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15 @c This file contains a list of news features Gnus. It is supposed to be
16 @c included in `gnus.texi'. `GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated from
17 @c this file (see `gnus-news.el').
21 @item Supported Emacs versions
22 The following Emacs versions are supported by No Gnus:
32 @item Installation changes
35 @item Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
37 If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
38 release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading
39 to this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the
40 @file{~/News/marks} directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are
41 read from your @file{~/.newsrc.eld} instead of from the stale marks
42 file, where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry
43 for more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't
46 @item Incompatibility when switching from Emacs 23 to Emacs 22
47 In Emacs 23, Gnus uses Emacs' new internal coding system @code{utf-8-emacs}
48 for saving articles drafts and @file{~/.newsrc.eld}. These files may not
49 be read correctly in Emacs 22 and below. If you want to use Gnus across
50 different Emacs versions, you may set @code{mm-auto-save-coding-system}
52 @c FIXME: Untested. (Or did anyone test it?)
53 @c Cf. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66251/focus=66344
55 @item Lisp files are now installed in @file{.../site-lisp/gnus/} by default.
56 It defaulted to @file{.../site-lisp/} formerly. In addition to this,
57 the new installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which
58 will shadow the latest one are detected. You can then remove those
59 shadows manually or remove them using @code{make
60 remove-installed-shadows}.
62 @item The installation directory name is allowed to have spaces and/or tabs.
65 @item New packages and libraries within Gnus
69 @item New version of @code{nnimap}
71 @code{nnimap} has been reimplemented in a mostly-compatible way.
72 @c Mention any incompatibilities.
74 @item Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp @acronym{SASL} library.
76 This provides a clean @acronym{API} to @acronym{SASL} mechanisms from
77 within Emacs. The user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier
78 situation, include support for @acronym{DIGEST}-@acronym{MD5} and
79 @acronym{NTLM}. @xref{Top, ,Emacs SASL, sasl, Emacs SASL}.
81 @item ManageSieve connections uses the @acronym{SASL} library by default.
83 The primary change this brings is support for @acronym{DIGEST-MD5} and
84 @acronym{NTLM}, when the server supports it.
86 @item Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el.
88 It is enabled by default (see @code{password-cache}), with a short
89 timeout of 16 seconds (see @code{password-cache-expiry}). If
90 @acronym{PGG} is used as the @acronym{PGP} back end, the @acronym{PGP}
91 passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords for ManageSieve
92 connections are managed by this mechanism, after querying the user
93 about whether to do so.
95 @item Using EasyPG with Gnus
96 When EasyPG, is available, Gnus will use it instead of @acronym{PGG}.
97 EasyPG is an Emacs user interface to GNU Privacy Guard. @xref{Top,
98 ,EasyPG Assistant user's manual, epa, EasyPG Assistant user's manual}.
99 EasyPG is included in Emacs 23 and available separately as well.
102 @item Changes in group mode
103 @c ************************
108 Symbols like @code{gcc-self} now has the same presedence rules in
109 @code{gnus-parameters} as other ``real'' variables: The last match
110 wins instead of the first match.
113 Old intermediate incoming mail files (@file{Incoming*}) are deleted
114 after a couple of days, not immediately. @xref{Mail Source
116 (New in Gnus 5.10.10 / No Gnus 0.8)
117 @c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus".
121 @item Changes in summary and article mode
125 @item Gnus now supports sticky article buffers. Those are article buffers
126 that are not reused when you select another article. @xref{Sticky
130 @c FIXME: To be added
132 @item Gnus can selectively display @samp{text/html} articles
133 with a WWW browser with @kbd{K H}. @xref{MIME Commands}.
135 @c gnus-registry-marks
136 @c FIXME: To be added
138 @item International host names (@acronym{IDNA}) can now be decoded
139 inside article bodies using @kbd{W i}
140 (@code{gnus-summary-idna-message}). This requires that GNU Libidn
141 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) has been installed.
142 @c FIXME: Also mention @code{message-use-idna}?
144 @item The non-@acronym{ASCII} group names handling has been much
145 improved. The back ends that fully support non-@acronym{ASCII} group
146 names are now @code{nntp}, @code{nnml}, and @code{nnrss}. Also the
147 agent, the cache, and the marks features work with those back ends.
148 @xref{Non-ASCII Group Names}.
150 @item Gnus now displays @acronym{DNS} master files sent as text/dns
153 @item Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer:
154 @kbd{/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R}
155 (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}). @xref{Limiting}.
157 @item You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using
158 @kbd{Y t} (@code{gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles}). @xref{Summary
159 Generation Commands}.
161 @item Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer:
162 @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}). @xref{Summary
165 @item @acronym{S/MIME} now features @acronym{LDAP} user certificate searches.
166 You need to configure the server in @code{smime-ldap-host-list}.
168 @item URLs inside Open@acronym{PGP} headers are retrieved and imported
169 to your PGP key ring when you click on them.
172 Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
173 @code{gnus-picon-style}. @xref{Picons}.
175 @item @acronym{ANSI} @acronym{SGR} control sequences can be transformed
178 @acronym{ANSI} sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for
179 highlighting articles (@code{gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences}).
181 @item Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header.
182 This changes the default of @code{gnus-article-loose-mime}.
184 @item @code{gnus-decay-scores} can be a regexp matching score files.
185 For example, set it to @samp{\\.ADAPT\\'} and only adaptive score files
186 will be decayed. @xref{Score Decays}.
188 @item Strings prefixing to the @code{To} and @code{Newsgroup} headers in
189 summary lines when using @code{gnus-ignored-from-addresses} can be
190 customized with @code{gnus-summary-to-prefix} and
191 @code{gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix}. @xref{To From Newsgroups}.
193 @item You can replace @acronym{MIME} parts with external bodies.
194 See @code{gnus-mime-replace-part} and @code{gnus-article-replace-part}.
195 @xref{MIME Commands}, @ref{Using MIME}.
198 The option @code{mm-fill-flowed} can be used to disable treatment of
199 format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
200 inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages. @xref{Flowed text, ,Flowed text,
201 emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}. (New in Gnus 5.10.7)
202 @c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus".
204 @item Now the new command @kbd{S W}
205 (@code{gnus-article-wide-reply-with-original}) for a wide reply in the
206 article buffer yanks a text that is in the active region, if it is set,
207 as well as the @kbd{R} (@code{gnus-article-reply-with-original}) command.
208 Note that the @kbd{R} command in the article buffer no longer accepts a
209 prefix argument, which was used to make it do a wide reply.
210 @xref{Article Keymap}.
212 @item The new command @kbd{C-h b}
213 (@code{gnus-article-describe-bindings}) used in the article buffer now
214 shows not only the article commands but also the real summary commands
215 that are accessible from the article buffer.
219 @item Changes in Message mode
222 @item Gnus now supports the ``hashcash'' client puzzle anti-spam mechanism.
223 Use @code{(setq message-generate-hashcash t)} to enable.
226 @item You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer.
227 See @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} and @code{mml-dnd-attach-options}.
228 @xref{MIME, ,MIME, message, Message Manual}.
230 @item The option @code{message-yank-empty-prefix} now controls how
231 empty lines are prefixed in cited text. @xref{Insertion Variables,
232 ,Insertion Variables, message, Message Manual}.
234 @item Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers.
235 The @code{References} header is hidden by default. To make all
236 headers visible, use @code{(setq message-hidden-headers nil)}.
237 @xref{Message Headers, ,Message Headers, message, Message Manual}.
239 @item You can highlight different levels of citations like in the
240 article buffer. See @code{gnus-message-highlight-citation}.
242 @item @code{auto-fill-mode} is enabled by default in Message mode.
243 See @code{message-fill-column}. @xref{Various Message Variables, ,
244 Message Headers, message, Message Manual}.
246 @item You can now store signature files in a special directory
247 named @code{message-signature-directory}.
249 @item The option @code{message-citation-line-format} controls the format
250 of the "Whomever writes:" line. You need to set
251 @code{message-citation-line-function} to
252 @code{message-insert-formatted-citation-line} as well.
255 @item Changes in Browse Server mode
258 @item Gnus' sophisticated subscription methods are now available in
259 Browse Server buffers as well using the variable
260 @code{gnus-browse-subscribe-newsgroup-method}.
265 @item Changes in back ends
268 @item The nntp back end stores article marks in @file{~/News/marks}.
270 The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
271 @code{nntp-marks-directory}, and marks can be disabled using the
272 (back end) variable @code{nntp-marks-is-evil}. The advantage of this
273 is that you can copy @file{~/News/marks} (using rsync, scp or
274 whatever) to another Gnus installation, and it will realize what
275 articles you have read and marked. The data in @file{~/News/marks}
276 has priority over the same data in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}.
279 You can import and export your @acronym{RSS} subscriptions from
280 @acronym{OPML} files. @xref{RSS}.
282 @item @acronym{IMAP} identity (@acronym{RFC} 2971) is supported.
284 By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can
285 customize it using the variable @code{nnimap-id}.
287 @item The @code{nnrss} back end now supports multilingual text.
288 Non-@acronym{ASCII} group names for the @code{nnrss} groups are also
289 supported. @xref{RSS}.
291 @item Retrieving mail with @acronym{POP3} is supported over @acronym{SSL}/@acronym{TLS} and with StartTLS.
293 @item The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside @file{gzip}
294 for compressed message files. @xref{Mail Spool}.
296 @item The nnml back end supports group compaction.
298 This feature, accessible via the functions
299 @code{gnus-group-compact-group} (@kbd{G z} in the group buffer) and
300 @code{gnus-server-compact-server} (@kbd{z} in the server buffer)
301 renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and removing gaps.
302 As a consequence, you get a correct total article count (until
303 messages are deleted again).
314 @c Maybe it's not worth to separate this from "Miscellaneous"?
318 @item The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons.
319 You can also customize the tool bars: @kbd{M-x customize-apropos RET
320 -tool-bar$} should get you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.)
321 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual
323 @item The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly
324 in the group buffer, see the variable @code{gnus-group-update-tool-bar}.
325 Its default value depends on your Emacs version.
326 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual
328 @item You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers.
329 See @code{gnus-use-toolbar} and @code{message-use-toolbar}.
333 @item Miscellaneous changes
336 @item Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the
337 server buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups
338 which use the server in question. For instance, if you change
339 @code{nntp-via-address} into @samp{bar.example.com} from
340 @samp{foo.example.com}, Gnus will connect to the news host by way of the
341 intermediate host @samp{bar.example.com} from next time.
343 @item The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer
346 @item You can set @code{gnus-mark-copied-or-moved-articles-as-expirable}
347 to a non-@code{nil} value so that articles that have been read may be
348 marked as expirable automatically when copying or moving them to a group
349 that has auto-expire turned on. The default is @code{nil} and copying
350 and moving of articles behave as before; i.e., the expirable marks will
351 be unchanged except that the marks will be removed when copying or
352 moving articles to a group that has not turned auto-expire on.
353 @xref{Expiring Mail}.
355 @item NoCeM support has been removed.
361 @c gnus-news.texi ends here.