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15 @c This file contains a list of news features Gnus. It is supposed to be
16 @c included in `gnus.texi'. `GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated from
17 @c this file (see `gnus-news.el').
21 @item Installation changes
24 @item Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
26 If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
27 release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading
28 to this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the
29 @file{~/News/marks} directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are
30 read from your @file{~/.newsrc.eld} instead of from the stale marks
31 file, where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry
32 for more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't
35 @item Lisp files are now installed in @file{.../site-lisp/gnus/} by default.
36 It defaulted to @file{.../site-lisp/} formerly. In addition to this,
37 the new installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which
38 will shadow the latest one are detected. You can then remove those
39 shadows manually or remove them using @code{make
40 remove-installed-shadows}.
42 @item The installation directory name is allowed to have spaces and/or tabs.
45 @item New packages and libraries within Gnus
49 @item Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp @acronym{SASL} library.
51 This provides a clean @acronym{API} to @acronym{SASL} mechanisms from
52 within Emacs. The user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier
53 situation, include support for @acronym{DIGEST}-@acronym{MD5} and
54 @acronym{NTLM}. @xref{Top, ,Emacs SASL, sasl, Emacs SASL}.
56 @item ManageSieve connections uses the @acronym{SASL} library by default.
58 The primary change this brings is support for @acronym{DIGEST-MD5} and
59 @acronym{NTLM}, when the server supports it.
61 @item Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el.
63 It is enabled by default (see @code{password-cache}), with a short
64 timeout of 16 seconds (see @code{password-cache-expiry}). If
65 @acronym{PGG} is used as the @acronym{PGP} back end, the @acronym{PGP}
66 passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords for ManageSieve
67 connections are managed by this mechanism, after querying the user
68 about whether to do so.
71 @item Changes in summary and article mode
75 @item Gnus now supports sticky article buffers. Those are article buffers
76 that are not reused when you select another article. @xref{Sticky
79 @item International host names (@acronym{IDNA}) can now be decoded
80 inside article bodies using @kbd{W i}
81 (@code{gnus-summary-idna-message}). This requires that GNU Libidn
82 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) has been installed.
83 @c FIXME: Also mention @code{message-use-idna}?
85 @item The non-@acronym{ASCII} group names handling has been much
86 improved. The back ends that fully support non-@acronym{ASCII} group
87 names are now @code{nntp}, @code{nnml}, and @code{nnrss}. Also the
88 agent, the cache, and the marks features work with those back ends.
89 @xref{Non-ASCII Group Names}.
91 @item Gnus now displays @acronym{DNS} master files sent as text/dns
94 @item Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer:
95 @kbd{/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R}
96 (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}). @xref{Limiting}.
98 @item You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using
99 @kbd{Y t} (@code{gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles}). @xref{Summary
100 Generation Commands}.
102 @item Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer:
103 @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}). @xref{Summary
106 @item @acronym{S/MIME} now features @acronym{LDAP} user certificate searches.
107 You need to configure the server in @code{smime-ldap-host-list}.
109 @item URLs inside Open@acronym{PGP} headers are retrieved and imported
110 to your PGP key ring when you click on them.
113 Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
114 @code{gnus-picon-style}. @xref{Picons}.
116 @item @acronym{ANSI} @acronym{SGR} control sequences can be transformed
119 @acronym{ANSI} sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for
120 highlighting articles (@code{gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences}).
122 @item Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header.
123 This changes the default of @code{gnus-article-loose-mime}.
125 @item @code{gnus-decay-scores} can be a regexp matching score files.
126 For example, set it to @samp{\\.ADAPT\\'} and only adaptive score files
127 will be decayed. @xref{Score Decays}.
129 @item Strings prefixing to the @code{To} and @code{Newsgroup} headers in
130 summary lines when using @code{gnus-ignored-from-addresses} can be
131 customized with @code{gnus-summary-to-prefix} and
132 @code{gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix}. @xref{To From Newsgroups}.
134 @item You can replace @acronym{MIME} parts with external bodies.
135 See @code{gnus-mime-replace-part} and @code{gnus-article-replace-part}.
136 @xref{MIME Commands}, @ref{Using MIME}.
139 The option @code{mm-fill-flowed} can be used to disable treatment of
140 format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
141 inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages. @xref{Flowed text, ,Flowed text,
142 emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}. (New in Gnus 5.10.7)
143 @c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus".
145 @item Now the new command @kbd{S W}
146 (@code{gnus-article-wide-reply-with-original}) for a wide reply in the
147 article buffer yanks a text that is in the active region, if it is set,
148 as well as the @kbd{R} (@code{gnus-article-reply-with-original}) command.
149 Note that the @kbd{R} command in the article buffer no longer accepts a
150 prefix argument, which was used to make it do a wide reply.
151 @xref{Article Keymap}.
153 @item The new command @kbd{C-h b}
154 (@code{gnus-article-describe-bindings}) used in the article buffer now
155 shows not only the article commands but also the real summary commands
156 that are accessible from the article buffer.
160 @item Changes in Message mode
163 @item Gnus now supports the ``hashcash'' client puzzle anti-spam mechanism.
164 Use @code{(setq message-generate-hashcash t)} to enable.
167 @item You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer.
168 See @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} and @code{mml-dnd-attach-options}.
169 @xref{MIME, ,MIME, message, Message Manual}.
171 @item The option @code{message-yank-empty-prefix} now controls how
172 empty lines are prefixed in cited text. @xref{Insertion Variables,
173 ,Insertion Variables, message, Message Manual}.
175 @item Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers.
176 The @code{References} header is hidden by default. To make all
177 headers visible, use @code{(setq message-hidden-headers nil)}.
178 @xref{Message Headers, ,Message Headers, message, Message Manual}.
180 @item You can highlight different levels of citations like in the
181 article buffer. See @code{gnus-message-highlight-citation}.
183 @item @code{auto-fill-mode} is enabled by default in Message mode.
184 See @code{message-fill-column}. @xref{Various Message Variables, ,
185 Message Headers, message, Message Manual}.
187 @item You can now store signature files in a special directory
188 named @code{message-signature-directory}.
190 @item The option @code{message-citation-line-format} controls the format
191 of the "Whomever writes:" line. You need to set
192 @code{message-citation-line-function} to
193 @code{message-insert-formatted-citation-line} as well.
196 @item Changes in back ends
199 @item The nntp back end stores article marks in @file{~/News/marks}.
201 The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
202 @code{nntp-marks-directory}, and marks can be disabled using the
203 (back end) variable @code{nntp-marks-is-evil}. The advantage of this
204 is that you can copy @file{~/News/marks} (using rsync, scp or
205 whatever) to another Gnus installation, and it will realize what
206 articles you have read and marked. The data in @file{~/News/marks}
207 has priority over the same data in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}.
210 You can import and export your @acronym{RSS} subscriptions from
211 @acronym{OPML} files. @xref{RSS}.
213 @item @acronym{IMAP} identity (@acronym{RFC} 2971) is supported.
215 By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can
216 customize it using the variable @code{nnimap-id}.
218 @item The @code{nnrss} back end now supports multilingual text.
219 Non-@acronym{ASCII} group names for the @code{nnrss} groups are also
220 supported. @xref{RSS}.
222 @item Retrieving mail with @acronym{POP3} is supported over @acronym{SSL}/@acronym{TLS} and with StartTLS.
224 @item The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside @file{gzip}
225 for compressed message files. @xref{Mail Spool}.
227 @item The nnml back end supports group compaction.
229 This feature, accessible via the functions
230 @code{gnus-group-compact-group} (@kbd{G z} in the group buffer) and
231 @code{gnus-server-compact-server} (@kbd{z} in the server buffer)
232 renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and removing gaps.
233 As a consequence, you get a correct total article count (until
234 messages are deleted again).
238 @c Maybe it's not worth to separate this from "Miscellaneous"?
242 @item The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons.
243 You can also customize the tool bar. There's no documentation in the
244 manual yet, but @kbd{M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$} should get
245 you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.)
246 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual
248 @item The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly
249 in the group buffer, see the variable @code{gnus-group-update-tool-bar}.
250 Its default value depends on your Emacs version.
251 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual
253 @item You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers.
254 See @code{gnus-use-toolbar} and @code{message-use-toolbar}.
258 @item Miscellaneous changes
261 @item Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the
262 server buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups
263 which use the server in question. For instance, if you change
264 @code{nntp-via-address} into @samp{bar.example.com} from
265 @samp{foo.example.com}, Gnus will connect to the news host by way of the
266 intermediate host @samp{bar.example.com} from next time.
268 @item The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer
275 @c gnus-news.texi ends here.
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