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2008-10-12 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-edit-fixed-width-region): Exclude final newline from
picture area.
* org-export-latex.el (org-export-latex-subcontent): Add labels to
sections, to make internal links work.
(org-export-latex-fontify-headline): Do not remove all text
properties, to make sure that target properties survive this
process.
* org-exp.el (org-export-preprocess-string): Change sequence of
modifications, to make sure links are prepared before the LaTeX
conversions do happen.
* org-attach.el (org-attach-delete-all): Renamed from
`org-attch-delete'. Add a security query before deleting the
entire directory. New optional argument FORCE can overrule the
security query.
(org-attach-delete-one): New command.
* org-attach.el (org-attach-file-list): Fix bug with directory.
* org.el (org-apps-regexp-alist): New function.
(org-file-apps): Add auto-mode to the default value.
(org-open-file): Use the new structure of org-file-apps.
* org-attach.el (org-attach): Support the new keys.
(org-attach-method): New option.
* org-bbdb.el (org-bbdb-anniversaries): Fix but with 29 Feb/1
March.
* org.el (org-remove-uniherited-tags): Fix reverse interpretation
of the list value o `org-use-tag-inheritance'.
* org-attach.el (org-attach-auto-tag): New option.
(org-attach-tag, org-attach-untag): New functions.
(org-attach-attach, org-attach-new, org-attach-sync): Call
`org-attach-tag'.
(org-attach-delete): Call `org-attach-untag'.
* org-attach.el: New file.
* org-table.el (orgtbl-self-insert-command): Make this work for
the keypad as well.
* org.el (org-add-log-setup): Limit searc for drawers to entry
text, not to subtree.
* org-clock.el (org-clock-heading-for-remember): New variable.
(org-clock-in): Set `org-clock-heading-for-remember'.
2008-10-12 James TD Smith <ahktenzero@mohorovi.cc>
* org-remember.el (org-remember-apply-template): Add new
expansions: %k, %K for currently clocked task and a link to the
currently clocked task, and %< to file notes in the currently
clocked task.
2008-10-12 Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
* org-export-latex.el (org-export-latex-make-header): Also insert
the content of the property :latex-header-extra.
* org-exp.el (org-infile-export-plist): Put the content of
#+LATEX_HEADER: into the property :latex-header-extra.
* org-colview.el (org-columns-get-format-and-top-level): Remove
resetting the marker.
* org-colview-xemacs.el (org-columns-get-format-and-top-level):
Remove resetting the marker.
* org.el (org-entry-property-inherited-from): Improve docstring.
(org-entry-get-with-inheritance): Reset marker before starting the
search.
* org-exp.el (org-infile-export-plist): Allow multiple STYLE lines.
* org.el (org-entry-get-multivalued-property)
(org-entry-protect-space, org-entry-restore-space): New
functions.
(org-file-apps-defaults-macosx): Let postscript files be opened by
preview.
(org-time-stamp-inactive): Call `org-time-stamp'.
(org-time-stamp): New argument `inactive'. Also edit inacive
stamps. Convert time stamp type.
(org-open-file): Interpret the `default' value for the `command'
in `org-file-apps'.
* org-id.el (org-id-int-to-b36-one-digit)
(org-id-b36-to-int-one-digit, org-id-int-to-b36)
(org-id-b36-to-int, org-id-time-to-b36): Modified from b62 to
b36.
* org-id.el (org-id-reverse-string): New function.
(org-id-new): Use `org-id-reverse-string' to make sure the
beginning chars of the ID are mutating fast. This allows to use a
directory structure to spread things better.
(org-id-prefix): Changed default to nil.
* org-list.el (org-move-item-down, org-move-item-up): Remember and
restore the column of the cursor position.
* org-remember.el (org-remember-apply-template): Remove properties
from `initial'.
* org-wl.el (org-wl-open): Remove useless call to
`wl-thread-open-all'.
* org-remember.el (org-remember-handler): Fix bug with `bottom'
location.
* org-bbdb.el (org-bbdb-anniversaries): Require bbdb in
`org-bbdb-anniversaries'.
* org.el (org-get-next-sibling, org-forward-same-level): New
functions, similar to the outline versions, but invisible headings
are OK.
2008-10-12 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org.el (org-auto-repeat-maybe): Insert a space between
the timestamp's type and the timestamp itself.
2008-10-12 Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
* org-table.el (org-table-sum): Do not format the result with %g,
it does rounding when there are too many digits.
* org.el (org-map-entries): Protect the keyword-selecting variables.
2008-10-12 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-to-appt): Make sure the function check
against all agenda files.
2008-10-12 Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
* org-list.el: New file, aggregating list functions from org.el
and org-export-latex.el.
* org.el (org-edit-src-region-extra): New option.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-to-appt): Fix bug with appointment
time before 1am.
2008-10-12 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-export-latex.el (org-export-latex-keywords-maybe): Bug fix.
2008-10-12 James TA Smith <ahktenzero@mohorovi.cc>
* org-plot.el (org-plot/gnuplot): Make tables starting with a
hline work correctly.
(org-plot/gnuplot-script): Put commas at the end of each script
line.
* org.el (org-get-refile-targets): Replace links with their
descriptions
(org-imenu-get-tree): Replace links with their descriptions.
* org-remember.el (org-remember-apply-template): Add a new
expansion for adding properties to remember items.
* org.el (org-add-log-setup): Skip over drawers (properties,
clocks etc) when adding notes.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-get-closed): show durations of clocked
items as well as the start and end times.
* org-compat.el (org-get-x-clipboard-compat): Add a compat
function for fetching the X clipboard on XEmacs and GNU Emacs 21.
* org-remember.el (org-get-x-clipboard): Use the compat
function to get clipboard values when x-selection-value is
unavailable. Use substring-no-properties instead of
set-text-properties to remove text properties from the clipboard
value.
* lisp/org-clock.el (org-update-mode-line): Support limiting the
modeline clock string, and display the full todo value in the
tooltip. Set a local keymap so mouse-3 on the clock string goes to
the currently clocked task.
(org-clock-string-limit): Add a custom value for the maximum
length of the clock string in the modeline.
(org-clock-mode-map): Add a keymap for the modeline string
2008-10-12 Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
* org-compat.el (org-propertize): New function.
2008-10-12 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-export-latex.el (org-export-latex-tables): protect exported
tables from further special chars conversion.
(org-export-latex-preprocess): Preserve LaTeX environments.
(org-list-parse-list): Parse descriptive lists.
(org-list-to-generic, org-list-to-latex, org-list-to-html)
(org-list-to-texinfo): Export descriptive lists.
(org-quote-chars): Remove.
(org-export-latex-keywords-maybe): Use `replace-regexp-in-string'.
(org-export-latex-list-beginning-re): Rename to
`org-list-beginning-re'
(org-list-item-begin): Rename to `org-list-item-beginning'
2008-10-12 Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
* org.el (org-refile): Allow refiling to the last entry in the
buffer.
(org-get-tags-at): Fix bug when inheritance is turned off.
* org.el (org-indent-line-function): No longer check for src
regions, this is too much overhead.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-highlight-todo): Fix bugs with keyword
matching.
* org.el (org-scan-tags): Make sure that tags matching is not case
sensitive. TODO keyword matching is case sensitive, however, to
avoid confusion with similar words that are not meant to be
keywords.
* org.el (org-get-local-tags-at): New function.
(org-get-local-tags): New function.
* org-exp.el (org-export-get-categories): New function.
* org-agenda.el (org-sorting-choice)
(org-agenda-sorting-strategy, org-agenda-get-todos)
(org-agenda-get-timestamps, org-agenda-get-deadlines)
(org-agenda-get-scheduled, org-agenda-get-blocks)
(org-entries-lessp): Implement sorting by TODO state.
(org-cmp-todo-state): New defsubst.
* org-colview.el (org-colview-construct-allowed-dates): New
function.
(org-columns-next-allowed-value): Use
`org-colview-construct-allowed-dates'.
* org-colview-xemacs.el (org-colview-construct-allowed-dates): New
function.
(org-columns-next-allowed-value): Use
`org-colview-construct-allowed-dates'.
* org.el (org-protect-slash): New function.
(org-get-refile-targets): Use `org-protect-slash'.
* org-agenda.el (org-global-tags-completion-table): New variable.
* org-exp.el (org-export-handle-export-tags): New function.
(org-export-preprocess-string): Call
`org-export-handle-export-tags'.
* org-plot.el: New file.
* org-publish.el (org-publish-expand-components): Function removed.
(org-publish-expand-projects): Allow components to have components.
* org.el (org-indent-line-function): Do not indent in regions that
are external source code.
(org-yank-and-fold-if-subtree): New function.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-todayp): New function.
(org-agenda-get-deadlines, org-agenda-get-scheduled): Use
`org-agenda-todayp'.
* org.el (org-insert-heading-respect-content)
(org-insert-todo-heading-respect-content): New commands.
(org-insert-heading-respect-content): New option.
(org-insert-heading): Respect `org-insert-heading-respect-content'.
* org-clock.el (org-clock-find-position): Make sure the note after
the clock line gets moved into the new clock drawer.
* org-id.el (org-id-new): New option.
* org-table.el (org-table-copy-down): Avoid overflow during
increment. Use prefix argument 0 to temporarily disable the
increment.
* org-exp.el (org-export-as-html): Do not turn on the major mode
if the buffer will be killed anyway.
(org-get-current-options): Exclude the #+TEXT field.
(org-export-as-html): Make sure text before the first headline is
a paragraph.
* org-publish.el (org-publish-org-to): Tell the exporter that this
buffer will be killed, so it is not necessary to do major mode
initialization.
* org-archive.el (org-archive-to-archive-sibling): Show empty
lines after folding the archive sibling.
* org.el (org-log-note-extra): New variable.
2008-10-12 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org.el (org-additional-option-like-keywords): Added keywords for
the _QUOTE, _VERSE and _SRC environments.
* org-export-latex.el (org-export-latex-preprocess): Fix bug when
exporting _QUOTE and _VERSE environments.
2008-10-12 Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-filter-by-tag): New command.
* org-exp.el (org-get-current-options): Remove angular brackets
from the date entry.
* org.el (org-edit-fixed-width-region): New function.
(org-edit-fixed-width-region): Also try
`org-edit-fixed-width-region'.
(org-edit-fixed-width-region-mode): New option.
(org-activate-code): Only interprete lines starting with colon
plus a space as example lines.
* org-remember.el (org-remember-templates): Add nil instead of
empty strings to fix the length of remember templates.
* org-table.el (org-calc-default-modes): Fix the time format for
calc, from 12 hour to 24 hour clock.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-get-deadlines)
(org-agenda-get-scheduled): Avoid `time-of-day' extraction for
entries that are pre-warnings of deadlines or reminders.
* org.el (org-sort-entries-or-items): Make numeric and alpha
comparisons ignore any TODO keyword and priority cookie.
* org-remember.el (org-remember-handler): Reinterpretation of the
prefix argument.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-get-scheduled): Use new
`org-scheduled' face.
* org-faces.el (org-scheduled): New face.
* org-wl.el (org-wl-open): Remove incorrect declaration.
* org-gnus.el (org-gnus-store-link): Support for :to information
in gnus links.
* org-exp.el (org-export-as-html): Fixed typo in creator
information.
(org-export-protect-examples): New parameter indent. Insert extra
spaces only when this parameter is specified.
(org-export-preprocess-string): Call `org-export-protect-examples'
with an indentation parameter when exporting to ASCII.
* org-remember.el (org-remember-templates)
(org-remember-apply-template): Allow the file component to be a
function.
* org.el (org-goto-local-search-headings): Renamed from
`org-goto-local-search-forward-headings'. Added the possibility
to search backwards.
* org-export-latex.el (org-export-latex): New customization
group.
* org-agenda.el (org-write-agenda): Erase buffer for txt export.
* org-exp.el (org-html-do-expand): Allow {} to terminate
tex macro
* org.el (org-buffer-list): Select buffers based on major mode,
not on file name.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-align-tags): Fix bug with malformed
face property.
* org-colview.el (org-columns-display-here): Use
`org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function'.
* org-colview-xemacs.el (org-columns-display-here): Use
`org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function'.
* org.el (org-columns-modify-value-for-display-function): New option.
* org-publish.el (org-publish-file): Make sure the directory match
for the publishing directory works correctly.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-execute-calendar-command)
(org-agenda-diary-entry): Additional optional argument.
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10 no change whatever*, when installed following the precise |
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13 Here are some guidelines on how to do pretesting so as to make it |
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17 Please save this file, and reread it when a new series of pretests |
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23 * After a few days of testing, if there are no problems, please report |
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24 that Emacs works for you and what configuration you are testing it on. |
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26 * If you want to communicate with other pretesters, send mail to |
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27 emacs-pretesters@gnu.org. I don't use that mailing list when I send |
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28 to you because I've found that mailing lists tend to amplify random |
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29 noise into long discussions or even arguments, and that can waste a |
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30 lot of time. But when you have a reason to ask other pretesters for |
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31 help, you can do it that way. |
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39 other program instead of what we are about to release. We might think |
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40 that Emacs works, when in fact it has not even been tried, and might |
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43 * Don't use a site-load.el file or a site-init.el file when you pretest. |
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44 Using either of those files means you are not testing Emacs as a typical |
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45 site would use it. |
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47 Actually, it does no harm to test Emacs with such customizations *as |
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48 well as* testing it "out of the box". Anything you do that could find |
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49 a bug is useful, as long as you make sure we know exactly what you |
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51 substitute for testing Emacs exactly as it is distributed. |
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136 try setting debug-on-error to t and making the bug happen again. |
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144 accustomed to that, recompile Emacs without -O. One way to do this is |
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177 that *might* break other systems without the risk that it will fail to |
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178 work and therefore require an additional cycle of pretesting. |
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183 for almost all users. We can't possibly make a change like that. All | |
184 we can do is ask you to find a fix that is safe to install. | |
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186 Sometimes people send fixes that *might* be an improvement in |
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187 general--but it is hard to be sure of this. I can install such |
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188 changes some of the time, but not during pretest, when I am trying to |
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189 get a new version to work reliably as quickly as possible. |
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191 The safest changes for us to install are changes to the s- and m- |
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194 Another safe kind of change is one that uses a conditional to make |
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195 sure it will apply only to a particular kind of system. Ordinarily, |
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196 that is a bad way to solve a problem, and I would want to find a |
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197 cleaner alternative. But the virtue of safety can make it superior at |
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198 pretest time. |
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201 something cleaner. Every change risks introducing a bug, so I won't |
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205 user-visible bugs, don't wait till pretest time. Instead, send them |
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208 pretest time, we will have to defer them till later, and that might |
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215 Local Variables: |
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