X-Git-Url: http://cgit.sxemacs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=4b8d5b590f02b8d5f048ce05e36330ff0b7992d1;hb=1bd7799a1f81ee1599c65f915080b9e038793e38;hp=ed9c0253727ebb3dddc6d3a638fc9e0211493f73;hpb=37aac050f0b897e8945ad1306f5cb70ca5a42638;p=gnus diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index ed9c02537..4b8d5b590 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,85 +1,158 @@ -** Gnus changes. +GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end for copying conditions. -*** nntp.el has been totally rewritten in an asynchronous fashion. +Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. +For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". -*** Article prefetching functionality has been moved up into -Gnus. + +* Changes in Oort Gnus -*** Scoring can now be performed with logical operators like -`and', `or', `not', and parent redirection. +** Message supports the Importance: header. -*** Article washing status can be displayed in the -article mode line. +In the message buffer, C-c C-p cycles through the valid values. -*** gnus.el has been split into many smaller files. +** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News. -*** Suppression of duplicate articles based on Message-ID. +This means a header "Cancel-Lock" is inserted in news posting. It is +used to determine if you wrote a article or not (for +cancelling/superseding). The behaviour can be changed by customizing +`message-insert-canlock'. -(setq gnus-suppress-duplicates t) +** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve. -*** New variables for specifying what score and adapt files -are to be considered home score and adapt files. See -`gnus-home-score-file' and `gnus-home-adapt-files'. +Sieve rules can be added as Group Parameters for groups, and the +complete Sieve script is generated using `D g' from the Group buffer, +and then uploaded to the server using `C-c C-l' in the generated Sieve +buffer. Search the online Gnus manual for "sieve", and see the new +Sieve manual, for more information. -*** Groups can inherit group parameters from parent topics. +** Extended format specs. -*** Article editing has been revamped and is now usable. +Format spec "%&user-date;" is added into +gnus-summary-line-format-alist. Also, user defined extended format +specs are supported. The extended format specs look like "%u&foo;", +which invokes function gnus-user-format-function-foo. Because "&" is +used as the escape character, old user defined format "%u&" is no +longer supported. -*** Signatures can be recognized in more intelligent fashions. -See `gnus-signature-separator' and `gnus-signature-limit'. +** `/ *' (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten. -*** Summary pick mode has been made to look more nn-like. -Line numbers are displayed and the `.' command can be -used to pick articles. +It was aliased to `Y c' (gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles). The new +function filters out other articles. -*** Commands for moving the .newsrc.eld from one server to -another have been added. +** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default. - `M-x gnus-change-server' +This is supposedly what USEFOR wants to migrate to. See +`gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist' and +`gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist' for customization. -*** A way to specify that "uninteresting" fields be suppressed when -generating lines in buffers. +** The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each groups. -*** Several commands in the group buffer can be undone with -`M-C-_'. +This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups +separately of .newsrc.eld, while preserving marks. It also makes it +possible to share articles and marks between users (without sharing +the .newsrc.eld file) within e.g. a department. It works by storing +the marks stored in .newsrc.eld in a per-group file ".marks" (for +nnml) and "groupname.mrk" (for nnfolder, named "groupname"). If the +nnml/nnfolder is moved to another machine, Gnus will automatically use +the .marks or .mrk file instead of the information in .newsrc.eld. +The new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and +`nnfolder-marks-is-evil' can be used to disable this feature. -*** Scoring can be done on words using the new score type `w'. +** The menu bar (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been +renamed to "Gnus". -*** Adaptive scoring can be done on a Subject word-by-word basis: +** The menu bar (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to +"Attachments". - (setq gnus-use-adaptive-scoring '(word)) +** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist. -*** Scores can be decayed. - - (setq gnus-decay-scores t) +The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names +instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these +variables should change those regexps accordingly. For example: -*** Scoring can be performed using a regexp on the Date header. The -Date is normalized to compact ISO 8601 format first. + ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr) -*** A new command has been added to remove all data on articles from -the native server. +** Gnus supports PGP (RFC 1991/2440), PGP-MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and +SMIME. - `M-x gnus-group-clear-data-on-native-groups' +** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external). -*** A new command for reading collections of documents -(nndoc with nnvirtual on top) has been added -- `M-C-d'. +** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'. -*** Process mark sets can be pushed and popped. +This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of +`back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode. -*** A new mail-to-news backend makes it possible to post -even when the NNTP server doesn't allow posting. -*** Process mark sets can be pushed and popped. + +* Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9) -*** A new mail-to-news backend makes it possible to post -even when the NNTP server doesn't allow posting. -*** Process mark sets can be pushed and popped. +The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in +four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment, +internationalization and mail-fetching. -*** A new mail-to-news backend makes it possible to post -even when the NNTP server doesn't allow posting. +** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the +many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone. -*** A new backend for reading searches from Web search engines -(DejaNews, Alta Vista, InReference) has been added. +If you used procmail like in - Use the `G n' command in the group buffer to create such - a group. +(setq nnmail-use-procmail t) +(setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail) +(setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/") +(setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in") +this now has changed to + +(setq mail-sources + '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/" + :suffix ".in"))) + +More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods -> +Getting Mail -> Mail Sources + +** 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. + +** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too +many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables. + +** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be +called to position point. + +** 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: