-** Gnus changes.
+GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
-*** The Gnus distribution no longer bundles Custom and Widget.
-If your Emacs doesn't come with these libraries, fetch them from
-<URL:http://www.dina.kvl.dk/~abraham/custom/>. You also then need to
-add the following to the lisp/dgnushack.el file:
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
+ 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+See the end of the file for license conditions.
- (push "~/lisp/custom" load-path)
+Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org.
+For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
-Modify to suit your needs.
+\f
+* Installation changes
-*** New functionality for using Gnus as an offline newsreader has been
-added. A plethora of new commands and modes have been added. See the
-Gnus manual for the full story.
+** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
-*** The nndraft backend has returned, but works differently than
-before. All Message buffers are now also articles in the nndraft
-group, which is created automatically.
+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
+`~/News/marks' directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are read
+from your `~/.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.
-*** `gnus-alter-header-function' can now be used to alter header
-values.
+** Lisp files are now installed in `.../site-lisp/gnus/' by default. It
+defaulted to `.../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 `make remove-installed-shadows'.
-*** `gnus-summary-goto-article' now accept Message-ID's.
+** New `make.bat' for compiling and installing Gnus under MS Windows
-*** A new Message command for deleting text in the body of a message
-outside the region: `C-c C-v'.
+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, if you want to install Gnus after
+compiling it, give `make.bat' `/copy' as the second parameter.
-*** You can now post to component group in nnvirtual groups with
-`C-u C-c C-c'.
+`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.
-*** `nntp-rlogin-program' -- new variable to ease customization.
+The new `make.bat' makes `make-x.bat' and `xemacs.mak' superfluous, so
+they have been removed.
-*** `C-u C-c C-c' in `gnus-article-edit-mode' will now inhibit
-re-highlighting of the article buffer.
+** `~/News/overview/' not used.
-*** New element in `gnus-boring-article-headers' -- `long-to'.
+As a result of the following change, the `~/News/overview/' directory is
+not used any more. You can safely delete the entire hierarchy.
-*** `M-i' symbolic prefix command. See the section "Symbolic
-Prefixes" in the Gnus manual for details.
+** `(require 'gnus-load)'
-*** `L' and `I' in the summary buffer now take the symbolic prefix
-`a' to add the score rule to the "all.SCORE" file.
+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.
-*** `gnus-simplify-subject-functions' variable to allow greater
-control over simplification.
+File `gnus-load.el' contains autoload commands, functions and variables,
+some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen.
-*** `A T' -- new command for fetching the current thread.
-*** `/ T' -- new command for including the current thread in the
-limit.
+\f
+* New packages and libraries within Gnus
-*** `M-RET' is a new Message command for breaking cited text.
+** Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp SASL library.
-*** \\1-expressions are now valid in `nnmail-split-methods'.
+This provides a clean API to SASL mechanisms from within Emacs. The
+user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier situation, include
+support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM. *Note Emacs SASL: (sasl)Top.
-*** The `custom-face-lookup' function has been removed.
-If you used this function in your initialization files, you must
-rewrite them to use `face-spec-set' instead.
+** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default.
-*** Cancelling now uses the current select method. Symbolic prefix
-`a' forces normal posting method.
+The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM, when
+the server supports it.
-*** New command to translate M******** sm*rtq**t*s into proper text
--- `W d'.
+** Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el.
-*** For easier debugging of nntp, you can set `nntp-record-commands'
-to a non-nil value.
+It is enabled by default (see `password-cache'), with a short timeout of
+16 seconds (see `password-cache-expiry'). If PGG is used as the PGP
+back end, the 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.
-*** nntp now uses ~/.authinfo, a .netrc-like file, for controlling
-where and how to send AUTHINFO to NNTP servers.
+\f
+* Changes in summary and article mode
-*** A command for editing group parameters from the summary buffer
-has been added.
+** International host names (IDNA) can now be decoded inside article bodies
+using `W i' (`gnus-summary-idna-message'). This requires that GNU Libidn
+(`http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/') has been installed.
-*** A history of where mails have been split is available.
+** Gnus now displays DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
-*** A new article date command has been added -- `article-date-iso8601'.
+** Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: `/ r'
+(`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R'
+(`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient'). *Note Limiting::.
-*** Subjects can be simplified when threading by setting
-`gnus-score-thread-simplify'.
+** You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using `Y t'
+(`gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles'). *Note Summary Generation
+Commands::.
-*** A new function for citing in Message has been added --
-`message-cite-original-without-signature'.
+** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t'
+(`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::.
-*** `article-strip-all-blank-lines' -- new article command.
+** S/MIME now features LDAP user certificate searches. You need to
+configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'.
-*** A new Message command to kill to the end of the article has
-been added.
+** URLs inside OpenPGP headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP key
+ring when you click on them.
-*** A minimum adaptive score can be specified by using the
-`gnus-adaptive-word-minimum' variable.
+** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
+`gnus-picon-style'. *Note Picons::.
-*** The "lapsed date" article header can be kept continually
-updated by the `gnus-start-date-timer' command.
+** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'.
-*** Web listserv archives can be read with the nnlistserv backend.
+ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting
+articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences').
-*** Old dejanews archives can now be read by nnweb.
+** Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header.
+This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.
-*** Byte-compilation of user-specs now works under XEmacs.
+** `gnus-decay-scores' can be a regexp matching score files. For example,
+set it to `\\.ADAPT\\'' and only adaptive score files will be decayed.
+ *Note Score Decays::.
-*** `gnus-posting-styles' has been re-activated.
+** Strings prefixing to the `To' and `Newsgroup' headers in summary lines
+when using `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' can be customized with
+`gnus-summary-to-prefix' and `gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix'. *Note To
+From Newsgroups::.
+
+** You can replace MIME parts with external bodies. See
+`gnus-mime-replace-part' and `gnus-article-replace-part'. *Note MIME
+Commands::, *Note Using MIME::.
+
+** The option `mm-fill-flowed' can be used to disable treatment of
+format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
+inline PGP signed messages. *Note Flowed text: (emacs-mime)Flowed text.
+(New in Gnus 5.10.7)
+
+
+\f
+* Changes in Message mode
+
+** Gnus now supports the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam mechanism. Use
+`(setq message-generate-hashcash t)' to enable. *Note Hashcash::.
+
+** You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. See
+`mml-dnd-protocol-alist' and `mml-dnd-attach-options'. *Note MIME:
+(message)MIME.
+
+** The option `message-yank-empty-prefix' now controls how empty lines are
+prefixed in cited text. *Note Insertion Variables: (message)Insertion
+Variables.
+
+** Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers. The
+`References' header is hidden by default. To make all headers visible,
+use `(setq message-hidden-headers nil)'. *Note Message Headers:
+(message)Message Headers.
+
+** You can highlight different levels of citations like in the article
+buffer. See `gnus-message-highlight-citation'.
+
+** `auto-fill-mode' is enabled by default in Message mode. See
+`message-fill-column'. *Note Message Headers: (message)Various Message
+Variables.
+
+
+\f
+* Changes in back ends
+
+** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'.
+
+Earlier it was generated when 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 controversially) 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'.
+
+** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files. *Note
+RSS::.
+
+** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported.
+
+By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can
+customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.
+
+** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group
+names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::.
+
+** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with StartTLS.
+
+** The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside `gzip' for
+compressed message files. *Note Mail Spool::.
+
+** The nnml back end supports group compaction.
+
+This feature, accessible via the functions `gnus-group-compact-group'
+(`G z' in the group buffer) and `gnus-server-compact-server' (`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).
+
+\f
+* Appearance
+
+** The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons. You can also
+customize the tool bar. There's no documentation in the manual yet, but
+`M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$' should get you started. (Only
+for Emacs, not in XEmacs.)
+
+** The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly in the group buffer,
+see the variable `gnus-group-update-tool-bar'. Its default value
+depends on your Emacs version.
+
+** You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers. See
+`gnus-use-toolbar' and `message-use-toolbar'.
+
+
+\f
+* Miscellaneous changes
+
+** Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the server
+buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups which
+use the server in question. For instance, if you change
+`nntp-via-address' into `bar.example.com' from `foo.example.com', Gnus
+will connect to the news host by way of the intermediate host
+`bar.example.com' from next time.
+
+** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'.
+
+
+\f
+* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
+
+----------------------------------------------------------------------
+\f
+This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option)
+any later version.
+
+GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+\f
+Local variables:
+mode: outline
+paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$"
+end:
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