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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, |
114f9c96 | 4 | 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 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 | ||
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ebf693f3 | 11 | * Installation changes |
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01c52d31 | 13 | ** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus. |
23f87bed | 14 | |
01c52d31 | 15 | If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this |
ebf693f3 | 16 | release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading to |
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17 | this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the |
18 | `~/News/marks' directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are read | |
19 | from your `~/.newsrc.eld' instead of from the stale marks file, where | |
20 | this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry for more | |
21 | information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't safe in | |
22 | general. | |
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24 | ** Incompatibility when switching from Emacs 23 to Emacs 22 In Emacs 23, |
25 | Gnus uses Emacs' new internal coding system `utf-8-emacs' for saving | |
26 | articles drafts and `~/.newsrc.eld'. These files may not be read | |
27 | correctly in Emacs 22 and below. If you want to use Gnus across | |
28 | different Emacs versions, you may set `mm-auto-save-coding-system' to | |
29 | `emacs-mule'. | |
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31 | ** Lisp files are now installed in `.../site-lisp/gnus/' by default. It |
32 | defaulted to `.../site-lisp/' formerly. In addition to this, the new | |
33 | installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which will shadow | |
34 | the latest one are detected. You can then remove those shadows manually | |
35 | or remove them using `make remove-installed-shadows'. | |
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37 | ** The installation directory name is allowed to have spaces and/or tabs. |
38 | ||
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39 | \f |
40 | * New packages and libraries within Gnus | |
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01c52d31 | 42 | ** Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp SASL library. |
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44 | This provides a clean API to SASL mechanisms from within Emacs. The |
45 | user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier situation, include | |
46 | support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM. *Note Emacs SASL: (sasl)Top. | |
23f87bed | 47 | |
01c52d31 | 48 | ** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default. |
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50 | The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM, when |
51 | the server supports it. | |
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01c52d31 | 53 | ** Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el. |
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55 | It is enabled by default (see `password-cache'), with a short timeout of |
56 | 16 seconds (see `password-cache-expiry'). If PGG is used as the PGP | |
57 | back end, the PGP passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords | |
58 | for ManageSieve connections are managed by this mechanism, after | |
59 | querying the user about whether to do so. | |
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61 | ** Using EasyPG with Gnus When EasyPG, is available, Gnus will use it |
62 | instead of PGG. EasyPG is an Emacs user interface to GNU Privacy Guard. | |
63 | *Note EasyPG Assistant user's manual: (epa)Top. EasyPG is included in | |
64 | Emacs 23 and available separately as well. | |
65 | ||
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67 | * Changes in group mode |
68 | ||
69 | ** Old intermediate incoming mail files (`Incoming*') are deleted after a | |
70 | couple of days, not immediately. *Note Mail Source Customization::. | |
e652d4d3 | 71 | (New in Gnus 5.10.10 / Emacs 22.2) |
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ebf693f3 | 75 | * Changes in summary and article mode |
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77 | ** Gnus now supports sticky article buffers. Those are article buffers |
78 | that are not reused when you select another article. *Note Sticky | |
79 | Articles::. | |
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81 | ** Gnus can selectively display `text/html' articles with a WWW browser |
82 | with `K H'. *Note MIME Commands::. | |
83 | ||
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84 | ** International host names (IDNA) can now be decoded inside article bodies |
85 | using `W i' (`gnus-summary-idna-message'). This requires that GNU Libidn | |
3b36c17e | 86 | (`http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/') has been installed. |
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88 | ** The non-ASCII group names handling has been much improved. The back |
89 | ends that fully support non-ASCII group names are now `nntp', `nnml', | |
90 | and `nnrss'. Also the agent, the cache, and the marks features work | |
91 | with those back ends. *Note Non-ASCII Group Names::. | |
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01c52d31 | 93 | ** Gnus now displays DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode. |
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95 | ** Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: `/ r' |
96 | (`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R' | |
97 | (`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient'). *Note Limiting::. | |
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99 | ** You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using `Y t' |
100 | (`gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles'). *Note Summary Generation | |
101 | Commands::. | |
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103 | ** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t' |
104 | (`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::. | |
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106 | ** S/MIME now features LDAP user certificate searches. You need to |
107 | configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'. | |
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109 | ** URLs inside OpenPGP headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP key |
110 | ring when you click on them. | |
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112 | ** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see |
113 | `gnus-picon-style'. *Note Picons::. | |
23f87bed | 114 | |
01c52d31 | 115 | ** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'. |
23f87bed | 116 | |
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117 | ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting |
118 | articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences'). | |
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120 | ** Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header. |
121 | This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'. | |
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123 | ** `gnus-decay-scores' can be a regexp matching score files. For example, |
124 | set it to `\\.ADAPT\\'' and only adaptive score files will be decayed. | |
125 | *Note Score Decays::. | |
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127 | ** Strings prefixing to the `To' and `Newsgroup' headers in summary lines |
128 | when using `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' can be customized with | |
129 | `gnus-summary-to-prefix' and `gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix'. *Note To | |
130 | From Newsgroups::. | |
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132 | ** You can replace MIME parts with external bodies. See |
133 | `gnus-mime-replace-part' and `gnus-article-replace-part'. *Note MIME | |
3b36c17e | 134 | Commands::, *note Using MIME::. |
23f87bed | 135 | |
fe62aacc | 136 | ** The option `mm-fill-flowed' can be used to disable treatment of |
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137 | format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending |
138 | inline PGP signed messages. *Note Flowed text: (emacs-mime)Flowed text. | |
139 | (New in Gnus 5.10.7) | |
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141 | ** Now the new command `S W' (`gnus-article-wide-reply-with-original') for |
142 | a wide reply in the article buffer yanks a text that is in the active | |
143 | region, if it is set, as well as the `R' | |
144 | (`gnus-article-reply-with-original') command. Note that the `R' command | |
145 | in the article buffer no longer accepts a prefix argument, which was | |
146 | used to make it do a wide reply. *Note Article Keymap::. | |
147 | ||
148 | ** The new command `C-h b' (`gnus-article-describe-bindings') used in the | |
149 | article buffer now shows not only the article commands but also the real | |
150 | summary commands that are accessible from the article buffer. | |
151 | ||
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153 | \f |
154 | * Changes in Message mode | |
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156 | ** Gnus now supports the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam mechanism. Use |
157 | `(setq message-generate-hashcash t)' to enable. *Note Hashcash::. | |
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159 | ** You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. See |
160 | `mml-dnd-protocol-alist' and `mml-dnd-attach-options'. *Note MIME: | |
161 | (message)MIME. | |
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163 | ** The option `message-yank-empty-prefix' now controls how empty lines are |
164 | prefixed in cited text. *Note Insertion Variables: (message)Insertion | |
165 | Variables. | |
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167 | ** Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers. The |
168 | `References' header is hidden by default. To make all headers visible, | |
169 | use `(setq message-hidden-headers nil)'. *Note Message Headers: | |
170 | (message)Message Headers. | |
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172 | ** You can highlight different levels of citations like in the article |
173 | buffer. See `gnus-message-highlight-citation'. | |
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175 | ** `auto-fill-mode' is enabled by default in Message mode. See |
176 | `message-fill-column'. *Note Message Headers: (message)Various Message | |
177 | Variables. | |
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179 | ** You can now store signature files in a special directory named |
180 | `message-signature-directory'. | |
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182 | ** The option `message-citation-line-format' controls the format of the |
183 | "Whomever writes:" line. You need to set | |
184 | `message-citation-line-function' to | |
1428d46b | 185 | `message-insert-formatted-citation-line' as well. |
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187 | \f |
188 | * Changes in back ends | |
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01c52d31 | 190 | ** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'. |
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192 | The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable |
193 | `nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (back end) | |
194 | variable `nntp-marks-is-evil'. The advantage of this is that you can | |
195 | copy `~/News/marks' (using rsync, scp or whatever) to another Gnus | |
196 | installation, and it will realize what articles you have read and | |
197 | marked. The data in `~/News/marks' has priority over the same data in | |
198 | `~/.newsrc.eld'. | |
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200 | ** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files. *Note |
201 | RSS::. | |
23f87bed | 202 | |
01c52d31 | 203 | ** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported. |
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205 | By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can |
206 | customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'. | |
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208 | ** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group |
209 | names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::. | |
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01c52d31 | 211 | ** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with StartTLS. |
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213 | ** The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside `gzip' for |
214 | compressed message files. *Note Mail Spool::. | |
23f87bed | 215 | |
01c52d31 | 216 | ** The nnml back end supports group compaction. |
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218 | This feature, accessible via the functions `gnus-group-compact-group' |
219 | (`G z' in the group buffer) and `gnus-server-compact-server' (`z' in the | |
220 | server buffer) renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and | |
221 | removing gaps. As a consequence, you get a correct total article count | |
222 | (until messages are deleted again). | |
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ebf693f3 | 226 | * Appearance |
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01c52d31 | 228 | ** The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons. You can also |
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229 | customize the tool bars: `M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$' should |
230 | get you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.) | |
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232 | ** The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly in the group buffer, |
233 | see the variable `gnus-group-update-tool-bar'. Its default value | |
01c52d31 | 234 | depends on your Emacs version. |
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236 | ** You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers. See |
237 | `gnus-use-toolbar' and `message-use-toolbar'. | |
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240 | \f |
241 | * Miscellaneous changes | |
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243 | ** Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the server |
244 | buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups which | |
245 | use the server in question. For instance, if you change | |
246 | `nntp-via-address' into `bar.example.com' from `foo.example.com', Gnus | |
247 | will connect to the news host by way of the intermediate host | |
248 | `bar.example.com' from next time. | |
23f87bed | 249 | |
01c52d31 | 250 | ** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'. |
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252 | ** You can set `gnus-mark-copied-or-moved-articles-as-expirable' to a |
253 | non-`nil' value so that articles that have been read may be marked as | |
254 | expirable automatically when copying or moving them to a group that has | |
255 | auto-expire turned on. The default is `nil' and copying and moving of | |
256 | articles behave as before; i.e., the expirable marks will be unchanged | |
257 | except that the marks will be removed when copying or moving articles to | |
258 | a group that has not turned auto-expire on. *Note Expiring Mail::. | |
259 | ||
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260 | |
261 | \f | |
262 | * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". | |
263 | ||
264 | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
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265 | \f |
266 | This file is part of GNU Emacs. | |
23f87bed | 267 | |
ab73e885 | 268 | GNU Emacs is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify |
5b87ad55 | 269 | it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by |
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270 | the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or |
271 | (at your option) any later version. | |
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272 | |
273 | GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, | |
274 | but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of | |
275 | MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the | |
276 | GNU General Public License for more details. | |
23f87bed | 277 | |
5b87ad55 | 278 | You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License |
ab73e885 | 279 | along with GNU Emacs. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. |
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281 | \f |
282 | Local variables: | |
283 | mode: outline | |
284 | paragraph-separate: "[ \f]*$" | |
285 | end: |