X-Git-Url: http://cgit.sxemacs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=377e4a1fc0ffb700d92cfe54095e9d69fa11d6fd;hb=e99b398cd93f637dbaa80dc1f6798edf6b9e536a;hp=ee19d8021b4883f6552d15898d2a152881ac690f;hpb=43c968158c6017142040b4533c65b97be9e0fb03;p=gnus diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index ee19d8021..377e4a1fc 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,162 +1,285 @@ -** 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. + +* 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: + +* 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.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: + +* 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) + +* 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. + +* 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. + +* 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) + +* 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. + +* 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::. + + + +* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- + +This file is part of GNU Emacs. + +GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify +it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by +the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. + +GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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