@c -*-texinfo-*- @c Copyright (C) 2004-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies @c of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the @c copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved, @c thus giving the recipient permission to redistribute in turn. @c Permission is granted to distribute modified versions @c of this document, or of portions of it, @c under the above conditions, provided also that they @c carry prominent notices stating who last changed them. @c This file contains a list of news features Gnus. It is supposed to be @c included in 'gnus.texi'. 'GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated from @c this file (see 'gnus-news.el'). @itemize @bullet @item Supported Emacs versions The following Emacs versions are supported by No Gnus: @itemize @bullet @item Emacs 22 and up @item XEmacs 21.4 @item XEmacs 21.5 @item SXEmacs @end itemize @item Installation changes @itemize @bullet @item Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus. If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading to this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the @file{~/News/marks} directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are read from your @file{~/.newsrc.eld} instead of from the stale marks file, where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry for more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't safe in general. @item Incompatibility when switching from Emacs 23 to Emacs 22 In Emacs 23, Gnus uses Emacs's new internal coding system @code{utf-8-emacs} for saving articles drafts and @file{~/.newsrc.eld}. These files may not be read correctly in Emacs 22 and below. If you want to use Gnus across different Emacs versions, you may set @code{mm-auto-save-coding-system} to @code{emacs-mule}. @c FIXME: Untested. (Or did anyone test it?) @c Cf. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66251/focus=66344 @item Lisp files are now installed in @file{.../site-lisp/gnus/} by default. It defaulted to @file{.../site-lisp/} formerly. In addition to this, the new installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which will shadow the latest one are detected. You can then remove those shadows manually or remove them using @code{make remove-installed-shadows}. @item The installation directory name is allowed to have spaces and/or tabs. @end itemize @item New packages and libraries within Gnus @itemize @bullet @item New version of @code{nnimap} @code{nnimap} has been reimplemented in a mostly-compatible way. See the Gnus manual for a description of the new interface. In particular, @code{nnimap-inbox} and the client side split method has changed. @item Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp @acronym{SASL} library. This provides a clean @acronym{API} to @acronym{SASL} mechanisms from within Emacs. The user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier situation, include support for @acronym{DIGEST}-@acronym{MD5} and @acronym{NTLM}. @xref{Top, ,Emacs SASL, sasl, Emacs SASL}. @item ManageSieve connections uses the @acronym{SASL} library by default. The primary change this brings is support for @acronym{DIGEST-MD5} and @acronym{NTLM}, when the server supports it. @item Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el. It is enabled by default (see @code{password-cache}), with a short timeout of 16 seconds (see @code{password-cache-expiry}). If @acronym{PGG} is used as the @acronym{PGP} back end, the @acronym{PGP} passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords for ManageSieve connections are managed by this mechanism, after querying the user about whether to do so. @item Using EasyPG with Gnus When EasyPG, is available, Gnus will use it instead of @acronym{PGG}. EasyPG is an Emacs user interface to GNU Privacy Guard. @xref{Top, ,EasyPG Assistant user's manual, epa, EasyPG Assistant user's manual}. EasyPG is included in Emacs 23 and available separately as well. @end itemize @item Changes in group mode @c ************************ @itemize @bullet @item Symbols like @code{gcc-self} now have the same precedence rules in @code{gnus-parameters} as other ``real'' variables: The last match wins instead of the first match. @item Old intermediate incoming mail files (@file{Incoming*}) are deleted after a couple of days, not immediately. @xref{Mail Source Customization}. (New in Gnus 5.10.10 / No Gnus 0.8) @c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus". @end itemize @item Changes in summary and article mode @itemize @bullet @item There's now only one variable that determines how @acronym{HTML} is rendered: @code{mm-text-html-renderer}. @item Gnus now supports sticky article buffers. Those are article buffers that are not reused when you select another article. @xref{Sticky Articles}. @c @item Bookmarks @c FIXME: To be added @item Gnus can selectively display @samp{text/html} articles with a WWW browser with @kbd{K H}. @xref{MIME Commands}. @c gnus-registry-marks @c FIXME: To be added @item International host names (@acronym{IDNA}) can now be decoded inside article bodies using @kbd{W i} (@code{gnus-summary-idna-message}). This requires that GNU Libidn (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) has been installed. @c FIXME: Also mention @code{message-use-idna}? @item The non-@acronym{ASCII} group names handling has been much improved. The back ends that fully support non-@acronym{ASCII} group names are now @code{nntp}, @code{nnml}, and @code{nnrss}. Also the agent, the cache, and the marks features work with those back ends. @xref{Non-ASCII Group Names}. @item Gnus now displays @acronym{DNS} master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode. @item Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: @kbd{/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}). @xref{Limiting}. @item You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using @kbd{Y t} (@code{gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles}). @xref{Summary Generation Commands}. @item Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}). @xref{Summary Sorting}. @item @acronym{S/MIME} now features @acronym{LDAP} user certificate searches. You need to configure the server in @code{smime-ldap-host-list}. @item URLs inside Open@acronym{PGP} headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP key ring when you click on them. @item Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see @code{gnus-picon-style}. @xref{Picons}. @item @acronym{ANSI} @acronym{SGR} control sequences can be transformed using @kbd{W A}. @acronym{ANSI} sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting articles (@code{gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences}). @item Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header. This changes the default of @code{gnus-article-loose-mime}. @item @code{gnus-decay-scores} can be a regexp matching score files. For example, set it to @samp{\\.ADAPT\\'} and only adaptive score files will be decayed. @xref{Score Decays}. @item Strings prefixing to the @code{To} and @code{Newsgroup} headers in summary lines when using @code{gnus-ignored-from-addresses} can be customized with @code{gnus-summary-to-prefix} and @code{gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix}. @xref{To From Newsgroups}. @item You can replace @acronym{MIME} parts with external bodies. See @code{gnus-mime-replace-part} and @code{gnus-article-replace-part}. @xref{MIME Commands}, @ref{Using MIME}. @item The option @code{mm-fill-flowed} can be used to disable treatment of format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages. @xref{Flowed text, ,Flowed text, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}. (New in Gnus 5.10.7) @c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus". @item Now the new command @kbd{S W} (@code{gnus-article-wide-reply-with-original}) for a wide reply in the article buffer yanks a text that is in the active region, if it is set, as well as the @kbd{R} (@code{gnus-article-reply-with-original}) command. Note that the @kbd{R} command in the article buffer no longer accepts a prefix argument, which was used to make it do a wide reply. @xref{Article Keymap}. @item The new command @kbd{C-h b} (@code{gnus-article-describe-bindings}) used in the article buffer now shows not only the article commands but also the real summary commands that are accessible from the article buffer. @end itemize @item Changes in Message mode @itemize @bullet @item Gnus now defaults to saving all outgoing messages in per-month nnfolder archives. @item Gnus now supports the ``hashcash'' client puzzle anti-spam mechanism. Use @code{(setq message-generate-hashcash t)} to enable. @xref{Hashcash}. @item You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. See @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} and @code{mml-dnd-attach-options}. @xref{MIME, ,MIME, message, Message Manual}. @item The option @code{message-yank-empty-prefix} now controls how empty lines are prefixed in cited text. @xref{Insertion Variables, ,Insertion Variables, message, Message Manual}. @item Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers. The @code{References} header is hidden by default. To make all headers visible, use @code{(setq message-hidden-headers nil)}. @xref{Message Headers, ,Message Headers, message, Message Manual}. @item You can highlight different levels of citations like in the article buffer. See @code{gnus-message-highlight-citation}. @item @code{auto-fill-mode} is enabled by default in Message mode. See @code{message-fill-column}. @xref{Various Message Variables, , Message Headers, message, Message Manual}. @item You can now store signature files in a special directory named @code{message-signature-directory}. @item The option @code{message-citation-line-format} controls the format of the "Whomever writes:" line. You need to set @code{message-citation-line-function} to @code{message-insert-formatted-citation-line} as well. @end itemize @item Changes in Browse Server mode @itemize @bullet @item Gnus' sophisticated subscription methods are now available in Browse Server buffers as well using the variable @code{gnus-browse-subscribe-newsgroup-method}. @end itemize @item Changes in back ends @itemize @bullet @item The nntp back end stores article marks in @file{~/News/marks}. The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable @code{nntp-marks-directory}, and marks can be disabled using the (back end) variable @code{nntp-marks-is-evil}. The advantage of this is that you can copy @file{~/News/marks} (using rsync, scp or whatever) to another Gnus installation, and it will realize what articles you have read and marked. The data in @file{~/News/marks} has priority over the same data in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}. @item You can import and export your @acronym{RSS} subscriptions from @acronym{OPML} files. @xref{RSS}. @item @acronym{IMAP} identity (@acronym{RFC} 2971) is supported. By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can customize it using the variable @code{nnimap-id}. @item The @code{nnrss} back end now supports multilingual text. Non-@acronym{ASCII} group names for the @code{nnrss} groups are also supported. @xref{RSS}. @item Retrieving mail with @acronym{POP3} is supported over @acronym{SSL}/@acronym{TLS} and with StartTLS. @item The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside @file{gzip} for compressed message files. @xref{Mail Spool}. @item The nnml back end supports group compaction. This feature, accessible via the functions @code{gnus-group-compact-group} (@kbd{G z} in the group buffer) and @code{gnus-server-compact-server} (@kbd{z} in the server buffer) renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and removing gaps. As a consequence, you get a correct total article count (until messages are deleted again). @c @item nnmairix.el @c FIXME @c @item nnir.el @c FIXME @end itemize @item Appearance @c Maybe it's not worth to separate this from "Miscellaneous"? @itemize @bullet @item The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons. You can also customize the tool bars: @kbd{M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$} should get you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.) @c FIXME: Document this in the manual @item The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly in the group buffer, see the variable @code{gnus-group-update-tool-bar}. Its default value depends on your Emacs version. @c FIXME: Document this in the manual @item You can change the location of XEmacs's toolbars in Gnus buffers. See @code{gnus-use-toolbar} and @code{message-use-toolbar}. @end itemize @item Miscellaneous changes @itemize @bullet @item Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the server buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups which use the server in question. For instance, if you change @code{nntp-via-address} into @samp{bar.example.com} from @samp{foo.example.com}, Gnus will connect to the news host by way of the intermediate host @samp{bar.example.com} from next time. @item The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer using @kbd{W e}. @item You can set @code{gnus-mark-copied-or-moved-articles-as-expirable} to a non-@code{nil} value so that articles that have been read may be marked as expirable automatically when copying or moving them to a group that has auto-expire turned on. The default is @code{nil} and copying and moving of articles behave as before; i.e., the expirable marks will be unchanged except that the marks will be removed when copying or moving articles to a group that has not turned auto-expire on. @xref{Expiring Mail}. @item NoCeM support has been removed. @item Carpal mode has been removed. @end itemize @end itemize @c gnus-news.texi ends here.