follows-link' and `org-mouse-1-follows-link'.
* Version 4.20
- Links use now the [[link][description]] format by default.
When inserting links, the user is prompted for a description.
- If a link has a description, only the description is displayed
the link part is hidden. Use C-c C-l to edit the link part.
- TAGS are now bold, but in the same color as the headline.
- The width of a table column can be limited by using a field "<N>".
- New structure for the customization tree.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.13
- The list of agenda files can be maintainted in an external file.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 4.12
- Templates for remember buffer. Note that the remember setup changes.
To set up templates, see `org-remember-templates'.
- The time in new time stamps can be rounded, see new option
`org-time-stamp-rounding-minutes'.
- Bug fixes (there are *always* more bugs).
[...]
Version 4.00
- Headlines can contain TAGS, and Org-mode can produced a list
of matching headlines based on a TAG search expression.
- `org-agenda' has now become a dispatcher that will produce the agenda
and other views on org-mode data with an additional keypress.
* Version 3.24
- Switching and item to DONE records a time stamp when the variable
`org-log-done' is turned on. Default is off.
* Version 3.23
- M-RET makes new items as well as new headings.
- Various small bug fixes
* Version 3.22
- CamelCase words link to other locations in the same file.
- File links accept search options, to link to specific locations.
- Plain list items can be folded with `org-cycle'. See new option
`org-cycle-include-plain-lists'.
- Sparse trees for specific TODO keywords through numeric prefix
argument to `C-c C-v'.
- Global TODO list, also for specific keywords.
- Matches in sparse trees are highlighted (highlights disappear with
next buffer change due to editing).
* Version 3.21
- Improved CSS support for the HTML export. Thanks to Christian Egli.
- Editing support for hand-formatted lists
- M-S-cursor keys handle plain list items
- C-c C-c renumbers ordered plain lists
* Version 3.20
- There is finally an option to make TAB jump over horizontal lines
in tables instead of creating a new line before that line.
The option is `org-table-tab-jumps-over-hlines', default nil.
- New command for sorting tables, on `C-c ^'.
- Changes to the HTML exporter
- hand-formatted lists are exported correctly, similar to
markdown lists. Nested lists are possible. See the docstring
of the variable `org-export-plain-list-max-depth'.
- cleaned up to produce valid HTML 4.0 (transitional).
- support for cascading style sheets.
- New command to cycle through all agenda files, on C-,
- C-c [ can now also be used to change the sequence of agenda files.
* Version 3.19
- Bug fixes
* Version 3.18
- Export of calendar information in the standard iCalendar format.
- Some bug fixes.
* Version 3.17
- HTML export specifies character set depending on coding-system.
* Version 3.16
- In tables, directly after the field motion commands like TAB and RET,
typing a character will blank the field. Can be turned off with
variable `org-table-auto-blank-field'.
- Inactive timestamps with `C-c !'. These do not trigger the agenda
and are not linked to the calendar.
- Additional key bindings to allow Org-mode to function on a tty emacs.
- `C-c C-h' prefix key replaced by `C-c C-x', and `C-c C-x C-h' replaced
by `C-c C-x b' (b=Browser). This was necessary to recover the
standard meaning of C-h after a prefix key (show prefix bindings).
* Version 3.15
- QUOTE keyword at the beginning of an entry causes fixed-width export
of unmodified entry text. `C-c :' toggles this keyword.
- New face `org-special-keyword' which is used for COMMENT, QUOTE,
DEADLINE and SCHEDULED, and priority cookies. Default is only a weak
color, to reduce the amount of aggressive color in the buffer.
* Version 3.14
- Formulas for individual fields in table.
- Automatic recalculation in calculating tables.
- Named fields and columns in tables.
- Fixed bug with calling `org-archive' several times in a row.
* Version 3.13
- Efficiency improvements: Fewer table re-alignments needed.
- New special lines in tables, for defining names for individual cells.
* Version 3.12
- Tables can store formulas (one per column) and compute fields.
Not quite like a full spreadsheet, but very powerful.
- table.el keybinding is now `C-c ~'.
- Numeric argument to org-cycle does `show-subtree' above on level ARG.
- Small changes to keys in agenda buffer. Affected keys:
[w] weekly view; [d] daily view; [D] toggle diary inclusion.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 3.11
- Links inserted with C-c C-l are now by default enclosed in angle
brackets. See the new variable `org-link-format'.
- ">" terminates a link, this is a way to have several links in a line.
Both "<" and ">" are no longer allowed as characters in a link.
- Archiving of finished tasks.
- C-<up>/<down> bindings removed, to allow access to paragraph commands.
- Compatibility with CUA-mode (see variable `org-CUA-compatible').
- Compatibility problems with viper-mode fixed.
- Improved html export of tables.
- Various clean-up changes.
* Version 3.10
- Using `define-derived-mode' to derive `org-mode' from `outline-mode'.
* Version 3.09
- Time-of-day specifications in agenda are extracted and placed
into the prefix. Timed entries can be placed into a time grid for
day.
* Version 3.08
- "|" no longer allowed as part of a link, to allow links in tables.
- The prefix of items in the agenda buffer can be configured.
- Cleanup.
* Version 3.07
- Some folding inconsistencies removed.
- BBDB links to company-only entries.
- Bug fixes and global cleanup.
* Version 3.06
- M-S-RET inserts a new TODO heading.
- New startup option `content'.
- Better visual response when TODO items in agenda change status.
- Window positioning after visibility state changes optimized and made
configurable. See `org-cycle-hook' and `org-occur-hook'.
* Version 3.05
- Agenda entries from the diary are linked to the diary file, so
adding and editing diary entries can be done directly from the agenda.
- Many calendar/diary commands available directly from agenda.
- Field copying in tables with S-RET does increment.
- C-c C-x C-v extracts the visible part of the buffer for printing.
- Moving subtrees up and down preserves the whitespace at the tree end.
* Version 3.04
- Table editor optimized to need fewer realignments, and to keep
table shape when typing in fields.
- A new minor mode, orgtbl-mode, introduces the Org-mode table editor
into arbitrary major modes.
- Fixed bug with realignment in XEmacs.
- Startup options can be set with special #+STARTUP line.
- Heading following a match in org-occur can be suppressed.
* Version 3.03
- Copyright transfer to the FSF.
- Effect of C-u and C-u C-u in org-timeline swapped.
- Timeline now always contains today, and `.' jumps to it.
- Table editor:
- cut and paste of rectangular regions in tables
- command to convert org-mode table to table.el table and back
- command to treat several cells like a paragraph and fill it
- command to convert a buffer region to a table
- import/export tables as tab-separated files (exchange with Excel)
- Agenda:
- Sorting mechanism for agenda items rewritten from scratch.
- Sorting fully configurable.
- Entries specifying a time are sorted together.
- Completion also covers option keywords after `#-'.
- Bug fixes.
* Version 3.01
- New reference card, thanks to Philip Rooke for creating it.
- Single file agenda renamed to "Timeline". It no longer shows
warnings about upcoming deadlines/overdue scheduled items.
That functionality is now limited to the (multifile) agenda.
- When reading a date, the calendar can be manipulated with keys.
- Link support for RMAIL and Wanderlust (from planner.el, untested).
- Minor bug fixes and documentation improvements.
* Version 3.00
- Multifile Agenda shows current entries from many different files.
- TeXInfo documentation (thanks to Christian Egli for the conversion).
- Additional applications for TODO keywords, see documentation.
Different files may have different TODO keywords etc.
- Priorities for TODO items.
- The browser mode used by `org-remember-handler' is improved.
- Images get inlined in HTML export (thanks to Carsten Wimmer).
- File links can contain line numbers, like file:/usr/etc/config:255
- Minor bug fixes.
* Version 2.10
- TODO entries can have additional states besides TODO and DONE.
See new variable `org-todo-keywords'.
- TODO keywords can be interpreted as categories. See variable
`org-todo-interpretation'.
- M-TAB completion on TODO keywords, TeX symbols, and normal words.
- All keywords (like TODO, DEADLINE etc) are configurable.
- Cursor positioning optimized after pro/demotion and TODO cycling.
- Emphasizing in HTML works now for *bold*, /italic/ and _underline_.
- New commands to kill, copy and yank entire subtrees. Yanking
modifies the level of the tree before insertion.
- New command `org-goto' (C-c C-j) to quickly move to other locations
in the buffer without affecting outline visibility.
- Hooks for John Wiegley's remember.el.
- `org-read-date' pops up calendar for date selection with the mouse.
See variable `org-popup-calendar-for-date-prompt'.
* Version 2.6
- TODO items can be SCHEDULED to a certain date.
- Expired DEADLINEs are ignored if in an entry marked DONE.
- From the diary or time-sorted view (C-c C-r), C-c C-t can be used to
change the TODO state of an item remotely.
- Horizontal computations in table editor. See `org-table-eval-formula'.
- Fixed bug with summing tables (command `org-table-sum', `C-c +').
- Calendar window follows the timestamp when a timestamp is changed.
New variable `org-calendar-follow-timestamp-change'.
- Time-sorted view (`org-diary-view', C-c C-r) now uses the prefix
argument to force inclusion of unscheduled TODO items.
- New variable `org-confirm-shell-links' to turn of safety query.
- New variable `org-open-non-existing-files'.
* Version 2.4
- A time-sorted view on all time stamps can be created with C-c C-r.
- Timestamps and Deadlines can be shown in the Emacs diary.
- Date ranges introduced.
- Time-string formats are no longer configurable.
- Vertical lines in tables can be made invisible with `C-c |'.
- New "link" type to execute shell commands, like "shell:ls *.org"
- Upon export, "myfile.org" becomes "myfile.html" or "myfile.txt",
instead of "myfile.org.html" or "myfile.org.txt".
- When the cursor is in the white space at the beginning of a line,
TAB removes the whitespace before indenting again.
* Version 2.0
- Windows (NT/2000) support.
- Works with both Emacs and XEmacs.
- Fully automatic table editor.
- New link types into Gnus, VM and BBDB.
- Other link system changes
- Time stamps are treated as links to the calendar.
- Easy creation of links with global command `org-store-link'.
- Insertion of links with `C-c C-l' works differently now.
- Space characters allowed as part of a link.
- Options in `org-file-apps' extended. The command may now be
symbol 'emacs', or a lisp form.
Please re-read the manual section about links.
- Timestamp changes
- `org-deadline' now prompts for a date.
- A line can now contain several timestamps. Updating of a
timestamp only happens if the cursor is at the timestamp.
- Changed the time-stamp-format to ISO, to make sure it will
always work (non-English month names had caused problems
with `parse-time-string'.). Changing the time stamp format
is not recommended.
- Picture mode enhancements have been removed from org.el
* Version 1.4
- Some option name changes, not backward compatible.
- ASCII exporter upgrade: Table of contents.
- HTML exporter upgrade: fixed-width regions, better
sub/superscripts, many TeX symbols supported.
- Calendar support.
* Version 1.3
- HTML exporter upgrade, in particular table of contents