From f289a17c068e5486f6d8fa695b4c36bcb9978996 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Stefan Kangas Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2022 17:40:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Update Gnus Installation FAQ * doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi (FAQ 1-1, FAQ 1-2, FAQ 1-3, FAQ 1-4) (FAQ 1-5): Update to reflect that Gnus is no longer released separately from Emacs. Delete FAQ on Gnus 5.10, released in May 2003. --- doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi | 60 +++++++----------------------------------- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 50 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi index ee179ba0d0a..8aa8b1b49b9 100644 --- a/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi +++ b/doc/misc/gnus-faq.texi @@ -98,9 +98,8 @@ misprints are the Gnus team's fault, sorry. @menu * FAQ 1-1:: What is the latest version of Gnus? -* FAQ 1-2:: What's new in 5.10? -* FAQ 1-3:: Where and how to get Gnus? -* FAQ 1-4:: I sometimes read references to No Gnus and Oort Gnus, +* FAQ 1-2:: Where and how to get Gnus? +* FAQ 1-3:: I sometimes read references to No Gnus and Oort Gnus, what are those? @end menu @@ -111,69 +110,30 @@ What is the latest version of Gnus? @subsubheading Answer -Jingle please: Gnus 5.10 is released, get it while it's -hot! As well as the step in version number is rather -small, Gnus 5.10 has tons of new features which you -shouldn't miss. The current release (5.13) should be at -least as stable as the latest release of the 5.8 series. +The latest version of Gnus is bundled with Emacs. @node FAQ 1-2 @subsubheading Question 1.2 -What's new in 5.10? - -@subsubheading Answer - -First of all, you should have a look into the file -GNUS-NEWS in the toplevel directory of the Gnus tarball, -there the most important changes are listed. Here's a -short list of the changes I find especially -important/interesting: - -@itemize @bullet - -@item -Major rewrite of the Gnus agent, Gnus agent is now -active by default. - -@item -Many new article washing functions for dealing with -ugly formatted articles. - -@item -Anti Spam features. - -@item -Message-utils now included in Gnus. - -@item -New format specifiers for summary lines, e.g., %B for -a complex trn-style thread tree. -@end itemize - -@node FAQ 1-3 -@subsubheading Question 1.3 - Where and how to get Gnus? @subsubheading Answer Gnus is bundled with Emacs. -@node FAQ 1-4 -@subsubheading Question 1.4 +@node FAQ 1-3 +@subsubheading Question 1.3 I sometimes read references to No Gnus and Oort Gnus, what are those? @subsubheading Answer -Oort Gnus was the name of the development version of -Gnus, which became Gnus 5.10 in autumn 2003. No Gnus is -the name of the current development version which will -once become Gnus 5.12 or Gnus 6. (If you're wondering why -not 5.11, the odd version numbers are normally used for -the Gnus versions bundled with Emacs) +Oort Gnus was the name of the development version of Gnus, which +became Gnus 5.10 in autumn 2003. No Gnus was the name of the +development version that become Gnus 5.12. (If you're wondering why +not 5.11, the odd version numbers are normally used for the Gnus +versions bundled with Emacs.) @node FAQ 2 - Startup / Group buffer @subsection Startup / Group buffer -- 2.39.5