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7.6 until 2026-01-12 Mo

• New maintain-subcommand ‘temp’ to occur for tag ‘oidx_temp’

7.5 until 2025-09-08 Mo

• Accept double prefix argument to subcommand ‘add’, which adds tag ‘oidx_temp’
• Started to increase minor version even on small features

7.4 until 2024-09-23 Mo

• Index checks now find largest cells for each column
• Documented and enhanced special treatment for yank-column
• Check for unwanted shortening of the index table
• Fix for sorting
• Fix for parsing index table
• Fill column last-accessed if empty
• Negotiated with checkdoc, package-lint and byte-compile-file
• Interpret ‘[[’ in yank text as org-mode links
• Fix for index-maintainance
• Simpler handling, if index table cannot be found
• Fixes for emacs 30 and org-mode

7.3 until 2021-07-09 Fr

• Reworked index-maintainance:
  • checks no runs all the read-only stuff into a buffer
  • retire allows to shorten index according to simple criterias
• Using <M-return> instead of <S-return>

7.2 until 2021-05-24 Mo

• Allow to add inline-Tasks to the index
• Optional hl-line-mode in occur-buffer
• Renamed command `details’ to `view’
• Better messages
• Fixes

7.1 until 2021-04-19 Mo

• Added flag-column in occur
• Wrap org-id-find and org-id-goto
• Offer org-id-update-id-locations in certain cases
• Fixes

7.0 until 2020-10-17 Sa

• A release of much rewriting and removal
• Rewrote the occur command to reduce complexity
• Only one sorting strategy is supported now, removed `org-index-sort-by’
• Removed background sorting
• Disallowed custom columns (starting wit a dot ‘.’)
• Sorting now only relates to index table (not arbitrary regions)
• Removed commands ping, column, find-ref and highlight
• Simplified command node: It now only works from within index
• Command details now works from within index too
• Document columns of index table and their purpose
• Remove ability to search for refererence under cursor
• Prefix arguments no longer allowed
• Removed interface for lisp functions, e.g. org-index-new-line;

6.2 until 2020-09-14 Mo

• Require dash and orgmode for package.el
• Key ‘h’ does the same as ‘?’
• Rename command ‘head’ to ‘node’ (to free key ‘h’)
• Removed command ‘news’
• Fixes

6.1 until 2020-05-16 Sa

• Added new command ‘l’ in occur to visit links
• Modified keys in occur-buffer
• Refactoring
• Fixes

6.0 until 2020-03-14 Sa

• Moved the working-set feature into its own package org-working-set

5.12 until 2019-09-19 Th

• Do-not-clock is shown in working-set menu
• Switching from working set circle into menu
• RET in working-set circle ends and clocks in immediately
• Fixes

5.11 until 2019-03-24 Su

• Implemented do-not-clock commands and behaviour in working-set
• Fixes

5.10 until 2019-02-15 Fr

• Pressing shift prevents clocking into working set
• Occur shows ‘(more lines omitted)’ if appropriate
• replaced (org-at-table-p) with (org-match-line org-table-line-regexp) throughout for preformance reasons
• Offer direct clock-in from result-buffer of occur
• Various fixes

5.9 until 2019-01-06 Su

• Renamed ‘focus’ to ‘working-set’, changed commands and help texts accordingly.
• Added special buffer to manage the working-set
• Function org-index-working-set may now be invoked directly
• Simplified working-set circle
• Introduced org-index-occur-columns to limit matches during occur to specified number of leading columns; this gives better matches
• Removed days option from occur command
• Fixed and Optimized overlay-handling in occur for better performance and overall stability
• Limited the number of lines to display in occur for better performance, see ‘org-index-occur-max-lines’

5.8 until 2018-03-07 We

• Timeout in prompt for additional focus-command
• Popup to show current node during after focus change
• Various changes to become ready for melpa
• Refactored org-index–do-occur (now named oidx–do-occur), creating various new functions
• Restructured source code, grouping related functions together; groups are separated as usual by ^L
• Introduced the secondary prefix ‘oidx–’ and renamed everything starting with ‘org-index–’. Functions and variables starting with ‘org-index-’ are left untouched.
• Renamed functions org-index-dispatch to org-index, org-index to oidx–do and variable org-index-dispatch-key to org-index-key

5.7 until 2017-10-21 Sa

• Option to move to bottom of node after focus
• Command to revert last change to list of focused nodes

5.6 until 2017-09-28 Th

• Quick repeat with delete-option for goto-focus
• Moved Changelog to its own file
• New command ‘news’
• Bugfixes

5.5 until 2017-09-03 Su

• Standard case-folding in occur
• Better handling of nested focus nodes
• Bugfixes

5.4 until 2017-06-06 Tu

• Dedicated submenu for focus operations
• Occur accepts a numeric argument as a day span
• New customization `org-index-clock-into-focus’
• Fixed delay after choosing an index line
• (Re)introduced lexical binding
• Bugfixes

5.3 until 2017-03-26 Su

• Focused can now be on a list of nodes (instead of a single one)
• Cleaned up undeclared dependencies

5.2 until 2017-02-18 Su

• New command ‘focus’
• Speeded up org-index–parse-table with the stored property “max-ref”
• Speeded up org-index–on with search
• Added org-index-prepare-when-idle
• Fixed compatibility issue with emacs 24 (font-lock-ensure)
• Added more customizations
• Bugfixes

5.1 until 2016-10-19 We

• Offering help during query for subcommands
• Removed org-index-default-keybindings
• Renamed subcommand multi-occur to find-ref
• Subcommands add needs no longer be invoked from heading
• Many Bugfixes

5.0 until 2015-12-29 Tu

• New commands yank, column and edit
• New column tags
• All columns are now required
• References are now optional
• Subcommand enter has been renamed to index
• Subcommands kill and edit can be invoked from an occur buffer
• Many Bugfixes
• Added link to screencast

4.3 until 2015-08-20 Th

• Configuration is done now via standard customize
• New sorting strategy ‘mixed’
• Silenced some compiler warnings

4.2 until 2015-03-18 We

• No garbage in kill-ring
• No recentering after add
• Reference numbers for subcommands can be passed as a prefix argument
• New variable org-index-default-keybindings-list with a list of default keybindings for org-index-default-keybindings
• Added new column level
• removed flags get-category-on-add and get-heading-on-add

4.0 until 2015-03-05 Th

• Removed command “leave”; rather go back with org-mark-ring-goto
• Renamed column “link” to “id”
• Added maintainance options to find duplicate rows, to check ids, update index or remove property org-index-ref from nodes
• Shortened versin history

3.0 until 2015-01-31 Sa

• Complete sorting of index only occurs in idle-timer
• New command “maintain” with some subcommands
• Rewrote command “occur” with overlays in an indirect buffer
• Command “add” updates index, if node is already present
• New commands “add” and “delete” to easily add and remove the current node to or from your index.
• New command “example” to create an example index.
• Several new flags that are explained within index node.
• Removed commands “reuse”, “missing”, “put”, “goto”, “update”, “link”, “fill”, “unhighlight”
• New function `org-index-default-keybindings’

2.0 until 2014-04-26 Sa

• New functions org-index-new-line and org-index-get-line offer access to org-index from other lisp programs
• Regression tests with ert
• Renamed from “org-favtable” to “org-index”
• Added an assistant to set up the index table
• occur is now incremental, searching as you type
• Integrated with org-mark-ring-goto
• Added full support for ids
• Renamed the package from “org-reftable” to “org-favtable”
• Additional columns are required (e.g. “link”). Error messages will guide you
• Ask user explicitly, which command to invoke
• Renamed the package from “org-refer-by-number” to “org-reftable”

1.2 until 2012-09-22 Sa

• New command “sort” to sort a buffer or region by reference number
• New commands “highlight” and “unhighlight” to mark references
• New command “head” to find a headline with a reference number
• New commands occur and multi-occur
• Started this Change Log