GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
-Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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-* Changes in Oort Gnus
+* Changes in No Gnus
-** gnus-posting-styles
+** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
-Add a new format of match like
+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.
- ((header "to" "larsi.*org")
- (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
+** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'.
-The old format like the lines below is obsolete.
+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'.
- (header "to" "larsi.*org"
- (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
+** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
+`gnus-picon-style'. *Note Picons::.
-** message-ignored-news-headers and message-ignored-mail-headers
+** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files.
+*Note RSS::.
-X-Draft-From and X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information have been added into
-these two variables. If you customized those, perhaps you need add
-those two headers too.
+** 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.
-** Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged.
+** 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.
-If one reads an article while plugged, and the article already exists
-in the Agent, it won't get downloaded once more. (setq
-gnus-agent-cache nil) reverts to the old behavior.
+** The option `message-yank-empty-prefix' now controls how empty lines
+are prefixed in cited text. *Note Insertion Variables:
+(message)Insertion Variables.
-** Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter.
+** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'.
-On composing messages, it is enabled by `use-hard-newlines'. Decoding
-format=flowed was present but not documented in earlier versions.
+ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting
+articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences').
-** Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification requests.
+** 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.
-This is invoked with the C-c M-n key binding from message mode.
+** Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp SASL library.
-** Gnus supports Maildir groups.
+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.
-Gnus includes a new backend nnmaildir.el.
+** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default.
-** Printing capabilities are enhanced.
+The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM,
+when the server supports it.
-Gnus supports Muttprint natively with O P from the Summary and Article
-buffers. Also, each individual MIME part can be printed using p on
-the MIME button.
+** Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el.
-** Message supports the Importance: header.
+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.
-In the message buffer, C-c C-f C-i or C-u cycles through the valid values.
+** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported.
-** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News.
+By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you
+can customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.
-This means a header "Cancel-Lock" is inserted in news posting. It is
-used to determine if you wrote a article or not (for
-cancelling/superseding). The behaviour can be changed by customizing
-`message-insert-canlock'.
+** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'.
-** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve.
+** Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version"
+header. This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.
-Sieve rules can be added as Group Parameters for groups, and the
-complete Sieve script is generated using `D g' from the Group buffer,
-and then uploaded to the server using `C-c C-l' in the generated Sieve
-buffer. Search the online Gnus manual for "sieve", and see the new
-Sieve manual, for more information.
+** Gnus now views DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
-** Extended format specs.
+** 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.
-Format spec "%&user-date;" is added into
-gnus-summary-line-format-alist. Also, user defined extended format
-specs are supported. The extended format specs look like "%u&foo;",
-which invokes function gnus-user-format-function-foo. Because "&" is
-used as the escape character, old user defined format "%u&" is no
-longer supported.
+** 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-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten.
+** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t'
+(`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::.
-It was aliased to `Y c' (gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles). The new
-function filters out other articles.
+** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group
+names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::.
-** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default.
+** URLs inside OpenPGP: headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP
+key ring when you click on them.
-This is supposedly what USEFOR wants to migrate to. See
-`gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist' and
-`gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist' for customization.
+** 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)'.
-** The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each groups.
+** `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::.
-This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups
-separately of .newsrc.eld, while preserving marks. It also makes it
-possible to share articles and marks between users (without sharing
-the .newsrc.eld file) within e.g. a department. It works by storing
-the marks stored in .newsrc.eld in a per-group file ".marks" (for
-nnml) and "groupname.mrk" (for nnfolder, named "groupname"). If the
-nnml/nnfolder is moved to another machine, Gnus will automatically use
-the .marks or .mrk file instead of the information in .newsrc.eld.
-The new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and
-`nnfolder-marks-is-evil' can be used to disable this feature.
+** S/MIME now features LDAP user certificate searches. You need to
+configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'.
-** The menu bar (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been
-renamed to "Gnus".
+** 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::.
-** The menu bar (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to
-"Attachments".
+** You can replace MIME parts with external bodies. See
+`gnus-mime-replace-part' and `gnus-article-replace-part'. *Note MIME
+Commands::, *Note Using MIME::.
-** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist.
+** 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'.
-The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names
-instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these
-variables should change those regexps accordingly. For example:
+** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with StartTLS.
- ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr)
+** 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.
-** Gnus supports PGP (RFC 1991/2440), PGP-MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and
-SMIME.
-
-** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external).
-
-** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'.
-
-This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of
-`back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode.
-
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-* Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9)
-
-The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in
-four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment,
-internationalization and mail-fetching.
-
-** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the
-many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone.
-
-If you used procmail like in
-
-(setq nnmail-use-procmail t)
-(setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail)
-(setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/")
-(setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in")
-
-this now has changed to
-
-(setq mail-sources
- '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/"
- :suffix ".in")))
-
-More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods ->
-Getting Mail -> Mail Sources
-
-** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. This affects many parts of
-Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands. See the manual for details.
-
-** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too
-many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables.
-
-** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be
-called to position point.
-
-** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in
-summary buffers and NOV files.
-
-** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number
-of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added.
-
-** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a
-subtly different manner.
-
-** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive
-and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with
-ever-changing layouts.
-
-** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap.
+** You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers. See
+`gnus-use-toolbar' and `message-use-toolbar'.
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* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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+Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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