X-Git-Url: http://cgit.sxemacs.org/?p=gnus;a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=77c8c6f860a377e3b7992e8ef9fde39ef7e3d8d3;hp=9faed6910ade2726d5890b91da65ba72ebc74092;hb=b7df893161350265e845a70d711a97a32536a221;hpb=173f056fefcc4c247234080f7d69aa8806756456 diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index 9faed6910..77c8c6f86 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,141 +1,283 @@ GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -See the end for copying conditions. + +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, + 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end of the file for license conditions. Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". - -* Changes in No Gnus +* Installation changes ** 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 -`~/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. +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. + +** Incompatibility when switching from Emacs 23 to Emacs 22 In Emacs 23, +Gnus uses Emacs' new internal coding system `utf-8-emacs' for saving +articles drafts and `~/.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 `mm-auto-save-coding-system' to +`emacs-mule'. + +** 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'. + +** The installation directory name is allowed to have spaces and/or tabs. -** The nntp back end store article marks in `~/News/marks'. + +* New packages and libraries within Gnus -The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable -`nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (back -end) variable `nntp-marks-is-evil'. The advantage of this is that -you can copy `~/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 `~/News/marks' has priority over the same -data in `~/.newsrc.eld'. +** Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp SASL library. + +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. + +** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default. + +The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM, when +the server supports it. + +** Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password-cache.el. + +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. + +** Using EasyPG with Gnus When EasyPG, is available, Gnus will use it +instead of PGG. EasyPG is an Emacs user interface to GNU Privacy Guard. + *Note EasyPG Assistant user's manual: (epa)Top. EasyPG is included in +Emacs 23 and available separately as well. + + +* Changes in group mode + +** Old intermediate incoming mail files (`Incoming*') are deleted after a +couple of days, not immediately. *Note Mail Source Customization::. +(New in Gnus 5.10.10 / No Gnus 0.8) + + + +* Changes in summary and article mode + +** Gnus now supports sticky article buffers. Those are article buffers +that are not reused when you select another article. *Note Sticky +Articles::. + +** Gnus can selectively display `text/html' articles with a WWW browser +with `K H'. *Note MIME Commands::. + +** 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. + +** The non-ASCII group names handling has been much improved. The back +ends that fully support non-ASCII group names are now `nntp', `nnml', +and `nnrss'. Also the agent, the cache, and the marks features work +with those back ends. *Note Non-ASCII Group Names::. + +** Gnus now displays DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode. + +** Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: `/ r' +(`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R' +(`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient'). *Note Limiting::. + +** You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using `Y t' +(`gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles'). *Note Summary Generation +Commands::. + +** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t' +(`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::. + +** S/MIME now features LDAP user certificate searches. You need to +configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'. + +** URLs inside OpenPGP headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP key +ring when you click on them. ** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see `gnus-picon-style'. *Note Picons::. -** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files. -*Note RSS::. +** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'. + +ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting +articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences'). + +** Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header. +This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'. + +** `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::. + +** 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. +inline PGP signed messages. *Note Flowed text: (emacs-mime)Flowed text. +(New in Gnus 5.10.7) + +** Now the new command `S W' (`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 `R' +(`gnus-article-reply-with-original') command. Note that the `R' command +in the article buffer no longer accepts a prefix argument, which was +used to make it do a wide reply. *Note Article Keymap::. + +** The new command `C-h b' (`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. + + + +* 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: +`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 (message)Insertion Variables::. +** The option `message-yank-empty-prefix' now controls how empty lines are +prefixed in cited text. *Note Insertion Variables: (message)Insertion +Variables. -** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'. +** 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. -ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting -articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences'). +** You can highlight different levels of citations like in the article +buffer. See `gnus-message-highlight-citation'. -** International host names (IDNA) can now be decoded inside article -bodies using `W i' (`gnus-summary-idna-message'). This require that -GNU Libidn (`http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/') has been installed. +** `auto-fill-mode' is enabled by default in Message mode. See +`message-fill-column'. *Note Message Headers: (message)Various Message +Variables. -** Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp SASL library. +** You can now store signature files in a special directory named +`message-signature-directory'. -This provide 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. +** The option `message-citation-line-format' controls the format of the +"Whomever writes:" line. You need to set +`message-citation-line-function' to +`message-insert-formatted-citation-line' as well. -** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default. + +* Changes in back ends -The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM, -when the server support it. +** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'. -** Gnus include a password cache mechanism in password.el. +The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable +`nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (back end) +variable `nntp-marks-is-evil'. The advantage of this is that you can +copy `~/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 `~/News/marks' has priority over the same data in +`~/.newsrc.eld'. -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 quering the user about whether to do so. +** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files. *Note +RSS::. ** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported. -By default, Gnus do not send any information about itself, but you can +By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'. -** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'. +** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group +names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::. -** Gnus now MIME decode articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" -header. This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'. +** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with StartTLS. -** Gnus now view DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode. +** The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside `gzip' for +compressed message files. *Note Mail Spool::. -** Gnus now support the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam idea. See -the Gnus manual, section Hashcash, for more information. Use `(setq -message-generate-hashcash t)' to enable. +** The nnml back end supports group compaction. -** Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: `/ r' -(`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R' -(`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient'). *Note Limiting::. +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). -** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t' -(`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::. -** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group -names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::. + +* Appearance -** URLs inside OpenPGP: headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP -key ring when you click on them. +** The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons. You can also +customize the tool bars: `M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$' should +get you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.) -** 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)'. +** 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. -** `gnus-decay-scores' can be a regexp matching score files. This -allows to decay only adaptive score files. *Note Score Decays::. +** You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers. See +`gnus-use-toolbar' and `message-use-toolbar'. -** S/MIME now feature LDAP user certificate searches. You need to -configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'. -** Strings prefixed 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::. + +* 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'. + +** You can set `gnus-mark-copied-or-moved-articles-as-expirable' to a +non-`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 `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. *Note Expiring Mail::. + * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -Copyright information: + +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 of the License, or +(at your option) any later version. -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +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. 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