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Update Gnus to No Gnus 0.7 from the Gnus CVS trunk
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1 @c -*-texinfo-*- | |
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3 @c Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. | |
4 | |
5 @c Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies | |
6 @c of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the | |
7 @c copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved, | |
8 @c thus giving the recipient permission to redistribute in turn. | |
9 | |
10 @c Permission is granted to distribute modified versions | |
11 @c of this document, or of portions of it, | |
12 @c under the above conditions, provided also that they | |
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 Installation changes | |
22 | |
23 @itemize @bullet | |
24 @item Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus. | |
25 | |
26 If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this | |
27 release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading | |
28 to this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the | |
29 @file{~/News/marks} directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are | |
30 read from your @file{~/.newsrc.eld} instead of from the stale marks | |
31 file, where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry | |
32 for more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't | |
33 safe in general. | |
34 | |
35 @item Lisp files are now installed in @file{.../site-lisp/gnus/} by default. | |
36 It defaulted to @file{.../site-lisp/} formerly. In addition to this, | |
37 the new installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which | |
38 will shadow the latest one are detected. You can then remove those | |
39 shadows manually or remove them using @code{make | |
40 remove-installed-shadows}. | |
41 @end itemize | |
42 | |
43 @item New packages and libraries within Gnus | |
44 | |
45 @itemize @bullet | |
46 | |
47 @item Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp @acronym{SASL} library. | |
48 | |
49 This provides a clean @acronym{API} to @acronym{SASL} mechanisms from | |
50 within Emacs. The user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier | |
51 situation, include support for @acronym{DIGEST}-@acronym{MD5} and | |
52 @acronym{NTLM}. @xref{Top, ,Emacs SASL, sasl, Emacs SASL}. | |
53 | |
54 @item ManageSieve connections uses the @acronym{SASL} library by default. | |
55 | |
56 The primary change this brings is support for @acronym{DIGEST-MD5} and | |
57 @acronym{NTLM}, when the server supports it. | |
58 | |
59 @item Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el. | |
60 | |
61 It is enabled by default (see @code{password-cache}), with a short | |
62 timeout of 16 seconds (see @code{password-cache-expiry}). If | |
63 @acronym{PGG} is used as the @acronym{PGP} back end, the @acronym{PGP} | |
64 passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords for ManageSieve | |
65 connections are managed by this mechanism, after querying the user | |
66 about whether to do so. | |
67 @end itemize | |
68 | |
69 @item Changes in summary and article mode | |
70 | |
71 @itemize @bullet | |
72 | |
73 @item Gnus now supports sticky article buffers. Those are article buffers | |
74 that are not reused when you select another article. @xref{Sticky | |
75 Articles}. | |
76 | |
77 @item International host names (@acronym{IDNA}) can now be decoded | |
78 inside article bodies using @kbd{W i} | |
79 (@code{gnus-summary-idna-message}). This requires that GNU Libidn | |
80 (@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) has been installed. | |
81 @c FIXME: Also mention @code{message-use-idna}? | |
82 | |
83 @item The non-@acronym{ASCII} group names handling has been much | |
84 improved. The back ends that fully support non-@acronym{ASCII} group | |
85 names are now @code{nntp}, @code{nnml}, and @code{nnrss}. Also the | |
86 agent, the cache, and the marks features work with those back ends. | |
87 @xref{Non-ASCII Group Names}. | |
88 | |
89 @item Gnus now displays @acronym{DNS} master files sent as text/dns | |
90 using dns-mode. | |
91 | |
92 @item Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: | |
93 @kbd{/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R} | |
94 (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}). @xref{Limiting}. | |
95 | |
96 @item You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using | |
97 @kbd{Y t} (@code{gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles}). @xref{Summary | |
98 Generation Commands}. | |
99 | |
100 @item Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: | |
101 @kbd{C-c C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}). @xref{Summary | |
102 Sorting}. | |
103 | |
104 @item @acronym{S/MIME} now features @acronym{LDAP} user certificate searches. | |
105 You need to configure the server in @code{smime-ldap-host-list}. | |
106 | |
107 @item URLs inside Open@acronym{PGP} headers are retrieved and imported | |
108 to your PGP key ring when you click on them. | |
109 | |
110 @item | |
111 Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see | |
112 @code{gnus-picon-style}. @xref{Picons}. | |
113 | |
114 @item @acronym{ANSI} @acronym{SGR} control sequences can be transformed | |
115 using @kbd{W A}. | |
116 | |
117 @acronym{ANSI} sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for | |
118 highlighting articles (@code{gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences}). | |
119 | |
120 @item Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header. | |
121 This changes the default of @code{gnus-article-loose-mime}. | |
122 | |
123 @item @code{gnus-decay-scores} can be a regexp matching score files. | |
124 For example, set it to @samp{\\.ADAPT\\'} and only adaptive score files | |
125 will be decayed. @xref{Score Decays}. | |
126 | |
127 @item Strings prefixing to the @code{To} and @code{Newsgroup} headers in | |
128 summary lines when using @code{gnus-ignored-from-addresses} can be | |
129 customized with @code{gnus-summary-to-prefix} and | |
130 @code{gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix}. @xref{To From Newsgroups}. | |
131 | |
132 @item You can replace @acronym{MIME} parts with external bodies. | |
133 See @code{gnus-mime-replace-part} and @code{gnus-article-replace-part}. | |
134 @xref{MIME Commands}, @ref{Using MIME}. | |
135 | |
136 @item | |
137 The option @code{mm-fill-flowed} can be used to disable treatment of | |
138 format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending | |
139 inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages. @xref{Flowed text, ,Flowed text, | |
140 emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}. (New in Gnus 5.10.7) | |
141 @c This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus". | |
142 | |
143 @end itemize | |
144 | |
145 @item Changes in Message mode | |
146 | |
147 @itemize @bullet | |
148 @item Gnus now supports the ``hashcash'' client puzzle anti-spam mechanism. | |
149 Use @code{(setq message-generate-hashcash t)} to enable. | |
150 @xref{Hashcash}. | |
151 | |
152 @item You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. | |
153 See @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} and @code{mml-dnd-attach-options}. | |
154 @xref{MIME, ,MIME, message, Message Manual}. | |
155 | |
156 @item The option @code{message-yank-empty-prefix} now controls how | |
157 empty lines are prefixed in cited text. @xref{Insertion Variables, | |
158 ,Insertion Variables, message, Message Manual}. | |
159 | |
160 @item Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers. | |
161 The @code{References} header is hidden by default. To make all | |
162 headers visible, use @code{(setq message-hidden-headers nil)}. | |
163 @xref{Message Headers, ,Message Headers, message, Message Manual}. | |
164 | |
165 @item You can highlight different levels of citations like in the | |
166 article buffer. See @code{gnus-message-highlight-citation}. | |
167 | |
168 @item @code{auto-fill-mode} is enabled by default in Message mode. | |
169 See @code{message-fill-column}. @xref{Various Message Variables, , | |
170 Message Headers, message, Message Manual}. | |
171 | |
172 @item You can now store signature files in a special directory | |
173 named @code{message-signature-directory}. | |
174 | |
175 @item The option @code{message-citation-line-format} controls the format | |
176 of the "Whomever writes:" line. You need to set | |
177 @code{message-citation-line-function} to | |
178 @code{message-insert-formated-citation-line} as well. | |
179 @end itemize | |
180 | |
181 @item Changes in back ends | |
182 | |
183 @itemize @bullet | |
184 @item The nntp back end stores article marks in @file{~/News/marks}. | |
185 | |
186 The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable | |
187 @code{nntp-marks-directory}, and marks can be disabled using the | |
188 (back end) variable @code{nntp-marks-is-evil}. The advantage of this | |
189 is that you can copy @file{~/News/marks} (using rsync, scp or | |
190 whatever) to another Gnus installation, and it will realize what | |
191 articles you have read and marked. The data in @file{~/News/marks} | |
192 has priority over the same data in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}. | |
193 | |
194 @item | |
195 You can import and export your @acronym{RSS} subscriptions from | |
196 @acronym{OPML} files. @xref{RSS}. | |
197 | |
198 @item @acronym{IMAP} identity (@acronym{RFC} 2971) is supported. | |
199 | |
200 By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can | |
201 customize it using the variable @code{nnimap-id}. | |
202 | |
203 @item The @code{nnrss} back end now supports multilingual text. | |
204 Non-@acronym{ASCII} group names for the @code{nnrss} groups are also | |
205 supported. @xref{RSS}. | |
206 | |
207 @item Retrieving mail with @acronym{POP3} is supported over @acronym{SSL}/@acronym{TLS} and with StartTLS. | |
208 | |
209 @item The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside @file{gzip} | |
210 for compressed message files. @xref{Mail Spool}. | |
211 | |
212 @item The nnml back end supports group compaction. | |
213 | |
214 This feature, accessible via the functions | |
215 @code{gnus-group-compact-group} (@kbd{G z} in the group buffer) and | |
216 @code{gnus-server-compact-server} (@kbd{z} in the server buffer) | |
217 renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and removing gaps. | |
218 As a consequence, you get a correct total article count (until | |
219 messages are deleted again). | |
220 @end itemize | |
221 | |
222 @item Appearance | |
223 @c Maybe it's not worth to separate this from "Miscellaneous"? | |
224 | |
225 @itemize @bullet | |
226 | |
227 @item The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons. | |
228 You can also customize the tool bar. There's no documentation in the | |
229 manual yet, but @kbd{M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$} should get | |
230 you started. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.) | |
231 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual | |
232 | |
233 @item The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly | |
234 in the group buffer, see the variable @code{gnus-group-update-tool-bar}. | |
235 Its default value depends on your Emacs version. | |
236 @c FIXME: Document this in the manual | |
237 | |
238 @item You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers. | |
239 See @code{gnus-use-toolbar} and @code{message-use-toolbar}. | |
240 | |
241 @end itemize | |
242 | |
243 @item Miscellaneous changes | |
244 | |
245 @itemize @bullet | |
246 @item Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the | |
247 server buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups | |
248 which use the server in question. For instance, if you change | |
249 @code{nntp-via-address} into @samp{bar.example.com} from | |
250 @samp{foo.example.com}, Gnus will connect to the news host by way of the | |
251 intermediate host @samp{bar.example.com} from next time. | |
252 | |
253 @item The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer | |
254 using @kbd{W e}. | |
255 | |
256 @end itemize | |
257 | |
258 @end itemize | |
259 | |
260 @c gnus-news.texi ends here. | |
261 | |
262 @ignore | |
263 arch-tag: 872c7569-4340-4d73-9d1d-7826d9f94a51 | |
264 @end ignore |