1 GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
2 Copyright (C) 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
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6 For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
11 ** gnus-summary-line-format
13 The default value changed to "%U%R%z%I%(%[%4L: %-23,23f%]%) %s\n".
14 Moreover gnus-extra-headers, nnmail-extra-headers and
15 gnus-ignored-from-addresses changed their default so that the users
16 name will be replaced by the recipient's name or the group name
17 posting to for NNTP groups.
19 ** deuglify.el (gnus-article-outlook-deuglify-article)
21 A new file from Raymond Scholz <rscholz@zonix.de> for deuglifying
22 broken Outlook (Express) articles.
24 ** (require 'gnus-load)
26 If you use a stand-alone Gnus distribution, you'd better add (require
27 'gnus-load) into your ~/.emacs after adding the Gnus lisp directory
30 File gnus-load.el contains autoload commands, functions and variables,
31 some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen.
33 ** gnus-slave-unplugged
35 A new command which starts gnus offline in slave mode.
37 ** message-insinuate-rmail
39 Adding (message-insinuate-rmail) and (setq mail-user-agent
40 'gnus-user-agent) in .emacs convinces RMAIL to compose, reply and
41 forward messages in message-mode, where you can enjoy the power of
44 ** message-minibuffer-local-map
46 The line below enables BBDB in resending a message:
48 (define-key message-minibuffer-local-map [(tab)] 'bbdb-complete-name)
50 ** Externalize attachments.
52 If gnus-gcc-externalize-attachments (or
53 message-fcc-externalize-attachments) is non-nil, attach local files as
56 Command gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip (bound to \C-o on MIME buttons)
57 saves a part and replaces the part with an external one. It works only
58 on back ends that support editing.
60 ** gnus-default-charset
62 The default value is determined from the current-language-environment
63 variable, instead of 'iso-8859-1. Also the ".*" item in
64 gnus-group-charset-alist is removed.
66 ** gnus-posting-styles
68 Add a new format of match like
70 ((header "to" "larsi.*org")
71 (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
73 The old format like the lines below is obsolete.
75 (header "to" "larsi.*org"
76 (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
78 ** message-ignored-news-headers and message-ignored-mail-headers
80 X-Draft-From and X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information have been added into
81 these two variables. If you customized those, perhaps you need add
82 those two headers too.
84 ** Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged.
86 If one reads an article while plugged, and the article already exists
87 in the Agent, it won't get downloaded once more. (setq
88 gnus-agent-cache nil) reverts to the old behavior.
90 ** Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter.
92 On composing messages, it is enabled by `use-hard-newlines'. Decoding
93 format=flowed was present but not documented in earlier versions.
95 ** Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification requests.
97 This is invoked with the C-c M-n key binding from message mode.
99 ** Gnus supports Maildir groups.
101 Gnus includes a new backend nnmaildir.el.
103 ** Printing capabilities are enhanced.
105 Gnus supports Muttprint natively with O P from the Summary and Article
106 buffers. Also, each individual MIME part can be printed using p on
109 ** Message supports the Importance: header.
111 In the message buffer, C-c C-f C-i or C-c C-u cycles through the valid
114 ** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News.
116 This means a header "Cancel-Lock" is inserted in news posting. It is
117 used to determine if you wrote a article or not (for
118 cancelling/superseding). The behaviour can be changed by customizing
119 `message-insert-canlock'.
121 ** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve.
123 Sieve rules can be added as Group Parameters for groups, and the
124 complete Sieve script is generated using `D g' from the Group buffer,
125 and then uploaded to the server using `C-c C-l' in the generated Sieve
126 buffer. Search the online Gnus manual for "sieve", and see the new
127 Sieve manual, for more information.
129 ** Extended format specs.
131 Format spec "%&user-date;" is added into
132 gnus-summary-line-format-alist. Also, user defined extended format
133 specs are supported. The extended format specs look like "%u&foo;",
134 which invokes function gnus-user-format-function-foo. Because "&" is
135 used as the escape character, old user defined format "%u&" is no
138 ** `/ *' (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten.
140 It was aliased to `Y c' (gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles). The new
141 function filters out other articles.
143 ** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default.
145 This is supposedly what USEFOR wants to migrate to. See
146 `gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist' and
147 `gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist' for customization.
149 ** The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each groups.
151 This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups
152 separately of .newsrc.eld, while preserving marks. It also makes it
153 possible to share articles and marks between users (without sharing
154 the .newsrc.eld file) within e.g. a department. It works by storing
155 the marks stored in .newsrc.eld in a per-group file ".marks" (for
156 nnml) and "groupname.mrk" (for nnfolder, named "groupname"). If the
157 nnml/nnfolder is moved to another machine, Gnus will automatically use
158 the .marks or .mrk file instead of the information in .newsrc.eld.
159 The new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and
160 `nnfolder-marks-is-evil' can be used to disable this feature.
162 ** The menu bar (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been
165 ** The menu bar (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to
168 ** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist.
170 The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names
171 instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these
172 variables should change those regexps accordingly. For example:
174 ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr)
176 ** Gnus supports PGP (RFC 1991/2440), PGP-MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and
179 ** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external).
181 ** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'.
183 This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of
184 `back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode.
187 * Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9)
189 The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in
190 four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment,
191 internationalization and mail-fetching.
193 ** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the
194 many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone.
196 If you used procmail like in
198 (setq nnmail-use-procmail t)
199 (setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail)
200 (setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/")
201 (setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in")
203 this now has changed to
206 '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/"
209 More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods ->
210 Getting Mail -> Mail Sources
212 ** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. This affects many parts of
213 Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands. See the manual for details.
215 ** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too
216 many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables.
218 ** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be
219 called to position point.
221 ** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in
222 summary buffers and NOV files.
224 ** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number
225 of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added.
227 ** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a
228 subtly different manner.
230 ** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive
231 and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with
232 ever-changing layouts.
234 ** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap.
237 * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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