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- New features in release 6.3 (compared to release 6.1.5):
- --------------------------------------------------------
-
- Major improvements:
- NNTP support
- nn can now use/update .newsrc (to a limited extent)
- Presentation of article header can be customized
- Full macro support
- Full folder maintenance
- Completion help available using '?' key
- Backup of rc file works!
- Much faster nngoback - not based on history file.
-
- Changes in standard key mappings:
- reading mode Z -> goto-menu
- reading mode N -> next-group
- reading mode p -> previous (was print)
- reading mode P -> print (was previous)
-
- New commands:
- leave-article
- :define
- :man
- :map both ...
- :patch
- :pwd
- :rmail
- :show groups unsub
-
- New variables:
- backup (New functionality! It is set by default)
- confirm-append
- default-save-file
- delay-redraw
- header-lines
- mail
- mail-format
- mark-overlap
- newsrc
- overlap
- patch-cmd
- quick-save
- retry-on-error
- save-report
- word-key
-
- New options:
- -m
- -s/ (regexp matching)
-
- Description of new features (in mixed order):
- ---------------------------------------------
-
- NNTP support has been added (thanks to Rene Seindal @ diku.dk).
-
- Online manual.
-
- Regular expression search in reading mode: / and .
-
- Regular expression matching for subjects in -s/ option and G=/ command.
-
- Articles can be saved in a mail compatible format by setting the
- mail-format variable.
-
- The article selection save files are now kept in network format if
- NETWORK_DATABASE is defined, so reading news from different machines
- should now work in a heterogeneous environment.
-
- Added $F which expands to the group name with / instead of . E.g. $F
- in rec.music.synth produces rec/music/synth
-
- Folder name "+" is expanded to the file name found in the new
- default-save-file variable (default +$F).
-
- When saving articles, the prompting for a file name can be disabled by
- setting the quick-save variable (saving will be done in the default
- save file).
-
- nn will ask for confirmation before appending to existing files when
- confirm-append is set.
-
- The message after each save can be disabled by unsetting the
- save-report variable.
-
- The manual has been corrected to use the proper names for the
- mail-record and news-record variables.
-
- :unshar will create the directory if is does not exist.
-
- Customized article header presentation through setting of header-lines
- variable.
-
- Complete variable settings are now shown by :set
-
- Full macro support - you can now bind any sequence of commands to a
- single key (see the define command).
-
- Individual articles in a folder can now be cancelled! I.e. folders
- are now fully supported: you can save, print, respond to, and cancel
- separate articles in the folders created by nn. (Try the G +folder command).
-
- A global init file is now supported rather than just a global sequence file.
- (You should avoid using the sequence file, because it might go away in
- a future release.)
-
- Nn will now remember which articles you have seen on the menu (but not
- necessarily selected) when you quit. Confirming the question "use old
- selections" now also implies that nn will start on the same menu page
- as the one you quitted on.
-
- There is a retry-on-error variable which can be set to a number of
- times attempts to open an article should be done before giving up.
-
- You can now specify per group default save files in the init file (in
- the group sequence).
-
- S+ is an addition to the old S* command which saves all the selected
- articles in the group!
-
- When you have given a command that clears the screen, the screen is
- now redrawn by default when the command terminates. To get the 6.1
- behaviour (prompt for a new : command), you must set the delay-redraw
- variable.
-
- When input completion is possible, you can now use the ? key to get a
- list of the possible completions.
-
- Completion is now possible when entering an extended command
- (:command) - both for the command name itself and the arguments.
- (The only exception is when entering the VALUE of a variable.)
-
- The 'backup' variable now works "the right way": It makes a backup of
- the rc file on start-up. nn can then update the rc file after reading
- each group (increased security), and still restore the old rc file
- with the :q! command. The backup variable is now set by default.
-
- You can set the 'mail' variable to make nn check for the arrival of
- mail, and you can use the ':rmail' command to read the mail! (But it
- is not a full mail interface, e.g. you cannot delete messages, cc:
- fields are not supported if you reply to a message, etc.)
-
- nn will now synchronize with the .newsrc file if the "newsrc" variable
- is set. However, it does NOT understand about individual articles
- that are marked as unread (e.g. 5-8 in 1-4,9-24) - it will silently
- mark such articles as read (e.g. read the above as 1-24).
- I don't know anybody who uses this, but if somebody wants to improve
- on it, feel free to do it. If you just want to to use rn from time to
- time, the current support will be sufficient if you always read all
- the articles in a group once you have started reading it (or you read
- the articles in the normal article number order).
-
- When saving an article with a full or partial header in a folder,
- legal article header lines in the body of the article are now
- escaped with a tilde, e.g. ~From: ....., to avoid having the
- articles split improperly when the folder is later opened by nn.
-
- There is a new C)onf command to nnadmin to print the current
- configuration (directories, files, network, etc.).
-
- The G (goto-group) command now allows you to jump to an unread group
- in the group sequence without entering a new recursive menu level.
-
- The manual nn.1 has been clarified regarding the effect of options:
- The init file is read prior to parsing the options, and the options
- will TOGGLE the CURRENT value of boolean variables.
-
-
- Removed backwards compatibility
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-
- Support for upgrading from release 3, 4, or 5 has been removed, since
- the sites using these releases have all updated to 6.1.
-
- Also the support for pre 2.11 news has been removed (OLD_NEWS).
-
-