1 GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
2 Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6 For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
12 ** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus.
14 If you have tried No Gnus (the unstable Gnus branch leading to this
15 release) but went back to a stable version, be careful when upgrading
16 to this version. In particular, you will probably want to remove the
17 `~/News/marks' directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are
18 read from your `~/.newsrc.eld' instead of from the stale marks file,
19 where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry for
20 more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't safe
23 ** The nntp back end store article marks in `~/News/marks'.
25 The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
26 `nntp-marks-directory', and marks can be disabled using the (back
27 end) variable `nntp-marks-is-evil'. The advantage of this is that
28 you can copy `~/News/marks' (using rsync, scp or whatever) to another
29 Gnus installation, and it will realize what articles you have read
30 and marked. The data in `~/News/marks' has priority over the same
31 data in `~/.newsrc.eld'.
33 ** Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
34 `gnus-picon-style'. *Note Picons::.
36 ** You can import and export your RSS subscriptions from OPML files.
39 ** The option `mm-fill-flowed' can be used to disable treatment of
40 format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending
41 inline PGP signed messages.
43 ** You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. See
44 `mml-dnd-protocol-alist' and `mml-dnd-attach-options'. *Note MIME:
47 ** The option `message-yank-empty-prefix' now controls how empty lines
48 are prefixed in cited text. *Note (message)Insertion Variables::.
50 ** ANSI SGR control sequences can be transformed using `W A'.
52 ANSI sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting
53 articles (`gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences').
55 ** International host names (IDNA) can now be decoded inside article
56 bodies using `W i' (`gnus-summary-idna-message'). This require that
57 GNU Libidn (`http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/') has been installed.
59 ** Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp SASL library.
61 This provide a clean API to SASL mechanisms from within Emacs. The
62 user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier situation,
63 include support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM.
65 ** ManageSieve connections uses the SASL library by default.
67 The primary change this brings is support for DIGEST-MD5 and NTLM,
68 when the server support it.
70 ** Gnus include a password cache mechanism in password.el.
72 It is enabled by default (see `password-cache'), with a short timeout
73 of 16 seconds (see `password-cache-expiry'). If PGG is used as the
74 PGP back end, the PGP passphrase is managed by this mechanism.
75 Passwords for ManageSieve connections are managed by this mechanism,
76 after querying the user about whether to do so.
78 ** IMAP identity (RFC 2971) is supported.
80 By default, Gnus do not send any information about itself, but you can
81 customize it using the variable `nnimap-id'.
83 ** The `all.SCORE' file can be edited from the group buffer using `W e'.
85 ** Gnus now MIME decode articles even when they lack "MIME-Version"
86 header. This changes the default of `gnus-article-loose-mime'.
88 ** Gnus now view DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode.
90 ** Gnus now support the "hashcash" client puzzle anti-spam idea. See
91 the Gnus manual, section Hashcash, for more information. Use `(setq
92 message-generate-hashcash t)' to enable.
94 ** Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: `/ r'
95 (`gnus-summary-limit-to-replied') and `/ R'
96 (`gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient'). *Note Limiting::.
98 ** Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: `C-c C-s C-t'
99 (`gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient'). *Note Summary Sorting::.
101 ** The `nnrss' back end now supports multilingual text. Non-ASCII group
102 names for the `nnrss' groups are also supported. *Note RSS::.
104 ** URLs inside OpenPGP: headers are retrieved and imported to your PGP
105 key ring when you click on them.
107 ** Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers. The
108 `References' header is hidden by default. To make all headers
109 visible, use `(setq message-hidden-headers nil)'.
111 ** `gnus-decay-scores' can be a regexp matching score files. This
112 allows to decay only adaptive score files. *Note Score Decays::.
114 ** S/MIME now feature LDAP user certificate searches. You need to
115 configure the server in `smime-ldap-host-list'.
117 ** Strings prefixed 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
120 To From Newsgroups::.
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::.
126 ** Lisp files are now installed in .../site-lisp/gnus/ by default. It
127 defaulted to .../site-lisp/ formerly. In addition to this, the new
128 installer issues a warning if the other Gnus installations which will
129 shadow the latest one are detected. You can then remove those shadows
130 manually or remove them using `make remove-installed-shadows'.
133 * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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