"Score and kill file handling."
:group 'gnus )
-(defconst gnus-version-number "0.84"
+(defconst gnus-version-number "5.4.1"
"Version number for this version of Gnus.")
-(defconst gnus-version (format "Red Gnus v%s" gnus-version-number)
+(defconst gnus-version (format "Gnus v%s" gnus-version-number)
"Version string for this version of Gnus.")
(defcustom gnus-inhibit-startup-message nil
\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
@setfilename gnus
-@settitle Red Gnus 0.84 Manual
+@settitle Gnus 5.4 Manual
@synindex fn cp
@synindex vr cp
@synindex pg cp
@tex
@titlepage
-@title Red Gnus 0.84 Manual
+@title Gnus 5.4 Manual
@author by Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@page
@node Top
-@top The Red Gnus Newsreader
+@top The Gnus Newsreader
@ifinfo
spool or your mbox file. All at the same time, if you want to push your
luck.
-This manual corresponds to Red Gnus 0.84
+This manual corresponds to Gnus 5.4.
@end ifinfo
file after splitting mail into the proper groups. This is @code{nil} by
default for reasons of security.
-Since Red Gnus is an alpha release, it is to be expected to lose mail.
+@c Since Red Gnus is an alpha release, it is to be expected to lose mail.
(No Gnus release since (ding) Gnus 0.10 (or something like that) have
lost mail, I think, but that's not the point. (Except certain versions
of Red Gnus.)) By not deleting the Incoming* files, one can be sure to
In May 1996 the next Gnus generation (aka. ``September Gnus'') was
released under the name ``Gnus 5.2''.
-On July 28th 1996 work on Red Gnus was begun.
+On July 28th 1996 work on Red Gnus was begun, and it was released on
+January 25th 1997 as ``Gnus 5.4''.
If you happen upon a version of Gnus that has a name that is prefixed --
-``(ding) Gnus'', ``September Gnus'', ``Red Gnus'', ``Mamey Sapote Gnus''
--- don't panic. Don't let it know that you're frightened. Back away.
+``(ding) Gnus'', ``September Gnus'', ``Red Gnus'', ``Quassia Gnus'' --
+don't panic. Don't let it know that you're frightened. Back away.
Slowly. Whatever you do, don't run. Walk away, calmly, until you're
out of its reach. Find a proper released version of Gnus and snuggle up
to that instead.
@menu
* ding Gnus:: New things in Gnus 5.0/5.1, the first new Gnus.
* September Gnus:: The Thing Formally Known As Gnus 5.3/5.3.
-* Red Gnus:: The future---Gnus 5.4/5.5.
+* Red Gnus:: Third time best---Gnus 5.4/5.5.
@end menu
These lists are, of course, just @emph{short} overviews of the