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Merge from gnus--rel--5.10
Patches applied:
* gnus--rel--5.10 (patch 121-122)
- Update from CVS
2006-07-28 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
* etc/GNUS-NEWS: Regenerate from Oort Gnus node in texi/gnus.texi using
texi/gnus-news.el of the trunk.
2006-07-28 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>
* lisp/gnus/nnheader.el (nnheader-insert-head): Make it work with Mac as well.
2006-07-27 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>
* lisp/gnus/nnheader.el (nnheader-insert-head): Make it work even if the file
uses CRLF for the line-break code.
2006-07-28 Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>
* man/gnus.texi (Oort Gnus): Mention that the Lisp files are now installed
in .../site-lisp/gnus/ by default.
[ From gnus-news.texi in the trunk. ]
2006-07-27 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
* man/gnus.texi (MIME Commands): Additions for yEnc.
Revision: emacs@sv.gnu.org/emacs--devo--0--patch-375
author | Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> |
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date | Mon, 31 Jul 2006 09:40:13 +0000 |
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--- a/etc/GNUS-NEWS Mon Jul 31 06:57:28 2006 +0000 +++ b/etc/GNUS-NEWS Mon Jul 31 09:40:13 2006 +0000 @@ -1,152 +1,201 @@ GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, - 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, + 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". -* Changes in Oort Gnus - -** `F' (`gnus-article-followup-with-original') and `R' -(`gnus-article-reply-with-original') only yank the text in the region if the -region is active. - -** `gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group' can be called interactively, using `G M'. - -** In draft groups, `e' is now bound to `gnus-draft-edit-message'. -Use `B w' for `gnus-summary-edit-article' instead. - -** The revised Gnus FAQ is included in the manual. -See the info node "Frequently Asked Questions". +* Installation changes ** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used Oort. If you have tried Oort (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this -release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading -to this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove all -.marks (nnml) and .mrk (nnfolder) files, so that flags are read from -your ~/.newsrc.eld instead of from the .marks/.mrk file where this +release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading to +this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove all +`.marks' (nnml) and `.mrk' (nnfolder) files, so that flags are read from +your `.newsrc.eld' instead of from the `.marks'/`.mrk' file where this release store flags. See a later entry for more information about -marks. Note that downgrading isn't safe in general. +marks. Note that downgrading isn't save in general. + +** Lisp files are now installed in `.../site-lisp/gnus/' by default. It +defaulted to `.../site-lisp/' formerly. In addition to this, the new +installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which will shadow +the latest one are detected. You can then remove those shadows manually +or remove them using `make remove-installed-shadows'. + +** New `make.bat' for compiling and installing Gnus under MS Windows + +Use `make.bat' if you want to install Gnus under MS Windows, the first +argument to the batch-program should be the directory where `xemacs.exe' +respectively `emacs.exe' is located, iff you want to install Gnus after +compiling it, give `make.bat' `/copy' as the second parameter. + +`make.bat' has been rewritten from scratch, it now features automatic +recognition of XEmacs and GNU Emacs, generates `gnus-load.el', checks if +errors occur while compilation and generation of info files and reports +them at the end of the build process. It now uses `makeinfo' if it is +available and falls back to `infohack.el' otherwise. `make.bat' should +now install all files which are necessary to run Gnus and be generally a +complete replacement for the `configure; make; make install' cycle used +under Unix systems. + +The new `make.bat' makes `make-x.bat' and `xemacs.mak' superfluous, so +they have been removed. + +** `~/News/overview/' not used. + +As a result of the following change, the `~/News/overview/' directory is +not used any more. You can safely delete the entire hierarchy. + +** `(require 'gnus-load)' + +If you use a stand-alone Gnus distribution, you'd better add `(require +'gnus-load)' into your `~/.emacs' after adding the Gnus lisp directory +into load-path. + +File `gnus-load.el' contains autoload commands, functions and variables, +some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen. + + + +* New packages and libraries within Gnus + +** The revised Gnus FAQ is included in the manual, *Note Frequently Asked +Questions::. + +** TLS wrapper shipped with Gnus + +TLS/SSL is now supported in IMAP and NNTP via `tls.el' and GNUTLS. The +old TLS/SSL support via (external third party) `ssl.el' and OpenSSL +still works. + +** Improved anti-spam features. + +Gnus is now able to take out spam from your mail and news streams using +a wide variety of programs and filter rules. Among the supported +methods are RBL blocklists, bogofilter and white/blacklists. Hooks for +easy use of external packages such as SpamAssassin and Hashcash are also +new. *Note Thwarting Email Spam::. + +** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve. + +Sieve rules can be added as Group Parameters for groups, and the +complete Sieve script is generated using `D g' from the Group buffer, +and then uploaded to the server using `C-c C-l' in the generated Sieve +buffer. *Note Sieve Commands::, and the new Sieve manual *Note Top: +(sieve)Top. + + + +* Changes in group mode + +** `gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group' can be called interactively, using `G +M'. + +** Retrieval of charters and control messages + +There are new commands for fetching newsgroup charters (`H c') and +control messages (`H C'). + +** The new variable `gnus-parameters' can be used to set group parameters. + +Earlier this was done only via `G p' (or `G c'), which stored the +parameters in `~/.newsrc.eld', but via this variable you can enjoy the +powers of customize, and simplified backups since you set the variable +in `~/.gnus.el' instead of `~/.newsrc.eld'. The variable maps regular +expressions matching group names to group parameters, a'la: +(setq gnus-parameters + '(("mail\\..*" + (gnus-show-threads nil) + (gnus-use-scoring nil)) + ("^nnimap:\\(foo.bar\\)$" + (to-group . "\\1")))) + +** Unread count correct in nnimap groups. + +The estimated number of unread articles in the group buffer should now +be correct for nnimap groups. This is achieved by calling +`nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news' from the +`gnus-setup-news-hook' (called on startup) and +`gnus-after-getting-new-news-hook'. (called after getting new mail). If +you have modified those variables from the default, you may want to add +`nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news' again. If you were happy +with the estimate and want to save some (minimal) time when getting new +mail, remove the function. + +** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default. + +This is supposedly what USEFOR wanted to migrate to. See +`gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist' and +`gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist' for customization. + +** `gnus-group-charset-alist' and `gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist'. + +The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names +instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these variables +should change those regexps accordingly. For example: +("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr) + + + +* Changes in summary and article mode + +** `F' (`gnus-article-followup-with-original') and `R' +(`gnus-article-reply-with-original') only yank the text in the region if +the region is active. + +** In draft groups, `e' is now bound to `gnus-draft-edit-message'. Use `B +w' for `gnus-summary-edit-article' instead. ** Article Buttons -More buttons for URLs, mail addresses, Message-IDs, Info links, man pages and -Emacs or Gnus related references, see the info node "Article Buttons". The -variables `gnus-button-*-level' can be used to control the appearance of all -article buttons, see the info node "Article Button Levels". - -** Dired integration - -`gnus-dired-minor-mode' installs key bindings in dired buffers to send a file -as an attachment (`C-c C-m C-a'), open a file using the approriate mailcap -entry (`C-c C-m C-l'), and print a file using the mailcap entry (`C-c C-m -C-p'). See the info node "Other modes". - - -** Gnus can display RSS newsfeeds as a newsgroup. To get started do `B -nnrss RET RET' in the Group buffer. +More buttons for URLs, mail addresses, Message-IDs, Info links, man +pages and Emacs or Gnus related references. *Note Article Buttons::. +The variables `gnus-button-*-level' can be used to control the +appearance of all article buttons. *Note Article Button Levels::. ** Single-part yenc encoded attachments can be decoded. ** Picons -The picons code has been reimplemented to work in Emacs 21 -- some of -the previous options have been removed or renamed. + +The picons code has been reimplemented to work in GNU Emacs--some of the +previous options have been removed or renamed. Picons are small "personal icons" representing users, domain and -newsgroups, which can be displayed in the Article buffer. To enable -picons, install the picons database from - - http://www.cs.indiana.edu/picons/ftp/index.html - -and point `gnus-picon-databases' to that location. - -** If the new option `gnus-treat-body-boundary' is `head', a boundary -line is drawn at the end of the headers. +newsgroups, which can be displayed in the Article buffer. *Note +Picons::. -** Retrieval of charters and control messages -There are new commands for fetching newsgroup charters (`H c') and -control messages (`H C'). - -** Delayed articles -You can delay the sending of a message with `C-c C-j' in the Message -buffer. The messages are delivered at specified time. This is useful -for sending yourself reminders. Setup with (gnus-delay-initialize). - -** If `auto-compression-mode' is enabled, attachments are automatically -decompressed when activated. - -** If the new option `nnml-use-compressed-files' is non-nil, -the nnml back end allows compressed message files. +** If the new option `gnus-treat-body-boundary' is non-`nil', a boundary +line is drawn at the end of the headers. ** Signed article headers (X-PGP-Sig) can be verified with `W p'. -** The Summary Buffer uses an arrow in the fringe to indicate the -current article in Emacs 21 running on a graphical display. Customize -`gnus-summary-display-arrow' to disable it. +** The Summary Buffer uses an arrow in the fringe to indicate the current +article. Use `(setq gnus-summary-display-arrow nil)' to disable it. ** Warn about email replies to news + Do you often find yourself replying to news by email by mistake? Then the new option `gnus-confirm-mail-reply-to-news' is just the thing for you. -** If the new option `gnus-summary-display-while-building' is non-nil, +** If the new option `gnus-summary-display-while-building' is non-`nil', the summary buffer is shown and updated as it's being built. -** The new `recent' mark "." indicates newly arrived messages (as -opposed to old but unread messages). - -** The new option `gnus-gcc-mark-as-read' automatically marks -Gcc articles as read. - -** The nndoc back end now supports mailman digests and exim bounces. +** The new `recent' mark `.' indicates newly arrived messages (as opposed +to old but unread messages). ** Gnus supports RFC 2369 mailing list headers, and adds a number of -related commands in mailing list groups. +related commands in mailing list groups. *Note Mailing List::. -** The Date header can be displayed in a format that can be read aloud -in English, see `gnus-treat-date-english'. - -** The envelope sender address can be customized when using Sendmail, see -`message-sendmail-envelope-from'. +** The Date header can be displayed in a format that can be read aloud in +English. *Note Article Date::. ** diffs are automatically highlighted in groups matching `mm-uu-diff-groups-regexp' -** TLS wrapper shipped with Gnus - -TLS/SSL is now supported in IMAP and NNTP via tls.el and GNUTLS. The -old TLS/SSL support via (external third party) ssl.el and OpenSSL -still works. - -** New make.bat for compiling and installing Gnus under MS Windows - -Use make.bat if you want to install Gnus under MS Windows, the first -argument to the batch-program should be the directory where xemacs.exe -respectively emacs.exe is located, iff you want to install Gnus after -compiling it, give make.bat /copy as the second parameter. - -`make.bat' has been rewritten from scratch, it now features automatic -recognition of XEmacs and GNU Emacs, generates gnus-load.el, checks if -errors occur while compilation and generation of info files and reports -them at the end of the build process. It now uses makeinfo if it is -available and falls back to infohack.el otherwise. `make.bat' should now -install all files which are necessary to run Gnus and be generally a -complete replacement for the "configure; make; make install" cycle used -under Unix systems. - -The new make.bat makes make-x.bat superfluous, so it has been removed. - -** Support for non-ASCII domain names - -Message supports non-ASCII domain names in From:, To: and Cc: and will -encode them when you try to send a message. The variable -`message-use-idna' controls this. Gnus will also decode non-ASCII -domain names in From:, To: and Cc: when you view a message. The -variable `gnus-use-idna' controls this. - ** Better handling of Microsoft citation styles Gnus now tries to recognize the mangled header block that some Microsoft @@ -155,227 +204,183 @@ `gnus-cite-unsightly-citation-regexp' matches the start of these citations. -** gnus-article-skip-boring - -If you set `gnus-article-skip-boring' to t, then Gnus will not scroll -down to show you a page that contains only boring text, which by -default means cited text and signature. You can customize what is -skippable using `gnus-article-boring-faces'. - -This feature is especially useful if you read many articles that -consist of a little new content at the top with a long, untrimmed -message cited below. - -** The format spec %C for positioning point has changed to %*. +The new command `W Y f' (`gnus-article-outlook-deuglify-article') allows +deuglifying broken Outlook (Express) articles. -** The new variable `gnus-parameters' can be used to set group parameters. - -Earlier this was done only via `G p' (or `G c'), which stored the -parameters in ~/.newsrc.eld, but via this variable you can enjoy the -powers of customize, and simplified backups since you set the variable -in ~/.emacs instead of ~/.newsrc.eld. The variable maps regular -expressions matching group names to group parameters, a'la: - - (setq gnus-parameters - '(("mail\\..*" - (gnus-show-threads nil) - (gnus-use-scoring nil)) - ("^nnimap:\\(foo.bar\\)$" - (to-group . "\\1")))) +** `gnus-article-skip-boring' -** Smileys (":-)", ";-)" etc) are now iconized for Emacs too. - -Customize `gnus-treat-display-smileys' to disable it. - -** Gnus no longer generates the Sender: header automatically. +If you set `gnus-article-skip-boring' to `t', then Gnus will not scroll +down to show you a page that contains only boring text, which by default +means cited text and signature. You can customize what is skippable +using `gnus-article-boring-faces'. -Earlier it was generated iff the user configurable email address was -different from the Gnus guessed default user address. As the guessing -algorithm is rarely correct these days, and (more controversially) the -only use of the Sender: header was to check if you are entitled to -cancel/supersede news (which is now solved by Cancel Locks instead, -see another entry), generation of the header has been disabled by -default. See the variables `message-required-headers', -`message-required-news-headers', and `message-required-mail-headers'. - -** Features from third party message-utils.el added to message.el. - -Message now asks if you wish to remove "(was: <old subject>)" from -subject lines (see `message-subject-trailing-was-query'). C-c M-m and -C-c M-f inserts markers indicating included text. C-c C-f a adds a -X-No-Archive: header. C-c C-f x inserts appropriate headers and a -note in the body for cross-postings and followups (see the variables -`message-cross-post-*'). - -** References and X-Draft-Headers are no longer generated when you -start composing messages and `message-generate-headers-first' is nil. - -** Improved anti-spam features. +This feature is especially useful if you read many articles that consist +of a little new content at the top with a long, untrimmed message cited +below. -Gnus is now able to take out spam from your mail and news streams -using a wide variety of programs and filter rules. Among the supported -methods are RBL blocklists, bogofilter and white/blacklists. Hooks -for easy use of external packages such as SpamAssassin and Hashcash -are also new. - -** Easy inclusion of X-Faces headers. - -** In the summary buffer, the new command / N inserts new messages and -/ o inserts old messages. - -** Gnus decodes morse encoded messages if you press W m. +** Smileys (`:-)', `;-)' etc) are now displayed graphically in Emacs too. -** Unread count correct in nnimap groups. +Put `(setq gnus-treat-display-smileys nil)' in `~/.gnus.el' to disable +it. -The estimated number of unread articles in the group buffer should now -be correct for nnimap groups. This is achieved by calling -`nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news' from the -`gnus-setup-news-hook' (called on startup) and -`gnus-after-getting-new-news-hook' (called after getting new mail). -If you have modified those variables from the default, you may want to -add n-f-u-a-g-n-n again. If you were happy with the estimate and want -to save some (minimal) time when getting new mail, remove the -function. - -** Group Carbon Copy (GCC) quoting +** Face headers handling. *Note Face::. -To support groups that contains SPC and other weird characters, groups -are quoted before they are placed in the Gcc: header. This means -variables such as `gnus-message-archive-group' should no longer -contain quote characters to make groups containing SPC work. Also, if -you are using the string "nnml:foo, nnml:bar" (indicating Gcc into two -groups) you must change it to return the list ("nnml:foo" "nnml:bar"), -otherwise the Gcc: line will be quoted incorrectly. Note that -returning the string "nnml:foo, nnml:bar" was incorrect earlier, it -just didn't generate any problems since it was inserted directly. - -** ~/News/overview/ not used. - -As a result of the following change, the ~/News/overview/ directory is -not used any more. You can safely delete the entire hierarchy. - -** gnus-agent +** In the summary buffer, the new command `/ N' inserts new messages and `/ +o' inserts old messages. -The Gnus Agent has seen a major update. It is now enabled by default, -and all nntp and nnimap servers from `gnus-select-method' and -`gnus-secondary-select-method' are agentized by default. Earlier only -the server in `gnus-select-method' was agentized by the default, and the -agent was disabled by default. When the agent is enabled, headers are -now also retrieved from the Agent cache instead of the backends when -possible. Earlier this only happened in the unplugged state. You can -enroll or remove servers with `J a' and `J r' in the server buffer. -Gnus will not download articles into the Agent cache, unless you -instruct it to do so, though, by using `J u' or `J s' from the Group -buffer. You revert to the old behaviour of having the Agent disabled -by customizing `gnus-agent'. Note that putting `(gnus-agentize)' in -~/.gnus is not needed any more. +** Gnus decodes morse encoded messages if you press `W m'. -** gnus-summary-line-format +** `gnus-summary-line-format' -The default value changed to "%U%R%z%I%(%[%4L: %-23,23f%]%) %s\n". +The default value changed to `%U%R%z%I%(%[%4L: %-23,23f%]%) %s\n'. Moreover `gnus-extra-headers', `nnmail-extra-headers' and `gnus-ignored-from-addresses' changed their default so that the users -name will be replaced by the recipient's name or the group name -posting to for NNTP groups. - -** deuglify.el (gnus-article-outlook-deuglify-article) - -A new file from Raymond Scholz <rscholz@zonix.de> for deuglifying -broken Outlook (Express) articles. - -** (require 'gnus-load) - -If you use a stand-alone Gnus distribution, you'd better add -"(require 'gnus-load)" to your ~/.emacs after adding the Gnus -lisp directory into load-path. - -File gnus-load.el contains autoload commands, functions and variables, -some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen. - -** gnus-slave-unplugged +name will be replaced by the recipient's name or the group name posting +to for NNTP groups. -A new command which starts gnus offline in slave mode. - -** message-insinuate-rmail - -Adding (message-insinuate-rmail) in .emacs and customizing -`mail-user-agent' to `gnus-user-agent' convinces Rmail to compose, -reply and forward messages in Message mode, where you can enjoy the -power of MML. - -** message-minibuffer-local-map - -The line below enables BBDB in resending a message: - -(define-key message-minibuffer-local-map [?\t] 'bbdb-complete-name) - -** Externalizing and deleting of attachments. - -If `gnus-gcc-externalize-attachments' (or -`message-fcc-externalize-attachments') is non-nil, attach local files -as external parts. +** Deleting of attachments. The command `gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip' (bound to `C-o' on MIME buttons) saves a part and replaces the part with an external one. `gnus-mime-delete-part' (bound to `d' on MIME buttons) removes a part. It works only on back ends that support editing. -** gnus-default-charset +** `gnus-default-charset' + +The default value is determined from the `current-language-environment' +variable, instead of `iso-8859-1'. Also the `.*' item in +`gnus-group-charset-alist' is removed. + +** Printing capabilities are enhanced. + +Gnus supports Muttprint natively with `O P' from the Summary and Article +buffers. Also, each individual MIME part can be printed using `p' on +the MIME button. + +** Extended format specs. + +Format spec `%&user-date;' is added into +`gnus-summary-line-format-alist'. Also, user defined extended format +specs are supported. The extended format specs look like `%u&foo;', +which invokes function `gnus-user-format-function-FOO'. Because `&' is +used as the escape character, old user defined format `%u&' is no longer +supported. + +** `/ *' (`gnus-summary-limit-include-cached') is rewritten. + +It was aliased to `Y c' (`gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles'). The +new function filters out other articles. + +** Some limiting commands accept a `C-u' prefix to negate the match. + +If `C-u' is used on subject, author or extra headers, i.e., `/ s', `/ +a', and `/ x' (`gnus-summary-limit-to-{subject,author,extra}') +respectively, the result will be to display all articles that do not +match the expression. + +** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external). + + + +* Changes in Message mode and related Gnus features + +** Delayed articles + +You can delay the sending of a message with `C-c C-j' in the Message +buffer. The messages are delivered at specified time. This is useful +for sending yourself reminders. *Note Delayed Articles::. + +** If the new option `nnml-use-compressed-files' is non-`nil', the nnml +back end allows compressed message files. + +** The new option `gnus-gcc-mark-as-read' automatically marks Gcc articles +as read. + +** Externalizing of attachments -The default value now guesses on the basis of your environment instead -of using Latin-1. Also the ".*" item in gnus-group-charset-alist is -removed. +If `gnus-gcc-externalize-attachments' or +`message-fcc-externalize-attachments' is non-`nil', attach local files +as external parts. + +** The envelope sender address can be customized when using Sendmail. + *Note Mail Variables: (message)Mail Variables. + +** Gnus no longer generate the Sender: header automatically. + +Earlier it was generated iff the user configurable email address was +different from the Gnus guessed default user address. As the guessing +algorithm is rarely correct these days, and (more controversially) the +only use of the Sender: header was to check if you are entitled to +cancel/supersede news (which is now solved by Cancel Locks instead, see +another entry), generation of the header has been disabled by default. +See the variables `message-required-headers', +`message-required-news-headers', and `message-required-mail-headers'. + +** Features from third party `message-utils.el' added to `message.el'. + +Message now asks if you wish to remove `(was: <old subject>)' from +subject lines (see `message-subject-trailing-was-query'). `C-c M-m' and +`C-c M-f' inserts markers indicating included text. `C-c C-f a' adds a +X-No-Archive: header. `C-c C-f x' inserts appropriate headers and a +note in the body for cross-postings and followups (see the variables +`message-cross-post-*'). -** gnus-posting-styles +** References and X-Draft-From headers are no longer generated when you +start composing messages and `message-generate-headers-first' is `nil'. + +** Easy inclusion of X-Faces headers. *Note X-Face::. + +** Group Carbon Copy (GCC) quoting + +To support groups that contains SPC and other weird characters, groups +are quoted before they are placed in the Gcc: header. This means +variables such as `gnus-message-archive-group' should no longer contain +quote characters to make groups containing SPC work. Also, if you are +using the string `nnml:foo, nnml:bar' (indicating Gcc into two groups) +you must change it to return the list `("nnml:foo" "nnml:bar")', +otherwise the Gcc: line will be quoted incorrectly. Note that returning +the string `nnml:foo, nnml:bar' was incorrect earlier, it just didn't +generate any problems since it was inserted directly. + +** `message-insinuate-rmail' + +Adding `(message-insinuate-rmail)' and `(setq mail-user-agent +'gnus-user-agent)' in `.emacs' convinces Rmail to compose, reply and +forward messages in message-mode, where you can enjoy the power of MML. + +** `message-minibuffer-local-map' + +The line below enables BBDB in resending a message: +(define-key message-minibuffer-local-map [(tab)] + 'bbdb-complete-name) + +** `gnus-posting-styles' Add a new format of match like - - ((header "to" "larsi.*org") - (Organization "Somewhere, Inc.")) - +((header "to" "larsi.*org") + (Organization "Somewhere, Inc.")) The old format like the lines below is obsolete, but still accepted. +(header "to" "larsi.*org" + (Organization "Somewhere, Inc.")) - (header "to" "larsi.*org" - (Organization "Somewhere, Inc.")) +** `message-ignored-news-headers' and `message-ignored-mail-headers' -** message-ignored-news-headers and message-ignored-mail-headers - -X-Draft-From and X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information have been added into +`X-Draft-From' and `X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information' have been added into these two variables. If you customized those, perhaps you need add those two headers too. -** Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged. - -If one reads an article while plugged, and the article already exists -in the Agent, it won't get downloaded once more. Customize -`gnus-agent-cache' to revert to the old behavior. - -** Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter. - -On composing messages, it is enabled by `use-hard-newlines'. Decoding -format=flowed was present but not documented in earlier versions. +** Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter. On composing +messages, it is enabled by `use-hard-newlines'. Decoding format=flowed +was present but not documented in earlier versions. ** The option `mm-fill-flowed' can be used to disable treatment of -format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending -inline PGP signed messages. (New in Gnus 5.10.8) - -** The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly in the group -buffer, see the variable `gnus-group-update-tool-bar'. It's default -value depends on your Emacs version. (New in Gnus 5.10.8) - -** Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification requests. +"format=flowed" messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending +inline PGP signed messages. (New in Gnus 5.10.7) -This is invoked with the C-c M-n key binding from message mode. - -** Gnus supports Maildir groups. - -Gnus includes a new backend nnmaildir.el. +** Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification +requests. -** Printing capabilities are enhanced. - -Gnus supports Muttprint natively with O P from the Summary and Article -buffers. Also, each individual MIME part can be printed using p on -the MIME button. +This is invoked with the `C-c M-n' key binding from message mode. ** Message supports the Importance: (RFC 2156) header. @@ -384,151 +389,130 @@ ** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News. -This means a header "Cancel-Lock" is inserted in news posting. It is -used to determine if you wrote a article or not (for cancelling and +This means a header `Cancel-Lock' is inserted in news posting. It is +used to determine if you wrote an article or not (for canceling and superseding). Gnus generates a random password string the first time -you post a message, and saves it using the Custom system. While the -variable is called `canlock-password', it is not security sensitive -data. Publishing your canlock string on the web will not allow anyone -to be able to anything she could not already do. The behaviour can be -changed by customizing `message-insert-canlock'. - -** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve. - -Sieve rules can be added as Group Parameters for groups, and the -complete Sieve script is generated using `D g' from the Group buffer, -and then uploaded to the server using `C-c C-l' in the generated Sieve -buffer. Search the online Gnus manual for "sieve", and see the new -Sieve manual, for more information. - -** Extended format specs. - -Format spec "%&user-date;" is added into -`gnus-summary-line-format-alist'. Also, user defined extended format -specs are supported. The extended format specs look like "%u&foo;", -which invokes function `gnus-user-format-function-foo'. Because "&" is -used as the escape character, old user defined format "%u&" is no -longer supported. - -** `/ *' (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten. - -It was aliased to `Y c' (gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles). The new -function filters out other articles. - -** Some limiting commands accept a C-u prefix to negate the match. +you post a message, and saves it in your `~/.emacs' using the Custom +system. While the variable is called `canlock-password', it is not +security sensitive data. Publishing your canlock string on the web will +not allow anyone to be able to anything she could not already do. The +behavior can be changed by customizing `message-insert-canlock'. -If C-u is used on subject, author or extra headers, i.e., `/ s', `/ -a', and `/ x' (gnus-summary-limit-to-{subject,author,extra}) -respectively, the result will be to display all articles that do not -match the expression. - -** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default. - -This is supposedly what USEFOR wanted to migrate to. See -`gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist' and -`gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist' for customization. - -** The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each group. - -This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups -separately of ~/.newsrc.eld, while preserving marks. It also makes it -possible to share articles and marks between users (without sharing -the ~/.newsrc.eld file) within e.g. a department. It works by storing -the marks stored in ~/.newsrc.eld in a per-group file ".marks" (for -nnml) and "groupname.mrk" (for nnfolder, named "groupname"). If the -nnml/nnfolder is moved to another machine, Gnus will automatically use -the .marks or .mrk file instead of the information in ~/.newsrc.eld. -The new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and -`nnfolder-marks-is-evil' can be used to disable this feature. - -** The menu bar item (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has -been renamed to "Gnus". - -** The menu bar item (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to -"Attachments". Note that this menu also contains security related -stuff, like signing and encryption. - -** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist. - -The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names -instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these -variables should change those regexps accordingly. For example: - - ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr) - -** Gnus supports PGP (RFC 1991/2440), PGP/MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and -S/MIME (RFC 2630-2633). +** Gnus supports PGP (RFC 1991/2440), PGP/MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and S/MIME +(RFC 2630-2633). It needs an external S/MIME and OpenPGP implementation, but no -additional lisp libraries. This add several menu items to the -Attachments menu, and C-c RET key bindings, when composing messages. +additional Lisp libraries. This add several menu items to the +Attachments menu, and `C-c RET' key bindings, when composing messages. This also obsoletes `gnus-article-hide-pgp-hook'. -** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external). - ** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'. This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of `back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode. -** The default for message-forward-show-mml changed to symbol best. +** The default for `message-forward-show-mml' changed to the symbol `best'. + +The behavior for the `best' value is to show MML (i.e., convert to MIME) +when appropriate. MML will not be used when forwarding signed or +encrypted messages, as the conversion invalidate the digital signature. + +** If `auto-compression-mode' is enabled, attachments are automatically +decompressed when activated. + +** Support for non-ASCII domain names + +Message supports non-ASCII domain names in From:, To: and Cc: and will +query you whether to perform encoding when you try to send a message. +The variable `message-use-idna' controls this. Gnus will also decode +non-ASCII domain names in From:, To: and Cc: when you view a message. +The variable `gnus-use-idna' controls this. + +** You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. See +`mml-dnd-protocol-alist' and `mml-dnd-attach-options'. *Note MIME: +(message)MIME. + -The behaviour for the `best' value is to show MML (i.e., convert MIME -to MML) when appropriate. MML will not be used when forwarding signed -or encrypted messages, as the conversion invalidate the digital -signature. + +* Changes in back ends + +** Gnus can display RSS newsfeeds as a newsgroup. *Note RSS::. + +** The nndoc back end now supports mailman digests and exim bounces. + +** Gnus supports Maildir groups. + +Gnus includes a new back end `nnmaildir.el'. *Note Maildir::. -** Bug fixes. +** The nnml and nnfolder back ends store marks for each groups. + +This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups +separately of `~/.newsrc.eld', while preserving marks. It also makes it +possible to share articles and marks between users (without sharing the +`~/.newsrc.eld' file) within e.g. a department. It works by storing the +marks stored in `~/.newsrc.eld' in a per-group file `.marks' (for nnml) +and `GROUPNAME.mrk' (for nnfolder, named GROUPNAME). If the +nnml/nnfolder is moved to another machine, Gnus will automatically use +the `.marks' or `.mrk' file instead of the information in +`~/.newsrc.eld'. The new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and +`nnfolder-marks-is-evil' can be used to disable this feature. + -* Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9) +* Appearance -The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in -four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment, -internationalization and mail-fetching. +** The menu bar item (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been +renamed to "Gnus". -** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the -many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone. - -If you used procmail like in +** The menu bar item (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to +"Attachments". Note that this menu also contains security related +stuff, like signing and encryption (*note Security: (message)Security.). -(setq nnmail-use-procmail t) -(setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail) -(setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/") -(setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in") +** The tool bars have been updated to use GNOME icons in Group, Summary and +Message mode. You can also customize the tool bars. This is a new +feature in Gnus 5.10.9. (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.) -this now has changed to +** The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly in the group buffer, +see the variable `gnus-group-update-tool-bar'. Its default value +depends on your Emacs version. This is a new feature in Gnus 5.10.9. -(setq mail-sources - '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/" - :suffix ".in"))) + +* Miscellaneous changes + +** `gnus-agent' -More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods -> -Getting Mail -> Mail Sources - -** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. This affects many parts of -Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands. See the manual for details. +The Gnus Agent has seen a major updated and is now enabled by default, +and all nntp and nnimap servers from `gnus-select-method' and +`gnus-secondary-select-method' are agentized by default. Earlier only +the server in `gnus-select-method' was agentized by the default, and the +agent was disabled by default. When the agent is enabled, headers are +now also retrieved from the Agent cache instead of the back ends when +possible. Earlier this only happened in the unplugged state. You can +enroll or remove servers with `J a' and `J r' in the server buffer. +Gnus will not download articles into the Agent cache, unless you +instruct it to do so, though, by using `J u' or `J s' from the Group +buffer. You revert to the old behavior of having the Agent disabled +with `(setq gnus-agent nil)'. Note that putting `(gnus-agentize)' in +`~/.gnus.el' is not needed any more. -** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too -many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables. - -** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be -called to position point. +** Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged. -** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in -summary buffers and NOV files. +If one reads an article while plugged, and the article already exists in +the Agent, it won't get downloaded once more. `(setq gnus-agent-cache +nil)' reverts to the old behavior. -** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number -of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added. +** Dired integration -** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a -subtly different manner. +`gnus-dired-minor-mode' (see *Note Other modes::) installs key bindings +in dired buffers to send a file as an attachment, open a file using the +appropriate mailcap entry, and print a file using the mailcap entry. -** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive -and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with -ever-changing layouts. +** The format spec `%C' for positioning point has changed to `%*'. -** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap. +** `gnus-slave-unplugged' + +A new command which starts Gnus offline in slave mode. + * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". @@ -536,8 +520,8 @@ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Copyright information: -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, - 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, + 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc. 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