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=8f39bfd41703d9ca28128fd22899af776e266c8d;hpb=d1c411b1e8723cee3707d49a995e118a6682199b;p=elisp%2Fgnus.git- diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index 8f39bfd..79b7cf7 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -8,6 +8,126 @@ 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 @@ -77,7 +197,7 @@ 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. @@ -168,7 +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. @@ -178,15 +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 @@ -239,8 +360,8 @@ 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. @@ -275,22 +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. @@ -298,7 +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. @@ -310,8 +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).