X-Git-Url: http://cgit.sxemacs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=c5fca9de9293bcf73b688fcf581f1cdfb07f5f5e;hb=8ba1cd0b96466a96265ec5336728519aa6030d83;hp=e6cff79786ba43bb46fd1804e5c95ef4aee2acad;hpb=090a0f973a68d20d759daa86a0d80fe5fa25a347;p=gnus diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index e6cff7978..c5fca9de9 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,417 +1,60 @@ GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -See the end for copying conditions. + +Copyright (C) 1999-2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end of the file for license conditions. Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". -* Changes in Oort Gnus - -** TLS wrapper shipped with Gnus - -TLS/SSL is now supported in IMAP and NNTP via tls.el and GNUTLS. The -old TLS/SSL support via (external third party) ssl.el and OpenSSL -still works. - -** New make.bat for compiling and installing Gnus under MS Windows - -Use make.bat if you want to install Gnus under MS Windows, the first -argument to the batch-program should be the directory where xemacs.exe -respectively emacs.exe is located, iff you want to install Gnus after -compiling it, give make.bat /copy as the second parameter. - -Make.bat has been rewritten from scratch, it now features automatic -recognition of XEmacs and GNU Emacs, generates gnus-load.el, checks if -errors occur while compilation and generation of info files and reports -them at the end of the build process. It now uses makeinfo if it is -available and falls back to infohack.el otherwise. Make.bat should now -install all files which are necessary to run Gnus and be generally a -complete replacement for the "configure; make; make install" cycle used -under Unix systems. - -The new make.bat makes make-x.bat superfluous, so it has been removed. - -** Support for non-ASCII domain names - -Message supports non-ASCII domain names in From:, To: and Cc: and will -query you whether to perform encoding when you try to send a message. -The variable `message-use-idna' controls this. Gnus will also decode -non-ASCII domain names in From:, To: and Cc: when you view a message. -The variable `gnus-use-idna' controls this. - -** Better handling of Microsoft citation styles - -Gnus now tries to recognize the mangled header block that some Microsoft -mailers use to indicate that the rest of the message is a citation, even -though it is not quoted in any way. The variable -`gnus-cite-unsightly-citation-regexp' matches the start of these -citations. - -** gnus-article-skip-boring - -If you set `gnus-article-skip-boring' to t, then Gnus will not scroll -down to show you a page that contains only boring text, which by -default means cited text and signature. You can customize what is -skippable using `gnus-article-boring-faces'. - -This feature is especially useful if you read many articles that -consist of a little new content at the top with a long, untrimmed -message cited below. - -** The format spec %C for positioning point has changed to %*. - -** The new variable `gnus-parameters' can be used to set group parameters. - -Earlier this was done only via `G p' (or `G c'), which stored the -parameters in ~/.newsrc.eld, but via this variable you can enjoy the -powers of customize, and simplified backups since you set the variable -in ~/.emacs instead of ~/.newsrc.eld. The variable maps regular -expressions matching group names to group parameters, a'la: - - (setq gnus-parameters - '(("mail\\..*" - (gnus-show-threads nil) - (gnus-use-scoring nil)) - ("^nnimap:\\(foo.bar\\)$" - (to-group . "\\1")))) - -** Smileys (":-)", ";-)" etc) are now iconized for Emacs too. - -Put (setq gnus-treat-display-smileys nil) in ~/.emacs to disable it. - -** Gnus no longer generate the Sender: header automatically. - -Earlier it was generated iff the user configurable email address was -different from the Gnus guessed default user address. As the guessing -algorithm is rarely correct these days, and (more controversally) the -only use of the Sender: header was to check if you are entitled to -cancel/supersede news (which is now solved by Cancel Locks instead, -see another entry), generation of the header has been disabled by -default. See the variables `message-required-headers', -`message-required-news-headers', and `message-required-mail-headers'. - -** Features from third party message-utils.el added to message.el. - -Message now asks if you wish to remove "(was: )" from -subject lines (see `message-subject-trailing-was-query'). C-c M-m and -C-c M-f inserts markers indicating included text. C-c C-f a adds a -X-No-Archive: header. C-c C-f x inserts appropriate headers and a -note in the body for cross-postings and followups (see the variables -`message-cross-post-*'). - -** References and X-Draft-Headers are no longer generated when you - start composing messages. - -** Improved anti-spam features. - -Gnus is now able to take out spam from your mail and news streams -using a wide variety of programs and filter rules. Among the supported -methods are RBL blocklists, bogofilter and white/blacklists. Hooks -for easy use of external packages such as SpamAssassin and Hashcash -are also new. - -** Easy inclusion of X-Faces headers. - -** In the summary buffer, the new command / N inserts new messages and -/ o inserts old messages. - -** Gnus decodes morse encoded messages if you press W m. - -** Unread count correct in nnimap groups. - -The estimated number of unread articles in the group buffer should now -be correct for nnimap groups. This is achieved by calling -`nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news' from the -`gnus-setup-news-hook' (called on startup) and -gnus-after-getting-new-news-hook. (called after getting new mail). If -you have modified those variables from the default, you may want to -add n-f-u-a-g-n-n again. If you were happy with the estimate and want -to save some (minimal) time when getting new mail, remove the -function. - -** Group Carbon Copy (GCC) quoting - -To support groups that contains SPC and other weird characters, groups -are quoted before they are placed in the Gcc: header. This means -variables such as `gnus-message-archive-group' should no longer -contain quote characters to make groups containing SPC work. Also, if -you are using the string "nnml:foo, nnml:bar" (indicating Gcc into two -groups) you must change it to return the list ("nnml:foo" "nnml:bar"), -otherwise the Gcc: line will be quoted incorrectly. Note that -returning the string "nnml:foo, nnml:bar" was incorrect earlier, it -just didn't generate any problems since it was inserted directly. - -** ~/News/overview/ not used. - -As a result of the following change, the ~/News/overview/ directory is -not used any more. You can safely delete the entire hierarchy. - -** gnus-agent - -The Gnus Agent has seen a major updated and is now enabled by default, -and all nntp and nnimap servers from gnus-select-method and -gnus-secondary-select-method are agentized by default. Earlier only -the server in gnus-select-method was agentized by the default, and the -agent was disabled by default. When the agent is enabled, headers are -now also retrieved from the Agent cache instead of the backends when -possible. Earlier this only happened in the unplugged state. You can -enroll or remove servers with `J a' and `J r' in the server buffer. -Gnus will not download articles into the Agent cache, unless you -instruct it to do so, though, by using `J u' or `J s' from the Group -buffer. You revert to the old behaviour of having the Agent disabled -with `(setq gnus-agent nil)'. Note that putting (gnus-agentize) in -~/.gnus is not needed any more. - -** gnus-summary-line-format - -The default value changed to "%U%R%z%I%(%[%4L: %-23,23f%]%) %s\n". -Moreover gnus-extra-headers, nnmail-extra-headers and -gnus-ignored-from-addresses changed their default so that the users -name will be replaced by the recipient's name or the group name -posting to for NNTP groups. - -** deuglify.el (gnus-article-outlook-deuglify-article) - -A new file from Raymond Scholz for deuglifying -broken Outlook (Express) articles. - -** (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, but still accepted. - - (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: (RFC 2156) 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 and -superseding). Gnus generates a random password string the first time -you post a message, and saves it in your ~/.emacs using the Custom -system. While the variable is called `canlock-password', it is not -security sensitive data. Publishing your canlock string on the web -will not allow anyone to be able to anything she could not already do. -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 wanted 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 item (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has -been renamed to "Gnus". - -** The menu bar item (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 -** S/MIME (RFC 2630-2633). -It needs an external S/MIME and OpenPGP implementation, but no additional -lisp libraries. - -** 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. - -** Bug fixes. - - -* 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") +* New features -this now has changed to +** If you have the "tnef" program installed, Gnus will display ms-tnef + files, aka "winmail.dat". -(setq mail-sources - '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/" - :suffix ".in"))) +** Archives (like tar and zip files) will be automatically unpacked, + and the files inside the packages will be displayed as MIME parts. -More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods -> -Getting Mail -> Mail Sources +** shr has a new command `z' that cycles through image sizes. -** 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. +** `backtab' in the summary buffer now selects the previous link in + the article buffer. -** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too -many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables. +** Using the "X-Message-SMTP-Method" header in Message buffers now + allows specifying how messages are to be sent. For example: -** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be -called to position point. + X-Message-SMTP-Method: smtp smtp.fsf.org 587 -** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in -summary buffers and NOV files. +** Gnus keeps track of non-existent articles for nnimap groups, so + that sparse IMAP folders now list a correct number of messages in + them. -** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number -of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added. +** Gnus will guess the real type of MIME parts of type + application/octet-stream based on the file suffix. So an + application/octet-stream with a name of "rms.jpg" will be displayed + as an image/jpeg type by default, for instance. -** 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. - - +** `nnimap-inbox' can now be a list of mail box names. + * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -Copyright information: + +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. -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +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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