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15 @c This file contains a list of news features Gnus. It is supposed to be
16 @c included in `gnus.texi'. `GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated from
17 @c this file (see `gnus-news.el').
21 @item Installation changes
24 @item Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
26 If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
27 release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading
28 to this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the
29 @file{~/News/marks} directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are
30 read from your @file{~/.newsrc.eld} instead of from the stale marks
31 file, where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry
32 for more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't
35 @item Lisp files are now installed in @file{.../site-lisp/gnus/} by default.
36 It defaulted to @file{.../site-lisp/} formerly. In addition to this,
37 the new installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which
38 will shadow the latest one are detected. You can then remove those
39 shadows manually or remove them using @code{make
40 remove-installed-shadows}.
43 @item New packages and libraries within Gnus
47 @item Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp @acronym{SASL} library.
49 This provides a clean @acronym{API} to @acronym{SASL} mechanisms from
50 within Emacs. The user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier
51 situation, include support for @acronym{DIGEST}-@acronym{MD5} and
52 @acronym{NTLM}. @xref{Top, ,Emacs SASL, sasl, Emacs SASL}.
54 @item ManageSieve connections uses the @acronym{SASL} library by default.
56 The primary change this brings is support for @acronym{DIGEST-MD5} and
57 @acronym{NTLM}, when the server supports it.
59 @item Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el.
61 It is enabled by default (see @code{password-cache}), with a short
62 timeout of 16 seconds (see @code{password-cache-expiry}). If
63 @acronym{PGG} is used as the @acronym{PGP} back end, the @acronym{PGP}
64 passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords for ManageSieve
65 connections are managed by this mechanism, after querying the user
66 about whether to do so.
69 @item Changes in summary and article mode
72 @item International host names (@acronym{IDNA}) can now be decoded
73 inside article bodies using @kbd{W i}
74 (@code{gnus-summary-idna-message}). This requires that GNU Libidn
75 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) has been installed.
76 @c FIXME: Also mention @code{message-use-idna}?
78 @item Gnus now displays @acronym{DNS} master files sent as text/dns
81 @item Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer:
82 @kbd{/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R}
83 (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}). @xref{Limiting}.
85 @item You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using
86 @kbd{Y t} (@code{gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles}). @xref{Summary
89 @item Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer:
90 @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}). @xref{Summary
93 @item @acronym{S/MIME} now features @acronym{LDAP} user certificate searches.
94 You need to configure the server in @code{smime-ldap-host-list}.
96 @item URLs inside Open@acronym{PGP} headers are retrieved and imported
97 to your PGP key ring when you click on them.
100 Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
101 @code{gnus-picon-style}. @xref{Picons}.
103 @item @acronym{ANSI} @acronym{SGR} control sequences can be transformed
106 @acronym{ANSI} sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for
107 highlighting articles (@code{gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences}).
109 @item Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header.
110 This changes the default of @code{gnus-article-loose-mime}.
112 @item @code{gnus-decay-scores} can be a regexp matching score files.
113 For example, set it to @samp{\\.ADAPT\\'} and only adaptive score files
114 will be decayed. @xref{Score Decays}.
116 @item Strings prefixing to the @code{To} and @code{Newsgroup} headers in
117 summary lines when using @code{gnus-ignored-from-addresses} can be
118 customized with @code{gnus-summary-to-prefix} and
119 @code{gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix}. @xref{To From Newsgroups}.
121 @item You can replace @acronym{MIME} parts with external bodies.
122 See @code{gnus-mime-replace-part} and @code{gnus-article-replace-part}.
123 @xref{MIME Commands}, @ref{Using MIME}.
126 The option @code{mm-fill-flowed} can be used to disable treatment of
127 format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
128 inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages. @xref{Flowed text, ,Flowed text,
129 emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}. (New in Gnus 5.10.7)
130 @c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus".
134 @item Changes in Message mode
137 @item Gnus now supports the ``hashcash'' client puzzle anti-spam mechanism.
138 Use @code{(setq message-generate-hashcash t)} to enable.
141 @item You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer.
142 See @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} and @code{mml-dnd-attach-options}.
143 @xref{MIME, ,MIME, message, Message Manual}.
145 @item The option @code{message-yank-empty-prefix} now controls how
146 empty lines are prefixed in cited text. @xref{Insertion Variables,
147 ,Insertion Variables, message, Message Manual}.
149 @item Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers.
150 The @code{References} header is hidden by default. To make all
151 headers visible, use @code{(setq message-hidden-headers nil)}.
152 @xref{Message Headers, ,Message Headers, message, Message Manual}.
154 @item You can highlight different levels of citations like in the
155 article buffer. See @code{gnus-message-highlight-citation}.
157 @item @code{auto-fill-mode} is enabled by default in Message mode.
158 See @code{message-fill-column}. @xref{Various Message Variables, ,
159 Message Headers, message, Message Manual}.
161 @item You can now store signature files in a special directory
162 named @code{message-signature-directory}.
166 @item Changes in back ends
169 @item The nntp back end stores article marks in @file{~/News/marks}.
171 The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
172 @code{nntp-marks-directory}, and marks can be disabled using the
173 (back end) variable @code{nntp-marks-is-evil}. The advantage of this
174 is that you can copy @file{~/News/marks} (using rsync, scp or
175 whatever) to another Gnus installation, and it will realize what
176 articles you have read and marked. The data in @file{~/News/marks}
177 has priority over the same data in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}.
180 You can import and export your @acronym{RSS} subscriptions from
181 @acronym{OPML} files. @xref{RSS}.
183 @item @acronym{IMAP} identity (@acronym{RFC} 2971) is supported.
185 By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can
186 customize it using the variable @code{nnimap-id}.
188 @item The @code{nnrss} back end now supports multilingual text.
189 Non-@acronym{ASCII} group names for the @code{nnrss} groups are also
190 supported. @xref{RSS}.
192 @item Retrieving mail with @acronym{POP3} is supported over @acronym{SSL}/@acronym{TLS} and with StartTLS.
194 @item The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside @file{gzip}
195 for compressed message files. @xref{Mail Spool}.
197 @item The nnml back end supports group compaction.
199 This feature, accessible via the functions
200 @code{gnus-group-compact-group} (@kbd{G z} in the group buffer) and
201 @code{gnus-server-compact-server} (@kbd{z} in the server buffer)
202 renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and removing gaps.
203 As a consequence, you get a correct total article count (until
204 messages are deleted again).
208 @c Maybe it's not worth to separate this from "Miscellaneous"?
212 @item The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons.
213 You can also customize the tool bar. There's no documentation in the
214 manual yet, but @kbd{M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$} should get
215 you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.)
216 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual
218 @item The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly
219 in the group buffer, see the variable @code{gnus-group-update-tool-bar}.
220 Its default value depends on your Emacs version.
221 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual
223 @item You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers.
224 See @code{gnus-use-toolbar} and @code{message-use-toolbar}.
228 @item Miscellaneous changes
231 @item Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the
232 server buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups
233 which use the server in question. For instance, if you change
234 @code{nntp-via-address} into @samp{bar.example.com} from
235 @samp{foo.example.com}, Gnus will connect to the news host by way of the
236 intermediate host @samp{bar.example.com} from next time.
238 @item The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer
245 @c gnus-news.texi ends here.
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