Re: [Orgmode] Release 6.30

[Andrew Hyatt]

Hi Carsten,

Thanks for the release!  The dedicated frame patch does not actually
appear to be in this release, though.

On Tue, Sep 1, 2009 at 12:20 AM, Carsten
Dominik<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am releasing Org-mode version 6.30.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> - Carsten
>
>             Changes in Version 6.30
>             =======================
>
> Inconsistent changes
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Agenda now uses `f' and `b' to move through time
> =================================================
>
> Up to now, the Org-mode agenda used the cursor keys `left' and
> `right' to switch the agenda view forward an backward through
> time.  However, many people found this confusing, and others
> wanted to be able to do cursor motion in the agenda, for example
> to select text.  Therefore, after an extensive discussion on
> address@hidden', it was decided to use the `b' and
> `f' keys instead, and to let the cursor keys do cursor motion
> again.
>
> Agenda follow mode is now on the `F' key
> =========================================
>
> This was necessary to free up the `f' key, see above.
>
> Details
> ~~~~~~~~
>
> Maintenance
> ============
>
> New command to submit a bug report
> -----------------------------------
>
> There is now a special command `M-x org-submit-bug-report'.  This
> command will create a mail buffer with lots of useful details.
> In particular, it contains complete version information for Emacs
> and Org-mode.  It will also (if you agree to it) contain all
> non-standard settings of org-mode and outline-mode related
> variables.  Even if you do not sent your emails from within
> Emacs, please still use this command to generate the information
> and then copy it into your mail program.
>
> The command will not generate and include a `*Backtrace*' buffer,
> please do this yourself if you have hit an error.  For more
> information, see the [feedback section] of the manual.
>
> [feedback section]: http://orgmode.org/manual/Feedback.html#Feedback
>
> New contributed package org-track.el
> -------------------------------------
>
> This package allows to keep up-to-date with current Org
> development, using only Emacs on-board means.  So if you don't
> want or cannot use `git', but still want to run the latest and
> hottest Org-mode, this is for you.
>
> Thanks to Sebastian Rose for this contribution.
>
> Agenda
> =======
>
> Agenda now uses `f' and `b' to move through time
> -------------------------------------------------
>
> Up to now, the Org-mode agenda used the cursor keys `left' and
> `right' to switch the agenda view forward an backward through
> time.  However, many people found this confusing, and others
> wanted to be able to do cursor motion in the agenda, for example
> to select text.  Therefore, after an extensive discussion on
> address@hidden', it was decided to use the `b' and
> `f' keys instead, and to let the cursor keys do cursor motion
> again.
>
> Agenda follow mode is now on the `F' key
> -----------------------------------------
>
> This was necessary to free up the `f' key, see above.
>
> The agenda can be put into a dedicated frame
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> When the variable `org-agenda-window-setup' has the value
> `separate-frame', then the new frame created to show the agenda
> will now have the window marked as /dedicated/.  As a
> consequence, exiting the agenda while the agenda is the only
> window on the frame will kill that frame.
>
> This was a request by Henry Atting.
>
> New mode to show some entry body text in the agenda
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> There is now a new agenda sub-mode called
> `org-agenda-entry-text-mode'.  It is toggled with the `E' key.
> When active, all entries in the agenda will be accompanied by a
> few lines from the outline entry.  The amount of text can be
> customized with the variable `org-agenda-entry-text-maxlines'.
>
> This was a request by Anthony Fairchild, Manish, and others.
>
> Improve following links from the agenda
> ----------------------------------------
>
> `C-c C-o' in the agenda will now offer all links in the headline
> and text of an entry.  If there is only a single link, it will be
> followed immediately.
>
> Avoid some duplicate entries
> -----------------------------
>
> There is a new variable that can be used to avoid some duplicate
> agenda entries: `org-agenda-skip-scheduled-if-deadline-is-shown'
> If that is set, it avoids that an entry shows up in the agenda for
> today for both a scheduling and a deadline entry.  See the
> docstring of the variables for more details.
>
> This partially addresses a request by Samuel Wales.
>
> Mark the running clock in the agenda.
> --------------------------------------
>
> If the entry currently being clocked is present in the agenda, it
> will be highlighted with the face `org-agenda-clocking'.
>
> This was a request by Rainer Stengele.
>
>
> Export
> =======
>
> Allow LaTeX export to use the listings package
> -----------------------------------------------
>
> The LaTeX `listings' package can now be used for formatting
> fontified source code in many programming languages.  For more
> information, see
> http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/16269
> http://orgmode.org/worg/org-faq.php#fontified_source_code_w_latex
>
> Thanks to Eric Schulte for this patch.
>
> Remove table rows that only contain width and alignment markers
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The width and alignment in table columns can be set with a cookie
> like "<10>" or "<r>" or "<r10>".  In order to keep Org from
> exporting such lines, the first column of a line should contain
> only "/".  However, for convenience, there is now a special case:
> If the entire row contains only such markers, the line will
> automatically be discarded during export, even is the first
> column is not "/".
>
> Allow Macro calls to span several lines.
> -----------------------------------------
>
> Macro calls may now span several lines, to write several
> arguments in a cleaner way.  The result of a macro call can also
> span several lines, by inserting the string "\n" (backslash
> followed by n) into the value in the macro definition.
>
> These were requests by Stefan Vollmar.
>
> Misc
> =====
>
> Quick access to all links in an entry
> --------------------------------------
>
> If `C-c C-o' is called while the cursor is in a headline, but not
> directly on a link, then all links in the entry will be offered
> in a small menu.  If there is only a single link, it will be
> followed without a prompt.
>
> Visibility Cycling: Allow to show all empty lines after a headline
> -------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> `org-cycle-separator-lines' can now be set to a negative value,
> to indicate that, if the number of empty lines before a visible
> entry is greater than the specified number, then *all* empty
> lines should be shown.
>
> This was a request by "PT" whatever this means.
>
> Allow language names to replace some strange major mode names
> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Sometimes a language uses a major mode which can't be guessed
> from it's name.  There is now a new variable `org-src-lang-modes'
> which can be used to map language names to major modes when this
> is the case.  This is used when editing a source-code
> block, or when exporting fontified source-code with htmlize.
>
> Thanks to Eric Schulte for a patch to this effect.
>
> iswitchb support for many completion prompts
> ---------------------------------------------
>
> This is enabled using `org-completion-use-iswitchb', and follows
> the same model of usage as for ido users.
>
> Thanks to John Wiegley for a patch to this effect.
>
> New commands to set the effort property of an entry
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> There is now a special command, `C-c C-x e' to set the `Effort'
> property of an entry.  From the agenda you can even use `e'.
> If you have set up allowed values for the `Effort' property, then
> using a prefix argument will directly select the nth allowed
> value.  For example, in the agenda, `5 e' will select the 5th
> allowed value.
>
> This was a request by Michael Gilbert
>
> Edit src works now better with killing buffers and exiting Emacs
> ----------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Thanks to Dan Davison for a patch to this effect.
>
> Bug fixes
> ---------
>
> Thanks to Bastien for a umber of bug fixes.
>
>
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