X-Git-Url: https://cgit.sxemacs.org/?p=gnus;a=blobdiff_plain;f=texi%2Fgnus-news.texi;h=29246313c842ed526f967a0c276b89526cc29d25;hp=eac94147d38368f546cb6f9a73da36b09dc33b2e;hb=bd7850f5495b5de3068a502d6ed896f4cb3e7568;hpb=a4e6b1b2f8dbeea0465fe1c20d3b3a78a43c6f04 diff --git a/texi/gnus-news.texi b/texi/gnus-news.texi index eac94147d..29246313c 100644 --- a/texi/gnus-news.texi +++ b/texi/gnus-news.texi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @c -*-texinfo-*- -@c Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies @c of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the @@ -32,12 +32,23 @@ 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. +@item Incompatibility when switching from Emacs 23 to Emacs 22 +In Emacs 23, Gnus uses Emacs' new internal coding system @code{utf-8-emacs} +for saving articles drafts and @file{~/.newsrc.eld}. These files may not +be read correctly in Emacs 22 and below. If you want to use Gnus across +different Emacs versions, you may set @code{mm-auto-save-coding-system} +to @code{emacs-mule}. +@c FIXME: Untested. (Or did anyone test it?) +@c Cf. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66251/focus=66344 + @item Lisp files are now installed in @file{.../site-lisp/gnus/} by default. It defaulted to @file{.../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 @code{make remove-installed-shadows}. + +@item The installation directory name is allowed to have spaces and/or tabs. @end itemize @item New packages and libraries within Gnus @@ -64,17 +75,56 @@ timeout of 16 seconds (see @code{password-cache-expiry}). If passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords for ManageSieve connections are managed by this mechanism, after querying the user about whether to do so. + +@item Using EasyPG with Gnus +When EasyPG, is available, Gnus will use it instead of @acronym{PGG}. +EasyPG is an Emacs user interface to GNU Privacy Guard. @xref{Top, +,EasyPG Assistant user's manual, epa, EasyPG Assistant user's manual}. +EasyPG is included in Emacs 23 and available separately as well. +@end itemize + +@item Changes in group mode +@c ************************ + +@itemize @bullet +@item +Old intermediate incoming mail files (@file{Incoming*}) are deleted +after a couple of days, not immediately. @xref{Mail Source +Customization}. +(New in Gnus 5.10.10 / No Gnus 0.8) +@c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus". + @end itemize @item Changes in summary and article mode @itemize @bullet + +@item Gnus now supports sticky article buffers. Those are article buffers +that are not reused when you select another article. @xref{Sticky +Articles}. + +@c @item Bookmarks +@c FIXME: To be added + +@item Gnus can selectively display @samp{text/html} articles +with a WWW browser with @kbd{K H}. @xref{MIME Commands}. + +@c gnus-registry-marks +@c FIXME: To be added + @item International host names (@acronym{IDNA}) can now be decoded inside article bodies using @kbd{W i} (@code{gnus-summary-idna-message}). This requires that GNU Libidn (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) has been installed. @c FIXME: Also mention @code{message-use-idna}? +@item The non-@acronym{ASCII} group names handling has been much +improved. The back ends that fully support non-@acronym{ASCII} group +names are now @code{nntp}, @code{nnml}, and @code{nnrss}. Also the +agent, the cache, and the marks features work with those back ends. +@xref{Non-ASCII Group Names}. + @item Gnus now displays @acronym{DNS} master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode. @@ -82,6 +132,10 @@ using dns-mode. @kbd{/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}). @xref{Limiting}. +@item You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using +@kbd{Y t} (@code{gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles}). @xref{Summary +Generation Commands}. + @item Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}). @xref{Summary Sorting}. @@ -121,8 +175,22 @@ See @code{gnus-mime-replace-part} and @code{gnus-article-replace-part}. @item The option @code{mm-fill-flowed} can be used to disable treatment of format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending -inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages. -@xref{Flowed text, ,Flowed text, emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}. +inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages. @xref{Flowed text, ,Flowed text, +emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}. (New in Gnus 5.10.7) +@c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus". + +@item Now the new command @kbd{S W} +(@code{gnus-article-wide-reply-with-original}) for a wide reply in the +article buffer yanks a text that is in the active region, if it is set, +as well as the @kbd{R} (@code{gnus-article-reply-with-original}) command. +Note that the @kbd{R} command in the article buffer no longer accepts a +prefix argument, which was used to make it do a wide reply. +@xref{Article Keymap}. + +@item The new command @kbd{C-h b} +(@code{gnus-article-describe-bindings}) used in the article buffer now +shows not only the article commands but also the real summary commands +that are accessible from the article buffer. @end itemize @@ -145,6 +213,21 @@ empty lines are prefixed in cited text. @xref{Insertion Variables, The @code{References} header is hidden by default. To make all headers visible, use @code{(setq message-hidden-headers nil)}. @xref{Message Headers, ,Message Headers, message, Message Manual}. + +@item You can highlight different levels of citations like in the +article buffer. See @code{gnus-message-highlight-citation}. + +@item @code{auto-fill-mode} is enabled by default in Message mode. +See @code{message-fill-column}. @xref{Various Message Variables, , +Message Headers, message, Message Manual}. + +@item You can now store signature files in a special directory +named @code{message-signature-directory}. + +@item The option @code{message-citation-line-format} controls the format +of the "Whomever writes:" line. You need to set +@code{message-citation-line-function} to +@code{message-insert-formatted-citation-line} as well. @end itemize @item Changes in back ends @@ -177,6 +260,22 @@ supported. @xref{RSS}. @item The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside @file{gzip} for compressed message files. @xref{Mail Spool}. + +@item The nnml back end supports group compaction. + +This feature, accessible via the functions +@code{gnus-group-compact-group} (@kbd{G z} in the group buffer) and +@code{gnus-server-compact-server} (@kbd{z} in the server buffer) +renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and removing gaps. +As a consequence, you get a correct total article count (until +messages are deleted again). + +@c @item nnmairix.el +@c FIXME + +@c @item nnir.el +@c FIXME + @end itemize @item Appearance @@ -185,9 +284,8 @@ for compressed message files. @xref{Mail Spool}. @itemize @bullet @item The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons. -You can also customize the tool bar. There's no documentation in the -manual yet, but @kbd{M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$} should get -you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.) +You can also customize the tool bars: @kbd{M-x customize-apropos RET +-tool-bar$} should get you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.) @c FIXME: Document this in the manual @item The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly @@ -213,6 +311,15 @@ intermediate host @samp{bar.example.com} from next time. @item The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer using @kbd{W e}. +@item You can set @code{gnus-mark-copied-or-moved-articles-as-expirable} +to a non-@code{nil} value so that articles that have been read may be +marked as expirable automatically when copying or moving them to a group +that has auto-expire turned on. The default is @code{nil} and copying +and moving of articles behave as before; i.e., the expirable marks will +be unchanged except that the marks will be removed when copying or +moving articles to a group that has not turned auto-expire on. +@xref{Expiring Mail}. + @end itemize @end itemize