[Emacs-diffs] Changes to doc/misc/gnus-news.texi

[Miles Bader]

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Changes by:     Miles Bader <miles>     07/10/28 09:18:40

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address@hidden -*-texinfo-*-
+
address@hidden Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
address@hidden    Permission is granted to anyone to make or distribute 
verbatim copies
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address@hidden    copyright notice and this permission notice are preserved,
address@hidden    thus giving the recipient permission to redistribute in turn.
+
address@hidden    Permission is granted to distribute modified versions
address@hidden    of this document, or of portions of it,
address@hidden    under the above conditions, provided also that they
address@hidden    carry prominent notices stating who last changed them.
+
address@hidden This file contains a list of news features Gnus.  It is supposed 
to be
address@hidden included in `gnus.texi'.  `GNUS-NEWS' is automatically generated 
from
address@hidden this file (see `gnus-news.el').
+
address@hidden @bullet
+
address@hidden Installation changes
+
address@hidden @bullet
address@hidden 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
address@hidden/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.
+
address@hidden Lisp files are now installed in @file{.../site-lisp/gnus/} by 
default.
+It defaulted to @file{.../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 @code{make
+remove-installed-shadows}.
address@hidden itemize
+
address@hidden New packages and libraries within Gnus
+
address@hidden @bullet
+
address@hidden Gnus includes the Emacs Lisp @acronym{SASL} library.
+
+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 @address@hidden and
address@hidden   @xref{Top, ,Emacs SASL, sasl, Emacs SASL}.
+
address@hidden ManageSieve connections uses the @acronym{SASL} library by 
default.
+
+The primary change this brings is support for @acronym{DIGEST-MD5} and
address@hidden, when the server supports it.
+
address@hidden 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
address@hidden 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 querying the user
+about whether to do so.
address@hidden itemize
+
address@hidden Changes in summary and article mode
+
address@hidden @bullet
+
address@hidden Gnus now supports sticky article buffers.  Those are article 
buffers
+that are not reused when you select another article.  @xref{Sticky
+Articles}.
+
address@hidden 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.
address@hidden FIXME: Also mention @code{message-use-idna}?
+
address@hidden The address@hidden group names handling has been much
+improved.  The back ends that fully support address@hidden group
+names are now @code{nntp}, @code{nnml}, and @code{nnrss}.  Also the
+agent, the cache, and the marks features work with those back ends.
address@hidden Group Names}.
+
address@hidden Gnus now displays @acronym{DNS} master files sent as text/dns
+using dns-mode.
+
address@hidden Gnus supports new limiting commands in the Summary buffer:
address@hidden/ r} (@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-replied}) and @kbd{/ R}
+(@code{gnus-summary-limit-to-recipient}).  @xref{Limiting}.
+
address@hidden You can now fetch all ticked articles from the server using
address@hidden t} (@code{gnus-summary-insert-ticked-articles}).  @xref{Summary
+Generation Commands}.
+
address@hidden Gnus supports a new sort command in the Summary buffer:
address@hidden C-s C-t} (@code{gnus-summary-sort-by-recipient}).  @xref{Summary
+Sorting}.
+
address@hidden @acronym{S/MIME} now features @acronym{LDAP} user certificate 
searches.
+You need to configure the server in @code{smime-ldap-host-list}.
+
address@hidden URLs inside address@hidden headers are retrieved and imported
+to your PGP key ring when you click on them.
+
address@hidden
+Picons can be displayed right from the textual address, see
address@hidden  @xref{Picons}.
+
address@hidden @acronym{ANSI} @acronym{SGR} control sequences can be transformed
+using @kbd{W A}.
+
address@hidden sequences are used in some Chinese hierarchies for
+highlighting articles (@code{gnus-article-treat-ansi-sequences}).
+
address@hidden Gnus now MIME decodes articles even when they lack 
"MIME-Version" header.
+This changes the default of @code{gnus-article-loose-mime}.
+
address@hidden @code{gnus-decay-scores} can be a regexp matching score files.
+For example, set it to @samp{\\.ADAPT\\'} and only adaptive score files
+will be decayed.  @xref{Score Decays}.
+
address@hidden 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
address@hidden  @xref{To From Newsgroups}.
+
address@hidden You can replace @acronym{MIME} parts with external bodies.
+See @code{gnus-mime-replace-part} and @code{gnus-article-replace-part}.
address@hidden Commands}, @ref{Using MIME}.
+
address@hidden
+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.  @xref{Flowed text, ,Flowed text,
+emacs-mime, The Emacs MIME Manual}.  (New in Gnus 5.10.7)
address@hidden This entry is also present in the node "Oort Gnus".
+
address@hidden itemize
+
address@hidden Changes in Message mode
+
address@hidden @bullet
address@hidden Gnus now supports the ``hashcash'' client puzzle anti-spam 
mechanism.
+Use @code{(setq message-generate-hashcash t)} to enable.
address@hidden
+
address@hidden You can now drag and drop attachments to the Message buffer.
+See @code{mml-dnd-protocol-alist} and @code{mml-dnd-attach-options}.
address@hidden, ,MIME, message, Message Manual}.
+
address@hidden The option @code{message-yank-empty-prefix} now controls how
+empty lines are prefixed in cited text.  @xref{Insertion Variables,
+,Insertion Variables, message, Message Manual}.
+
address@hidden 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)}.
address@hidden Headers, ,Message Headers, message, Message Manual}.
+
address@hidden You can highlight different levels of citations like in the
+article buffer.  See @code{gnus-message-highlight-citation}.
+
address@hidden @code{auto-fill-mode} is enabled by default in Message mode.
+See @code{message-fill-column}.  @xref{Various Message Variables, ,
+Message Headers, message, Message Manual}.
+
address@hidden You can now store signature files in a special directory
+named @code{message-signature-directory}.
+
address@hidden The option @code{message-citation-line-format} controls the 
format
+of the "Whomever writes:" line.  You need to set
address@hidden to
address@hidden as well.
address@hidden itemize
+
address@hidden Changes in back ends
+
address@hidden @bullet
address@hidden The nntp back end stores article marks in @file{~/News/marks}.
+
+The directory can be changed using the (customizable) variable
address@hidden, 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}.
+
address@hidden
+You can import and export your @acronym{RSS} subscriptions from
address@hidden files.  @xref{RSS}.
+
address@hidden @acronym{IMAP} identity (@acronym{RFC} 2971) is supported.
+
+By default, Gnus does not send any information about itself, but you can
+customize it using the variable @code{nnimap-id}.
+
address@hidden The @code{nnrss} back end now supports multilingual text.
address@hidden group names for the @code{nnrss} groups are also
+supported.  @xref{RSS}.
+
address@hidden Retrieving mail with @acronym{POP3} is supported over 
@acronym{SSL}/@acronym{TLS} and with StartTLS.
+
address@hidden The nnml back end allows other compression programs beside 
@file{gzip}
+for compressed message files.  @xref{Mail Spool}.
+
address@hidden The nnml back end supports group compaction.
+
+This feature, accessible via the functions
address@hidden (@kbd{G z} in the group buffer) and
address@hidden (@kbd{z} in the server buffer)
+renumbers all articles in a group, starting from 1 and removing gaps.
+As a consequence, you get a correct total article count (until
+messages are deleted again).
address@hidden itemize
+
address@hidden Appearance
address@hidden Maybe it's not worth to separate this from "Miscellaneous"?
+
address@hidden @bullet
+
address@hidden The tool bar has been updated to use GNOME icons.
+You can also customize the tool bar.  There's no documentation in the
+manual yet, but @kbd{M-x customize-apropos RET -tool-bar$} should get
+you started.  (Only for Emacs, not in XEmacs.)
address@hidden FIXME: Document this in the manual
+
address@hidden The tool bar icons are now (de)activated correctly
+in the group buffer, see the variable @code{gnus-group-update-tool-bar}.
+Its default value depends on your Emacs version.
address@hidden FIXME: Document this in the manual
+
address@hidden You can change the location of XEmacs' toolbars in Gnus buffers.
+See @code{gnus-use-toolbar} and @code{message-use-toolbar}.
+
address@hidden itemize
+
address@hidden Miscellaneous changes
+
address@hidden @bullet
address@hidden Having edited the select-method for the foreign server in the
+server buffer is immediately reflected to the subscription of the groups
+which use the server in question.  For instance, if you change
address@hidden into @samp{bar.example.com} from
address@hidden, Gnus will connect to the news host by way of the
+intermediate host @samp{bar.example.com} from next time.
+
address@hidden The @file{all.SCORE} file can be edited from the group buffer
+using @kbd{W e}.
+
address@hidden itemize
+
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+
address@hidden gnus-news.texi ends here.
+
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