1 GNUS NEWS -- history of user-visible changes.
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11 ** Unread count correct in nnimap groups.
13 The estimated number of unread articles in the group buffer should now
14 be correct for nnimap groups. This is achieved by calling
15 `nnimap-fixup-unread-after-getting-new-news' from the
16 `gnus-setup-news-hook' (called on startup) and
17 gnus-after-getting-new-news-hook. (called after getting new mail). If
18 you have modified those variables from the default, you may want to
19 add n-f-u-a-g-n-n again. If you were happy with the estimate and want
20 to save some (minimal) time when getting new mail, remove the
23 ** Group Carbon Copy (GCC) quoting
25 To support groups that contains SPC and other weird characters, groups
26 are quoted before they are placed in the Gcc: header. This means
27 variables such as `gnus-message-archive-group' should no longer
28 contain quote characters to make groups containing SPC work. Also, if
29 you are using the string "nnml:foo, nnml:bar" (indicating Gcc into two
30 groups) you must change it to return the list ("nnml:foo" "nnml:bar"),
31 otherwise the Gcc: line will be quoted incorrectly. Note that
32 returning the string "nnml:foo, nnml:bar" was incorrect earlier, it
33 just didn't generate any problems since it was inserted directly.
37 The Gnus Agent is now enabled by default, and all nntp and nnimap
38 servers from gnus-select-method and gnus-secondary-select-method are
39 agentized by default. Earlier only the server in gnus-select-method
40 was agentized by the default, and the agent was disabled by default.
41 When the agent is enabled, headers are now also retrieved from the
42 Agent cache instead of the backends when possible. Earlier this only
43 happened in the unplugged state. You can enroll or remove servers
44 with `J a' and `J r' in the server buffer. Gnus will not download
45 articles into the Agent cache, unless you instruct it to do so,
46 though, by using `J u' or `J s' from the Group buffer. You revert to
47 the old behaviour of having the Agent disabled with `(setq gnus-agent
48 nil)'. Note that putting (gnus-agentize) in ~/.gnus is not needed any
51 ** gnus-summary-line-format
53 The default value changed to "%U%R%z%I%(%[%4L: %-23,23f%]%) %s\n".
54 Moreover gnus-extra-headers, nnmail-extra-headers and
55 gnus-ignored-from-addresses changed their default so that the users
56 name will be replaced by the recipient's name or the group name
57 posting to for NNTP groups.
59 ** deuglify.el (gnus-article-outlook-deuglify-article)
61 A new file from Raymond Scholz <rscholz@zonix.de> for deuglifying
62 broken Outlook (Express) articles.
64 ** (require 'gnus-load)
66 If you use a stand-alone Gnus distribution, you'd better add (require
67 'gnus-load) into your ~/.emacs after adding the Gnus lisp directory
70 File gnus-load.el contains autoload commands, functions and variables,
71 some of which may not be included in distributions of Emacsen.
73 ** gnus-slave-unplugged
75 A new command which starts gnus offline in slave mode.
77 ** message-insinuate-rmail
79 Adding (message-insinuate-rmail) and (setq mail-user-agent
80 'gnus-user-agent) in .emacs convinces RMAIL to compose, reply and
81 forward messages in message-mode, where you can enjoy the power of
84 ** message-minibuffer-local-map
86 The line below enables BBDB in resending a message:
88 (define-key message-minibuffer-local-map [(tab)] 'bbdb-complete-name)
90 ** Externalize attachments.
92 If gnus-gcc-externalize-attachments (or
93 message-fcc-externalize-attachments) is non-nil, attach local files as
96 Command gnus-mime-save-part-and-strip (bound to \C-o on MIME buttons)
97 saves a part and replaces the part with an external one. It works only
98 on back ends that support editing.
100 ** gnus-default-charset
102 The default value is determined from the current-language-environment
103 variable, instead of 'iso-8859-1. Also the ".*" item in
104 gnus-group-charset-alist is removed.
106 ** gnus-posting-styles
108 Add a new format of match like
110 ((header "to" "larsi.*org")
111 (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
113 The old format like the lines below is obsolete.
115 (header "to" "larsi.*org"
116 (Organization "Somewhere, Inc."))
118 ** message-ignored-news-headers and message-ignored-mail-headers
120 X-Draft-From and X-Gnus-Agent-Meta-Information have been added into
121 these two variables. If you customized those, perhaps you need add
122 those two headers too.
124 ** Gnus reads the NOV and articles in the Agent if plugged.
126 If one reads an article while plugged, and the article already exists
127 in the Agent, it won't get downloaded once more. (setq
128 gnus-agent-cache nil) reverts to the old behavior.
130 ** Gnus supports the "format=flowed" (RFC 2646) parameter.
132 On composing messages, it is enabled by `use-hard-newlines'. Decoding
133 format=flowed was present but not documented in earlier versions.
135 ** Gnus supports the generation of RFC 2298 Disposition Notification requests.
137 This is invoked with the C-c M-n key binding from message mode.
139 ** Gnus supports Maildir groups.
141 Gnus includes a new backend nnmaildir.el.
143 ** Printing capabilities are enhanced.
145 Gnus supports Muttprint natively with O P from the Summary and Article
146 buffers. Also, each individual MIME part can be printed using p on
149 ** Message supports the Importance: (RFC 2156) header.
151 In the message buffer, C-c C-f C-i or C-c C-u cycles through the valid
154 ** Gnus supports Cancel Locks in News.
156 This means a header "Cancel-Lock" is inserted in news posting. It is
157 used to determine if you wrote a article or not (for
158 cancelling/superseding). The behaviour can be changed by customizing
159 `message-insert-canlock'.
161 ** Gnus supports server-side mail filtering using Sieve.
163 Sieve rules can be added as Group Parameters for groups, and the
164 complete Sieve script is generated using `D g' from the Group buffer,
165 and then uploaded to the server using `C-c C-l' in the generated Sieve
166 buffer. Search the online Gnus manual for "sieve", and see the new
167 Sieve manual, for more information.
169 ** Extended format specs.
171 Format spec "%&user-date;" is added into
172 gnus-summary-line-format-alist. Also, user defined extended format
173 specs are supported. The extended format specs look like "%u&foo;",
174 which invokes function gnus-user-format-function-foo. Because "&" is
175 used as the escape character, old user defined format "%u&" is no
178 ** `/ *' (gnus-summary-limit-include-cached) is rewritten.
180 It was aliased to `Y c' (gnus-summary-insert-cached-articles). The new
181 function filters out other articles.
183 ** Group names are treated as UTF-8 by default.
185 This is supposedly what USEFOR wants to migrate to. See
186 `gnus-group-name-charset-group-alist' and
187 `gnus-group-name-charset-method-alist' for customization.
189 ** The nnml and nnfolder backends store marks for each groups.
191 This makes it possible to take backup of nnml/nnfolder servers/groups
192 separately of .newsrc.eld, while preserving marks. It also makes it
193 possible to share articles and marks between users (without sharing
194 the .newsrc.eld file) within e.g. a department. It works by storing
195 the marks stored in .newsrc.eld in a per-group file ".marks" (for
196 nnml) and "groupname.mrk" (for nnfolder, named "groupname"). If the
197 nnml/nnfolder is moved to another machine, Gnus will automatically use
198 the .marks or .mrk file instead of the information in .newsrc.eld.
199 The new server variables `nnml-marks-is-evil' and
200 `nnfolder-marks-is-evil' can be used to disable this feature.
202 ** The menu bar (in Group and Summary buffer) named "Misc" has been
205 ** The menu bar (in Message mode) named "MML" has been renamed to
208 ** gnus-group-charset-alist and gnus-group-ignored-charsets-alist.
210 The regexps in these variables are compared with full group names
211 instead of real group names in 5.8. Users who customize these
212 variables should change those regexps accordingly. For example:
214 ("^han\\>" euc-kr) -> ("\\(^\\|:\\)han\\>" euc-kr)
216 ** Gnus supports PGP (RFC 1991/2440), PGP/MIME (RFC 2015/3156) and
217 S/MIME (RFC 2630-2633).
219 ** Gnus inlines external parts (message/external).
221 ** MML (Mime compose) prefix changed from `M-m' to `C-c C-m'.
223 This change was made to avoid conflict with the standard binding of
224 `back-to-indentation', which is also useful in message mode.
227 * Changes in Pterodactyl Gnus (5.8/5.9)
229 The Gnus NEWS entries are short, but they reflect sweeping changes in
230 four areas: Article display treatment, MIME treatment,
231 internationalization and mail-fetching.
233 ** The mail-fetching functions have changed. See the manual for the
234 many details. In particular, all procmail fetching variables are gone.
236 If you used procmail like in
238 (setq nnmail-use-procmail t)
239 (setq nnmail-spool-file 'procmail)
240 (setq nnmail-procmail-directory "~/mail/incoming/")
241 (setq nnmail-procmail-suffix "\\.in")
243 this now has changed to
246 '((directory :path "~/mail/incoming/"
249 More information is available in the info doc at Select Methods ->
250 Getting Mail -> Mail Sources
252 ** Gnus is now a MIME-capable reader. This affects many parts of
253 Gnus, and adds a slew of new commands. See the manual for details.
255 ** Gnus has also been multilingualized. This also affects too
256 many parts of Gnus to summarize here, and adds many new variables.
258 ** gnus-auto-select-first can now be a function to be
259 called to position point.
261 ** The user can now decide which extra headers should be included in
262 summary buffers and NOV files.
264 ** `gnus-article-display-hook' has been removed. Instead, a number
265 of variables starting with `gnus-treat-' have been added.
267 ** The Gnus posting styles have been redone again and now works in a
268 subtly different manner.
270 ** New web-based backends have been added: nnslashdot, nnwarchive
271 and nnultimate. nnweb has been revamped, again, to keep up with
272 ever-changing layouts.
274 ** Gnus can now read IMAP mail via nnimap.
277 * For older news, see Gnus info node "New Features".
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