Re: ANN: Release 8.1

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

Thanks Carsten!

ORG is always improving. It's amazing!
I like the performance improvement through org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties a lot!

Keep up the good work!

- Rainer

Am 06.09.2013 22:21, schrieb Carsten Dominik:
> Hi everyone!
> 
> The current git master has just been tagged as release 8.1.  I would like
> to thank everyone who contributed to it.  I am extremely glad to see how
> little input from my side is really needed to move this project like a well
> oiled machine.  Thank you Org community, with its increasing number
> of people who take responsibility.
> 
> Special thanks to Bastien for pushing this release over the finish line,
> next time it will be truly me who will do this.  After struggling with
> this during the first few month after I took over the maintainer role
> again, I seem to have found a way now to make sufficient time.
> 
> Below is a list of changes.
> 
> Enjoy!
> 
> - Carsten
> 
> 			    ________________
> 
> 				ORG 8.1
> 			    ________________
> 
> 
> 
> Incompatible changes
> ====================
> 
> Combine org-mac-message.el and org-mac-link-grabber into org-mac-link.el
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   Please remove calls to `(require 'org-mac-message)' and `(require
>   'org-mac-link-grabber)' in your `.emacs' initialization file.  All you
>   need now is `(require 'org-mac-link)'.
> 
>   Additionally, replace any calls to `ogml-grab-link' to
>   `org-mac-grab-link'.  For example, replace this line:
> 
>   ,----
>   | (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'omgl-grab-link)
>   `----
> 
>   with this:
> 
>   ,----
>   | (define-key org-mode-map (kbd "C-c g") 'org-mac-grab-link)
>   `----
> 
> 
> HTML export: Replace `HTML_HTML5_FANCY' by `:html-html5-fancy' (...)
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   Some of the HTML specific export options in Org <8.1 are either nil or
>   t, like `#+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE'.  We replaced these binary options with
>   option keywords like :html-include-style.
> 
>   So you need to replace
> 
>   ,----
>   | #+HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE: t
>   `----
> 
>   by
> 
>   ,----
>   | #+OPTIONS: :html-include-style t
>   `----
> 
>   Options affected by this change: `HTML5_FANCY', `HTML_INCLUDE_SCRIPTS'
>   and `HTML_INCLUDE_STYLE'.
> 
> 
> Important bugfixes
> ==================
> 
> org-insert-heading has been rewritten and bugs are now fixed
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> The replacement of disputed keys is now turned of when reading a date
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> New features
> ============
> 
> You can now use `xdg-open' to control how to open files
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> `C-c ^ x' will now sort checklist items by their checked status
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   See org-sort-list: hitting `C-c ^ x' will put checked items at the end
>   of the list.
> 
> 
> Various LaTeX export enhancements
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   - Support SVG images
>   - Support for .pgf files
>   - LaTeX Babel blocks can now be exported as `.tikz' files
>   - Allow `latexmk' as an option for org-latex-pdf-process
>   - When using `\usepackage[AUTO]{inputenc}', AUTO will automatically be
>     replaced with a coding system derived from
>     `buffer-file-coding-system'.
>   - The dependency on the `latexsym' LaTeX package has been removed, we
>     now use `amssymb' symbols by default instead.
> 
> 
> Remapping `forward-paragraph' and `backward-paragraph'
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   `forward-paragraph' and `backward-paragraph' are now remapped to
>   org-forward-element and org-backward-element respectively.
>   E.g. hitting `C-<down>' on a headline will move to the next headline.
> 
> 
> New entities in `org-entities.el'
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   Add support for ell, imath, jmath, varphi, varpi, aleph, gimel, beth,
>   dalet, cdots, S (ß), dag, ddag, colon, therefore, because, triangleq,
>   leq, geq, lessgtr, lesseqgtr, ll, lll, gg, ggg, prec, preceq,
>   preccurleyeq, succ, succeq, succurleyeq, setminus, nexist(s), mho,
>   check, frown, diamond.  Changes loz, vert, checkmark, smile and tilde.
> 
> 
> New options
> ===========
> 
> New option org-bookmark-names-plist
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   This allows to specify the names of automatic bookmarks.
> 
> 
> New option org-agenda-ignore-drawer-properties
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   This allows more flexibility when optimizing the agenda generation.
>   See [http://orgmode.org/worg/agenda-optimization.html] for details.
> 
> 
> New option: org-html-link-use-abs-url to force using absolute URLs
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   This is an export/publishing option, and should be used either within
>   the `#+OPTIONS' line(s) or within a org-publish-project-alist.
> 
>   Setting this option to `t' is needed when the HTML output does not
>   allow relative URLs.  For example, the `contrib/lisp/ox-rss.el'
>   library produces a RSS feed, and RSS feeds need to use absolute URLs,
>   so a combination of `:html-link-home "..." and :html-link-use-abs-url
>   t' is required---see the configuration example in the comment section
>   of `ox-rss.el'.
> 
> 
> New option org-babel-ditaa-java-cmd
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   This makes java executable configurable for ditaa blocks.
> 
> 
> New options org-babel-latex-htlatex and org-babel-latex-htlatex-packages
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   This enables SVG generation from latex code blocks.
> 
> 
> New option: org-habit-show-done-alwyays-green
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   See [this message] from Max Mikhanosha.
> 
> 
>   [this message]
>   http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/emacs-orgmode/2013-05/msg00214.html
> 
> 
> New option: org-babel-inline-result-wrap
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
>   If you set this to the following
> 
>   ,----
>   | (setq org-babel-inline-result-wrap "$%s$")
>   `----
> 
>   then inline code snippets will be wrapped into the formatting string.
> 
> 
> New contributed packages
> ========================
> 
>   `ox-bibtex.el' by Nicolas Goaziou: an utility to handle BibTeX export to
>                                      both LaTeX and HTML exports.  It uses
>                                      the [bibtex2html] software.
> 
>   `org-screenshot.el' by Max Mikhanosha: an utility to handle screenshots
>                                          easily from Org, using the
>                                          external tool [scrot].
> 
> 
>   [bibtex2html] http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/bibtex2html/
> 
>   [scrot] http://freecode.com/projects/scrot
> 
> 
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