X-Git-Url: http://git.chise.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=texi%2Fgnus-news.texi;h=4faf9c62d8e8fa779bc3647d4463854338bfa6f2;hb=ec476afbb64bb7649eaca5815ad874bdecaa7697;hp=ccb819187c295f4226a65473126e4af988850d86;hpb=8f7c83de6a766f6de4b8951a9e95a46ab67d669a;p=elisp%2Fgnus.git- diff --git a/texi/gnus-news.texi b/texi/gnus-news.texi index ccb8191..4faf9c6 100644 --- a/texi/gnus-news.texi +++ b/texi/gnus-news.texi @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ @c -*-texinfo-*- -@c Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc. +@c Copyright (C) 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc. @c Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute verbatim copies @c of this document as received, in any medium, provided that the @@ -12,24 +12,53 @@ @c under the above conditions, provided also that they @c carry prominent notices stating who last changed them. -This file contains a list of news features Gnus. It is supposed to be -included in `gnus.texi'. `GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated from -this file (see `gnus-news.el'). +@c This file contains a list of news features Gnus. It is supposed to be +@c included in `gnus.texi'. `GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated from +@c this file (see `gnus-news.el'). @itemize @bullet +@item Upgrading from previous (stable) version if you have used No Gnus. + +If you have tried No Gnus (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 the +@file{~/News/marks} directory (perhaps selectively), so that flags are +read from your @file{~/.newsrc.eld} instead of from the stale marks +file, where this release will store flags for nntp. See a later entry +for more information about nntp marks. Note that downgrading isn't +safe in general. + +@item The nntp back end stores article marks in @file{~/News/marks}. + +The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable +@code{nntp-marks-directory}, and marks can be disabled using the +(back end) variable @code{nntp-marks-is-evil}. The advantage of this +is that you can copy @file{~/News/marks} (using rsync, scp or +whatever) to another Gnus installation, and it will realize what +articles you have read and marked. The data in @file{~/News/marks} +has priority over the same data in @file{~/.newsrc.eld}. + +@item +Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see +@code{gnus-picon-style}. @xref{Picons}. + @item You can import and export your @acronym{RSS} subscriptions from @acronym{OPML} files. @xref{RSS}. -@item +@item The option @code{mm-fill-flowed} can be used to disable treatment of format=flowed messages. Also, flowed text is disabled when sending inline @acronym{PGP} signed messages. @item You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer. +See @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} and @code{mml-dnd-attach-options}. +@xref{MIME, ,MIME, message, Message Manual}. -@item @kbd{/ r} limits the summary buffer to replied articles. +@item The option @code{message-yank-empty-prefix} now controls how +empty lines are prefixed in cited text. +@xref{(message)Insertion Variables}. @item @acronym{ANSI} @acronym{SGR} control sequences can be transformed using @kbd{W A}. @@ -37,9 +66,14 @@ using @kbd{W A}. @acronym{ANSI} sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for highlighting articles (@code{gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences}). +@item International host names (@acronym{IDNA}) can now be decoded +inside article bodies using @kbd{W i} +(@code{gnus-summary-idna-message}). This requires that GNU Libidn +(@url{http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/}) has been installed. + @item Gnus includes an Emacs Lisp @acronym{SASL} library. -This provide a clean @acronym{API} to @acronym{SASL} mechanisms from +This provides a clean @acronym{API} to @acronym{SASL} mechanisms from within Emacs. The user visible aspects of this, compared to the earlier situation, include support for @acronym{DIGEST}-@acronym{MD5} and @acronym{NTLM}. @@ -47,25 +81,75 @@ situation, include support for @acronym{DIGEST}-@acronym{MD5} and @item ManageSieve connections uses the @acronym{SASL} library by default. The primary change this brings is support for @acronym{DIGEST-MD5} and -@acronym{NTLM}, when the server support it. +@acronym{NTLM}, when the server supports it. -@item Gnus include a password cache mechanism in password.el. +@item Gnus includes a password cache mechanism in password.el. It is enabled by default (see @code{password-cache}), with a short timeout of 16 seconds (see @code{password-cache-expiry}). If -@acronym{PGG} is used as the @acronym{PGP} backend, the @acronym{PGP} +@acronym{PGG} is used as the @acronym{PGP} back end, the @acronym{PGP} passphrase is managed by this mechanism. Passwords for ManageSieve -connections are managed by this mechanism, after quering the user about -whether to do so. +connections are managed by this mechanism, after querying the user +about whether to do so. @item @acronym{IMAP} identity (@acronym{RFC} 2971) is supported. -By default, Gnus do not send any information about itself, but you can -customize it using @code{nnimap-id}. +By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can +customize it using the variable @code{nnimap-id}. -@item The @file{all.SCORE} file can now be edited from the group buffer +@item The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer using @kbd{W e}. -@end itemize +@item Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack "MIME-Version" header. +This changes the default of @code{gnus-article-loose-mime}. + +@item Gnus now views DNS master files sent as text/dns using dns-mode. + +@item Gnus now support the ``hashcash'' client puzzle anti-spam idea. +See the Gnus manual, section Hashcash, for more information. Use +@code{(setq message-generate-hashcash t)} to enable. + +@item Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer: +@kbd{/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R} +(@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}). @xref{Limiting}. +@item Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer: +@kbd{C-c C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}). @xref{Summary +Sorting}. + +@item The @code{nnrss} back end now supports multilingual text. +Non-@acronym{ASCII} group names for the @code{nnrss} groups are also +supported. @xref{RSS}. + +@item URLs inside OpenPGP: headers are retrieved and imported to your +PGP key ring when you click on them. + +@item Gnus uses narrowing to hide headers in Message buffers. +The @code{References} header is hidden by default. To make all +headers visible, use @code{(setq message-hidden-headers nil)}. + +@item @code{gnus-decay-scores} can be a regexp matching score files. +This only adaptive score files to decay. @xref{Score Decays}. + +@item @acronym{S/MIME} now features @acronym{LDAP} user certificate searches. +You need to configure the server in @code{smime-ldap-host-list}. + +@item Strings prefixing to the @code{To} and @code{Newsgroup} headers in +summary lines when using @code{gnus-ignored-from-addresses} can be +customized with @code{gnus-summary-to-prefix} and +@code{gnus-summary-newsgroup-prefix}. @xref{To From Newsgroups}. + +@item You can replace @acronym{MIME} parts with external bodies. +See @code{gnus-mime-replace-part} and @code{gnus-article-replace-part}. +@xref{MIME Commands}, @ref{Using MIME}. + +@item Lisp files are now installed in .../site-lisp/gnus/ by default. +It defaulted to .../site-lisp/ formerly. In addition to this, the new +installer issues a warning if other Gnus installations which will +shadow the latest one are detected. You can then remove those shadows +manually or remove them using @samp{make remove-installed-shadows}. + +@item Retrieving mail with @acronym{POP3} is supported over @acronym{SSL}/@acronym{TLS} and with StartTLS. + +@end itemize @c gnus-news.texi ends here.