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gnus: September Gnus

 
 11.2.8.2 September Gnus
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 New features in Gnus 5.2/5.3:
 
    • A new message composition mode is used.  All old customization
      variables for ‘mail-mode’, ‘rnews-reply-mode’ and ‘gnus-msg’ are
      now obsolete.
 
    • Gnus is now able to generate “sparse” threads—threads where missing
      articles are represented by empty nodes (Customizing
      Threading).
 
           (setq gnus-build-sparse-threads 'some)
 
    • Outgoing articles are stored on a special archive server (
      Archived Messages).
 
    • Partial thread regeneration now happens when articles are referred.
 
    • Gnus can make use of GroupLens predictions.
 
    • Picons (personal icons) can be displayed under XEmacs (
      Picons).
 
    • A ‘trn’-like tree buffer can be displayed (Tree Display).
 
           (setq gnus-use-trees t)
 
    • An ‘nn’-like pick-and-read minor mode is available for the summary
      buffers (Pick and Read).
 
           (add-hook 'gnus-summary-mode-hook 'gnus-pick-mode)
 
    • In binary groups you can use a special binary minor mode (
      Binary Groups).
 
    • Groups can be grouped in a folding topic hierarchy (Group
      Topics).
 
           (add-hook 'gnus-group-mode-hook 'gnus-topic-mode)
 
    • Gnus can re-send and bounce mail (Summary Mail Commands).
 
    • Groups can now have a score, and bubbling based on entry frequency
      is possible (Group Score).
 
           (add-hook 'gnus-summary-exit-hook 'gnus-summary-bubble-group)
 
    • Groups can be process-marked, and commands can be performed on
      groups of groups (Marking Groups).
 
    • Caching is possible in virtual groups.
 
    • ‘nndoc’ now understands all kinds of digests, mail boxes, rnews
      news batches, ClariNet briefs collections, and just about
      everything else (Document Groups).
 
    • Gnus has a new back end (‘nnsoup’) to create/read SOUP packets.
 
    • The Gnus cache is much faster.
 
    • Groups can be sorted according to many criteria (Sorting
      Groups).
 
    • New group parameters have been introduced to set list-addresses and
      expiry times (Group Parameters).
 
    • All formatting specs allow specifying faces to be used (
      Formatting Fonts).
 
    • There are several more commands for setting/removing/acting on
      process marked articles on the ‘M P’ submap (Setting Process
      Marks).
 
    • The summary buffer can be limited to show parts of the available
      articles based on a wide range of criteria.  These commands have
      been bound to keys on the ‘/’ submap (Limiting).
 
    • Articles can be made persistent with the ‘*’ command (
      Persistent Articles).
 
    • All functions for hiding article elements are now toggles.
 
    • Article headers can be buttonized (Article Washing).
 
    • All mail back ends support fetching articles by ‘Message-ID’.
 
    • Duplicate mail can now be treated properly (Duplicates).
 
    • All summary mode commands are available directly from the article
      buffer (Article Keymap).
 
    • Frames can be part of ‘gnus-buffer-configuration’ (Window
      Layout).
 
    • Mail can be re-scanned by a daemonic process (Daemons).
 
    • Groups can be made permanently visible (Listing Groups).
 
           (setq gnus-permanently-visible-groups "^nnml:")
 
    • Many new hooks have been introduced to make customizing easier.
 
    • Gnus respects the ‘Mail-Copies-To’ header.
 
    • Threads can be gathered by looking at the ‘References’ header
      (Customizing Threading).
 
           (setq gnus-summary-thread-gathering-function
                 'gnus-gather-threads-by-references)
 
    • Read articles can be stored in a special backlog buffer to avoid
      refetching (Article Backlog).
 
           (setq gnus-keep-backlog 50)
 
    • A clean copy of the current article is always stored in a separate
      buffer to allow easier treatment.
 
    • Gnus can suggest where to save articles (Saving Articles).
 
    • Gnus doesn’t have to do as much prompting when saving (Saving
      Articles).
 
           (setq gnus-prompt-before-saving t)
 
    • ‘gnus-uu’ can view decoded files asynchronously while fetching
      articles (Other Decode Variables).
 
           (setq gnus-uu-grabbed-file-functions 'gnus-uu-grab-view)
 
    • Filling in the article buffer now works properly on cited text
      (Article Washing).
 
    • Hiding cited text adds buttons to toggle hiding, and how much cited
      text to hide is now customizable (Article Hiding).
 
           (setq gnus-cited-lines-visible 2)
 
    • Boring headers can be hidden (Article Hiding).
 
    • Default scoring values can now be set from the menu bar.
 
    • Further syntax checking of outgoing articles have been added.
 

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