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Install version 7.01 of Org-mode
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* ob-C.el: New file.
* ob-R.el: New file.
* ob-asymptote.el: New file.
* ob-clojure.el: New file.
* ob-comint.el: New file.
* ob-css.el: New file.
* ob-ditaa.el: New file.
* ob-dot.el: New file.
* ob-emacs-lisp.el: New file.
* ob-eval.el: New file.
* ob-exp.el: New file.
* ob-gnuplot.el: New file.
* ob-haskell.el: New file.
* ob-keys.el: New file.
* ob-latex.el: New file.
* ob-lob.el: New file.
* ob-matlab.el: New file.
* ob-mscgen.el: New file.
* ob-ocaml.el: New file.
* ob-octave.el: New file.
* ob-perl.el: New file.
* ob-python.el: New file.
* ob-ref.el: New file.
* ob-ruby.el: New file.
* ob-sass.el: New file.
* ob-screen.el: New file.
* ob-sh.el: New file.
* ob-sql.el: New file.
* ob-sqlite.el: New file.
* ob-table.el: New file.
* ob-tangle.el: New file.
* ob.el: New file.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-mks.el: New file.
* org-capture.el: New file.
2010-07-19 Christian Egli <christian.egli@sbszh.ch>
* org-taskjuggler.el: New file.
2010-07-19 Matt Lundin <mdl@imapmail.org>
* org-agenda.el (org-search-view): Fixed inclusion of agenda-archives
in org-agenda-text-search-extra-files.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-list.el (org-list-send-list): Locally bind variable
`txt'.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-reload): now also reloading babel files
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-capture.el (org-capture-set-plist): Make sure txt is a string
before calling `string-match'.
(org-capture-templates): Fix customization type.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-preprocess): Make a special case for \nbsp.
(org-latex-entities): Remove the entry for \nbsp.
(org-latex-entities-exceptions): Variable removed.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-capture.el (org-capture-refile): Do not try to manipulate
bookmark list.
* org.el (org-refile): Use the correct bookmark here.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-list.el (org-list-send-list): Parse list from its true beginning.
* org.el (org-ctrl-c-ctrl-c): Maybe send the list when at a list item.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-insert-link): Correctly determine if we should use
a relative path.
2010-07-19 Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
* org-list.el (org-list-radio-list-templates): Fix templates.
2010-07-19 Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
* org-list.el (org-list-send-list): regexp defining the start of
a radio list is now on par with the one used for radio tables.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-entities.el (org-entities-help): Add a headline for
the user-defined entities.
2010-07-19 Dirk-Jan C. Binnema <djcb.bulk@gmail.com> (tiny change)
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-action): Document capture key and add it
to the prompt.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-listings-langs): added (sqlite "SQL")
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-first-lines): Do not mark
meta lines for removal. Do not remove BABEL config lines during export
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-capture.el (org-capture): Check if
`org-capture-link-is-already-stored' is bound before evaluating.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org.el: added autoload for org-babel-do-load-languages
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-src.el (org-src-lang-modes): added sqlite to sql-mode
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-feed.el: Change indentation to match coding style
guideline.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-feed.el (org-feed-unescape, org-feed-parse-atom-feed): Load XML
library if necessary.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-beamer.el (org-beamer-amend-header): Standardize the
header cookie for the beamer extra stuff.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-beamer.el (org-beamer-amend-header): Put extra header
last in header.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-exp-blocks.el (org-export-blocks-format-ditaa)
(org-export-blocks-format-dot): Remove text properties of body before
calculating cache hash.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-tabular-environment): New option.
(org-export-latex-tables): Use `org-export-latex-tabular-environment'.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-compat.el (org-version-check): New function.
* org-indent.el (org-indent-mode): Check for exact emacs version.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-capture.el (org-capture-templates): Allow the template
to come from a file or function call.
(org-capture-place-entry): Get the template from file or function.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-bulk-action): Don't create marker for
position if target is entire file.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-autoload): Autoload a few more org-table functions.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-babel-load-languages): adding ob-mscgen
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-tables): format string now
matches options
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-babel-load-languages): this variable controls which
languages will be loaded by org-babel. It is customizable through
the customize interface.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-format-image): updated number of
arguments to allow for an optional short-name
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-indent.el (org-indent-mode): Refuse to turn on prior to Emacs 23.2
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-capture.el (org-capture-set-target-location): Store
exact positions for file+regexp and file+function targets.
(org-capture-place-entry, org-capture-place-item)
(org-capture-place-table-line, org-capture-place-plain-text): Respect
exact positions.
(org-capture-finalize): Make sure we are at the beginning of a line
when fixing the empty lines after the entry.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-entry-get-with-inheritance): New argument LITERAL-NIL.
(org-entry-get): Pass `literal-nil' into
`org-entry-get-with-inheritance'.
(org-todo): React to nil values of the LOGGING property.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-default-notes-file): Update docstring
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-link-frame-setup): Use `org-gnus-no-new-news' as default.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-exp.el (org-export-attach-captions-and-attributes): adding
a shortname attribute to caption strings under the symbol name
org-caption-shortn.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-switchb): Renamed from `org-iswitchb'. Improve
docstring.
(org-iswitchb): New alias.
(org-ido-switchb): Make alias point to `org-switchb'.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-capture.el (org-capture-fill-template): Respect
time-of-day preference in template prompt.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-feed.el (org-feed-unescape): Remove superfluous lambda.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-wl.el (org-wl-disable-folder-check): New customization
variable.
(org-wl-open): Disable folder check depending on
`org-wl-disable-folder-check'.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-capture.el (org-capture-set-target-location): Fix
file+function interpretation.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-feed.el (org-feed-parse-rss-entry): Unescape rss element
content.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-feed.el (xml-entity-alist): Declare variable
`xml-entity-alist' for byte compiler.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-feed.el (org-feed-unescape): New function. Unescape
protected entities.
(org-feed-parse-atom-entry): Use function for atom:content
type text and html.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-feed.el (org-feed-parse-rss-feed): Ignore case of rss
element names.
2010-07-19 Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
* org.el (org-time-string-to-absolute): Ignore cyclic repeater
when displaying items on todays agenda date.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-get-progress): Avoid reusing previous
value of EXTRA.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-publish.el (org-publish-initialize-cache): Make
timestamp directory, the entire path to it.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-exp.el (org-export-handle-comments): Make sure to check
for protection in the comment line, and not in the line after it.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-html.el (org-export-html-preprocess): Call org-format-latex,
possibly with a protect-only argument.
* org.el (org-format-latex): New argument PROTECT-ONLY.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-exp.el (org-export-handle-table-metalines): this function
removes table specific meta-lines, now that we aren't wiping
everything that looks remotely like a comment at the end of the
export process we have to be sure to catch all of the specific lines
in org-exp.el
2010-07-19 Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
* org-exp.el: (org-export-select-backend-specific-text) Properly
get rid of #+Backend and #+ATTR_Backend specifics to backends not
matching the one we're exporting to.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* Makefile (lisp/org-install.el): replacing babel files in
construction of org-install.el
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-table.el (orgtbl-to-generic): added the :remove-newlines
option which will strip newline characters from the text of table
cells and replace then with "\n"
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-confirm-shell-link-function):
(org-confirm-elisp-link-function): Limit the values that can be set by
file variables.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-compute-latex-and-specials-regexp): Deal with
string elements by discarding them.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-iswitchb): Make sure to use at least iswitchb.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-capture.el (org-capture-position-for-last-stored):
org-capture-bookmark-last-stored-position): New functions.
(org-capture-place-table-line): Better error catching.
(org-capture-place-item):
(org-capture-place-entry):
(org-capture-place-plain-text): Call
`org-capture-position-for-last-stored'.
(org-capture-finalize): Just call
`org-capture-bookmark-last-stored-position'.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-exp.el (org-export-mark-blockquote-verse-center): fixed
small bug, now grabbing match data before overwritten by looking-at
this fixes a problem with remainders of #+end_quote lines appearing
in exported output
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org.el (org-link-frame-setup): Add customization option for
Wanderlust.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-fixed-width): now checking
org-example rather than org-protected on verbatim export, because by
default all ": " prefixed lines are marked protected
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-fixed-width): check for
protection before wrapping ": " lines as verbatim
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-exp.el (org-export-handle-comments): check for protection
before removing comments
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-entities.el (org-entities): Restructure the list.
(org-entities-help): Turn the help output into a buffer
in Org-mode, so that it becomes easier to find a symbol
in the structure.
(org-entities-create-table): Deal with new structure.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-agenda.el (org-write-agenda): Use backquotes to expand
`flet' at compile time.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-entry-properties): Make sure that standard property
names are used even if the user has customized time keywords.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-macs.el (org-not-nil): Return the value if not interpreted
as nil.
* org.el (org-entry-get):
(org-entry-get-with-inheritance): Interpret the value "nil"
as nil for properties.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-switch-to-buffer-other-window): Return the buffer.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-macs.el (org-not-nil): New function.
* org.el (org-block-todo-from-children-or-siblings-or-parent):
Use `org-not-nil' to interpret a property value of nil.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-truely-invisible-p): New function.
(org-beginning-of-line): Use `org-truely-invisible-p'.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-get-timestamps): No errors
while getting TODO state.
(org-agenda-highlight-todo): No error when no keyword has
been matched.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-timestamp-change): New optional argument UPDOWN.
Use this to identify calls from org-timestamp-up/down, so that we can
skip by rounding minutes in this case.
(org-timestamp-up):
(org-timestamp-down):
(org-timestamp-up-day):
(org-timestamp-down-day): Call org-timestamp-change with the
updown argument.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-action): Make `c' key call org-capture.
* org-capture.el: New file.
* org-compat.el (org-get-x-clipboard): Function moved here from
remember.el.
* org-mks.el: New file
* org.el (org-set-regexps-and-options): Allow statistic cookies as
part of complex headlines.
(org-find-olp): New argument THIS-BUFFER. When set, assume that the
OLP does not contain a file name.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-mode): Set `comment-start' instead of changing the
syntax of the `#' character.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-exp.el (org-export-format-source-code-or-example): Mark examples
by a property. o
* org-html.el (org-export-html-close-lists-maybe): Check if raw
HTML stuff was actually made from an example
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* Makefile (LISPF): let's not compile files that won't often be used.
2010-07-19 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-latex.el: items are no longer skipped when their first line
ends on a protected element.
* org-list.el: protected environments looking like lists are not
exported anymore.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-exp-blocks.el (org-export-blocks-preprocess):
cleanup trailing newline after block
2010-07-19 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-exp.el: comment regexp now matches documentation. No more
protection check when deleting comments before export.
2010-07-19 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-exp.el (org-export-preprocess-string):
now using `org-export-handle-include-files-recurse' to resolve
included files
2010-07-19 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-get-deadlines):
(org-agenda-get-scheduled):
* org.el (org-time-string-to-seconds):
For deadline and scheduled agenda display ignore the cyclic repeater
when calculating how many days late the task is. If you have a weekly
task and miss the date the agenda view will show more than a week late
now instead of resetting on the cyclic repeating date. This makes it
much more obvious when you missed a repeating task after the repeater.
2010-07-19 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-exp.el (org-export-mark-blockquote-verse-center):
Consider environments that end at eob.
2010-07-19 Mikael Fornius <mfo@abc.se>
* org.el (org-raise-scripts): Do not fontify sub/superscripts of text
with face `org-special-keyword'. Makes property keys as :LAST_REPEAT:
display correctly.
2010-07-19 Mikael Fornius <mfo@abc.se>
* org.el (org-at-property-p): Use save-match-data macro instead of let.
2010-07-19 Mikael Fornius <mfo@abc.se>
* org.el (test): Removed unused test function.
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-exp-blocks.el (org-export-blocks-preprocess): fixed typo
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-exp-blocks.el (org-export-blocks-postblock-hook): adding
documentation to and turning into a defcustom
2010-07-19 Eric Schulte <schulte.eric@gmail.com>
* org-exp.el (org-get-file-contents): by un-setting prefix1 to ""
instead of to nil we avoid errors when :prefix1 is defined, but
prefix is not.
2010-07-19 Nicolas Goaziou <n.goaziou@gmail.com>
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-preprocess): Environments coming
from latex backend specific instructions (#+LaTeX) are already
protected and won't be treated as normal environments.
2010-07-19 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-timer.el (org-timer-set-timer): Fix typo in the docstring.
2010-07-19 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-timer.el (org-timer-set-timer): Use a prefix argument.
See the docstring of the function.
2010-07-19 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-timer.el (org-timer-set-timer): Fix bug about cancelling
timers.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-w3m.el (org-w3m-copy-for-org-mode)
(org-w3m-get-next-link-start, org-w3m-get-prev-link-start):
Get text property directly, not using macro `w3m-anchor'.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-emph-re): Document the match groups.
2010-07-19 Bernt Hansen <bernt@norang.ca>
* org-clock.el (org-clock-in): Set `org-clock-clocking-in' to
t before calling `org-clock-out', so that that function can
know its call context.
2010-07-19 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-timer.el (org-timer-default-timer): New variable.
(org-timer-set-timer): Use the new variable. Also offer the
possibility to replace the current timer by a new one.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-kill-note-or-show-branches): Hide subtree before
exposing the headings.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-add-planning-info): Remove the empty line also
if there is no whitespace at all in there.
* org-table.el (org-table-align): Fix alignment of strings
with invisible characters.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org.el (org-refile-cache-get): Return empty list of targets
when cache was cleared.
(org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift): Maybe create ID property
in cloned subtrees.
(org-clone-delete-id): New customization variable.
(org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift): Use customization
variable `org-clone-delete-id'.
(org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift): Remove empty property
drawer in cloned subtrees.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-refile-use-cache): New option.
(org-refile-cache, org-refile-markers): New variable.
(org-refile-marker, org-refile-cache-clear)
(org-refile-cache-check-set, org-refile-cache-put)
(org-refile-cache-get): New function.
(org-get-refile-targets): Use the refile cache.
* org-clock.el (org-clock-sum): Don't include running clock if
the time block is wrong.
2010-07-19 John Wiegley <jwiegley@gmail.com>
* org-clock.el (org-clock-clock-in, org-clock-in): Added
parameter `start-time'.
(org-clock-resolve-clock): Added parameter `clock-out-time'.
If set, and resolve-to is a past time, then the clock out
event occurs at `clock-out-time' rather than at `resolve-to'.
In this case, `resolve-to' becomes the clock in time.
(org-clock-jump-to-current-clock): Created new global command
to reveal the current clock.
(org-clock-resolve): Added new commands g/G and j/J, and a
help window describing all commands and their meaning.
(org-clock-resolve-expert): New customization variable.
(org-find-open-clocks): Fixed a bug that caused discovered
clocks not to match up with the currently active clock.
(org-resolve-clocks): Changed the argument
`also-non-dangling-p' to `only-dangling-p', since due to a bug
this was the default behavior all along.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-id.el (org-id-uuid): New function. Return string with
random (version 4) UUID.
(org-id-method): Make 'uuid the new default value.
(org-id-new): Use `org-id-uuid' if call to uuidgen program
does not return a UUID.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-format-image): Add support
for multicolumn figures in LaTeX.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org.el (org-clone-subtree-with-time-shift): Remove ID
property of original subtree in cloned subtrees.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-exp.el (org-export-format-source-code-or-example):
XEmacs compatibility.
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-tables): Accept comma in
align string.
* org-docbook.el (org-export-docbook-xslt-stylesheet): New option.
(org-export-docbook-xslt-proc-command): Fix docstring.
(org-export-docbook-xsl-fo-proc-command): Fix docstring.
(org-export-as-docbook-pdf): Improve
formatting of the xslt command.
* org-exp.el (org-infile-export-plist): Check for XSLT setting.
* org.el (org-file-contents): Improve error message.
(org-set-regexps-and-options): Remove spaces at both ends.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-docbook.el (org-export-as-docbook-pdf): Improve
formatting of the xslt command.
2010-07-19 Sebastian Rose <sebastian_rose@gmx.de>
* org-publish.el (org-publish-cache): Use one big hashmap for
each project defined in `org-publish-project-alist'.
(initialize-files-alist): Function removed.
(org-publish-validate-link): Function removed.
(org-publish-get-base-files): Add variable `sitemap-requested'
to avoid sorting where possible.
(org-publish-get-files): Function removed.
(org-publish-get-project-from-filename): Make independent of
file list.
(org-publish-file): New argument NO-CACHE.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-beginning-of-defun, org-end-of-defun): New
functions.
(org-mode): Install the `org-beginning-of-defun' and
`org-end-of-defun' functions.
(org-pretty-entities): New option.
(org-toggle-pretty-entities): New command.
(org-fontify-entities): New function.
(org-startup-options): New keywords for pretty entities.
(org-set-font-lock-defaults): Call the pretty entities
function.
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-keywords-maybe): Protect the
TODO markup.
2010-07-19 Mikael Fornius <mfo@abc.se>
* org-habit.el (org-habit-build-graph): Help-echo date when
mouse is over stars.
2010-07-19 Jan Bker <jan.boecker@jboecker.de>
* org.el (org-file-apps): Improve docstring to reflect
grouping matches
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-set-startup-visibility): Fix empty line display.
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-links): Use the formatting
function of the link type, if it is available.
* org-table.el (org-table-get-remote-range): Return to
original buffer when retrieving remote reference.
* org.el (org-display-inline-images): Do the entire buffer,
not just the narrowed region. Clear the cache.
(org-display-inline-images): Match mode file paths.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-wl.el (org-wl-store-link-folder): Don't throw error when
called on WL folder group.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-replace-escapes): Make sure the cdr is not nil.
(org-read-date): Make `M-v' and `C-v' scroll the popup calendar.
(org-mode): Revert comment syntax changes.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-sparse-tree): Make `C-c / t' search for all TODO
keywords, and `C-c / T' for a specific one.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-mode): Fix comment syntax settings.
* org-src.el (org-edit-src-allow-write-back-p): Define
variable.
* org.el (org-inline-image-overlays): New variable.
(org-toggle-inline-images, org-display-inline-images)
(org-remove-inline-images): New commands.
(org-mode-map): Define a key for `org-toggle-inline-images'.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-wl.el (org-wl-message-field): New function. Return
content of header field in message entity.
(org-wl-store-link): Call `org-wl-store-link-folder' or
`org-wl-store-link-message' depending on major-mode.
(org-wl-store-link-folder): New function. Store link to
Wanderlust folder.
(org-wl-store-link-message): New function. Store link to
Wanderlust message.
(org-wl-store-link-message): Store link to message while
visiting message.
(org-wl-open): Don't try to jump to message when opening a
folder link.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org.el (org-replace-escapes): Avoid infinite loop when
replace string contains escape sequence it replaces.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-crypt.el (org-crypt-key-for-heading): Use symmetric
encryption when now key is set.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-table.el (org-table-recalculate-buffer-tables)
(org-table-iterate-buffer-tables): New commands.
* org.el (org-check-for-hidden): When there is a region, skip
the check.
2010-07-19 Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk>
* org-src.el (org-edit-src-code): allow-write-back-p had
erroneously been omitted from let binding
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-agenda.el (org-sorting-choice): New sorting type alpha.
(org-cmp-alpha): New defsubst.
(org-em): New defsubst.
(org-entries-lessp): Only compute needed comparisons.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-html.el (org-format-org-table-html): Test all columns
for number content.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-treat-sub-super-char): Make
sure parenthesis matching is consistent.
* org-table.el (org-table-colgroup-line-p)
(org-table-cookie-line-p): New functions.
* org-exp.el (org-table-clean-before-export): Better tests for
colgroup and cookie lines.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-goto): Push a mark before changing
the position.
* org-footnote.el (org-footnote): New group.
(org-footnote-section)
(org-footnote-tag-for-non-org-mode-files): Fix typos.
* org-list.el (org-end-of-item-text-before-children): Also do
the right thing at the end of a file.
* org.el (org-set-packages-alist, org-get-packages-alist): New
function.
(org-export-latex-default-packages-alist)
(org-export-latex-packages-alist): Add extra flag to
each package, indicating if it should be used for snippets.
(org-create-formula-image): Add the snippet argument.
(org-splice-latex-header): New argument SNIPPET-P, pass it
through to `org-latex-packages-to-string'.
(org-latex-packages-to-string): New argument SNIPPET-P.
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-make-header): Add the snippet
argument.
* org-docbook.el (org-export-as-docbook): Implement ordered
lists starting at some offset.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-link-types, org-open-at-point): Add doi links.
* org-ascii.el (org-export-ascii-preprocess): Remove list
startcounter cookies.
* org-list.el (org-renumber-ordered-list): Respect counter
start values.
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-lists): Accept ordered list
item offset cookie.
* org-html.el (org-export-as-html): Accept ordered list
item offset cookie.
* org-indent.el (org-indent-mode): Turn off `indent-tabs-mode'
which messes up alignment of tags.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-clock.el (org-clock-cancel, org-clock-out): Make sure
the modeline display is removed.
* org-exp.el (org-export-format-drawer-function): Fix
docstring.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-refile): New optional argument
NO-UPDATE.
(org-agenda-refile): Call `org-agenda-redo' unless NO-UPDATE
is set.
(org-agenda-bulk-action): Call the refile command with updates
suppressed - but arrange for `org-agenda-redo' to be called at
the end.
* org.el (org-mode): Make table mapping quiet.
(org-table-map-tables): New optional argument QUIETLY.
* org-ascii.el (org-export-ascii-preprocess): Make table
mapping quiet.
* org-html.el (org-export-as-html, org-html-level-start): Change
XHTML IDs to not use dots.
* org-exp.el (org-export-define-heading-targets): Change
XHTML IDs to not use dots.
* org-docbook.el (org-export-docbook-level-start): Change
XHTML IDs to not use dots.
* org-latex.el (org-export-as-latex): Make sure that the
result buffer is in latex-mode.
* org.el (org-shiftup-final-hook, org-shiftdown-final-hook)
(org-shiftleft-final-hook, org-shiftright-final-hook): New
hooks.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-table.el (org-table-justify-field-maybe): Make sure that
inserting a value does not turn a line into a hline.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-clock.el (org-clock-sum): New argument HEADLINE-FILTER.
(org-clock-sum): Add property to selected headlines.
(org-dblock-write:clocktable): Make tags matcher.
* org.el (org-set-autofill-regexps): XEmacs compatibility.
* org-latex.el (org-export-latex-set-initial-vars): Allow "-"
in latex class definitions
* org.el (org-shiftup-hook, org-shiftdown-hook)
(org-shiftleft-hook, org-shiftright-hook): New hooks.
* org-entities.el (org-entities): Use \land and \lor for logical
operators.
* org.el (org-shiftmetaleft, org-shiftmetaright): Call the subtree
indentation commands.
(org-hidden-tree-error): New defsubst.
(org-metaleft, org-metaright): Check for hidden stuff and throw an
error.
(org-check-for-hidden): New function.
* org-list.el (org-item-re): New function.
(org-at-item-p): Use `org-item-re'.
(org-end-of-item-text-before-children): New function.
(org-outdent-item, org-indent-item): Arrange for leaving the
subtree alone.
(org-outdent-item-tree, org-indent-item-tree): New argument
NO-SUBTREE.
(org-indent-item-tree): Use `org-end-of-item-text-before-children'
to find the end for processing while ignoring the subtree.
* org-publish.el (org-publish-sitemap-sort-alphabetically)
(org-publish-sitemap-sort-folders)
(org-publish-sitemap-sort-ignore-case): New options.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-publish.el (org-publish-compare-directory-files): Fix sorting.
* org-compat.el (org-get-x-clipboard-compat): Use (featurep 'xemacs).
* org-publish.el (org-publish-project-alist): Update docstring.
(org-publish-file-title-cache): New variable.
(org-publish-initialize-files-alist): Initialize
`org-publish-initialize-files-alist' to nil.
(org-publish-sort-directory-files): New function.
(org-publish-projects): Access the new properties.
(org-publish-find-title): Use the file title cache.
(org-publish-find-title): Build the file title cache.
(org-publish-get-base-files-1): Sort files.
(org-publish-aux-preprocess): Do not throw an error when before
the first headline. Allow an empty target, meaning to link just
to the file.
(org-publish-index-generate-theindex.inc): Check if there is
actually a target and only then add it to the link.
(org-publish-projects): Fix a remaining issue with the last commit
* org-html.el (org-export-as-html): Treat verse as open/close
paragraph.
(org-export-html-close-lists-maybe): Allow to splice raw HTML into
and out of lists.
2010-07-19 Dan Davison <davison@stats.ox.ac.uk>
* org-src.el (org-edit-src-code): Allow the org-src edit buffer to
be used in a read-only mode.
(org-edit-src-code): Different message in read-only mode
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-src.el (org-edit-src-find-region-and-lang): Test for
table.el as late as possible.
* org-colview-xemacs.el: Make sure this file is never loaded into
Emacs. Remove all tests for XEmacs.
* org-colview.el: Make sure this file is never loaded into XEmacs.
* org-agenda.el (org-highlight, org-unhighlight): Use direct
overlay calls.
* org.el (org-key): Apply the translations defined in
`org-xemacs-key-equivalents'.
* org-mouse.el (org-mode-hook): Use `org-defkey'.
* org-compat.el (org-xemacs-key-equivalents): New constant.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-inlinetask.el (org-inlinetask-defaut-state): New option.
(org-inlinetask-insert-task): Use `org-inlinetask-defaut-state'.
Obey `org-odd-levels-only'.
* org-compat.el (org-find-overlays): Use overlays-in/at.
* org.el (org-remove-empty-overlays-at)
(org-outline-overlay-data, org-hide-block-toggle)
(org-format-latex, org-context): Use overlays-in/at.
* org-src.el (org-edit-src-exit): Use overlays-in/at.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-mark-clocking-task)
(org-agenda-fontify-priorities, org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks)
(org-agenda-entry-text-hide)
(org-agenda-fix-tags-filter-overlays-at)
(org-agenda-bulk-remove-overlays): Use overlays-in/at.
* org-compat.el (org-overlays-at): Function removed.
(org-overlays-in): Function removed.
2010-07-19 Bastien Guerry <bzg@altern.org>
* org-clock.el (org-clock-set-current): Just return the headline
itself, strip the TODO keyword, the priority cookie and the tags.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-compat.el (org-xemacs-without-invisibility): New macro.
(org-xemacs-without-invisibility): New macro.
(org-indent-to-column, org-indent-line-to, org-move-to-column):
Redefine using the macro `org-xemacs-without-invisibility'.
* org.el (org-mode, org-org-menu): Use `add-to-invisibility-spec'.
* org-table.el (orgtbl-mode): Use `add-to-invisibility-spec'.
* org-compat.el (org-make-overlay, org-delete-overlay)
(org-overlay-start, org-overlay-end, org-overlay-put)
(org-overlay-get, org-overlay-move, org-overlay-buffer): Functions
removed.
(org-add-to-invisibility-spec): Function removed.
* org-html.el (org-export-as-html-and-open): Add argument to
kill-buffer.
* org-habit.el (require): `calendar' is now required already by
org.el on top level.
* org-clock.el (require): `calendar' is now required already by
org.el on top level.
* org-agenda.el (require, org-timeline, org-agenda-list)
(org-todo-list, org-agenda-to-appt): `calendar' is now required
already by org.el on top level.
* org.el (org-export-latex-fix-inputenc): Declare function.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-goto-calendar): Do not bind obsolete
variables.
* org.el (calendar): Require calendar now on top level in org.el
and define aliases to new variables when needed.
(org-read-date, org-goto-calendar): Do not bind obsolete
variables.
* org-clock.el (org-clock-out, org-clock-cancel): Get rid of
compilation warning, add comment that this cannot be done with
`with-current-buffer'.
* org-wl.el (org-wl-open): Use `with-current-buffer'.
* org.el (overlay, org-remove-empty-overlays-at)
(org-outline-overlay-data, org-set-outline-overlay-data)
(org-show-block-all, org-hide-block-toggle)
(org-highlight-new-match, org-remove-occur-highlights)
(org-tags-overlay, org-fast-tag-selection, org-date-ovl)
(org-read-date, org-read-date-display, org-eval-in-calendar)
(org-format-latex, org-context)
(org-speedbar-restriction-lock-overlay)
(org-speedbar-set-agenda-restriction): Use the normal overlay API.
* org-table.el (org-table-add-rectangle-overlay)
(org-table-remove-rectangle-highlight)
(org-table-overlay-coordinates)
(org-table-toggle-coordinate-overlays): Use the normal overlay
API.
* org-src.el (org-edit-src-code, org-edit-fixed-width-region)
(org-edit-src-exit, org-src-mode-configure-edit-buffer): Use the
normal overlay API.
* org-colview.el (org-columns-new-overlay)
(org-columns-display-here, org-columns-remove-overlays)
(org-columns-edit-value, org-columns-next-allowed-value)
(org-columns-update): Use the normal overlay API.
* org-clock.el (org-clock-out, org-clock-cancel)
(org-clock-put-overlay, org-clock-remove-overlays): Use the normal
overlay API.
* org-agenda.el (org-agenda-mark-filtered-text)
(org-agenda-mark-clocking-task, org-agenda-fontify-priorities)
(org-agenda-dim-blocked-tasks, org-agenda-entry-text-show-here)
(org-agenda-entry-text-hide)
(org-agenda-restriction-lock-overlay)
(org-agenda-set-restriction-lock)
(org-agenda-filter-by-tag-hide-line)
(org-agenda-fix-tags-filter-overlays-at)
(org-agenda-filter-by-tag-show-all, org-hl)
(org-agenda-goto-calendar, org-agenda-bulk-mark)
(org-agenda-bulk-remove-overlays): Use the normal overlay API.
* org-freemind.el (org-freemind-from-org-mode-node)
(org-freemind-from-org-mode, )
(org-freemind-from-org-sparse-tree, org-freemind-to-org-mode): Use
interactive-p instead of called-interactively, because this is
backward compatible with older Emacsen I still support..
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-exp.el (org-export-define-heading-targets): Fix bug in
regexp finding ID and CUSTOM_ID properties.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-footnote.el (org-footnote-goto-previous-reference): Renamed
from `org-footnote-goto-next-reference'.
* org.el (org-auto-repeat-maybe): Only record LAST_REPEAT if
org-log-repeat is non-nil, or if there is clocking data in the
entry.
* org-crypt.el (org-encrypt-entry): Improve mapping behavior.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-align-all-tags): New command.
2010-07-19 David Maus <dmaus@ictsoc.de>
* org-wl.el (org-wl-link-remove-filter): New customizable
variable. If non-nil, filter conditions are stripped when storing
link to message in filter folder.
(org-wl-shimbun-prefer-web-links): New customizable variable. If
non-nil, links to shimbun messages are created as web links to
message source.
(org-wl-nntp-prefer-web-links): New customizable variable. If
non-nil, links to nntp message are created as web links to gmane
or googlegroups.
(org-wl-namazu-default-index): New customizable variable.
Directory of namazu search index that should be used as default
when opening a link in a search folder.
(org-wl-folder-types): New constant. Wanderlust folder type
indicators.
(org-wl-folder-type): New function. Return type of Wanderlust
folder.
(org-wl-store-link): Create web links for shimbun or nntp messages
and strip filter conditions depending on customizable variables.
(org-wl-open): Open namazu search folder for message when called
with prefix.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-remove-if, org-remove-if-not): New functions.
(org-open-file): Use internal remove-if functions.
2010-07-19 Jan Bcker <jan.boecker@jboecker.de>
* org.el (org-file-apps-entry-match-against-dlink-p): new function.
(org-file-apps-ex): remove variable.
(org-open-file): Integrate org-file-apps-ex functionality back
into org-file-apps, and decide whether to match a regexp against
the link or the filename using org-file-apps-entry-uses-grouping-p.
2010-07-19 Jan Bcker <jan.boecker@jboecker.de>
* org.el (org-file-apps-ex): new variable.
(org-open-file): Before considering org-file-apps, first match the
regexps from org-file-apps-ex against the whole link. See
docstring of org-file-apps-ex.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.el (org-export-latex-default-packages-alist): Remove
microtype package.
(org-todo-repeat-to-state): New variable.
(org-auto-repeat-maybe): Allow user-selected target states.
(org-default-properties): Add the new property REPEAT_TO_STATE.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org-mobile.el (org-mobile-check-setup): Make sure that there is
a binary to compute checksums.
2010-07-19 Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com>
* org.texi: Add macros to get plain quotes in PDF output.
List additional contributors.
(Capture): New section, replaces the section about remember.
(Working With Source Code): New chapter, focused on documenting Org
Babel.
(Code evaluation security): New section.
(MobileOrg): Document DropBox support.
(TaskJuggler export): Document taskjuggler and Gantt chart support.
(Special symbols): Show how to display UTF8 characters for entities.
(Global TODO list): Clarify the use of the "M" key and the differences
to the "m" key.
(RSS Feeds): Mention Atom feeds as well.
(Setting tags): Remove paragraph about
`org-complete-tags-always-offer-all-agenda-tags'.
author | Carsten Dominik <carsten.dominik@gmail.com> |
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date | Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:47:27 +0200 |
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Why Software Should Not Have Owners by Richard Stallman Digital information technology contributes to the world by making it easier to copy and modify information. Computers promise to make this easier for all of us. Not everyone wants it to be easier. The system of copyright gives software programs "owners", most of whom aim to withhold software's potential benefit from the rest of the public. They would like to be the only ones who can copy and modify the software that we use. The copyright system grew up with printing--a technology for mass production copying. Copyright fit in well with this technology because it restricted only the mass producers of copies. It did not take freedom away from readers of books. An ordinary reader, who did not own a printing press, could copy books only with pen and ink, and few readers were sued for that. Digital technology is more flexible than the printing press: when information has digital form, you can easily copy it to share it with others. This very flexibility makes a bad fit with a system like copyright. That's the reason for the increasingly nasty and draconian measures now used to enforce software copyright. Consider these four practices of the Software Publishers Association (SPA): * Massive propaganda saying it is wrong to disobey the owners to help your friend. * Solicitation for stool pigeons to inform on their coworkers and colleagues. * Raids (with police help) on offices and schools, in which people are told they must prove they are innocent of illegal copying. * Prosecution (by the US government, at the SPA's request) of people such as MIT's David LaMacchia, not for copying software (he is not accused of copying any), but merely for leaving copying facilities unguarded and failing to censor their use. All four practices resemble those used in the former Soviet Union, where every copying machine had a guard to prevent forbidden copying, and where individuals had to copy information secretly and pass it from hand to hand as "samizdat". There is of course a difference: the motive for information control in the Soviet Union was political; in the US the motive is profit. But it is the actions that affect us, not the motive. Any attempt to block the sharing of information, no matter why, leads to the same methods and the same harshness. Owners make several kinds of arguments for giving them the power to control how we use information: * Name calling. Owners use smear words such as "piracy" and "theft", as well as expert terminology such as "intellectual property" and "damage", to suggest a certain line of thinking to the public--a simplistic analogy between programs and physical objects. Our ideas and intuitions about property for material objects are about whether it is right to *take an object away* from someone else. They don't directly apply to *making a copy* of something. But the owners ask us to apply them anyway. * Exaggeration. Owners say that they suffer "harm" or "economic loss" when users copy programs themselves. But the copying has no direct effect on the owner, and it harms no one. The owner can lose only if the person who made the copy would otherwise have paid for one from the owner. A little thought shows that most such people would not have bought copies. Yet the owners compute their "losses" as if each and every one would have bought a copy. That is exaggeration--to put it kindly. * The law. Owners often describe the current state of the law, and the harsh penalties they can threaten us with. Implicit in this approach is the suggestion that today's law reflects an unquestionable view of morality--yet at the same time, we are urged to regard these penalties as facts of nature that can't be blamed on anyone. This line of persuasion isn't designed to stand up to critical thinking; it's intended to reinforce a habitual mental pathway. It's elemental that laws don't decide right and wrong. Every American should know that, forty years ago, it was against the law in many states for a black person to sit in the front of a bus; but only racists would say sitting there was wrong. * Natural rights. Authors often claim a special connection with programs they have written, and go on to assert that, as a result, their desires and interests concerning the program simply outweigh those of anyone else--or even those of the whole rest of the world. (Typically companies, not authors, hold the copyrights on software, but we are expected to ignore this discrepancy.) To those who propose this as an ethical axiom--the author is more important than you--I can only say that I, a notable software author myself, call it bunk. But people in general are only likely to feel any sympathy with the natural rights claims for two reasons. One reason is an overstretched analogy with material objects. When I cook spaghetti, I do object if someone else takes it and stops me from eating it. In this case, that person and I have the same material interests at stake, and it's a zero-sum game. The smallest distinction between us is enough to tip the ethical balance. But whether you run or change a program I wrote affects you directly and me only indirectly. Whether you give a copy to your friend affects you and your friend much more than it affects me. I shouldn't have the power to tell you not to do these things. No one should. The second reason is that people have been told that natural rights for authors is the accepted and unquestioned tradition of our society. As a matter of history, the opposite is true. The idea of natural rights of authors was proposed and decisively rejected when the US Constitution was drawn up. That's why the Constitution only *permits* a system of copyright and does not *require* one; that's why it says that copyright must be temporary. It also states that the purpose of copyright is to promote progress--not to reward authors. Copyright does reward authors somewhat, and publishers more, but that is intended as a means of modifying their behavior. The real established tradition of our society is that copyright cuts into the natural rights of the public--and that this can only be justified for the public's sake. * Economics. The final argument made for having owners of software is that this leads to production of more software. Unlike the others, this argument at least takes a legitimate approach to the subject. It is based on a valid goal--satisfying the users of software. And it is empirically clear that people will produce more of something if they are well paid for doing so. But the economic argument has a flaw: it is based on the assumption that the difference is only a matter of how much money we have to pay. It assumes that "production of software" is what we want, whether the software has owners or not. People readily accept this assumption because it accords with our experiences with material objects. Consider a sandwich, for instance. You might well be able to get an equivalent sandwich either free or for a price. If so, the amount you pay is the only difference. Whether or not you have to buy it, the sandwich has the same taste, the same nutritional value, and in either case you can only eat it once. Whether you get the sandwich from an owner or not cannot directly affect anything but the amount of money you have afterwards. This is true for any kind of material object--whether or not it has an owner does not directly affect what it *is*, or what you can do with it if you acquire it. But if a program has an owner, this very much affects what it is, and what you can do with a copy if you buy one. The difference is not just a matter of money. The system of owners of software encourages software owners to produce something--but not what society really needs. And it causes intangible ethical pollution that affects us all. What does society need? It needs information that is truly available to its citizens--for example, programs that people can read, fix, adapt, and improve, not just operate. But what software owners typically deliver is a black box that we can't study or change. Society also needs freedom. When a program has an owner, the users lose freedom to control part of their own lives. And above all society needs to encourage the spirit of voluntary cooperation in its citizens. When software owners tell us that helping our neighbors in a natural way is "piracy", they pollute our society's civic spirit. This is why we say that free software is a matter of freedom, not price. The economic argument for owners is erroneous, but the economic issue is real. Some people write useful software for the pleasure of writing it or for admiration and love; but if we want more software than those people write, we need to raise funds. For ten years now, free software developers have tried various methods of finding funds, with some success. There's no need to make anyone rich; the median US family income, around $35k, proves to be enough incentive for many jobs that are less satisfying than programming. For years, until a fellowship made it unnecessary, I made a living from custom enhancements of the free software I had written. Each enhancement was added to the standard released version and thus eventually became available to the general public. Clients paid me so that I would work on the enhancements they wanted, rather than on the features I would otherwise have considered highest priority. The Free Software Foundation, a tax-exempt charity for free software development, raises funds by selling CD-ROMs, tapes and manuals (all of which users are free to copy and change), as well as from donations. It now has a staff of five programmers, plus three employees who handle mail orders. Some free software developers make money by selling support services. Cygnus Support, with around 50 employees, estimates that about 15 per cent of its staff activity is free software development--a respectable percentage for a software company. Companies including Intel, Motorola, Texas Instruments and Analog Devices have combined to fund the continued development of the free GNU compiler for the language C. Meanwhile, the GNU compiler for the Ada language is being funded by the US Air Force, which believes this is the most cost-effective way to get a high quality compiler. All these examples are small; the free software movement is still small, and still young. But the example of listener-supported radio in this country shows it's possible to support a large activity without forcing each user to pay. As a computer user today, you may find yourself using a proprietary program. If your friend asks to make a copy, it would be wrong to refuse. Cooperation is more important than copyright. But underground, closet cooperation does not make for a good society. A person should aspire to live an upright life openly with pride, and this means saying "No" to proprietary software. You deserve to be able to cooperate openly and freely with other people who use software. You deserve to be able to learn how the software works, and to teach your students with it. You deserve to be able to hire your favorite programmer to fix it when it breaks. You deserve free software. Copyright 1994 Richard Stallman Verbatim copying and redistribution is permitted without royalty as long as this notice is preserved; alteration is not permitted.