-** Gnus changes.
+GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
-Gnus, the Emacs newsreader, has undergone further rewriting. Many new
-commands and variables have been added. There should be no
-significant incompatibilities between this Gnus version and the
-previously released version, except in the message composition area.
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
+ 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
-Below is a list of the more user-visible changes. Coding changes
-between Gnus 5.1 and 5.2 are more extensive.
+Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org.
+For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
-*** A new message composition mode is used. All old customization
-variables for mail-mode, rnews-reply-mode and gnus-msg are now
-obsolete.
+\f
+* Installation changes
-*** Gnus is now able to generate "sparse" threads -- threads where
-missing articles are represented by empty nodes.
+** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
- (setq gnus-build-sparse-threads 'some)
+If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
+release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading to
+this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the
+`~/News/marks' directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are read
+from your `~/.newsrc.eld' instead of from the stale marks file, where
+this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry for more
+information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't safe in
+general.
-*** Outgoing articles are stored on a special archive server.
+** Incompatibility when switching from Emacs 23 to Emacs 22 In Emacs 23,
+Gnus uses Emacs' new internal coding system `utf-8-emacs' for saving
+articles drafts and `~/.newsrc.eld'. These files may not be read
+correctly in Emacs 22 and below. If you want to use Gnus across
+different Emacs versions, you may set `mm-auto-save-coding-system' to
+`emacs-mule'.
- To disable this: (setq gnus-message-archive-group nil)
+** Lisp files are now installed in `.../site-lisp/gnus/' by default. It
+defaulted to `.../site-lisp/' formerly. In addition to this, the new
+installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which will shadow
+the latest one are detected. You can then remove those shadows manually
+or remove them using `make remove-installed-shadows'.
-*** Partial thread regeneration now happens when articles are
-referred.
+** The installation directory name is allowed to have spaces and/or tabs.
-*** Gnus can make use of GroupLens predictions:
+\f
+* New packages and libraries within Gnus
- (setq gnus-use-grouplens t)
+** Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp SASL library.
-*** Picons (personal icons) can be displayed under XEmacs.
+This provides a clean API to SASL mechanisms from within Emacs. The
+user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier situation, include
+support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM. *Note Emacs SASL: (sasl)Top.
- (setq gnus-use-picons t)
+** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default.
-*** A trn-line tree buffer can be displayed.
+The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM, when
+the server supports it.
- (setq gnus-use-trees t)
+** Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password-cache.el.
-*** An nn-like pick-and-read minor mode is available for the summary
-buffers.
+It is enabled by default (see `password-cache'), with a short timeout of
+16 seconds (see `password-cache-expiry'). If PGG is used as the PGP
+back end, the PGP passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords
+for ManageSieve connections are managed by this mechanism, after
+querying the user about whether to do so.
- (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'gnus-pick-mode)
+** Using EasyPG with Gnus When EasyPG, is available, Gnus will use it
+instead of PGG. EasyPG is an Emacs user interface to GNU Privacy Guard.
+ *Note EasyPG Assistant user's manual: (epa)Top. EasyPG is included in
+Emacs 23 and available separately as well.
-*** In binary groups you can use a special binary minor mode:
+\f
+* Changes in group mode
- `M-x gnus-binary-mode'
+** Old intermediate incoming mail files (`Incoming*') are deleted after a
+couple of days, not immediately. *Note Mail Source Customization::.
+(New in Gnus 5.10.10 / No Gnus 0.8)
-*** Groups can be grouped in a folding topic hierarchy.
- (add-hook 'gnus-group-mode-hook 'gnus-topic-mode)
+\f
+* Changes in summary and article mode
-*** Gnus can re-send and bounce mail.
+** Gnus now supports sticky article buffers. Those are article buffers
+that are not reused when you select another article. *Note Sticky
+Articles::.
- Use the `S D r' and `S D b'.
+** Gnus can selectively display `text/html' articles with a WWW browser
+with `K H'. *Note MIME Commands::.
-*** Groups can now have a score, and bubbling based on entry frequency
-is possible.
+** International host names (IDNA) can now be decoded inside article bodies
+using `W i' (`gnus-summary-idna-message'). This requires that GNU Libidn
+(`http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/') has been installed.
- (add-hook 'gnus-summary-exit-hook 'gnus-summary-bubble-group)
+** The non-ASCII group names handling has been much improved. The back
+ends that fully support non-ASCII group names are now `nntp', `nnml',
+and `nnrss'. Also the agent, the cache, and the marks features work
+with those back ends. *Note Non-ASCII Group Names::.
-*** Groups can be process-marked, and commands can be performed on
-groups of groups.
+** Gnus now displays DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
-*** Caching is possible in virtual groups.
+** Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: `/ r'
+(`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R'
+(`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient'). *Note Limiting::.
-*** nndoc now understands all kinds of digests, mail boxes, rnews news
-batches, ClariNet briefs collections, and just about everything else.
+** You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using `Y t'
+(`gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles'). *Note Summary Generation
+Commands::.
-*** Gnus has a new backend (nnsoup) to create/read SOUP packets.
+** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t'
+(`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::.
-*** The Gnus cache is much faster.
+** S/MIME now features LDAP user certificate searches. You need to
+configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'.
-*** Groups can be sorted according to many criteria.
+** URLs inside OpenPGP headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP key
+ring when you click on them.
- For instance: (setq gnus-group-sort-function 'gnus-group-sort-by-rank)
+** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
+`gnus-picon-style'. *Note Picons::.
-*** New group parameters have been introduced to set list-address and
-expiry times.
+** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'.
-*** All formatting specs allow specifying faces to be used.
+ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting
+articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences').
-*** There are several more commands for setting/removing/acting on
-process marked articles on the `M P' submap.
+** Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header.
+This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.
-*** The summary buffer can be limited to show parts of the available
-articles based on a wide range of criteria. These commands have been
-bound to keys on the `/' submap.
+** `gnus-decay-scores' can be a regexp matching score files. For example,
+set it to `\\.ADAPT\\'' and only adaptive score files will be decayed.
+ *Note Score Decays::.
-*** Articles can be made persistent -- as an alternative to saving
-articles with the `*' command.
+** Strings prefixing to the `To' and `Newsgroup' headers in summary lines
+when using `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' can be customized with
+`gnus-summary-to-prefix' and `gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix'. *Note To
+From Newsgroups::.
-*** All functions for hiding article elements are now toggles.
+** You can replace MIME parts with external bodies. See
+`gnus-mime-replace-part' and `gnus-article-replace-part'. *Note MIME
+Commands::, *note Using MIME::.
-*** Article headers can be buttonized.
+** The option `mm-fill-flowed' can be used to disable treatment of
+format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
+inline PGP signed messages. *Note Flowed text: (emacs-mime)Flowed text.
+(New in Gnus 5.10.7)
- (add-hook 'gnus-article-display-hook 'gnus-article-add-buttons-to-head)
+** Now the new command `S W' (`gnus-article-wide-reply-with-original') for
+a wide reply in the article buffer yanks a text that is in the active
+region, if it is set, as well as the `R'
+(`gnus-article-reply-with-original') command. Note that the `R' command
+in the article buffer no longer accepts a prefix argument, which was
+used to make it do a wide reply. *Note Article Keymap::.
-*** All mail backends support fetching articles by Message-ID.
+** The new command `C-h b' (`gnus-article-describe-bindings') used in the
+article buffer now shows not only the article commands but also the real
+summary commands that are accessible from the article buffer.
-*** Duplicate mail can now be treated properly. See the
-`nnmail-treat-duplicates' variable.
-*** All summary mode commands are available directly from the article
-buffer.
+\f
+* Changes in Message mode
-*** Frames can be part of `gnus-buffer-configuration'.
+** Gnus now supports the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam mechanism. Use
+`(setq message-generate-hashcash t)' to enable. *Note Hashcash::.
-*** Mail can be re-scanned by a daemonic process.
+** You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. See
+`mml-dnd-protocol-alist' and `mml-dnd-attach-options'. *Note MIME:
+(message)MIME.
-*** Gnus can make use of NoCeM files to filter spam.
+** The option `message-yank-empty-prefix' now controls how empty lines are
+prefixed in cited text. *Note Insertion Variables: (message)Insertion
+Variables.
- (setq gnus-use-nocem t)
+** Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers. The
+`References' header is hidden by default. To make all headers visible,
+use `(setq message-hidden-headers nil)'. *Note Message Headers:
+(message)Message Headers.
-*** Groups can be made permanently visible.
+** You can highlight different levels of citations like in the article
+buffer. See `gnus-message-highlight-citation'.
- (setq gnus-permanently-visible-groups "^nnml:")
+** `auto-fill-mode' is enabled by default in Message mode. See
+`message-fill-column'. *Note Message Headers: (message)Various Message
+Variables.
-*** Many new hooks have been introduced to make customizing easier.
+** You can now store signature files in a special directory named
+`message-signature-directory'.
-*** Gnus respects the Mail-Copies-To header.
+** The option `message-citation-line-format' controls the format of the
+"Whomever writes:" line. You need to set
+`message-citation-line-function' to
+`message-insert-formatted-citation-line' as well.
-*** Threads can be gathered by looking at the References header.
+\f
+* Changes in back ends
- (setq gnus-summary-thread-gathering-function
- 'gnus-gather-threads-by-references)
+** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'.
-*** Read articles can be stored in a special backlog buffer to avoid
-refetching.
+The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
+`nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (back end)
+variable `nntp-marks-is-evil'. The advantage of this is that you can
+copy `~/News/marks' (using rsync, scp or whatever) to another Gnus
+installation, and it will realize what articles you have read and
+marked. The data in `~/News/marks' has priority over the same data in
+`~/.newsrc.eld'.
- (setq gnus-keep-backlog 50)
+** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files. *Note
+RSS::.
-*** A clean copy of the current article is always stored in a separate
-buffer to allow easier treatment.
+** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported.
-*** Gnus can suggest where to save articles. See `gnus-split-methods'.
+By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can
+customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.
-*** Gnus doesn't have to do as much prompting when saving.
+** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group
+names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::.
- (setq gnus-prompt-before-saving t)
+** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with StartTLS.
-*** gnus-uu can view decoded files asynchronously while fetching
-articles.
+** The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside `gzip' for
+compressed message files. *Note Mail Spool::.
- (setq gnus-uu-grabbed-file-functions 'gnus-uu-grab-view)
+** The nnml back end supports group compaction.
-*** Filling in the article buffer now works properly on cited text.
+This feature, accessible via the functions `gnus-group-compact-group'
+(`G z' in the group buffer) and `gnus-server-compact-server' (`z' in the
+server buffer) renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and
+removing gaps. As a consequence, you get a correct total article count
+(until messages are deleted again).
-*** Hiding cited text adds buttons to toggle hiding, and how much
-cited text to hide is now customizable.
- (setq gnus-cited-lines-visible 2)
+\f
+* Appearance
-*** Boring headers can be hidden.
+** The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons. You can also
+customize the tool bars: `M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$' should
+get you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.)
- (add-hook 'gnus-article-display-hook 'gnus-article-hide-boring-headers)
+** The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly in the group buffer,
+see the variable `gnus-group-update-tool-bar'. Its default value
+depends on your Emacs version.
-*** Default scoring values can now be set from the menu bar.
+** You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers. See
+`gnus-use-toolbar' and `message-use-toolbar'.
-*** Further syntax checking of outgoing articles have been added.
-The Gnus manual has been expanded. It explains all these new features
-in greater detail.
+\f
+* Miscellaneous changes
+
+** Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the server
+buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups which
+use the server in question. For instance, if you change
+`nntp-via-address' into `bar.example.com' from `foo.example.com', Gnus
+will connect to the news host by way of the intermediate host
+`bar.example.com' from next time.
+
+** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'.
+
+** You can set `gnus-mark-copied-or-moved-articles-as-expirable' to a
+non-`nil' value so that articles that have been read may be marked as
+expirable automatically when copying or moving them to a group that has
+auto-expire turned on. The default is `nil' and copying and moving of
+articles behave as before; i.e., the expirable marks will be unchanged
+except that the marks will be removed when copying or moving articles to
+a group that has not turned auto-expire on. *Note Expiring Mail::.
+
+
+\f
+* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+\f
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+
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+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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+
+\f
+Local variables:
+mode: outline
+paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$"
+end: