X-Git-Url: http://git.chise.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=GNUS-NEWS;h=b891063c90bed5cfe01880b7b706932a4b4fd359;hb=3c63a27e73089c9144145a84613f2c21e2a1f0ab;hp=0c5b11a44c953909b1402c7632e69e18a2c84cdb;hpb=f487225f56bb13abb2f7f286b97b968c76511733;p=elisp%2Fgnus.git- diff --git a/GNUS-NEWS b/GNUS-NEWS index 0c5b11a..b891063 100644 --- a/GNUS-NEWS +++ b/GNUS-NEWS @@ -1,102 +1,541 @@ -** Gnus changes. +GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes. +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +See the end for copying conditions. -*** 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: +Please send Gnus bug reports to bugs@gnus.org. +For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". - (push "~/lisp/custom" load-path) + +* Changes in Oort Gnus -Modify to suit your needs. +** `gnus-group-read-ephemeral-group' can be called interactively, using `G M'. -*** 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. +** In draft groups, `e' is now bound to `gnus-draft-edit-message'. +Use `B w' for `gnus-summary-edit-article' instead. -*** 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. +** The revised Gnus FAQ is included in the manual. +See the info node "Frequently Asked Questions". -*** `gnus-alter-header-function' can now be used to alter header -values. +** Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used Oort. -*** `gnus-summary-goto-article' now accept Message-ID's. +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 safe in general. -*** A new Message command for deleting text in the body of a message -outside the region: `C-c C-v'. +** Article Buttons -*** You can now post to component group in nnvirtual groups with -`C-u C-c C-c'. +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". -*** `nntp-rlogin-program' -- new variable to ease customization. +** Dired integration -*** `C-u C-c C-c' in `gnus-article-edit-mode' will now inhibit -re-highlighting of the article buffer. +`gnus-dired-minor-mode' installs key bindings in dired buffers to send a file +as an attachment (`C-c C-m C-a'), open a file using the approriate mailcap +entry (`C-c C-m C-l'), and print a file using the mailcap entry (`C-c C-m +C-p'). See the info node "Other modes". -*** New element in `gnus-boring-article-headers' -- `long-to'. -*** `M-i' symbolic prefix command. See the section "Symbolic -Prefixes" in the Gnus manual for details. +** Gnus can display RSS newsfeeds as a newsgroup. To get started do `B +nnrss RET RET' in the Group buffer. -*** `L' and `I' in the summary buffer now take the symbolic prefix -`a' to add the score rule to the "all.SCORE" file. +** Single-part yenc encoded attachments can be decoded. -*** `gnus-simplify-subject-functions' variable to allow greater -control over simplification. +** Picons +The picons code has been reimplemented to work in Emacs 21 -- some of +the previous options have been removed or renamed. -*** `A T' -- new command for fetching the current thread. +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 -*** `/ T' -- new command for including the current thread in the -limit. + http://www.cs.indiana.edu/picons/ftp/index.html -*** `M-RET' is a new Message command for breaking cited text. +and point `gnus-picon-databases' to that location. -*** \\1-expressions are now valid in `nnmail-split-methods'. +** If the new option `gnus-treat-body-boundary' is `head', a boundary +line is drawn at the end of the headers. -*** 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. +** Retrieval of charters and control messages +There are new commands for fetching newsgroup charters (`H c') and +control messages (`H C'). -*** Cancelling now uses the current select method. Symbolic prefix -`a' forces normal posting method. +** 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). -*** New command to translate M******** sm*rtq**t*s into proper text --- `W d'. +** If `auto-compression-mode' is enabled, attachments are automatically +decompressed when activated. -*** For easier debugging of nntp, you can set `nntp-record-commands' -to a non-nil value. +** If the new option `nnml-use-compressed-files' is non-nil, +the nnml back end allows compressed message files. -*** nntp now uses ~/.authinfo, a .netrc-like file, for controlling -where and how to send AUTHINFO to NNTP servers. +** Signed article headers (X-PGP-Sig) can be verified with `W p'. -*** A command for editing group parameters from the summary buffer -has been added. +** The Summary Buffer uses an arrow in the fringe to indicate the +current article in Emacs 21 running on a graphical display. Customize +`gnus-summary-display-arrow' to disable it. -*** A history of where mails have been split is available. +** 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. -*** A new article date command has been added -- `article-date-iso8601'. +** If the new option `gnus-summary-display-while-building' is non-nil, +the summary buffer is shown and updated as it's being built. -*** Subjects can be simplified when threading by setting -`gnus-score-thread-simplify'. +** The new `recent' mark "." indicates newly arrived messages (as +opposed to old but unread messages). -*** A new function for citing in Message has been added -- -`message-cite-original-without-signature'. +** The new option `gnus-gcc-mark-as-read' automatically marks +Gcc articles as read. -*** `article-strip-all-blank-lines' -- new article command. +** The nndoc back end now supports mailman digests and exim bounces. -*** A new Message command to kill to the end of the article has -been added. +** Gnus supports RFC 2369 mailing list headers, and adds a number of +related commands in mailing list groups. -*** A minimum adaptive score can be specified by using the -`gnus-adaptive-word-minimum' variable. +** The Date header can be displayed in a format that can be read aloud +in English, see `gnus-treat-date-english'. -*** The "lapsed date" article header can be kept continually -updated by the `gnus-start-date-timer' command. +** The envelope sender address can be customized when using Sendmail, see +`message-sendmail-envelope-from'. -*** Web listserv archives can be read with the nnlistserv backend. +** diffs are automatically highlighted in groups matching +`mm-uu-diff-groups-regexp' -*** Old dejanews archives can now be read by nnweb. +** TLS wrapper shipped with Gnus -*** Byte-compilation of user-specs now works under XEmacs. +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. -*** `gnus-posting-styles' has been re-activated. +** 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. + +Customize `gnus-treat-display-smileys' to disable it. + +** Gnus no longer generates the Sender: header automatically. + +Earlier it was generated iff the user configurable email address was +different from the Gnus guessed default user address. As the guessing +algorithm is rarely correct these days, and (more controversially) the +only use of the Sender: header was to check if you are entitled to +cancel/supersede news (which is now solved by Cancel Locks instead, +see another entry), generation of the header has been disabled by +default. See the variables `message-required-headers', +`message-required-news-headers', and `message-required-mail-headers'. + +** Features from third party message-utils.el added to message.el. + +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. 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 and `message-generate-headers-first' is nil. + +** Improved anti-spam features. + +Gnus is now able to take out spam from your mail and news streams +using a wide variety of programs and filter rules. Among the supported +methods are RBL blocklists, bogofilter and white/blacklists. Hooks +for easy use of external packages such as SpamAssassin and Hashcash +are also new. + +** Easy inclusion of X-Faces headers. + +** In the summary buffer, the new command / N inserts new messages and +/ o inserts old messages. + +** Gnus decodes morse encoded messages if you press W m. + +** Unread count correct in nnimap groups. + +The estimated number of unread articles in the group buffer should now +be correct for nnimap groups. This is achieved by calling +`nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news' from the +`gnus-setup-news-hook' (called on startup) and +`gnus-after-getting-new-news-hook' (called after getting new mail). +If you have modified those variables from the default, you may want to +add n-f-u-a-g-n-n again. If you were happy with the estimate and want +to save some (minimal) time when getting new mail, remove the +function. + +** Group Carbon Copy (GCC) quoting + +To support groups that contains SPC and other weird characters, groups +are quoted before they are placed in the Gcc: header. This means +variables such as `gnus-message-archive-group' should no longer +contain quote characters to make groups containing SPC work. Also, if +you are using the string "nnml:foo, nnml:bar" (indicating Gcc into two +groups) you must change it to return the list ("nnml:foo" "nnml:bar"), +otherwise the Gcc: line will be quoted incorrectly. Note that +returning the string "nnml:foo, nnml:bar" was incorrect earlier, it +just didn't generate any problems since it was inserted directly. + +** ~/News/overview/ not used. + +As a result of the following change, the ~/News/overview/ directory is +not used any more. You can safely delete the entire hierarchy. + +** gnus-agent + +The Gnus Agent has seen a major update. It is now enabled by default, +and all nntp and nnimap servers from `gnus-select-method' and +`gnus-secondary-select-method' are agentized by default. Earlier only +the server in `gnus-select-method' was agentized by the default, and the +agent was disabled by default. When the agent is enabled, headers are +now also retrieved from the Agent cache instead of the backends when +possible. Earlier this only happened in the unplugged state. You can +enroll or remove servers with `J a' and `J r' in the server buffer. +Gnus will not download articles into the Agent cache, unless you +instruct it to do so, though, by using `J u' or `J s' from the Group +buffer. You revert to the old behaviour of having the Agent disabled +by customizing `gnus-agent'. Note that putting `(gnus-agentize)' in +~/.gnus is not needed any more. + +** gnus-summary-line-format + +The default value changed to "%U%R%z%I%(%[%4L: %-23,23f%]%) %s\n". +Moreover `gnus-extra-headers', `nnmail-extra-headers' and +`gnus-ignored-from-addresses' changed their default so that the users +name will be replaced by the recipient's name or the group name +posting to for NNTP groups. + +** deuglify.el (gnus-article-outlook-deuglify-article) + +A new file from Raymond Scholz for deuglifying +broken Outlook (Express) articles. + +** (require 'gnus-load) + +If you use a stand-alone Gnus distribution, you'd better add +"(require 'gnus-load)" to your ~/.emacs after adding the Gnus +lisp directory into load-path. + +File gnus-load.el contains autoload commands, functions and variables, +some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen. + +** gnus-slave-unplugged + +A new command which starts gnus offline in slave mode. + +** message-insinuate-rmail + +Adding (message-insinuate-rmail) in .emacs and customizing +`mail-user-agent' to `gnus-user-agent' convinces Rmail to compose, +reply and forward messages in Message mode, where you can enjoy the +power of MML. + +** message-minibuffer-local-map + +The line below enables BBDB in resending a message: + +(define-key message-minibuffer-local-map [?\t] 'bbdb-complete-name) + +** Externalizing and deleting of attachments. + +If `gnus-gcc-externalize-attachments' (or +`message-fcc-externalize-attachments') is non-nil, attach local files +as external parts. + +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 + +The default value now guesses on the basis of your environment instead +of using Latin-1. Also the ".*" item in gnus-group-charset-alist is +removed. + +** gnus-posting-styles + +Add a new format of match like + + ((header "to" "larsi.*org") + (Organization "Somewhere, Inc.")) + +The old format like the lines below is obsolete, but still accepted. + + (header "to" "larsi.*org" + (Organization "Somewhere, Inc.")) + +** message-ignored-news-headers and message-ignored-mail-headers + +X-Draft-From and X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information have been added into +these two variables. If you customized those, perhaps you need add +those two headers too. + +** Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged. + +If one reads an article while plugged, and the article already exists +in the Agent, it won't get downloaded once more. Customize +`gnus-agent-cache' to revert to the old behavior. + +** Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter. + +On composing messages, it is enabled by `use-hard-newlines'. Decoding +format=flowed was present but not documented in earlier versions. + +** Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification requests. + +This is invoked with the C-c M-n key binding from message mode. + +** Gnus supports Maildir groups. + +Gnus includes a new backend nnmaildir.el. + +** Printing capabilities are enhanced. + +Gnus supports Muttprint natively with O P from the Summary and Article +buffers. Also, each individual MIME part can be printed using p on +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. + +** 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 and +superseding). Gnus generates a random password string the first time +you post a message, and saves it 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. + +Sieve rules can be added as Group Parameters for groups, and the +complete Sieve script is generated using `D g' from the Group buffer, +and then uploaded to the server using `C-c C-l' in the generated Sieve +buffer. Search the online Gnus manual for "sieve", and see the new +Sieve manual, for more information. + +** Extended format specs. + +Format spec "%&user-date;" is added into +`gnus-summary-line-format-alist'. Also, user defined extended format +specs are supported. The extended format specs look like "%u&foo;", +which invokes function `gnus-user-format-function-foo'. Because "&" is +used as the escape character, old user defined format "%u&" is no +longer supported. + +** `/ *' (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten. + +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 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 group. + +This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups +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 +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 new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and +`nnfolder-marks-is-evil' can be used to disable this feature. + +** The menu bar item (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has +been renamed to "Gnus". + +** The menu bar item (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to +"Attachments". Note that this menu also contains security related +stuff, like signing and encryption. + +** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist. + +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: + + ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr) + +** 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. 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). + +** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'. + +This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of +`back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode. + +** The default for message-forward-show-mml changed to symbol best. + +The behaviour for the `best' value is to show MML (i.e., convert MIME +to MML) when appropriate. MML will not be used when forwarding signed +or encrypted messages, as the conversion invalidate the digital +signature. + +** Bug fixes. + + +* Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9) + +The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in +four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment, +internationalization and mail-fetching. + +** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the +many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone. + +If you used procmail like in + +(setq nnmail-use-procmail t) +(setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail) +(setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/") +(setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in") + +this now has changed to + +(setq mail-sources + '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/" + :suffix ".in"))) + +More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods -> +Getting Mail -> Mail Sources + +** 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. + +** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too +many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables. + +** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be +called to position point. + +** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in +summary buffers and NOV files. + +** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number +of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added. + +** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a +subtly different manner. + +** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive +and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with +ever-changing layouts. + +** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap. + + +* For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features". + +---------------------------------------------------------------------- +Copyright information: + +Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc. + + 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. + + 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: