X-Git-Url: https://cgit.sxemacs.org/?p=gnus;a=blobdiff_plain;f=contrib%2FREADME;h=bf648ed6b489605ff2e14eff4d514d9738720a43;hp=7c3c3fc9d7988758150e0e7e75de18817547be67;hb=38514cc0cc2016d69948f2cf103cc9742421278c;hpb=a5caf7f68def8a722bfe0423ec764cb50184cb06 diff --git a/contrib/README b/contrib/README index 7c3c3fc9d..bf648ed6b 100644 --- a/contrib/README +++ b/contrib/README @@ -1,59 +1,36 @@ -The files in this directory are not (yet) part of the Gnus -distribution proper. They may later become part of the distribution, -or they may disappear altogether. +The files in this directory are not (yet) part of the Gnus distribution proper. +They may later become part of the distribution, or they may disappear +altogether. -Please note that it is not good to just add this directory to -load-path: a number of files in this directory will become part of -more recent Emacs versions, so that you might be running obsolete -libraries with all kinds of ill effects. +Please note that it is NOT good to just add this directory to `load-path': a +number of files in this directory will become part of more recent Emacs +versions, so that you might be running obsolete libraries with all kinds of ill +effects (cf. `list-load-path-shadows'). -The suggested method for installation is to copy those files that you -need to a directory which is in load-path. +The suggested method for installation is to copy those files that you need to a +directory which is in `load-path'. Here is an overview of the files: -base64.el +compface.el - As of Emacs 21, base64 encoding and decoding is available - natively. So this file appears to be needed for Emacs 20 - only. + Provides the ELisp-based uncompface program. It is excellent and + practical (actually you can replace lisp/compface.el with it), however + the author is missing and the copyright has not been assigned yet. -gpg-ring.el -gpg.el +gnus-namazu.el -hashcash.el + This file defines the command to search mails and persistent articles + with Namazu, which is a full-text search engine distributed at + , and to browse its results with Gnus. -md5.el +gnus-kill-to-score.el - MD5 encoding is part of Emacs as of Emacs 21.2. Hence, this - file is not needed for those Emacs versions. - -one-line-cookie.diff - -ssl.el - -ucs-tables.el - - This file provides improved Unicode functionality. It defines - functions unify-8859-on-encoding-mode and - unify-8859-on-decoding-mode which unify the Latin-N charsets. - Without unify-8859-on-encoding-mode, composing a Latin-9 reply - to a Latin-1 posting, say, will produce a multipart posting (a - Latin-1 part and a Latin-9 part), or perhaps UTF-8. With - unify-8859-on-encoding-mode, the outgoing posting can be all - Latin-1 or all Latin-9 in most cases. - - It is harmless to turn on unify-8859-on-encoding-mode, but - unify-8859-on-decoding-mode may unexpectedly change files in - certain situations. (If the file contains different Latin-N - charsets which should not be unified.) - - This is part of Emacs 21.3 and later, which also turns on - unify-8859-on-encoding-mode by default. + Convert kill files to score files. See (info "(gnus)Converting Kill + Files"). vcard.el -xml.el - - This is used for parsing RSS feeds. Part of Emacs 21.3 and - later. +;; Local Variables: +;; fill-column: 79 +;; End: