From 51ea09128969161838c89eeeed5bc3007102934b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Katsumi Yamaoka Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:50:43 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Remove Oort Gnus stuff. --- GNUS-NEWS | 44 ------------------------------------- texi/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ texi/gnus-news.texi | 53 --------------------------------------------- 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-) diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index ea0fa707b..585f62087 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -27,39 +27,6 @@ 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'. -** New `make.bat' for compiling and installing Gnus under MS Windows. - -Use `make.bat' if you want to install Gnus under MS Windows, the first -argument to the batch-program should be the directory where `xemacs.exe' -respectively `emacs.exe' is located, if you want to install Gnus after -compiling it, give `make.bat' `/copy' as the second parameter. - -`make.bat' has been rewritten from scratch, it now features automatic -recognition of XEmacs and GNU Emacs, generates `gnus-load.el', checks if -errors occur while compilation and generation of info files and reports -them at the end of the build process. It now uses `makeinfo' if it is -available and falls back to `infohack.el' otherwise. `make.bat' should -now install all files which are necessary to run Gnus and be generally a -complete replacement for the `configure; make; make install' cycle used -under Unix systems. - -The new `make.bat' makes `make-x.bat' and `xemacs.mak' superfluous, so -they have been removed. - -** `~/News/overview/' not used. - -As a result of the following change, the `~/News/overview/' directory is -not used any more. You can safely delete the entire hierarchy. - -** `(require 'gnus-load)' - -If you use a stand-alone Gnus distribution, you'd better add `(require -'gnus-load)' into your `~/.emacs' after adding the Gnus lisp directory -into load-path. - -File `gnus-load.el' contains autoload commands, functions and variables, -some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen. - * New packages and libraries within Gnus @@ -181,17 +148,6 @@ Variables. `message-citation-line-function' to `message-insert-formated-citation-line' as well. -** Gnus no longer generate the Sender: header automatically. - -Earlier it was generated when the user configurable email address was -different from the Gnus guessed default user address. As the guessing -algorithm is rarely correct these days, and (more controversially) the -only use of the Sender: header was to check if you are entitled to -cancel/supersede news (which is now solved by Cancel Locks instead, see -another entry), generation of the header has been disabled by default. -See the variables `message-required-headers', -`message-required-news-headers', and `message-required-mail-headers'. - * Changes in back ends diff --git a/texi/ChangeLog b/texi/ChangeLog index 664577424..bc2a462c4 100644 --- a/texi/ChangeLog +++ b/texi/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2007-10-10 Katsumi Yamaoka + + * gnus-news.texi: Remove Oort Gnus stuff. + 2007-10-10 Katsumi Yamaoka * gnus-news.texi: Mention non-ASCII group names; move new text about diff --git a/texi/gnus-news.texi b/texi/gnus-news.texi index 86da8dae5..821354717 100644 --- a/texi/gnus-news.texi +++ b/texi/gnus-news.texi @@ -38,46 +38,6 @@ 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 -New @file{make.bat} for compiling and installing Gnus under MS Windows. - -Use @file{make.bat} if you want to install Gnus under MS Windows, the -first argument to the batch-program should be the directory where -@file{xemacs.exe} respectively @file{emacs.exe} is located, if you want -to install Gnus after compiling it, give @file{make.bat} @code{/copy} as -the second parameter. - -@file{make.bat} has been rewritten from scratch, it now features -automatic recognition of XEmacs and GNU Emacs, generates -@file{gnus-load.el}, checks if errors occur while compilation and -generation of info files and reports them at the end of the build -process. It now uses @code{makeinfo} if it is available and falls -back to @file{infohack.el} otherwise. @file{make.bat} should now -install all files which are necessary to run Gnus and be generally a -complete replacement for the @code{configure; make; make install} -cycle used under Unix systems. - -The new @file{make.bat} makes @file{make-x.bat} and @file{xemacs.mak} -superfluous, so they have been removed. - -@item @file{~/News/overview/} not used. - -As a result of the following change, the @file{~/News/overview/} -directory is not used any more. You can safely delete the entire -hierarchy. - -@c FIXME: `gnus-load' is mentioned in README, which is not included in -@c CVS. We should find a better place for this item. -@item -@code{(require 'gnus-load)} - -If you use a stand-alone Gnus distribution, you'd better add -@code{(require 'gnus-load)} into your @file{~/.emacs} after adding the Gnus -lisp directory into load-path. - -File @file{gnus-load.el} contains autoload commands, functions and variables, -some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen. @end itemize @item New packages and libraries within Gnus @@ -216,19 +176,6 @@ named @code{message-signature-directory}. of the "Whomever writes:" line. You need to set @code{message-citation-line-function} to @code{message-insert-formated-citation-line} as well. - -@item -Gnus no longer generate the Sender: header automatically. - -Earlier it was generated when the user configurable email address was -different from the Gnus guessed default user address. As the guessing -algorithm is rarely correct these days, and (more controversially) the -only use of the Sender: header was to check if you are entitled to -cancel/supersede news (which is now solved by Cancel Locks instead, -see another entry), generation of the header has been disabled by -default. See the variables @code{message-required-headers}, -@code{message-required-news-headers}, and -@code{message-required-mail-headers}. @end itemize @item Changes in back ends -- 2.25.1