From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Release 6.02 Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:39:59 +0200 Message-ID: <73E732AA-5744-43D7-A583-8465C09CC0DA@science.uva.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v919.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jowzw-0007sF-66 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:40:08 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Jowzv-0007rJ-2y for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:40:07 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=57947 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Jowzu-0007qs-9b for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:40:06 -0400 Received: from imap.science.uva.nl ([146.50.4.51]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Jowzu-0005UX-Ee for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:40:06 -0400 List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: org-mode mailing list Hi, I am releasing Org version 6.02. The release is available at http://orgmode.org as well as through the GIT repository. Enjoy! - Carsten Changes in 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!