Re: Release 5.23a

From: Xin Shi <xs32@cornell.edu>
To: "[emacs-orgmode] list" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Release 5.23a
Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:03:19 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <47D5CC47.40107@cornell.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <876ACC10-F511-4735-B045-9C9AE248A25A@gmail.com>

Hi,

Thanks for the release!

There is a bug which I got from an Email several weeks ago said it has 
been fixed, but I still found it in the 5.23a.  When export the org file 
to html, emacs opens the .html file in the buffer. Since the html file 
has already been saved, shall we not open it in Emacs?  Another reason 
that this matters to me is that I'm using the nXhtml mode, whenever 
emacs opens the html file, (even in the background buffer), it will load 
this mode and open the *nXhtml Welcome* buffer in half window. :)

Best,
Xin

Carsten Dominik wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am releasing Org-mode version 5.23, at
>
> http://orgmode.org
>
> Enjoy!
>
> - Carsten
>
> Changes in 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
>
>
>
>
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