X-Git-Url: https://cgit.sxemacs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=2dc02951bf89c909e7176edceb978c92d274392f;hb=2e67db77147a65a7f3bc71c35c64e392ba71250e;hp=39d0d7b9c8641c69b3b78df1455948a9e7c0bce1;hpb=3265137126cda30513915bc7ec23a434ed4ca61a;p=gnus diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index 39d0d7b9c..2dc02951b 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ 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. @@ -8,33 +9,142 @@ For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". * Changes in No Gnus +** 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. + +** 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'. + +** 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::. + +** 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. + +** 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. + +** 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'). + +** 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 includes an Emacs Lisp SASL library. -This provide a clean API to SASL mechanisms from within Emacs. The +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. ** 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. +when the server supports it. -** Gnus include a password cache mechanism in password.el. +** 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 backend, the PGP passphrase is managed by this mechanism. +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. +after querying the user about whether to do so. ** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported. -By default, Gnus do not send any information about itself, but you can -customize it via the variable `nnimap-id'. +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'. + +** Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" +header. This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'. + +** Gnus now views DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode. + +** 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. + +** 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::. + +** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group +names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::. + +** URLs inside OpenPGP: headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP +key ring when you click on them. + +** 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)'. + +** `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::. + +** S/MIME now features LDAP user certificate searches. You need to +configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'. + +** 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::. + +** 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'. + +** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with StartTLS. + +** 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 now be edited from the group buffer using `W e'. +** You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers. See +`gnus-use-toolbar' and `message-use-toolbar'. -** The prompt for creating new groups (`G m') now auto complete known groups. +** The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside `gzip' for +compressed message files. *Note Mail Spool::. * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". @@ -42,7 +152,8 @@ customize it via the variable `nnimap-id'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright information: -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. Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the