Info Catalog gnus: New Features gnus: September Gnus

gnus: ding Gnus

 
 11.2.8.1 (ding) Gnus
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 New features in Gnus 5.0/5.1:
 
    • The look of all buffers can be changed by setting format-like
DONTPRINTYET       variables (Group Buffer Format and *noteSummary Buffer
DONTPRINTYET       variables (Group Buffer Format and Summary Buffer

      Format).
 
    • Local spool and several NNTP servers can be used at once (
      Select Methods).
 
    • You can combine groups into virtual groups (Virtual
      Groups).
 
    • You can read a number of different mail formats (Getting
      Mail).  All the mail back ends implement a convenient mail expiry
      scheme (Expiring Mail).
 
    • Gnus can use various strategies for gathering threads that have
      lost their roots (thereby gathering loose sub-threads into one
      thread) or it can go back and retrieve enough headers to build a
      complete thread (Customizing Threading).
 
    • Killed groups can be displayed in the group buffer, and you can
      read them as well (Listing Groups).
 
    • Gnus can do partial group updates—you do not have to retrieve the
      entire active file just to check for new articles in a few groups
      (The Active File).
 
    • Gnus implements a sliding scale of subscribedness to groups (
      Group Levels).
 
    • You can score articles according to any number of criteria (
      Scoring).  You can even get Gnus to find out how to score
      articles for you (Adaptive Scoring).
 
    • Gnus maintains a dribble buffer that is auto-saved the normal Emacs
      manner, so it should be difficult to lose much data on what you
      have read if your machine should go down (Auto Save).
 
    • Gnus now has its own startup file (‘~/.gnus.el’) to avoid
      cluttering up the ‘.emacs’ file.
 
    • You can set the process mark on both groups and articles and
      perform operations on all the marked items (
      Process/Prefix).
 
    • You can list subsets of groups according to, well, anything (
      Listing Groups).
 
    • You can browse foreign servers and subscribe to groups from those
      servers (Browse Foreign Server).
 
    • Gnus can fetch articles, asynchronously, on a second connection to
      the server (Asynchronous Fetching).
 
    • You can cache articles locally (Article Caching).
 
    • The uudecode functions have been expanded and generalized (
      Decoding Articles).
 
    • You can still post uuencoded articles, which was a little-known
      feature of GNUS’ past (Uuencoding and Posting).
 
    • Fetching parents (and other articles) now actually works without
      glitches (Finding the Parent).
 
    • Gnus can fetch FAQs and group descriptions (Group
      Information).
 
    • Digests (and other files) can be used as the basis for groups
      (Document Groups).
 
    • Articles can be highlighted and customized (Customizing
      Articles).
 
    • URLs and other external references can be buttonized (Article
      Buttons).
 
    • You can do lots of strange stuff with the Gnus window & frame
      configuration (Window Layout).
 

Info Catalog gnus: New Features gnus: September Gnus