11.2.9.1 (ding) Gnus
New features in Gnus 5.0/5.1:
- The look of all buffers can be changed by setting
format-like variables (see Group Buffer
Format and see Summary
Buffer Format).
- Local spool and several NNTP servers can
be used at once (see Select Methods).
- You can combine groups into virtual groups (see Virtual Groups).
- You can read a number of different mail formats (see
Getting Mail). All
the mail back ends implement a convenient mail expiry scheme
(see 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 (see Customizing
Threading).
- Killed groups can be displayed in the group buffer, and you
can read them as well (see 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 (see The Active
File).
- Gnus implements a sliding scale of subscribedness to groups
(see Group
Levels).
- You can score articles according to any number of criteria
(see Scoring). You can even
get Gnus to find out how to score articles for you (see
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 (see
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 (see Process/Prefix).
- You can list subsets of groups according to, well, anything
(see Listing
Groups).
- You can browse foreign servers and subscribe to groups from
those servers (see Browse
Foreign Server).
- Gnus can fetch articles, asynchronously, on a second
connection to the server (see Asynchronous
Fetching).
- You can cache articles locally (see Article
Caching).
- The uudecode functions have been expanded and generalized
(see Decoding
Articles).
- You can still post uuencoded articles, which was a
little-known feature of gnus' past (see
Uuencoding
and Posting).
- Fetching parents (and other articles) now actually works
without glitches (see Finding the
Parent).
- Gnus can fetch FAQs and group
descriptions (see Group
Information).
- Digests (and other files) can be used as the basis for
groups (see Document
Groups).
- Articles can be highlighted and customized (see Customizing
Articles).
- URLs and other external references can be buttonized (see
Article
Buttons).
- You can do lots of strange stuff with the Gnus window &
frame configuration (see Window Layout).