X-Git-Url: http://cgit.sxemacs.org/?p=gnus;a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=7206c500ce32a1b84061ff7df714c2729856bb6b;hp=24dc3decda60ca428de4851205953ef8dc118e2d;hb=fda79fc773c3018266173a6c4ea3776685845c1d;hpb=aecfe0f6a67ecdff7bd69f1748c9558e573dc813 diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index 24dc3decd..7206c500c 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,81 +1,362 @@ -** Gnus changes. +GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end for copying conditions. -*** nntp.el has been totally rewritten in an asynchronous fashion. +Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. +For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". -*** Article prefetching functionality has been moved up into -Gnus. + +* Changes in Oort Gnus -*** Scoring can now be performed with logical operators like -`and', `or', `not', and parent redirection. +** The new variable `gnus-parameters' can be used to set group parameters. -*** Article washing status can be displayed in the -article mode line. +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: -*** gnus.el has been split into many smaller files. + (setq gnus-parameters + '(("mail\\..*" + (gnus-show-threads nil) + (gnus-use-scoring nil)) + ("^nnimap:\\(foo.bar\\)$" + (to-group . "\\1")))) -*** Suppression of duplicate articles based on Message-ID. +** Smileys (":-)", ";-)" etc) are now iconized for Emacs too. -(setq gnus-suppress-duplicates t) +Put (setq gnus-treat-display-smileys nil) in ~/.emacs to disable it. -*** New variables for specifying what score and adapt files -are to be considered home score and adapt files. See -`gnus-home-score-file' and `gnus-home-adapt-files'. +** Gnus no longer generate the Sender: header automatically. -*** Groups can inherit group parameters from parent topics. +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'. -*** Article editing has been revamped and is now usable. +** Features from third party message-utils.el added to message.el. -*** Signatures can be recognized in more intelligent fashions. -See `gnus-signature-separator' and `gnus-signature-limit'. +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-*'). -*** Summary pick mode has been made to look more nn-like. -Line numbers are displayed and the `.' command can be -used to pick articles. +** References and X-Draft-Headers are no longer generated when you + start composing messages. -*** Commands for moving the .newsrc.eld from one server to -another have been added. +** Improved anti-spam features. - `M-x gnus-change-server' +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. -*** A way to specify that "uninteresting" fields be suppressed when -generating lines in buffers. +** Easy inclusion of X-Faces headers. -*** Several commands in the group buffer can be undone with -`M-C-_'. +** In the summary buffer, the new command / N inserts new messages and +/ o inserts old messages. -*** Scoring can be done on words using the new score type `w'. +** Gnus decodes morse encoded messages if you press W m. -*** Adaptive scoring can be done on a Subject word-by-word basis: +** Unread count correct in nnimap groups. - (setq gnus-use-adaptive-scoring '(word)) +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. -*** Scores can be decayed. - - (setq gnus-decay-scores t) +** Group Carbon Copy (GCC) quoting -*** Scoring can be performed using a regexp on the Date header. The -Date is normalized to compact ISO 8601 format first. +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. -*** A new command has been added to remove all data on articles from -the native server. +** ~/News/overview/ not used. - `M-x gnus-group-clear-data-on-native-groups' +As a result of the following change, the ~/News/overview/ directory is +not used any more. You can safely delete the entire hierarchy. -*** A new command for reading collections of documents -(nndoc with nnvirtual on top) has been added -- `M-C-d'. +** gnus-agent -*** Process mark sets can be pushed and popped. +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. -*** A new mail-to-news backend makes it possible to post -even when the NNTP server doesn't allow posting. -*** Process mark sets can be pushed and popped. +** gnus-summary-line-format -*** A new mail-to-news backend makes it possible to post -even when the NNTP server doesn't allow posting. +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. -*** A new backend for reading searches from DejaNews has -been added. +** deuglify.el (gnus-article-outlook-deuglify-article) - Use the `G n' command in the group buffer to create such - a group. +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/superseding). 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 wants 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") + +this now has changed to + +(setq mail-sources + '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/" + :suffix ".in"))) + +More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods -> +Getting Mail -> Mail Sources + +** 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. + +** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too +many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables. + +** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be +called to position point. + +** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in +summary buffers and NOV files. + +** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number +of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added. + +** 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. + + +* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +Copyright information: + +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies + of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the + copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved, + thus giving the recipient permission to redistribute in turn. + + Permission is granted to distribute modified versions + of this document, or of portions of it, + under the above conditions, provided also that they + carry prominent notices stating who last changed them. + +Local variables: +mode: outline +paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" +end: