1 GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
2 Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
3 See the end for copying conditions.
5 Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org.
6 For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
11 ** (require 'gnus-load)
13 If you use a stand-alone Gnus distribution, you'd better add (require
14 'gnus-load) into your ~/.emacs after adding the Gnus lisp directory
17 File gnus-load.el contains autoload commands, functions and variables,
18 some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen.
20 ** gnus-slave-unplugged
22 A new command which starts gnus offline in slave mode.
24 ** message-insinuate-rmail
26 Adding (message-insinuate-rmail) and (setq mail-user-agent
27 'gnus-user-agent) in .emacs convinces RMAIL to compose, reply and
28 forward messages in message-mode, where you can enjoy the power of
31 ** message-minibuffer-local-map
33 The line below enables BBDB in resending a message:
35 (define-key message-minibuffer-local-map [(tab)] 'bbdb-complete-name)
37 ** Externalize attachments.
39 If gnus-gcc-externalize-attachments (or
40 message-fcc-externalize-attachments) is non-nil, attach local files as
43 Command gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip (bound to \C-o on MIME buttons)
44 saves a part and replaces the part with an external one. It works only
45 on back ends that support editing.
47 ** gnus-default-charset
49 The default value is determined from the current-language-environment
50 variable, instead of 'iso-8859-1. Also the ".*" item in
51 gnus-group-charset-alist is removed.
53 ** gnus-posting-styles
55 Add a new format of match like
57 ((header "to" "larsi.*org")
58 (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
60 The old format like the lines below is obsolete.
62 (header "to" "larsi.*org"
63 (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
65 ** message-ignored-news-headers and message-ignored-mail-headers
67 X-Draft-From and X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information have been added into
68 these two variables. If you customized those, perhaps you need add
69 those two headers too.
71 ** Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged.
73 If one reads an article while plugged, and the article already exists
74 in the Agent, it won't get downloaded once more. (setq
75 gnus-agent-cache nil) reverts to the old behavior.
77 ** Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter.
79 On composing messages, it is enabled by `use-hard-newlines'. Decoding
80 format=flowed was present but not documented in earlier versions.
82 ** Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification requests.
84 This is invoked with the C-c M-n key binding from message mode.
86 ** Gnus supports Maildir groups.
88 Gnus includes a new backend nnmaildir.el.
90 ** Printing capabilities are enhanced.
92 Gnus supports Muttprint natively with O P from the Summary and Article
93 buffers. Also, each individual MIME part can be printed using p on
96 ** Message supports the Importance: header.
98 In the message buffer, C-c C-f C-i or C-u cycles through the valid values.
100 ** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News.
102 This means a header "Cancel-Lock" is inserted in news posting. It is
103 used to determine if you wrote a article or not (for
104 cancelling/superseding). The behaviour can be changed by customizing
105 `message-insert-canlock'.
107 ** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve.
109 Sieve rules can be added as Group Parameters for groups, and the
110 complete Sieve script is generated using `D g' from the Group buffer,
111 and then uploaded to the server using `C-c C-l' in the generated Sieve
112 buffer. Search the online Gnus manual for "sieve", and see the new
113 Sieve manual, for more information.
115 ** Extended format specs.
117 Format spec "%&user-date;" is added into
118 gnus-summary-line-format-alist. Also, user defined extended format
119 specs are supported. The extended format specs look like "%u&foo;",
120 which invokes function gnus-user-format-function-foo. Because "&" is
121 used as the escape character, old user defined format "%u&" is no
124 ** `/ *' (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten.
126 It was aliased to `Y c' (gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles). The new
127 function filters out other articles.
129 ** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default.
131 This is supposedly what USEFOR wants to migrate to. See
132 `gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist' and
133 `gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist' for customization.
135 ** The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each groups.
137 This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups
138 separately of .newsrc.eld, while preserving marks. It also makes it
139 possible to share articles and marks between users (without sharing
140 the .newsrc.eld file) within e.g. a department. It works by storing
141 the marks stored in .newsrc.eld in a per-group file ".marks" (for
142 nnml) and "groupname.mrk" (for nnfolder, named "groupname"). If the
143 nnml/nnfolder is moved to another machine, Gnus will automatically use
144 the .marks or .mrk file instead of the information in .newsrc.eld.
145 The new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and
146 `nnfolder-marks-is-evil' can be used to disable this feature.
148 ** The menu bar (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been
151 ** The menu bar (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to
154 ** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist.
156 The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names
157 instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these
158 variables should change those regexps accordingly. For example:
160 ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr)
162 ** Gnus supports PGP (RFC 1991/2440), PGP-MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and
165 ** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external).
167 ** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'.
169 This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of
170 `back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode.
173 * Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9)
175 The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in
176 four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment,
177 internationalization and mail-fetching.
179 ** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the
180 many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone.
182 If you used procmail like in
184 (setq nnmail-use-procmail t)
185 (setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail)
186 (setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/")
187 (setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in")
189 this now has changed to
192 '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/"
195 More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods ->
196 Getting Mail -> Mail Sources
198 ** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. This affects many parts of
199 Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands. See the manual for details.
201 ** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too
202 many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables.
204 ** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be
205 called to position point.
207 ** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in
208 summary buffers and NOV files.
210 ** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number
211 of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added.
213 ** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a
214 subtly different manner.
216 ** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive
217 and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with
218 ever-changing layouts.
220 ** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap.
223 * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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