X-Git-Url: https://cgit.sxemacs.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=9b04b3c1938c540b8e4dfc778cd9ab60840aa932;hb=150821fe92ccf8ae0fa34bf1ade99b9c9966bf76;hp=0c5b11a44c953909b1402c7632e69e18a2c84cdb;hpb=3118665f801ddf1b0d2d979be3e1fe1ec46782e8;p=gnus diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index 0c5b11a44..9b04b3c19 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,102 +1,107 @@ -** Gnus changes. +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. -*** The Gnus distribution no longer bundles Custom and Widget. -If your Emacs doesn't come with these libraries, fetch them from -. You also then need to -add the following to the lisp/dgnushack.el file: +Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. +For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". - (push "~/lisp/custom" load-path) -Modify to suit your needs. + +* Changes in No Gnus -*** New functionality for using Gnus as an offline newsreader has been -added. A plethora of new commands and modes have been added. See the -Gnus manual for the full story. +** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus. -*** The nndraft backend has returned, but works differently than -before. All Message buffers are now also articles in the nndraft -group, which is created automatically. +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. -*** `gnus-alter-header-function' can now be used to alter header -values. +** The nntp back end store article marks in `~/News/marks'. -*** `gnus-summary-goto-article' now accept Message-ID's. +The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable +`nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (backend) +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'. -*** A new Message command for deleting text in the body of a message -outside the region: `C-c C-v'. +** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see +`gnus-picon-style' -*** You can now post to component group in nnvirtual groups with -`C-u C-c C-c'. +** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files. +*Note RSS::. -*** `nntp-rlogin-program' -- new variable to ease customization. +** 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. -*** `C-u C-c C-c' in `gnus-article-edit-mode' will now inhibit -re-highlighting of the article buffer. +** You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. -*** New element in `gnus-boring-article-headers' -- `long-to'. +** `/ r' limits the summary buffer to replied articles. -*** `M-i' symbolic prefix command. See the section "Symbolic -Prefixes" in the Gnus manual for details. +** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'. -*** `L' and `I' in the summary buffer now take the symbolic prefix -`a' to add the score rule to the "all.SCORE" file. +ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting +articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences'). -*** `gnus-simplify-subject-functions' variable to allow greater -control over simplification. +** Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp SASL library. -*** `A T' -- new command for fetching the current thread. +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. -*** `/ T' -- new command for including the current thread in the -limit. +** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default. -*** `M-RET' is a new Message command for breaking cited text. +The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM, +when the server support it. -*** \\1-expressions are now valid in `nnmail-split-methods'. +** Gnus include a password cache mechanism in password.el. -*** The `custom-face-lookup' function has been removed. -If you used this function in your initialization files, you must -rewrite them to use `face-spec-set' instead. +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. -*** Cancelling now uses the current select method. Symbolic prefix -`a' forces normal posting method. +** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported. -*** New command to translate M******** sm*rtq**t*s into proper text --- `W d'. +By default, Gnus do not send any information about itself, but you can +customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'. -*** For easier debugging of nntp, you can set `nntp-record-commands' -to a non-nil value. +** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'. -*** nntp now uses ~/.authinfo, a .netrc-like file, for controlling -where and how to send AUTHINFO to NNTP servers. +** Gnus now MIME decode articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" +header. This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'. -*** A command for editing group parameters from the summary buffer -has been added. +** Gnus now view DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode. -*** A history of where mails have been split is available. +** Gnus now support the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam idea. See +the Gnus manual, section Hashcash, for more information. -*** A new article date command has been added -- `article-date-iso8601'. + +* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". -*** Subjects can be simplified when threading by setting -`gnus-score-thread-simplify'. +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +Copyright information: -*** A new function for citing in Message has been added -- -`message-cite-original-without-signature'. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -*** `article-strip-all-blank-lines' -- new article command. + Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies + of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the + copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved, + thus giving the recipient permission to redistribute in turn. -*** A new Message command to kill to the end of the article has -been added. - -*** A minimum adaptive score can be specified by using the -`gnus-adaptive-word-minimum' variable. - -*** The "lapsed date" article header can be kept continually -updated by the `gnus-start-date-timer' command. - -*** Web listserv archives can be read with the nnlistserv backend. - -*** Old dejanews archives can now be read by nnweb. - -*** Byte-compilation of user-specs now works under XEmacs. - -*** `gnus-posting-styles' has been re-activated. + Permission is granted to distribute modified versions + of this document, or of portions of it, + under the above conditions, provided also that they + carry prominent notices stating who last changed them. + +Local variables: +mode: outline +paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" +end: