1 Wanderlust NEWS -- User-visible changes in Wanderlust.
3 * Changes in 2.10.1 from 2.10.0
4 Version 2.10.1 is a bug fix version of 2.10.0.
6 ** wl-summary-pack-number in pipe folder is disabled temporarily
7 since it didn't work. Invoke it in destination folder instead.
9 ** Fixed a problem that wl-folder-move-cur-folder doesn't work.
11 ** Fixed a problem that wl-draft-reedit doesn't work properly on Meadow.
13 ** Fixed a problem that wl-summary-pack-number doesn't work on Maildir and
16 ** Fixed a problem that cache file is not protected even if it is marked
19 ** Fixed a problem that %# in wl-summary-line-format cannot handle large
22 ** Fixed a problem to remove password even if SMTP AUTH failed at non-auth
25 ** Default value of wl-message-buffer-prefetch-folder-type-list,
26 wl-message-buffer-prefetch-idle-time, and
27 wl-message-buffer-prefetch-depth are changed.
29 * Changes in 2.10.0 from 2.8.1
31 ** You can alter the format of summary lines.
32 Specify format by wl-summary-line-format. If you want to change ones
33 according to folder names, use wl-folder-summary-line-format-alist.
35 ** Save format for the draft folder has been changed. Messages are encoded
36 before saved by wl-draft-save.
38 ** elmo-split is newly established. It provides a way to split messages
39 according to some rule a la procmail.
41 ** Buffer prefetch works fine now. Messages of the number specified by
42 wl-message-buffer-prefetch-depth are loaded into buffer in advance.
44 ** elmo-dop-queue-flush flushes queue that concerns plugged folder.
46 ** Starting Wanderlust on the new frame is possible now. Set as
47 (autoload 'wl-other-frame "wl" "Wanderlust on new frame." t)
49 ** In Folder mode, you can go into virtual folder which consists of messages
50 with some specified condition (wl-folder-virtual). It is binded to "V".
52 ** In Folder mode, you can search folders containing messages with some
53 specified condition (wl-folder-pick). It is binded to "?".
55 ** Now you can rename access group folders.
57 ** You can specify ON/OFF of thread view for newly created summary.
58 Set wl-summary-default-view, wl-summary-default-view-alist.
60 ** Temporary marks are kept when you exit from sticky summary by q or g.
62 ** Key bindings concerning the sticky summary have been changed.
63 By C-u g, the sticky summary is destroyed as well as C-u q. In summary or
64 folder mode, G opens the sticky summary.
66 ** You can go round summary buffers by C-cC-n and C-cC-p.
68 ** Members of the list wl-folder-hierarchy-access-folders is now some REGEXP
69 for access group names instead of exact group names.
71 ** In header part of the draft buffer C-a brings cursor to the beginning of
72 the line or the beginning of the header body.
74 ** You can send encapsulated blind carbon copies. Its default field name is
77 ** C-c C-y (Draft) can cite region of the message.
78 It affects if transient-mark-mode (Emacs) or zmacs-regions (XEmacs) is
79 Non-nil and the region is active.
81 ** You can delete a part from multipart message.
82 It is binded as "D" in message buffer.
84 ** You can easily configure server settings to post news article.
85 Set wl-nntp-posting-config-alist appropriately. See Info for an example.
87 ** You can specify some function in wl-draft-reply-with-argument-list etc.
88 for setting the recipients in draft by the return value of it.
90 ** The interface of the function wl-draft has been changed.
91 The initial set of headers are handed as an association list.
93 ** The uses of wl-generate-mailer-string-function has been changed.
94 Specify a function which returns some string to appear in User-Agent header.
96 ** The Reference Card (doc/wl-refcard.tex) describes important key bindings.
100 * Changes in 2.8.0 from 2.6.1
102 ** Nemacs, Mule 2.3 based on Emacs 19.28 are not supported any longer.
104 ** Wanderlust might not work with FLIM 1.14.2 and older.
105 It is recommended to use FLIM 1.14.3 or newer and associated SEMI.
107 ** Now available `make check' environment test for user.
109 ** If you set obsolete variables (e.g. renamed ones) in .wl etc, Wanderlust
110 shows warning messages and urge you to change settings.
111 Change your settings according to the messages, please.
112 If you want to suppress warnings, set elmo-obsolete-variable-show-warnings
115 ** Added new internal folders: 'sendlog folder
117 ** Added new type of folders: shimbun folder
119 Format: '@' 'virtual server name' '.' 'group name'
121 ** Added new type of folders: namazu folder
123 Format: '[' 'search condition' ']' [ 'absolute path of namazu index' ]
125 ** With pipe folder, now you can preserve messages on the server.
126 At the next time you access it, only new messages will be copied.
128 Format: '|' 'source folder' '|:' 'destination folder'
130 ** Address manager is now available (start by C-c C-a).
131 You can edit address book and import recipients to draft from it.
133 ** ACAP (RFC2244) is supported(experimental).
135 ** Now you can preserve IMAP4 message by part as a cache.
136 If you skipped enormous part, you can read other than skipped part when
139 ** Wanderlust also creates message view through prefetching.
140 Displaying of prefetched messages speeded up because of this.
142 ** Truncation of lines in message buffer or draft buffer is now controllable.
143 Non-nil value of wl-message-truncate-lines or wl-draft-truncate-lines
144 means truncating long lines at window width.
146 ** Bitmap image for opening demo is removed from wl-demo.elc and now loaded
147 from wl-icon-directory.
148 Special logo is displayed through the Christmas season :)
150 ** Overall elmo module is rewritten.
152 ** Variables depending on elmo backends are renamed to "elmo-backend-*".
153 e.g. elmo-default-imap4-server is renamed to elmo-imap4-default-server.
155 ** Variables named xxx-func are renamed to xxx-function.
157 ** X-Face utility 1.3.6.12 or older is not supported any longer.
158 Please install X-Face utility 1.3.6.13 or later, if necessary.
160 ** Wanderlust distinguishes stream-type on plugged mode. They are treated as
163 ** msgdb path for archive and multi folders are changed.
164 No problem for running wanderlust even if you do not deal with them.
165 But if you don't want to leave useless data on the disk, delete under
166 .elmo/multi and .elmo/archive in advance.
168 ** Variables named xxx-dir are renamed to xxx-directory.
169 e.g. wl-icon-dir is renamed to wl-icon-directory.
170 Take attention if you set for display of startup logo, etc.
172 ** elmo-cache-dirname is abolished and elmo-cache-directory is newly created.
173 You can put cache directory to another place by setting
174 elmo-cache-directory.
176 ** Default value of elmo-enable-disconnected-operation is now `t'.
177 When the relevant messages are cached, you can do some operations
178 even in the off-line state.
180 ** Now messages with "$" mark is not remained in the summary buffer when
181 the actual message itself is deleted.
182 Please visit the 'mark folder to review the messages with the "$" mark.
184 * Changes in 2.6.1 from 2.6.0
185 Version 2.6.1 is basically a bug fix version of 2.6.0.
187 ** Fixed a problem that Emacs 21 causes `Recursive load...' error.
189 ** Fixed a problem that thread character is broken in XEmacs 21.1.
191 ** Fixed a problem that in IMAP4 folder, progress bar is remained in XEmacs .
193 ** Fixed a problem that searching is failed for the header fields that
198 * Changes in 2.6.0 from 2.4.1
200 ** FLIM 1.13.x is not supported any longer.
201 Please install FLIM 1.14.1 or later.
203 ** Now folder and summary buffer can be opened in a separate frame.
204 If `wl-folder-use-frame' is set as t, `M-x wl' creates a new frame
205 for folder mode. If `wl-summary-use-frame' is set as t, new frames
206 are created for each summary window.
208 ** Cursor moving speed ('N' or 'P' in summary) is greatly improved.
210 ** Folder checking speed for filter folder of localdir
211 folder using `last' or `first' (Ex. /last:100/+inbox) is improved.
213 ** Retrieval progress of each message is displayed in POP and IMAP folder.
215 ** Coloring of summary buffer is processed on demand (only on Emacs).
216 If `wl-summary-lazy-highlight' is non-nil,
217 only visible portion of the buffer is colored.
219 ** Customizable biff notify.
220 New hook `wl-biff-notify-hook' and `wl-biff-unnotify-hook' is
222 e.g. (add-hook wl-biff-notify-hook 'ding)
226 * Changes in 2.4.1 from 2.4.0
227 Version 2.4.1 is basically a bug fix version of 2.4.0.
229 ** Wanderlust 2.4.1 now works on FLIM 1.14.x.
231 ** Fixed a problem that POP connection remains after POP before SMTP.
233 ** The specification of IMAP4 authentication method for clear password
236 In 2.4.0, To use clear password authentication method in IMAP4
237 (Logging in with LOGIN command), you have to set the variable
238 `elmo-default-imap4-authenticate-type' as 'plain (or nil).
239 But in 2.4.1, it is changed to 'clear (or nil).
241 (setq elmo-default-imap4-authenticate-type 'plain)
243 (setq elmo-default-imap4-authenticate-type 'clear)
245 * Changes in 2.4.0 from 1.1.1
248 The version numbering convention for Wanderlust is changed.
250 In earlier versions, 1.x were stable version and from 2.0.x to 2.2.x
251 were beta version. But since version 2.3.0, the second (minor) version
252 number implies the stability of the Wanderlust. Even minor number
253 corresponds to a stable version, and an odd minor number corresponds
254 to a development version. This version numbering is based on the
255 widespread convention of open source development.
257 On the open CVS server cvs.m17n.org, main trunk contains the current
258 beta (newest experimental) version, and branches contain the stable
259 version. (If the version is 2.4.x, the branch name is wl-2_4)
263 *** FLIM 1.12 is not supported anymore.
264 See the file INSTALL for details.
266 *** APEL 10.2 or later is required.
267 tm-8 users should check the version of APEL (tm-8.8 contains old APEL).
272 Complete e-mail address in draft by searching LDAP server.
273 If the variable wl-use-ldap is non-nil, LDAP feature is enabled
274 (Initial setting is nil).
276 *** UIDL support in POP3 folder
277 POP3 folder now saves the status of summary and it improves summary
278 update speed. If the variable elmo-pop3-use-uidl is non-nil, UIDL is
279 used (Initial setting is t).
282 Wanderlust has started on supporting Standard Emacs 21.
283 Toolbars and icon images can be shown in almost Wanderlust
287 Server mailbox is checked periodically.
288 If new mail is arrived, Wanderlust changes the biff (icon) on the modeline
289 and updates folder mode content.
292 Now expire mechanism has new feature `hide', it does not remove
293 messages actually from folder but hides messages from summary. It
294 improves processing speed for large folders.
296 *** Message thread restoring feature
297 Automatic correction of broken threads by subject matching is now available.
298 Thread modification by hand (M-w (copy) and C-y (paste) in summary mode)
301 *** Password expiration timer
302 Password cache expires after elmo-passwd-life-time is passed.
303 (nil means no expiration. Initial setting is nil)
306 Deleted messages in the NNTP folder are saved to `killed-list'. The
307 messages in the killed-list are treated as if it were not exist on the
308 server. Non-nil value for elmo-use-killed-list enables this feature
309 (Initial setting is t). By this feature, NNTP pipe folder works correctly.
311 *** Maildir pack is now available
312 M-x wl-summary-pack-number in the summary mode of Maildir folder
313 re-numbers the messages.
317 *** Complex condition can be specified for filter folder
318 AND condition, OR condition, NOT condition, and their combination can be
319 specified. Syntax of the condition part is changed. See Info for details.
321 Caution for those who upgrade from 1.1.1:
322 By this change, saving directory for the msgdb of filter folder is altered.
323 Former msgdbs are not needed anymore. It does not cause any problem but
324 if you don't want to keep useless disk, you should remove files
325 under the directory '.elmo/filter/' beforehand.
327 *** Searching of the NNTP folder is available
328 Now you can make NNTP filter folder.
329 (If only your NNTP server responds to XHDR command.)
331 *** Pick, Virtual in summary mode now accepts complex condition.
332 You can set AND condition and OR condition by typing
333 'AND' or 'OR' instead of field name.
335 ** Session, Authentication
337 *** elmo-default-*-authenticate-type only accepts symbol(used be a string)
339 (setq elmo-default-imap4-authenticate-type "cram-md5")
341 (setq elmo-default-imap4-authenticate-type 'cram-md5)
343 *** stream-type can be defined.
344 You can define stream type by
345 elmo-network-{imap4-,pop3-,nntp-,}stream-type-alist.
346 Some SSL related variables are abolished(renamed).
347 You can access to the networked folders (IMAP4, NNTP, POP3) via SOCKS
348 if you specify the folder name end with "!socks".
352 *** group-list is now available
353 You can specify address like 'Group: foo@gohome.org, bar@gohome.org;'.
354 If wl-draft-remove-group-list-contents is non-nil, the contents of
355 group-list is removed before sending.
357 *** The draft preview displays recipient addresses on minibuffer
358 You can confirm the group-list recipients by this.
360 *** Initial setting considers Reply-To:.
361 Default setting of wl-draft-reply-without-argument-list considers Reply-To:
362 field (Set to To: field).
364 *** Replying rules for the messages sent from yourself.
365 You can define replying rules for the messages sent from yourself by
366 setting wl-draft-reply-myself-with-argument-list and
367 wl-draft-reply-myself-without-argument-list.
369 *** Full name is used in the reply address.
370 If wl-draft-reply-use-address-with-full-name is non-nil, then full
371 name is inserted in with e-mail addresses on the replied message
372 (Initial setting is t).
374 *** In-Reply-To: format is changed.
375 In-Reply-To: format is changed to simple one. It is based on
376 draft-ietf-drums-msg-fmt-09.txt.
380 *** Message thread processing is improved.
382 *** Renamed variables
383 wl-refile-guess-func-list => wl-refile-guess-functions
384 wl-summary-temp-above => wl-summary-target-above
386 *** You can set function to wl-fcc.
387 You can change fcc folder name dynamically. For example, change folder name
390 *** elmo-search-mime-charset is abolished.
391 Charset is guessed from the string you typed.
393 *** Useless headers are removed when you forward the message.
394 You can specify removed headers by wl-ignored-forwarded-headers.
396 *** wl-highlight-group-folder-by-numbers is abolished.
397 It is renamed to wl-highlight-folder-by-numbers and has following meaning.
398 `t' : Whole line is colored by message number.
399 `nil' : Whole line is colored by folder status.
400 Number (ex. `1') : Line is colored by message number and folder status.
402 *** Header visibility control is changed.
403 Header visibility is controlled by Wanderlust (was controlled by SEMI).
404 You can change header visibility by wl-message-ignored-field-list and
405 wl-message-visible-field-list.
408 Less colors are used by DEMO pixmap.
409 Emacsen on character based terminal also display suitable DEMO.
412 * Changes in 1.1.1 from 1.1.0
413 Version 1.1.1 is a bug fix version of 1.1.0 with minor user-visible changes.
415 ** Development on the CVS server is started.
417 ** Flush operation and sending queues if Wanderlust is started
420 ** Directory structure is changed.
422 *** 00README, 00README.ja is renamed to README, README.ja.
424 *** All wl-* files are moved to the directory 'wl'.
426 ** Syntax of wl-refile-rule-alist is extended (compatible with older one).
429 Progress gauge is displayed while processing in the Emacsen with
430 progress gauge feature.
432 * Changes in 1.1.0 from 1.0.3
436 *** tm7 is not supported anymore.
437 see the file INSTALL for details.
439 *** WL_PREFIX and ELMO_PREFIX default as "wl"
440 (defvar WL_PREFIX "wl")
441 (defvar ELMO_PREFIX "wl")
443 e.g. install directory is
444 1.0.3 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/
445 1.1.0 /usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp/wl/
447 *** Change default macro in Makefile.
450 use $(XEMACS), `package' and `install-package' target.
452 *** Install not only *.elc, but also *.el.
454 *** English document (wl.texi).
458 *** Modified UTF7 support.
459 Now international mailbox name can be used in IMAP4 in the Emacsen
460 with unicode feature.
464 *** New plugged system.
466 *** IMAP4 support became more generic.
467 Many IMAP4 servers are supported.
469 *** New authentication type
470 IMAP4: CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, STARTTLS
471 POP3: CRAM-MD5, DIGEST-MD5, SCRAM-MD5, STARTTLS
476 | Pipe Folder Incorporate message.
477 . Maildir Folder Now Maildir is one of the folder type.
478 'cache Cache Folder View internal cache.
480 *** Message buffer cache
481 Next message is prefetched while idle time.
483 *** Sticky summary is enhanced.
484 Now message buffer is also sticky.
485 You can specify always-sticky summary.
489 *** Eliminated wl-draft-prepared-config-alist
490 unified with wl-draft-config-alist.
492 *** POP-before-SMTP variables are re-arranged.
494 *** Ask non-existing folder.
495 When FCC: contains new folder.
496 When auto-refile specified new folder.
498 *** Change fetch threshold and confirm settings.
499 wl-prefetch-confirm-threshold, wl-cache-fetch-threshold.
501 *** Can use petname for completion.
503 *** Change Message-ID generator.
505 *** wl-demo.el support bitmap-mule.
507 *** Allow function type `smtp-server' value.
509 *** Make sendlog when `wl-draft-sendlog' is non-nil.
511 *** `wl-summary-incorporate-marks'
513 *** Reserve prefetching while off-line status.
515 *** Draft use new frame when `wl-draft-use-frame' is non-nil.
517 *** New variable `wl-user-mail-address-list' .
519 *** New variable `wl-local-domain' for set FQDN.
521 *** Server side unread status is used in IMAP4 folder.
524 wl-mime-charset iso-2022-jp => x-ctext
525 wl-summary-move-order 'new => 'unread
526 wl-tmp-dir TMPDIR => ~/tmp/
531 wl-mime-edit-preview-message-hook
532 wl-folder-suspend-hook
533 wl-summary-toggle-disp-folder-message-resumed-hook
534 wl-summary-line-inserted-hook
535 wl-thread-update-children-number-hook
536 mmelmo-header-inserted-hook
537 mmelmo-entity-content-inserted-hook
542 wl-summary-supersedes-message
544 wl-refile-guess-by-msgid
545 wl-address-user-mail-address-p
546 wl-summary-jump-to-msg-by-message-id-via-nntp
547 wl-summary-temp-mark-pick
549 * For details of changes, see the file ChangeLog.
553 paragraph-separate: "[
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