X-Git-Url: http://cgit.sxemacs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=2551fa0f72c676ec63b62e9ba773483d35f095c2;hb=6b59286021fc90c863be8cfde06e5dd02cfef160;hp=cfa841df7d1e28c27bb9248f192037f661d5edf5;hpb=337350b13d138d4b651646d0defd4fdd27caf5f6;p=gnus diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index cfa841df7..2551fa0f7 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,53 +1,91 @@ -** Gnus changes. +GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end for copying conditions. -*** The Gnus alpha distribution no longer bundles Custom and Widget. -If your Emacs doesn't come with these libraries, fetch them from -. You also then need to -add the following to the lisp/dgnushack.el file: +Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. +For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". - (push "~/lisp/custom" load-path) + +* Changes in Oort Gnus -Modify to suit your needs. +** Gnus now supports PGP-MIME (RFC2015) and SMIME. -*** New functionality for using Gnus as an offline newsreader has been -added. A plethora of new commands and modes have been added. See the -Gnus manual for the full story. +** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external). -*** The nndraft backend has returned, but works differently than -before. All Message buffers are now also articles in the nndraft -group, which is created automatically. +** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'. -*** `gnus-alter-header-function' can now be used to alter header -values. +This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of +`back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode. -*** `gnus-summary-goto-article' now accept Message-ID's. + +* Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9) -*** A new Message command for deleting text in the body of a message -outside the region: `C-c C-v'. +The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in +four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment, +internationalization and mail-fetching. -*** You can now post to component group in nnvirtual groups with -`C-u C-c C-c'. +** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the +many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone. -*** `nntp-rlogin-program' -- new variable to ease customization. +If you used procmail like in -*** `C-u C-c C-c' in `gnus-article-edit-mode' will now inhibit -re-highlighting of the article buffer. +(setq nnmail-use-procmail t) +(setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail) +(setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/") +(setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in") -*** New element in `gnus-boring-article-headers' -- `long-to'. +this now has changed to -*** `M-i' symbolic prefix command. See the section "Symbolic -Prefixes" in the Gnus manual for details. +(setq mail-sources + '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/" + :suffix ".in"))) -*** `L' and `I' in the summary buffer now take the symbolic prefix -`a' to add the score rule to the "all.SCORE" file. +More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods -> +Getting Mail -> Mail Sources -*** `gnus-simplify-subject-functions' variable to allow greater -control over simplification. +** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. This affects many parts of +Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands. See the manual for details. -*** `A T' -- new command for fetching the current thread. +** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too +many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables. -*** `/ T' -- new command for including the current thread in the -limit. +** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be +called to position point. -*** `M-RET' is a new Message command for breaking cited text. +** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in +summary buffers and NOV files. +** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number +of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added. + +** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a +subtly different manner. + +** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive +and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with +ever-changing layouts. + +** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap. + + +* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +Copyright information: + +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies + of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the + copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved, + thus giving the recipient permission to redistribute in turn. + + Permission is granted to distribute modified versions + of this document, or of portions of it, + under the above conditions, provided also that they + carry prominent notices stating who last changed them. + +Local variables: +mode: outline +paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" +end: