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* Version 9.8 (not released yet)
** Important announcements and breaking changes

# Here, we list the *most important* changes and changes that _likely_
# require user action for most Org mode users.
# Sorted from most important to least important.

*** =C-c C-x C-v= command toggling inline image display has been reworked

Previously, =C-c C-x C-v= always toggled image display in the whole
buffer (or narrowed part of the buffer).  With prefix argument, it
also forced displaying image links with description.

Now, =C-c C-x C-v= is bound to a new command
~org-toggle-inline-images-command~, which uses different defaults:

1. By default, it toggles image at point or, if there is no image at
   point, images in current entry

2. When region is active, it is honored

3. =C-u= argument changed its meaning.  Now, it forces toggling images
   in the whole buffer

4. =C-u C-u= argument unconditionally hides all the images in buffer

5. Displaying images over links with description can be forced using
   numeric argument:
   - ~C-u 1~ for toggling all images at point/current entry
   - ~C-u 11~ for toggling all images in buffer

The old ~org-toggle-inline-images~ command is still available.  You
can bind it back to =C-c C-x C-v= by adding the following to you config:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(eval-after-load 'org-keys
  (org-defkey org-mode-map (kbd "C-c C-x C-v") #'org-toggle-inline-images))
#+end_src

*** Org mode may throw an error when attempting to include remote unsafe resource noninteractively

Previously, when ~org-resource-download-policy~ is ~ask~ (default),
and Emacs is running in batch mode, Org mode simply skipped unsafe
remote resources in the =#+include:='s.  Now, an error is thrown to
avoid seemingly ignored =#+include= statements when publishing via
batch scripts.

*** Diary-style timestamps are exported together with active timestamps

~org-export-with-timestamps~ and ~org-icalendar-with-timestamps~ now
treat diary-style timestamps as a type of active timestamp for
purposes of export.

This mainly affects iCalendar export, where diary timestamps will now
be included when only active timestamps are exported (the default).

This should have minimal impact on non-iCalendar exporters, since
~org-export-with-timestamps~ was already ~t~ by default.  However,
users who manually set ~org-export-with-timestamps~ to ~active~ will
now have diary timestamps included as well.

** New features

# We list the most important features, and the features that may
# require user action to be used.

*** Alignment of image previews can be customized

This is not a new feature.  It has been added in Org 9.7, but not
documented in the news.  See [[#preview-align][restrospectively added news entry]].

*** Beamer export supports setting frame subtitles
If a headline is exported as a frame, and has its =BEAMER_SUBTITLE=
property set, the value is used as the subtitle.

*** =ol.el=: New =shortdoc= link type

You can now create links to =shortdoc= documentation groups for Emacs
Lisp functions (see =M-x shortdoc-display-group=).  Requires Emacs 28
or newer.

*** Some navigation commands can now be repeated

When ~repeat-mode~ is turned on, the following navigation commands can
be repeated:

| Command                           | Key binding            | Repeat key   |
|-----------------------------------+------------------------+--------------|
| ~org-next-visible-heading~        | {{{kbd(C-c C-n)}}}     | {{{kbd(n)}}} |
| ~org-previous-visible-heading~    | {{{kbd(C-c C-p)}}}     | {{{kbd(p)}}} |
| ~org-forward-heading-same-level~  | {{{kbd(C-c C-f)}}}     | {{{kbd(f)}}} |
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