Re: RELEASE: Org-mode version 5.20

[Rainer Stengele <rainer.stengele@diplan.de>]

Carsten Dominik schrieb:
> 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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Hi Carsten,

this is exciting! Thanks again for still and yet further progressing 
this wonderful tool! Looking forward to install and use the new version!

rainer