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| 3 | @c Copyright (C) 2004-2013 Free Software Foundation, Inc. |
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| 13 | @c carry prominent notices stating who last changed them. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | @c This file contains a list of news features Gnus. It is supposed to be |
| 16 | @c included in `gnus.texi'. `GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated from |
| 17 | @c this file (see `gnus-news.el'). |
| 18 | |
| 19 | @itemize @bullet |
| 20 | |
| 21 | @item Supported Emacs versions |
| 22 | The following Emacs versions are supported by No Gnus: |
| 23 | @itemize @bullet |
| 24 | |
| 25 | @item Emacs 22 and up |
| 26 | @item XEmacs 21.4 |
| 27 | @item XEmacs 21.5 |
| 28 | @item SXEmacs |
| 29 | |
| 30 | @end itemize |
| 31 | |
| 32 | @item Installation changes |
| 33 | |
| 34 | @itemize @bullet |
| 35 | @item Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus. |
| 36 | |
| 37 | If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this |
| 38 | release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading |
| 39 | to this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the |
| 40 | @file{~/News/marks} directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are |
| 41 | read from your @file{~/.newsrc.eld} instead of from the stale marks |
| 42 | file, where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry |
| 43 | for more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't |
| 44 | safe in general. |
| 45 | |
| 46 | @item Incompatibility when switching from Emacs 23 to Emacs 22 |
| 47 | In Emacs 23, Gnus uses Emacs's new internal coding system @code{utf-8-emacs} |
| 48 | for saving articles drafts and @file{~/.newsrc.eld}. These files may not |
| 49 | be read correctly in Emacs 22 and below. If you want to use Gnus across |
| 50 | different Emacs versions, you may set @code{mm-auto-save-coding-system} |
| 51 | to @code{emacs-mule}. |
| 52 | @c FIXME: Untested. (Or did anyone test it?) |
| 53 | @c Cf. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/66251/focus=66344 |
| 54 | |
| 55 | @item Lisp files are now installed in @file{.../site-lisp/gnus/} by default. |
| 56 | It defaulted to @file{.../site-lisp/} formerly. In addition to this, |
| 57 | the new installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which |
| 58 | will shadow the latest one are detected. You can then remove those |
| 59 | shadows manually or remove them using @code{make |
| 60 | remove-installed-shadows}. |
| 61 | |
| 62 | @item The installation directory name is allowed to have spaces and/or tabs. |
| 63 | @end itemize |
| 64 | |
| 65 | @item New packages and libraries within Gnus |
| 66 | |
| 67 | @itemize @bullet |
| 68 | |
| 69 | @item New version of @code{nnimap} |
| 70 | |
| 71 | @code{nnimap} has been reimplemented in a mostly-compatible way. See |
| 72 | the Gnus manual for a description of the new interface. In |
| 73 | particular, @code{nnimap-inbox} and the client side split method has |
| 74 | changed. |
| 75 | |
| 76 | @item Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp @acronym{SASL} library. |
| 77 | |
| 78 | This provides a clean @acronym{API} to @acronym{SASL} mechanisms from |
| 79 | within Emacs. The user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier |
| 80 | situation, include support for @acronym{DIGEST}-@acronym{MD5} and |
| 81 | @acronym{NTLM}. @xref{Top, ,Emacs SASL, sasl, Emacs SASL}. |
| 82 | |
| 83 | @item ManageSieve connections uses the @acronym{SASL} library by default. |
| 84 | |
| 85 | The primary change this brings is support for @acronym{DIGEST-MD5} and |
| 86 | @acronym{NTLM}, when the server supports it. |
| 87 | |
| 88 | @item Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el. |
| 89 | |
| 90 | It is enabled by default (see @code{password-cache}), with a short |
| 91 | timeout of 16 seconds (see @code{password-cache-expiry}). If |
| 92 | @acronym{PGG} is used as the @acronym{PGP} back end, the @acronym{PGP} |
| 93 | passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords for ManageSieve |
| 94 | connections are managed by this mechanism, after querying the user |
| 95 | about whether to do so. |
| 96 | |
| 97 | @item Using EasyPG with Gnus |
| 98 | When EasyPG, is available, Gnus will use it instead of @acronym{PGG}. |
| 99 | EasyPG is an Emacs user interface to GNU Privacy Guard. @xref{Top, |
| 100 | ,EasyPG Assistant user's manual, epa, EasyPG Assistant user's manual}. |
| 101 | EasyPG is included in Emacs 23 and available separately as well. |
| 102 | @end itemize |
| 103 | |
| 104 | @item Changes in group mode |
| 105 | @c ************************ |
| 106 | |
| 107 | @itemize @bullet |
| 108 | |
| 109 | @item |
| 110 | Symbols like @code{gcc-self} now have the same precedence rules in |
| 111 | @code{gnus-parameters} as other ``real'' variables: The last match |
| 112 | wins instead of the first match. |
| 113 | |
| 114 | @item |
| 115 | Old intermediate incoming mail files (@file{Incoming*}) are deleted |
| 116 | after a couple of days, not immediately. @xref{Mail Source |
| 117 | Customization}. |
| 118 | (New in Gnus 5.10.10 / No Gnus 0.8) |
| 119 | @c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus". |
| 120 | |
| 121 | @end itemize |
| 122 | |
| 123 | @item Changes in summary and article mode |
| 124 | |
| 125 | @itemize @bullet |
| 126 | |
| 127 | @item There's now only one variable that determines how @acronym{HTML} |
| 128 | is rendered: @code{mm-text-html-renderer}. |
| 129 | |
| 130 | @item Gnus now supports sticky article buffers. Those are article buffers |
| 131 | that are not reused when you select another article. @xref{Sticky |
| 132 | Articles}. |
| 133 | |
| 134 | @c @item Bookmarks |
| 135 | @c FIXME: To be added |
| 136 | |
| 137 | @item Gnus can selectively display @samp{text/html} articles |
| 138 | with a WWW browser with @kbd{K H}. @xref{MIME Commands}. |
| 139 | |
| 140 | @c gnus-registry-marks |
| 141 | @c FIXME: To be added |
| 142 | |
| 143 | @item International host names (@acronym{IDNA}) can now be decoded |
| 144 | inside article bodies using @kbd{W i} |
| 145 | (@code{gnus-summary-idna-message}). This requires that GNU Libidn |
| 146 | (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) has been installed. |
| 147 | @c FIXME: Also mention @code{message-use-idna}? |
| 148 | |
| 149 | @item The non-@acronym{ASCII} group names handling has been much |
| 150 | improved. The back ends that fully support non-@acronym{ASCII} group |
| 151 | names are now @code{nntp}, @code{nnml}, and @code{nnrss}. Also the |
| 152 | agent, the cache, and the marks features work with those back ends. |
| 153 | @xref{Non-ASCII Group Names}. |
| 154 | |
| 155 | @item Gnus now displays @acronym{DNS} master files sent as text/dns |
| 156 | using dns-mode. |
| 157 | |
| 158 | @item Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: |
| 159 | @kbd{/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R} |
| 160 | (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}). @xref{Limiting}. |
| 161 | |
| 162 | @item You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using |
| 163 | @kbd{Y t} (@code{gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles}). @xref{Summary |
| 164 | Generation Commands}. |
| 165 | |
| 166 | @item Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: |
| 167 | @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}). @xref{Summary |
| 168 | Sorting}. |
| 169 | |
| 170 | @item @acronym{S/MIME} now features @acronym{LDAP} user certificate searches. |
| 171 | You need to configure the server in @code{smime-ldap-host-list}. |
| 172 | |
| 173 | @item URLs inside Open@acronym{PGP} headers are retrieved and imported |
| 174 | to your PGP key ring when you click on them. |
| 175 | |
| 176 | @item |
| 177 | Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see |
| 178 | @code{gnus-picon-style}. @xref{Picons}. |
| 179 | |
| 180 | @item @acronym{ANSI} @acronym{SGR} control sequences can be transformed |
| 181 | using @kbd{W A}. |
| 182 | |
| 183 | @acronym{ANSI} sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for |
| 184 | highlighting articles (@code{gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences}). |
| 185 | |
| 186 | @item Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header. |
| 187 | This changes the default of @code{gnus-article-loose-mime}. |
| 188 | |
| 189 | @item @code{gnus-decay-scores} can be a regexp matching score files. |
| 190 | For example, set it to @samp{\\.ADAPT\\'} and only adaptive score files |
| 191 | will be decayed. @xref{Score Decays}. |
| 192 | |
| 193 | @item Strings prefixing to the @code{To} and @code{Newsgroup} headers in |
| 194 | summary lines when using @code{gnus-ignored-from-addresses} can be |
| 195 | customized with @code{gnus-summary-to-prefix} and |
| 196 | @code{gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix}. @xref{To From Newsgroups}. |
| 197 | |
| 198 | @item You can replace @acronym{MIME} parts with external bodies. |
| 199 | See @code{gnus-mime-replace-part} and @code{gnus-article-replace-part}. |
| 200 | @xref{MIME Commands}, @ref{Using MIME}. |
| 201 | |
| 202 | @item |
| 203 | The option @code{mm-fill-flowed} can be used to disable treatment of |
| 204 | format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending |
| 205 | inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages. @xref{Flowed text, ,Flowed text, |
| 206 | emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}. (New in Gnus 5.10.7) |
| 207 | @c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus". |
| 208 | |
| 209 | @item Now the new command @kbd{S W} |
| 210 | (@code{gnus-article-wide-reply-with-original}) for a wide reply in the |
| 211 | article buffer yanks a text that is in the active region, if it is set, |
| 212 | as well as the @kbd{R} (@code{gnus-article-reply-with-original}) command. |
| 213 | Note that the @kbd{R} command in the article buffer no longer accepts a |
| 214 | prefix argument, which was used to make it do a wide reply. |
| 215 | @xref{Article Keymap}. |
| 216 | |
| 217 | @item The new command @kbd{C-h b} |
| 218 | (@code{gnus-article-describe-bindings}) used in the article buffer now |
| 219 | shows not only the article commands but also the real summary commands |
| 220 | that are accessible from the article buffer. |
| 221 | |
| 222 | @end itemize |
| 223 | |
| 224 | @item Changes in Message mode |
| 225 | |
| 226 | @itemize @bullet |
| 227 | @item Gnus now defaults to saving all outgoing messages in per-month |
| 228 | nnfolder archives. |
| 229 | |
| 230 | @item Gnus now supports the ``hashcash'' client puzzle anti-spam mechanism. |
| 231 | Use @code{(setq message-generate-hashcash t)} to enable. |
| 232 | @xref{Hashcash}. |
| 233 | |
| 234 | @item You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. |
| 235 | See @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} and @code{mml-dnd-attach-options}. |
| 236 | @xref{MIME, ,MIME, message, Message Manual}. |
| 237 | |
| 238 | @item The option @code{message-yank-empty-prefix} now controls how |
| 239 | empty lines are prefixed in cited text. @xref{Insertion Variables, |
| 240 | ,Insertion Variables, message, Message Manual}. |
| 241 | |
| 242 | @item Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers. |
| 243 | The @code{References} header is hidden by default. To make all |
| 244 | headers visible, use @code{(setq message-hidden-headers nil)}. |
| 245 | @xref{Message Headers, ,Message Headers, message, Message Manual}. |
| 246 | |
| 247 | @item You can highlight different levels of citations like in the |
| 248 | article buffer. See @code{gnus-message-highlight-citation}. |
| 249 | |
| 250 | @item @code{auto-fill-mode} is enabled by default in Message mode. |
| 251 | See @code{message-fill-column}. @xref{Various Message Variables, , |
| 252 | Message Headers, message, Message Manual}. |
| 253 | |
| 254 | @item You can now store signature files in a special directory |
| 255 | named @code{message-signature-directory}. |
| 256 | |
| 257 | @item The option @code{message-citation-line-format} controls the format |
| 258 | of the "Whomever writes:" line. You need to set |
| 259 | @code{message-citation-line-function} to |
| 260 | @code{message-insert-formatted-citation-line} as well. |
| 261 | @end itemize |
| 262 | |
| 263 | @item Changes in Browse Server mode |
| 264 | |
| 265 | @itemize @bullet |
| 266 | @item Gnus' sophisticated subscription methods are now available in |
| 267 | Browse Server buffers as well using the variable |
| 268 | @code{gnus-browse-subscribe-newsgroup-method}. |
| 269 | |
| 270 | @end itemize |
| 271 | |
| 272 | |
| 273 | @item Changes in back ends |
| 274 | |
| 275 | @itemize @bullet |
| 276 | @item The nntp back end stores article marks in @file{~/News/marks}. |
| 277 | |
| 278 | The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable |
| 279 | @code{nntp-marks-directory}, and marks can be disabled using the |
| 280 | (back end) variable @code{nntp-marks-is-evil}. The advantage of this |
| 281 | is that you can copy @file{~/News/marks} (using rsync, scp or |
| 282 | whatever) to another Gnus installation, and it will realize what |
| 283 | articles you have read and marked. The data in @file{~/News/marks} |
| 284 | has priority over the same data in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}. |
| 285 | |
| 286 | @item |
| 287 | You can import and export your @acronym{RSS} subscriptions from |
| 288 | @acronym{OPML} files. @xref{RSS}. |
| 289 | |
| 290 | @item @acronym{IMAP} identity (@acronym{RFC} 2971) is supported. |
| 291 | |
| 292 | By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can |
| 293 | customize it using the variable @code{nnimap-id}. |
| 294 | |
| 295 | @item The @code{nnrss} back end now supports multilingual text. |
| 296 | Non-@acronym{ASCII} group names for the @code{nnrss} groups are also |
| 297 | supported. @xref{RSS}. |
| 298 | |
| 299 | @item Retrieving mail with @acronym{POP3} is supported over @acronym{SSL}/@acronym{TLS} and with StartTLS. |
| 300 | |
| 301 | @item The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside @file{gzip} |
| 302 | for compressed message files. @xref{Mail Spool}. |
| 303 | |
| 304 | @item The nnml back end supports group compaction. |
| 305 | |
| 306 | This feature, accessible via the functions |
| 307 | @code{gnus-group-compact-group} (@kbd{G z} in the group buffer) and |
| 308 | @code{gnus-server-compact-server} (@kbd{z} in the server buffer) |
| 309 | renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and removing gaps. |
| 310 | As a consequence, you get a correct total article count (until |
| 311 | messages are deleted again). |
| 312 | |
| 313 | @c @item nnmairix.el |
| 314 | @c FIXME |
| 315 | |
| 316 | @c @item nnir.el |
| 317 | @c FIXME |
| 318 | |
| 319 | @end itemize |
| 320 | |
| 321 | @item Appearance |
| 322 | @c Maybe it's not worth to separate this from "Miscellaneous"? |
| 323 | |
| 324 | @itemize @bullet |
| 325 | |
| 326 | @item The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons. |
| 327 | You can also customize the tool bars: @kbd{M-x customize-apropos RET |
| 328 | -tool-bar$} should get you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.) |
| 329 | @c FIXME: Document this in the manual |
| 330 | |
| 331 | @item The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly |
| 332 | in the group buffer, see the variable @code{gnus-group-update-tool-bar}. |
| 333 | Its default value depends on your Emacs version. |
| 334 | @c FIXME: Document this in the manual |
| 335 | |
| 336 | @item You can change the location of XEmacs's toolbars in Gnus buffers. |
| 337 | See @code{gnus-use-toolbar} and @code{message-use-toolbar}. |
| 338 | |
| 339 | @end itemize |
| 340 | |
| 341 | @item Miscellaneous changes |
| 342 | |
| 343 | @itemize @bullet |
| 344 | @item Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the |
| 345 | server buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups |
| 346 | which use the server in question. For instance, if you change |
| 347 | @code{nntp-via-address} into @samp{bar.example.com} from |
| 348 | @samp{foo.example.com}, Gnus will connect to the news host by way of the |
| 349 | intermediate host @samp{bar.example.com} from next time. |
| 350 | |
| 351 | @item The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer |
| 352 | using @kbd{W e}. |
| 353 | |
| 354 | @item You can set @code{gnus-mark-copied-or-moved-articles-as-expirable} |
| 355 | to a non-@code{nil} value so that articles that have been read may be |
| 356 | marked as expirable automatically when copying or moving them to a group |
| 357 | that has auto-expire turned on. The default is @code{nil} and copying |
| 358 | and moving of articles behave as before; i.e., the expirable marks will |
| 359 | be unchanged except that the marks will be removed when copying or |
| 360 | moving articles to a group that has not turned auto-expire on. |
| 361 | @xref{Expiring Mail}. |
| 362 | |
| 363 | @item NoCeM support has been removed. |
| 364 | |
| 365 | @item Carpal mode has been removed. |
| 366 | |
| 367 | @end itemize |
| 368 | |
| 369 | @end itemize |
| 370 | |
| 371 | @c gnus-news.texi ends here. |