RELEASE: Org-mode version 5.20

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

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Hi folks,

I am releasing Org-mode version 5.20 at

http://orgmode.org

and as a git repository at

http://repo.or.cz/w/org-mode.git

Enjoy!

- Carsten

Changes in 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 [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.


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