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diff etc/NEWS @ 298:70ad99077275 r21-0b47
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date | Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:39:40 +0200 |
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--- a/etc/NEWS Mon Aug 13 10:38:47 2007 +0200 +++ b/etc/NEWS Mon Aug 13 10:39:40 2007 +0200 @@ -34,8 +34,9 @@ ======================== ** XEmacs has been unbundled into constituent installable packages. -See the file `etc/PACKAGES' in the distribution for a full -description. +See the Info documentation under "Packages" for more information. +See the file `etc/PACKAGES' in the distribution for a partial list of +packages available at the time of the 21.0 release. ** XEmacs is now supported under Microsoft Windows 95/98 and Windows NT operating systems. For starters, look at the XEmacs on Windows FAQ @@ -64,8 +65,6 @@ ** The `imenu' package has been ported to XEmacs and is available as a package. -** Horizontally split windows are now draggable. - ** `echo-keystrokes' can now be a floating-point number, so that you can set it to intervals shorter than one second. @@ -123,9 +122,10 @@ ** The `C-h c' command, when given a prefix argument, will now insert the message into the current buffer. -** Horizontally split windows may now be dragged using the mouse. The -draggable vertical dividers may be turned off using the -`vertical-divider-draggable-p' specifier. +** Horizontally split windows may now be dragged using the mouse. +Because of this, the dividers between vertical windows are always +visible. To turn it off, set `vertical-divider-always-visible-p' to +nil. ** XEmacs/Mule (internationalization) changes. @@ -200,6 +200,98 @@ If you want spaces at the beginning of a line to start a paragraph, use the new mode, Paragraph Indent Text mode. +** Changes to Gnus, the XEmacs newsreader. + +*** New functionality for using Gnus as an offline newsreader has been +added. A plethora of new commands and modes have been added. See the +Gnus manual for the full story. + +*** The nndraft backend has returned, but works differently than +before. All Message buffers are now also articles in the nndraft +group, which is created automatically. + +*** `gnus-alter-header-function' can now be used to alter header +values. + +*** `gnus-summary-goto-article' now accept Message-ID's. + +*** A new Message command for deleting text in the body of a message +outside the region: `C-c C-v'. + +*** You can now post to component group in nnvirtual groups with +`C-u C-c C-c'. + +*** `nntp-rlogin-program' -- new variable to ease customization. + +*** `C-u C-c C-c' in `gnus-article-edit-mode' will now inhibit +re-highlighting of the article buffer. + +*** New element in `gnus-boring-article-headers' -- `long-to'. + +*** `M-i' symbolic prefix command. See the section "Symbolic +Prefixes" in the Gnus manual for details. + +*** `L' and `I' in the summary buffer now take the symbolic prefix +`a' to add the score rule to the "all.SCORE" file. + +*** `gnus-simplify-subject-functions' variable to allow greater +control over simplification. + +*** `A T' -- new command for fetching the current thread. + +*** `/ T' -- new command for including the current thread in the +limit. + +*** `M-RET' is a new Message command for breaking cited text. + +*** \\1-expressions are now valid in `nnmail-split-methods'. + +*** The `custom-face-lookup' function has been removed. +If you used this function in your initialization files, you must +rewrite them to use `face-spec-set' instead. + +*** Cancelling now uses the current select method. Symbolic prefix +`a' forces normal posting method. + +*** New command to translate M******** sm*rtq**t*s into proper text +-- `W d'. + +*** For easier debugging of nntp, you can set `nntp-record-commands' +to a non-nil value. + +*** nntp now uses ~/.authinfo, a .netrc-like file, for controlling +where and how to send AUTHINFO to NNTP servers. + +*** A command for editing group parameters from the summary buffer +has been added. + +*** A history of where mails have been split is available. + +*** A new article date command has been added -- `article-date-iso8601'. + +*** Subjects can be simplified when threading by setting +`gnus-score-thread-simplify'. + +*** A new function for citing in Message has been added -- +`message-cite-original-without-signature'. + +*** `article-strip-all-blank-lines' -- new article command. + +*** A new Message command to kill to the end of the article has +been added. + +*** A minimum adaptive score can be specified by using the +`gnus-adaptive-word-minimum' variable. + +*** The "lapsed date" article header can be kept continually +updated by the `gnus-start-date-timer' command. + +*** Web listserv archives can be read with the nnlistserv backend. + +*** Old dejanews archives can now be read by nnweb. + +*** Byte-compilation of user-specs now works under XEmacs. + ** The `dir' files are no longer essential for functioning of the Info subsystem. If the `dir' file does not exist in an Info directory, the relevant information will be generated on-the-fly. @@ -239,9 +331,9 @@ use of X resources. *** The new draggable vertical dividers between windows may be turned -off using the `vertical-divider-draggable-p' specifier. When this is -set to nil, the vertical dividers between windows are shown only when -needed, and they are not draggable. +off using the `vertical-divider-always-visible-p' specifier. When +this is set to nil, the vertical dividers between windows are shown +only when needed, and they are not draggable. Other properties of the vertical dividers may be controlled using `vertical-divider-shadow-thickness', `vertical-divider-line-width' and @@ -398,6 +490,8 @@ ** The code XEmacs uses to assemble its various paths into the directory hierarchy has been rewritten to support the package system. +Look under "Startup Paths" in the Info documentation for more +information. *** site-lisp is now longer part of the load-path by default. Its use is deprecated, but you can specify --with-site-lisp=yes at the