Re: Release 6.27

[Eraldo Helal <admin@eraldo.at>]

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Great work!
I love the development speed of Org... .oO( I still have to learn to cope
with it, but I love it *g* )

Greetingsand thanks,
Eraldo

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 08:52, Russell Adams <RLAdams@adamsinfoserv.com>wrote:

> Carsten,
>
> Exciting new stuff! Kudos to you and all the contributors!
>
> Thanks.
>
> On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 08:35:59AM +0200, Carsten Dominik wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am finally releasing Org-mode 6.27, with lots of bug fixes
> > and some new stuff as well.
> >
> > Enjoy!
> >
> > - Carsten
> >
> >
> > Changes in Version 6.27
> > =======================
> >
> > Macros for export
> > ==================
> >
> > Macro processing for export has been enhanced:
> >
> > - You can use arguments in a macro, for example
> >   #+macro hello Greet the $1: Hello $1
> >
> >   which would turn `{{{hello(world)}}}' into `Greet the world: Hello
> > world'
> >
> > - The macro value can be an emacs-lisp for to be evaluated at the
> >   time of export:
> >
> >   #+macro: datetime (eval (format-time-string "$1"))
> >
> >
> > - More built-in default macros:
> >   date(FORMAT_TIME_STRING): Time/Date of export
> >   time(FORMAT_TIME_STRING): Same as date
> >   modification-time(FORMAT_TIME_STRING): Last modification of file
> >   input-file: Name of the input file
> >
> >   The new built-in macros have been requested by Daniel Clemente.
> >
> > Link completion for files and bbdb names
> > =========================================
> >
> > Org now has a general mechanism how modules can provide enhanced
> > support (for example through completion) when adding a link.  For
> > example, when inserting a link with `C-c C-l', you can now type
> > `file:' followed by `RET' to get completion support for inserting
> > a file.  After entering `bbdb:' and `RET', a completion interface
> > will allow to complete names in the BBDB database.  These are the
> > only ones implemented right now, but modules that add a link type
> > `xyz:' can simple define `org-xyz-complete-link' that should
> > return the full link with prefix after aiding the used to create
> > the link.  For example, if you have `http' links that you have to
> > insert very often, you could define a function
> > `org-http-complete-link' to help selecting the most common ones.
> >
> > Source file publishing
> > =======================
> >
> > It is now easy to publish the Org sources along with, for
> > example, HTML files.  In your publishing project, replace
> >
> > :publishing-function org-publish-org-to-html
> >
> > with
> >
> >  :publishing-function (org-publish-org-to-html org-publish-org-to-org)
> >  :plain-source t
> >  :htmlized-source t
> >
> > to get both the plain org file and an htmlized version that
> > looks like your editing buffer published along with the HTML
> > exported version.
> >
> > Push exported stuff to kill ring
> > =================================
> >
> > All exporters now push the produced material onto the kill-ring
> > in Emacs, and also to the external clipboard and the primary
> > selection to make it easy to paste this under many circumstances.
> >
> > Tables in LaTeX without centering
> > ==================================
> > Set the variable `org-export-latex-tables-centered' to nil if you
> > prefer tables not to be horizontally centered.  Note that
> > longtable tables are always centered.
> >
> > LaTeX export: TODO markup configurable
> > =======================================
> >
> > The markup for TODO keywords in LaTeX export is now configurable
> > using the variable `org-export-latex-todo-keyword-markup'.
> >
> > ASCII export to buffer
> > =======================
> >
> > ASCII export has now the same command variations as the other
> > export backends, for example exporting to a temporary buffer
> > instead of a file.
> >
> > The was a request by Samuel Wales.
> >
> > Accessibility improvements for HTTP tables
> > ===========================================
> >
> > When exporting tables to HTML, Org now adds `scope' attributes to
> > all header fields, in order to support screen readers.
> > Setting the variable
> > `org-export-html-table-use-header-tags-for-first-column' will
> > request using `<th>' instead of `<td>' also in the entire first
> > column, so that also row information can be scoped.  This was
> > triggered by a request by Jan Buchal, and as usually Sebastian
> > Rose came up with the right implementation.
> >
> > Timezone information in iCalendar files
> > ========================================
> >
> > The timezone information in iCalendar files is now written in the
> > correct format, and can be set in the variable
> > `org-ical-timezone'.  This variable is initialized from the `TZ'
> > environment variable.
> >
> > New contributed package org-special-blocks.el
> > ==============================================
> >
> > The package turns any "undefined" `#+begin_...' blocks into LaTeX
> > environments for LaTeX export, and into `<div>' tags for HTML
> > export.
> >
> > Thanks to Chris Gray for this contribution.
> >
> > More flexibility about placing logging notes.
> > ==============================================
> >
> > Logging into a drawer can now also be set for individual
> > subtrees using the `LOG_INTO_DRAWER' property.
> >
> > Requested by Daniel J. Sinder
> >
> > New reload key
> > ===============
> >
> > Reloading Org has moved to a new key, `C-c C-x !', and is now
> > also available in the agenda.
> >
> > Start Agenda with log mode active
> > ==================================
> > Set the new option `org-agenda-start-with-log-mode' to have
> > log mode turned on from the start.  Or set this option for
> > specific custom commands.
> >
> > Thanks to Benjamin Andresen for a patch to this effect.
> >
> > Agenda speed optimizations
> > ===========================
> >
> > Depending on circumstances, construction the agenda has become a
> > lot faster.
> >
> > Triggered by Eric S Fraga's reports about using Org on a slow
> > computer like a netbook.
> >
> > New face for today in agenda
> > =============================
> >
> > The date that is today can now be highlighted in the agenda by
> > customizing the face `org-agenda-date-today'.
> >
> > Thanks to Dmitri Minaev for a patch to this effect.
> >
> > Properties to disambiguate statistics
> > ======================================
> >
> > When an entry has both check boxes and TODO children, it is not
> > clear what kind of statistics a cookie should show  You can now use
> > the `COOKIE_DATA' property to disambiguate, by giving it a value
> > "todo" or "checkbox".
> >
> > Thanks to Ulf Stegeman, who was persistent enough to push this
> > change past my initial resistance.
> >
> > Checkboxes and TODO items: recursive statistics
> > ================================================
> >
> > Setting the variable `org-hierarchical-checkbox-statistics' to
> > `nil' will make statistics cookies count all checkboxes in the
> > lit hierarchy below it.
> >
> > Setting the variable `org-hierarchical-todo-statistics' to
> > `nil' will do the same for TODO items.
> >
> > To turn on recursive statistics only for a single subtree, add the
> > word "recursive" to the `COOKIE_DATA' property.  Note that you
> > can have such a property containing both "todo" or "checkbox" for
> > disambiguation, and the word "recursive", separated by a space
> > character.
> >
> > The change for checkboxes was a patch by Richard Klinda.
> >
> > New operators for column view
> > ==============================
> >
> > Column view has new operators for computing the minimum,
> > maximum, and mean of property values.
> >
> > Thanks to Mikael Fornius for a patch to this effect.
> >
> >
> >
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