X-Git-Url: http://git.chise.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=0c5b11a44c953909b1402c7632e69e18a2c84cdb;hb=4f37874aa6d44ce6c39da32ba89c616e225dbbb7;hp=6334597a0c1b19655a45ba524e9bed148e843f4f;hpb=12880262125c73b531b08cd9005fbaf49c2c3395;p=elisp%2Fgnus.git- diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index 6334597..0c5b11a 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,99 +1,102 @@ -GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -See the end for copying conditions. +** Gnus changes. -Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. -For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". +*** The Gnus distribution no longer bundles Custom and Widget. +If your Emacs doesn't come with these libraries, fetch them from +. You also then need to +add the following to the lisp/dgnushack.el file: - -* Changes in Oort Gnus + (push "~/lisp/custom" load-path) -** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist +Modify to suit your needs. -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: +*** New functionality for using Gnus as an offline newsreader has been +added. A plethora of new commands and modes have been added. See the +Gnus manual for the full story. - ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr) +*** The nndraft backend has returned, but works differently than +before. All Message buffers are now also articles in the nndraft +group, which is created automatically. -** Gnus now supports PGP-MIME (RFC2015) and SMIME. +*** `gnus-alter-header-function' can now be used to alter header +values. -** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external). +*** `gnus-summary-goto-article' now accept Message-ID's. -** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'. +*** A new Message command for deleting text in the body of a message +outside the region: `C-c C-v'. -This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of -`back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode. +*** You can now post to component group in nnvirtual groups with +`C-u C-c C-c'. - -* Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9) +*** `nntp-rlogin-program' -- new variable to ease customization. -The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in -four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment, -internationalization and mail-fetching. +*** `C-u C-c C-c' in `gnus-article-edit-mode' will now inhibit +re-highlighting of the article buffer. -** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the -many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone. +*** New element in `gnus-boring-article-headers' -- `long-to'. -If you used procmail like in +*** `M-i' symbolic prefix command. See the section "Symbolic +Prefixes" in the Gnus manual for details. -(setq nnmail-use-procmail t) -(setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail) -(setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/") -(setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in") +*** `L' and `I' in the summary buffer now take the symbolic prefix +`a' to add the score rule to the "all.SCORE" file. -this now has changed to +*** `gnus-simplify-subject-functions' variable to allow greater +control over simplification. -(setq mail-sources - '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/" - :suffix ".in"))) +*** `A T' -- new command for fetching the current thread. -More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods -> -Getting Mail -> Mail Sources +*** `/ T' -- new command for including the current thread in the +limit. -** 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. +*** `M-RET' is a new Message command for breaking cited text. -** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too -many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables. +*** \\1-expressions are now valid in `nnmail-split-methods'. -** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be -called to position point. +*** The `custom-face-lookup' function has been removed. +If you used this function in your initialization files, you must +rewrite them to use `face-spec-set' instead. -** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in -summary buffers and NOV files. +*** Cancelling now uses the current select method. Symbolic prefix +`a' forces normal posting method. -** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number -of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added. +*** New command to translate M******** sm*rtq**t*s into proper text +-- `W d'. -** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a -subtly different manner. +*** For easier debugging of nntp, you can set `nntp-record-commands' +to a non-nil value. -** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive -and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with -ever-changing layouts. +*** nntp now uses ~/.authinfo, a .netrc-like file, for controlling +where and how to send AUTHINFO to NNTP servers. -** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap. +*** A command for editing group parameters from the summary buffer +has been added. - -* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". +*** A history of where mails have been split is available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -Copyright information: +*** A new article date command has been added -- `article-date-iso8601'. -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +*** Subjects can be simplified when threading by setting +`gnus-score-thread-simplify'. - Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies - of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the - copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved, - thus giving the recipient permission to redistribute in turn. +*** A new function for citing in Message has been added -- +`message-cite-original-without-signature'. - Permission is granted to distribute modified versions - of this document, or of portions of it, - under the above conditions, provided also that they - carry prominent notices stating who last changed them. - -Local variables: -mode: outline -paragraph-separate: "[ ]*$" -end: +*** `article-strip-all-blank-lines' -- new article command. + +*** A new Message command to kill to the end of the article has +been added. + +*** A minimum adaptive score can be specified by using the +`gnus-adaptive-word-minimum' variable. + +*** The "lapsed date" article header can be kept continually +updated by the `gnus-start-date-timer' command. + +*** Web listserv archives can be read with the nnlistserv backend. + +*** Old dejanews archives can now be read by nnweb. + +*** Byte-compilation of user-specs now works under XEmacs. + +*** `gnus-posting-styles' has been re-activated.