X-Git-Url: http://cgit.sxemacs.org/?p=gnus;a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=7ead1e87f045fc07bc79bfdfb4f3f5a456e5d690;hp=d4b12cfa5081a09de9f39bbbddd4a6f1df489358;hb=c881c2e5d77a85b1a0d46785ffc3e10228c78175;hpb=62947bb93d7ed2d05df953dc82923167160c42ba diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index d4b12cfa5..7ead1e87f 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,38 +1,180 @@ GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 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 No Gnus (test) +* Installation changes -** Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp SASL library. +** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus. -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. +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. + +** 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'. + + +* New packages and libraries within Gnus + +** 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 support it. +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.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. + + +* Changes in summary and article 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 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::. + +** 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::. + +** 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. *Note Flowed text: (emacs-mime)Flowed text. -** Gnus include a password cache mechanism in password.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 backend, 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. + +* 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. + + +* Changes in back ends + +** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'. + +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'. + +** 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 -customize it using `nnimap-id'. +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::. + + +* 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'. + + + +* 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'. -** The "all.SCORE" file can now be edited from the group buffer using `W e'. * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". @@ -40,7 +182,8 @@ customize it using `nnimap-id'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright information: -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. Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the