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   1 GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
   2
   3 Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005,
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   7 Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org.
   8 For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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  11 * Installation changes
  12
  13 ** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
  14
  15 If you have tried No Gnus (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 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.
  23
  24 ** Incompatibity when switching from Emacs 23 to Emacs 22 In Emacs 23, Gnus
  25 uses Emacs' new internal coding system `utf-8-emacs' for saving articles
  26 drafts and `~/.newsrc.eld'.  These file may not be read correctly in
  27 Emacs 22 and below.  If you want to Gnus across different Emacs
  28 versions, you may set `mm-auto-save-coding-system' to `emacs-mule'.
  29
  30 ** Lisp files are now installed in `.../site-lisp/gnus/' by default.  It
  31 defaulted to `.../site-lisp/' formerly.  In addition to this, the new
  32 installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which will shadow
  33 the latest one are detected.  You can then remove those shadows manually
  34 or remove them using `make remove-installed-shadows'.
  35
  36 ** The installation directory name is allowed to have spaces and/or tabs.
  37
  38 \f
  39 * New packages and libraries within Gnus
  40
  41 ** Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp SASL library.
  42
  43 This provides a clean API to SASL mechanisms from within Emacs.  The
  44 user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier situation, include
  45 support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM.   *Note Emacs SASL: (sasl)Top.
  46
  47 ** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default.
  48
  49 The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM, when
  50 the server supports it.
  51
  52 ** Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el.
  53
  54 It is enabled by default (see `password-cache'), with a short timeout of
  55 16 seconds (see `password-cache-expiry').  If PGG is used as the PGP
  56 back end, the PGP passphrase is managed by this mechanism.  Passwords
  57 for ManageSieve connections are managed by this mechanism, after
  58 querying the user about whether to do so.
  59
  60 \f
  61 * Changes in group mode
  62
  63 ** Old intermediate incoming mail files (`Incoming*') are deleted after a
  64 couple of days, not immediately.  *Note Mail Source Customization::.
  65 (New in Gnus 5.10.10 / Emacs 22.2)
  66
  67 \f
  68 * Changes in summary and article mode
  69
  70 ** Gnus now supports sticky article buffers.  Those are article buffers
  71 that are not reused when you select another article.  *Note Sticky
  72 Articles::.
  73
  74 ** International host names (IDNA) can now be decoded inside article bodies
  75 using `W i' (`gnus-summary-idna-message').  This requires that GNU Libidn
  76 (<http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/>) has been installed.
  77
  78 ** The non-ASCII group names handling has been much improved.  The back
  79 ends that fully support non-ASCII group names are now `nntp', `nnml',
  80 and `nnrss'.  Also the agent, the cache, and the marks features work
  81 with those back ends.  *Note Non-ASCII Group Names::.
  82
  83 ** Gnus now displays DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
  84
  85 ** Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: `/ r'
  86 (`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R'
  87 (`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient').  *Note Limiting::.
  88
  89 ** You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using `Y t'
  90 (`gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles').  *Note Summary Generation
  91 Commands::.
  92
  93 ** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t'
  94 (`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient').  *Note Summary Sorting::.
  95
  96 ** S/MIME now features LDAP user certificate searches.  You need to
  97 configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'.
  98
  99 ** URLs inside OpenPGP headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP key
 100 ring when you click on them.
 101
 102 ** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
 103 `gnus-picon-style'.  *Note Picons::.
 104
 105 ** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'.
 106
 107 ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting
 108 articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences').
 109
 110 ** Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header.
 111 This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.
 112
 113 ** `gnus-decay-scores' can be a regexp matching score files.  For example,
 114 set it to `\\.ADAPT\\'' and only adaptive score files will be decayed.
 115  *Note Score Decays::.
 116
 117 ** Strings prefixing to the `To' and `Newsgroup' headers in summary lines
 118 when using `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' can be customized with
 119 `gnus-summary-to-prefix' and `gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix'.  *Note To
 120 From Newsgroups::.
 121
 122 ** You can replace MIME parts with external bodies.  See
 123 `gnus-mime-replace-part' and `gnus-article-replace-part'.  *Note MIME
 124 Commands::, *Note Using MIME::.
 125
 126 ** The option `mm-fill-flowed' can be used to disable treatment of
 127 format=flowed messages.  Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
 128 inline PGP signed messages.  *Note Flowed text: (emacs-mime)Flowed text.
 129 (New in Gnus 5.10.7)
 130
 131 ** Now the new command `S W' (`gnus-article-wide-reply-with-original') for
 132 a wide reply in the article buffer yanks a text that is in the active
 133 region, if it is set, as well as the `R'
 134 (`gnus-article-reply-with-original') command.  Note that the `R' command
 135 in the article buffer no longer accepts a prefix argument, which was
 136 used to make it do a wide reply.  *Note Article Keymap::.
 137
 138 ** The new command `C-h b' (`gnus-article-describe-bindings') used in the
 139 article buffer now shows not only the article commands but also the real
 140 summary commands that are accessible from the article buffer.
 141
 142
 143 \f
 144 * Changes in Message mode
 145
 146 ** Gnus now supports the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam mechanism.  Use
 147 `(setq message-generate-hashcash t)' to enable.  *Note Hashcash::.
 148
 149 ** You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer.  See
 150 `mml-dnd-protocol-alist' and `mml-dnd-attach-options'.  *Note MIME:
 151 (message)MIME.
 152
 153 ** The option `message-yank-empty-prefix' now controls how empty lines are
 154 prefixed in cited text.  *Note Insertion Variables: (message)Insertion
 155 Variables.
 156
 157 ** Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers.  The
 158 `References' header is hidden by default.  To make all headers visible,
 159 use `(setq message-hidden-headers nil)'.  *Note Message Headers:
 160 (message)Message Headers.
 161
 162 ** You can highlight different levels of citations like in the article
 163 buffer.  See `gnus-message-highlight-citation'.
 164
 165 ** `auto-fill-mode' is enabled by default in Message mode.  See
 166 `message-fill-column'.  *Note Message Headers: (message)Various Message
 167 Variables.
 168
 169 ** You can now store signature files in a special directory named
 170 `message-signature-directory'.
 171
 172 ** The option `message-citation-line-format' controls the format of the
 173 "Whomever writes:" line.  You need to set
 174 `message-citation-line-function' to
 175 `message-insert-formatted-citation-line' as well.
 176
 177 \f
 178 * Changes in back ends
 179
 180 ** The nntp back end stores article marks in `~/News/marks'.
 181
 182 The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
 183 `nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (back end)
 184 variable `nntp-marks-is-evil'.  The advantage of this is that you can
 185 copy `~/News/marks' (using rsync, scp or whatever) to another Gnus
 186 installation, and it will realize what articles you have read and
 187 marked.  The data in `~/News/marks' has priority over the same data in
 188 `~/.newsrc.eld'.
 189
 190 ** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files.  *Note
 191 RSS::.
 192
 193 ** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported.
 194
 195 By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can
 196 customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.
 197
 198 ** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text.  Non-ASCII group
 199 names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported.  *Note RSS::.
 200
 201 ** Retrieving mail with POP3 is supported over SSL/TLS and with StartTLS.
 202
 203 ** The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside `gzip' for
 204 compressed message files.  *Note Mail Spool::.
 205
 206 ** The nnml back end supports group compaction.
 207
 208 This feature, accessible via the functions `gnus-group-compact-group'
 209 (`G z' in the group buffer) and `gnus-server-compact-server' (`z' in the
 210 server buffer) renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and
 211 removing gaps.  As a consequence, you get a correct total article count
 212 (until messages are deleted again).
 213
 214 \f
 215 * Appearance
 216
 217 ** The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons.  You can also
 218 customize the tool bar.  There's no documentation in the manual yet, but
 219 `M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$' should get you started.  (Only
 220 for Emacs, not in XEmacs.)
 221
 222 ** The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly in the group buffer,
 223 see the variable `gnus-group-update-tool-bar'.  Its default value
 224 depends on your Emacs version.
 225
 226 ** You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers.  See
 227 `gnus-use-toolbar' and `message-use-toolbar'.
 228
 229
 230 \f
 231 * Miscellaneous changes
 232
 233 ** Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the server
 234 buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups which
 235 use the server in question.  For instance, if you change
 236 `nntp-via-address' into `bar.example.com' from `foo.example.com', Gnus
 237 will connect to the news host by way of the intermediate host
 238 `bar.example.com' from next time.
 239
 240 ** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'.
 241
 242
 243 \f
 244 * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
 245
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