X-Git-Url: http://cgit.sxemacs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=90fb98da3829b9517e8276a744c0d854bc17e2ca;hb=b1e1052eae355df23a7cf4224653f2edcc8a7127;hp=72fac76185035d305ffa890d3a6ff610a3a2e210;hpb=397e18023881a13e1448bad3c1db0a02026cf864;p=gnus diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index 72fac7618..90fb98da3 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,14 +1,243 @@ -** Gnus changes. +GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end for copying conditions. -*** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. See the manual for details. +Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. +For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". -*** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be + +* Changes in Oort Gnus + +** (require 'gnus-load) + +If you use a stand-alone Gnus distribution, you'd better add (require +'gnus-load) into your ~/.emacs after adding the Gnus lisp directory +into load-path. + +File gnus-load.el contains autoload commands, functions and variables, +some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen. + +** gnus-slave-unplugged + +A new command which starts gnus offline in slave mode. + +** message-insinuate-rmail + +Adding (message-insinuate-rmail) and (setq mail-user-agent +'gnus-user-agent) in .emacs convinces RMAIL to compose, reply and +forward messages in message-mode, where you can enjoy the power of +MML. + +** message-minibuffer-local-map + +The line below enables BBDB in resending a message: + +(define-key message-minibuffer-local-map [(tab)] 'bbdb-complete-name) + +** Externalize attachments. + +If gnus-gcc-externalize-attachments (or +message-fcc-externalize-attachments) is non-nil, attach local files as +external parts. + +Command gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip (bound to \C-o on MIME buttons) +saves a part and replaces the part with an external one. It works only +on back ends that support editing. + +** gnus-default-charset + +The default value is determined from the current-language-environment +variable, instead of 'iso-8859-1. Also the ".*" item in +gnus-group-charset-alist is removed. + +** gnus-posting-styles + +Add a new format of match like + + ((header "to" "larsi.*org") + (Organization "Somewhere, Inc.")) + +The old format like the lines below is obsolete. + + (header "to" "larsi.*org" + (Organization "Somewhere, Inc.")) + +** message-ignored-news-headers and message-ignored-mail-headers + +X-Draft-From and X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information have been added into +these two variables. If you customized those, perhaps you need add +those two headers too. + +** Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged. + +If one reads an article while plugged, and the article already exists +in the Agent, it won't get downloaded once more. (setq +gnus-agent-cache nil) reverts to the old behavior. + +** Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter. + +On composing messages, it is enabled by `use-hard-newlines'. Decoding +format=flowed was present but not documented in earlier versions. + +** Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification requests. + +This is invoked with the C-c M-n key binding from message mode. + +** Gnus supports Maildir groups. + +Gnus includes a new backend nnmaildir.el. + +** Printing capabilities are enhanced. + +Gnus supports Muttprint natively with O P from the Summary and Article +buffers. Also, each individual MIME part can be printed using p on +the MIME button. + +** Message supports the Importance: header. + +In the message buffer, C-c C-f C-i or C-u cycles through the valid values. + +** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News. + +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'. + +** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve. + +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. + +** Extended format specs. + +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. + +** `/ *' (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten. + +It was aliased to `Y c' (gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles). The new +function filters out other articles. + +** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default. + +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. + +** The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each groups. + +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. + +** The menu bar (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been +renamed to "Gnus". + +** The menu bar (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to +"Attachments". + +** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist. + +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: + + ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr) + +** Gnus supports PGP (RFC 1991/2440), PGP-MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and +SMIME. + +** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external). + +** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'. + +This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of +`back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode. + + +* Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9) + +The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in +four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment, +internationalization and mail-fetching. + +** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the +many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone. + +If you used procmail like in + +(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 +** 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-'. +** `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, 2002 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: