1 GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
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6 For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
11 ** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve.
13 ** Extended format specs.
15 Format spec "%&user-date;" is added into
16 gnus-summary-line-format-alist. Also, user defined extended format
17 specs are supported. The extended format specs look like "%u&foo;",
18 which invokes function gnus-user-format-function-foo. Because "&" is
19 used as the escape character, old user defined format "%u&" is no
22 ** `/ *' (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten.
24 It was aliased to `Y c' (gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles). The new
25 function filters out other articles.
27 ** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default.
29 This is supposedly what USEFOR wants to migrate to. See
30 `gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist' and
31 `gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist' for customization.
33 ** The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each groups.
35 This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups
36 separately of .newsrc.eld, while preserving marks. It also makes it
37 possible to share articles and marks between users (without sharing
38 .newsrc.eld) within e.g. a department.
40 ** The menu bar (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been
43 ** The menu bar (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to
46 ** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist
48 The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names
49 instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these
50 variables should change those regexps accordingly. For example:
52 ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr)
54 ** Gnus now supports PGP-MIME (RFC2015) and SMIME.
56 ** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external).
58 ** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'.
60 This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of
61 `back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode.
64 * Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9)
66 The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in
67 four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment,
68 internationalization and mail-fetching.
70 ** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the
71 many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone.
73 If you used procmail like in
75 (setq nnmail-use-procmail t)
76 (setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail)
77 (setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/")
78 (setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in")
80 this now has changed to
83 '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/"
86 More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods ->
87 Getting Mail -> Mail Sources
89 ** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. This affects many parts of
90 Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands. See the manual for details.
92 ** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too
93 many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables.
95 ** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be
96 called to position point.
98 ** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in
99 summary buffers and NOV files.
101 ** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number
102 of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added.
104 ** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a
105 subtly different manner.
107 ** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive
108 and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with
109 ever-changing layouts.
111 ** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap.
114 * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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