1 This documents describes changes
3 - made to configuration variables, functions and the like which are
4 not backwards-compatible and/or which do not exist in mutt
6 - other changes which might break existing user configuration and thus
9 This document is not the place for verbose documentation; it only offers
10 the necessary keywords to look them up in the manual, ChangeLog or other
11 sources of information.
15 The %u expando for $sidebar_number_format has been added.
19 The generic <rebuild-cache> function has been added.
23 The $list_reply variable has been removed and replaced by
24 $force_list_reply without a synonym.
28 The "attachments" and "unattachments" commands were added. The %X
29 expando has been added to $index_format. The ~X pattern has been
30 added. The %Q and %X expandos have been added to $attach_format. For
31 better control purpose, the $count_attachments variable has been
34 As part of the above addition(s), the 'A' message status flag has been
39 When upgrading to after a revision after 528, header caches must be
40 completely removed and rebuild again. From r540 on, this problem is
41 solved so manual interaction will not be necessary any longer.
45 The $smtp_envelope_from variable has been removed in favor of the
46 general $envelope_from_address.
48 The $envelope_from option has been renamed to $use_envelope_from.
52 SASL 1.x support has been removed.
54 All patterns may be prefixed with = instead of ~ to enable
55 string search instead of regular expression match.
57 The $net_inc variables has been added.
61 The ~u pattern has been added.
65 The following pre-defined read-only variables were added:
66 $muttng_pwd, $muttng_folder_name, $muttng_folder_path.
70 Several pre-defined read-only variables named $muttng_ have
71 been added; this feature is maybe subject to change in the near
74 The $editor_headers option has been added.
76 The %Z expando of $index_format now also includes an 'A'
77 as the last character if a mail has attachments, i.e. is of
78 type multipart and a space otherwise. In addition, the ~M
79 pattern was added to match these messages.
81 Many synonym variables pointing to proper $nntp_ ones have
86 The $debug_level option has been added.
88 It's now possible to define and use arbitrary self-defined
89 variables as long as prefixed with user_.
91 The $user_agent variable had to be renamed to $agent_string.
93 To keep consistency, the -D option has been removed again in
98 Instead of only supporting to expand environment variables via
99 $NAME, it's now possible to query for all variables, too, e.g.
100 'set imap_home_namespace = $folder'.
102 The $abort_noattach and $attach_remind_regexp options have been
103 added to remind users of possibly forgotten attachments.
107 The $delete_space option has been added.
111 Reading configurations from ~/.muttngrc-$version and
112 ~/.muttng/muttngrc-$version is no longer supported;
113 ~/.muttngrc and ~/.muttng/muttngrc remain.
117 The $max_display_recips option has been added.
121 The $smtp_envelope option has been added.
123 To improve consistency, the following variables were renamed and
124 synonyms kept: $smtp_auth_username to $smtp_user and
125 $smtp_auth_password to $smtp_pass.
129 The $smtp_use_tls option has been added.
131 The $imap_check_subscribed option has been added in muttng and mutt.
135 The $imap_force_ssl option has been replaced with the more generic
136 $ssl_force_tls option.
140 For $sidebar_number_format, the expandos %c and %f are replaced with
141 their $status_format pendants %m and %F respectively. Use of %c and
142 %f is deprecated but still kept for compatibility.
146 Due to merging in changes made to mutt where NSS support was dropped,
147 it's dropped in mutt-ng too.
151 Because of reverting a (overly eager) mutt-ng-specific issue with
152 header caching, starting with revision 362, all caches must be removed
153 and rebuild again. Sorry for that.
157 Due to changes to internal structures introduced in SVN revision 344,
158 all header caches must be removed and rebuild.
160 The '-D' command line option has been added.
162 Editing threads functionality is no longer only available
163 in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
167 The $xterm_leave option has been added.
169 The '^' shortcut pointing to the current folder is no longer
170 only available in muttng as it has been integrated into mutt, too.
174 The 'prepare' script has been renamed to 'autogen.sh' as this name
175 seems to be used in many projects using the autotools too.
179 Pine compatibility for naming IMAP mailboxes has been removed, only
180 the common imap[s]:// syntax remains.
182 The first "round" of removing synonym variables is completed. The
183 replacements for the next round are: ask_followup_to ->
184 nntp_ask_followup_to, ask_x_comment_to -> nntp_ask_x_comment_to,
185 catchup_newsgroup -> nntp_catchup, followup_to_poster ->
186 nntp_followup_to_poster, group_index_format ->
187 nntp_group_index_format, inews -> nntp_inews, mime_subject ->
188 nntp_mime_subject, news_cache_dir -> nntp_cache_dir, news_server ->
189 nntp_host, newsrc -> nntp_newsrc, nntp_poll -> nntp_mail_check,
190 pop_checkinterval -> pop_mail_check, post_moderated ->
191 nntp_post_moderated, save_unsubscribed -> nntp_save_unsubscribed,
192 show_new_news -> nntp_show_new_news, show_only_unread ->
193 nntp_show_only_unread, x_comment_to -> nntp_x_comment_to. Please use
194 the contrib/update-config.pl script to update.
196 Due to frequent trouble, $imap_mail_check now defaults to 300 seconds
197 (5 minutes) rather than 5 seconds.
199 The configuration variable $strict_mailto has been added.
203 Changes due to better integration of qdbm support w/ header caching:
205 - the $header_cache_pagesize variable is not available with as it's
207 - the following feature tests were added: feature_qdbm, feature_gdbm,
208 feature_db4 (for ifdef/ifndef)
212 New Configuration Variables:
213 - $header_cache_compress - compress header cache database with qdbm
214 when switching to qdbm, please make sure to _first_ _completely_
215 remove the old header cache (files) as you need to start off from
216 scratch; compressed qdbm require much less space (only ~1/5)
220 New Configuration Variables:
221 - $sidebar_boundary - boundary characters for name compression
222 - $sidebar_number_format - control if and how to print/count numbers
225 - $shorten_hierarchy is now named $sidebar_shorten_hierarchy
226 (still kept as synonym)
230 New Configuration Variables:
231 - $sidebar_newmail_only - if set, only mailboxes with new mail will
232 be shown in the sidebar
236 New Configuration Variables:
242 New Configuration Command (based on CD's ifdef Patch):
249 - $imap_mail_check is split from $mail_check
250 - $force_buffy_check forces check on <buffy-list>
255 - 'sidebar [fg] [bg]' for the delimiter
262 ask_follow_up, ask_x_comment_to, followup_to_poster,
263 group_index_format, catchup_newsgroup, inews, news_cache_dir,
264 newsrc,news_server, nntp_context, nntp_load_description, nntp_pass,
265 nntp_poll, nntp_reconnect, nntp_user, post_moderated,
266 save_unsubscribed, show_new_news, show_only_unread, x_comment_to
268 Quoting-Initials-Support
272 smtp_auth_password, smtp_auth_username, smtp_host, smtp_port
274 Assumed Character Set Patch:
275 assumed_charset, strict_mime, file_charset
278 maildir_header_cache_verify, header_cache
281 sidebar_delim, sidebar_visible, sidebar_width, shorten_hierarchy
283 Format Flowed Improvements:
284 max_line_length, quote_empty, quote_quoted, stuff_quoted
287 xterm_icon, xterm_set_titles, xterm_title
290 imap_reconnect, msgid_format, operating_system, shorten_hierarchy,
291 signoff_string, umask
299 change-newsgroup, change-newsgroup-readonly, forward-to-group,
300 followup-message, get-children, get-message, get-parent,
301 reconstruct-thread, post-message, catchup, edit-newsgroups,
302 edit-followup-to, edit-x-comment-to, reload-active,
303 subscribe-pattern, unsubscribe-pattern, catchup, uncatchup,
312 break-thread, link-threads
315 sidebar-open, sidebar-next, sidebar-prev, sidebar-next-new,
316 sidebar-prev-new, sidebar-scroll-up, sidebar-scroll-down
320 Compressed-Folder Support:
321 close-hook, open-hook, append-hook
326 sidebar_new, sidebar_flagged
333 The config files were renamed. Instead of ~/.muttrc it's now
334 ~/.muttngrc, instead of /etc/Muttrc it's now /etc/Muttngrc and
337 The config directories were renamed too. If you used .mutt/ for
338 config file you have to use .muttng/ now.
340 The following tools were removed:
341 bin/flea, bin/muttbug, bin/mutt_dotlock, bin/pgpewrap, bin/pgpring,
342 bin/smime_keys and etc/mime.types.
343 They were replaced by:
344 bin/fleang, bin/muttngbug, bin/muttng_dotlock, bin/pgpewrapng
345 bin/pgpringng, bin/smime_keysng and etc/muttng-mime.types.
346 Please check and update your configuration.