X-Git-Url: http://cgit.sxemacs.org/?p=gnus;a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=7ead1e87f045fc07bc79bfdfb4f3f5a456e5d690;hp=0598ce519c4bb9f9f60f55751a1a11521573408c;hb=c881c2e5d77a85b1a0d46785ffc3e10228c78175;hpb=a6b9eace5a8885917fa4284cbb18dbe7a7827408 diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index 0598ce519..7ead1e87f 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,375 +1,180 @@ GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, + 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". -* Changes in Oort Gnus +* Installation changes -** Support for non-ASCII domain names +** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus. -Message supports non-ASCII domain names in From:, To: and Cc: and will -query you whether to perform encoding when you try to send a message. -The variable `message-use-idna' controls this. Gnus will also decode -non-ASCII domain names in From:, To: and Cc: when you view a message. -The variable `gnus-use-idna' controls this. +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. -** Better handling of Microsoft citation styles +** 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 now tries to recognize the mangled header block that some Microsoft -mailers use to indicate that the rest of the message is a citation, even -though it is not quoted in any way. The variable -`gnus-cite-unsightly-citation-regexp' matches the start of these -citations. - -** gnus-article-skip-boring - -If you set `gnus-article-skip-boring' to t, then Gnus will not scroll -down to show you a page that contains only boring text, which by -default means cited text and signature. You can customize what is -skippable using `gnus-article-boring-faces'. - -This feature is especially useful if you read many articles that -consist of a little new content at the top with a long, untrimmed -message cited below. - -** The format spec %C for positioning point has changed to %*. - -** The new variable `gnus-parameters' can be used to set group parameters. - -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: - - (setq gnus-parameters - '(("mail\\..*" - (gnus-show-threads nil) - (gnus-use-scoring nil)) - ("^nnimap:\\(foo.bar\\)$" - (to-group . "\\1")))) - -** Smileys (":-)", ";-)" etc) are now iconized for Emacs too. - -Put (setq gnus-treat-display-smileys nil) in ~/.emacs to disable it. - -** Gnus no longer generate the Sender: header automatically. - -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'. - -** Features from third party message-utils.el added to message.el. - -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-*'). - -** References and X-Draft-Headers are no longer generated when you - start composing messages. - -** Improved anti-spam features. - -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. - -** Easy inclusion of X-Faces headers. - -** In the summary buffer, the new command / N inserts new messages and -/ o inserts old messages. - -** Gnus decodes morse encoded messages if you press W m. - -** Unread count correct in nnimap groups. - -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. - -** Group Carbon Copy (GCC) quoting - -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. - -** ~/News/overview/ not used. - -As a result of the following change, the ~/News/overview/ directory is -not used any more. You can safely delete the entire hierarchy. - -** gnus-agent - -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. - -** gnus-summary-line-format - -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. - -** deuglify.el (gnus-article-outlook-deuglify-article) - -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.")) + +* New packages and libraries within Gnus -** message-ignored-news-headers and message-ignored-mail-headers +** Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp SASL library. -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. +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. -** Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged. +** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default. -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. +The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM, when +the server supports it. -** Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter. +** Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el. -On composing messages, it is enabled by `use-hard-newlines'. Decoding -format=flowed was present but not documented in earlier versions. +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. -** Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification requests. + +* Changes in summary and article mode -This is invoked with the C-c M-n key binding from message mode. +** 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. -** Gnus supports Maildir groups. +** Gnus now displays DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode. -Gnus includes a new backend nnmaildir.el. +** Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: `/ r' +(`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R' +(`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient'). *Note Limiting::. -** Printing capabilities are enhanced. +** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t' +(`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::. -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. +** S/MIME now features LDAP user certificate searches. You need to +configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'. -** Message supports the Importance: (RFC 2156) header. +** URLs inside OpenPGP headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP key +ring when you click on them. -In the message buffer, C-c C-f C-i or C-u cycles through the valid values. +** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see +`gnus-picon-style'. *Note Picons::. -** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News. +** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'. -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 and -superseding). Gnus generates a random password string the first time -you post a message, and saves it in your ~/.emacs using the Custom -system. While the variable is called `canlock-password', it is not -security sensitive data. Publishing your canlock string on the web -will not allow anyone to be able to anything she could not already do. -The behaviour can be changed by customizing `message-insert-canlock'. +ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting +articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences'). -** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve. +** Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header. +This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'. -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. +** `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::. -** Extended format specs. +** 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::. -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. +** You can replace MIME parts with external bodies. See +`gnus-mime-replace-part' and `gnus-article-replace-part'. *Note MIME +Commands::, *Note Using MIME::. -** `/ *' (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten. +** 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. -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. + +* Changes in Message mode -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. +** Gnus now supports the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam mechanism. Use +`(setq message-generate-hashcash t)' to enable. *Note Hashcash::. -** The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each groups. +** 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. -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 option `message-yank-empty-prefix' now controls how empty lines are +prefixed in cited text. *Note Insertion Variables: (message)Insertion +Variables. -** The menu bar item (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has -been renamed to "Gnus". +** 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. -** The menu bar item (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to -"Attachments". + +* Changes in back ends -** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist. +** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'. -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: +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'. - ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr) +** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files. *Note +RSS::. -** 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. +** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported. -** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external). +By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can +customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'. -** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'. +** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group +names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::. -This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of -`back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode. +** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with StartTLS. -** Bug fixes. +** The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside `gzip' for +compressed message files. *Note Mail Spool::. -* 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. +* Appearance -** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the -many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone. +** 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.) -If you used procmail like in +** 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. -(setq nnmail-use-procmail t) -(setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail) -(setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/") -(setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in") +** You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers. See +`gnus-use-toolbar' and `message-use-toolbar'. -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. + +* Miscellaneous changes -** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a -subtly different manner. +** 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. -** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive -and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with -ever-changing layouts. +** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'. -** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap. * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". @@ -377,7 +182,8 @@ ever-changing layouts. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright information: -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, + 2006 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