Release 6.02

Release 6.02

[Carsten Dominik]

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!

Re: Release 6.02

[Peter Jones]

Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
> 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.

Carsten, I'm already using a property called "Estimate" that works
great, especially in column view.  What extra functionally would I get
by switching to this Effort property, or changing the
org-effort-property to work with my Estimate property?

Thanks.

-- 
Peter Jones, pmade inc.
http://pmade.com

Re: Re: Release 6.02

[Carsten Dominik]

On Apr 24, 2008, at 9:28 PM, Peter Jones wrote:
> Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
>> 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.
>
> Carsten, I'm already using a property called "Estimate" that works
> great, especially in column view.  What extra functionally would I get
> by switching to this Effort property, or changing the
> org-effort-property to work with my Estimate property?

Hi Peter,

currently the only difference is that you can include the duration of  
appointments into the total effort estimate of a day, that is all.

I think this property will become more special in the future, maybe  
using special commands to set the estimate without having to enter  
column view.  But you are quite right that not much special stuff  
happens right now with this property.

HTH.

- Carsten

>
>
> Thanks.
>
> -- 
> Peter Jones, pmade inc.
> http://pmade.com
>
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Re: Release 6.02

[Peter Jones]

Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl> writes:
> I think this property will become more special in the future, maybe
> using special commands to set the estimate without having to enter
> column view.  But you are quite right that not much special stuff
> happens right now with this property.

Thanks for the info Carsten.

-- 
Peter Jones, pmade inc.
http://pmade.com

Re: Release 6.02

[Richard KLINDA]

>>>>> Carsten Dominik writes:


  > - Column view (mostly) works now in XEmacs
  > - The special property Effort can be used for effort estimates

I've just tried out this Column view thingie with Effort columns (XEmacs
21.4), works great.  Another superb release, thanks Carsten.  Kudos to
Greg...

Richard