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23f87bed | 1 | GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. |
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ebf693f3 | 3 | Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, |
0a33da51 | 4 | 2006, 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
5b87ad55 | 5 | See the end of the file for license conditions. |
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6 | |
7 | Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. | |
8 | For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". | |
9 | ||
10 | \f | |
ebf693f3 | 11 | * Installation changes |
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ebf693f3 | 13 | ** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used Oort. |
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15 | If you have tried Oort (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this |
16 | release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading to | |
17 | this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove all | |
18 | `.marks' (nnml) and `.mrk' (nnfolder) files, so that flags are read from | |
19 | your `.newsrc.eld' instead of from the `.marks'/`.mrk' file where this | |
20 | release store flags. See a later entry for more information about | |
21 | marks. Note that downgrading isn't save in general. | |
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23 | ** Lisp files are now installed in `.../site-lisp/gnus/' by default. It |
24 | defaulted to `.../site-lisp/' formerly. In addition to this, the new | |
25 | installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which will shadow | |
26 | the latest one are detected. You can then remove those shadows manually | |
27 | or remove them using `make remove-installed-shadows'. | |
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ebf693f3 | 29 | ** New `make.bat' for compiling and installing Gnus under MS Windows |
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31 | Use `make.bat' if you want to install Gnus under MS Windows, the first |
32 | argument to the batch-program should be the directory where `xemacs.exe' | |
33 | respectively `emacs.exe' is located, iff you want to install Gnus after | |
34 | compiling it, give `make.bat' `/copy' as the second parameter. | |
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36 | `make.bat' has been rewritten from scratch, it now features automatic |
37 | recognition of XEmacs and GNU Emacs, generates `gnus-load.el', checks if | |
38 | errors occur while compilation and generation of info files and reports | |
39 | them at the end of the build process. It now uses `makeinfo' if it is | |
40 | available and falls back to `infohack.el' otherwise. `make.bat' should | |
41 | now install all files which are necessary to run Gnus and be generally a | |
42 | complete replacement for the `configure; make; make install' cycle used | |
43 | under Unix systems. | |
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45 | The new `make.bat' makes `make-x.bat' and `xemacs.mak' superfluous, so |
46 | they have been removed. | |
23f87bed | 47 | |
ebf693f3 | 48 | ** `~/News/overview/' not used. |
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50 | As a result of the following change, the `~/News/overview/' directory is |
51 | not used any more. You can safely delete the entire hierarchy. | |
23f87bed | 52 | |
ebf693f3 | 53 | ** `(require 'gnus-load)' |
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55 | If you use a stand-alone Gnus distribution, you'd better add `(require |
56 | 'gnus-load)' into your `~/.emacs' after adding the Gnus lisp directory | |
57 | into load-path. | |
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59 | File `gnus-load.el' contains autoload commands, functions and variables, |
60 | some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen. | |
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63 | \f |
64 | * New packages and libraries within Gnus | |
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66 | ** The revised Gnus FAQ is included in the manual, *Note Frequently Asked |
67 | Questions::. | |
68 | ||
69 | ** TLS wrapper shipped with Gnus | |
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71 | TLS/SSL is now supported in IMAP and NNTP via `tls.el' and GNUTLS. The |
72 | old TLS/SSL support via (external third party) `ssl.el' and OpenSSL | |
73 | still works. | |
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75 | ** Improved anti-spam features. |
76 | ||
77 | Gnus is now able to take out spam from your mail and news streams using | |
78 | a wide variety of programs and filter rules. Among the supported | |
79 | methods are RBL blocklists, bogofilter and white/blacklists. Hooks for | |
80 | easy use of external packages such as SpamAssassin and Hashcash are also | |
81 | new. *Note Thwarting Email Spam::. | |
82 | ||
83 | ** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve. | |
84 | ||
85 | Sieve rules can be added as Group Parameters for groups, and the | |
86 | complete Sieve script is generated using `D g' from the Group buffer, | |
87 | and then uploaded to the server using `C-c C-l' in the generated Sieve | |
88 | buffer. *Note Sieve Commands::, and the new Sieve manual *Note Top: | |
89 | (sieve)Top. | |
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91 | |
92 | \f | |
93 | * Changes in group mode | |
94 | ||
95 | ** `gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group' can be called interactively, using `G | |
96 | M'. | |
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97 | |
98 | ** Retrieval of charters and control messages | |
ebf693f3 | 99 | |
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100 | There are new commands for fetching newsgroup charters (`H c') and |
101 | control messages (`H C'). | |
102 | ||
ebf693f3 | 103 | ** The new variable `gnus-parameters' can be used to set group parameters. |
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105 | Earlier this was done only via `G p' (or `G c'), which stored the |
106 | parameters in `~/.newsrc.eld', but via this variable you can enjoy the | |
107 | powers of customize, and simplified backups since you set the variable | |
108 | in `~/.gnus.el' instead of `~/.newsrc.eld'. The variable maps regular | |
109 | expressions matching group names to group parameters, a'la: | |
110 | (setq gnus-parameters | |
111 | '(("mail\\..*" | |
112 | (gnus-show-threads nil) | |
113 | (gnus-use-scoring nil)) | |
114 | ("^nnimap:\\(foo.bar\\)$" | |
115 | (to-group . "\\1")))) | |
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ebf693f3 | 117 | ** Unread count correct in nnimap groups. |
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119 | The estimated number of unread articles in the group buffer should now |
120 | be correct for nnimap groups. This is achieved by calling | |
121 | `nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news' from the | |
122 | `gnus-setup-news-hook' (called on startup) and | |
123 | `gnus-after-getting-new-news-hook'. (called after getting new mail). If | |
124 | you have modified those variables from the default, you may want to add | |
125 | `nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news' again. If you were happy | |
126 | with the estimate and want to save some (minimal) time when getting new | |
127 | mail, remove the function. | |
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ebf693f3 | 129 | ** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default. |
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131 | This is supposedly what USEFOR wanted to migrate to. See |
132 | `gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist' and | |
133 | `gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist' for customization. | |
23f87bed | 134 | |
ebf693f3 | 135 | ** `gnus-group-charset-alist' and `gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist'. |
23f87bed | 136 | |
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137 | The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names |
138 | instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these variables | |
139 | should change those regexps accordingly. For example: | |
140 | ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr) | |
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143 | \f |
144 | * Changes in summary and article mode | |
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146 | ** `F' (`gnus-article-followup-with-original') and `R' |
147 | (`gnus-article-reply-with-original') only yank the text in the region if | |
148 | the region is active. | |
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150 | ** In draft groups, `e' is now bound to `gnus-draft-edit-message'. Use `B |
151 | w' for `gnus-summary-edit-article' instead. | |
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ebf693f3 | 153 | ** Article Buttons |
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155 | More buttons for URLs, mail addresses, Message-IDs, Info links, man |
156 | pages and Emacs or Gnus related references. *Note Article Buttons::. | |
157 | The variables `gnus-button-*-level' can be used to control the | |
158 | appearance of all article buttons. *Note Article Button Levels::. | |
23f87bed | 159 | |
ebf693f3 | 160 | ** Single-part yenc encoded attachments can be decoded. |
23f87bed | 161 | |
ebf693f3 | 162 | ** Picons |
23f87bed | 163 | |
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164 | The picons code has been reimplemented to work in GNU Emacs--some of the |
165 | previous options have been removed or renamed. | |
23f87bed | 166 | |
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167 | Picons are small "personal icons" representing users, domain and |
168 | newsgroups, which can be displayed in the Article buffer. *Note | |
169 | Picons::. | |
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171 | ** If the new option `gnus-treat-body-boundary' is non-`nil', a boundary |
172 | line is drawn at the end of the headers. | |
23f87bed | 173 | |
ebf693f3 | 174 | ** Signed article headers (X-PGP-Sig) can be verified with `W p'. |
23f87bed | 175 | |
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176 | ** The Summary Buffer uses an arrow in the fringe to indicate the current |
177 | article. Use `(setq gnus-summary-display-arrow nil)' to disable it. | |
23f87bed | 178 | |
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179 | ** Warn about email replies to news |
180 | ||
181 | Do you often find yourself replying to news by email by mistake? Then | |
182 | the new option `gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news' is just the thing for | |
183 | you. | |
184 | ||
185 | ** If the new option `gnus-summary-display-while-building' is non-`nil', | |
186 | the summary buffer is shown and updated as it's being built. | |
187 | ||
188 | ** The new `recent' mark `.' indicates newly arrived messages (as opposed | |
189 | to old but unread messages). | |
190 | ||
191 | ** Gnus supports RFC 2369 mailing list headers, and adds a number of | |
192 | related commands in mailing list groups. *Note Mailing List::. | |
193 | ||
194 | ** The Date header can be displayed in a format that can be read aloud in | |
195 | English. *Note Article Date::. | |
196 | ||
197 | ** diffs are automatically highlighted in groups matching | |
198 | `mm-uu-diff-groups-regexp' | |
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199 | |
200 | ** Better handling of Microsoft citation styles | |
201 | ||
202 | Gnus now tries to recognize the mangled header block that some Microsoft | |
203 | mailers use to indicate that the rest of the message is a citation, even | |
204 | though it is not quoted in any way. The variable | |
205 | `gnus-cite-unsightly-citation-regexp' matches the start of these | |
206 | citations. | |
207 | ||
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208 | The new command `W Y f' (`gnus-article-outlook-deuglify-article') allows |
209 | deuglifying broken Outlook (Express) articles. | |
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ebf693f3 | 211 | ** `gnus-article-skip-boring' |
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213 | If you set `gnus-article-skip-boring' to `t', then Gnus will not scroll |
214 | down to show you a page that contains only boring text, which by default | |
215 | means cited text and signature. You can customize what is skippable | |
216 | using `gnus-article-boring-faces'. | |
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218 | This feature is especially useful if you read many articles that consist |
219 | of a little new content at the top with a long, untrimmed message cited | |
220 | below. | |
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ebf693f3 | 222 | ** Smileys (`:-)', `;-)' etc) are now displayed graphically in Emacs too. |
23f87bed | 223 | |
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224 | Put `(setq gnus-treat-display-smileys nil)' in `~/.gnus.el' to disable |
225 | it. | |
23f87bed | 226 | |
ebf693f3 | 227 | ** Face headers handling. *Note Face::. |
23f87bed | 228 | |
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229 | ** In the summary buffer, the new command `/ N' inserts new messages and `/ |
230 | o' inserts old messages. | |
23f87bed | 231 | |
ebf693f3 | 232 | ** Gnus decodes morse encoded messages if you press `W m'. |
23f87bed | 233 | |
ebf693f3 | 234 | ** `gnus-summary-line-format' |
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236 | The default value changed to `%U%R%z%I%(%[%4L: %-23,23f%]%) %s\n'. |
237 | Moreover `gnus-extra-headers', `nnmail-extra-headers' and | |
238 | `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' changed their default so that the users | |
239 | name will be replaced by the recipient's name or the group name posting | |
240 | to for NNTP groups. | |
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ebf693f3 | 242 | ** Deleting of attachments. |
23f87bed | 243 | |
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244 | The command `gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip' (bound to `C-o' on MIME |
245 | buttons) saves a part and replaces the part with an external one. | |
246 | `gnus-mime-delete-part' (bound to `d' on MIME buttons) removes a part. | |
247 | It works only on back ends that support editing. | |
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ebf693f3 | 249 | ** `gnus-default-charset' |
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251 | The default value is determined from the `current-language-environment' |
252 | variable, instead of `iso-8859-1'. Also the `.*' item in | |
253 | `gnus-group-charset-alist' is removed. | |
23f87bed | 254 | |
ebf693f3 | 255 | ** Printing capabilities are enhanced. |
23f87bed | 256 | |
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257 | Gnus supports Muttprint natively with `O P' from the Summary and Article |
258 | buffers. Also, each individual MIME part can be printed using `p' on | |
259 | the MIME button. | |
23f87bed | 260 | |
ebf693f3 | 261 | ** Extended format specs. |
23f87bed | 262 | |
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263 | Format spec `%&user-date;' is added into |
264 | `gnus-summary-line-format-alist'. Also, user defined extended format | |
265 | specs are supported. The extended format specs look like `%u&foo;', | |
266 | which invokes function `gnus-user-format-function-FOO'. Because `&' is | |
267 | used as the escape character, old user defined format `%u&' is no longer | |
268 | supported. | |
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ebf693f3 | 270 | ** `/ *' (`gnus-summary-limit-include-cached') is rewritten. |
23f87bed | 271 | |
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272 | It was aliased to `Y c' (`gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles'). The |
273 | new function filters out other articles. | |
23f87bed | 274 | |
ebf693f3 | 275 | ** Some limiting commands accept a `C-u' prefix to negate the match. |
23f87bed | 276 | |
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277 | If `C-u' is used on subject, author or extra headers, i.e., `/ s', `/ |
278 | a', and `/ x' (`gnus-summary-limit-to-{subject,author,extra}') | |
279 | respectively, the result will be to display all articles that do not | |
280 | match the expression. | |
23f87bed | 281 | |
ebf693f3 | 282 | ** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external). |
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285 | \f |
286 | * Changes in Message mode and related Gnus features | |
23f87bed | 287 | |
ebf693f3 | 288 | ** Delayed articles |
23f87bed | 289 | |
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290 | You can delay the sending of a message with `C-c C-j' in the Message |
291 | buffer. The messages are delivered at specified time. This is useful | |
292 | for sending yourself reminders. *Note Delayed Articles::. | |
23f87bed | 293 | |
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294 | ** If the new option `nnml-use-compressed-files' is non-`nil', the nnml |
295 | back end allows compressed message files. | |
23f87bed | 296 | |
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297 | ** The new option `gnus-gcc-mark-as-read' automatically marks Gcc articles |
298 | as read. | |
23f87bed | 299 | |
ebf693f3 | 300 | ** Externalizing of attachments |
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302 | If `gnus-gcc-externalize-attachments' or |
303 | `message-fcc-externalize-attachments' is non-`nil', attach local files | |
304 | as external parts. | |
23f87bed | 305 | |
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306 | ** The envelope sender address can be customized when using Sendmail. |
307 | *Note Mail Variables: (message)Mail Variables. | |
23f87bed | 308 | |
ebf693f3 | 309 | ** Gnus no longer generate the Sender: header automatically. |
23f87bed | 310 | |
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311 | Earlier it was generated iff the user configurable email address was |
312 | different from the Gnus guessed default user address. As the guessing | |
313 | algorithm is rarely correct these days, and (more controversially) the | |
314 | only use of the Sender: header was to check if you are entitled to | |
315 | cancel/supersede news (which is now solved by Cancel Locks instead, see | |
316 | another entry), generation of the header has been disabled by default. | |
317 | See the variables `message-required-headers', | |
318 | `message-required-news-headers', and `message-required-mail-headers'. | |
23f87bed | 319 | |
ebf693f3 | 320 | ** Features from third party `message-utils.el' added to `message.el'. |
23f87bed | 321 | |
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322 | Message now asks if you wish to remove `(was: <old subject>)' from |
323 | subject lines (see `message-subject-trailing-was-query'). `C-c M-m' and | |
324 | `C-c M-f' inserts markers indicating included text. `C-c C-f a' adds a | |
325 | X-No-Archive: header. `C-c C-f x' inserts appropriate headers and a | |
326 | note in the body for cross-postings and followups (see the variables | |
327 | `message-cross-post-*'). | |
23f87bed | 328 | |
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329 | ** References and X-Draft-From headers are no longer generated when you |
330 | start composing messages and `message-generate-headers-first' is `nil'. | |
23f87bed | 331 | |
ebf693f3 | 332 | ** Easy inclusion of X-Faces headers. *Note X-Face::. |
23f87bed | 333 | |
ebf693f3 | 334 | ** Group Carbon Copy (GCC) quoting |
23f87bed | 335 | |
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336 | To support groups that contains SPC and other weird characters, groups |
337 | are quoted before they are placed in the Gcc: header. This means | |
338 | variables such as `gnus-message-archive-group' should no longer contain | |
339 | quote characters to make groups containing SPC work. Also, if you are | |
340 | using the string `nnml:foo, nnml:bar' (indicating Gcc into two groups) | |
341 | you must change it to return the list `("nnml:foo" "nnml:bar")', | |
342 | otherwise the Gcc: line will be quoted incorrectly. Note that returning | |
343 | the string `nnml:foo, nnml:bar' was incorrect earlier, it just didn't | |
344 | generate any problems since it was inserted directly. | |
23f87bed | 345 | |
ebf693f3 | 346 | ** `message-insinuate-rmail' |
23f87bed | 347 | |
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348 | Adding `(message-insinuate-rmail)' and `(setq mail-user-agent |
349 | 'gnus-user-agent)' in `.emacs' convinces Rmail to compose, reply and | |
350 | forward messages in message-mode, where you can enjoy the power of MML. | |
23f87bed | 351 | |
ebf693f3 | 352 | ** `message-minibuffer-local-map' |
23f87bed | 353 | |
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354 | The line below enables BBDB in resending a message: |
355 | (define-key message-minibuffer-local-map [(tab)] | |
356 | 'bbdb-complete-name) | |
23f87bed | 357 | |
ebf693f3 | 358 | ** `gnus-posting-styles' |
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359 | |
360 | Add a new format of match like | |
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361 | ((header "to" "larsi.*org") |
362 | (Organization "Somewhere, Inc.")) | |
23f87bed | 363 | The old format like the lines below is obsolete, but still accepted. |
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364 | (header "to" "larsi.*org" |
365 | (Organization "Somewhere, Inc.")) | |
23f87bed | 366 | |
ebf693f3 | 367 | ** `message-ignored-news-headers' and `message-ignored-mail-headers' |
23f87bed | 368 | |
ebf693f3 | 369 | `X-Draft-From' and `X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information' have been added into |
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370 | these two variables. If you customized those, perhaps you need add |
371 | those two headers too. | |
372 | ||
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373 | ** Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter. On composing |
374 | messages, it is enabled by `use-hard-newlines'. Decoding format=flowed | |
375 | was present but not documented in earlier versions. | |
23f87bed | 376 | |
fe62aacc | 377 | ** The option `mm-fill-flowed' can be used to disable treatment of |
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378 | "format=flowed" messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending |
379 | inline PGP signed messages. (New in Gnus 5.10.7) | |
fe62aacc | 380 | |
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381 | ** Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification |
382 | requests. | |
23f87bed | 383 | |
ebf693f3 | 384 | This is invoked with the `C-c M-n' key binding from message mode. |
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385 | |
386 | ** Message supports the Importance: (RFC 2156) header. | |
387 | ||
388 | In the message buffer, `C-c C-f C-i' or `C-c C-u' cycles through the | |
389 | valid values. | |
390 | ||
391 | ** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News. | |
392 | ||
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393 | This means a header `Cancel-Lock' is inserted in news posting. It is |
394 | used to determine if you wrote an article or not (for canceling and | |
23f87bed | 395 | superseding). Gnus generates a random password string the first time |
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396 | you post a message, and saves it in your `~/.emacs' using the Custom |
397 | system. While the variable is called `canlock-password', it is not | |
398 | security sensitive data. Publishing your canlock string on the web will | |
399 | not allow anyone to be able to anything she could not already do. The | |
400 | behavior can be changed by customizing `message-insert-canlock'. | |
23f87bed | 401 | |
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402 | ** Gnus supports PGP (RFC 1991/2440), PGP/MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and S/MIME |
403 | (RFC 2630-2633). | |
23f87bed | 404 | |
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405 | It needs an external S/MIME and OpenPGP implementation, but no |
406 | additional Lisp libraries. This add several menu items to the | |
407 | Attachments menu, and `C-c RET' key bindings, when composing messages. | |
408 | This also obsoletes `gnus-article-hide-pgp-hook'. | |
23f87bed | 409 | |
ebf693f3 | 410 | ** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'. |
23f87bed | 411 | |
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412 | This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of |
413 | `back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode. | |
23f87bed | 414 | |
ebf693f3 | 415 | ** The default for `message-forward-show-mml' changed to the symbol `best'. |
23f87bed | 416 | |
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417 | The behavior for the `best' value is to show MML (i.e., convert to MIME) |
418 | when appropriate. MML will not be used when forwarding signed or | |
419 | encrypted messages, as the conversion invalidate the digital signature. | |
23f87bed | 420 | |
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421 | ** If `auto-compression-mode' is enabled, attachments are automatically |
422 | decompressed when activated. | |
23f87bed | 423 | |
ebf693f3 | 424 | ** Support for non-ASCII domain names |
23f87bed | 425 | |
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426 | Message supports non-ASCII domain names in From:, To: and Cc: and will |
427 | query you whether to perform encoding when you try to send a message. | |
428 | The variable `message-use-idna' controls this. Gnus will also decode | |
429 | non-ASCII domain names in From:, To: and Cc: when you view a message. | |
430 | The variable `gnus-use-idna' controls this. | |
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432 | ** You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. See |
433 | `mml-dnd-protocol-alist' and `mml-dnd-attach-options'. *Note MIME: | |
434 | (message)MIME. | |
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437 | \f |
438 | * Changes in back ends | |
23f87bed | 439 | |
ebf693f3 | 440 | ** Gnus can display RSS newsfeeds as a newsgroup. *Note RSS::. |
23f87bed | 441 | |
ebf693f3 | 442 | ** The nndoc back end now supports mailman digests and exim bounces. |
23f87bed | 443 | |
ebf693f3 | 444 | ** Gnus supports Maildir groups. |
23f87bed | 445 | |
ebf693f3 | 446 | Gnus includes a new back end `nnmaildir.el'. *Note Maildir::. |
23f87bed | 447 | |
ebf693f3 | 448 | ** The nnml and nnfolder back ends store marks for each groups. |
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450 | This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups |
451 | separately of `~/.newsrc.eld', while preserving marks. It also makes it | |
452 | possible to share articles and marks between users (without sharing the | |
453 | `~/.newsrc.eld' file) within e.g. a department. It works by storing the | |
454 | marks stored in `~/.newsrc.eld' in a per-group file `.marks' (for nnml) | |
455 | and `GROUPNAME.mrk' (for nnfolder, named GROUPNAME). If the | |
456 | nnml/nnfolder is moved to another machine, Gnus will automatically use | |
457 | the `.marks' or `.mrk' file instead of the information in | |
458 | `~/.newsrc.eld'. The new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and | |
459 | `nnfolder-marks-is-evil' can be used to disable this feature. | |
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461 | |
462 | \f | |
ebf693f3 | 463 | * Appearance |
23f87bed | 464 | |
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465 | ** The menu bar item (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been |
466 | renamed to "Gnus". | |
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468 | ** The menu bar item (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to |
469 | "Attachments". Note that this menu also contains security related | |
470 | stuff, like signing and encryption (*note Security: (message)Security.). | |
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472 | ** The tool bars have been updated to use GNOME icons in Group, Summary and |
473 | Message mode. You can also customize the tool bars. This is a new | |
474 | feature in Gnus 5.10.9. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.) | |
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476 | ** The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly in the group buffer, |
477 | see the variable `gnus-group-update-tool-bar'. Its default value | |
478 | depends on your Emacs version. This is a new feature in Gnus 5.10.9. | |
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480 | \f |
481 | * Miscellaneous changes | |
23f87bed | 482 | |
ebf693f3 | 483 | ** `gnus-agent' |
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485 | The Gnus Agent has seen a major updated and is now enabled by default, |
486 | and all nntp and nnimap servers from `gnus-select-method' and | |
487 | `gnus-secondary-select-method' are agentized by default. Earlier only | |
488 | the server in `gnus-select-method' was agentized by the default, and the | |
489 | agent was disabled by default. When the agent is enabled, headers are | |
490 | now also retrieved from the Agent cache instead of the back ends when | |
491 | possible. Earlier this only happened in the unplugged state. You can | |
492 | enroll or remove servers with `J a' and `J r' in the server buffer. | |
493 | Gnus will not download articles into the Agent cache, unless you | |
494 | instruct it to do so, though, by using `J u' or `J s' from the Group | |
495 | buffer. You revert to the old behavior of having the Agent disabled | |
496 | with `(setq gnus-agent nil)'. Note that putting `(gnus-agentize)' in | |
497 | `~/.gnus.el' is not needed any more. | |
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ebf693f3 | 499 | ** Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged. |
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501 | If one reads an article while plugged, and the article already exists in |
502 | the Agent, it won't get downloaded once more. `(setq gnus-agent-cache | |
503 | nil)' reverts to the old behavior. | |
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ebf693f3 | 505 | ** Dired integration |
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507 | `gnus-dired-minor-mode' (see *Note Other modes::) installs key bindings |
508 | in dired buffers to send a file as an attachment, open a file using the | |
509 | appropriate mailcap entry, and print a file using the mailcap entry. | |
23f87bed | 510 | |
ebf693f3 | 511 | ** The format spec `%C' for positioning point has changed to `%*'. |
23f87bed | 512 | |
ebf693f3 | 513 | ** `gnus-slave-unplugged' |
23f87bed | 514 | |
ebf693f3 | 515 | A new command which starts Gnus offline in slave mode. |
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517 | |
518 | \f | |
519 | * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". | |
520 | ||
521 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
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522 | \f |
523 | This file is part of GNU Emacs. | |
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525 | GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify |
526 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by | |
527 | the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) | |
528 | any later version. | |
529 | ||
530 | GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
531 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
532 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
533 | GNU General Public License for more details. | |
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535 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
536 | along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the | |
537 | Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, | |
538 | Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA. | |
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540 | \f |
541 | Local variables: | |
542 | mode: outline | |
543 | paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$" | |
544 | end: |