X-Git-Url: http://git.chise.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=79b7cf7fa66e77bd8057aa513d5cc9bc7299cfa0;hb=refs%2Fheads%2Ft-gnus-6_15-quimby;hp=813479b1f7a9108df7d13a5dc2aebfbf91ffcf6d;hpb=b7736c1d5502b9437e9adde3e3a7b2000eb279d5;p=elisp%2Fgnus.git- diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index 813479b..79b7cf7 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. -Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. See the end for copying conditions. Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. @@ -8,6 +8,170 @@ For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". * Changes in Oort Gnus +** The revised Gnus FAQ is included in the manual. +See the info node "Frequently Asked Questions". + +** 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 store flags. See a later entry for more information about +marks. Note that downgrading isn't save in general. + +** 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-a'), open a file using the approriate +mailcap entry (`C-c C-l'), and print a file using the mailcap entry +(`C-c P'). It is enabled with + + (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'turn-on-gnus-dired-mode) + +** Gnus can display RSS newsfeeds as a newsgroup. To get started do `B +nnrss RET RET' in the Group buffer. + +** Single-part yenc encoded attachments can be decoded. + +** Picons +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. + +** 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. + +** 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. 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, +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. + +** Gnus supports RFC 2369 mailing list headers, and adds a number of +related commands in mailing list groups. + +** 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'. + +** 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 +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. + +** Better handling of Microsoft citation styles + +Gnus now tries to recognize the mangled header block that some Microsoft +mailers use to indicate that the rest of the message is a citation, even +though it is not quoted in any way. The variable +`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 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")))) + ** Smileys (":-)", ";-)" etc) are now iconized for Emacs too. Put (setq gnus-treat-display-smileys nil) in ~/.emacs to disable it. @@ -28,11 +192,12 @@ default. See the variables `message-required-headers', Message now asks if you wish to remove "(was: )" 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. Improved crosspost follow behaviour with -`message-cross-post-*'. +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. + start composing messages and `message-generate-headers-first' is nil. ** Improved anti-spam features. @@ -123,7 +288,7 @@ A new command which starts gnus offline in slave mode. ** message-insinuate-rmail Adding (message-insinuate-rmail) and (setq mail-user-agent -'gnus-user-agent) in .emacs convinces RMAIL to compose, reply and +'gnus-user-agent) in .emacs convinces Rmail to compose, reply and forward messages in message-mode, where you can enjoy the power of MML. @@ -133,15 +298,16 @@ The line below enables BBDB in resending a message: (define-key message-minibuffer-local-map [(tab)] 'bbdb-complete-name) -** Externalize attachments. +** Externalizing and deleting of attachments. If gnus-gcc-externalize-attachments (or message-fcc-externalize-attachments) is non-nil, attach local files as external parts. -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. It works only -on back ends that support editing. +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 @@ -194,15 +360,19 @@ the MIME button. ** Message supports the Importance: (RFC 2156) header. -In the message buffer, C-c C-f C-i or C-c C-u cycles through the valid -values. +In the message buffer, `C-c C-f C-i' or `C-c C-u' cycles through the +valid values. ** 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/superseding). The behaviour can be changed by customizing -`message-insert-canlock'. +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 +superseding). Gnus generates a random password string the first time +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 behaviour can be changed by customizing `message-insert-canlock'. ** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve. @@ -226,22 +396,29 @@ longer supported. 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. + ** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default. -This is supposedly what USEFOR wants to migrate to. See +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 groups. This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups -separately of .newsrc.eld, while preserving marks. It also makes it +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 +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 .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. @@ -249,7 +426,8 @@ The new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and been renamed to "Gnus". ** The menu bar item (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to -"Attachments". +"Attachments". Note that this menu also contains security related +stuff, like signing and encryption. ** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist. @@ -261,8 +439,10 @@ variables should change those regexps accordingly. For example: ** 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. +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. +This also obsoletes `gnus-article-hide-pgp-hook'. ** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external).