1 GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
2 Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6 For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
11 ** message-minibuffer-local-map
13 The line below enables BBDB in resending a message:
15 (define-key message-minibuffer-local-map [(tab)] 'bbdb-complete-name)
17 ** Externalize attachments.
19 If gnus-gcc-externalize-attachments (or
20 message-fcc-externalize-attachments) is non-nil, attach local files as
23 Command gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip (bound to \C-o on MIME buttons)
24 saves a part and replaces the part with an external one. It works only
25 on back ends that support editing.
27 ** gnus-default-charset
29 The default value is determined from the current-language-environment
30 variable, instead of 'iso-8859-1. Also the ".*" item in
31 gnus-group-charset-alist is removed.
33 ** gnus-posting-styles
35 Add a new format of match like
37 ((header "to" "larsi.*org")
38 (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
40 The old format like the lines below is obsolete.
42 (header "to" "larsi.*org"
43 (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
45 ** message-ignored-news-headers and message-ignored-mail-headers
47 X-Draft-From and X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information have been added into
48 these two variables. If you customized those, perhaps you need add
49 those two headers too.
51 ** Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged.
53 If one reads an article while plugged, and the article already exists
54 in the Agent, it won't get downloaded once more. (setq
55 gnus-agent-cache nil) reverts to the old behavior.
57 ** Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter.
59 On composing messages, it is enabled by `use-hard-newlines'. Decoding
60 format=flowed was present but not documented in earlier versions.
62 ** Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification requests.
64 This is invoked with the C-c M-n key binding from message mode.
66 ** Gnus supports Maildir groups.
68 Gnus includes a new backend nnmaildir.el.
70 ** Printing capabilities are enhanced.
72 Gnus supports Muttprint natively with O P from the Summary and Article
73 buffers. Also, each individual MIME part can be printed using p on
76 ** Message supports the Importance: header.
78 In the message buffer, C-c C-f C-i or C-c C-u cycles through the valid
81 ** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News.
83 This means a header "Cancel-Lock" is inserted in news posting. It is
84 used to determine if you wrote a article or not (for
85 cancelling/superseding). The behaviour can be changed by customizing
86 `message-insert-canlock'.
88 ** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve.
90 Sieve rules can be added as Group Parameters for groups, and the
91 complete Sieve script is generated using `D g' from the Group buffer,
92 and then uploaded to the server using `C-c C-l' in the generated Sieve
93 buffer. Search the online Gnus manual for "sieve", and see the new
94 Sieve manual, for more information.
96 ** Extended format specs.
98 Format spec "%&user-date;" is added into
99 gnus-summary-line-format-alist. Also, user defined extended format
100 specs are supported. The extended format specs look like "%u&foo;",
101 which invokes function gnus-user-format-function-foo. Because "&" is
102 used as the escape character, old user defined format "%u&" is no
105 ** `/ *' (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten.
107 It was aliased to `Y c' (gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles). The new
108 function filters out other articles.
110 ** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default.
112 This is supposedly what USEFOR wants to migrate to. See
113 `gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist' and
114 `gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist' for customization.
116 ** The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each groups.
118 This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups
119 separately of .newsrc.eld, while preserving marks. It also makes it
120 possible to share articles and marks between users (without sharing
121 the .newsrc.eld file) within e.g. a department. It works by storing
122 the marks stored in .newsrc.eld in a per-group file ".marks" (for
123 nnml) and "groupname.mrk" (for nnfolder, named "groupname"). If the
124 nnml/nnfolder is moved to another machine, Gnus will automatically use
125 the .marks or .mrk file instead of the information in .newsrc.eld.
126 The new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and
127 `nnfolder-marks-is-evil' can be used to disable this feature.
129 ** The menu bar (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been
132 ** The menu bar (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to
135 ** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist.
137 The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names
138 instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these
139 variables should change those regexps accordingly. For example:
141 ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr)
143 ** Gnus supports PGP (RFC 1991/2440), PGP-MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and
146 ** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external).
148 ** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'.
150 This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of
151 `back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode.
154 * Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9)
156 The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in
157 four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment,
158 internationalization and mail-fetching.
160 ** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the
161 many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone.
163 If you used procmail like in
165 (setq nnmail-use-procmail t)
166 (setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail)
167 (setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/")
168 (setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in")
170 this now has changed to
173 '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/"
176 More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods ->
177 Getting Mail -> Mail Sources
179 ** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. This affects many parts of
180 Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands. See the manual for details.
182 ** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too
183 many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables.
185 ** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be
186 called to position point.
188 ** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in
189 summary buffers and NOV files.
191 ** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number
192 of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added.
194 ** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a
195 subtly different manner.
197 ** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive
198 and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with
199 ever-changing layouts.
201 ** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap.
204 * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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