+2006-12-13 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
+
+ * legacy-gnus-agent.el: Add Copyright notice.
+
2006-12-12 Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
* gnus-sum.el (gnus-make-thread-indent-array): Fix last change.
+;;; gnus-agent.el --- Legacy unplugged support for Gnus
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2004, 2005, 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+;; Author: Kevin Greiner <kgreiner@xpediantsolutions.com>
+;; Keywords: news
+
+;; This file is part of GNU Emacs.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+;; it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+;; any later version.
+
+;; GNU Emacs is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+;; but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;; along with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the
+;; Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+;; Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; Conversion functions for the Agent.
+
+;;; Code:
(require 'gnus-start)
(require 'gnus-util)
(require 'gnus-range)
(require 'gnus-agent)
-; Oort Gnus v0.08 - This release updated agent to no longer use
-; history file and to support a compressed alist.
+;; Oort Gnus v0.08 - This release updated agent to no longer use
+;; history file and to support a compressed alist.
(defvar gnus-agent-compressed-agentview-search-only nil)
;; the .newsrc.eld file.
(gnus-convert-mark-converter-prompt 'gnus-agent-unhook-expire-days t)
-;;; arch-tag: 845c7b8a-88f7-4468-b8d7-94e8fc72cf1a
+(provide 'legacy-gnus-agent)
+
+;; arch-tag: 845c7b8a-88f7-4468-b8d7-94e8fc72cf1a
+;;; legacy-gnus-agent.el ends here
+2006-12-12 Reiner Steib <Reiner.Steib@gmx.de>
+
+ * gnus.texi (X-Face): Clarify. Say which programs are required on
+ Windows.
+
2006-12-09 Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
* misc.texi (Invoking emacsclient): Simplify TCP file text.
has image support the default action is to display the face before the
@code{From} header. If there's no native @code{X-Face} support, Gnus
will try to convert the @code{X-Face} header using external programs
-from the @code{pbmplus} package and friends. For XEmacs it's faster if
-XEmacs has been compiled with @code{X-Face} support. The default action
-under Emacs without image support is to fork off the @code{display}
-program.
+from the @code{pbmplus} package and friends, see below. For XEmacs it's
+faster if XEmacs has been compiled with @code{X-Face} support. The
+default action under Emacs without image support is to fork off the
+@code{display} program.
-On a GNU/Linux system, the @code{display} program is from the
+On a GNU/Linux system, the @code{display} program is included in the
ImageMagick package. For external conversion programs look for packages
with names like @code{netpbm}, @code{libgr-progs} and @code{compface}.
-
-The variable that controls this is the
-@code{gnus-article-x-face-command} variable. If this variable is a
+On Windows, you may use the packages @code{netpbm} and @code{compface}
+from @url{http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net}. You need to add the
+@code{bin} directory to your @code{PATH} environment variable.
+@c In fact only the following DLLs and binaries seem to be required:
+@c compface1.dll uncompface.exe libnetpbm10.dll icontopbm.exe
+
+The variable @code{gnus-article-x-face-command} controls which programs
+are used to display the @code{X-Face} header. If this variable is a
string, this string will be executed in a sub-shell. If it is a
function, this function will be called with the face as the argument.
-If @code{gnus-article-x-face-too-ugly} (which is a regexp) matches
-the @code{From} header, the face will not be shown.
+If @code{gnus-article-x-face-too-ugly} (which is a regexp) matches the
+@code{From} header, the face will not be shown.
(Note: @code{x-face} is used in the variable/function names, not
@code{xface}).